Lucky in Fleur

A few weeks ago Fleur came out with some new spring makeups for the Shoujo line they have. Though they are more girly then my normal taste, I do so love the slight japanese feel. Plus there are ways to spice anything up.

I went, bought, and put on. THEN . . . I ended up tp'd to some lucky chairs and won the whole lot! There was like 6 chairs!

The Dress is one of the lucky chair gifts from Discord. There are a few different colours, but today seemed like an orange day.

I threw on one of my more Japanese inspired hairs, which is actually a dollarbie in the store. The really rad thing? you get it in all 114 colours and it comes with attachments that I'm not wearing.

Now these eyes you ask, where do you think I got them? Can you guess?

Haha didn't buy them, but yes they are from House of Ruin. The may end up a hunt gift, or may end up for sale, don't know yet, but I own them and you don't so it's all good! Neener neener!

I of course won the matching booties to the dress while on my 6 lucky chair win spree. These are from Discord as well.

I hope your Fleur Skins bring you as much luck as mine did!

Skin-Fleur-Lotus Shoujo Spring 6-L$1000
Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Yumi in Spiced Tipped-L$1 for pack of 114 colours!
Eyes-House of Ruin-Mysteria Eye-not yet available for purchase
Lashes-La Sylphide-Natural Prim Lashes-L$0
Outfit-Discord- JOU-DEN Pink Yellow-Lucky Chair Item
Boots-Discord-SHINO-BI in Orange-Lucky Chair Item

Chromaduel

Okay, Yellow.




You don't like me, and I certainly don't like you.




But what you have to understand is that I'm the King of Colour around these here parts...





So when I decide to tango with you, you are just going to have to behave. And learn to love it. Geddit? Goddit? Good.





Right, that's yellow beaten into submission. Please don't make me tackle brown. *shudder*



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The Stringer Mausoleum - Summon Winter hair in Electric
Digit Darkes - Diversity Pants in Taxi.
[Renegade] - Boombox T-Shirt
UBU Urban Bomb Unit - Drunks Shoes
[Alta Moda] - Survivor Shirt Purple
FNKY - Cuffs, Modded from white
M.R.M Crest of Lily necklace
SN@TCH - Finga Gloves in Plaid, tinted
Ducknipple - Teletubbies Belt
[LAP] - All poses

Transformation

As the tribespeople of the Stringer clan came to the defenses of the poor unicorns at Starlust Motel AKA Sparkle Village, they couldn't help but breath in all the glittery goodness. As a divine blessing from their unicorn goddesses, there began a transformation in the tribespeople.

Rainbow colours abound!


Also lots of random "action".

The face of bliss.

Prancing for Joy.

Preening in her lovely mane.

Posing for onlookers, we are a vain bunch, amidst all this glitter.

*Limited Special Edition Hawk*

Errrrrr, mane!

Various missmatchiness of colours to create this look.

And look even my dress is having fun!

Skin-Trap-Heart skin(tone 1) in Rainbow-L$1500 for 2 colours
Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Limited Edition Mohawk-Preen-L$1(till the war is over)
Eyes-House of Ruin-Toxic-Lye in Necrosis-L$20(Closed for store revamp-but go get the gifties!)
Horn-Sinfull Creation-Dark Unicorn Horn-L$100
Tail-Grendel's-Freebie wall(I modded it's colour, but it is colour change too)
Hooves-Lazy Places-Myth Boots-Satyr Hooves-L$350
Dress-Katat0nik-Making Memories Dress-Limited time Freebie

Exposed...

