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Saturday, October 17, 2009


10-17-09

Saturdays are always simple, especially when its raining outside. Of course, its been raining off and on for days now, bringing in a wave of fall blahs and such. The little people in RL are bouncing off the walls and keeping me on my toes so todays bloggage is pretty simple too. I could have just slapped up the pictures and credits, but for some reason my fingers get to the keys and I start rambling away. I tried to spare you, honest! Focusing on the look, yes, I can focus. The top here is from the newest release by Fri.Day, perfect for layering with other shirts (as per their promotion for it, no less) so I picked it up in a couple of colors. The skirt was a bundle I purchased from oyakin a while back, I love how simple and light it looks. I am still in love with the fact that flat shoes are 'in' since that's what I wear the most in SL. These are from 50 Flats, with a name like that its really easy to tell where I get a majority of my flats huh? In rare form, I actually took a little bit of time to put on some accessories today! Jewelry pieces are from both Cursed and Mezzo. I stopped by Storin this morning and picked up their umbrella and pose set and splashed my way over to the Creamshop sim to play in the rain. I love the rain, the thunder the way it gives me an excuse to run outside and stomp in a few puddles. I have to be careful here, the street may have just been redone but goodness...those puddles are deep....

10-17-09



Dina's Puddle Stompin Duds
Top: Fri.Day
Skirt: oyakin
Necklace: Cursed
Anklet/Bracelet: Mezzo
Shoes: 50 Flats
Hair: Magika
Skin: Belleza
Umbrella and Poses: Storin
Location: CreamShop

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Friday, July 10, 2009


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Just a small sampling of the things that I 'had to have' from Sugarcube yesterday. Every once in a while I stumble upon a store that people have probably known about for forever and a day, but its still my fabulous find! I obviously have this bad habit of neglecting my accessories, as seen in the above pictures, but later I did manage to get my lazy self into my inventory to hunt down the awesome bag from ETD and jewelry from Cursed for the last image. Looks like a great outfit to do what in? Oh yes, more shopping!

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Dress 1: Sugarcube, Hair: Magika, Shoes: Stilleto Moody, Skin: Redgrave, Pose: LAP

Dress 2: Sugarcube, Hair: Maitreya, Shoes: Shiny Things, Skin: Redgrave, Pose: LAP

Dress 3: Sugarcube, Hair: Truth, Shoes: Maitreya, Jewelry: Cursed, Bag: ETD, Skin: Redgrave, Pose: Diesel Works

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

GI LOTD 6-30-09

GI LOTD 6-30-09

Dina's Duds
Dress's: Boom
Shoes: Shiny Things
Skin: Redgrave
Hair: Zero Style
Poses: Diesel Works
Jewelry: Cursed Jewelry

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

6-27-09

Just a quicky today, weekends are always extremely busy now that its summer. Then again, weekdays are busier now that it is summer too! The results are more simple LOTD type posts, such as this one. Mixed pieces from Apple May (Top & Bangles from Willow, Jeans as a separate) and some of the amazing newer shoes from Shiny Things and this fast became one of my favorite outfits. I think I spent two days wandering in it, and thats unheard of from someone with a massive shopping addiction and inventory!

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Just a quick note included here about the Grand Opening of Cursed scheduled for Saturday, 6-27-09 at 6pm SLT. I will be offering a free photo with every set of jewelry purchased of you in the set you chose! Looking forward to a lot of pictures, and a lot of people finding some amazing jewelry. Also, [42] just put out a new release so look forward to that coming as tomorrows LOTD! I hope everyone is having a fabulous SL/RL weekend and see you tonight!

Dina's Duds
Shirt & Bangles: Apple May
Shoes: Shiny Things
Skin: Redgrave
Hair: Yuki
Pose: to be updated upon log in!

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Over a year ago I had the immense pleasure to meet the designers of Cursed Jewelry and am extremely excited to see they have returned not only to Second Life, but to designing their beautiful pieces as well. I have been lucky enough to work with the designers and have put together just a few of their pieces (with them modeling too!) for you to see in anticipation of their grand opening this weekend!

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I normally am pretty lacking when it comes to accessories and jewelry, I have no idea why that is but I fully admit it. Cursed has inspired me to pay just that much more attention to the details in my outfits, and I will be using their beautiful pieces often in the future. Sets include looks for casual, every day use to more formal pieces that are a perfect addition to a night out on the SLtown! This just happens to be, my all time, absolute favorite.

Cursed Jewelry

Cursed Jewelry

Cursed Jewelry

Cursed Jewelry

Cursed Jewelry is delicate, intricate, and extremely detailed for designers that had the following to say on their work: "We do not use any sole textures or tgas in our jewelry. Everything you see has been meticulously made by hand and a very zoomed-in camera with nano prims and sculpties." Each and every piece has a resizing script, and gold/silver options. Everything they sell is Trans/NoCopy/NoMod so that you can easily buy gifts for your friends and loved ones, and trust me, you will!!

In a future blog post I will be giving out the details of their Grand Opening this weekend which includes a special offer from me and Grand Illusion Photography. Be sure to keep your eyes open for these events, you wont want to miss out!!

Dina's Duds:
Clothing Pieces from: Apple May, Armidi
All Jewelry (minus the mens earrings in photo 5) are from Cursed Jewelry.

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