Not Your Typical Winter Wonderland

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

And today is all about making our own little winter wonderland! I think Lewis Carrol would approve, don’t you?!

“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Putting this outfit together was a bit of a puzzle, but it was well worth it! It’s a bit here, a bit there, but it all came together and look! There is Astrid! I started with the major work on the Marketplace Hunt. It’s become popular and is doing a Winter 2015 version this time! If you click the link for the hunt HERE you get a list of stores. You are looking for a silver and gold treasure box on their Marketplace listing.

I needed an outfit for my winter wonderland look, so first up was irrISIStible to the rescue with this amazing coat dress! It includes a hat as well, but I didn’t want to mess up my hair 😉 This highly detailed coat dress comes in all the standard mesh sizes and is a great fit for your wonderland adventures and is just whimsical enough for fantasy roleplay as well!

This lovely skin you see Astrid wearing is the FREE December Group gift from LoveMe Skins called Kylie. The group is FREE to join as well! It included six skin tones (Astrid is wearing Sunkiss), cleavage layers, optional skins with brows or no brows, and Omega Mesh Head Appliers for each skin tone. You can pick up body and Slink hand and feet appliers in the store if you wish!

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

The devil is in the details I say! And we must sharpen our weapon of imagination! So I added some great details to round out this fantastical look.

I added a touch of pink lipstick that I found on the marketplace that is a December Promo from LIVIA called Radian Gloss Set1. This lipstick set is currently only 5L and includes system lipsticks plus appliers for Loud Mouth, Omega and Sweetlips, all in 6 lovely shades ranging from the pink Astrid has on, to a rich cocoa color.

Astrid’s sweet baby blue eyes are from * Inkheart* and are called Introvert Eyes – Celestial… another Marketplace Hunt gift item. If you do the hunting and find them, these mesh lovelies will only set you back 2L!

Last, but certainly not least, the Peace on Earth Hunt is still on and I’m still finding wonderful little prizes to fill my wardrobe with. If you look close in my second picture, the lovely little Peace Dove earrings that adorn Astrid’s ears are the POE8 hunt prize FREE from Deluxe Body Factory. Just stop by the main store and hunt for the blue globe and those are yours to wear home!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya
Head – Logo – Chloe
Hands and Feet – Slink
Skin – LoveMe Skins – Kylie Skin – Sunkiss (0L Group Gift/Group is FREE to Join)
Hair – Truth Hair – Ximena
Eyes – * Inkheart * – Introvert Eyes – Celestial (2L Marketplace Hunt Gift)
Lipstick – LIVIA – Radiant Gloss – Set 1 (5L on the marketplace for December only!)
Outfit – irrISIStible – Frozen Coat and Hat Set – hat not shown (5L Marketplace Hunt Gift)
Earrings – Deluxe Body Factory – Peace Dove Earrings (0L/FREE/Peace On Earth 8/POE8 Hunt Gift)
Shoes – BAX – Poppy Booties in Silver

Sim Location – StoryBrooke Gardens Christmas Winter Snow Time

Snow Gothic and Mage Red Makes for Perfect [Z]xen

I first fell in love with everything “Gothic” when I was eight years old. My babysitter was a teenage girl of about fifteen and my parents had gone out for “kid free” time, and she was doing her homework and reading Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” to me. After that I was hooked.

And then she let me read over her shoulder, and I read, “For Annie” for the very first time as well. Perhaps “For Annie” is not about Vampires at all… but I thought it was! And even at the tender age of eight, I wanted to be a vampire!

“Thank Heaven! the crisis —
The danger is past,
And the lingering illness
Is over at last —
And the fever called “Living”
Is conquered at last.”

[from “For Annie” by Edgar Allen Poe]

I think that is why the ensemble that I put together this week really appeals to me! [MC] Mystic Canvass is — first, and foremost — a fabulous one-stop-shop if you are looking for quality Roleplay skins that won’t break your pocketbook. Many of them are priced at only 99L$ for a full pack, and that includes a bonus shape as well as Lolas and/or other great appliers. The store also has a terrific variety of affordable cosmetics and mesh accessories that are out-of-this-world unique. And with this gorgeous Skin as their current FREE Group Gift (Group is 0L to Join!) coming in 4 skin tones with Lolas, Phat Azz, and Slink Appliers? How can a classic Gothic Vampire girl like me go wrong?!

