Hair: TRUTH< Brianna – espresso by Truth Hawks
Skin: -Belleza- Ava Med by Tricky Boucher
Tank: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ Tank Top, Blush Pink by Rezzie Luckstone
Sweater: *Slave* OpenSweater -violet- by Cristine Easterling
Panties: *MUKA* Boyshorts Pink by Muka Release
Socks: Maitreya Scrunched PrimSocks ColorSet 2 by Onyx Leshelle
House: Trompe L’Oeil Frostbite Cottage by Cory Edo
Chair: LISP – Click Click Snapshot Chair by Pandora Popstar
Dog: Sculpty Creations Animals lab puppy by Jon Haskell
With the weird weather we have been having, I feel like I should be far away from the city and in a place like this:
Then of course, since in SL I can actually wear something like this and not frighten the daylights out of everyone, I would grab my adorable new Seashell bikini from Rezzie Luckstone. My lovely skin from Carisma Creations is the perfect backdrop:
And now, I am off to enjoy that water!
Hair: ::Exile:: In The Meantime:Pecan by Kavar Cleanslate
Skin: Carisma Creations Evana Skin Fair by Antonin1
Eyes: IKON Horizon Eyes – Pale Gray by Ikon Innovia
Swimsuit: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ Bikini, Seashell Peach by Rezipsa Luckstone
Anklet: Maitreya Dragonfly Anklet by Onyx Leshelle (part of Bare Feet)
Necklace: Primitive Design_Kekoa Sea – UNISEX necklace by Geyer Schnyder
Poses: HopScotch
I saw this sentiment on Rezzie Luckstone’s offering at Wear Gray and it stayed with me the whole day. Many people assert that giving up is the weak, easy thing to do, but I disagree. Sometimes giving up is very, very difficult, sometimes impossible. Sometimes that heart just won’t let us do it. Many times that’s a good thing and difficulty is overcome. Sometimes a life is wasted in pursuit of the unattainable. But the urge to keep trying is a large part of our humanity. After all, how does the saying go?
Mind over matter.
Hair: TRUTH< Auralee – night by Truth Hawks
Shirt: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ Basball Tee, Quote, Teal by Rezipsa Luckstone
Jeans: {mon tissu} Nora Skinny Jeans / Flats Dark by Elie Spot
Shoes: *Zanzo* Cat Nap Slipz by Drusus DuCasse
Poses: Essential Soul, Action
Location: Loop & Cole
Challenge winners from last week are:
1. Kaelyn Alecto
2. Jasmine Ballinger
3. Ygrey Auer
Watch for your gift in-world!
This week didn’t turn out quite as I had planned—I went to the Rejectz sim to take a photo and inadvertently set up right in the middle of some gun shooting event. The sim owner, Sh0rtie, was extremely gracious and even posed for me…he looks all kinds of bad, huh? I am definitely in the wrong part of town! During our conversation Sh0rtie did let me know that Glue has the best tattoos—so you know where to go, everyone! This is only a small part of the sim, but it’s a great build. Remember that it is a roleplay sim, so if you go there please respect the rules.
This week I will give away this sassy style from Sugarsmack to two lucky commenters on this post. You know the drill, just leave a comment below!!!
Car: [GURU] R/T 440 MAGNUN AQUAMARINE by Batista Silbersztein
Hair: ! SugarsmacK !: Bonne/Coco Pudding by Accountant Adzebills
Skin: LaVie Meimei #2 by Pompeja Rossini (this skin is actually quite pale, I am wearing it here with a tan overlay tattoo) (@FFL Czas)
Eyes: IKON Utopia Eyes – Pale Mint+Gold by Ikon Innovia (group gift)
Jewelry: MG – Anoushka Aquamarine by Maxi Gossamer (custom)
Top: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ Body Suit, Aquamarine Houndstooth by Rezipsa Luckstone
Location: Rejectz
The winners of my Alli&Ali hair challenge last week are:
Tigist Sapphire
Laila Laperriere
Cari Teardrop
Congrats! Send me an email or IM and let me know what style and color you’d like!
So now it’s true confession time—who used to rub dandelion pollen all over their faces when they were little? My mom used to get so mad at my brothers and sisters and I because anytime in June that we were playing outside invariably saw us come home with yellow hands and faces. Rezzie Luckstone’s sunny dandelion tee-shirt brought back lots of springtime memories:
If you haven’t been over to Izzie Button’s store to see how she has decked out her sim for spring, get over there asap! The place is gorgeous!
One of my favorite things I am wearing today has to be my mesh sneakers from Hoc Industries. I found these at the Festival of Sin and I haven’t taken them off since! There are about a million different color combinations and do they work for girls or guys??? Oh, yes, they do! So this week I’m going to give away three pair. Just leave your comment below by Friday, March 2nd.
