Hmm, is that Stan on the beach over there in the wetsuit? Gosh, he looks pretty hot. I need to get Gavin a wetsuit like that…
OH HEY there, fabulous readers! You caught me ogling the cute guys on the beach today. Shame on me, but what can I say? They look too good not to look, lol! 😎
A New SENSEation
If you haven’t been over to the latest round of the SENSE Event, then you need to go there now! There are quite a few gifts set out, and I know you won’t want to miss them.
Today, I’m wearing two of the gifts, which were set out for members of the TeleportHub in-world group. The Ashley Boho Dress Pink & Mocha is by ALTER and comes in the following mesh sizes:
Belleza
eBody
Maitreya
Slink
I love the saying on the top, “Let your faith be bigger than your fear.” It’s been my mantra all this week as I’ve been pushing myself to do a few things that are definitely out of my comfort zone. 🙂
The second gift I’m wearing is the pretty Infinite Love necklace, also by ALTER. If you need to, click the necklace to bring up the blue resizer menu.
It’s Getting Hot Warm Out Here
I also picked up the newest group gift from Hello Dave and was delighted to see how perfectly it matched my outfit. The glittery little dragonflies are adorable!
Appliers for Maitreya, Omega, and Slink hands are included.
Enjoy!
❤ Serena
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Serena is wearing…
Head: LeLutkaMay
Head Applier: Glam AffairElanor Hair: TRUTHBewkie
Body: MaitreyaLara
Nails: Hello DaveCos It’s Warm (group gift / 200L to join)
Necklace: ALTER Infinite Love (TeleportHub gift @ SENSE / 10L to join)
Dress: ALTER Ashley Boho Dress (TeleportHub gift @ SENSE / 10L to join)
Pose by FIN RETRO (the car)
Photographed at Baja Norte
Hello hello Fab Free’rs! Like my new claws? They are a super cute new group gift at E.Marie. Along with the new nails, I picked up this dress from MH Unique. It reminded me a lot of the MH Unique Design dress Aline showed in her post here, which I missed out on. So I was happy to see this more recent group gift. I kinda feel like it’s been one of those “long weeks” even though it’s only Wednesday. Ha! So bare with me and I’ll get you all the hows and wheres of getting your hands on these fantastic group gifts.
The Claws – I love that these are mesh nails that work with bento hands rather than nail appliers. This particular set is a current group gift at E.Marie. The set comes in a few sizes, and the pink/teal color gradient with pretty gold flecks. There are also a few other equally cute group gifts available. The E.Marie group is 50 linden to join. I’ll include a copy of the vendor ad so you can get a better look at these super cute nails. Sizes Included: Slink Dynamic, Vista Prohand, Maitreya Lara
The Dress – This cute sleeveless dress is a current group gift at MH Unique Design. The dress comes with a color change hud that allows you to pick from 10 solid colors, that all seem to have this pretty satiny finish. The MH Unique Design group has a one time join fee of 100 linden at this time. Sizes Included: Maitreya Lara, Belleza (Freya, Isis, Venus), Slink (Hourglass, Physique), Tonic Curvy
To pick up these group gifts, you will need to have your Fabulously Free in SL inworld group tag activated (It’s free to join!). To join the group, copy and past the following link into local chat in your SL viewer and click the link in local chat – secondlife:///app/group/020fa7af-444d-f54f-01e2-557ec06315fd/about
There are three ways to keep an eye on our growing list of free group gifts:
Click the Group Gifts Listing Button at the top right hand side of the blog.
There is something to be said about the end of the month of May. Sure, the beginning is great, absolutely – but the end… ah, the end. It’s warm, the promise of summer lingers in the air, and you have a flood of memories from when you were at school. Well, at least I do! In my neck of the woods, Summer vacation starts at the end of June – so June to me was a magical month filled with play days, and popsicles and evening bike rides, all culminating with the last day of school. That’s when we could jaunt off to the public pool – can’t you just smell the sunscreen? Ugh. I love it.
