Collecting

  I love the MadPea adventure games. This month's game was one of my faves so far.  The sets for the game were so pretty!!  I wanted to wear something simple and cute to do the hunt, no mesh body parts or anything crazy to cause more lag than I already was going to experience, and I found these things in my recent item folder to make a cute (and affordable!) look.

  I took so many pictures of the last portion of the event, being careful to not show spoilers of course, and I took forever whittling it down to four options.  I was trying to decide which one to use when I realized that three of them had massive mistakes in them.  So that was decided LOL.  I liked them a lot though so I am putting the three unedited shots in one here.

  I highly recommend you check out The Collection game if you have some extra Ls and a couple hours free time to spare.  I chose the silver package because I wanted some prizes and was too broke to afford the gold at the time LOL.  If you can afford the gold, however, you should go for it because the creators are fantastic!  Check out the beginner's how to guide HERE and feel free to join the MadPea group for help or even ask me for tips if you see me online.  Enjoy!
WORN:
Dress: Somnia, color change
Hair: Magika
Skin: Mother Goose's, lucky board prize I think
Poses: Marukin
Shoes w/Socks: SMC, lucky board prize
Opera Glasses: Fancy Decor @ The Collection, silver prize at the end of the game
Lamp and Backpack: Various items from The Collection that you pick up along the way

Retro Winter

  I got this hair from EMO-Tions and everywhere I go someone is all "OMG WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAIR?" so I figured I should blog it.  It really is an awesome style and it's made well.  I love a classic Betty bang anytime!  I thought this gacha dress from Cupcakes was a nice addition since the polka dots and bows have that vintage feel to them.  This little mesh shawl from Zenith will keep your pixels shoulders warm, goes with so many types of looks, and is color change.  Yay!

   My skin is a dollarbie from Mother Goose's and the black lipstick adds a bit of the gloom and doom I love to this otherwise sweet as pie look.  If you ever have a newbie ask where they can get good skin for free or cheap, SEND THEM TO MOTHER GOOSE'S.  There are a million there.  My decor is from What Next and is just sweet, wintery and a bit whimsical.  There are poses for singles or couples but my dress would not cooperate with the poses so I didn't use them.
Enjoy!
Worn and Used:
Dress: Cupcakes
Skin: Mother Goose's, 1L
Hair: Emo-tions (hair base layer included)
Shawl: Zenith
Decor: What Next
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  I was asking people on Plurk to share their before and after shots of photos HERE and it was fun so I thought I would share my before photo here in case anyone else is interested in that sort of thing:

Basically I just changed the lighting, softened a couple of sharp edges, fixed a weird spot on the shawl that the post created, sharpened and blurred a couple things, cropped, etc.  Not much but more than I normally do!  If you have any before and after shots you want to share feel free to comment in my Plurk about it or share in comments. :)

Some Kind of Post Title

I just have a mix of things I wanted to show today, almost all of it mesh.  I have a total love for mesh now, whereas a year ago I was like bleh this is kind of lame.  I have a hard time even getting interested in things that aren't mesh these days unless they are super awesome cool.  I just love that I can do unusual poses and move around freely and the items move with me.  Like this dress from C'est La Vie, for example.  If this was a sculpted skirt it would likely poof out all weird when I tried to do bending poses.  Blargh.  Also, mesh are my boots from Lassitude & Ennui for the L'Accessoires event this cycle and are out in multiple colors.  I love having ankle boots that move with me and don't make my ankles look all broken-y.  The boots come with options for a light or dark wood heel/platform.

OK so see below for more info., gotta run!
Worn:
Dress: C'est La Vie
Boots: Lassitude & Ennui @ L'Accessoires, event runs until October 8th
Hair: Alice Project
Tights: Sheer
Skin: Mother Goose's, 1L (yay!!)

Fashion For Charity

This dress for the Extend a Helping Hand event (where proceeds go toward helping those affected by the recent floods in Australia) by Fashionably Dead is such a stunner! I love how it makes my avatar look curvy and smooth and...well...smooth! Weeeeeeeeeeeee! The boots from Dilly Dolls are just all-purpose awesome and you really can't go wrong with color change.
Worn:
Dress: Fashionably Dead @ EaHH, donation item
Hair w/Hat: Fashionably Dead, 50L Friday item (not sure how long it will be out!)
Skin: Mother Goose's, gacha skin (either 30L or 50L, too tired to check :P)
Boots: Dilly Dolls
Stockings: Sheer
Scarf: MiaSnow, part of a 30L three pack

Waiting.

I wait for him, watching out the window, every car that passes by first a hope, then a disappointment. I smoke through a pack, nervous rumblings in my stomach, unable to sit still. The stress of the anticipation is killing me more than the tar and carcinogenic fog filling my lungs ever will.I run my hand down the white lace, fitted against my body, spotless and waiting to be tossed onto the floor. My feathered jewelry and virginal color choice whispers purity but my red lips and dark eyes scream something completely different. I want him here, I want him now. I want the waiting to end.

Worn:
Lingerie: Wanderer the Wind (70L)
Skin: Mother Goose (1L)
Necklace: Lassitude & Ennui (hunt gift)
Eyes: Rozena (40L)
Hair: Ploom (75L)
Poses: [doll.] (past subscriber gifts)

Some Freebies o.0

I don't normally post fully free outfits on this blog because I save those posts for Free*Style; however, I have been wearing this for like weeks on my alt and figured I should show it somewhere, haha!I am especially digging the group gift Baby Monkey shoes :)
Worn:
Clothing: CoCo, group gift
Headband and Shoes: Baby Monkey, group gifts (headband might not be available anymore)
Skin: Mother Goose, lucky board prize
Hair: Clawtooth by Clawtooth (tinted slightly)
Glasses: December
Poses: Marukin