Recently, I got hit with a huge reality check, the kind that makes you stop in your tracks and think, "What the HELL am I doing?" You see, I started off in this virtual arena making sure for the past year and a half that I kept my SL and RL very separate. At the beginning, I would easily tell people that it was none of their business and move on, I simply didn't mix the two. Easy, right? Sure, it is, if you live under a rock and don't form any sort of friendships.
I've noticed that my guard has gone down considerably over that last few months and I'm not sure what I can attribute this to. Maybe it's just the overall feeling of comfort that I get when I'm with my friends and we are joking around and once in a while things about RL start to slip out. These are by no means earth shattering revelations, but, little things that, in the past, I would never share.
Plurk...then there's this thing called Plurk...for those of you who don't have a clue as to what I am referring to...look it up. Go through my site, and you will be there...in plurkville, it's a way to stay connected at all times. The pitfall for me, is that if I'm having any sort of emotional rumbling, I just jot it down on plurk, send it out into virual space, and feel better, don't think about it anymore and so be it. The problem? People are paying attention. I've now set my account to private, which means that I control who sees my plurks, but with 330+ "friends" who I have on my account...well, here's my point:
Do you ever sit back and really think about "who" you are sharing information with? Do it, just for a second think about this in a realistic way...who is that other person sitting across from their screen. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. Yes, we can share and share, but the bottom line is YOU really don't know. Sometimes we hardly know the person we are living with, why are we so trusting of those in our virtual lives?
I've realized that I've been naive about so many things. And, don't get me wrong, I do love my friends and I truly mean that. We laugh, we joke, we don't take things too seriously (unless we are ragging, then watch out and let us be all emo,)...but we enjoy each other's company.
Just be warned, you never know who is watching, you never know who is paying attention, and even sharing the LITTLEST piece of you could open you up to sharing more than you wanted.
**Wearing**
Skin - New release from [42] - Galaxies [Aquarius]
Hair - *TSM* Double duster - Black/Violetta Glow

Jaffa Love

I hate orange. With a blazing tangerine passion. But someone special is in my life now who is obsessed with the colour, so I need to force myself.





I think it's a case of - go hard, or go home.





This insanely glorious - or gloriously insane - hair makes it that bit easier.





I could get used to it. I SUPPOSE. The things we do for love, eh?





Just DON'T get me started on yellow.




The Stringer Mausoleum Anemone in Pumpkin
Rockerwear Emo Stripes Top
Whippet and Buck Henley Long Sleeved Top in Trinidad
Armidi A001 Jeans in Classic Black
HoC Chucks
Studio Sidhe Alphabeads


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The strange things you find in the desert ...

Deep in the desert, while the sun is high and you're not really sure if you're delirious from the heat, you come across a creature at once familiar and strange. Is it a person? Is it an animal? And ... is that a HORN on it's head? The creature sees you, turning it's mysterious stare upon you, almost as if it were passing a judgment on you. Its gaze makes you uncomfortable and you want to shoo it away, but you find yourself strangely immobilized.



"You. You are trapped in a world of make believe." It says, its voice cool and matter-of-fact.

"I'd think so. Why else would I be seeing you?" You manage to muster, thinking yourself somewhat clever.

"No. You do not understand. THIS, this is real. Your world of jobs, and houses, and money, and wristwatches - that is the world of make believe. You pretend those things are real and important. But they are not."

You are dumbfounded. Of course that can't be true ... Can it?

"Wha ... what does that even mean?" You manage to stammer.

The creature's eyes turn kind and it graces you with a smile that fills your soul with warmth, light, and ease.

"It means, learn to hear what your heart says, for it speaks truth." And with that, it dashes off into the redstone landscape, vanishing in the heatwaves.

Ingredients
"Summon Winter" mohawk in snow
by Stringer Mausoleum & Shrine

"Lupine" eyes, test color (unreleased)
by House of Ruin (closed for remodeling)

"Vent Nymph" avatar set skin
by Flea Bussy @ Grendel's Children

"Unicorn Horn" antiqued
by Illusions

Cheshire Ears (unavailable)
by *Illuminati* (now [Gauze])

Rris' Horse tail
by Rris @ Grendel's Children

Black Leather Ankle Boots
by Lassitude & Ennui

Pictures taken at Grendel's Children sim, Avaria Tor :)

Ragady Ann Geisha

She was brought to this world, stitched piece by loving piece.

She had a feral look to her, newly fresh to the world of the flesh.

Adorned with bobbles, a gift from her maker.

Skin-{Frick}-Trickster-Siren in Goth/sm lips-L$
Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Infusion in Poisonberry Tipped-L$175 for Cherberry pack
Eyes-Kunstkummer-Fae in Moss-Lucky Letter Hunt(L$0)
Lashes-La Sylphide-Natural Prim Lashes-L$0
Outfit-Discord-KA-JOU Mix Set-L$99
Necklace-Swallowtail-Full Prim Choker-Hunt item(L$0)-You can't get this version, but the others are lovely, only L$200 each

Dare to be...

