Etheria- When Jewelers Dream

I have been constantly amazed at the detail work jewelry designers in SL have accomplished. From June 13 to June 20th, many of these wonderful designers have collaborated with fantasy clothing designers to put forth a plethora of dreaminess.

Here are just a couple of examples of loveliness that can be found at the Etheria event.

First up is a collaboration with Dark Mouse and Lark called Fae Dress and Fae Jewelry. Both the dress in the Jewelry come in Silver, Gold or Copper. Lark give 2 skirt attachment options, so I decided to add a bit of fullness by wearing both. Also Dark Mouse gave both spine and chest attachment options with the necklace.


Next up we have a great collaboration with Evie's Closet and MONKEE we have the Lyric Dress with Wings and the Dreamers Jewelry. MONKEE provides bracelet and necklace with or without resizer scripts.


I have made these pictures larger and encourage you to click on them to see the full detail of the jewelry featured.

So if you are looking to add a few new pieces to your inventory, please take some time to visit ETHERIA - WHEN JEWELERS DREAM.

HERE IS YOUR LIMO TO ETHERIA

Other credits: Skins by Gala, Hair by Truth and Poses by LAP.

Flirtatious Fae!

Yesterday the Fae of the Realm of Sylvhara had their Annual Fae Dae Festivities. Being Fae Royalty it was important I look my best for my fellow Fae brothers and Sisters. The set up was lovely with these great bubbles that were a gift a couple of years ago.



So a few pictures later, I thought I should blog this!





Dress: Evie's Closet- Ariel (purple)
Headpiece: AC Girl - Butterfly Headpiece (Sadly this store is closed)
Wings: Wing Song by Ely _ Ely's Gold Transparent Wings (color change)
Hair: Exile - Love Song 2 in Auburn
Skin: Gala - Cupid 2 - Crave 2
Pose: Happy Mood - Bubble Chair ( can win in prize chair)

PIECES OF YOU- WANDERING OUBLIETTE

The welcome note to Oubliette begins like this...

Oubliette, known as a place of forgetting, (or the forgotten, as the case may be....) is a floating mass of mysterious things and nonesuch, to which there really is no point. Well, other than to confound its visitors, who sometimes come here with a purpose, and other times are merely floating about like lost luggage with the tide. Which are you? I wonder.... Above all things... Oubliette is a place to wander, to explore. It is an evolving space where one never quite knows what the tide waters will sweep in.




I have visited Oubliette on several occasions, but mostly never really went beyond Evie's Closet. This weeks started this awesome hunt that allows you to not only score some great items, but lets you explore one of the most gorgeous sims in SL.







When you Teleport in, you land at the beginning place of the Pieces of You Hunt.



You need to first join the group for 88L. Each chest you find cost 1L. The proceeds go to support the sim. Between the joining fees and the chests its about 100L.

Prized featured are from Evie's Closet, Balderdash, Frippery and Winx Home and Garden.

Be sure to grab the Oubliette Welcome Notecard. There are LM's for places of interest you will find very valuable.

Featured in these pictures is the Goth Aventine Gown from Evie's Closet and Strange as Angels Earrings and Necklace.





Used in my photos is a special Windlight Setting created by Saiyge Lotus, called The Gloaming. The instructions for this setting can also be found in the Welcome Notecard for Oubliette.

THE HUNT BEGINS HERE! GOOD LUCK!

Dress: Goth Aventine by Evie's Closet
Jewerly: Strange as Angels by Balderdash
Skin: Pin UP Light in Apple Pie1 by Gala
Hair: Aiiyana in Black by ETD

A Tribue to Persephone

Ahoy! It is I, Nivaya Barbosa, newly-appointed other blogger for Dressing in Pixels.

Ah, but Perse flatters me with her welcoming post. The truth is, I owe a great deal of who I am in SL now, to her. In a lot of ways, if I was the kind of person who did SL families (I'm not) I would consider Perse my SL mom. She's been there for me since...ooh, let's say, day 8? I met her when I was around a week old, when I started working at the same club as her, and immediately looked up to her as a role model. She was the one who made me appreciate the importance of having good quality things, of accessorizing, of generally making an effort. Gosh I wanted to be her when I grew up. She was always one step above me on the promotions ladder in the club, shortly after I became a dancer, she became a host, when I became a host, she became a manager. And she spoiled me. It was her who bought me my first silks (what? They're PRETTY!), when I had no idea what silks were, and I still have a picture of that day, me, her, and another friend, all thinking we were the coolest people in the world in our red silks (!), when in reality, Perse's avatar desperately needed to eat a sandwich (or 5), mine needed a strong course of iron tablets, and as for our other friend....well. Watermelon ass doesn't begin to cover it.

Failed relationships, successful relationships, abandonment by (watermelon-assed) friends, my promotion to 'junior manager' of the club, shared recipes for sweet potato casserole, we went through a lot together before I really began to really feel like I was her equal.

As time passed, our own styles diversified, and at the height of this phenomenon, I took to teasingly calling her 'mom', much to her disdain. Next to her trend at the time for wearing classic vintagewear, pencil skirts, blouses, jackets, highwaist pants, perfectly matching colours and her hair in immaculate updos, my quirky eclectic neko-without-the-cat-bits look really did make her and I standing next to each other look like a conservative mother and her rebellious teenage daughter.

Eventually, the club we worked in closed down, and she and I made a brave (but ultimately unsuccessful) stab at the world of shape-making and image consultancy, before going our seperate ways, me, to focus on modelling, Perse to make her home and career in a medieval fantasy land. Happily we are both awesome. Other stuff happened in between, but that was mostly boring, the point is, we've both now developed our own unique and fantastic senses of style, based at least some on the times we've spent together. And now she sometimes even comes to me for fashion advice! And so, for my first post in Dressing in Pixels, I would like to present my homage to the many styles of Persephone Paine, my host, my mentor, my confidante, and my friend (also SL mom...but I don't do SL families...Shh!)

