No Bird Should Be Bound

But we bind them to ourselves anyway, too entranced by their beauty and mystery and complete foreign-ness, too puffed up with the power of control to let them go. We value freedom and yet are stingy with it. So contradictory, so human.

Moody thoughts for a moody look ....


As soon as Fricka (of {Frick}) released her corset piercings (shown here in dark pink from the pink pack) I was totally in love with them. And while I don't have a problem with hanging out nude, I wanted something I could wear with them and show them off, even in places where other people didn't want me to show off my boobs. So the hunt was on to find something with a swooping back. And voila!


This GORGEOUS dress is from the ever talented Callie Cline, and it's called "Swan Song", this being the plum version. And let me just say, I LOVE the fact that her 'plum' color is the color of an actual plum! Or, at least, the plums that grew in my grandmother's yard so many years ago ... Italian, I think? Anyway, I often see colors called plum that are generally a lot pinker and redder, which is just not what I think of when I think of a ripe juicy plum.

And what better way to really make an elegant dress striking, than with a mohawk, hmm? I dare you to find something better! Here I have on my very favorite of Stringer's 'hawks, the Lizard Frill in "Poisonberry" from the Cherberry pack. Why do I like it so much? I'm not totally sure, but I suspect it has something to do with the animal-ness of it, as well as the nontraditional lean. This is an old style of hers, one she's had for a while, but recently re-textured (I'm afraid I may have pestered her into it >_>). I felt it particularly went well with this dress in a thematic manner, because it looks much like a bird frill, as well as a lizard's.


Matching the rich color of the dress, I have on Fricka's beautiful NEW skin "Disco Sheet" in goth tone. Let me just re-iterate how much I love Fricka's work! She makes these awesome, daring, lovely, fanciful things (mostly skins, but some other stuff too) and it's all so damn affordable! If you haven't been, go there now!

And for a delicious sprinkle of goldy-green contrast, I have AlterEgoTrip's beautiful Fine Contrast "slate green" eyes on. Another very affordable (40L for a set of 28!!) and very awesome detail to add to any look.


One last detail to add - this "Platinum Pendant" necklace from DECO. The whole look called for a minimalist approach and I felt that this Art Deco style piece was just perfect, in a silver that went well with the white skin. It came in a set with matching earrings too. Most elegant!

<3 Ruina

Great Shoes at budget price! Part1

I bring you shoes!

One thing I wanted to do, because well, I end up helping alot of noobs, and shoes are the number 2 most sot after items. What is #1 you ask? Hair of course silly!

Well I have decided, that on wednesdays I'm going to feature "budget items" not always freebies or dollarbies, tho they will be included as well. I know today isn't humpday, but my computer decided to go wonky last night, so here we are thursday morning! With SHOES!

This is my first time really showcasing shoes, since I don't make them. Lets just say it was a challenge, I have lots to learn about taking pics in them, and my ankles are horrible. That being said, lets get on with the show!

This set is from Unique Needs, Ann Otoole just redid the store, but has kept these babies and other goodies out. The shoes have colourchange scripts, and the script works indipendently, so you can have each shoe a different colour. There are 66 to choose from!

*UN!* Basic Stilletto Pumps - 66 colors-L$0

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kali%20Isle/194/242/40


This set is getting blogged alot, but I still hear people going "oh where did you get your shoes from?". These are from Truth. They also have some very unflattering hair for L$1 on the other side of the store(just kidding, the hair is great---> even has a mohawk pack!)

You get all 8 sets, I just mixed them all up!

TRUTH FREE Balmoral Pumps-L$0

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Truth%20Island/113/146/27

I got these from the Tesla lucky chair. I had actually bought this set way back whe, it was one of my first shoe purchuses ever(well sculptie ones). You get 6 colours, then the uber special plaid colour! You might have to wait for your letter, but come on, 7 pairs of shoes? do you need to even think about that? There is also anoter lucky chair with really nice red mary janes. Based off the Elise2 set, these babies are hot. Sadly after months being out, I still haven't had the luck of my letter coming up, but you can see the black pair in one of Ruina's past posts which is on the wall by the chairs with other free stuff.

