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The Ghee Indian Summer Hunt is on! Yayyy...

Hurry down to Ghee Main Store and park to look for 39 spice jars that are hidden around. There is a whole complete summer wardrobe of co-coordinating clothing and accessories to mix and match, in spicy shades of chilli, taupe and ivory, and a gorgeous henna tattoo style print. 

Mix and Match 1

The capsule collection includes maxi dresses and skirts, draped harem pants, short lace trimmed shorts, cami tops, halters and cropped off shoulder blouses. The accessories include jewelry, wrist wraps, sunglasses and leather sandals for Slink Bare Feet. 

If you like to have some hint before heading down, read on. And hurry as all these items are exclusive only to this Hunt!

Happy hunting!

Mix and Match 2

Style Card

[Picture 1]

Outfit

Ghee ~ Boho Tank [Ivory]

Ghee ~ Lace Trim Belted Short Shorts [Chilli] for Maitreya

Accessories

Ghee ~ Summer Swirl Earrings [Chillli]

Ghee ~ Indian Summer Leather Strap  Bracelet [Chilli]

Ghee ~ Indian Summer Hunt - Wrist Wraps [Chilli]

Shoe

Ghee ~ Indian Summer Sandals [Ivory] (Slink Feet)

Hair

No.Match ~ No.Comment *Gift

[Picture 2]

Outfit

Ghee ~ Indian Summer Blouse [ Taupe] for Maitreya

Ghee ~ Boho Long Belted Skirt [Ivory]

Accessories

Ghee ~ Indian Summer Glasses [Taupe]

Ghee ~ Gem Summer Swirl Necklace and Earrings [Ivory]

Hair

No.Match ~ No. Further *NEW RELEASE @ The Liaison Collaborative

Pictures taken at Stuttgart

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MORE INFO ABOUT THE HUNT

When: August 12th to September 2nd 2016

Cost: 10L - 25L

Where: Ghee Mainstore 

Hint: Ghee Blog

Getting you home

This sweet bustier dress from Lybra is now available at the Enchantment . It comes in 5 pastel colours for Maitreya, Slink Physique and Hourglass. However, I am wearing it with my TMP body and it fits just perfectly. :D

Style Card

[Debbie's]

Outfit

Lybra ~ Melissa Rose ~ Maitreya @ Enchantment 

Accessories

Lybra ~ Ada Necklace Red @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival

Hair

Tableau Vivant ~ May hair - Balayage

Body

The Mesh Project ~ Deluxe Body, Hands and Feet
The Mesh Project ~ Head - Soft (Deluxe)

Style Card

[Scott's]

Outfit

KDC ~ Paul Jacket and Shorts Homme Mauve

Accessories

Misdrection ~ DoubleWrapWatch /olive - Gatcha @ TMD Sim

Hair

Dura ~ Boy* 68 Dark Color

Picture taken at Stuttgart

.PENUMBRA. SS16 FASHION WEEK

.PENUMBRA. SPRING/SUMMER 2016 FASHION WEEK

May 14, 2016 – May 22, 2016

.PENUMBRA. Fashion Week, producer of Second Life’s acclaimed fashion events, provides top designers a stunning platform to showcase their collections. Each season .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week brings to you that season’s must see shows.

.PENUMBRA. proudly presents nearly 80 Spring/Summer 2016 men’s and women’s designers including several first time participants (marked with an *).

Featuring striking full collections are designers Petit Chat, Rayne, Sonatta Morales and Wicca's Wardrobe.

Displaying impressive outfit collections are designers Alli&Ali Designs*, B Barbie Style, Belles Parisiennes, Bliensen + MaiTai*, Byrne, Carrie's Lingerie, Chocolat*, Culco*, Designs by Sebastien*, Entice*, Finale Couture, Glint*, Glitter, Glitterati by Sapphire*, House of Elliot, Kunglers*, Lavian&Co., Loovus, Luna Body Art, LUXE Paris, LX Essentials, Marquesse Pret a Porter*, Masoom, MEVA, Mirror Mirror*, Oceane Body Design, October's 4Seasons, Ooh-la-licious Skins*, Posh Pixels*, Prism, Rapture, Sage, Simply Me!*, Syl's Fashion Boutique*, Tres Beau Designs, Vengeful Threads*, Vero Modero, Virtual Diva Couture, White Room Couture, Wynd*, Xiphora, Zanze & Zanze Men

Presenting stunning designer exclusives showcased at their respective monthly events: [SWANK] Events, Designer Showcase & the Stuff Groups.

.PENUMBRA. is also bringing to the stage the ToddleeDoo Experience showcasing ToddleeDoo designers AnkleBiters*, BabyBurp, BoWillow*, Little Badz Inc.*, Meshy Me*, Sweet Tots*, ToddleTeeZ* & Zanzadoodle.

Repost from: www.penumbra-eclipse.com

Hear the voice in me

Today's styling is one of my favourite of the week simply because it's something that you would see me wearing in RL. Both the Nya's jumpsuit and the matching shoe come with a 48 colour texture hud and for those who know me, know how much I enjoy playing with colour hud to get the unique piece. :D

The current round of Designer showcase ends 30 April. So hurry! 

