Hey loves!
I have a shit ton to catch up on! I know, I know. I had some fun playing with the new release from Death Row Designs, a wonderful selection of light fixtures that are available at Chapter 4.
There's several different ones to choose from so if you haven't been over to the event, make sure to hop over and grab all the DRD stuff, especially because it is in the 99L room! Lighting is always a great thing to play around with in your SL homes, and as you can see above, even to play around with in pictures <3
Keepin' it short & real. I luv your faces! Be back very soon with all the things I have to haul ass on and some things that I simply think are damn adorbs!
Body
Mesh Head: CATWA HEAD Annie Vampire
Skin Applier: [Pink Fuel] <Crystal> - Morgana - CATWA Head Applier
Hair: [RA] Winx Hair - Grayscale @ We <3 RP (Upper pic)
Hair 2: [DUE] Sakura - B&W @ The Project Se7en
Outfit (upper pic obviously! :P)
Bodysuit: .::Dead Dollz::. Ripley - White @ We <3 Roleplay
Boots: REIGN.- Patent Mishi Thigh High Boots- WHITE
Arm Inserts: : Amorous : Albedo 0 Point 39 (No longer available!)
Poses
Upper pic: Apple Spice - Against the Wall Poses 011-020 Fatpack
Lower Pic: Del May - Slumped lean
Ahoy Mateys!
Yes yes, Gia had a little break..it was much needed. I don't ever feel the need to announce it here. I guess I just feel secure enough with you all and know that YOU know I will be back soon enough. So far, it's worked for us pretty well. I hope I am finding you all in good health and stuff.
I stated in a previous blog post that I ran into a podcast I love. Not only that, the whole podcast world blew right up for me and since then I've found several. Another one I love is the H.P. Lovecraft podcast. It's basically a couple of dudes talking about the works of, of course, none other than, H.P. Lovecraft. I'm oh...kind of a Lovecraft fan!
Anyway, I was so excited after the podcast that while on break at my RL job, I brought it up and, silly me, I guess I assumed everyone knew Lovecraft! Nope, I just looked like a nerd I guess. nobody knew what I was talking about and so when I went into short descriptions of some of my favorite stories (Of course starting with 'The Call of Cthulhu'!), it sparked a pretty interesting discussion. One of my co-workers blurted out, 'Oh I read romance novels and occasionally a mystery but I don't really read that guy stuff.' .....Excuse me?! What exactly is 'Guy Stuff' when it comes to reading? Can you even label it like that and have it make any kind of sense? I know it was just her ignorance. Surely not all of us women are supposed to read romance novels all day, right?! Please tell me I am right. If that's not the case, well then...I guess I'm a dude! Along with all the rest of the women that love sci-fi? Lovecraft? Whatever she was trying to say. She couldn't really answer me when I did ask her what exactly she meant. She responded with a 'Oh you know, guys mostly read that kind of stuff.' I had to laugh. I informed her I fell in love with Lovecraft and that whole entire genre when I was just a kid. I had siblings that brought me into it but still.
It irritates me that THAT mindset even exists. It honestly has to stop. It's what keeps me from making any kind of friends in RL. It's so very hard to find another woman who I can sit down with and discuss for example Lovecraft, or my love for the horror genre or gaming even! Maybe it's just in my neck of the woods, is it? Do any of you run into this issue in RL or in SL? They like pink, I like black. They like Hallmark Channel, I am horror....etc, etc, etc. One of the many reasons I love Second Life! It has brought so many of my fellow weirdos close to me and so even though they're not right next door, I do have friends.
So with all thoughts of finding Cthulhu, I set out on a voyage!
Remarkable Oblivion again just always amazes me. Enchantment this round is pretty epic so I hope you've all been out there to snag all the stuff. I know it's hard with all the events going on. Even us as bloggers (at least me, lemme speak for myself here lol) have a hard time keeping up with alllll of these events. I love them though, especially when they are themed. I think it pushes the designers to get creative and I love seeing what they will come up with! Dead Dollz was another fav of mine for this round of Enchantment, Cerberus Xing too! All featured here. I wont hold you any longer though, but will be back soon! <3
Body
Mesh Head: CATWA HEAD Jessica
Mesh Body: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara
Skin: [theSkinnery] Sienna (Catwa Applier) - champagne @ C88
Scar: [theSkinnery] Huntress Markings (Catwa Applier) @ We <3 RP
Eyes: (right) -SU!- Silent Eyes (left) Ikon VIP Group Gift - August 2015-Triumph Eyes
Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Faux dreads - Namiriel - Naturals II
My apologies loves, how I do wish I could blog all day every day but real life is so hectic right now and not being nice to me so I am struggling a bit but trying to be around as much as possible!
