Diamond Decadence

Bells Boutique has just released a new dress "Diamond Decadence", which is a little retro inspired dress. Diamond Decadence was name by two of my fellow Plurk buddies and is a combination of two names they suggested. This dress was so much fun to create because I tried to venture out from my usual comfort zone and used sculpts for the first time. I also worked with creating my own pattern from scratch for the first time. The Diamond pattern floats along the jacket and skirt layer while the Dress top is one solid vibrant color accented with a transparent peek of skin on the back. The cleavage area is embellished by a sheer ribbon.  Diamond Decadence is all about options and provides you with choices. The Dress is made to be worn alone or paired with the jacket included. The Jacket is also cute enough to to have it's own day in the sun and can be worn alone.  Multiple Layer options are included for your enjoyment. 
All prims are Mod/Copy,  no transfer.

Each dress is 175L

****Freebie****


As a special thank you I have released a Christmas version of Diamond Decadence. 

XOXO
Bells Semyorka

La Foule

Today's post is titled La Foule because it happened to be the song I was hearing when editing my last photo. Sung by the sultry siren Edith Piaf, this song seemed to completely match the dress and gave a feeling of french beauty. Feel free to listen to the song here.

Recently, I was gifted "Party Nights" from my lovely friend Cleopatra Xiganlia, owner of CLEO Couture. I have seen Cleopatra's designs grow for a number of years from Togas of all various types a new line has emerged couture gowns. I became entranced when I first tried on "Party Nights" because it was so different from her previous line. The skirt and jacket combo are right up my alley when it comes to style. The top of this dress is designed to showcase a sheer teasing look around the decolletage, which I absolutely LOVE.

I want to point out one thing that I didn't like and created a small problem for me. The prims are no modify no copy, which comes in handy for transferable gifts.  I know that Cleopatra works with her customers so if you have a sizing issue she will help correct the problem, just send her an IM. I would have just loved to have been able to do this own my own rather than to make a designer take time from their day.  In all I really do enjoy this dress which I feel is an excellent example of Vintage Couture.



The next items I want to talk about today are eye jewels and hair. Lets start wit the shiny sparkly beautiful jewels that are accenting my eyes. Voshie Paine has been kind enough to drop of a little sneak peak from her store, La Petite Morte, which open on Friday, ( Hey that's tomorrow!) I can tell you La Petite Morte has some great photo sets as well as lovely eye jewels, shoes and other accessories.

I have to admit that I had a bit of trouble setting the eye jewels properly. When wearing them I found them to be a bit too big for my eyes, even after trying to edit my shape and the prims. After much editing I was able to find a position where they sat comfortably on my face, between my eye and lashes, but still not entirely attached to my face. I edited in photo shop slightly the right side because the jewels were hanging off into space. I think these eye jewels would look great during a still photographs, but might be a bit hard to wear during everyday use because of the different curve of each avatar's eye shape. I also thought about perhaps editing each individual prim to fix so it was attached to my face, but I really ended up with a jumbled mess. I suck ad editing prims and thank goodness I made a backup layer first.

Finally it's hair time. Amacci's most recent hair releases over the past month have been designed with hair base usage. I love that Carina Larson has been creating beautiful up dos and poney tails bringing a sleek look incorporating the tattoo layer in her designs. Rina is my favorite out of her newest release because I absolutly love the knotted buns and complicated look. I do wish for one thing regarding Amacci hair, optional bangs. I would love if I could provide a bit of fringetta to the top of my head. My Christmas wish for SL this year.

In all I love today's Look I feel totally prepared for the Holiday and when Christmas party time arrives, I might be wearing this cute little ensemble.

The Look- La Flour
*Hair-Amacci- Carina Larson- Rina hair- Brown Sugar
Skin-Dutch Touch-Sjors- Caramel- CleoPatraSiS *picked today cause of the name and lip color
*Eye Jewerly-La Petite Morte- Voshie Paine-Diva Ametrine
*Dress-CLEO Couture- Party Nights
Shoes-Nardotix-Kurvy Ruby Slippers
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52-Weeks of Color- Sepia- Week 5

When I was a child my grandmother had this big box of photographs. I used to love hearing her stories and looking through all the photos. The style of dress was different, hair styles usually proofed up and all the photos were tinted a touch of Sepia. To me they were beautiful, a glimpse into the past and a treasure of memories that someone wanted to preserve. It's amazing when you stop and think about how much technology has advanced over time. Will we once look at our digital photos in the same manner?

