IT'S SO FLUFFY!

As winter wears on I am getting a little hungry for some color, and this sunny warm sweater is just what the doctor ordered! Ur Favorite One and Taketomi are sharing a booth at the Seasons Story and the sweater and the hair are made for each other. This chic bob tucks right inside the turtleneck perfectly.



And aren't these little bunny shoes adorable? They even have a little cotton-tail on the back. Add a big cushy gacha scarf and I'm all warm and comfy.



Sweater: Ur Favorite One "huggable sweater" (at the Seasons Story)
Shoes: Nomi "Rabbit Lolita Shoes" (gacha)(at Oh My Gacha)
Scarf: Erratic "cwe - shawl / beige" (gacha)
Skirt: Pixicat "The Dark Skirt" (with texture change HUD)
Hair: Taketomi "U.F.O. SweaterHair" (at the Seasons Story)
Skin: Essences "Alice" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Pose: by Adorkable

Love,
Serene

MAH BAYBEE

Just a quickie summer outfit. With another adorable pet. Everyone needs a baby seal right? (I resized this cutie to be a little smaller than he was right out of the crate.) Why can't I resist these things?!? Aww!



Baby: Alchemy "Seal Pups" (at Oh My Gacha)
Hat: Swallow "Flower Hat White and Pink" (at the Dressing Room)
Dress and Jacket: OVH "Alice Dress" and "Cisse Denim Shirt"
Shoes: Essenz "Tampa"
Earrings: Maxi Gossamer "Beach Castaway Starfish"
Hair: boon "JOPE57" (bangs only) with hairbase
Skin: Essences "Tila"
Teeth: by Essences (comes with in-store gift skin you should go get this!)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose (unavailable) modified by the Seal

Love,
Serene

THAT'S MORE LIKE IT

Okay I still didn't get changed into my new swimsuit but I wanted to wear this dress first. It's from Bare Rose also includes a hat and an optional shoulder drape that I didn't wear cause, well it's the beach. I liked it with this up-do from Exile that you can still get at the Arcade Gacha for a couple more days. The package comes with two hairs and two pairs of glasses, all cute, what a great deal!



Dress: Bare Rose "Monica C2" (also includes purple and orange dresses)
Shoes: Essenz "Laguna"
Hair/Glasses: Exile "L.A." (at the Arcade Gacha)
Skin: Essences "Tila" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Poses: by Marukin (at Collabor88)

Love,
Serene

THE I-SCREAM QUEEN

I love a minty cool outfit as the warmer weather kicks in! I'm layering this maxi dress over a hybrid shirt that I really loved finding over at Violent Seduction. I wish more people made things like this. It is a system-layer shirt with rigged and unrigged collar and bow, and rigged sleeves both long and short. If I wanted to layer the shirt under a jacket I could leave off the sleeves. Get the idea? Pretty please designers make more flexible pieces like this!



I don't usually show hands close-up but I wanted you to see this cute cupcake ring (a group gift over at the Chapter Four birthday party) and these cute fingernails. The details show a little better on the nail HUD courtesy of the Sugar Garden.



Dress: Vincue "Maxxi+Dress"
Shirt: Violent Seduction "Lolita Blouse" (system shirt with mesh attachments YAY!!)
Nail Polish: The Sugar Garden "SLink Fingernails - Floral Bows" (three variations on a HUD)
Ring: Atomic "Celebrate! Cupcake Ring (group gift at the Chapter Four)
Ice Cream: ur.favorite.one "i scream, you scream"
Crown and Scepter: Enfant Terrible "Crown Mint" and "Staff Mint" (gacha)
Shoes: The Secret Store "Oxford Heels"
Hair: Lamb "Darling"
Skin: Essences "Siggy TDRF02" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands and Feet: by SLink

Love,
Serene

LOVESTRUCK

Apropos of February, I am laughing at Remarkable Oblivion's Valentines' Day gift. Sometimes Cupid's arrow is off the mark. Why does love have to make me feel so dumb? Meh. Maybe I'll enjoy February 14th next year.



Arrow Headgear: Remarkable Oblivion "Lovestruck" (group gift)
Heartsy Tattoo: Mia Snow "Heart Freckles" (gift)(tintable)
Lolly: Half Deer "Cake Pop XOXO (Strawberry)"
Jacket: The Secret Store "Aerolite Jacket" (at Collabor88)
Shorts: The Secret Store "Balloon Shorts" (at Collabor88)
Shirt: Coco "BowShirt" (vintage)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui "Nostalgia"
Hair: Exile "Baby I'll Rule"
Skin: Essences "Harper TDRF Vday" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Song "Ghost Pink Pearl"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands: by SLink

Love,
Serene

QUEEN OF THE VAMPIRE DISCO PUNKS

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed



You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl
But all the while you hear the creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time



They're out to get you there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see