Style Card

Outfit

Nya's ~ Short Jumpsuit *Exclusive @ Designer showcase

Shoe

Nya's ~OpenToePlatform Slink @ Designer showcase

Hair

[elikatira] ~ Nura

Run, Baby, Run

Sheryl Crow is one of my all time favorite singers. Amazing, timeless lyrics and music that never gets old to listen to. While editing this image I was listening to one of her old albums (Tuesday Night Music Club) and her song Run, Baby, Run just made me pause and listen, so it became the title of this post. There's a youtube link to her song below.

This week new release from Serendipity is the Tyler leather mesh pants series. They come in 6 different colors, beige, grey, navy, red, white and black - which is featured below, and each them comes of course in 5 mesh sizes ranging from XS to XL.

Debbie Jasper did an amazing job creating the pose for this post ;) Thank you ♥

Style card:

Outfit:

• *Serendipity* - Tyler Leather Jeans - Mesh - *NEW RELEASE*

Body:

• The mesh project [TMP] + Skin tone #20

Skin (head only):

• -Nivaro-  - Cunov Skin - summertone

Hair:

• ::Exile::- AJ Autumn

Jewelry:

• Gabriel - Angel wings Necklace (male) / silver

Pose:

• Debbie Jasper - Custom pose

You can leave your hat on

Across the street from Glint Jewelry is a clothing store - Serendipity, which I have the pleasure of featuring this weeks outfit for.

Starting at the top, the ball cap is HUD controlled with five different colors and two types of metal silver and gold. A really convenient re-sizer is also in the HUD. Great idea!

The sweater and pants is also HUD controlled, 11 colors for the sweater and 10 different colors for the pants and pockets.

 This weeks L$55 item from Glint Jewelry is this very nice Leather Skull bracelet. Looking up close it has really nice leather textures. A great find.

Style card:

Outfit:

• *Serendipity* - Harry Sweater - Mesh - *NEW RELEASE*
• *Serendipity* - Adrian Jeans - Mesh - *NEW RELEASE*
• *Serendipity* - Zachery Spiked Cap - Mesh - *NEW RELEASE*

Jewelry:

• Glint Jewelry and Accessories - Block letter bracelet in silver
• Glint Jewelry and Accessories - Skull Bracelet, Male

The blog post can also be found on http://scottnobody.blogspot.com/

Want to want me

Every girl has a little red dress in her closet. This sexy Cupid's Prize from Lybra is one you must add to your collection. The sweet heart cut out at the back of this strapless short dress is a sure head turner wherever you go. Cupid's Prize is made especially for Slink Original and Hourglass and Maitreya Lara mesh bodies in 4 different colours.

I found the perfect shoe to match from VG shoes. The gorgeous open toes heels with either a gold or silver butterfly on the thin strap around the ankle comes in 6 different colours are available at the Flower Power till Feb 26. 

Style Card

Outfit

Lybra ~ Cupid's Prize for Maitreya Lara [Lust] *NEW RELEASE @ On9

Shoe

VG Shoes ~ Spring [Red/Gold] @ Flower Power 2016 

Hair

Dura ~ 64 Hair [Dark Colour] *NEW RELEASE

Earring 

Paper Couture ~ Reclining Feline Earring @ MarketPlace 

She's mine

Another really nice treasure from Glint Jewelry & Accessories is this customize-able block letter bracelet for both him and her. When you purchase this bracelet, all you have to do is to fill out the accompanying note-card and return it to Rainbow. She will very quickly personalize your bracelet and sent it back to you. I believe a total of 6 letters of your choice is maximum on each bracelet. The bracelet is easily adjustable via a script dialog box, and making sure it sits right on your wrist is of course done via the edit menu.

The outfit I'm sporting on this beautiful morning is from FashionNatic on the markedplace (link below). It's completely HUD controlled for pants, shirt and tie. 35 colors and textures for the shirt and the tie, 8 colors for the pants. There is an option for hiding the tie if you choose to do so.

Finally, a great pair of shoes from L&B, (link below). They are the WingTip Fatpack option, also complete HUD operated with several color combinations.

Click image for larger size

Style card:

Jewelry:

• Glint Jewelry and Accessories - Block letter bracelet in silver
• Glint Jewelry and Accessories - Leather bracelet with metal rings

Outfit:

• FashionNatic - Vidor - Shirt Mesh
• FashionNatic - Vidor - Pants Mesh
• FashionNatic is only on the Second Life Markedplace

Shoes:

• L&B - Dress shoe WingTip Fatpack

The blog post can also be found on http://scottnobody.blogspot.com/

MenStuff Hunt - Glint Jewelry & Accessories

Being notoriously bad at hunts, I did somehow manage to find the MensStuff Hunt treasure at .:Glint:. Jewelry & Accesories the other day.

The gift contains 2 leather bracelets, one wide made of several leather knotted strings with diamond print beads, and one single string of leather with metal rings and metal beads. The single strand bracelet is easily scale-able via a HUD - just click on the bracelet, whereas the wider bracelet can be scaled via the edit menu. Both of them are a great additions to the casual guy.