Of course, I did not want to be a glittery vampire! No! No Twilight sparklers here! Growing up, I wanted to know Dracula and Dark Shadows and vampires like Louis de Pointe du Lac. I wanted pale skin, red lips, crimson eyes, blood that ran cold, and a heart that was colder! Because somehow… I thought it was like being a thorned rose — the ultimate thing of danger… power… and beauty. And yes… even as a tender young girl of only eight years old, I knew it.

“My tantalized spirit
Here blandly reposes,
Forgetting, or never
Regretting its roses —
Its old agitations
Of myrtles and roses:”

[from “For Annie” by Edgar Allen Poe]

So I pulled up Market place for a little help in completing my classic Vampire look — one I was sure would make Bram Stoker himself proud!

I didn’t manage to find a proper Edgar Allen Poe raven that suited me, but this amazing fitmesh dress by +Nocturna+ features a detailed owl print that is a stand-out and the dress pack includes both fitmesh as well as standard mesh sizes and can be found on the Marketplace for only 10L. A little more searching and I was able to complete my Gothic beauty with a set of Mage Red eyes by Imperium which were also found on the Marketplace (a steal of a deal for eyes this sharply detailed at only 9L$!) and last but not least I topped it off with an intricately wrought necklace in black by ~Edenia — another great FREE find on the Marketplace!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) got this great Gothic look wearing…

Skin – [MC] [Mystic Canvass] Snow A-Cup GG Xen Group with Dramatic Eyebrows (free group gift / 0L / free to join)

Eyes – Imperium Mage Red Eyes (9L on the Marketplace)

Hair – +Spellbound+ Jezebel

Hands and Feet – Slink

Outfit – +Nocturna+ mesh (fitmesh) Dress Gift (10L on the Marketplace)

Jewelry – ~Edenia FREE Pentacle Necklace (0L on the Marketplace)

Pose by * PURPLE POSES *

FabFree Designer of the Day – Adoness – 4/22/2015

Today’s Designer is Adoness. There is both a subscribers and a store Group with the Group having a small 25L join fee. This is the current Group Gift. This gift has been out for some time however I’m including it here since we have new folks all the time plus some of us ‘old folks’ are still discovering ‘new to me’ Designers.

Right now, Adoness also is having a huge retirement sale for thirty two eye styles. Each pair is only 25L each!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blackwood/234/212/2502

**Each day, here on the FabFree Blog, we will be featuring one of our Fabulously Free in SL inworld Designers.**

Photos are work of the designers.

A Triangular Dark Princess in Crushers Boots

Greetings!

Just a quickie today to show you a few FREE and almost free items!

My outfit is a hodgepodge of items…the skull top hat, collar, flexi skirt attachment, fishnet stockings and lace edged top, under the jacket, are all part of the Dark Princess outfit…available for only 1L, from [AdN] Designs, on the Marketplace. The Black Triangular mesh Jacket, from [Ninety], is only 10L!  I’ve shown the Kira Skirt – Rigged mesh, from 7Five Discount Room, previously HERE… when it was free…now it is available for 10L on the marketplace! The Rival Black Combo (Eye & Lip) Makeup, from .:Glamorize:., is only 1L at their store inworld. My nail appliers are a FREE wearable demo, from ~*By Snow*~.  These Slink Nails Appliers – Nightshade Flesh DEMOS…are available on the Marketplace; which I also previously featured HERE.

These fabulous Crushers Boots, from [L.Warwick], are FREE for SL Frees & Offers Group Members (FREE to join).  There is an SL Frees & Offers Group Join sign where the boots are located in the [L.Warwick] Store.

Happy shopping and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Spectral Eyes Black (photo 1)  Spectral Eyes Black
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hair – +Spellbound+  Nahara//Rainbows
Hands  by Slink
Poses – (pose ball on location)
Photo Location – Fallout Wasteland

Breakfast at Tiffany’s…Sexy and I know it

Greetings fabulous ones!

 

Just a quickie post to show you a few FREE items available around the grid!

