We are full swing into spring now and I am just loving the Florida weather. Perfect timing for this warm weather, Zaara has released the first of her spring collection. These stylish shorts will add a lot of flair to your beach attire with their sculpted belt and cuffs that give them a flared look. I really love the attachments on these shorts because they are so AO friendly. Usually when I’m walking around in shorts with prim cuffs, they end up going right into my somewhat big but lovely butt. But not these babies, they always look spectacular.

I’m also a big denim girl and what’s better than going for a long walk on the beach with your significant other wearing your favorite jeans. Ladies who Lunch just released these fabulous jeans for the boys and the girls. Lots of cuff options are available for these as well as sculpted belt and pocket attachments. It’s a very well thought out design with excellent texturing so make sure and check it out.

The poses are all from oOo Studio. I have a number of new couple’s poses that I’ve been wanting to shoot but I’m a little behind in that. Hopefully will try and catch up now so you’ll probably be seeing more of Manberry very soon. :P

Happy Easter to those celebrating! I’m going to go spend it basking in the sun on the beach. <3

Credits:
First picture:
Skin: Dutch Touch by Iki Ikarus
Hair: LeLutka by Thora Charron
*Clothing: Zaara by Zaara Kohime
*Tattoo: Huz Tats by Hunain Bellic
*Glasses: Deco by Betlog Hax
*Poses: oOo Studio by Olaenka Chesnokov

Second picture:
Skin: Belleza by Tricky Boucher
Hair: elikatira by Elikapeka Tiramisu
*Jeans: Ladies who Lunch by Faint Paulse
*Pose: oOo Studio by Olaenka Chesnokov

*Promotional copies
Location: Crossing Currents

It feels like I haven’t done a Love Thursday post in almost a year, not true though. :P I’ve just been slacking in the blogging department for a few months. But I’m trying to make more time for that now. What an awesome way to start up Love Thursday again! Just today one of my all-time favorite skins was released in an updated version. Dutch Touch Amber is definitely my most favorite, it has everything I’ve always wanted in a skin. It comes in 3 delicious tones and I’m wearing the dark tone which is currently free to all Dutch Touch VIP group members. Check out the new Dutch Touch blog for all the details: http://www.dutch-touch.com

The lingerie I am wearing is the new Intima line from Glam Affair. This stylish new lingerie line consists of eight extremely sexy sets. I am wearing more of the classic style with stockings, check out the other outrageous sets on the Glam Affair flickr.

Happy Love Thursday everyone! <3

Credits:
Skin: Dutch Touch Amber v2 Dark – Basic by Iki Ikarus (Free for Dutch Touch VIP group)
Hair: Exile Darla/min TDR Exclusive by Kavar Cleanslate (Available at The Dressing Room for L$40)
*Eyes: Exodi Soulful Eyes – Pally by Ryker Beck
*Lingerie: Glam Affair Intima line by Aida Ewing
*Earrings: LaGyo Mohawk earrings by Gyorgyna Larnia
*Bracelet: Zaara Vyomi chained bracelet onyx by Zaara Kohime
*Poses: Miamai by Mavi Beck
*Promotional copies

Raw shots from SL – I just cropped them together.

One thing I love about Second Life is that you can be whatever shape you want to be. But I do have my days where I look at my shape and think hmmmmmm… are my hands massive? Are my arms too short? Is my head gibungus? Should I make myself taller? I suck at making shapes myself cuz I don’t think I’m very good with proportions (Mr. Revolution made these beauties for me) so I thought I would give you guys my digits and see how I compare and what everyone thinks is the “norm” (if there is such a thing?) I’m not talking about skinny, fat, big-boobed, big-assed, or even height for that matter. I’m actually just talking about proportions and if mine actually work.

A few things I do like about my shape: I seem to fit well into many different poses, I never have to adjust any Truth hair for my head and all prim nails usually fit me perfectly. So I’m not sure if I actually want to change my shape at all, I’m pretty happy with it. I just want to compare numbers and see what the average is and what people normally lean towards. So if you are willing to share your digits, please do. Leave them in the comments or do your own post about it. I would love to see all the varying avs.

I’m doing it for both of my avs because I always feel like my male av’s hands are really big and I actually recently made them a lot smaller but you guys tell me what you think. I’m just going to share a few of the digits, not everything! :P Here goes…

ManBerry’s digits:
Height – 82 (6’4″ using the Avatar Height Measure)
Head size – 70
Arm length – 54
Hand size – 30
Torso length – 60
Leg length – 54
Foot size – 0

Berry’s digits:
Height – 66 (5’10″ using the Avatar Height Measure)
Head size – 58
Arm length – 75
Hand size – 20
Torso length – 55
Leg length – 56
Foot size – 0
EDIT: A few people also added their T&A digits so I thought I would share those as well.
T&A digits for Berry:
Body fat – 5
Breast size – 54
Hip width – 58
Butt size – 44

(If you share your digits on flickr, feel free to add it to the digits flickr group.)

I know it’s kinda silly of me to stress about my proportions in a virtual world, but it’s also kinda fun to see all the variations we can play with. BTW, if you’re wondering what started all this, I was just looking at the image I did for yesterday’s blog post and felt that my hands just looked MASSIVE in it. So I plurked about it here and the plurkers gave me some great insight into proportions. Thanks guys!