Outfit Credits

Pic 1:

Skin: Nomine -Sylvan - Ultralight - Dita Purple

Hair: Ingenue - Jitterbug Doll - Red

Dress: Ingenue - Polynesian Princess - Pink Leopard

Shoes: Shiny Things - Retrosweet Pumps - Powder Pink

Earrings: Miriel - Teardrop Earrings - Gold

Eyes: Miriel - Aqua - Standard

Lashes: Nuclear Boutique - Vintage Lashes

Manicure/Pedicure: Candy Nail - Basic Silver

Pic 2:

Skin: 42 - 118 Freebie Skin - Pale

Hair: Calico - Emily - Blood

Dress: Evie's Closet - Saiyge - Ocean

Wings: Material Squirrel - Storm

Eyes and Lashes: (as above)

Manicure: Candy Nail - #16 Diamond Elegance

Pic 3:

Skin: LF Chai - Cream - Vixen

Hair: ETD - Ginny - Scarlet

Shirt and Jacket: Last Call - Frida

Jeans: Naive - Damaged Jeans Blue

Boots: Bax Coen - BAX Black Suede Ankle Boots +

Lashes: Magika - Reall Prim Eyelashes

Pic 4:

Skin: Ashia Designs - Victoria Fire Fundraiser - Timeless 2009

Hair: Refuge - Alex - Red

Dress: ETD - Floral Babydoll - Fresh

Boots: Maitreya - Dune - Brown

Bracelets: Chaoslotus - Starlusty V-Day Hunt

Lashes - Sin Skins - Tipped Fluff lashes

A Totally Vain Valentine and other Fashion Goodness

In all honesty, I hunt for fun. The idea of going from place to place searching for treasure has always intrigued me. Plus the designers that participate are some of my favorites. Valentines in the past has not been a really exciting holiday in the past, but this year I am totally in love and apparently the Valentines Bug bit me hard.

First we have Ivalde. This cute dress is covered in Kisses. I paired it with Tights and the cute special offer shoes from Kookie. This is the first time I have actually been in a Kookie store and I look forward to go back a shop there again. The skin is a Vain Inc, Hunt gift from Rockberry. The dramatic lips are a very nice touch.


Ivey Deschanel of Sn@tch also participated in the Vain, Inc. Hunt. However this dress was a group gift called Pink is the New Pink. I combined it with shoes from Indyra Originals.




I had to include the awesome box that the Group Gift came in. Its the coolest flaming heart and is so staying in my inventory.

The Skin I am wearing is the Vain, Inc Hunt Gift from LessThan3 Skins.




Evie's Closest had a LTD Edition Release called Queen of Hearts. She offered it in Pink and Red. I had to go for the Red one and extremely happy since I totally missed out on the last LTD Edition release she had.


This set included the Dress and a Very Pretty Beaded Net Veil. She is now doing alternate sizes on her prim sleeves etc so very little modifying is needed. I accessorized it with Jewelry from AlienBear and Hair by Sky Everett. The Skin is Another fantastic Vain Inc. Hunt Find from Fleur Skins.



I wish everyone that reads my blog, (if anyone does LOL) A Happy Valentines Day filled with Love.



First Pic:

Hair: Elizabeth 2 by Truth
Skin: Lily (PoE) Hunt By Rockberry
Shoes: Elle Petite Flats (Valentine Special) by Kookie
Dress: Vain, Inc Hunt Gift by Ivalde
Tights: Marthe Blackstar Footless Tights by Ivalde


2nd and 3rd Pic:

Dress: Pink is the New Pink (Group Gift) Sn@tch
Hair: Polly by Truth
Skin: Candy Hearts (Vain Inc. Hunt) LessThan Three Skins
Shoes: Clarissa in Silver by Indyra Originals


4th and 5th Pics:

Dress: Queen of Hearts (LTD Edition) Evie's Closet (sold out by check out the Saiyge Gown with Add On Pack!)
Skin: Vain Inc Hunt Gift from Fleur Skins
Hair: Kiera in Black from Sky Everett Designs
Jewelry: Heart Teardrop Diamond Set in Red by Alienbear Designs

Evie's Closet gives Saiyge Advice!

One of my Favorite places to shop for Elegant Fantasy Gowns is Evie's Closet. Every time a new gown comes out I am there buying it. Evangeline Miles, the designer behind Evie's Closet is a very sweet and generous person and has, I think, the best group tag ever: "Be Enchanted by"

Recently she had a Photo Contest. The requirements was to dress in her new gown Saiyge and have the pic taken at the Sim Oubliette. This is where here main store is located. If you get a chance this sim is a beautiful place to visit. I did take some pics for the contest, however, I took to long and missed the deadline. (seeing the entries, I didn't have a snowballs chance *grins* )



The Saiyge gown is a lovely flowing gown with a small train (pictured here is the gown in Ocean). She has included 2 sizes of sleeves as well which mean little or no modifying to fit. My favorite part is the flower wreath for the hair. She makes the best I ever have seen and I keep trying to convince her to sell them in fat packs.


Voting is still underway for the Photo Contest, so if you have time stop by and see the lovely works of art at these contest entries are and vote!

Publish Post

Dress/Gown: Saiyge in Ocean - Evie's Closet
Hair: Sadie in Dark Chocolate - Calico Creations
Skin: Takako 008 (Have Fun) - Lazolli (may still be free.)