Hair: *Alice Project* Zee [S] – Brown by Alice Demonia
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel) by Arkesh Baral
Shirt: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ T-Shirt, Dandelion by Rezipsa Luckstone
Shorts: JANE – shorts.bobby.chocolate by Janie Marlowe
Shoes: HOC Industries – Suede Sneakers by Guu Nishi
Bike: {what next} Summertime Bicycle Pose Prop by Winter Thorn and FrankLee Anatra
Location: Izzie’s
I love the bicycle photo!! Very cute and refreshing.
hehe umm Eliza you got a lil somethin on your face sweets hehe… You look adorable and so full of the joys of spring!!!! Love the look!
what a sunny and beautiful post Eliza..and i loved to read your memorie,
I love the bicyle would love to go rideing more in sl
What an adorable post! Sooo springy and yes, my baby sister and I did the same with dandelions when we were little 🙂
Spring is coming! Lovely Eliza!
Nice Spring Pictures, good job, and i love the HOC shoes.
And yes they are unisex i have them also.
Oooh you found Izzie’s fabulous sim as well !! I am on the same bike 😀 Great minds think alike :DDD
So cute! I love the bicycle shot!
Love the story of rubbing dandelion on your faces, I used to do that too. Great pics, love the one on the bicycle especially!
Oh! You brought back a childhood memory. My sister and I use to get that stuff all over our hands, faces and our hair. Very cute photos!
OH wait!! ~SCREEEECH~ I just read the top. HAHA! Thank you pretty lady! I will email you xoox
This is so cute, I want spring to be here nowwww 🙂
That last picture is just perfect! Can’t wait for spring to arrive 🙂
Lovely photos, the bike pose is so fitting!
February is my least favorite month of the year. It has always been this way. February seems terribly blah to me. It’s the coldest month of the year where I live (although at least this year that doesn’t mean much) and it’s just feels like I’m in limbo, waiting for spring. Oh, and I always do the taxes in February. What a great month!
Valentine’s Day is stuck in there to liven things up, but honestly my husband and I only have one tradition…to see who can find the sappiest card available. In SL I haven’t delved the depths of greeting card sappiness, but I do adore Rezzie Luckstone’s cute Valentine’s Day t-shirts. So I got some of the gals together and had a little February fiesta. (Although it may have been more like a torture session to them!)
Kat:
Hair: TRUTH Pandora night by Truth Hawks
Top: Be Mine T-shirt by Rezipsa Luckstone
Jeans: Zaara jeans classic blue by Zaara Kohime
Shoes: INDI – Olivieri Sneakers white by Jamie Holmer
Caroline:
Hair: Maitreya Taryn II Beach Blonde by Onyx Leshelle
Top: Roses are Red t-shirt by Rezipsa Luckstone
Skates: V Style Skha V.3 White Ice Skates by Stephanie Kazyanenko
Eliza:
Hair: TRUTH< Saffron – treacle by Truth Hawks
Top: Love is Weird t-shirt by Rezipsa Luckstone
Jeans: Camp relaxed fit jeans blue by Ivey Deschanel
Shoes: Detour kickflip sneakers red by Detour Sideways
First things first: Thanks to everyone who commented last week–the lucky giveaway winners are (drum roll…..):
Congratulations ladies! Watch for your gift in-world! And for everyone else, keep on reading because I had so much fun with this I have decided to make it a weekly color-challenge event!
Now, however, we move on to Iron. There were so many ideas that came to mind–Iron Man, ironing, wrought iron, Iron Maiden (yikes!)…why don’t we just stop there! What stuck in my head most though was a song I sang in college, and it is pretty appropriate for the kind of weather we are having lately in my neck of the woods:
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
-Christina Rosetti, Gustav Holst
So what did I do? I grabbed my friend Caroline and we took to the snow, I in my ultra-chic jacket from Sascha Frangili and Caroline in a beautiful jewelry set from Endra Graves and one of this week’s color challenge offerings from Rezzie Luckstone:
So now for the giveaway…it will be the same as last week, you’ll have until Friday, January 27th at 11pm SLT to make a comment on this post. Winners will receive the Maggie Set from Artistry by E, beautifully modeled by Caroline. This week I will randomly draw two names from the list of comments. Now, I am not going to do jewelry every time, there will be other items in the future as well (guys, I am keeping you in mind!), but the talented Endra Graves has generously agreed to be my giver this week.
And even though we are past the Christmas season, if you are feeling like reliving the season a bit, here are two versions of “In The Bleak Midwinter”, the first by the great Annie Lennox and the second more traditional version from the Gloucester Cathedral Choir:
Eliza:
Hair: **Pocket Mirrors** Dilara Updo Dark Brown by Alair Cortes
Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Pale Grey (S) by Ikon Innovia
Jewelry: MG Necklace – Silver Twin Hearts – Medium by Maxi Gossamer
Jacket: SAS – Tali Silver Jacket by Sascha Frangili
Top: Rezipsa Loc Dress Dark Iron by Rezzie Luckstone
Pants: **GizzA** Flax Pants Female [Grey] by Giz Seorn
Shoes: Maitreya Gold – Esprit-Xtd Noir by Onyx Leshelle
Nails: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ Iron Nails by RezIpsa Luckstone
Caroline:
Hair: EMO-tions Carmen Blonde by Mirja Mills
Eyes: Fashism Sunrise Eyes Warm Silver by Ikon Innovia
Jewelry: Artistry by E Maggie Set Silver by Endra Graves
Dress: Rezipsa Loc Dress Dark Iron by RezIpsa Luckstone
Very pretty!
