Tuesday, August 26, 2014

New Events and End of the Month Last Call!

Earlier this month I blogged a preview for the current round of Enchantment. This is the final blog I will be making for it this month (it ends at the end of the month until next round) and I also wanted to show you all a few more things you could get from it!

This round's theme is centered around the tale of Bluebeard (who did indeed have a bluebeard).
You can find his story here: Wiki: Bluebeard

At the bottom of this post will be links to each store partcipating. Each store has an item that you can buy (from any of the stores) that will have a stamp card in it. Take the stamp card to each store and click on the stamp machine and it will stamp your card. When you fill up your card you can either gift it to someone or take the SLurl it gives you and pick a prize from the prize area. 1 stamp card = 1 prize.


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You can click the photo above to see it larger. The things I got from enchantment in the photo are my necklace, eyes, earrings, and the candle. There is a larger picture of the candle below. The earrings from Pita Pocket are a prize as is the candle from Tea.s. The necklace (from tea.s) and the eyes (from Chop Shop) are for sale in their respective stores for a great price and each includes a stamp card!

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The outfit I am wearing is from Petite Bebe and can be bought at a new event you may have heard of. Route66 is a new monthly event where designers make something based on colors and/or a theme they are given. Each store's item they make is for sale ending in a 66 (for example: $66L, $166L, $266L, etc.). This outfit includes the skirt, sandals, and sweater. Super cute for this fall weather approaching and it only costs $166L! The event will end in early sept. I believe so that they can set up for a new round that will begin Sept. 16th so hurry down and grab this outfit at this great price!

Sorry this blog post is a little late! I had some RL health issues but i am on the mend! 

Until Next time!
<3 Audra Graves

GET THE LOOK
Outfit (including shoes): Petite Bebe - Birdies (Found at Route 66)
Hair: D!va - Juno (Type-A Garnet) (Found at C88)
Eyes: Chop Shop - Watching? Green (Enchantment item that includes stamp card)
Necklace: tea.s - Trust Key Necklace Silver (Enchantment item that includes a stamp card)
Earrings: Pita Pocket - Little Lock & Key Earrings (Enchantment full stamp card prize)
Pose: !Bang - Stylies Nomination (Freebie)

SCENE
Candle: tea.s - Chateau de Barbe Bleue (Enchantment full stamp card prize)
Hutch: PILOT - Heirloom Hutch Floral
Wall Hanger: Vespertine - Wall Hanger /Shine
Welcome Mat: Collage - Welcome Mat (droids)
Skybox: Milk Motion - Flat in Montmartre

PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS FOR ENCHANTMENT
.Shi
tea.s
La Petite Morte
Tarnished
Refined Wild
Valentina E
Aisling
Pixicat
Chop Shop
Bella Elephante
Kalopsia
Epic
The Muses
Due
Nox
Unrepentant 
Reign
DRD
Frogstar
Pita Pocket

Friday, August 22, 2014

Shake it Off!

I'm sure a ton of you have listened to/seen the new Taylor Swift song, Shake it Off. If not it will be at the bottom of this post. I have never been a fan of her music. It just didn't appeal to me. I give her a chance now because of a song she sang for the hunger games soundtrack which didn't even sound like her. Her new song has got me hooked. It's played on repeat for a few days now (don't worry I listened to other stuff and took breaks)!

That's So {Kyoot} has released a super cute new outfit that is 50L today (for FLF /kids/). It has that ballerina feel to it but it has a pair of shorts so it becomes an outfit! My most favorite part of it though is the leggings. I wish I could pull leggings like that off in RL!


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The pose is from Shutterbug's Woodland Gatcha that ends here in a few days. It's from her series, When I Grow Up". It's mod so you can easily adjust the poses and bar to your height! The music box is from Nach's Woodland Gatcha. Each fairytale music box plays the tune that it was inspired by.

Another post coming tomorrow!!

<3 Audra Graves

GET THE LOOK

Outfit: That's So {Kyoot} - Kylie
Hair: Tram - C424 Hair (maroon)
Nails: Lil Smartie Pants - Pastel Nails
Pose: Shutterbugs - *WIGU gatcha* ballerina pose (found at Woodland Treasures)
Music Box: Nach - Tangled Movie Inspired Music Box (found at Woodland Treasures)


Thursday, August 21, 2014

Dress-Up Dialogs: A Pirates Life for Me

This weeks Dress-up Dialog was inspired by some things I found at The Fantasy Gacha Carnival!


