Just under a month of Silentsparrow!! Day 1(ish)

Oh plans! I had such plans. They were great plans. Well laid, too. THE BESTLY laid, one could say, if bestly was a word. Which it isn't. But alas, they fell by the wayside. That's where the best laid plans fall, you know. It's convenient because at least you know where to pick them up. The plan was, for every day of February, I would blog only clothing from my beloved silentsparrow (with guest stars, of course! Girl cannot live on sparrow alone). But being the delightfully disorganized mess that I am, I forgot that yesterday, being February 1st, was the first day of February. These things pass me by. So, now, it's every day of February except yesterday and other days I forget! I'm sure I will.

To kick off, I must show off something that makes people who know me throw their hands in the air and wonder what the world is coming to! It's PINK! I am wearing it. By choice! A conversation between myself, hya, and the delicious Achariya has made me realize that I hate pink. Except when hya does it, and even then, I have to make excuses. Item: Last year's Lust lucky chair sets (but that was a red sort of pink). Item: The Candy Nephilim Suite for RFL (but that was for charity!). Item: All the pink things from all the LE hunts! (but I'm a COLLECTOR!).

This, I had no excuse for. It's just so PRETTY! It's the Rose Twittery Bird Lucky Chair Suite.

Comprised of a corset and top combo, and gloves from the Datura set (and a brooch, I love these brooches that keep popping up), shorties and lolita skirt from the Chapiteau bottoms set, and stockings from the Lottie suite, AND a tintable tattoo of a classic rose (also on the skirt), all done up in a yumsome raspberry pink - which makes me want candy and there's an old fashioned candy store right up the street, I could go but I assume they've just closed for the day.

As the name might suggest, to the astute of you, it's in the lucky chair. Which is group only. The group costs 250L to join, and you MUST join it, hya regularly gives out gorgeous gifties, she likes to spoil is, so it's very worth the joining fee.
I've gone bald to show off the other yummies I've been rockin' for the past few days. These Etherial Fey ears are a collboration between Allegory Malaprop of Schadenfreude (who made the ears themselves) and Saiyge Lotus of Balderdash (who made the beautiful swirly jewelry on this set). These and the regular varieties of Allegory's Fey ears are now MY EARS. Go buy them, a billion options, all wonderful. Closer inspection of this pic will also show the detail of the gorgeous Treeflake eyes from Schadenfreude.
And LOOK at the perfect softness of the new(ish) Primrose skins from Nomine. Do Love. I've been totally living in these, they make me feel like a big fleshy rose petal, they feel velvetty soft to look at. Which doesn't make any sense, but why should it? The shading of the facial features is wonderful, I love the width of the nose, and how the lips are full without looking like they were stolen from a small child. The makeups are subtle and flawless, and the skins come with 4 different eyebrow colours, so now, the curtains and....eye...curtains..? can match on me, the redhead! Yay!

Shop at the following, to be lovely! silentsparrow , Schadenfreude , Balderdash and Nomine

Outfit Credits:

Skin: Nomine - Primrose - Virgin - Rush (red)
Hair: Tiny Bird - Breathe Me II - Pomegranate
Outfit: silentsparrow - (Rose) Twittery Bird Lucky Chair Suite
Shoes: Lassitude & Ennui - Hitomi - Classic
Eyes: Schadenfreude - Treeflake Eyes
Ears: Balderdash&Schadenfreude - Etherial Fey Ears
Lashes: Sin Skins - Tipped Fluff Lashes (tinted pink, possibly no longer available)

Poop Hunt 2009 - Its the S**T

Last Year Dove Swanson of Long Awkward Pose had her 1st Poop Hunt with lots of great poses. This year with the new Festivale Sim she shares with Autumn Hykova of Tiny Bird Poop Hunt 2009 has become Sim Wide with lots of great designers participating!





Another difference this year is that not only do you find turds (tied with a bow) but also rolls of Toilet Paper too.

I have already done a little hunting of my own and so decided to show off the little nuggets of goodies I have found. Along with the special turds and rolls you should be looking for!





