"Grand Illusion..."
...living within my escape.
Friday, March 30, 2012


Kismet

Kismet

Couple of photos done for a dear friend. You can check out the credits and blog info here!

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012


32712a

Another extremely busy day today, so I was a bit lazy and am just blogging what I wandered around for work in. Yes, clearly, I bought more than I should of with the new coldLogic release, the tube and jacket sets are amazing. Matched with a necklace by Cailyn's and pants by Jane, I was good to go for work.

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Now that work is over, I could seriously use a little bit of fun. I didn't get a picture of it, but slipping on a mini-skirt and ditching the jacket becomes the perfect after work time to go dancing look. Oh, why didn't I get a picture? Because SL took that opportunity to refuse to clear up my face, in any skin, ever again. Oh SL. I do love to hate you.

Good grief I could use some stress relief, people. Let me hide behind my ignorance for the evening, please.



Dina's Duds:
Hair: Wasabi
Skin: Glam Affair
Shirt & Jacket: coldLogic
Pants: Jane
Necklace: Cailyn's
Shoes that you can't even see, but I felt like mentioning: Maitreya
Pose: Everglow

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Monday, March 26, 2012


32612a

I know these pics are a bit bright, but that's how I felt today...light, comfortable, happy. I tend to dress to reflect my mood and if I don't change at all, its a bad sign. Today I put on the new jeans that were just released by Maitreya. These are the best mesh jeans I have gotten so far, and I am actually glad I fat-packed them. I also picked up some of their new leggings and a skirt, so I am eager to start putting looks together with the new pieces. The more mesh I buy, the more I want to delete everything in my inventory that isn't mesh. A true pack rat cannot do this though...darn it.

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I double meshed my outfit today, which can often cause problems. When I had the medium sized pants on and tossed on this shirt from coldLogic you could see the button in the center of the jeans poking through. Luckily the small was back far enough it no longer shows and I absolutely love the results. Shoes by Ingenue, accessories by Phoenix Rising and hair by Wasabi, pull this all together. Did you hear that? I put on accessories! Knock me over with a feather.....

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The rest of my day was fabulous, it always is when I get to get out of the house and enjoy the spring weather. Its still a bit cold and crisp, but promises to be an amazing summer. Oh, and because I think music completely affects the mood and peoples day, here is what I've been listening to. For all you beautiful people, much love...


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Dina's Duds:
Hair: Wasabi
Skin: Glam Affair
Shirt: coldLogic
Jeans: Maitreya
Shoes: Ingenue
Accessories: Phoenix Rising

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012


Simplicity

ColdLogic released some fabulous new dresses today, I love a simple dress that I can be lazy about accessories with and this just screams to me not to add a thing. I've seen the hair on the feeds so I had to sneak by and pick it up, Elikatira never disappoints. I also stopped by and snagged the new Glam Affair skin. Anyone who has got skin shopping with me knows this is nothing short of a miracle, being able to demo and fast decide to purchase. I normally take days to ponder and debate before jumping into a new skin. However this one I fell in love with and hope to make it my summer skin. Its even a tad bit darker than normal for me. Imagine that....
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Dina's Duds:
Skin: Glam Affair
Hair: Elikatira
Dress: coldLogic

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Friday, March 16, 2012


Say It Right


In the day In the night
Say it right Say it all
You either got it
Or you don't
You either stand or you fall
When your will is broken
When it slips from your hand
When there's no time for joking
There's a hole in the plan
I can't say that I'm not lost and at fault
I can't say that I don't love the light and the dark
I can't say that I don't know that I am alive
And all of what I feel I could show
You tonight
From my hands I could give you
Something that I made
From my mouth I could sing you
Another brick that I laid

From my body I could show you
A place God knows

You should know the space is holy
Do you really want to go?
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me
No you don't mean nothing at all to me
But you got what it takes to set me free
Oh you could mean everything to me

Dina's Duds:
Skin: Illusory
Hair: Wasabi
Pose: Frooti
Dress: BAIASTICE
Location: Humanoid



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Thursday, March 15, 2012


coldLogic

Just a quickie today, quickies are good! Mesh dress by coldLogic, oh coldLogic, how I love you. I'm not shy to admit I end up fat packing almost everything they release. I love everything about this dress, including the fact that it lets me neglect accessories because its a fabulous piece all on its own. I fully admit, I am still completely slack when it comes to accessories, still...working on that.

Working on a lot.....

Dina's Duds:
Dress: coldLogic
Skin: LAQ
Hair: Wasabi

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012


Angelwing

It's been such a long time since I planned out a longer blog entry. I used to be able to do this a lot faster, I swear. Last night I went and wandered around the FFL (additionally sponsored by the estate I work for, Dream Seeker Estates, small plug over) and really didn't want to fill my inventory with a million things this time. I have a bad habit of that, buy tons of things and let them sit in my inventory collecting dust and upping my inventory count. I was given a note with some points of interest and the one that caught my eye the most was, as you can see, Angelwing.

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The three dresses seen here had me completely infatuated and simply had to join the countless items in my inventory. I couldn't pick one, and as a donation I didn't even try, I bought them all. Then came the decision of which to take a picture in, again, why do I always thrust myself into these horrible choices? Forget it, lets take pictures in them all. Oh wait...but where?

Angelwing

I went searching on the destination guide through the second life site and was really excited to see all the amazing places to take pictures. I think I will use this list a bit more often, and the Humanoid sim was absolutely perfect for the pictures I wanted to take. I hit a few doors, took a few shots, but honestly could of stayed there forever.

Angelwing

Dina's Duds:
Dress: Angelwing
Hair: Wasabi
Location: Humanoid
Skin: LAQ

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012


As three

I never really have taken much time to edit my pics, I don't have the same editing program and/or tools as everyone else. I don't claim to make something fabulous that could be called art. It simply is what it is, mine.

Oh and look, the blog lives on.....

Style Card:
Pose: Custom Inkz

On the girls:
Blacklace

On the guy:
The girls

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