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(Click photo to see a larger version of it!)

Don't worry, no mommies were harmed in the making of this post. I mean my sword is cardboard after all.
I apologize, when I made my notecard with credits I forgot to write down the poses and I have NO idea which they could be so if you happen to know feel free to drop me a NC in world (Audra Graves) or comment on this post!

The cardboard sea creatures actually come with poses themselves! You can grab these at The Fantasy Gacha Carnival. Same as my hat. 

GET THE LOOK

Eye Patch: Larnia Kids - Pirate Eye Patch
Hat: Pure Poison - Marine Pirate Hat (from The Fantasy Gacha Carnival)
Dress (including shoes and necklace): Lil Big Me - Magical Princess (includes shoes)
Hair: D!va - Tomoko2 Type A (garnet)
Sword: Kidz Clozet - Cardboard Sword (from cardboard Cut Out Toys)

Treehouse - Snips & Snails - Treehouse, Slide, Tireswing, & Zipline (past Arcade gatcha)
Fish: Cheeky Pea & Bang! - Feeesh! (From The Fantasy Gacha Carnival)
Sea monster: Cheeky Pea & Bang! - Nessie RARE (from The Fantasy Gacha Carnival)

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Dress-Up Dialog: Hunger Games

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Dress-Up Dialog is a new segment on my blog where I will set up a scene and costume and accessories from various places as if I was playing pretend. I am hoping to do this about once weekly among my other things I blog. If you have ideas you'd like to see on the blog don't hesitate to drop me a NC in world (Audra Graves).

This week I decided I would go check out Panem but when I was there they mistook me for a resident and because I am not a grown up I ended up SOMEHOW getting my name drawn to be in the Hunger Games. I think someone set me up! 

When we were released I ran quickly to the cornucopia and grabbed the best looking weapon I could find. I learned all about how to use them in training. Turns out the sword I grabbed is from Wimey. It's one of the rare weapons you can get from The Fantasy Gatcha which is open now! I didn't realize you couldn't see my cool earrings but Wimey has some jewelry as the commons. There are some amazing looking necklaces and earrings that I tried on when I had to look presentable for my Interview with Caesar. They are made for grown up avatars but they worked on me and I am a Toddleedoo!

The Hunger Games are dangerous and I don't know if i will make it out but cross your fingers for me that I do!!

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GET THE LOOK

Outfit (includes shoes): Inner Peace - HG Tribute Costume (no longer Available)*
Sword: Wimey - Sword of Lighting RARE (Found @ The Fantasy Gatcha)
Hair: Elikatira - Say - Fiery Reds Pack (currently having a Rezday Sale!)
Pose: Stance when you draw your weapon from Wimey's Sword mentioned above


**Dress-Up Dialogs was an idea I had after making the photos for this post so while you might not be able to get this outfit anymore (Unless I am wrong), the future costumes will be available to buy!

Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Keys to a secret

Not my secret of course...

Bluebeard's secret.

This month's theme for Enchantment follows the tale of Bluebeard. If you click through the link below you can read the tale yourself!

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard

The short version is this wealthy french aristocrat. He has been married many times before but no one ever knew what happened to the previous wives. All the local girls are very obviously afraid to be his next wife. He manages to get another wife though and shortly after they are married he has to go out of town. He leaves his keys with his wife and says use them they open all the doors in the house. He also handed her one other key and stressed that she was to never ever not even once at all go to that room.

Of course she does. all the previous wives are in there murdered. The floor is covered in blood. The current wife drops the key in the blood, in shock. she tells her sister and they plan to leave but Bluebeard (yes his beard really is blue) comes home early and sees the blood on the key and knows. He was going to behead her but she begged for prayers. So he let her pray which in her terms meant wait for her brothers to rescue her and her sister. Bluebeard was about to kill them when the brothers came in and killed him. The wife inherits all his fortune and marries off her sister and herself. THE END

ok...so maybe that wasn't all that short but interesting right!?