So here is the info low down from the note card I received from Dove:


The Hunt:
Where - Festivale sim ONLY (if you find someone trying to replicate our shit, please let me know, they need to be ended)
When - Friday the 28th - Friday the 4th
What - You are looking for toilet paper rolls and poop piles with bows/ribbons on them. They can vary in size (but they won't be blindingly small), vary in color and also vary in textures/accessories but they all have the same uniform look to them.

How - The poops and toilet paper can be hidden on either side of the sim, pretty much anywhere. As of right now most are within the area of shopping, with a few just barely on the outskirts. Some are outside, some are inside shops.


Also, they encourage teamwork. So if perfectly alright to share tips, hints and even cheat sheets.

The hunt runs till September 4, 2009 and when I was there earlier it was quite laggy so don't feel you need to rush right over. The ones I found were very visible. In fact there is a list of hints too. So be sure to join the Long Awkward Pose or Tiny Bird Subscribe-o-matics if you haven't. Their note cards and notices are ones I look forward to and I am sure you all will as well.

So your Limo Awaits! See you at the HUNT!

Worn:

Jacket: Pig- Cardigan - Pooptones
Shirt: Vaanitas Vesture - festivale TP top
Skirt: Vanitas Vesture - Weston Swishy Skirt

Skin: Tiny Bird -Starlight by Aut 2
Hair: Tiny Bird - Sprocket(2) - Brownie
Jewelry: DECO - Poop Hunt Exclusive Smoky Earrings and Bangle


Shoes: 50 Flats patent rose - choco (Not part of Poop Hunt)

Summer Cocktails at 5th & Oxford

Due to my awesome grabbiness, I was lucky enough to be in receipt of a review pack of 5th & Oxford's (formally Fleur) new Summer Cocktails line of things! Fleur in the past has been one of my favourite sources of skins, and while I knew Roslin Petion has been known to make clothes, I must admit I hadn't really given them much thought in the past. So when I opened what I was sent, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it not only contained skins from their new Audrey line, but dresses, too! Not only that, but later in the day, I had dropped on me an absolutely gorgeous retro bar, complete with stools and accessories. It had never occurred to me, with all their beautiful sim builds of the past (my personal favourite being the Nouveau with the station and the big long train, so noir, so clever) that one of the team of Roslin Petion and CJ Carnot must be a rather marvellous builder. But I'm getting ahead of myself, of course, as is my way.

I've long been a fan of Roslin Petion's skins, in my overflowing inventory I have just about one of every makeup from the old Fleur Vivant line, and a fair few from the previous Allure line of skins. The new Audrey line of skins has all the glamour and soft beautiful quality that I have come to expect. One of the odd little things I adore about these skins and have noticed with the previous lines, is how wonderfully done the hands are, striking a perfect balance between not being too plain as to be featureless, but also not all veiny and haggard-looking, and the nails beautifully manicured. The makeups of the Summer Cocktails skins are just as the name suggests, summery, light, and fruity. The cheeks have a light flush of colour to them, hinting at a day in the sun and perhaps a couple of drinks, and although it doesn't show up so much on my chosen Fair skintone, the darker tones in the range show a soft highlighting sheen. The skins themselves are simply lovely all over, shading and highlights soft but flawless, and the body parts beautifully drawn. I was particularly taken by the elbows, oddly. I did have to modify the shape of my face a little to make the skin look 'right', but I've been finding myself doing that a lot lately, and it's really rather rewarding in the end.

The dresses too, were fantastic. The Summer Cocktails Dress is a satiny vintage number, slinky and elegant, in six colours, named for yummy colourful drinks, and comes with prim sleeves and belt. The shading and gathers of the fabric are particularly well-done at the bust, which makes me wonder if I spend too much time looking at boobs. It's a distinct possibility. The Summer Cocktails Mini is a more flirty, fun style, a little less grown-up, and with more a nod to 60s hipsters. It clings to one shoulder, and gathers at the waist, and is a party dress if ever I saw one.