Oops!
I meandered over to The Garage Fair, and found a whole lot of awesomeness. There are a load of gifts hanging around, all priced at 1L, and some even being free! I got my somewhat revealing dress from the Cheeky stall, and paid only 1L for it! I’d say that’s a fair deal! Perfect for my walk to the pool. My nail polish applier, that I picked up at the January & February booth, was completely freeand I think it looks just spiffing. (I always wanted to say ‘just spiffing’). It comes with appliers for Maitreya, and can be changed to several really lovely metallic hues. I went with the shiny purple, because yay purple!
Dress Sizes
Maitreya
Hourglass
Physique
Now go out and enjoy the dawn of the month of June!
xox
Aline
Aline is Wearing…
Clothes
Dress– Cheeky Tanny Ups! Dress (1L at The Garage Fair)
Bikini Top – La Perla Athena Set
Popsicle – Miwas Vapor Summer Heart Popsicle
Body
Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate Head Applier – Glam Affair Cate Eyebrows– Jumo Britani Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Eyeshadow Applier – Lelutka Cate
Nail Polish Applier – January and February Nails Metal (Free Gift atThe Garage Fair)
Lipstick Applier – Sn@tch Hollow Lipsticks Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo Hair – Magika Fool For Love Backdrop – Mons 3D Tente
I lived in France for a while when I was a teenager. I really didn’t appreciate it at all at first. My parents took a year off work and we headed over there. In my mind, they had taken me away from all my friends and whatever other charms the 90’s held – I assume flannel shirts, Weezer and Jolt Cola. But as the year we spent there went on, I came to realise that Southern France was quite a charming place (understatement of the century). I spent a bit of time on the “La Clef des Champs” sim today, pretending I was in Provence. All that’s missing is the lavender scent!
Toujours Provence
Perhaps my look doesn’t have much to do with the dry heat and fields of Provence, but I do like a bit of incongruousness. I found a whole bunch of gorgeous gifts at the EBento event this month! Join the group for free, and you can pick up several fun things. Here’s what I’m wearing:
Beauty Marks by Session (For Lelutka and Catwa Heads) (Free @ Ebento)
SlackGirl Bento Nails (Belleza, Slink, Eve, Altamura, Maitreya, Tonic, Tuty and Vista) (Free @ Ebento)
Arte Eyeshadow (Lelutka, Catwa and System Heads) (Free @ Ebento)
Run on over and see what other gorgeousness you can find at EBento!
The Next Chapter
I also have another gift from The Chapter Four to show you – this top by Have Unequal comes in both black and white and works on Maitreya bodies. Don’t you love the little clasps on it? I like a good detail on my clothing! If you haven’t been to The Chapter Four, do hurry up and nip over – it’s their 5th anniversary. Join the group for 10 Lindens and get a whole lotta gifts!
I hope you find a bit of heaven in SL today!
xox
Aline
Aline is Wearing…
Clothes
Top – Have Unequal Valerie Top (Free Gift at The Chapter Four/Group is 10L to Join)
Body
Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate Head Applier – Glam Affair Cate Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Beauty Marks – Session Moles (Free Group Gift at EBento) Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Eyeshadow Applier – Arte Verity (Free Group Gift at EBento)
Bento Nails – SlackGirl Flow (Free Group Gift at EBento)
Lipstick Applier – Sn@tch Ultra Gloss Lipstick
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes (Available at The Dollhouse Event) Hair – Magika Trouble
Pose – PosESioN Bento Ocean (Free Group Gift at EBento)
Sim – La Clef des Champs
I looked long and hard for the right quote to begin this post and the only one I could find that was fitting was this:
“This is not goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you.”
To all of you Fabulous readers, to my FabFree team… to those who gave me hunt tips… and to my hunting partner-in-crime Damian, “Thank you” for what would have been three glorious years of blogging coming up this next month.