Elise2-Mary Jane Heels-Black-L$0
Elise2-Mary Jane Heels-Red-lucky chair
Jane Shoes-7 pairs-lucky chair

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tesla/47/34/54

***Special BONUS***

I have 10 single pairs of the shoes pictured above, the first ten people to write a comment on this post will get a pair. It's first come first serve for colours. And no, bloggers and models can't get them! Your on here all the time guys! So it's a public only gifty!


SKGShoes is another place that I go to for shoes. They have offers of the week(that don't really change that much anymore, but what can you do) and a few basic freebies. The shoes here are well made, and there are always nifty hint o how to make things look better with your sl viewer.

I am only showing you 3 pairs, but there are 8 in total to be found.

Natasha Demi d'Orsay-Zebra-L$5
Katia Demi d'Orsay Wedges-Zebra-L$5
Almost free opentoe Pumps-white-L$1
Almost free peeptoe Pumps-white-L$1
Almost free Pumps-white-L$1
Freebie Amanda pumps-white-L$1
Dark Blue Peep-Toe pumps-L$0
Dark Blue think sole slides-L$0

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloha%20Business%20Park/172/210/23

People always say the big designers never put out freebies(which is a bunch of bull if you ask me!). Well here are the goods from 2 of the biggest most sot after shoe desingers.

Maitreya Freebie - Limelights Zebra-L$0
Maitreya Free Slinky Stilettos-L$0

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Maitreya%20Isle/207/165/26

(Shiny Things) Freebie Painter Shoes-L$0(unisex so guys can grab these up too!)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shiny%20Falls/186/150/38

I saw a post on this store recently with super cute winter fluff dresses. Well don't you know, there was shoes too!

+Brain+Terminal-Aileen-pink-L$0
+Brain+terminal-Rose-Boot-Black-L$5

http://slurl.com/secondlife/BRAIN%20RESTRICTION/169/139/22

Katat0nik gets alot of play, but we get so spoiled, so how can we not post it! The above is a set of nekoish legwarmer boots---->you get all the colours in the pack.

And for these, the boots are a reg all time freebie, it's been there since opening. The maryjanes, I don't know how long they will be out, but there is a cute dress to match, for free or L$1, can't remember. And the witchy boots, they are from the ghost hunt, now as of yesterday, the ghost was still there, even tho the hunt has long since ended. So hurry on over. There is alot of other fashion oriented gifts. Also lucky chairs!

*katat0nik* (red/white/blue stripe) Bowie Mary Janes-L$5
*katat0nik* (black) Ruffle Witch Shoe-L$0
Axis Mundi Sculpted Boots by Katat0nikL$1
Axis Mundi (fatpack - 7 colors) Legwarmer Boots by Katat0nik-L$0

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Axis%20Mundi/105/83/24

So hopefully that helps you all get a little more love for you feet here in sl. And to buy them all, it was only L$25, not bad eh?

Half&Half

Well sunday brought the close of Rezzable's "Inspired by Crimson Shadow" Fashion roundup. I was saving up for one of the outfits, and since I was at the show, I grabbed it all up! You can now get this outfit at the mainstore, Sweetest Good-bye. This thing has many options, you can make it very risque if you want, or wear all the pieces, like I am here.

I decided to wear an updo with it, but didn't feel like doing retro, this outfit was way to edgy. So I threw on Orly, in black and white to match with the theme of the outfit. I wanted to wear one of my new Fleur skins to the show, and liked the look of white on white, so I kept it on after I changed into my new outfit(I had on Last Call clothing at the show, hence why not shown here, don't want to tease you guys too much!). When shifting from my normal demon form, into one of the lesser beings on this earthen sl realm, I tend to stear towards vampire as the chosen vessel. It also seemed fitting for the event(Crimson Shadow, duh!). I have always loved green eyes in my lesser form, they seem so vibrant against my pale skin.

You'll see here also a sneak peak at my "real" primmed eyelashes. Yes that is not a texture! And the darn things glow, how cool is that?

