This is a quick snapshot of Nettles and I trying out some Every Flavored Beans. It would have been exponentially cuter if Nettles had been sticking his tongue out at the same time, but he was too busy nomming beans. Oh well! Still adorbs!

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Skin: Schadenfreude by Allegory Malaprop – Dawn Langwidere Blush
Hair: elikatira by Elikapeka Tiramisu – Show – Black 04
Eyes: poetic colors by Lano Ling – new line preview – grey sky
Freckles (tattoo layer): L.Fauna by Launa Fauna – EXTRA FRECKLES [Pale]

Shirt: Schadenfreude – White Oxford Shirt
Tie: Schadenfreude – Chained Electro HUD Tie w/Oxford Collar (from Electro-Cute Necktie Fatpack), colored with You-Know-Who Necktie Pack HUD
Cardigan: Sn@tch by Ivey Deschanel – Mary Cardigan (Grey-J) (from Fish for This-Mary Potter outfit)

Earring (barely visible behind hair strand): Schadenfreude – Skull Ornament earring
Bean-on-Tongue: Ohmai Emporium by Anya Ohmai – Every Flavored Bean (Pixie Dust)
Shoulder Pet: Ohmai Emporium – Pygmy Puff (Nettles)

Background: Modest House by Tegan Sideshow – Songbird Shack

Today’s look started with earrings, spotted on a friend’s plurk and tracked down in Double Paradox (a.k.a. **DP**yumyum) group notice archives. I tried a few hairstyles and decided to check out the current offerings at The Dressing Room BLUE, where I scored this cute hair from Exile (L$60 for a pack of four exclusive colors). The other colors in the pack show off the cute braid details better, but I rarely stray from raven tones.

I tried on many combinations of tops, bottoms and footwear before settling on the mystic blouse from JANE, Dana 76 Jeans from Decoy and my current favorite shoes, Mon Tissu’s Montsegur Pumps. I was trying out some other underlayers (bra, sheer longsleeved layering shirt) when Apatia plurked she’d set out two outfits at The Free Dove—one for ladies, one for fellas—and as soon as I spotted the Dollinger Revisited Tank in the ladies’ ensemble I knew I must have it and wear it ASAP! So I TPed as fast as SL would carry me to The Free Dove and snagged the lovely outfits, then ran home to finish up my look of the day. I put on the tank, tinted the mystic blouse to coordinate with my shoes, and pronounced this look done for the day.

I’m not even showing all the bits of awesome to the tank but as I suspect it and its other-colored brethren will be a staple of my Spring/Summer 2011 wardrobe—and many fashionable peeps are likely to show it off in any of many colors and stylings—I’m pretty sure you’ll get some sweet eyefuls before long. Also, you should go to The Free Dove and pick this up and some of the other fresh offerings there. You did hear it’s gotten an overhaul and influx of cool stuff, right?
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Skin: Schadenfreude (Dawn Langwidere Dewy)
Hair: Exile (Polly/twilight mix) *The Dressing Room BLUE*
Eyes: Shine (Garden City Stormy) *Garden City Relief*
Freckles (tattoo): L.Fauna (EXTRA FRECKLES [Pale])
Eyeshadow (tattoo): L.Fauna (Basic Shadow [Antique Gold])

Shirt: JANE (mystic blouse.milk) *tinted*
Tank: Pig (Dollinger Revisted Tank – Aqua) *The Free Dove*
Jeans: Decoy (Dana 76 Jeans – Faded Dark Skinny)

Earrings: **DP**yumyum (Feather Pierce) *Double Paradox group gift*
Shoes: Mon Tissu (Montsegur Pumps ~ Camel)

Poses:
Full: CLIQUE ([CLIQUE] You Melt My Heart To Stone) *gift*
Close: Olive Juice (Olive Juice- Spring 1) *Pose Fair 2011*

For decor credits, please see: Home: Kitties win today.

