THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT 3/4

Tiny Bird Autumn Leaves Hair (Licorice and Orange)! The mask changes texture on touch to several colors and you may also tint it. Last 50L Friday I picked it up in brown haircolor and tinted the hair darker. Now you can get black and orange hair versions at the Sunny simwide hunt if you can find the right Bone. :)

Also showing Alienbear Designs Halloween gift necklace just perfect for every elegant vampire and goth all year long.

Also I'm wearing again the gift skin from the Plastik gift package.

Ohmai "Lippin Denim Tunic Pumpkin" (another Sunny Halloween Hunt prize)

Sey "Fur Bag" shows four different fun textures on touch ... they are having a Halloween Lucky Board Festival at their sim.

Love,
Serene

THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT 2/4

Okey this snap shows several seriously sweet goodies! Calico Ingmann is having a Pumpkin Hunt including LOTS of Halloween-tinted hair and a few skins .. this one is called Mania .. The skin is from Plastik's fabulous Halloween gift box, and the Schadenfreude Electro-Kitty Earrings were out for the last 50L Friday. If you visit her shop and buy the Electro-Cute Jewelry Fatpack, it now includes this Electokitty Jewelry and two more Halloween inspired new jewelry sets. You'll have to go see those yourself :)

This is another Halloween color of a new Calico Ingmann Hair called Tori. I admit I bought it in black too.

The corset and skirt are treats from Silentsparrow. The corset is her picks reward gift, and the skirt is a Hunt Prize in the Wretched Hollow Pumpkin Hunt. If you want more pieces to match the skirt, you can get matching shirt and pants in exchange for Bat Tokens from the Deader Than You Tour. (Information available in her store.)

Love,
Serene

THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT 1/4

People talk about the spirit of giving that shines at Christmas but I think in Second Life its the Halloween Spirit. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of spirit going around in December, but there is just something special in the air the last couple of weeks of October. I have to say to all the marvelous designers THANK YOU !! I love all the spookies and pumpkins and bats and candy and everything black and orange and purple and red ... YUM! I wanted to show you a few ...

Miel Lo Refurbished Socks (100L at the Dock location) .. also there is a group gift dress which matches pretty well. But I gotta love on these ripped up patched up socks.

Ducknipple "Harry" Sneakers (Pumpkin Print Hunt prize) *nommy*

Love,
Serene

I MET MYSELF IN THE WOODS TODAY

And it turns out, I'm a little wild.

So many people are excited about the "Where the Wild Things Are"... it's inevitable that we've seen a few versions of Max costumes (not exact copies, but close enough). I like the rich texture and slightly darker color of this outfit from Tyranny Designs. The outfit includes the furry jacket and jeans, and also furry mittens and a scepter.

Outfit: Tyranny Designs “Wild Thing”
Shoes: Detour “Kickflip Sneakers”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Acorn [Dark] Lovely-High Tea 2”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Hair: Miau Haus “Valen”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Background Art: Maurice Sendak

Love,
Serene

WITCH'S MISANTHROPIC MUMBLES

I keep a watch from the castle at Kiamo Ko during daylight, but the night is all mine. Time to fly.

Under moonlight I am part of the land of the living, rather than tombed in a tower with no one except those damned monkeys.

Odd isn't it that I feel compelled to visit these graves and keep the company of the dead? They don't trouble me. After all the Horrors I've seen, the Tiktoks, Politicians and Educators-with-Agendas, what is frightening about a quiet pile of bones?

What bothers me are the ones whose bones lie somewhere unknown. Was the noble Goat sold over a butcher's counter? and Where is my Fiyero?

Dress/Hat: Second Wave Apparel “Wicked Witch” (also includes cape not shown)
Shoes: Dilly Dolls “Plain Janes”
Broom: Creative Insanity (from Witch AO set)
Skin: The Plastik “Halloween Skin Lagoona Scales” (part of a FABULOUS gift package)
Hair: Calico Ingmann Creations “Emily”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Animazoo
Location: Magic of Oz

Love,
Serene

p.s. Chistery and I had a little training incident. He wouldn't put me down until I threatened to make Split Pea and Monkey Soup.

ARE YOU A GOD?

Dr Ray Stantz: Gozer the Gozerian... good evening. As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension.

Gozer: Are you a God?
Dr Ray Stantz: No.
Gozer: Then... DIE!

Winston Zeddemore: Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!