And what outfit isn't complete without a pair of shoes from ::69::? NO OUTFIT! Kidding. You have to at least own one pair of ::69::'s awesome shoes. There are all different types, as well as some super awesome boots! They make other not so great things(like hair-----> kidding, really nice hair). How doesn't love matching girl and guy skullies on toesies?

Outfit-Sweetest Good-bye-White Shadow-L$900

Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Orly-Black tipped from the Blacks pack-L$175

Skin-Fleur-Allure China Sinuous 2-L$1200(all the Allure skin line on sale 1/2 till 14th!)

Teeth-Gianetti-Retractable Fangs-L$50(male and female versions)

Eyes-lessthen3-Frost Eyes-L$75

Eyelashes-The Stringer Mausoleum-Real Primmed Lashes-Killer-Black/White with glow(Will be out this week!)

Shoes-::69::-Succubus Pumps-Snow-L$250(They now are a bit more, but they have been updated it seems and have more skullies, so yay for that!)

Flower for the lady?

Hello all!  This time round I've got a bit of a different look inspired by Helena's Bellazane hair. I have to give a thank you here to the charming Arhat Bingyi, one of the Stringer models who was in the main store when I dropped by with my partner (he was having a make-over evening but that's another story!) and was super-helpful to us both.  Having tried the graceful looking Bellazane out when at home I knew the dress I would wear this with pretty instantly - Comme il Faut's Sonata. Now I've been a little bad here because, although the Sonata dress is available, this red colour was only on sale in July this year.

I think of Sonata as a slightly Victorian style dress with its collar, the sheer patterned shirt and gold buttons plus the fullness of the prim skirt, which is why the ringlets and the back bun style of Bellazane made a connection with this particular outfit for me.  I particularly like the top of the Sonata dress and I think it would pretty easy to mix this into other styles if the Victorian look is not your thing.

One element that is a lot more recent though is the Licorice skin in Praline that is from Wax Poetic by Roberta Beauchamp.  I was really delighted to see that Roberta Beauchamp had returned with new skins in the last month because I had a major liking for her previous work. These are modded versions of the Eloh Eliot full permission skin releases (as it states in the notecard that comes with them) and I find the make-up shading so lovely and striking that I will be no doubt be wearing them practically to death, which for a skin chameleon like me is not that usual.

I find it funny too that it was unintentional to mix my sweets by having a Praline Licorice skin with Milk Chocolate hair, this may be a subliminal message that I need chocolate soon! To return to the dress though lol I did try matching some jewellery with this but came up a little short on the right type of ornate style to match the pattern and colour. However I did find a rose hair accessory that was made by the talented Kermit Rutkowski  (who had his Halloween items pack at the recent Rezzable's Inspired by Crimson Shadow fashion show). Alas I don't think he has these on sale just yet but hopefully with some encouragement and nudging he may get a store one day. :)

That's all for today though folks, so safe days and nights!

The Sonata dress comes on the following layers: shirt, jacket, pants and prim skirt and sleeves. The permissions are Copy/Mod/No Trans.

The Details:

Dress: Comme il Faut Sonata Vivace dress.  This is available in four colours (the red was limited edition) L$245.

Skin: Wax Poetic Licorice in Praline L$300.

Hair: Stringer HQ The Stringer Shrine/Mausoleum *TSS*Bellazane in Milk Chocolate (pack of 8 hair colours). Currently free in the main store.

Rose hair accessory: Kermit Rutkowski.  A gift.

Shoes: Aphrodite Creations Sasy Chic in Red. (Not pictured)L$200.

Prim Lashes: Aphrodite Creations Gentle Brush L$75.

Taking a stroll...

searching new sims, looking for new creations, inspires me to do something daring. Here I am, daring to be a guest blooger for the ever so talented and creative Helena Stringer! (ok, enough butt kissing) I figured taking a stroll over train tracks was a great idea...it brought back to mind that scene from "Stand By Me" (if you don't know what I'm talking about, you are way to young to be enjoying this post!)