For Today's look I really wanted to attempt to capture a sepia photograph. After I took this photo I edited in photo shop the background giving the touch of sepia. For my outfit I choose to pick out colors that were dark in the brown family to give a bit more of the sepia feel. I didn't want to overwhelm my photo with the beautiful rich color but rather wanted to highlight.

The Look- Sepia
Hair-Clawtooth- The Eye Patch-Hot Chocolate- 50%off sale on all hair until Dec 31
Skin-Dutch Touch-SjOrS-Caramel-Snow
Eyes-Curio-Dark Brown
Sweater-Insanya-Brown-Shirt-FTLO Fall Hunt freebie
Skirt- Surf Co-Summer of Stripes Skirt
Necklace-KessKreations/Maio-Shelly Necklace
Stockings-Zaara- Nishar leggings- Thigh high socks- Nude
Boots- Bax Boots- Brown Leather

What Season?

So originally I wanted to name this post "It's SL wear what you want", after a Plurk but I changed my mind because it didn't feel right for this post's context.

According to my last post I was holding out on breaking out the "winter wear", but guess what I'm sneaking in another two looks that are not exclusive to the season. The reason for the mash up is I received a cute pack from Evelyn Hartshon, owner and creator of *evie*.

I've been watching Evelyn's clothing designs develop on Plurk for the last couple of months and have become quite impressed with the ideas she comes up with. Her clothing designs are hand drawn which I love. I admire how she is able to match the seams and the detail she gives to smaller items such as the buttons on a sweater or the cross stitching on a seams.



*Evie* dropped off on me two different items, "Vintage Sweater" and "This Love Halterneck".  It's hard for me to pick a favorite out of the two because I actually love the look that was created using both of these two tops. The Vintage sweater is available in Three colors, Gray blue, Gray Green and Grey Pink (Shown Above).  "This Love Halterneck", is available in Three colors as well. Blue, Yellow and Purple. Each top runs for 120L a piece while Fat pacts are 300L.

Some News about *Evie*....
*Evie* is currently in the process of re branding so be on the look out for a new name. Also there is a new main store which is currently in a construction process.

*Evie* is currently involved in several different hunts. There is a board at the front of the store that provides a listing of the hunts as well as invitations to new hunts. Creators if your interested check out the "Fist Pump Hunt".

With the start of the holidays *Evie* has a festive booth out front with holiday goodies available at moderately low prices.


The Look- What Season? 
Hair- Elikatira- Horizon- Red 05
Skin-Fashionably Dead- Bird Skin-Slasher 6-Freckles
Top-*Evie*-Evelyn Hartshon- This Love Halter Yellow
Sweater-Surf Co-Floral Cab Sweater- Tan
Shorts-Surf Co-Cafe Shorts- Khaki
Gloves-Corduroy- Catero's Wrist Warmers- 2007
Stockings-Zaara-Nishar Leggings- Primary Art Print
Rings- Zaara- Kashiti Bobble Ring- Pearl



The Look- I'm Cuddly
Hair-Lamb- The Chills-Butterfinger
Skin-Fashionably Dead- Bird Skin-Slasher 6-Freckles
Ears-Magic Nook-Snow Baby Headband
Top-*Evie*-Evelyn Hartshon-Vintage Sweater- grey and pink
Skirt-W&B- Paige Stripped Skirt- Orchid
Socks-Mocha-Loose Socks- Plain Dirty- Pink
Shoes-Mijnt-Potato's Shoes- White

A Little Country Fall

Depending on where you live in the world you're probably already feeling the winter chill already. I wanted to get one more Fall look in before I gave in to the Arctic like conditions that are approaching. (Ok,perhaps that's an bit overreacting.) This look was completed with a country fall look in mind. I deeply miss Texas so I suppose I'm channeling a small part of that in this post.

WoE recently released a new dress the Nomi Jean Dress and it's so completely sexy. Dick Wiesel, creator of WoE really knows how to make prims work for this dress. My favorite prim is the Nomi Leather Belt. This belt is beautifully scuplted and rustic perfect of adding the extra flair to the Nomi Twain Dress. The new release is available in eight diffrent colors, Steel, Oil, Midnight, Dusk, Oxide, Mud, Frost, Clay. The Nomi Twain Dress is multicolored and is available in 4 colors, Dusk, Midnight, Oxide, Frost. The Nomi Leather Belt is available in every dress. Each dress runs for 300L while fat packs are 2900L.