Designers have made items pertaining to this story! just imagine the fun things that have been made (or you know, go check them out with the list below). I will post instructions after the photos and info and before the links!

Here is what i put together for my first blog for Enchantment.


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The items I am wearing from Enchantment are the key headwrap, the key necklace, and my eyes. The headwrap, from Frogstar, is their prize at the prize location. It's mod so you can easily adjust it to fit your own head! with the texture change script there are 25 possible combinations on how you want it to look! This means it will match ANYTHING. This prize will NEVER be sold or given away after the event so be sure to fill up your stamp card if you want it!

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The necklace I am wearing is also a prize item but this one is from Aisling. The necklace has a texture HUD so you can change the ribbon color, metal type, and whether or not the key has blood on it or not. I think it matches well with my outfit! I love long necklaces.

The last thing i am wearing from enchantment, my eyes, is from La Petite Morte. "Misery eyes 4". I love the texturing in these. This item is for sale in their store and by buying one color (for just 75L) you will get a stamp card.

So here is how this event works. You go to any of the stores that I list below and you buy one of their items that is specifically made and labeled for this event (you will see the tags and stamp machine set up). You can buy one thing from one store or many things from many stores! Whatever you like! When you get your stamp card...or 10...add them to you (if you have more than 1 wear them all at once so you don't have to do the stamping over and over). Each store also has a stamp machine set up. With the cards attached, click the stamp machine and it adds that store's stamp to your card. Collect all 20 stamps from the 20 stores and take your finished stamp card to the prize location it gives you! Each prize costs 1 stamp card so if you want more than one be sure to buy more than one item at the stores! The stamp cards are transfer/no copy so this means you can gift them too!

I love this event and I hope you all love this round. I had never heard this folktale before this round so it was fun reading into it and seeing what all the designers came up with!

Stay tuned for another post later on with some more items from this event!

PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS
.Shi
tea.s
La Petite Morte
Tarnished
Refined Wild
Valentina E
Aisling
Pixicat
Chop Shop
Bella Elephante
Kalopsia
Epic
The Muses
Due
Nox
Unrepentant 
Reign
DRD
Frogstar

Pita Pocket

GET THE LOOK
Outfit: Petite Bebe - Vintage Outfit Dotted Blue RARE (Woodland)
Hair: Olive - The Anya Sleep Red 01
Eyes: La Petite Morte - Misery eyes 4 (for enchantment)
Headwrap: Frogstar - Bluebeard's Bride Chain Headwrap (for enchantment)
Necklace: Aisling - The Bad Wife (for enchantment)
Nails: Enchanted Bowtique - Watermelon Nails (ATLT)

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Woodland Helps Make Memories

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There are a a ton of new poses at Woodland Treasures this month (along with many other things of course. It's an anniversary round so there is double the amount of participants).

Glamrus Kidz made a set of summer poses so I convinced my parents that I wanted hamburgers. The Grilled kind, not the McDonald's kind. Momma set up the picnic table with lots of options and daddy started grilling the burgers. I'm 4 now so I should be able to grill things on my own but daddy said I was still too young but I could help him. He picked me up and we went to check on the burgers. 

Pudding Pop just released a new dress called Ella and I fell in love with it the moment I saw the ad. Stripes and floral! *swoon* If you haven't checked out Pudding Pop then be sure to take the SLurl at the bottom and see what she has to offer! The Pose in the above picture (minus my momma in the background) is called Grillin Like Daddy and It's a common prize from GlamRus Kidz's Woodland Gatcha.

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After dinner, which was DELICIOUS, I invited Natalee over to play and we had a blast! We got a bit hyper, was probably all that koolaid and fizzy soda, and ran around like a bunch of crazies. Daddy tried to catch us to calm us down but momma knew there was no point and watched daddy try. Turns out he just wanted a picture of the two of us together so we calmed ourselves for half a minute to get this sweet photo of us! Natalee is wearing a tucked tank, high waisted shorts, and boho sandals all from Little Closet. The hair she is wearing is rigged mesh for TD avatars (awesome right!?) that can be found over at Lil Olive. The pose in the 2nd photo is meant for 2 adults and 3 kids but since it's mod you can unlink (at your own risk) and adjust if needed! Still cute with just 2 kids! That one is called Beach Madness and it's a rare from the GlamRus Kidz Woodland Gatcha. The pose in the 3rd photo will work even if your friend or sibling is shorter or taller than you. That one is called Summer Buds and it is a common in the GlamRus Kidz Woodland Gatcha. 