Jacket: LIV-Glam "Say You'll Be There" (part of Outfit)
Leggings: Maitreya "Leggings"
Shoes: Auxiliary "Heartbreaker" (at Collabor88)
Crown: Schadenfreude "Storybook Royalty Pumpkin" (last Arcade Gacha)
Necklace: Lassitude and Ennui "Batty"
Bow Tie: Swallow "Papillon Black Spike" (at The Dressing Room)
Hair: Wasabi Pills "Kira" (last Arcade Gacha)
Skin: Essences "Qopi"
Eyes: Song "Ghost Pink Pearl"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Lashes: Lelutka "Photoshoot II"
Shirt: Sur "Lace Shirt" (vintage vintage)
Corset: PixelDolls "Bella Corset" (vintage vintage)
Belt: Ducknipple "Meurdog" (vintage vintage)
Bloody Teeth: by Glam Affair (vintage vintage)
Poses: by Olive Juice (vintage vintage Thriller poses)

Love,
Serene

KANDY KANE

On my little slice of the human family tree, Christmas runs through January 5, followed by Three Kings Day on January 6. A good enough excuse to keep showing you Holiday goodies? I think so!



Dress: ColdLogic "Seasons Greetings" (multipack gift)
Shoulder Frippery: ieQED "Antler Pauldrons" (gift, also in green)
Christmas Stocking: by Schadenfreude (this year's includes a Silentsparrow plushie!)
Jewelry: Schadenfreude "Bright Idea" Set (Fifty Linden Friday)
Boots: Ingenue "Brigita Boots" (VIP Group gift)
Leggings: The Secret Store "Christmas Tights" (2012 sorry)
Hair: Alice Project "Tessa" (Advent Calendar gift)
Skin: Essences "Lorde03" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Poetic Color "Christmas Tale" (gift)
Eye Makeup: Nuuna "Yule Green 2" (multipack gift)

Love,
Serene

JOINING THE DREAM ARMY

The Captain's Coat isn't a very practical item of dress but that's probably why I like it so much. Most officers don't have ten spare minutes every morning to dedicate to lacing up. :D  ... I hope you don't mind that I tinted the inner shirt a Plum color, it used to be gray with royal blue piping. Still available a little longer over at the Victorian edition of Genre.



And these lovely suede boots! They come either plain or with the fabulous metallic tooling on the cuffs. Perfect for space pirates, or high elves in middle-earth. You'll be seeing me in these again I promise.



Jacket: 14-FL-OZ "Captain's Coat" (at Genre)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui "Paramour Boots" (new)
Hat: Deco "Officer's Cap"
Gloves: Tonktastic "Biker Gloves" (vintage)
Collar: Violent Seduction "Lenore" (vintage)
Pants: Sakide "Hippie Velvet Pants" (vintage vintage)
Weaponry: Seraphim Systems "The Countess"
Hair: Truth "Mina"
Skin: Essences "Lorde" (at the Dressing Room)
Lipstick:  Essences "VF lips 07" (vintage, literally, from the 2012 Vintage Fair LOL)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: Label Motion "TDR Mix" (at the Dressing Room)

Love,
Serene

INADVERTENT SNOW ANGEL

It's snowing as I speak and my daughter was twenty minutes late for school this morning because the traffic was crawling along at about five miles per hour the whole way. I'm listening to the news talking about the power lines that are down around town. I'm so grateful that her vacation starts tomorrow. In keeping with the lovely but inhospitable weather, a winter white post. I do enjoy ice skating while I am inside wearing pajamas. :D



Whee!



If these pictures load slowly, I apologize on behalf of Flickr which is messing about with their freaking display settings again. I really really wish they would stop trying to "improve" their interface, I preferred it THE WAY IT WAS! (*rant over*)

Coat: Maitreya "Oversized Coat" (at Collabor88)
Leggings: Maitreya "Tights"
Skates: The Secret Store "Ice Skates - Pegasus" (at the Arcade Gacha)
Hair: D!va "Daisy" (at the Arcade Gacha)
Skin: Essences "Dyana" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent "
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: Nantra "Roller Derby"

Love,
Serene

DOGUE

I love my baby dogue. She isn't new, but I checked and this puppy-in-a-bag is still free on the Marketplace, and the purse is color-change, so you can color-coordinate her with a whole bunch of outfits. In this case that's easier because the top and the shoes also change texture. The dress can also be green or monotone gray.



And the shoes come with a HUD that changes to forty-eight colors. That's enough isn't it? These are not SLink feet, but the feet are very nice, built into the shoes, and not too hard to color match with a little practice. There are also several shades of polish for the toenails built into the HUD ...



Top: LIV-Glam "I See You Baby" (texture-change HUD)
Bag with the Puppy: Tuty's "Mesh Pet Carrier - Chiwawa" (gift)(texture-change HUD)
Leggings: Tee*fy "Black Shine Leggings"
Shoes: LIV-Glam "Mimic Platform Sandals" (feet built in)(texture-change HUD)
Hair: Truth "Fernanda" (group gift)
Skin: Essences "Olyvia" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Hands: by SLink

Love,
Serene

BACON

Why bacon? Because everything is better with bacon, that's why.