Gown: PixelDolls “Atlantis Dress Kit C” (skirt modded to show legs)
Lace Collar: PixelDolls “Bella.Black.Lace Collar” (part of Bella Dress)
Horns: Wasabi Pills “Inferno Horns”
Hooves: Rez Fantasy “Capran” Avatar
Necklace: Mezzo “Arabesque Bangle” (it used to be a bracelet with a blue gem)
Eyes: Heaven 4D “4D Eyes Vampire”
Hair: Omega Point “Dokuro Hair”
Skin: Frick “Nemesis Ash” (Demonology Hunt Prize)
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Location: Angmar

Love,
Serene

FAIRYTALES GONE WRONG

I think I fell asleep to the sound of the Grandfather Clock. So I dreamed I was back in Drowsy, looking at the town Clocktower. In my dream I could hear the chimes but, oddly, the hands of the clock wouldn't move.

I wandered around, looking for someone, but nothing else was moving either. A magic fish frozen in midleap.

Only huge balls of pollen and dust floated by through beams of light. I was caught for an eternal moment staring at the light, and for that perfect moment I stopped too. Is this place caught in a spell?

I shook off the silence and kept walking. Maybe I felt uneasy. It was as if something dangerous was looking at me. I did not dare stop moving again. I realized this was a world where bad things could happen to little girls.

When I came to the sea there was no place else to walk. Afraid to walk into the water, but afraid to turn my back on the woods of this strange island. As will happen in dreams, I looked at myself from the outside, detached, as if this girl were a stranger. "She will be all right." I said it loudly, and yet it was a prayer. "She will be all right ... as long as she does not look in a mirror."

Dress: Violent Seduction “Forgotten”
Shoes: Dilly Dolls “Plain Janes” (color/texture change)
Hair: Amacci “Alice” (silver)
Skin: &Bean “Lake Smiley Pale” (group gift)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Animazoo
Windlight Setting: Torley’s “2013”
Location: Drowsy

Love,
Serene

KREAMSICLE KITTY

I'm ready to go trick or treating !!

I just love these KatatOnik Kattypop purses from the Cioccolata Gatcha Festival and I had to make a trick or treat outfit from the orange one. I added some pieces to this Babydoll dress ... tights from one outfit and an undershirt to look young and sweet. The freckles help with that too don't they? The skin is an inexpensive holiday gacha from My Ugly Dorothy. And the hair is a fun staple because the colored side color-changes so you can match it with lots of outfits.

Bag: katatOnik “(black/orange) Kattypop Purse” (L$15 gacha at Cioccolata Festival)
Dress: katatOnik “(orange) S&S Dress”
Undershirt: katatOnik “(black/white) Sheer Shirt (wearing two layers to make it opaque)
Leggings: katatOnik “(black) Leggings” (from some other outfit)
Boots: katatOnik “Axis Mundi (black) Legwarmer Boots” (no longer available)
Gloves: Plastik “Annamalie Gloves”
Skin: My UglyDorothy “Halloween Skin 5” (L$50 gacha in store)
Hair: Deviant Kitties “DeeDee”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Location: the Halloween Shop at DV8

Love,
Serene

NIGHT FLIGHT

A gorgeous day and a beautiful sunset in progress ... but the best part of my day is still coming. I am flying tonight. There is absolutely nothing like the feeling of flying in the dark. It is like being a god, traveling among stars. I don't have long to wait.

As my name indicates, I could fly without these mechanical wings, but I love the equipment. Humans are so brave, trusting themselves to one flimsy apparatus or another. (Actually these wings are more decorative than useful, so I carry a pouch of fairy dust on my belt. It's like a cosmic game of rock-paper-scissors: fairy dust beats gravity.)

Here is tonight's piece of apparatus: I will be flying dirigible. These days they use helium in the balloon. Can you believe they ever used flammable hydrogen?

Glorious.

As usual the Silentsparrow outfit comes with lots of options, shirt tucked, shirt untucked, vest only, two colors of pants, a fun standing collar not shown here, wings, and a belt with a steampunk gears buckle and a complimentary pouch of fairy dust. I recommend using the fairy dust, as these wings are definitely disobeying the laws of physics.