I love how your coat looks fun and festive, without using color at all! Love your look:)
Very nice!
I love the silver twins heart necklace.. it looks like a necklace I use to have in RL.
What could be better than one classy lady, how about two? =)
You both are lovely. Great post, and I love Annie to!
Absolutely stunning!! I really love the hair used in the first picture. …And thank you!!! =)
Classy! Iron becomes glamorous!
Thanks for the gift. Son preciosos!!!!!
Wonderful idea and beautiful result. Indeed, no prizes necessary for us to praise you :-).
But thanks for the extra element of fun in our weeks of colour
I think iron is going to be one of my favourite weeks already — two great looks there.
Hey, it’s Jasmine Ballinger, working around a stupid WordPress/Blogger communication issue.
It is wonderful to see how not really wearing a lot of color still makes you look fabulous. Love the hair on Caroline!!! Running over to Emo-tions to get it!!! See ya!!!
Aw they’re both adorable but I just love your first pic!
you both look stunning!!
Hi Eliza..i was honoured to get a present for my comment..thanks so much!! Now about this look: I love the first picture the most. It is as if the lace at the end of the arms could be made of iron. Your fresh look and all the grey tones and the pose makes it a great look .. compliments ..bye bye Nic
Beautiful pictures and two beautiful ladies.
It’s a good thing you guys didn’t do the Iron Maiden option…
Gorgeous photos! The background for each is the perfect complement to the outfits.
Another week comes to an end…another opportunity to wear some fabulous items from SL designers. Today I wanted something casual and this short dress from Rezzie Luckstone was just the thing. It’s simple, it’s short-but-not- too-short, and it comes in all sorts of colors. A perfect staple to have in your SL inventory. My scarf is from League—there always seems to be just the perfect item or accessory at that store!
I am also reminding everyone that today is the last day to enter my giveaway of Maxi Gossamer’s mesh Shell Earrings fatpack! If you want to enter, comment on last week’s Color Challenge post today before 11pm SLT. I am wearing one of the colors in my photos below… you know you want them, don’t you??? I will be announcing the three winners on the next color challenge post on Saturday, Jan.21st!
Hair: TRUTH< Andrea w/Roots – espresso by Truth Hawks
Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Silver&Green (S) by Ikon Innovia
Earrings: MG – Mesh Earring-Shell-Teardrop-Pearl Green by Maxi Gossamer
Scarf: *League* Vintage Scarf -Soft Silver by Nena Janus
Dress: * RezIpsa Loc * ~ Short Sleeve Mini, Raven Black by Rezzie Luckstone
Bracelet: Artistry by E, The Helena Bracelet (Silver) by Endra Graves
Tights: JANE – lil piggies tights.fuzzy.bk charcoal by Janie Marlowe
Boots: *FIR & MNA* The Orann Boots Grey Womens by Rob Moonites
Tigist Sapphire
You really enjoyed you trip to the other side of the tracks didn’t ya? hehehe Great idea for a photo set, and they turned out fantastic. Well done as always.
Madison
Love the car, Love going to the “bad side” of town sometimes and you look great!!! Well done!!
The Uncommon Muse
Totally fabulous idea for this week’s color!
Nicandra Laval
super idea you in the middle of a gun shooting event..lol.. and then a sweet bad guy posing for you …big smile here…nice pictures!!!
Shayariel Teardrop
Wonderful <3
Isadora Ansaldo
I happen to be quite familiar with the Rejectz sim as well as the people who frequent it. It’s an awesome sim and a GREAT group of guys! You could not have chosen a better car for the scene nor could you have chosen a better guy to be your model! I’d love a copy of this photo!
Ygrey Auer
Beautiful! Me encanta la idea!
Thank you! I’ll use the gift when green comes back on challenge!
Asia Romano
Cute post, loving the retro car 🙂
Jasmine Ballinger
Great look this week and I’ve never visited that sim — great vibe by the participants it seems.
And thank you — I’ll log in tomorrow and I admire the prize!
Laura18 Streeter
Oh my that closeup in the car.. reminds me of the scene in The Artist… which I have yet to see!
Very cool post Eliza!!
Ayako Firecaster
Great post Eliza! I love the car!
Bourbon Zenovka
Looks like you were born to drive a muscle car 😛
Softpaw Sommer
wow, awesome car!
Sama Yalin
Awesome car!
And I had to smile at you setting up in the middle of a gun shooting event. Just one of those days eh? 😉
Laila Laperriere
OH! I think you look pretty bad yourself in that hot car! Nice guy to pose for you, dont you love coming across people like that? It is what makes SL so very interesting.
Anichka Savira
I love these shots, that car really rocks. Love these.