First up I have the sweet Charlene Dress…FREE from Prism as part of the Breakfast at Tiffanny’s Hunt.  I styled the outfit with another FREE item…the Carley mesh hair (previously featured by florarod HERE), from *~*Damselfly*~*, is available for FREE at the “Fashion Art” Event. The Aurora Black/White Pattern Platform Heels are from [L.Warwick] absolutely FREE for members of the SL Frees & Offers Group (FREE to join).  There is a sign to join the SL Frees & Offers Group next to the shoes at the [L.Warwick] Store.  My pose, for this photo, is FREE from Behaviorbody (no group required) as part of the Cherie Full Pack of poses.

My next outfit comes courtesy of Loordes of London…this Moulin Rouge Corset and undies is their FREE prize from the Sexy and I Know it Hunt.  I styled it with another pair of sexy FREE heels, previously featured by Pru HERE, from [L.Warwick] for the members of the SL Frees & Offers Group.  My hair is Grable Hair (Bangs) from Tableau Vivant…it is NOT free but can be found on sale at the latest round of COLLABOR88.  The Vintage Dressing Screen Pose prop, from {what next}, is NOT free.

Below I am showing a close up of the two pair of FREE shoes being offered from [L.Warwick] for the members of the SL Frees & Offers Group (FREE to join).

Happy shopping/hunting and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Spectral Eyes Black (photo 1)  Spectral Eyes Ghost (Photo 2)
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hands & Feet by Slink
1st Photo Location –FabFree Headquarters

 

A FREE Pansy Dress at Vita’s Boudoir!

Greetings fabulous fashionistas!

This morning Vita’s Boudoir sent out a notice announcing they were giving away this whimsical Pansy dress as a FREE gift to group members (group FREE to join), for a limited time!  This mesh dress with a flexi skirt attachment is so sweet and perfect for RP, fairies or just because it’s the perfect spring dress for a Sunday!  HURRY because this FREE dress has a time limit and will poof as of Wednesday, May 21st at 4am SLT!

My hair, D!va2, is one of the many FREE Group Gifts (FREE to join) available from “”D!va”” Hair.

***Cick photo to view larger image on Flickr**

The Winged Gold Foot Bows are an exclusive item (NOT free), from -{ZOZ}-, for the Funny Puppet Fair.

I’m also going to post this photo as my submission for the FabFree “May Flowers” Photo Challenge.  You can find all the information you need to know about the FabFree “May Flowers” Photo Challenge HERE and you can submit your “may Flowers” themed photos HERE.

Happy shopping and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Spectral Eyes Black (photo 1)  Spectral Eyes Ghost (Photo 2)
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hands & Feet by Slink
Pose by Slink 
Photo Location –Rico’s Tea House

 

 

FREE Bella Vida Chic at FabFree Headquarters and Fifty Linden Friday!

Greetings fabulous ones!

I have a hodgepodge of goodies to show you today!

Let’s start with this oh-so-sweet ruffled Spring Blossom Dress, absolutely FREE, from Bella Vida Chic!  You can find this dress at the new monthly rotation of FREE gifts at the FabFree Headquarters! I adore the flouncy ruffles and the wonderful floral pattern…perfect for a spring day of catching the breeze flrying paper airplanes.  While you’re at the FabFree Headquarters, be sure to check out all the other new FREE items from our FabFree Designers. ❤

The poses, and paper airplane props, shown in the three photos are available at Kirin...the entire pack of 6 poses is only 50L for the Fifty Linden Friday Event.  So grab them quick…because they disappear as of midnight tonight!

The fabulous hair I am wearing is another Fifty Linden Friday item, Hanako Crystal Pink, from Wasabi Pills.  When you tp to the Wasabi Pill Store, you will see the purple Fifty Linden Friday sign and a choice of either the Crystal Pink or Crystal Violet Hair…each for only 50L!

