“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.”
-Patti Smith

This is a raw shot of the new mesh bodysuit released from Defectiva. It comes in 4 colors.

Credits:
*Bodysuit: :Defectiva: Stealth Suit (MESH) by Disembodied Hand
*Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Mimi Hair – Ash by MissAllSunday Lemon
*Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel
*Promotional copies
Location: Insilico

Today I plan on rambling a little bit (what else is new?) about my reasons for blogging. The reason I blog is because it gives me great pleasure to actually take a picture, play with it in photoshop and have the ability to share it with all of you here with a few words. It gives me a sense of fulfillment and I want to make sure I do it right. I try to be very open and professional about everything I do inworld and on this blog. This includes full disclosure on my photography rates and policies, my advertising rates and policies, my review policy as well as what it is I do and whom I work for inworld, all listed on my about page.

In my Disclosure Policy I’ve stated that I’m not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. I also do my best to disclose everything that is given to me and not purchased with my own lindens to abide by the FTC Guidelines listed on my review policy page. When I blog something I do it purely because first: I’ve actually had the time to acquire, try it on, style it and take pictures in it. And second: only because I feel inspired by it, (as I’m sure all fashion bloggers do). However, I do this purely because I eventually have plans to take this blog to another level. It’s already less about fashion and more about my social media presence in which I am hoping to eventually take it to a RL/SL vlog in a few years. Therefore to protect myself, I want to make sure everything I do here is completely transparent and I hope I have been accomplishing that.

All that being said, I’d like to go right into announcing a new partnership I have formed with koinup.com. Koinup is a social network, online community and web portal dedicated to virtual worlds users. It’s a great place to share your photos and videos. The audience will be all virtual world users so, unlike flickr, it’s really targeting users that have the same interests as you. I’ve been sharing my images on koinup for a while now and get a great response and lots of hits to my blog from there. You can check out my koinup profile here.

I’ll be using the koinup places project to take my exploration of SL to another level. So hopefully that will result in a lot more on location shots on my blog in the upcoming months. I hope you take a look at koinup places and explore along with me.

Finally, let’s talk about mesh, shall we? Maitreya has joined the mesh revolution with a bang! This past week three phenomenal mesh items were released. What surprised me the most about all this was, this is was my first time trying on the standard sizing that these items are available in and I turned out to be a small! Totally didn’t expect that especially since my ass seems to have a bad reputation of being on the big side. I swear, I have no idea where that rumor originated from.

Maitreya has also jumped on the social media train with us all so here’s a few links you guys can use for stalking purposes.
Maitreya’s blog – http://sl-maitreya.blogspot.com
Maitreya on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maitreya/148415371925910
Maitreya on Plurk – http://www.plurk.com/onyxx
Maitreya on Twitter – http://twitter.com/OnyxLeShelle
Maitreya on Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/23320078@N03
Maitreya Flickr Group – http://www.flickr.com/groups/maitreya

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Linn Tan – D 01 by Aida Ewing
*Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Pale Warm Silver (M) by Ikon Innovia
Hair: [elikatira] Early – Black 06 by Elikapeka Tiramisu
*Dress: Maitreya MESH Nolita Dress * ColorBlock 8 S by Onyx LeShelle
*Boots: Maitreya MESH Radical Boots * Black S by Onyx LeShelle
*Bag: Maitreya MESH Leather Satchel * Black (shoulder) by Onyx LeShelle
*Scarf: !Ohmai for Collabor88 – A Lil’ Foxy (Black Fox) by Anya Ohmai (Available at Collabor88)
Ring: Donna Flora ANEMONE ring by Squinternet Larnia
Nails: Candy Nail #P024 Magic of Witch Black by peche Bury
*Bracelet: Zaara : Prata silver cuff *onyx* by Zaara Kohime
*Poses: aDORKable Poses: Bag Lady by Adorkable Peapod
*Promotional copies

Location: Death Row (Found on Koinup Places)

In a few days Glam Affair will be releasing a new skin by the name of Linn. Linn will come in 5 skintones (Light, Natural, Tan, MedTan and Dark) I am wearing tan. Each tone will come with dark and light brows as well as a hairbase option. I love the luscious lips on this skin. Each makeup looked phenomenal with these lips, but my heart went out to these gorgeous red lips. Keep an eye on the Glam Affair flickr to know when its released. You can check out a raw shot of myself wearing this skin that I shared in a plurk earlier today to get an idea of how the skin really looks without all my photoshopping.

I’ve been meaning to mention my new favorite eyes in a post for a while now. Before I left for vacation I had asked plurk about some eyes I had seen and desperately wanted. Surprisingly the talented gentleman that created those eyes is also on plurk. Fashism eyes by Ikon Innovia have become my new favorite eyes now and I have been wearing them over a month. I did a few pics in them already that can be found on my flickr. There are so many gorgeous colors to choose from but I especially love these deep warm sunrise that I’m also wearing here.

So if you are a hermit like me and have never been to Fashism, definitely check them out. You will not be disappointed!

