Vintage Women

Oh wow! Hart Larsson of PXL Creations has set my heart aflutter with two stunning vintage specialty skins. The first is Diva, available as a donation item at Love Donna Flora! I've seen several Marilyn inspired skins over the years but this is the very best of the bunch. I modded my eyes and lips a bit to look a little more like Marilyn, and added PXL Creations' OpenMouth teeth for the picture. The ring is a Donna Flora creation with a color change hud for the stone. There is more than one way to support Squinternet Larnia!

As for the second, I was lucky enough to receive a preview of PXL Creations' Kate Vintage skin for August's Collabor88 beginning August 8th. I can't decide whether I'm a 20's flapper or a 30's movie star. Whichever I am, I love it. The Lazuri ring is color change and available now as a donation item at Love Donna Flora!

Credits:

First pic
PXL Creations DIVA The Classic makeup (at Love Donna Flora!)
PXL Creations Diva eyebrows Shape 1
Donna Flora ARTURO ring
Baiastice_Giulia dress-metal gold (at Love Donna Flora!)
Dura-Girl 31(Strawberry)
Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Summer Shore, w3)
Slink Mesh Hands (av) Elegant1
PXL Creations OpenMouth PRO TEETH v1.3
Ploom. Lashes 6

Second pic

PXL Creations KATE Vintage "Red" makeup (soon at Collabor88)
PXL Creations KATE Vintage Standard Eyebrows (tattoo)

LeLutka - JOSEPHINE Hair - Bournville
Lazuri Maysoon Ring (at Love Donna Flora!)
Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Aged Bronze, w3)
Slink Mesh Hands (av) Elegant1
Slink Mesh Lashes

Bandana Day at Hair Fair 2013

Tomorrow is the last day of Hair Fair 2013 and there is a charming tradition observed by caring fashionistas and hair addicts all over the grid on that day. Take off your hair and wear a bandana from Hair Fair. Blog in a bandana, post a picture on Flickr wearing one, go clubbing in one. It's a reminder of what Hair Fair was about in the first place - to raise money for Wigs for Kids. You forgot to pick up a bandana at Hair Fair? There's still time. Here's a direct TP to a Bandana Booth. 100% of your $50 Linden bandana purchase goes to Wigs for Kids.

While Hair Fair is winding down, another fundraising event is still going strong, Love Donna Flora! My earrings are a donation item from Lazuri and they're color change for amazing versatility. See my previous blog post HERE for more information about the event.

Credits:

LeLutka - ALINA scarf (at Bandana Booths at Hair Fair)
LeLutka - HAIRBASE AuburnHaze

Lazuri Maysoon Earrings (at Love Donna Flora!) 

Glam Affair - Cleo - America - 05 F

Beetlebones Mesh Lashes V.01 (Dainty brown)
Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Aged Bronze, w3)

Dancing In the Moonlight

Harlow Heslop has a blog challenge going called Blog the Beat, where the blogger's inspiration is a song. I really liked Harlow's photo this week and the song was upbeat and happy. So I thought I'd give the challenge a shot. I've always meant to attempt a moon photo.

OOPS! As I went back to link to Harlow's blog I noticed we're wearing the same dress! Oh well, we both have the good taste to wear the new Baiastice Giulia dress that is currently available at the Love Donna Flora! event.

Here's Dancing In the Moonlight by King Harvest.

Other Credits:

LeLutka - LORELLA hair and floral wreath - AuburnHaze (at Hair Fair 2013)
PXL Creations JADE NAT Chocolate Lips MEB C2 (FR)

PXL Creations JADE NAT TopLine Eyes (tattoo)
PXL Creations JADE NAT Eyebrows: Red (tattoo)
SLink eyelids - photo prop
Slink Mesh Hands (av)

Love Donna Flora - Open Now

You've been waiting patiently and now it's here. Love Donna Flora! is a fundraising event that honors the work and Second Life of Squinternet Larnia, inspired vintage designer behind the store, Donna Flora. Designers across the grid have donated their own work for us to buy. Proceeds go in part (and in many cases in full) to aid Squinternet as she battles cancer.

My Les Petit Details gown (top pic), Amacci updo (orchids included) and Miamai dress with a shiny bow (bottom pic) are some of the offerings from this event, as are the Butterfly pose and prop from Uncertain Smile and the Lulu pose from oOo Studios. Here's your taxi.

Credits:

LpD - *Flora* Dress Pink
Slink Mesh Hands (av)
UNCERTAIN SMILE -  BUTTERFLIES
LeLutka -POCAHONTAS hair - IrishRed
PXL Creations JADE NAT Fade Lips MEB C2 (FR)
PXL Creations JADE NAT MetalWine Eyes (tattoo)
PXL Creations JADE NAT Eyebrows: Red (tattoo)

(Bottom pic)
Donna Flora RAVESC ring blush

Mandala Simple Ears HUTUU

Amacci Hair Flowers ~ Orchids
Amacci Hair Daphne ~ Light Copper (at Love Donna Flora)

Miamai Giulia Monochrome dress (at Love Donna Flora)
Pure Poison - Butterfly Earrings

Slink Classic Pointed Pumps Black
Slink Mesh Feet (Av)
Slink Mesh Hands (av)
Glam Affair - Cleo - America - 11 F

Beetlebones Mesh Lashes V.01 (Dainty brown)

Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Aged Bronze, w3)

Checking Off the Bucket List

Strawberry Singh's challenge of the week was to share our Second Life bucket lists. I love these challenges. It makes me think about what I'm doing, how I feel about things, and what I want. But I have to admit that I'm stumped by the bucket list challenge. Second Life has always been, for me, a big bucket list check-off playground. If there were things I haven't done since 2007 that I wanted to do, I'm either repressing them or I'm doing Second Life wrong.