Different! Take a walk on the wild side of SL and create your own style and have a little fun with it! I am a beach bum that loves to surf in SL but I also have a darkside that I love to play with. Do you know how much fun it is to rock up to a beach looking like this, it really freaks people out, even more so when you pull out a surf board and start rip'n up a few waves...ahahaha. The Stringer Mausoleum is the perfect place to start off your own unique style, many amazing and creative styles to choose from.

This spikey little number is called QUILL, perfect for the new you. It is unisex style that is available in many amazing colours. This one is Deep tipped from the Seas colour pack. If your likin this hairdo then get you arses over to TSM now because QUILL is the current deal of the week...an amazing 75% off colour packs. The gorgeous Snake skin (Black/Blue without brow) is from a little store call Reaktor Omega and is available in other colour variations, there are lovely Drow skins there too. The dress, OMG the Chic Raven dress...damn sexy! I think I have almost worn the pixels out of this dress by GrueLing Designs. Oh...and it is also available in red.
Beautiful skin and absolutely stunning eyes. Burst eyes are a new release eyes from TSM with six to choose from. These ones are Unreal-Refresh and they go extremely well with my new reptilian look.

Luscious lizards tongue and fangs were created by Lush and you can get them from the Reaktor Omega store for only L$1. They are in a box directly under the snake skins.
I bet I could do some amazing things with that tongue...hmmm...
*LJ's mind begins to wonder*

More Stringer goodness. TSM have released new sets Volant Demon Parts in 6 new colours. (Same style as the awesome set that Helena is giving away in the Twisted hunt) I am wearing the Volant tail in teal (horns not shown) The teal set is a one week special, only L$45...so get it before it's gone! Boots, boots, can't forget my boots. This post would be incomplete without metioning some footwear. These sexy, studded, strappy, black boots are from The Bobbysocks Shoppe, a little expensive for my poor little budget but I was lucky enough to pick these beauties up for half price in a recent sale...YAY!!!

So come play on the darkside, it's a lot of fun.

I've shown you mine now you show me yours...I dare you!

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Hair: Quill - Deep Tipped $44 (Seas pack) TSM
Eyes: Burst Eyes $15 each TSM
Tail: Volant Demon Parts - Teal $45 TSM
Skin: Snake Skin $399 Reaktor Omega
Fangs & Tongue by Lush: $1L Reaktor Omega
Dress: Chic Raven $300 GrueLing Designs
Boots: Studded Strappy Boots $400 The Bobbysocks Shoppe

Devastation Down Under

I live in Victoria, Australia and I am finding it very hard to write this post, but it bloody well needs to be done.

Saturday 7th February, a firestorm began and ripped through the Victoria, destroying everything in its path, many fires still burn out of control today.

Many lives were lost, many are still missing. Homes gone, towns destroyed, only the ashes remain. The devastation of these fires are horrific, the worst in Australian history.

*reaches for a tissue*

Those that survived these fires have a long journey ahead of them to restart and rebuild their lives. And that’s where the Australian Red Cross comes in. The Red Cross have established a Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund to help these survivors.

Autumn Hykova of Pixel Dust & Dakota Buck of Savvy? have started a charity avatar named Victoria Farshore. All the money collected will be passed on to the Red Cross. I have been told that you are allowed to choose where the money goes specifically, so that’s what the Autumn and Dakota are doing, designating it to the Bushfire Relief Fund. Many inworld creators have jumped on board to help with this fundraiser. They have donated their time and their creations to help the Australian Red Cross Click Here to see a lists of creators and stores that are involved in this mighty fundraiser (list is updated daily). I personally wish to thank each and every one of them from the bottom of my heart for their time, effort and dedication they have put towards this cause.