^^the face of determination

^^Taking the leap into the unknown

^^I rise...only to post again and again (I hope)

Outfit @ Silentsparrow ~ Serendipity Suit (women's version)
Hair @ *TSM* ~ Tenta (black)

Model 002: Punk Prom

Greetings again my lovelies!

So part of what got me writing on this blog was this flickr post I did, in which I showcased an outfit that I in fact modeled *at* Stringer's store. I want to keep up the project and I think doing it here is the perfect place. So that's why this is number 2!



I was feeling a little punky, and a little like wearing some unusual colors, and also breaking out some stuff that I don't typically wear. And voila! This is what I got!

Let's start with the stuff you can find at The Stringer HQ ...



This is Kyphotic. She's an unusual breed of hair, with something of the prim and proper to her and yet a wild streak that definitely implies she's a bit untamed. She's shown here in the color "Plumberry" from Stringer's Cherberry color pack.



Here's a great closeup of the eyes I'm wearing - Stringer's Vivid in blueygreen. I love how bright all of her eyes are, and these are no exception.

I'm also wearing one of Stringer's wonderful skins, "Harley Doll Crying Girl" in the blue lip variety. This is one skin you don't need any extra lashes with because she's got them nice and thick here. It comes in several colors of lips and is mucho fun, particularly with punk and lolita styles. You can pick up your own copy at Stringer's Skin Store.

My interesting clothing choices start here ...



The fishnet over shirt I'm wearing is one of those indispensable clothing items that you can wear with SO many things and it can make something look sexy, slinky, or fully of attitude. I picked it up from Sn@tch, I believe in a 'fishnet pack'. I also picked up these awesome fingerless gloves while I was there. They come in a pack called "Finga-less Gloves" (haha, what else?) and are also one of those indispensible items. The ones I've got on with this outfit are the black ones.

The corset I'm wearing is called "Margo" in sage green from A Piece of Candy and has a really lovely brocade-and-lace feel to the texture. It comes in many colors and each are only 1L! You can find it in the 1L loft at the back of the store. The skirt is also from A Piece of Candy, this time from a dress set called "Novak". The whole dress is quite pretty, but it's cool that the skirt can be used on it's own!

That's it for this time around, but I'll be back soon! <3

Major SL bug issues!

Who hasn't been afflicted by some sort of bug in sl?

Well I had a major one with the forced client, now I had windlight before, and was fine, then all of a sudden I couldn't wear any glitch pants, the turned into full length, or shoe layers, they made my boots go coochie high!

I was getting super sad, specially when my whole Kouse's Sanctum folder got attacked! Couldn't wear any of my gowns! And I had a ball to go to!

Well my sister was group hopping, and found this nifty notecard that explained it all. Well don't you know, it worked! So for all of you, fighting with your clothing, it might not be the same bug, but try it out anyways, doesn't hurt.

I'm posting the original notecard in all it's context.

Celestial City Update Group members,

I'm writing this note for two reasons today. The first is to explain a bug currently affecting a number of users and how you can fix it if it's affecting you or someone you know. The second reason is to apologize for the behavior of one person who is not happy with this bug or the available fixes.

What is the bug?

It is explained in detail on this jira entry:

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7957

There are dozens of other entries on the jira regarding the same issue, but that appears to be the main one. Here is another report with a very good photo illustrating the problem:

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9695

This is a texture bug that appears to affect nVidia graphics cards with certain drivers. As far as I can tell the 177-178 series are the drivers causing the problem.

The bug usually causes a discoloration on part or all of the body. White legs, with a red torso and a black face, for example. The bug is usually present on the avatar below the skin layer, so it is more apparant on the CS Charmed skins, which are translucent allowing the bug to be seen through the skin texture. Occasionally I have seen it appear over the skin layers, turning even an opaque skin a solid color.

Because your avatar is rendered locally, people around you will see the bug present on their screen as well. Luckily, this bug is very easy to squash.

How do you fix it

There are two very simple options to fix (or work around) this bug.
1.) Press (CTRL ALT F7) to disable palletized textures in Second Life then (CTRL ALT R) to rebake.