The subscription group got a free taste of this earlier this week, but now the gry [Zarffyn] crimson skins are now available for anyone to purchase on Marketplace. These gray-toned skins feature black winged eyeliner, red lipstick, black nails, two breast options, and two brow color options.
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Other credits:

Both:
Outfit: Deviance (Demon’s Mistress (black & white)) *Lucky Cupcake prize*

Amyla (wht):
Hair: ploom (Ellia – Pearl)
Eyes: Ibanez (ColorGlow Eyes – Ruin)
Necklace: Schadenfreude (Wold Necklace) *Extend a Helping Hand item*

Apolline (blk):
Hair & Hairbase: LoQ Hairs (Tiramisu – Jet Black) *subscription group gift*
Eyes: Ibanez (Tranquil Eyes – Chipotle)

Poses:
Headshots: Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] – BG2-Barbie14 PR4)
Full: Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] – Bolly6 P4)

And something newish, that perhaps may interest you if you liked the colors of the [Czol] lip stripe skins but want something a bit more versatile: [Czol] unmarked. Like the lip stripe versions, the unmarked skins are available in five tones, both male versions and female versions. The female versions include two breast options.

The skins and free demos are available in-world and on Marketplace.

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Other credits:

[Vera] crimson:
Hair: lamb (The Glow Deux – Kit Kat)
Eyes: poetic colors (autumn – tarn)
Lashes: Miriel (Lashes – Natural)
Choker: Earthstones (Gothique Choker Locket – Gold/Mother of Pearl)
Top: Zaara (Sumana Lingerie – crimson)
Skirt: Zaara (Trishna print skirt – kohl)
Pose (full): flowey ({flowey} bows and pearls)

[Czol] unmarked:
Hair (male): Schadenfreude (Thom)
Hair (female): fashionably dead (Twins – Nothingness)
Eyes: negaposi (Dreaming Eyes – Gold)
Lashes (female): Miriel (Lashes – Natural)
Shirt (female): League (Garage Shirt – White)

I didn’t keep careful notes in every photo session, so I’m not 100% certain which pose I used in the headshots lacking full credit here, but my gut feeling is it was probably “[LAP] – BG2-Barbie14 PR4″ from Long Awkward Pose.

Skin: not finished/released quite yet >.>
Hair: fashionably dead (Twins – Nothingness)
Eyes: negaposi (Dreaming Eyes – Gold)
Lashes: Miriel (Lashes – Natural)
Wings: Material Squirrel (Ondine Wings in Black)
Collar: Schadenfreude (Jerry’s Flight Collar)
Gloves: Schadenfreude (Black Pointed Black Spiderweb Long Gloves)
Corset & Panties: Schadenfreude (Crimson Nephila Merry Widow)
Skirt: Schadenfreude (Striges Skirts Fatpack)
Garter Belt & Stockings: Schadenfreude (Jorogumo)
Pose: Olive Juice (Olive Juice- Hair Twirl)
Lyric excerpts from “Freeze Dried (F)Lies” by Local H.

I feel like I spent most of 2010 three steps behind where I wanted to be. I’m not caught up now to where I want to be, what I want to be, who I want to be, but I’m catching up on some shop-related things and trying to sort out what I’d like to do in this blog. Maybe I’ll let Apolline share some of the dress-up burden, since she gets so much of my time and attention. Maybe I’ll just do scattered look-of-the-day posts rather than searching for words. Maybe this blog will be no less sporadic in 2011 than in previous years. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

Maybe 2011 will be better than 2010.

Skin: Tuli (Sayuri – tone 1 – The Deck Anniversary Limited Edition)
Hair: Truth (Nicola – mocha)
Eyes: Poetic Colors (autumn – tarn)
Lashes: Miriel (Lashes – Natural)
Basque: blowpop (Jolene – Nude)
Gloves, Bodysuit, Skirt: League (Burlesque Rose – Vintage Plum)
Shorts: Zaara (Tara lycra hot shorts – ash)
Pose: Lazy Places ([LP] The Starlust Panty Raid Hunt 5)

Song lyric excerpt from “Eet” by Regina Spektor.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and one of this year’s in-world events is Fair for a Pair, running today through October 9th. We have three 100% donation items, L$100 each: special edition gry [Czol-F] asha skin (similar to the aperture skin, but pink makeup), and the male and female pnk [Czol] skins (which are not available at the mainstore for the duration of the event, only at Fair for a Pair).