*Raises a glass and cheers you all

Helena Stringer of The Stringer Mausoleum has 4 items for this charity. Helena’s aim is to fight fire with fire with 3 hair styles retexture in a special fire edition, Summon Winter, Duster and Assassin as well as a pair of gorgeous fire wings. 100% of the proceeds going to the Victorian Bushfire fund. Plus Helena is also donating 5% of her daily earnings in SL to the relief fund. So even if you buy a regular item, you are still helping in some way.
Aikea Rieko of Tokeo Plastik has a skin for sale called 'Tatania Brushfire'. It is available in 3 tones, Venice, Spice and Rose and each pack contains 4 versions. 100% of the proceeds for these skins are also going to The Australian Red Cross. My lovely eyes are Toxic: Cyanide (coma) created by Ruina Kessel of the House of Ruin with 50% of the proceeds going to the fund.
The Victorian Corset, created by Margo Imako of Steambound. This corset set has an Aussie flag design and was created especially for the Relief fund. This cute outfit also comes with gloves and a pair of sexy short shorts.
These boots are apart of the fundraising efforts of Sakuradawn Lei of Lazy Places. There are a few different styles of boots available. These ones are Naamloos Boots in red & white. 100% of the profit going to the relief fund.

This picture of Sam the koala and volunteer firefighter, David Tree, is a well recognized image around the world. It is a heart warming image of hope that was much needed during all the despair. 1000’s of pets, wildlife and farm animals were lost in these fires. Sam is currently one of 22 koalas, 14 ringtail possums, several wallabies and eastern grey kangaroos that have been handed into Gippsland wildlife carers.

I have been deeply affected by these current events and have shed many tears.

Though sadly the threat is far from over, some fires still burn out of control and many homes and lives are still under threat. Firefighters continually work around the clock to contain these fires. We have been partially lucky that the weather has cooled off during the week but that is soon to end. Temperatures are soon to rise again and the threat of more fires scares the hell out me. I live in a high fire danger area but have been lucky with last Saturday’s disaster that my area currently remains unaffected but I know, understand and fear that that can change in an instant. A box of photos lie in wait by the front door, I hope and pray that they only gather dust. Damn it…I’m out of tissues…I’ll brb…

*Returns and dries her eyes so she can see what she is typing*

Enough being sad and speaking from the heart crap. Now get your arses over to some of these amazing stores and purchase something to help those that have nothing. Maybe even a simply thank you to some of these amazing creators, let them know that their work and effort for this cause is greatly appreciated. The stores also have Red Cross donation kiosks set up for those who would like just donate a linden or 2, every little bit counts. A big thank you to all of you that have already donated.

On a happier note, blogger extraordinaire, Winter Jefferson has organized a ‘Date for Down Under’ fundraising event at the Seven Ultra Lounge Sunday 15th Feb @ 7pm SLT with the amazing Sierra Sugar DJing the event. It is gonna be a bloody good night with lots of gorgeous dates up for grabs, including Winter himself. Some big names will be auctioned off so come along and have some fun and perv at all the hotties. A list of some of the participants can be found on In Cold Blood. All money raised on the night will go to Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund.
I found comfort in the surrounds of a place called Creamshop, it was nice to just sit...alone...in the rain, hearing nothing but the pitter patter of rain drops as they hit the ground all around me. If only I could take this rain with me into RL.

I am not a religious but I have prayed for rain to help those involved in the fight to contain these fires, most of which are volunteers…unsung heroes.

Thank you everyone!

Go-Go Demon

First of all, sorry for no posts recently, we here on the good ship SSStringer have all been working our little buns off! We each have been dipping our hands into the bushfire project going on all over sl to help with the Australians efforts to help those in need. Some of us have stores, some of us work for big companies, some of us have been busy shaking our sl booties all over town!

I'll try to get this back to a regular pace soon. Even if I just do little posts, little quickies for you, you all like quickies right?

So I have been in this outfit for a few days(when I design I tend not to change everyday, like I would otherwise). I thought I'd share it, cause I love it so!

I NEEDED these horns, they are all insecty and demony, what better combo! I couldn't get the chains alpha'd right, so sorry about that, you'll just have to go see them yourself or stalk me!

Being a demon doesn't always mean you have to scare people. I like to look fairly normal to my prey as much as possible. It's way easier to feed that way, I am also lazy, and only like to massacre once a week, and am not the type to collect souls.

So I did a 2 tone retro type dealie. I even got myself a new ao to reflect my fun flirty image. XP

These boots, I moded them, they were black, and I just fucked with the texture a bit and tinted them. These things are all over. I have seen them at all different prices, I got these for free from a raffle ball somewhere. Anyways, even if your grandma seems to have them, if you find a mod version, you could have fun, and they ain't too bad. I have a pair in rl, just like these, but studded.

HAHAHA!