Or use the menus at the top of your screen to choose:

Advanced > Rendering > Features > Palletized Textures

then

Advanced > Character > Rebake Textures

(You may need to press CTRL ALT D in order to have the Advanced menu option appear.)

2.)Rollback your video card drivers to an earlier version that did not cause this problem.

Note: Disabling palletized textures will need to be repeated with each login until this issue receives a permanent fix from LL or nVidia. The jira page lists the bug with critical priority and a status of "Fix Pending" so hopefully the permanent solution will arrive soon.

Part 2

I want to assure everyone that I am just as frustrated by this bug as anyone. And I would like to thank those who are experiencing it for their patience and understanding. Nearly everyone has been most gracious and thankful to learn there is a fairly simple solution. Unfortunately, one person is not satisfied with the information or the options available to work around the problem. I have been targeted for harrassment, threats, general name calling, and abuse by a string of avatars associated with this person. It has recently been brought to my attention that they have now taken to spamming the Celestial City update Group with their insults and agenda.
I am very sorry that the 2500 people in the group have been dragged into one person's problem and her own unwillingness to resolve it.

What's being done to address the problem

I have ejected the party from the update group and filed an abuse report for harrassment against the individual spamming the group. If you were present for the event and felt annoyed or harrassed by it, I encourage you to do the same. You can file an abuse report in world through the Help menu. (Help > Report Abuse).

I have also created a new role for the Update Group with the capability to eject members should this person sprout up while I'm offline again. I'll try to add some additional people to the role to help keep the spam to a minimum.

Thank you for taking the time to read this information, and thank you for your patience with these bugs and with the problems in the update group. As always, thanks most of all for being a customer and enjoying my products enough to tolerate me. :D

<3starley> yes it's really me again!) used option #1 and it worked fine, means you have to do it every time, but at least you can wear shit again until it is officially fixed.

Everyday is for Spiders

I went out for Halloween in rl, and didn't get to see all the craziness inworld. I was lucky enough to have a big massive hunt going on, so did get to see a few good costumes. Well Friday I was only on for about a 1/2 on my main, but that didn't mean I wasn't getting dressed up!

I have this thing for spiders, always have always will. Actually, as I write this post, there is a nice see-thru yellow spider crawling down th wall not a foot away. The little guys like me, and I like them.
So what else would I be for halloween inworld-----> big fat assed spider lady, oooooooooooh yaaaaaaa! Some Duff please.

This will be one of the only times you wont see me with hair, unless you catch me on a work day, oh wait . . . everyday is a work day! Okay well when I'm out in public at least, and not running to help some poor customer.


I got this avitar way back. Not really all that complicated, simple really, but it gets the point across. It also have a custom AO so you can do nifty spidey type things. The best one is when you fall, that anime is super funny. It also comes with a skin and a shape, but alas, I like mine!

So the skin you see here is from Sin Skins, part of the older line Etheria, so you can nab it for way cheap. Now I couldn't be naked, well I could but don't know if people would want to check out my spidie bazoongas. So I did something bad, and people wont like me, but don't care! I busted out my leather bikini from Last Call, so yes ladies, you can't have it :( Not doing to good at bring you outfits am I, I'll have to wear something in the next one that's right off the rack!

The eyes so fit with the outfit, got these babies from "Inspired by Crimson Shadow" fashion collection now at the Crimson Shadow sim by Rezzable. Malkavyn Eldritch of Treasured Visions. This one is special and limited, as this black and red version will only be for the event, which ends nov.7th. All other colours you will be able to get at the mainstore after the event. this one is called ~TV~Clubbing Crimson. I'll show the rest of the set in another post. I also decided to bust out my own eyelashes. Most of the ones I make are big and bold, but these were just right. Called Tippy, at the ends they are splashed with different colours. The little spiders I made for a guy hair I released for Hairfair 2008. Since I'm spider crazy, I couldn't wait to use them, and since that hair wasn't done at the time, I plastered them all over my body! Everyone has "bugged" me for them, so later this week they will be released as a whole pack for any body part you may want to attach to.