It's been cold lately so I wanted warm colors and texture. Am I wearing too many prints? I don't care. Oo! I need to go make some hot chocolate. I felt cold in this skirt so I dug out some nice sculpted legwarmers I bought a while ago at GField. I'm glad they aren't rigged mesh because I could adjust them for a better fit over my shoes. They are made to go over heels, isn't that awesome?



Jacket: So Many Styles "Native Cardigan Magenta" (The Dressing Room)
Skirt: LIV-Glam "Absent Minded Friends" (part of outfit)
Legwarmers: GField "Leg Warmer for Heels"
Shoes: Ingenue "Lydia Slingbacks"
Scarf: FATEwear "Granger - Bacon" (former Arcade Gacha)
Earrings: Schadenfreude "Little White Snowflake" (vintage gift)
Hair: LaViere "Ambush"
Skin: Essences "Olyvia"
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II" and Essences "Eyelashes 01" (tattoo)
Lipgloss: Sugar Heart "Lip Shine" (group gift)
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Poses: by Flowey and Glitterati

Love,
Serene

A SHORT WALK

You can still pick up Ison's Assymetrical Jacket for a couple more days at Collabor88 before they change the collection, but after that no doubt it will return to their main store. Out of all the lovely bits from this month's lovely set, this was the most must-must-have for me. I love the unconventional cut. *yum* And dressed warmly, I went back for a second visit to the Winter Moon sim, with its disorderly trees and undergrowth, and I followed the path to the beach.



The path leads past water and through some lovely ruins. Along the way a few comfortable spots to stop and sit down to enjoy the scene.



Jacket: Ison "Leather Assymetrical Jacket" (at Collabor88 for a couple more days)
Pants: The Sea Hole "Squid Row Jeans" (available on SL Marketplace)
Earrings: Kunglers "Medusa" (at The Dressing Room)
Shoes: Absolution "Rose Flats" (vintage gacha)
Hair: booN "LCA518" with gathered raised hairbase
Skin: Essences "Song" (at The Dressing Room)
Lipstick: Dead Apples "Balm Stains Fall Colors"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands: by SLink
Fingernails HUD: by Adore and Abhor
Poses: by Del May
Location: Winter Moon

Love,
Serene

BEBE

I think I'm ready now to turn the corner into fall. I smiled at the brown turtleneck dress and chuckled at the fun shi-shi-faux religious iconography printed on.



The sexy smoky eye and plush lips feel rich too, don't they?



I need a nice cup of hot chocolate.

Dress: LIV-Glam "Bebe"
Leggings: This is a Fawn "Knit Leggings" (vintage!)
Boots: Fashionably Dead "Bossy Boots - Wingtip Brown" (last Arcade Gacha)
Earrings: Maxi Gossamer "St. Tropez Hammered Disks"
Hair: LeLutka "Alvina"
Skin: Essences "Sash" (@ The Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon " Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands: by SLink
Eyeliner: Kooqla "Black Magic Eyeliner"
Eyeshadow: Paperbag "Smokey Eyes"
Poses: by Flowey and Del May

Love,
Serene

THE IMPISH ONE

The "Impish" dress is another pretty thing from this month's Deco-themed edition at the Genre venue. You may need to tinker with your shape to get this dress to fit properly, so I recommend trying a demo. (I think there was a demo? I don't remember.) In some poses my shoulders went through the straps. I love the lace and detail; in these photos I am using very bright lighting to make the texture more visible.



Bliensen and Maitai's earrings are perfectly period. Lovely little pieces, all the bits in mesh. You can click on the photo to see a larger version with all the details.



Dress and Clutch: Impish "Vintage Vamp" (@ Genre)
Shoes: Absolution "Rose Flats" (vintage)
Hairpiece: Violent Seduction "Lolita Cantonier" (Lucky Board prize)
Earrings: Bliensen and Maitai "Chareston Art Deco" (@ Genre)
Hair: LaViere "Ambush"
Skin: Essences "Whisper" (@the Dressing Room)
Lipstick: Glam Affair "Layla Lipstick - risqué" (vintage)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: by Del May

Love,
Serene

WISHFUL THINKING

This is wishful thinking because, as I write, a few inches of snow are threatening the lives of my purple crocuses. Adept at denial, today I am getting my dose of springtime in Ode.



This gown from Liv Glam is available starting today. The "Chic La Mode" collection will be available with new items every week right next to the mainstore landing point. For example this dress. The package includes a HUD that delivers whichever size dress you choose, and on touch you can change it to six textures. I love them all, but this blue and purple floral is my favorite.



This wistfully sweet little floral branch in my hair? There is also another version with falling petals.  *love them!*

Dress: LIV-Glam "Spring 2013 Jardin Beach Maxi Dress" (Chic La Mode @ mainstore)
Headdress: La Gyo "Amande" (The Dressing Room Fusion)
Hair: booN "UUT644"
Skin: Glam Affair "Amberly - Artic - Candy" (Collabor88)
Eyes: Ikon "Lucid"
Lashes: Lelutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: by Diesel Works and Flowey

Love,
Serene