Mr. Hart Larsson shared a few things in my plurk so I really wanted to add them here cuz I thought they were very neat to look at.
Ideal proportion – Male
Ideal proportion – Female
Tutorial – Anatomy & Proportions

EDIT: Vaki Zenovka took all the numbers people shared and found the average and is now giving away the average sized shapes for free FULL PERM. Read her post about it here.

Credits:
ManBerry:
*Skin: Belleza
*Boxers: Zaara
*Pose: Diesel Works
Berry:
*Skin: Dutch Touch
*Hair: Truth
*Lingerie: Zaara
*Pose: Status
*Promotional copies
WindLight Setting: StrawberrySingh.com – Original

There’s an exciting new store by the name of Shine, created by talented photographer Sophy Violet. Shine brings us sophisticated attire while utilizing a lot of sculpts to add drama and flair to the design. Check out Shine when you get the chance.

Dutch Touch has released a new VIP exclusive skin by the name of Sterre. To purchase Sterre, join the Dutch Touch Skins & Shapes VIP group, activate your group tag and voila! You have access to an exclusive skin, only available to the members of the Dutch Touch group. I’m wearing the fudge tone but there are 4 different tones available.

I’m about to start a little project that’s been in the back of my mind for a while. I told Mr. Revolution my idea and he’s smirking and betting on how long I get bored of this. LOL I do admit to starting many things and then leaving them behind in the dust just because I am so antsy and always looking for a new adventure. But today I am just gonna go ahead and do it. About 3 years ago I created a group inworld called Berrylicious. At that time, my goofy friends and I used that group to chatter amongst ourselves and sometimes we invited random men we would meet in our travels and torture them in group chat LOL (yes I know, we are so very mature). Anyhow, that was a long time ago and these days the group was just kind of lying dormant. A few of my older friends are still in the group for some reason though LOL.

Now, what I’ve done is gone ahead and made the group public and I’d like to use it to get to know my blog readers a bit more. I will be involved in group chats on a regular basis, just to chat, socialize (since I am usually stuck in my skybox shooting) and share tips and tricks as well as learn from whomever else would like to join. I will also send notices to the group anytime I blog and/or hear about a sale or event that interests me and I would like to share with my group members.

A lot of times what happens is I’m given something to blog and it has to do with an event or special sale or a group gift. And even though I adore the item, because of my hectic schedule, I just don’t get the chance to blog it in the timeframe it’s available. So this way I can at least share the information with my group members.

To kick this off, I decided to send a free gift to the group. You’ll see it in the notices if you join. A month or so ago I was just goofing around in ps and decided to try to make an eyelash tattoo. It’s not amazing or anything, but hey it’s my first face tat and it doesn’t look all that bad. :D So it’s yours for free if you join me. My group will remain open now and there will never be a fee to join so you can come and go as you please.

Let’s just hope I don’t get bored of it too soon! :D Join my Berrylicious group inworld!

Credits:
*Skin: Dutch Touch Sterre – Fudge by Iki Ikarus (Only available to Dutch Touch VIP members)
Eyes: Glam Affair – Stella Eyes 03 by Aida Ewing
Eyelash Tattoo: StrawberrySingh.com – Berry’s 1st Lashes (Free for Berrylicious group members)
*Hair: Plume – Punk/Onyx By Fauve Beaumont & Lulu Jameson
*Necklace: Kari – The Kraken necklace -Tarnished (F) by Menno Ophelia
*Bodysuit: S H I N E-AVAH – BodySuit/black by sophy Violet
*Nails: ::je suis…naive::Nails::No.001 by Julia Merosi
Ring: Donna Flora SQUARE ring onix by Squinternet Larnia
*Poses: Olive Juice- Runway + Poses by IsabellaGrace Baroque
*Promotional copies
WindLight Setting: StrawberrySingh.Com – Morganite (with light photoshopping)

I’ve been wanting to dress up like a mermaid since last October when I first plurked about it. Well finally yesterday I just carved out some time to go on a shopping spree and transform myself into this creature. I absolutely love it and might stick to being a mermaid for a while now. :D

As always, my plurky friends really came through for me and helped me out quite a bit. Read the following plurks for more information on how you can become a mermaid:

Where to buy a high quality mermaid outfit – http://www.plurk.com/p/7yo066
Where to buy mermaid poses – http://www.plurk.com/p/ahu38p

I was dropped some poses from some of my plurk friends and I really loved them! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take a picture using all of them, however I do want to say that *~*HopScotch*~* by Chandni Khondji has some amazing Mermaid poses and even gorgeous clams to sit in. I wasn’t able to take a pic with that for this post cuz I was running short on time but I am planning to do one next week hopefully with the clam. I totally loved it! So make sure to check that out too!

Let’s all be merfolk! :D

Credits:
*Skin: Dutch Touch Jaliah Ebony CafeNoir by Iki Ikarus
*Hair: *Plume* Nymphea II/Soil by Fauve Beaumont
Mermaid outfit: Evie’s Closet – Nereida Mermaid – Cream by Evangeline Miles
Necklace & Crown: Evie’s Closet – Celebrian Collar by Evangeline Miles
*First Pose: BeScene mermaid by Shae Sixpence (not released yet)
Location: Moonfall Bay
*Promotional copies