I recently had a 'Tudors' binge on Netflix. Ugh, what can I say? It's a guilty pleasure! One of the many. But if you wanna rewind just a tad, my obsession with this era started when I was a wee lil girl and I ran into my older sisters readers digest book on the supernatural. One of the stories was on the ghost of Anne Boleyn and it went into a little bit of her history and I remember thinking to myself...how damn tragic it was and how bad it would have been to live back then as a woman.
Anyway, Dead Dollz sent me this lil loverly gown after my Tudors binge and Death Row Designs released this amazing table (stuffed pig included!) all at We <3 Roleplay so I smashed them together with The Tudors at heart...and then this lil shop came up out of nowhere and dropped the infamous Anne Boleyn necklace down for The Witching Hour event and I ran. I literally ran as soon as the event opened and snagged it right up. It's a gacha with several different options so of course, I chose to wear the blood spattered one...in typical Gia fashion!
The table and its entire layout was just amazing. I find DRD to still, after all this time to honestly just be one of those shops in SL that just can't fail me. *Crosses fingers* And better darn well not! Lol
For the roleplayers, this is simply a must have in your homes, taverns, etc! Easy enough to catch a few dwarves wandering around this table as it would be to put a few thrones down and serve a King and Queen here. It comes with animations too PG and R rated *wink wink* With all of this, it only has a total of 26 LI, can seat up to 8 people and also has other chairs available for purchase with more animations included in them.
A big thank you to Whispering Windz for allowing me to play around in their wonderful Tudor-ish sim! The tavern was just what I had in mind but the whole sim is definitely worth paying it a visit.
Back again soon! Yes yes I promise this time! No, seriously! <3
Hey hey again! Let me apologize before I get started here for my delay. As much as I would love to blog all day, every day...real life does sometimes act pesky and unabashedly shoves all things aside. But I am here and alive and still kickin'.
I just have so much to show and so little time. With the Vintage & Cool Fair still going, I want to get in as many of the outfits featured there as I can...since Vintage can be somewhat of a hassle to find in our Second Life.
I absolutely adored the Dead Dollz dress for Vintage & Cool. So many ways to wear this but when I saw it, for some reason it reminded me of my ever so snazzy Bette Davis, who I admire so. And of course, it comes with a muff! Who doesn't want warm digits (even pixelated ones) in this kind of weather? (well hey, where I am, it's already cold!)
If you haven't made your way there, make sure to do so. As I am blogging this, we have 6 days till closing time!
See you soon dolls!! Body
Skin: [Pink Fuel] <Crystal> - Doll V2
Hair: Exile::Check Out Time Blacks @ C88 Outfit
Dress: .::Dead Dollz::. Vertigo - Dress - @ Vintage & Cool Fair
Heels: REIGN.- Mina Heels- Black @ Vintage & Cool (linked above)
Shades: (Yummy) Miami Heat Shades - Black
Alright, alright...I know this photo probably has so many of you thrown off. Like, "Why oh why did Gia pose all purdy next to a head on a turtle?!" I have two words for you...Breaking Bad.
If you're a fan, then you know exactly why the turtle has a severed head on it (although it was a tortoise I think lol) and why it says what it does on that turtle. If you don't watch Breaking Bad then I am sorry...that you've chose to miss out on an incredibly awesome show with an amazing story line and top notch acting.
If you've just recently decided to watch it, look away! I hope I didn't spoil that lil bit of the story line for you.
But ANYWAY! When Dead Dollz dropped this on me in a package called 'The Heisenberg Collection', I chose this dress first. All of the dresses are amazing but this one simply caught the eye (and well the name of course). You -cannot- hand Gia something with that title on the package and a dress named 'Tortuga' without seeing a bit of gore in the pic. The dress cut and style are so simple but so elegant, giving it a ton of dress up options and even making it comfortable enough for me to just kick off my heels and prance around like so.
The awesome head on the Turtle is by 'Swagga' and is at the Level Up event this round in all its gorey glory! The theme for that event is 'Survival Horror' and I loved it! This head is animated with different pose options that will make you giggle...or vomit, either way, fun stuff!
My jewelry is by the ever amazing RealEvil Industries which seem to continuously be making things that I can put to use. This set is at the Jewelry Fair too along with their other awesome creations for that event.
I honestly hope that something recognized here in Gia's World is that the style never remains stagnant. Although I love goth, steampunk, rockabilly, etc...it is never that all day everyday. The fashion world is far too vast for me to only explore and appreciate one style. If only I had the time (and nothing else to do) I could blog allll day and we'd go through a ton of different options!