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After Natalee left I played some dress-up, my favorite, with momma and daddy. They were such sports. The pose with daddy is by Shutterbugs and it's called Stylist pose. It's a common from a gacha with a whole series of poses called "When I grow up". Here is my most favorite part about the stylist pose; It comes with a set for Kid TDs. AMAZING! I was so excited!The pose also comes with some props for the Kids to wear but I was laughing so hard at daddy's make up I forgot to put one on! Poor daddy. Mommy Let me arrest her and put her in Time-Out jail. This post is also by shutterbugs from the same gacha series and is called Police Pose and it is a rare. The pose comes with the chair, jail sign, handcuffs, baton, and police hat. Momma doesn't look to thrilled haha!

You can get all these poses by visiting Woodland Treasure Gatcha!

GET THE LOOK

*On Audra
Dress: Pudding Pop - Ella Outfit
Shoes: Amala - Jellies (snow)
Hair: Chemistry - Buttons 2
Hair in last photo: Truth - Fernanda

*On Natalee
Shirt: Little Closet - Half Tucked Tank (Tribal)
Shorts: Little Closet - High Wasited Shorts (Dark Wash)
Shoes: Little Closet - Boho Sandals (Cream)
Hair: Lil Olive - The Darla Hair
Bracelet 1: Trinket - and Beyond Bracelet
Bracelet 2: Trinket - To Infinity Bracelet

*Poses
Picture 1:  Glamrus Kidz - Grillin like Daddy COMMON (Woodland)
Picture 2: Glamrus Kidz - Beach Madness RARE (Woodland)
Picture 3: Glamrus Kidz - Summer Buds COMMON (Woodland)
Picture 4: Shutterbugs - *wigu* gatcha Stylist pose (woodland)
Picture 5: Shutterbugs - *wigu* gatcha Police Pose RARE (woodland)

*Props
grill: Julee's Creations - Mesh BBQ Grill
Picnic table: ionic - The Ionic Spell Outdoor Set
Photo room divider: Alouette - photo frame room divider
Directors chair: Bug-a-doodle - V.I.T. Director chair - jedi master
Owl: vespertine - fabric bird sleepy owl
Unicorn Print - floorplan - species silhouette unicorn
house: Barnesworth Anubis - duxbury house


Saturday, August 2, 2014

All the little things is not ready for school!

Few words today. RL has been eventful in a not so good way but I really wanted to show you some of the cute things you could get from All The Little Things! There are a TON of stores participating per usual and the theme this month is "Not ready for back to school". Summer is only one more month left! Enjoy it while you can! (I am so ready for autumn though!).


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Above is an outfit by That's So Kyoot that includes the dress, sunglasses, and sandals. There are 3 color options!

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Tank and nails from Awwdorable! Nails come as a HUD with multiple color options. 

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Tank from Awwdorable.


GET THE LOOK

Picture 1
Outfit: That's so Kyoot - Amber Summer Outfit Aqua (includes dress, shoes, and sunglasses) (ATLT)
Hair: Truth - Fernanda
Necklace: Tiny Owl - Fairytale Necklace Ariel Silver

Picture 2
Underclothes: Forever Young - (part of) Athletic Tank Outfit
Tank: Awwdorable - School's Out Forever Tank (ATLT)
Shorts: Forever Young - (part of) You Make me Happy outfit
Shoes: Amala - Jellies Cotton Candy (The Chapter Four)
Hair: Chemistry - Buttons 2 w side bangs http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Loki/62/116/2499
Nails: Awwdorable - Tropical Nails ToddleeDoo (ATLT)

Picture 3
Underclothes: Forever Young - (part of) Athletic Tank Outfit
Tank: Awwdorable - Muscles Pink Back Tank (looser) (ATLT)
Shorts: Forever Young - (part of) You Make me Happy outfit
Shoes: Amala - Jellies Cotton Candy (The Chapter Four)
Hair: Chemistry - Buttons 2 w side bangs http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Loki/62/116/2499