THE VAMPIRE'S HOUSEKEEPER

There isn't really much to do here. The Count does not collect trinkets.

She sweeps every day and dusts a little. There really is no help for the old bloodstain on the chaise. But if she works slowly, she can seem busy most of the day.

Perhaps she is more decorative than useful, a nod to convention. A rich count is expected to have servants. Why else?

You can find far more than ballgowns at the Fashion For Life charity fundraiser! When I saw this dark and lovely gown, I immediately thought "roleplay". The apron made me think of a housekeeper, but the colors are so goth that I started looking for other accessories that would go with that theme at the other Fashion For Life vendors. The hair is black with blonde tips, but I tinted it bloody red and added the menacing eyes.

Gown: Kouse’s Sanctum “Jocelyn”(includes purple apron)(Fashion For Life benefit item)
Hair: Amacci “Suzy” (tinted)(Fashion For Life benefit item)
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise Eyes – Gacha Red” (Fashion For Life benefit Gacha)
Clawmarks: Blood and Scars “back scratches”
Featherduster: RC Cluster “Feather Duster (red)” (multicolor pack on SL Marketplace)
Shoes: Duh! “Spring Flats Ink”
Hairbase: booN “gathered lower hairbase”
Skin: Sanu “Gemini Pure Skin” (unavailable)
Eyeshadow: Plastic Flowers “Black Eyeshadow”
Bloody Lips: Glam Affair “Tattoo makeup TDR 13” (unavailable)
Eyelashes: Exodi “Eyelashes”
Alpha: Imabee “System eyelashes – begone!”

Love,
Serene

APROPOS

This lovely kimono is available for sale this month at the Fashion For Life charity event to raise funds for cancer research. I could make a (long) list for you of all the cancer in my family tree, but my heart isn't in it today ...

Today I am thinking about Japan. In a few days, we will see the good-hearted scraping a few dollars out of their gasoline fund to send there ... I hope you keep doing what you do. Please let's do it together.

For more information about the Fashion For Life charity event, please visit their official site.

Kimono: Falln "Kimono FFLExclusive" (includes shoes)
Skin: Sanu "Gemini Pure Skin" (unavailable)
Eyeshadow: Plastic Flowers "Black Eyeshadow"
Lipstick: Natural Beauty "Lipstick set 8-lipstick 8"
Hair: Exile "Bronwyn"
Eyes: Poetic Color "Night Rain"
Eyelashes: Exodi "Eyelashes"
Alpha: Imabee "System eyelashes - begone!"
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Location: Hosoi Ichiba

Love,
Serene

THE ART GEEK

Earthbound.

But always dreaming of more.

Maybe if I paint it well enough, someone else will catch my dreams.

I wish there was a chair tall enough to lift me into heaven. I don't have wings.

I liked the Kanji Shirt when I saw it in the window, but in the interest of fair disclosure there is a little bit of seam showing at the waist, so I grabbed my Sey hoodie and tied it around my waist to hide that little bitta schmutz. Off I went to the Museum. I haven't been there for a while and there are several new displays. Loved it!

Brush: Sanu “Year of the Rabbit Calligraphy Brush” (Magic of Oz Hunt Prize)
Totebag: Vooner “Marti Bag_art”
Shirt: SE*Designz “Kanji Doublelayer Shirt”
Shorts: Phoenix Rising “Taylor Shorts” (25L at the endless “Closing Sale”)
Tied Hoodie: Sey “maki2 hoodie_v3 [check] 9color” (texture change scripted)
Earrings: Concrete Flowers “Black Flapper Girl”
Scarf: MiaSnow “Flannel Scarf Grey” (OK, so I lied when I said I was giving up grey)
Hat/Hair: CheerNo “hair DUDU” (the Dressing Room)
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Alpha: Imabee “System Eyelashes – begone!”
Hairbase: booN “gathered raised hairbase pink”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Petal Frex [Light] Sweetheart-Rose 1”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Location: the Primtings Art Museum

Love,
Serene

ALONE IN PARIS

How long should I wait?

Hm.

Time to walk.

Billet Doux: Sanu “Love Letter Gold”
Trenchcoat: SLink “Milli Military Coat” (unavailable from the Platinum Hunt )
Shirt: Ducknipple “Scoop”
Boots: hoorenbeek “Pleaser Boots”
Purse: PACADI “Yfke Bag” (Rumors of Pacadi’s demise seem to be exaggerated.)
Hair: Clawtooth “French Connection” (50L Friday)
Skin: dekade “Claire” (unavailable from the Dressing Room)
Eyes: MADesigns “EYES_LIGHT ~ copper” (MHOH)
Poses: Long Awkward Pose
Location: New Paris

Love,
Serene

HOPE

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.

Problem is, sometimes it can sit right there on your shoulder ... but you can't see it, you can't hear it, you can't feel it.

But as I heard someone say once, when you cannot see the light, you may still walk in the memory of the light.

Birdie: Schadenfreude “[Blur] Sparrow”(Blur)
Shirt: WoE “Kyle Light Grrey Tank”
Pants: WoE “GRJ-M3e Men’s Lucas Jeans – Black Wash”
Tears: Garage “Tears with Diamonds” (sorry the diamonds didn’t rez!)
Shoes: Magnifico “Le Plateau Heel”
Tattoo: Pig “Everything Will Be Alright” (Summer of Love Fair)
Hair: Lamb “Sleepyhead”
Skin: Sanu “Gemini Pure” (Blur)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Poses: Diesel Works “Emo” Set of 7 (Summer of Love Fair)
Location: Primitive City
Poetry: Emily Dickinson

Love,
Serene

VISION OF ANGMAR

For many long years I had pondered what I might do should the Great Ring come into my hands, and behold! It was brought within my grasp.


In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen.


And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night!


Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain!


Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the Foundations of the Earth. All shall love me and despair!


Oh and if you choose to visit Angmar? ... It would be prudent to take weapons.

Gown: Bare Rose “Baby Alone in Babylone” and “White Dove” mixed pieces
Headpiece: Bare Rose “Dame Noir Visor”
Ring: Sanu “One Ring” (set includes gold and black metal)
Shoes: Tesla “Jane” Night (multipack in lucky chair)
Hair: Argrace “Passion”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Skin: Little Bird “CN3 Skin Elf-02
(Note: the skin looks different in SL: these pictures are post processed)

Love,
Serene