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The Look- A little Country Fall
Hair-Lamb-Bitter-Butterfinger
Skin-Fashionably Dead- Bird Skin-Slasher 6
*Dress- Dick Wiesel-WoE-Nomi Twain Jean Dress- Oxide
Sweater-Kyoot-Flimsy Plungie Blouse- Sheer Lace- 50L friday
Leggings- Fishy Strawberry- Woolen Tights- Brown Stripe

Scarf-Theosophy-Auldeam Scarf- Copper- Season's Hunt 2010
Shoes-Bax Boots- Prestige Boots Brown Leather
Hat&Wheat-Surf Couture- Chewing Wheat and Straw Cowboy Hat- Skipping Stones Hunt 2009

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52-Weeks of Color-Plum-Week 4

 
"you smell like...........sweet red plums and grilled cheese sandwiches."  -The Wedding Planner

This week's color is Plum. for more details on the color challenge please visit Luna's Blog.

Once I bite down on a plum and the juice hits my mouth a smile develops across my face. Its sweet nectar is such a treat and I'm in heaven with every bite. For this weeks challenge I wanted to give a look that was sweet, full of vibrant color and played off the color of this delicious fruit's color.

I tried something different for this weeks challenge I played up the wind-light settings to give a slight tint the sky. I also found a lovely Sim to visit for this photo. I hope to use the location for more photos in the future because it was so breathtakingly beautiful. 

The Look- Sweet Plum
*Hair-Lamb!-Whoop Dee Doo- Lavender
*Skin-Tuli-Claire-Brunette-(Skin Addicts Exclusive Purchase) *Skin Sale until Nov 30th
enhancements* Boost Cleavage, Grape Lips
*Mouth Attachment- PXL-Mouth Open add on
*Dress-Paper Couture-Lush Dress
*Undershirt-Armidi-Satin Mini Dress-Violet 1
*Eyes-Tuli-Gem Eyes-Amethyst-Freebie
*Necklace-Yummy-Heart Window Necklace
*Ring-Paper Couture- Golden Wings Rings
*Pose-StoRin-Annah Whitfield-Something Cute Set
*Veil-5th and Oxford-Little Miss Veil-Purple
Wind light Setting- Euphoria Plum Sunset-Modified
Location-The Gate

Something in My Teeth?

When Hart Larson announced he was releasing his "Open Mouth Add on" I did the dance of joy in his plurk time line. After all, I've been looking for a good open mouth for quite some time. Unlike some of the other teeth I have seen in SL, these new teeth don't resemble a rodent's chompers and actually create spacing for the corners of your mouth. Upon further inspection you can notice a bottom layer of teeth. The main reason I love love Hart's open mouth, It's a prim. Which makes editing so much easier than a skin or tattoo layer which is transfixed on a portion of the mouth and is heavily dependent on your mouth shape for proper setting. Freaking Genius. In all these are a total WIN and a great addition to any skin. At only 100L it's a deal you can't pass up.



Some other goodies I've acquired along the way have been a fat pack of skins from Dutch Touch. I finally treated myself to a new skin collection. I feel ohh so spoiled and pretty in SjOrS. I tried on several of Iki Irkarus skin lines until I made the purchase and I am 100% satisfied. For the low price of 3 skins I was able to get 6 in the fatpack which makes me LOVE Dutch Touch even more, the Bang for your Lindens.

I also made a little shopping trip to Hucci and pick up this White dress. As much as I tried I couldn't muster the courage to wear it alone so I layered. :D

The Look- Something In my Teeth? 
Hair- Clawtooth-Could I resist?-Girl Next Door
Skin-Dutch Touch Iki Irkarus-SjOrs-Caramel-Basic
Undershirt-Luxuria-Caer-Off White
Dress-Hucci-Ivana Dress-White
Pants-Sn@tch- Classic Trouser- Black
Shoes-Maitreya Gold-Shanti Black
Mouth-PXL-Hart Larson-Mouth Open
Pose-Diesel Works- Odyssey Set