So I got this 'Lil Black Dress' kinda vibe going on. This is a lil black dress I just adored. With it's quality texturing, super sexy lace but nice lil simple cut, it snagged me. I'm glad I waited a few to blog it because with the Jewelry Fair right around the corner, I was able to snatch up some gorgeous adornments for my lil black dress.
The dress is a limited edition special by Dead Dollz at the 24 Squared event. Have you been there? I hope so! And if you haven't you have several days left to get in. Make a stop in Dead Dollz and snag this. So many ways to doll it up, this is simply mine.
Don't forget my fav nail place evar is there too! Hit up Dark Passions and snag the limited edition elegance that matched perfectly with my dress! Here's a closie...
Body
Skin: DeeTaleZ Skin A.T.W. Leyna EXCLUSIVE 1 Brows1 Mixedtype @ Chapter 4
Hair: =DeLa*= Mesh Hair "Sara" Blacks and Whites
Eyes: IKON Ascension Eyes - Evening
Eyeshadow: #adored - vanessa eyeshadows - full pack
Mani/Pedi: Dark Passions - Koffin Nails - Etched Elegance @ 24 Squared
Outfit
Dress: .::Dead Dollz::. Felina White - Limited Edition (update your Dead Dollz landmarks!) @ 24 Squared
Heels: [The Forge] Strap Attack, RARE @ The Arcade
Accessories
Necklace: .aisling. Chimalma Necklace @ Jewelry Fair (Landmarks updated as soon as it opens!!)
Wrist Cuffs: Lassitude & Ennui Boudica arm cuff - black @ Jewelry Fair
Septum: .aisling. Undecim Nosering @ Jewelry Fair
Dead Apples is participating in this round of We <3 Roleplay and I am loving all over this vampiric skin! Pale and delicate, deadly and gorgeous! With bloody mouth and non bloody options as well. All kinds of appliers are available for it and with that being said, it tempted me to play a bit more with my Wowmeh (doesn't that sound dirteh?! lol).
So I found that I love the Wowmeh and hope it comes out better and stronger than before. With so many mesh shapes out there for us, it can be a tough decision, and when that happens ladies...just go ahead and buy them all I say! While usually rounding edges of my SL shape for photos, the wowmeh made it easy on me and so I stayed looking at the pics, trying to find all jagged edges and though I found a couple, it was waaaay less work than on the standard SL body.
The lingerie I have on was a freebie from Dead Dollz, well group gift. The cost to join the group isn't bad at all so great deal there! Especially since it has the Slink/Wowmeh/etc. applier HUD included. Thank you Kiddo for the spoils!
Also my heeeels! If you don't know what the Saturday Sale is, you're missing out! Reign always spoils us on Saturdays with amazing deals on awesome heels and so many other designers participate in the Saturday Sale. Definitely make yourself a part of it. These are deals that us oldies weren't given back in the day so yus, I enjoy them much!
Ok enough ramblings from Gia, get to shoppin' luvs! <3
Body
Skin: {Dead Apples} Lora - Vampire Edition (Bone) @ We <3 Roleplay
Hair: Magika [01] Serene
Eyes: {Dead Apples} Striking Eyes - Silver
Mesh Body: Wowmeh (my own shape)
Outfit
Lingerie: .::Dead Dollz::. Cyanide Lingerie - Black (Group gift w/Appliers!)
Heels: REIGN.- Alloy Heels- Black
Cuffs: .random.Matter. - Crowley Bracer - Black & .random.Matter. - Crowley Finger Claws - Black @ We <3 Roleplay (linked above)
Oh what is it about this movie that captures us so?! It has an insane following and has since its release. Audrey is incredibly stunning and charming throughout the movie. Every time I've watched it, I can't seem to take my eyes off of her. From her wardrobe, quirkiness, even her movements and the way she so casually is enjoying a nice cup of java in the morning while enjoying the view window shopping at Tiffany's in the opening scene.
So Dead Dollz...another one of Gia's favorite shops in SL, gave us this little black dress as a group gift and an opportunity to show our stuff with our best Audrey stylings...how could I resist? An opportunity to finally blog a shop I love AND join a contest!
Yes yes...I promise to blog more Dead Dollz. Pretty soon again actually *winks*.
If you haven't joined the Dead Dollz VIP group....you'll definitely want to! Besides this dress, another little lingerie number was released WITH an appliers HUD, (Wowmeh friendly by the way!)
Hop over to the mainstore (which I'll link below) and click on the VIP group joiner to take advantage of these awesome gifts!