Anyways, Want the goods? Got get them :

Skin-Tuli-Meredith [ light ] fuschia folly-L$1000
Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Tribute to my limited edition hair, Yearly Sacrifice, which died with OnRez, all packs were bought up! I'll have to make a new limited edtion now!
Eyes-House of Ruin-Cylon Eyes (Kyr'Ozch Teal)-L$20
Eyelashes-La Syphide-Natural prim lashes-L$0
Bodysuit-SN@TCH-Sex Kitten Bodysuits-L$325(you get 6 colours, blue shown)
Tights-Glam-store not reopen as of yet
Boots-honestly these things are all over the grid, for different prices.
Horns-Sinfull Creations-Insecticide demon horns-L$100
Tentacles-XOPH-Basic Tentacles-Coal-L$90
Tail-XOPH-Basic Tentacle Tail-L$75

Useless fact--->Whole outfit-Under 200 prims! I like to make a good impression with the least amount of prims, there is really no need to a tonne.


Till next meal lovelies!

Same Damn Thing . . . AGAIN!

I might have missed the day by about 20minutes my time, but I was really inspired by all the posts.

I took up Achariya's Blogger Challenge. After reading the repost, with all the different bloggers participating, I knew this was right up my ally.

What if we all wore the same damn thing?

SL is my place to imagine. That doesn't always mean being original in everything. What it does mean is doing ordinary things in a different way. Your way, who ever you may be.

I'm not a blogger by any means, well not a fashion blogger at least. Or I don't see myself as one. And by the notes and emails, others think the same. They say I and others pass things like this blog off as a way to advertise, and that I'm just "Pretending" to be cool. Well the whole aim for this blog was for my models, friends and I to show how we wear my products. Seeing as I only ever were my own hair, my models are paid to wear my products, and my friends like my shit, it made sense.

I do wear items that may come from a certain store in every post. Not the same item, but same store. I may even be friends with that person. There is no shame to show love for something, or be proud of a fellow designer.

Most days I could care less if I see someone wearing what I'm wearing. If anything it means that item that some designer lovingly built, textured, made is something that was enjoyable en mass. We would not be designers otherwise. Cherelle and I go shopping together some days, or send each other to places, so I know more then one person has what I got, and I can tell that too with people buying my products. If this wasn't the way of sl, there wouldn't be those nifty boxes in edit mode that say copy/contents or original. Everything would be set to original. But there would be alot of unhappy peeps, and insomniac designers.

The way we use a piece tells a bit about ourselves, it's like the body language in rl. We can't really count ao's in the same respect, so how people dress and carry themselves, and in conversation and deeds will tell you more about who they really are. This applies event to Roleplay. When I use to RP before I was a designer, I still acted like me, I just happen to wear tentacles and hooves, while my home is in space. I realize this does not apply to all. Some try and run and hide, but you still can get a snippet here or there thru the way they project themselves.

We all make mistakes, we all are human behind these screens. We need, want, wish and hope.

So I wear the same damn thing as everyone else, but I do it as plain old me. Who gives a fuck what others think?

What started it all off:

Shirt-{Gisaci}-Cambridge Cuffed Shirt-Aqua Afrillia-L$250 (This line is a label under a label-Armidi, so don't go looking in the Armidi shops, it's in the Gisaci one at the top of the stairs to the right)

Future's So Bright ...

... I gotta wear shades!

Helena Stringer, hair maker extraordinaire, threw the most awesome rezday party for herself and her sister on Wednesday. I was honored to be her hostess and we had a blast! The theme was "Cyber 80s" so I did my best to show my party spirit!

Ingredients

Spikey Space Punk hair, Black/Blue Tipped
by Helena Stringer of Stringer Mausoleum & Shrine

Galaxies Hydra Skin (makeup 02)
by [42]

Cyber 80s Visor
by Cherelle Capra of C&D Designs (unreleased)

Plasma jewelry set
by Tekeli-li! Dark Artistry

Tactical Black Suit, Blue
by ELSEwear

Armor Type C: Plasma Cell Energies
by PARADISIS

Cybergurlz boots in black special
by Paradox

Uninspired Fashion Poses
by Dorcus

(SL is sucking balls at the moment, so I'll come back and link up the missing links and fix broken ones when it'll let me grab the slurls. Thanks for patience!)