Clearly I’m not doing a repeat of last October’s posting marathon—so busy with work and other distractions, I barely noticed yesterday was the start of October! Where has the time gone?! I hope to find/make/steal the time to highlight a few nifty things this month, however, so hope to see you all soon!

The original tone is blu, but we made four additional tones to cover a little more of Mr Swindlehurst’s people’s diversity: grn, ora, pnk, vio. The male skins come in one version (to rule them all?), but the female skins include two breast options. No supercleavage, as we here at The Hidey Spot have yet to tackle the cleavage issue beyond offering the basic options we do for lady avatars of larger or smaller bosoms. Someday, perhaps! If we get feedback that says, “Oh, yes, please provide additional mammary options!” we may increase the priority level on that feature in our project queue. ;)

They won’t be at the main store ’til after Wear Gray wraps on the 25th, so if you want them now, get thee to the Wear Gray Market Faire! Our shop is along the North side of the sim, second level, toward the middle. Hope to see you there! :)

Other things in this post are from these fabulous brands:
Hair: Schadenfreude, fashionably dead
Eyes: negaposi
Lashes: Miriel
Wings: Material Squirrel
Undergarments: VITAMEN, blowpop
Poses: Long Awkward Pose, flowey

Landing Point: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Platinum/130/123/21
Our shop is along the North side of the sim, second level, toward the middle. Hope to see you there! :)

Donation Items

[ths] pale [Faery] hope *Wear Gray 2010*
Special rainbowy edition [Faery] female skin in pale skin tone. Includes freckled versions and two breast options.

[ths] honey [Faery] hope *Wear Gray 2010*
Special rainbowy edition [Faery] female skin in honey skin tone. Includes freckled versions and two breast options.

[ths] gry [Czol-F] aperture *Wear Gray 2010*
Special edition [Czol] female skin in gry skin tone with special orange and blue makeup. Includes two breast options. (More info on the regular not-for-charity [Czol] skins in a forthcoming post.)

Hunt Items

[ths] pale [Iris] Wear Gray 2010 Hunt
Special rainbowy makeup female skin, pale skin tone. Includes freckled versions and two breast options.

[ths] honey [Iris] Wear Gray 2010 Hunt
Special rainbowy makeup female skin, honey skin tone. Includes freckled versions and two breast options.

Other things in this post are from these fabulous brands:
Hair: Clawtooth by Clawtooth, fashionably dead
Eyes: L.Fauna, Schadenfreude, negaposi
Lashes: Miriel
Wings: Material Squirrel
Earrings: Schadenfreude
Necklace & Bracelets: Violet Voltaire
Bikini: Schadenfreude
Corset: Schadenfreude
Pants & Tights: FakE
Shoes: Zaara
Poses: Lazy Places, Glitterati, Long Awkward Pose

Strong Black Vine
submission
is my mission for a
Strong Black Vine
you just might see that
sweet Jesus

Strong Black Vine
submission
is my mission for a
Strong Black Vine

your mission

concentrate

Skin: &Bean (hounds of love LIGHT Lamm 3 brow)
Hair: lamb (Whoop Dee Doo – Blood Fruit)
Eyes: negaposi (Fairy Eyes – peridot)
Lashes: Miriel (Lashes – Natural)
Dress & Headpiece: Edelweiss (Marchen – red)
Tattoos: silent sparrow (Strawberry Vines)
Bra & Panties: Sn@tch (Pretty Baby Lingerie)
Socks: Schadenfreude (Vert Cirque Socks, knee high) *gacha*
Necklace: Rebel Xtravaganza (FREE Strawberry Necklace) *free*
Bracelets: Schadenfreude (Jerry’s Lament)
Boots: G Field (Short Lace-Up Boots – Camel)

Poses all from Long Awkward Pose:
1st: [LAP] – F-Blogger11-Poofyskirt PR4
2nd & 4th: [LAP] – DQ-Cam Hor PR4
3rd: [LAP] – DQ-Break it Down PR4

Giant strawberry chairs from Rebel Xtravaganza.
Newt is an Ozimals limited edition Elite [europa] Alien Bunneh.
Lyric excerpts from “Strong Black Vine” by Tori Amos.

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