This is a Story About a Girl…

This is a story about a girl…
a girl who loved books
a girl who loved books so much that she gave her very soul to them.

For she exists in a place between time and space
Her mind forever in a dimension of far away lands
where the lines of reality blur.

Travel with me now to this place,
where the rarely spoken about dark side of books is found….
in… the Twilight Grid

Hey gang!

Have you been to the creepy crawly Crypt Crawl Hunt?  I went this morning and oh!  It was a marvelous time!  Things were hidden in the most delicious of places, places I might have hid them, and I do love playing hide and seek with other warped minds who think like me.  Especially so when all the prizes are absolutely free!

The Library of the Damned….

Ok maybe not, but the thing that drove me there was wanting to find this amazing library skybox, because it was right up my alley.  Just lock me away with lots of books and journals and pens and I may never ever want to come out.  Dreamy…..

Where was I?  Oh yes, the hunt, there are many merchants with goodies hidden, with lots of fun deceiving names too!  This skybox is a freebie from Dragon Magick Wares and I love it.  Oh but if you want to go inside you will have to change the object from a convex hull to a prim.  I got bumped back out a couple of times before I sorted that out.  Otherwise the spirits will not welcome you.

All items are 0L, no group required, just show up and have fun hunting, and be sure to search low *and* high.  That’s the only advice I am giving you.  You are searching for a lit candle and there are a lot of really fun creative hiding places.  I have to say this is one of my favorite hunts because of that!

Now it only runs until the 6th so if you want to hunt, best hurry over!

Arielle is looking fabulous in…

Clothes

Dress – 1313 Mockingbird Lane Commitment Issues Dress
Boots – 1313 Mockingbird Lane Commitment Issues Boots

Body 

Mesh Body – Maitreya  Lara
Mesh Head –Lelutka Nova EvoX
Skin – Enfer Sombre Madison Cream EvoX
Eyes – Lotus Generation Eyes
Hair – Exile Erin
Eyes – SKBW Rune Witch Eyeshadow
Lips – Dazed. Tartcake lipsticks

Backdrop – Dragon Magick Wares Magic Library Skybox (free at the Crypt Crawl Hunt)

A good book.

I love a good book… and old libraries are a favorite haunt of mine. I’m here at the library at Lorrey checking out the stacks of books to see what I can find.

Heading to the Library.

Before I headed to the shelves I spent a little time with my friend who always has his eye on the ball for a good deal. He really liked the Dirty Little Secrets Hunt and clued me in to this fantastic shirt by Shae’s Designs. It’s yours for just 1L and a little hunting time, and I love the detailing of the rivets and the chain ties at the neckline. It comes in several sizes too!

Shirt Sizes Available:

• Classic XXS – L
• TMP
• Maitreya
• Slink – Hourglass & Physique
• Belleza – Freya, Isis, & Venus

Another Dirty Little Secret…

Another dirty little secret along the Hunt are my shoes! Yes, my friend was at it again, and pointed out this great pair of shoes by Barbed Wire Kisses. These shoes come with metal details and buckles as well and will fit Maitreya, Slink, or Belleza feet and once you find the little black bag they are yours for only 1L.

Finally…

Finally! I found the book I was looking for! It’s the Fabulously Free Tome of secrets! I knew it was here somewhere! Better yet, this Tome is a FabFree Group gift from Deadly Nightshade! Like all FabFree group gifts, it is completely free with your FabFree group tag. Just stop by the Deadly Nightshade store to pick it up. In your gift package, you’ll get the Tome in a handheld version that includes a holding pose and you’ll also get a rezzable decoration version of the book. What a perfect gift for the FabFree lover!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya – Lara V4.1
Head – Catwa Head – Tumble
Head Applier – Glam Affair – Pia Applier
Eyes – IKON Hope Eyes – Coffee
Hair – Analog Dog – Five
Shirt – Shae’s Designs – Avery Shirt Dark Green (1L for the Dirty Little Secrets Hunt)
Skirt – Bueno – Denim Skirt Midnight
Shoes – Barbed Wire Kisses – Tura Shoe (1L for the Dirty Little Secrets Hunt)

Book Prop – Deadly Nightshade – FabFree Group Gift Tome (FabFree Group Gift/Group is Free to Join)

Sim Location – The Great Library

Hunt down a good book!

I’m all settled in to read a good book… or two… or three! And thanks to Sway’s I can do it free! It’s like having my own free Second Life library with comfy pillows!

10th Birthday!

It’s Sway’s 10th Birthday! And they are celebrating with a birthday hunt and giving out a free exclusive prize… this gorgeous reading set which includes the pillows and book stack.

Furniture details:

• Pillows = 2 prims
• Pillows have 7 poses (including 1 couple pose) and give book props on touch
• Pillows do not use pose balls
• Pillows have 6 texture options for different color schemes
• Book stack = 2 prims

How to get your gift:

Teleport to Sway’s and at the landing point you’ll find a little area with all the information. Pick up the gift hud and wear it. It will show ten blank balloon spaces on the hud. You’ll need to hunt down the ten different colored balloons that are hidden all over the sim. There are not any balloons in any skyboxes; they are all on the ground. You must be close to the balloons when you click them for them to “fill” your hud.