Style card:

Jewelry:

Glint Jewelry and Accessories - Leather & Silver diamond print beads.

Glint Jewelry and Accessories - Leather bracelet with metal rings

Jeans:

Redgrave - Jeans HeavyUsed - Classic Cut Mesh

Shirt

Luke Tucked in White T-shirt.

Shoes:

Ryder Boots - Navarro - Ankle

This blog was also posted on http://scottnobody.blogspot.com/

Tea Party Fair

   ****    TEA PARTY FAIR     *** 

  16th - 30th March 2016

   First Press Release (Repost)

Marquesse Events presents the Tea Party Fair, organized by a young and talented team of SL entrepreneurs, models and fashionistas.   

We are very thankful to our direct sponsors for helping and supporting our event with materials and direct resources. Your help has made this event even more amazing. Our thanks go directly to Mr. Ares Titian, owner and founder of Kink+. Thank you for your kindness in hosting the event!

Our thanks go as well to Miss Mija Perfferle, owner, builder and creator of d&b - deviant & bizarre and  Miss Adriannesuz McMinnar, the co-owner of Tihuta Square Shopping Center and designer for Orquidea clothing.

Last but not least, we would also like to thank our fellow designers who, by sponsoring this event with their creativity and products, are adding a plus value to the fashion show and making it possible to bring to you, our public, an unforgettable experience. 

Our events are going to occur on a trimester basis, one for every season, with dedicated themes, and for every taste.

Please apply here if you would like to be a part of our event

Designers Application

Bloggers Application

Join us on our Social Media to stay informed and updated

We will soon release the date of the Fashion Show

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Contact Email

Photography tips #3 - Derender

By Scott Nobody

In real life photography, a little pre-photoshopping on location is time saved when editing, and by that I mean removing things (if possible of course) that has to be fixed in post editing anyway. So before the shot is actually taken, remove or fix things such as an odd twig, toys in the background, garbage, or stray hair on the model etc. Basically try and get rid of anything that doesn't belong in the final picture. You'll thank your self later if you do.

Until just recently, I thought that was more or less impossible in SL without having editing rights, but a shooting sessions with Debbie Jasper over the holidays taught me something very cool. I might be the noob here for not knowing this clever little trick, but I'm okay with that :) I'm always willing to learn and share.

The session we were on was shot over the Christmas holidays. We were shooting a gown Debbie was blogging, and the problem was there were Christmas decorations and other items that just didn't fit the theme of the gown. After have shot from a few different angles I just couldn't get a shot I liked because of the items on location. Then Debbie said - "Just de-render temporarily".  /Me: "Huh?" So she showed me, and low and behold, life just got a little bit easier.

I found some of the raw photo's from that first session. In this shot, the cat on the piano and the lamp at the end of the stage is bugging me. But to clone those items out in Photoshop looks like a lot of work so kept looking for angles where these items weren't visible, but that of course changed the look and view of the gown.

After Debbie's little revelation we went back the next day. Below is another raw shot from the second session. The cat and the lamp has been de-rendered temporarily making the post editing a lot easier. 

Here's how do this in Firestorm: 

• Right click on the item that is in your frame, or picture that you want to remove. 
• Click MORE in the circle - twice
• Click DERENDER 
• Finally click TEMPORARY. 

And the item such as a pose-ball, tip jar or perhaps a person in the back ground is gone. You have a much cleaner raw photo to work with in Photoshop.

Thank you Debbie :)

One thing to keep in mind when doing this, is to be very careful what you click on. I lost the floor the first time I tried but a quick relog fixed it, and I could start over with de-rendering unwanted items again. 

Here's a link to the gown Debbie blogged.

This blog post was also posted on http://debbiejasper16.blogspot.sg

Being casual

By Scott Nobody

Ahh...the casual look. A pair of jeans, a t-shirt, some shoes or boots and perhaps a jacket. It's a look that a lot of guys in Second Life use. Im my opinion the casual look just got even better. I was at TMD - The Mens Department awhile back, where Cold Ash had a small display of one or perhaps two of their outfits. A quick visit to their main store, and I was sold on the out fit below. All 3 items are of course mesh and were purchased separately.

The jacket is the Ryder. It can be used with or without the T-shirt, and in the including HUD you will find 6 great leather textures in different colors for the jacket, and 6 muted colors for the T-shirt making it easy to find a good look.

(Click any picture for a larger view.)

The jeans are called Ocelot, a nice straight fit, very worn looking pair (but not ripped),. The HUD gives the choice of 6 tones from light blue to black
Last but not least to complete the look, I chose the Jericho desert boots. It's a short boot, and goes perfect with the jeans and other long pants. Again there is an option for picking a color to go with the rest of the outfit, this time 5 different tones ranging from Copper (light brownish) to Black.

Style card:

Outfit:

• Cold Ash - Ryder jacket
• Cold Ash - Ocelot jeans
• Cold Ash - Jericho dessert boot

• Mandala - Inari Necklage (short)

Picture location - Tempelhof