So now I sit here spinning my web, and think about my new holiday store design, can you guess what the theme will be? Waaaaahahahahaha!

Spider Avatar-Grendel's-Dark Araks avatar-now L$200

Skin-Sin Skins-Etheria~Pomegrantie(black/red)-L$199

Eyes-Treasured Visions-Clubbing-Crimson-L$95

Eyelashes-The Stringer Mausoleum-Tippy Lash-Coloured pack-L$150

Spiders-The Stringer Mausoleum-Soon to be released

***Outfit-Last Call-can only ever get it if you have a horseshoe up your ass(you need to be extremely lucky to find this on the grid) or if ever I decide to sell mine(not any time soon bish!)

To all the folks looking for Last Call clothing- you can find a few places by sl search that have them for sale, like yardsale places, also there are some on XStreet SL.

Birds and Bugs

Hiyas all!  Helena, very sweetly, gave an invite for me to be a guest blooger (I'm in love with that word) and here I am to write my first post!  To give a bit of background: I'm a recent acquaintance to the creations of The Stringer Mausoleum and The Stringer Shrine. I discovered the excellent crystalline mohicans that were gifts in the huge Magic of Oz sim opening hunt. After that I had to look at more of the incredible, inventive, styles that Ms. Stringer here makes. Designer lurve mentioned - onto the fashion! 

This weekend was the launch of Paper Couture's new Autumn collection and the ensuing frenzy both in-world on release and then on the fashion feeds is pretty spot on.  There are some fabulous designs and texturing in these outfits and I've selected one to feature here.

This is Gold Puntino and it's elegant and simple in execution but big on the details.  What I love here is that you can take it in its purest fashion sense and make it look catwalktastic or you can do what I enjoy best which is big it up as a theatrical event. As I found with a previous PC release that was even more structural, the Silk Gypsy dress, the sort of Venetian Masque style gives an operatic air in my view.  The texturing on the system skirt is excellently done with silken shading, the clean lines of the tulip shaped skirt to ankle length merges nicely with the sheer top and light, floating, feather decorations on the shoulders.  As the outfit is a creamy white shade I went for MiaSnow's Dahlia skin as it has doll-like lustre in tone and make-up and matched the effect I wanted to create.  Rarely do I not include shoes in an outfit, even if they aren't pictured, but going barefoot with this gown was something different to try and the nail polish on the skin I really like.

The feather decoration is what set the theme for me, as in the title, using Helena's imaginative hair that was specifically created for the Hair Fair earlier this year: Lady of the Bugs. As it brings to mind a more retro style with the back plaiting and the tendrils that frame the face it makes a contrast between the ladylike grooming and the bugs that are a separate attachment. The ladybugs (or ladybirds for U.K. readers like me) are scripted for a billion colours, okay 256 lol, so it was easy to play around with these to set them as part of the outfit. The ladybugs/feather detail come in three versions: two are scripted and attach to the mouth or chin point and one is unscripted.  To finish the whole thing off I remembered I had picked up four Yip's Roly Poly Dream dress awhile ago which includes in the set various interesting features such as the wearable insects pictured here over my eye and around my neck and back.

Currently Helena is having a bit of a shop re-vamping, so Lady of the Bugs is not up on the vendors but is available to buy at the OnRez store pages.  

Hope you've all enjoyed my first post here (whilst I get to grips with a new blog format), many thanks again to Helena and I'm looking forward to seeing more soon!

The Details:

Dress: Paper Couture @ Tableau Gold Puntino L$300.

Hair: The Stringer Shrine Lady of the Bugs in Platinum L$225. Set of four shades and 3 bug attachments.

Skin: *MiaSnow* Dahlia 8 L$600. 

Additional eye and neck insects from four Yip's Roly Poly Dream dress. Available at as a free item at YIP's @ MO Island.

Hurricane Ruina

Hi there! I'm Ruina Kessel and I'm one of Helena's models. I'm so excited to be part of this project, and I plan to make it lots of fun. Are you ready? It's a long one!

#1: Mmmm I Love The Smell of Latex In The Morning ...