Once you have touched all ten balloons and filled your hud, come back to the gift station and click the gift station to redeem your hud and get your free gift! It’s that easy!

Quick tip: I found that the hud covered part of my screen because of its placement. I edited it by moving it to the far top left of my screen to move it out of the way and that made hunting for the balloons much easier!

The hunt ends Oct 15th, 2017.

Getting comfy

Reading books means I needed a comfy outfit for my reading adventure. I stopped by Kamiri to pick up their FabFree group gift offering, which of course is always free. I really like this little one piece outfit which includes both the top and shorts.

Sizes included:

• Classic mesh XS – XL
• Maitreya – Lara
• Slink – Hourglass & Physique
• Belleza – Freya, Isis, & Venus

Happy reading! I hope you find a new favorite book!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya – Lara V4.1
Head – Catwa Head – Tumble
Head Applier – Glam Affair – Milu, Bad Girl
Eyes – IKON Hope Eyes – Wight
Hair – Truth – Amelia
Necklace – Pixel Box – Steampunk Dreamcatcher Long Necklace (75L @ Pixel Box Design Emporium)
Outfit – Kamiri – Monica Outfit (Free FabFree Group Gift/Group is Free to Join)

And stuff…

Rug – LISP – Mesh – Faded Summer Rug Pack
Pillows & Books – Sway’s – [Ten] Reading Pillows & Stack of Books (0L Hunt Gift for Sway’s 10th Birthday Hunt)

Sim Location – Private Location

Coffee and Books Keep Me Youthful

Give me coffee and no one gets hurt! But seriously… I like my coffee. Who doesn’t? (Shhhhh… If you don’t — I don’t want to know!)

So I was off adventuring again, looking for a great spot to get my morning coffee and lucky for me the Vicarious Youth Cart at the Cart Wash Sale had just what I needed to top my morning off right! This great mesh cardigan (it comes in all the standard sizes and in two different colors as you can see on the cart picture at the bottom of the post) and was perfect for my morning wake up call! For only 10L it was the perfect added comfort to my morning cuppa Joe!

I also found this fabulous necklace and earring set for Ladies at EarthStones that matched just perfectly! (The earrings are hidden under my hair but I promise they are there.) These pretty understated beads called the “Arron Set” for ladies comes with a handy resize script and is a FREE group gift from EarthStones right now with your group membership. The group is 250L to join, but if you’ve not stopped by in a while, there were many gifts still sitting out for happy shoppers!

Once I had my coffee I was all set for some serious reading. (Who wouldn’t be?) And FauxDoll Rae didn’t let me down! I found this cute wearable poetry book (pose included! No need to rezz!) on the Marketplace for just 10L! The creator has included her own original art and poem on the book for you to read as well! How awesome is that!

Once you’ve had your morning coffee and gotten your reading in, be sure to hop over to the Vicarious Youth Cart at the Cart Wash sale. There is a great selection of items there for the entire family. There are adult lady’s and men’s styles, teen’s styles, and children’s clothes as well as two FREE gifts  — a kitty headband and a Dr. Who trapper keeper. Woo Who!

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How to get your morning started right!

Skin – Essences Kendra Medium 01

Hair – Wasabi Pills – Pepper

Eyes – Pulse Mesh Eyes Femke Raven

Hands – SLink

Cardigan – Vicarious Youth Cardigan Set – Books Tea Cats in Brown and Green (10L at the Vicarious Youth Cart at the Cart Wash Sale)

Pants – *Coco* Wide Leg Jeans

Jewelry – EarthStones – Arron Ladies Set (0L Group Gift/Group is 250 to Join)

1st Pose used from seating at the coffee shop.

2nd Pose — FauxDoll Rae Read Anywhere Poetry Book (10L on the Marketplace)

Sim – BRB Coffee Shop – “A beautiful coffee shop to meet friends or spend a quiet hour with a good cup of coffee. There are amazing views & waterfall and a dance floor in the second floor lounge. Cupcakes,donuts,pie,cake,COFFEE.”

GRANDMA told me to clean the books

What a day! Still not quite awake I stumbled into an amazing store namend GRANDMA! At first I only could see lots of books on the shelves around me. Ooops, I thought, wrong place – I´m not a granny , I´m not searching for books. Looking around a second time I noticed very nice oldfashioned clothes. And last but not least a freebie bag! It´s pink and you will find it next the entrance in the window. What was in the bag? Look at the pictures – I have to work now! Grandma told me to clean all the books. Omg, what a dusty monday!

Fabulously Free in SL Cher´s HodgePodgeSkin (group gift, o L)

Talisman 230/192/24

Biedermann Hair Quality Hair (gift hair, o L)

Blue Quill 248/144/58

Ada Shoes No 1 Pumps in white (0 L)

ADA Store, Fontaine 39/104/50

GRANDMA! Shop Uniform/Bookcleaner/Books (0 L)

GRANDMA!, Broadmead 104/135/34

Uuuuh, did I mention you better wear a thong? 🙂