The Silver Flower Diamond earrings and tiara are a FREE Breakfast at Tiffany’s Hunt gift from Redrose Jewellry.  You can find previews of all the Breakfast at Tiffany’s Hunt items alog with hints and SLURLS HERE.  You are hunting for a small pink box with a picture of Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) and her cat.  I’ll be blogging many more of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s Hunt items very soon! ❤

My gorgeous Glass Flower Polish nail appliers, for Slink hands) is a FREE Group Gift (100L join fee) from -{ZOZ}-.  The 100L group join fee is well worth it…there are three nail applier group gifts currently available at the -{ZOZ}- main store and she is incredibly generous with her group members…not to mention ALL her appliers come with both hand and feet appliers!

The Winged Gold Foot Bows are an exclusive item (NOT free), from -{ZOZ}-, for the Funny Puppet Fair. The Winged Gold Foot Bows come in a 5 color fatpack for 149L and won’t be available after the Funny Puppet Fair ends…so GO grab them now!

Happy shopping and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Eternal Eyes Spectral Ghost
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Sim –Veronica Lake

A Blueberry at the Funny Puppet Fair!

Greetings!

I have a TON of goodies to show you today!  We have group gifts from Blueberry and all kinds of hunt items from the Funny Puppet Fair.

In the first photo I am wearing the Blueberry Karen *Mesh* Belted dress.  The dress comes in a fat pack of four colors to choose from and is a FREE Group Gift (FREE to join).  That giant sunflower is actually the May Daisy Umbrella and is the latest FREE Group Gift (FREE to join) from Dyer Maker -Fashion & Couple Poses…it comes with a hold animation and when you click the umbrella, your avatar poses and the umbrella emits daisy petals..too adorable!  The pose I am using for this pic is from aDORKable Poses.

The Anya *Mesh* Hoodie (White) and Britta *Mesh* Skirt (Lime Sky), worn in the second photo, are also FREE Group Gifts (FREE to join) from Blueberry.  In fact there are several more FREE Group Gifts available at Blueberry…just waiting for YOU!  My sweet *Doll socks (leggings), from Mag<3, are only 1L and are one of the fabulous hunt items available at the Funny Puppet Fair.

The cute little critter in my mouth, in the first photo, is called {Neko, Neko Mouth} and is the hunt item on offer from =^.^=MS=^.^ (**Myrai Style**)…it is only 1L at the Funny Puppet Fair!  Just find the little “puppet” shown HERE, along with photos of all the hunt items, and purchase your gift for 1L!  The super cute Sunny Glasses, from ::Moon Inc.::, are also a hunt item at the Funny Puppet Fair.  Just find the “puppet” and pay only 1L! My hair is NOT free but can be found at Spellbound.

In the second photo I am holding another Funny Puppet Fair HUNT item, *N*AJISAI DOLL, from NAMINOKE…yours for only 1L; once you locate the “puppet”.  The cute celestial face tattoo is called Fagchanted and is available for only 10L from Chus!…at their main store. The face tattoo comes with matching eyes (NOT worn) and contains several different color options for the tattoos and eyes!

The hair is NOT free but is available at Spellbound…my adorable Minions slink nail appliers are also NOT free and can be purchased at {MUA}. My Kismet Wedding Ring set is NOT free and is from CHOP ZUEY COUTURE JEWELLERY.

**Please note that the LM given for the Funny Puppet Fair is a forced landing point.  You will find a map, at the landing point, to help you locate each store participating in the Fair and the hunt. ❤ ❤

The fabulous Cute Kitty shoes, in the first photo, are the Funny Puppet Fair hunt item from Glitzz and are only 1L!  You have the option to wear the shoes with or without the cute Kawaii kitty  (nail color is from the HUD that comes with the shoes).  In photo two I am wearing another Funny Puppet Fair HUNT item, Patchwork Rigged High Tops, from [KRC]…look for the “puppet” and grab them for only 1L!  The sock tops are part of a complete sock, Dirty Dora’s Socks, from [IHS] In Her Shoes (store no longer exists).

The yummy Slink nail appliers, worn in the first photo, are from my latest addiction -{ZOZ}~!  The April Polish fingernail/toenail HUDS, and ring, are another hunt item from the Funny Puppet Fair and you can snag them for only 1L!!

You can preview all the hunt items for the Funny Puppet Fair HERE.  Check out all the hunt items, gachas and exclusive designs available at the Funny Puppet Fair!