Outfit: Silentsparrow “Lysander” (rust)
Hat: Xcentricity “Aerodyne Aviator Cap”
Boots: Coco “Riding Boots” (yes! again!)
Bracelet: Sey “Amber/Leather Dark”
Skin: Your Skin & Your Shape “Vanessa Tan” (with hairbase and chignon)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose, Diesel Works and Animazoo
Location: Abbotts Aerodrome at the Aerius dirigible, er, I mean "blimp" by Cubey Terra

Love,
Serene

I DIDN'T DO IT

I'm so confused. What is all this mess?

Okay guys this joke is not funny. Guys? ... Guys?

Where did this axe come from? .. Oh! Oh no! Not again!

You have to believe me! I didn't do this!

Hoorenbeek has several Halloween outfits in store intended for men. Some are casual jeans, others a nice suit, blood layers, and various weapons including the axe, machete and of course chainsaw. Priced at L$100 each. ... My outfit didn't include a shirt so I wore a recent gift from Schadenfreude, but you can get a colored version of this batty beater at Allegory's store in the elephant. Trick or treat while you visit.

Shirt: Schadenfreude “Ghostbat Beater” (gift)
Pants/Boots/Blood/Axe: [hoorenbeek] Halloween Outfit
Hair: Waka and Yuki “Hair 107”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Acorn [Dark] Lovely-High Tea 2”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose

Love,
Serene

AUTUMN FLAMES

Loverly gown in Halloween Orange? Check. ... I modded the ties on the cape a bit. (And yes I am still wearing these boots.)

I love love love these Dahlia Skins. They come in several makeups and um, states of damage. Nummy bow lips and pencil eyebrows appropriate to the time. And you know I'm a sucker for curly black hair.

Gown and Hat: RFyre “Black Flame II”
Boots: Coco “Riding Boots”
Hair: Cake “Dakota”
Skin: MiaSnow “Dahlia 9”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose

Love,
Serene

BURNT ORANGE BECKONS

I heard that Blue Blood had special orange Halloween outfits at Kali Isle ... when I got there I was surprised to see that there were other special seasonal stuffs set out by several other creators. ... I love this outfit with this feathered Hat/Hair from Gritty Kitty. What makes the Hat so flexible is that the hat, band and feathers are all texture change on touch so you can customize it to go with just about anything.

Now the boots ... ah the boots. mmm ... Soft leather, you don't need to be a rich equestrienne to appreciate them, but it doesn't hurt. There is another set with a contrasting cuff in a slightly orangey brown leather. The pair I am wearing only has this orangey leather inside, but you can see it a little if you like to wear your boots loosely like I do. Each boot is only one piece, so it doesn't have that odd look when your ankle bends in some poses. It uses invisiprims to hide your feet, but not your calves. Do yourself a favor and go try on a pair in the store.

I don't normally go for orange lipstick, but doesn't October suspend all the normal fashion rules? :)

Hat/Hair: Gritty Kitty “Thursday”
Outfit: Blue Blood “Beckoning” (Halloween Special @ Kali Isle L$150)
Boots: Coco “Riding Boots”
Skin: Mother Goose “Halloween Gift Skin” (gift)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose

Love,
Serene

I LOVE FALL

Dressing warmly for a walk in the woods. I'm in this mood as fall comes along.

The weather has been so nice and crisp the last couple of days, and the mossy woods and earth have complicated and enchanting scents I love ... they lured me out of doors. But I am not sure I remember my way back to the house. The mist is tricky.

I am sure this is nowhere near my home. I think I have wandered out of all the familiar places into one of the lands in Between.

These aren't the best shoes for hiking but who cares? They're fabulous.

I like to do a few fall posts of "normal" clothes but I'm not sure if I'll be doing many this year. It's October, so who has time for "normal"? Coming soon: all Things Halloweeny!!

Hair/Hat: Argrace “Knit Beret Loose Up” (color change)
Earrings: Kunstkammer “Falling Stones Earrings” (gatcha gatcha festival)
Jacket: Ibizarre “Black Knit Jacket”
Shirt: Second Wave Apparel “RuffleTop ChocolateSilk”
Skirt: Ibizarre “Highwaist Tweed Skirt”
Gloves: The Plastik “AnnaMalie Gloves”
Socks: Maitreya “Toeless Slouch Autumn Orange” (gift)
Shoes: J’s “Ankle Boots Square”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Moonbeam [Dark] Lovely-Firehouse2”
Poses: by Animazoo
Location: Wasted Night

Love,
Serene

p.s. Dang. I did some more exploring and this accidentally turned into a Halloween post.