1. Explore my kinky side. (check)
2. Build my own house. (check)
3. Open a shop. (check)
4. Be a medieval princess. (check)
5. Dress like a supermodel. (check)
6. Dance like a pop star. (check)
7. Meet an SL friend in real life. (check)
8. Blog about Second Life. (check)
9. Ski, surf, and skydive. (check)
10. Be a part of a Second Life community. (ongoing)

OH WAIT! HOLD THE PRESSES! I just now thought of one. I want to learn how to make movies in Second Life!

Well, there we go. My bucket list of one item.

One more plug for the Love Donna Flora! fundraising event that starts tomorrow. There are fabulous things to buy there that will aid Squinternet Larnia - Donna Flora's owner and designer - as she faces cancer. My earrings, ring, and necklace are all from Donna Flora. My hand is from SLink, ear from Mandala, hair from Truth and skin is Cleo from Glam Affair.

Love Donna Flora - It's About Style

The Love Donna Flora! event begins July 25th and runs through August 11th. I wrote about it earlier in THIS POST. This event brings creators and shoppers together to support one of Second Life's most beloved creators, Squinternet Larnia, in her time of great challenge as she fights cancer. Here's a glimpse at one generous creator's lovely peacock inspired furniture grouping specifically for the event, the Donna Flora Pavone set by Kaerri. My jewelry is, of course, Donna Flora. Remember, you don't have to wait for the event to show your love to Donna Flora. Shop at her new store location today.

Credits:

PXL Creations skin JADE NAT PleaseMe Lips MEB C2 (FR) (Just Released!)
PXL Creations JADE NAT Pink Eyes (tattoo)

PXL Creations JADE NAT Eyebrows: Red (tattoo)
Donna Flora RAVESC earrings blush
Donna Flora RAVESC necklace blush
Donna Flora RAVESC ring blush
ISON - Leighton Hair (at Hair Fair)
Maitreya Mini Skirt * Vivid Leather Seashell
Tee*fy Ana Slouchy Satin Tank Teal
Slink Classic Pointed Pumps Black
Slink Mesh Feet (Av) Toes
Slink Mesh Hands (av)

Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Aged Bronze, w3)
Mandala Simple Ears Hutuu
Beetlebones Mesh Lashes V.01 (Dainty brown)

Pose by Alterior Motions (not yet released)

Love Donna Flora - We Can Help

I remember the first time I went to Donna Flora. April and I were mad for 20's vintage clothing and hair, so we were scouring search with words like "roaring 20's" and "flapper" and other terms. Of course we found Donna Flora, and I spent HOURS there, looking and buying. The jewelry looks like something you would find in the estate jewelry section of the very finest jewelry store. Her attention to period detailing was and still is unmatched in Second Life.

I never met Squinternet Larnia, the creator behind Donna Flora, but through Cajsa Lilliehook's posts and updates, I knew about Squinternet's fight with cancer since late 2011. She had overcome her prognosis for over a year, but her cancer is back and she hasn't been able to release recently.  According to Cajsa, "Her income from SL has dropped to just enough to maintain her sim. In characteristic Second Life fashion, the community that makes SL what it is has come together to throw a fundraiser for her to help defray her  expenses. While Italy has national health insurance, she must finance any alternative therapies and much of her home nursing care."

Love Donna Flora, the fundraising event, starts July 25th and run through August 11th. Designers will create one item for sale at 100% and can sell additional times that they can split with a 50%, 75% or 100% donation. There will be donation jars available soon for merchants, DJ's and others who want to help. See more details HERE.

Of course, another way to help is to go to Donna Flora and shop. Saffron Foxclaw started a blogger challenge called Bare All for Breast Cancer. The challenge is to showcase one of Squinternet's beautiful creations in a breast baring way. Join in. Post your picture to the Flickr group HERE and post to your blog if you have one. I may have chickened out of full frontal, but I've got the spirit of the challenge wearing the Kristabel set of necklace, earrings and gorgeous statement ring, and nothing else.

Credits:

Donna Flora Kristabel earrings
Donna Flora Kristabel necklace
Donna Flora Kristabel ring

Mandala Simple Ears Hutuu
Beetlebones Mesh Lashes V.01 (Dainty brown)
Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Aged Bronze, w3)
Slink Mesh Hands (av)
TRUTH HAIR Colbie - Gingers01
Glam Affair - Cleo - America - Clean F