Happy hunting and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Spectral Eyes Black (photo 1)  Spectral Eyes Ghost (Photo 2)
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hands by Slink
Pose by aDORKable Poses
Photo Location – Funny Puppet Fair

Glamorous ~ghee~ May VIP Group Gift!

Greetings!

Just a quickie post today to show you the latest FREE Group Gift from ~ghee~ (250L join fee)!  Ladies, I do hope you took my advice and joined the ~ghee~ VIP Group, during their open enrollment, where I showed you the previous fabulous ~ghee~ Group Gift and I do hope you stayed in the group…because the latest May 2014 VIP Group Gift is this incredible entire outfit!  Included in the outfit is the adorable mesh Candy Dot Abstraction shift dress in spring colors with a flirty ruffle finish to the hem, the fabulous matching head scarf and the chartreuse colored shoulder bag.

To finish off the ensemble, you also receive the chartreuse colored heels; for Slink High Feet!  What an amazing VIP Group Gift!

If you didn’t join during the open enrollment period, or you did and dropped out, you will need to pay the 250L group join fee…but it is more than worth the fee as the designer behind ~ghee~, Warm Clarity, is exceptionally generous with her group members.

Happy Shopping and stay Fabulously Free!

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Eternal Eyes Black
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hair – TuTy’s Creations  Limbo
Glasses – GOS – Intuition
Nail Applier –{MUA} – Slink Nails HUD – Minions
Poses by Manifeste the Art of Posing
Sim –DERAILED

This Domestic Diva Reigns in Lakshmi and Cerri’s!

Greetings!

I did sooooo much shopping yesterday, for Fifty Lindens Friday, I needed to stay home today and catch up on my domestic Diva chores!  It wasn’t all work…the first thing I did, while my husband was out getting milk for our coffee, was have some fun!  I cranked up the tunes and did my best Tom Cruise…dancing all over the house, and jumping on the sofa, in my FREE Cerri’s Office Girl May Group Gift (FREE to join) from Cerri’s Booty.  The Office Girl outfit comes with this fabulous patterned mesh button down shirt, non-mesh panties, and mesh socks…perfect for sliding across those wood floors!  You’ll find the group join and the group gifts on the second floor of the store.
Of course I STILL had to do some work around the house…so baking cookies and making red sauce were on the list!  I changed into my Lilian (Long Dress) Ocean FREE Group Gift (FREE to join) from *::LAKSMHI::*.

I found this fabulous hair at *::LAKSHMI::*…it is also one of their FREE group gifts!  This F 2014 Gift Hair, previously shown by Pru HERE, comes with a HUD that let’s you resize it AND has a ton of color change options!  It’s perfect for hanging out around the house or going out to dinner! I’m wearing the red/brown in the first photo and the lightest blond in the second photo.

My Silver Chain Hoop Earrings are the latest release from .:ECCO:. and are on special for only 10L only through Sunday…so HURRY and get them before the price goes up!  These earrings are definite go-to jewelry…while you are there…subscribe to receive updates from .:ECCO:. and you will receive lots of goodies delivered directly to you…including the Pink version of these Chain Hoops!

One of my last items is NOT free and the group, :REIGN:, costs a whopping 1000L to join…but I received these amazing wedges, as a FREE Group Gift, in a FAT Pack for both the Slink High and Mid feet.  These GROUPIE WEDGIES  have a ton of color change options, I can change the metal from silver to gold and they were created exclusively for the  :REIGN: group members…how incredibly special is that?!!!  The owners shut the store down and had an exclusive member only 50% off sale; with the release of the group gift!  I joined the group when there was an open enrollment…not sure if or when they will do another one…but if they do I will let you know because this is a group definitely worth joining…:REIGN: is VERY generous with their group members!  If you decide you can’t wait and pay the 1KL to join…you will find the GROUP WEDGIES in the group notices.  Keep in mind this is a fat pack of shoes that normally go for 400-750L EACH…so that 1KL membership fee just took care of itself!
I have shown my Watermelon Slink Nail Appliers a few times…they are FREE from Flair (no group join) and I just don’t want to take them off!  I’m sure I’ll be wearing them all through the Spring!

Happy shopping and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Spectral Mesh Eyes Black
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hands  & Feet by Slink
Sim –My Private Residence