The other day I woke up and I knew it was going to be a latex day. Now, one of the things I like about my love of latex is that it's absolutely not kink related. No, really! Ok, fine, don't believe me ... Anyway, I had a little bit of latex in my wardrobe, but not enough to satiate my desire, so off I went shopping. And look at the loveliness I found! Naturally, as soon as I tried it on I just had to break out my Stringer-wear.


I know, I know, I can hear you already. What on earth am I wearing?? Well, let me tell you ...


This is Stringer's super awesome Double Duster in "violet tipped" from the purple pack. I've totally got a mohawk fetish goin' on, and this is one of the absolute coolest mohawks you can have, trust me.


Along with hair, Helena makes some really lovely eyes. These are from the Meta pack, "port" color, and can also be obtained at her Stringer HQ. You can also see here that I'm wearing "Candy Shimmer" skin in purple-orange (which comes in many other delicious colors) by Crimson + Clover .



This luscious latex ensemble is actually made up of two separate outfits, one underneath, and one on top. Underneath I'm wearing Slick's "Delilah" in black, easily one of my favorite clothing pieces because it always makes for something interesting peeking out from under yer clothes ;). On top of Delilah I'm wearing Elixir's uber wonderful "Sheer Latex Bodysuit" in black. As soon as I saw it I *had* to have it. So yummy!


And lastly, these lovely versatile shoes - "Elise 2 - Elevate" (platform mary janes) from Tesla. These shoes are a group gift, so go join up and get them for free!

oh, but I'm not done ....

#2: Who's Your Voodoo Daddy?

I logged in to SL today to discover that a picture I'd submitted to Ivalde's flickr group had won the weekly contest (you can see it here)! The prize was a giftcard and of course I could not resist spending some of it right then! Because, you see, as soon as I got to Ivalde's I found that she'd released these new outfits that are quite QUITE awesome.

This is "Ivalde Boutique - Celeste". It comes with a skirt too, so you can do it tomboy, or you can do it girlie. Either way you're gonna come out lookin' smashing!


To complete my lovely prize I added some spice - "Lasher", platinum tipped, by Stringer, a hair from one of her tester packs (and extremely cheap at 1L per color pack, or 10L for everything) that had just the right amount of attitude. I topped that off with this this amazing tophat from Punk Shack called "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy". It's got skulls, tarot style cards, pins, a feather, and a snake skin strap. What more could a girl ask for?


And, of course, I kept wearing Stringer's lovely eyes, Meta "port", same as above. Isn't it interesting how a different skin and attitude can change the way the eyes look? Speaking of skin, here I'm wearing Pulse's skin "Tone 0, makeup 2".


Not wanting to flash it too girlie this time around, I found these awesome buckle boots at ETD and I LOVE them (I even got them on SALE for 30L ... you can too if you head over there before December 26th).

Alright, I'll leave ya with that and save some more fashion goodness for you later ;)

Doing it like Sin

This outfit just reminded me of the movie "Sin City" for some reason.

What better way to kick this blog off, then to show you guys one of my most favorite and first styles I ever made. Spikey Space Punk is some massive hair! You want to get noticed, well this one will do the trick! Don't ask what I was trying to do with this pic, I really don't know, hehe.

I got this skin from Selos Dae, another Canadian designer on the grid. Selos designs hand drawn skins that are super yummy! What impresses me the most is []Trap[](Selos Dea's store and product line), makes all the makeups in both male and female versions. Guys with makeup are just plain pixel goodness! I was actually thinking I was special, since only a few friends of his had it at the time, but then he put it out in his Limited Special Edition Haunted skins packages as an added bonus. So you can get it, but only for another few days, seeing as it will be gone on the 31st of october, not much time I know, but god I took these pics like a month ago, so foooooooorgiiiiiive me! The style line of the skin is called "Heart". You will see by the tattooing that is done directly on the skin, that it has a classic tattoo theme, and also does have the heart element.

You can get the skin in other "normal" colours tho, which I will show you at a later date, they were made to make sweet love to my mohawks!

I sexed it up with a sheer dress, so you can faintly see the tats that go down the whole skin, without having to pose nude in my very first post!