I Do have to say Farewell for now, however, and so this will be a parting post. If only for a while. Real life has intruded in the form of some health issues and I have to take some time to focus on myself. I will still take some pictures and keep up my Flickr as time allows with my partner-in-crime and hunting buddy that you all have read about now and then and who I am finally giving a name to… my beloved Damian.
And now… the gifts:
This beautiful green dress is one of many free gifts at the anniversary round of We ❤ RP right now. Don’t worry if you can’t get in right away, as it’s going on all month. You’ll find this dress at the Entice booth. “Be My Wench” comes in sizes to fit TMP, Maitreya, Hourglass, Physique, Venus, and a Fitmesh. There is also an alpha included.
Zoom in…
If you zoom in on my hands in the picture you’ll notice my nails… errr claws. I couldn’t resist these Maitreya exclusive claws in black for Maitreya Bento Hands. They are by Meva and move with your Bento animations. They are gorgeous! These are also free at We ❤ RP. Pick them up while you have the chance!
Jewelry anyone?
I am a lover of pretty baubles and my jewelry is free this month too. Just slap the subscriber at Graffitiwear and you’ll get this Sunstone set which includes the necklace, earrings and a ring. The entire set matches perfectly and goes well with the Be My Wench Dress.
And Fameshed!
Love showed you some great gifts from Fameshed in her post [here]. I had gone and checked out the booths and just like We ❤ RP, it is their anniversary round and there are glorious free gifts to be had. If you stop by the Elikatira booth, clicking the gift box with your free Fameshed group active will give you a gift box with three hairs inside! Each is a fatpack of essential colors. I’m showing off Maren in the picture above.
Last but not least…
… my swarm of butterflies (and the tiny little butterfly hair piece which is separate from the swarm) are also a free gift at Fameshed. Just pick them up from the Wasabi Pills vendor, unpack and wear! The hairpiece is perfect for a pretty addition to any hair and the swarm is perfect for photographs.
At last…
One last word… thank you to all of you for everything. I’ve enjoyed every picture, every kind word, every blog post, every reader tip and comment. You are all wonderful. Thank you for being part of my adventure with FabFree. I hope to see you all again when my real life allows! ❤ Astrid ~
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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…
Body – Maitreya – Lara V4.1
Head – Catwa Head – Tumble
Head Applier – Glam Affair – Marta Applier in Exotic
Eyes – Lotus – Gaze Eyes 09
Hair – Elikatira – Maren (Free Fameshed Group Gift @Fameshed/Group is Free to Join)
Butterflies – Wasabi Pills – Butterflies headpiece and swarm (Free Fameshed Group Gift @Fameshed/Group is Free to Join)
Jewelry – Graffitiwear – Sunstone Necklace & Earrings (Free Subscriber Gift for May)
Claws – Meva – Mira Claws Black (Free We ❤ RP Group Gift @We ❤ RP/Group is Free to Join)
Dress – Entice – Be My Wench Forest (Free We ❤ RP Group Gift @We ❤ RP/Group is Free to Join)
“Ahhhh… It just doesn’t get any better than this!”
The Summer Loving Hunt began today and there are some amazing summer themed hunt gifts that you’ll probably wear and wear again. The hunt icon you’ll be looking for is a beach ball and all of them will be sold at 0L. All that hunting wore me the heck out, so I am taking a nice long soak in some of my new prizes… Thank goodness ChicChica was offering a bevvie! I am showing off a few of the prizes in my post here today, but there is a long list of stops. You can find the slurls and hints at their official blog [HERE].
In my photo you’ll find the following FREESummer Loving Hunt Prizes:
Nerido Summer Bikini – Summertime: Fitted for Maitreya Lara, this two piece set is covered in delicious summer treats.
-:xk:- Dolphin Necklace: HUD included with four metal options.