The dress I picked up from the je suis Christmas Market. You’ll find an adorable little area full of small stalls from various stores (Julia was also sweet enough to save a space for me and my gift cards). I also picked up an adorable snowman from the market along with other little accessories and some gorgeous hair.
Following is a list of all the stores participating:
* je suis… – Julia Merosi
* BAX COEN Designs – Bax Coen (BAX Boots) , Julia Merosi (BAX Accessories)
* {what next} – Winter Thorn
* CIA – Ayla Stradling
* Jada Humby Couture – Jada Humby
* Angel Dessous – Nando Korobase, Gina Beaumont
* Baiastice – Sissy Pessoa
* peqe – Inex Hax
* ND/MD Skins & Shapes – Alea Lamont, Moonlay Laval
* Lucifer’s Heart – Cara Ametza
* The Secret Store – Maylee Oh
* malt – Khea Karas
* Style by Kira – Kira Paderborn
* CYNFUL – Cynthia Ultsch
* mágoa – Keira Seerose
* Moxie Polanos Haute Styles – Moxie Polano
* Mina – Mina Nakamura
* Chantkare – Applonia Criss
* Strawberry Singh Photography
* !bang – Trieste Minuet
* artilleri – Antonia Marat
* Sweet Baby – Stephanie Leclerc
* Alexohol – AlexandraM Guisse
* Cracked Mirror – Vanity Mirror
* Sassafras – Abby McDonnagh

The Christmas market runs from December 1st till December 23rd, take the slurl and check it out.

One thing I wanted to point out before I end this post. I made a big photographers mistake and did not right-click on the prim earrings to make them fully rez before snapping all these pics. The earrings you see me wearing in this post are not exactly what they look like. The originals also have some gorgeous pearls dangling from them. You can see a proper pic of them here.

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Linn Tan – D HB 02 by Aida Ewing (to be released soon)
*Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Deep Warm Silver (M) by Ikon Innovia
*Hair: >TRUTH< Ricci Streaked - espresso by Truth Hawks
Dress: Baiastice_krajky-wine by Sissy Pessoa
*Nails & Jewels: je suis by Julia Merosi
*Shoes: NX-Nardcotix Esther Vintage Pump L SLV.2 Red by Nardya Rousselot
*Poses: Captivity Co. by Shannoncharlize Gossipgirl
Location: Kook
*Promotional copies

oh hi, I’m back from my vacation and I thought I’d try out this blogging thing again. Although I do admit that I am kinda over fashion blogging. I’m thinking of just sticking to blogging random gibberish, social media and my naked pixels. So yeah, I think I will…maybe, I dunno…I’ll think about it. Oh wait, I kinda already do that, don’t I? Yeah, never mind then! Let’s get to what I really wanted to blog about.

Solitude Magazine is a real world Alternative Fashion Magazine in Australia. For the month of December they have done a feature on Second Life fashion. They asked four SL fashion bloggers to create certain looks and talk about their Second Life. I was requested to do a summery look since it is currently summertime in Australia. It was a great experience for me, I really enjoyed it. If you are in Australia, I hope you get a chance to pick up a copy of the mag and check it out. The other bloggers that are in the mag are Winter Jefferson, Sixx Yangtz and Rylan Carling.

For subscription details, check out iSubscribe. If you don’t live in Australia and would still like to see a copy of this mag, the lovely Arora Zanzibar will arrange a special order for you. You can send an email to solitude.magazine (at) gmail.com and ask for Arora to send you a copy. A big thank you to Arora and the Solitude Magazine team for highlighting Second Life fashion!

I know not all of you will see the magazine so I am including the credits to the pictures here. Happy shopping! <3

Credits:

Poses: oOo Studio by Olaenka Chesnokov

Me on the left:
Skin: [PXL] GAIA TAN CE DEB C1 FR by Hart Larsson
Eyes: :: Exodi :: Soulful Eyes – Holly (Lg/NV) by Ryker Beck
Hair: [Shag] – Falling Slowly (bangs) – mocha by Sebastien Aries
Top: :: Purple Moon :: Fusion Top in Silver by Poulet Koenkamp
Shorts: Zaara : Denim shorts *dirty* by Zaara Kohime
Shoes: Slink Shaz Platform White Denim by Siddean Munro
Necklace: ~SIGMA~Jewels/ Circe necklace (cobalt, silver) by Sofi Trenkins
Earrings: ~SIGMA~Jewels/ Circe earrings (cobalt, silver) by Sofi Trenkins
Bracelet: ~SIGMA~Jewels/ Siren bracelet (cobalt-pink, silver) by Sofi Trenkins

Me on the right:
Skin: -Belleza- Erika Med group gift by Tricky Boucher
Hair: [elikatira] Blind – Brown 04 by Elikapeka Tiramisu
Clothing, Shoes and Jewels: {Zaara} by Zaara Kohime

Last year around the holidays I was getting a lot of requests from people for gift vouchers to send to their family and friends. So I had set that up a week or two before Christmas and it was a great success. So today I have placed this new gift card on marketplace and it should stay up there throughout the holiday season and maybe longer, as long as I can keep up with the appointments!

• To gift my photography services to a friend, purchase a gift card.
• For all my photography rates and policies, check out my photography page.

For those wondering what I’m wearing in the picture, you can find my style credits here.

Please note, I am going on vacation next week and not taking any new photography clients till after December 16th. The gift card is valid from January 2nd, 2012. While I’m away on vacation, I will not be blogging but you can follow me on various social networks that I’ll be active on to keep up with my crazy and embarrassing adventures. Check out my social media page and follow me on the main social networks below:

• Twitter – I’ve been the most active here recently.
• Plurk – Always my first love.
• Facebook Page – I will not be updating it during vacation but will check it if you guys leave me any comments. <3
• Google+ Profile and now I also have a Google+ Page since they were recently launched, I haven’t really started using the page yet though.
• SL Profile – I probably won’t be updating it while on vacation but have you guys seen the neat new snapshot feature?

Also, I wanted to plug this new social media manager I’ve been using and have FALLEN IN LOVE WITH! It’s called hootesuite and I use it on both my computer and phone now for twitter and facebook. I just wish it also had plurk! But yeah, check it out if you are an addict like me, it’s amazing!

It’s been a great year of photography for me. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and photographing over 200 of you in the year 2011. Thanks for all the love and support! <3