This outfit I got more then a year ago, I still remember the day, it was when Fashcon had it's birthday, so we all were hopping around the grid like mad, getting a bunch of goodies at stores. There was a brown version of this given as a gift, and seeing as I'm not a fan of brown anything, I went and got the black. Can't say I go this sexy often, but loved it none the less.I was super sleepy, really couldn't even keep my avi's eyes open!

The choker came from *Hexed*, it was one of the first jewelry pieces I actually got myself, and the shading just so went with this skin. My eyes are from =Hal*Hina=. Got these babies when the store was just such a little thing. They don't sell these ones anymore, but have others of the same style in other colours. They do have a red, but it's not so shocking! I have that one too! hehe. I collect many eyes, it's one of my other fasinations in sl(TM). And you like the little demon piggy? He I got from a licky(lucky I know) chair! You can find him at Winx's.

Now the boots! Everyone loves these oots, I had someone lick them once, and I didn't even know the person! You can get them in black as well, and they are all prims baby, none of that sculptie shit, not that sculpties are bad, but it takes true talent to torture prims to look that good, and the textures are delish. And these babies are Cheap! Well compared to some others on the market, that aren't even as well made!

So you want the stuffs? do ya do ya?

Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Spikey Space Punk in black/red tipped from the Black Tipped pack-L$200 you get 8 different tip colours in the pack. Lots of different pack as well

Skin-[]Trap[]-Heart Skin-S.E. in the Haunted pack-only until oct.31st-L$1800

Eyelashes-Sin Skins-Ferra in black-L$100

Eyes-= Hal*Hina =-Fruit Eyes-Cherry-L$120 pack of 5

Choker-*Hexed*-Corset leather&lace-2 pack-L$60

Bracelet-WRONG-FREE!

Outfit-[ginc]- Bianca 30% sheer in black-sadly could not find the store again, and all the creators have other shit in the profile,more info will be posted here, when I get the creators to contact me back.

Panties- Sn@tch -Black Panties part of the :::Sn@tch The Fishnet Collection V 2.0::: pack only L$85 right now-L$170 normally(big 50% off sale going on)

Boots-::AD:: -Red Loto Boots v2-L$180

Devil pig-Winx-Lucky Chair Item

Welcome!

This is the new direction of insanity that I have gone into!

I once had a dream to blog my outfits I make to go with my hairs, since on my main account, I only wear my own creations. People were always commenting that they would never have thought of that combo or simple things like a mohawk with a 60's retro dress. I always wanted to show my weird sense of style, and a few of the great cheap or free finds that I come across. I'm a cheap ass, goes back to my days as a designer just starting out.

Sadly I have not the time to dedicate to a full on fashion blog. I have asked a few others to be a "guest" blooger(hehe blogger I know) but alas I haven't found one yet that will take poor o' lil me on :(

So I sit every morning, and look at the other blogs, and tear a little, for my shattered dream.

Well this morning my dream came back to light, as I saw one of my online store models post a pic to my flickr group. She was going to start to take shots of the outfits she does for when she models. What a novel idea! Well I contacted her right away, and pitched my idea! Why don't we(the models and I) have a blog for my stuffs shown with other stuffs. Everyone wants stuffs right?

Well she thought that was great! And now after sending some notes(and more to go) I have a few guest bloggers that will join up, and still need to get a few more models in on it. It will be slow to start, and I have to learn a bit of code to make this thing look rad, cause right now, it doesn't scream "Stringer", but it will, never fear! I like the !!!!!!!!!!!! today! HA!

This will hopefually help make me less faint worthy(hehe not a boy) when passing me on the sl street, as you will get to know a bit more about me, and my lovely models.

I do have to say that finding a name for the blog was a blast. Ruina, Cherelle and I spent a good 1/2 hour on it. Some were good, some I said "but why not" and if they could here me, I would be whining, while others yet were just plain funny!

I hope you enjoy what we have in store for you here, and hope to see you all on the grid soon.

Helena Stringer
Designer/Owner of The Stringer Mausoleum and Shrine