The other day, Astrid mentioned that I needed to get out and have an adventure. She was quite right, so I snuck on over to Cythera, land of swamps and mists. As I plodded my way around the bogs, seeking out thrills, I figured I’d best get some selfies done before an alligator decided to chomp off my legs or some such. Where’s the nearest Starbucks in this swamp anyway?!
Frills
Although I’m seeking out thrills, I did manage to grab some frills when I was at the Gachaland event the other day. I showed you some of the hair I got for freeyesterday, but toady I’m showing off a whole lot more! Check out what I got:
Hair by Analog Dog (So cute with the headband – loads of different textures to choose from!) Free!
Bracelet by Aseriz – Free!
Earrings by Nanika – Free!
Nail Polish applier by Livia (Comes with Omega, Maitreya, Slink, and Vista as well as Astralia Nails) – Free!
Pose by Vo.Z (There are 4 poses in this pack) – Free!
Get over to Gachaland and join the Gimme Gacha group for free, then pick up all your gifts.
Seriously though, something just pushed past my leg and I’m not joking!
xox
Aline
Aline is Wearing…
Clothes
Bracelet – Aseriz Sali Bracelet (Free Gift at Gachaland)
Earrings – Nanika Viola Earrings (Free Gift at Gachaland)
Top – Reign Thermal Onesie
Body
Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate Head Applier – Glam Affair Cate Eyebrows– Jumo Britani Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Eyeshadow Applier – Lelutka Cate
Lipstick Applier – Lelutka Cate
Nail Polish Applier – Livia Gradient Nails (Free Gift at Gachaland)
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo Hair – Analog Dog Chella (Free Gift at Gachaland) Pose – Vo.Z Gachaland (Free Gift at Gachaland)
Sim – Cythera
Happy Weekend Fab Free’rs! Thank’s for being here. This week Ari’s Bazaar is the featured Fab Free Designer of the week. The fashion style of the clothing at Ari’s Bazaar is super feminine. You’ll find pretty casual wear and beautiful formal gowns. There are also some nice nail appliers to go with all the new dresses you’ll be tempted to buy! The Ari’s Bazaar shop is small, which I like because it’s very easy to see everything and nothing is hard to find. There’s even a small section of more seasonal clothing such as swimwear upstairs. To get to the second floor, find the “Teleport” sign near the desk and then look for the teleport disc on the floor. All the gifts and group offers however are conveniently on the first floor in the main room.
The Ari’s Bazaar group gift is just inside the entrance on the wall by the door. This cute gift is FREE to Ari’s Bazaar group members, and the group is FREE to join. You’ll notice right away there are a few gifts for store associated groups such as Fabulously Free in SL on the wall to the right. You’ll need to wear the right group tag for each of these gifts. The Fabulously Free in SL group is FREE to join. You won’t want to miss the cute purple dress that is an exclusive for Fab Free group members. On the same wall there are 2 Ari’s Bazaar group lucky letter boards and a Daily Prize board. Just don’t forget your Ari’s Bazaar group tag to participate! Happy shopping Fab Free!
Like Serena in her The Wearin’ O’ The Green Post, I have done a little Finders Keepers hunting myself and found a few free things to show you today! I am not sure I have a drop of Irish in me (I could be wrong, I haven’t done the DNA test yet!), but that didn’t stop me from participating in this St.Patrick’s Day themed hunt because so many of my favourite stores are participating and the prizes are superb! As Serena mentioned, this hunt runs until Saturday, March 24th so you’ll need to get on the hunting trail ASAP!
Not Just For St.Patrick’s Day
Many of these prizes are green or shamrocky in nature of course, in the celebration of St.Patrick’s Day which was on Saturday, but some of these hunt gifts are great for any old day like the ones I am displaying today.
Find these three FREE Finders Keepers Hunt Prizes:
Sintiklia Hair Chris – Bento and non Bento version – Four colours (green, white, blonde & ginger) – FREE / Finders Keepers Hunt