And so to the matching bar! In a fabulous retro style, fit to grace the den or the poolside or anywhere else where it's feasible to have a party with a gorgeous retro bar! But unfortunately not the rooftop upon which I live. The bar comes with a myriad of sweet little accessories, plates of olives, slices of lemon, a drinks shaker (which gives out martinis!), soda syphons, and holdable, drinkable drinks! The prims all add up sadly, and my poor little parcel couldn't take it, but it's soso cute, it's worth the relatively heavy primmage if you can at all spare it. the front of the bar, and the stools are colour change too, which means you can match with your decor or mix it up and it remains all good!

5th & Oxford's Summer Cocktails skins, clothing and furniture are really a wonderful way to round off the last weeks of summer and see you into autumn, a memento of long days and longer evenings, of parties and sultry sunshine, and generally a glamourous good time. Available only from 5th & Oxford

Outfit Credits:

Pic 1

Skin: 5th & Oxford Audrey - FAIR - Summer Cocktails 5
Hair: Gritty Kitty - Ghetto - Red
Dress: 5th & Oxford - Summer Cocktails Dress - Appletini
Shoes: LC Vamp - Caliah - Emerald (no longer available)

Pic 2

Skin: 5th & Oxford Audrey - FAIR - Summer Cocktails 1
Hair: Tiny Bird - WillowC - Pomegranate
Dress: 5th & Oxford - Summer Cocktails Dress - Purple Haze

Pic 3

Skin: 5th & Oxford Audrey - FAIR - Summer Cocktails 4
Hair: Magika - Lady - Red E
Dress: 5th & Oxford - Summer Cocktails Mini - Blue Lagoon
Shoes: Periquita - Mary Jane Shoe - Black Stars
Bar with goodies: 5th & Oxford Summer Cocktails Bar

(eyes [marine] and lashes in all by Miriel, no longer available)

Quick Sparrow Loev!

Yesterday, I was a grumpy Niv, for no reason. It was sad. I was cheered up rather a lot though, when I noticed that hyasynth Tiramisu of silentsparrow had put of a GROUP GIFT. It's highly cheering indeed when hyasynth sets out group gifts, for a number of reasons. Firstly, free silentsparrow goodness. C'mon. That's reason enough. But secondly, and more importantly, I adore the way with group gifts and lucky chair sets, that hyasynth mixes and matches pieces from previous sets, to make awesome new sets. Takes all the work out of it for me. And also gives me the chance to take a different look at pieces I already have, and mash them together neatly. It's good and super.

This particular group gift is the Rose Madder Suite (somewhat matching to her Madder lingerie available in the Starlust Panty Raid). It features the jeans and jacket from the Aconite suit, an Aesthete waistcoat (not shown in my peekshures) and a Jangling Jack shirt, in varying tones of a deep pinkish red. My pictures really fail to do justice to it. The jacket in particular, is decorated all over with opulant brocade patterning, with a couple of ankhs thrown in there just to make you feel like a proper goth. The pants are velvetty and rich and dark and just gorgeous, with the shirt having just enough patterning to be interesting without being obnoxious. It really is terribly ironic that the thing that pulled me out of my bad mood was something that made me feel all moody and gothsome, but there it is. The magic of Miss Tiramisu strikes again.

The gift will be out until August 26th, and is only available to those already in the silentsparrow group, so, if you're not, I'm sorry for dangling this loveliness under your nose, but go join now, and you'll be in time for the next gift! And if you are in the group, go, fetch! It's next to the big blue glass birdy at silentsparrow, wear your group tag and go get it!

I make no apologies for my shameless fangirling! <3

Outfit Credits:

Skin: Curio - Moonbeam FREX [Dark] June - Raccoon 2

Hair: Tiny Bird - Hayden - Pomegranate

Outfit: silentsparrow - Group Gift - Rose Madder Suite

Shoes: ETD - Buckle Ballet Flats - Grapefruit

Ears: SLink Sachara Elf Ears Pointy Chains n Rings

Mouthmouse!: Modd.G {RandomThingThangs} - Nom-A-Mouse