I always find Gothic tales to be a bit unsettling, even the romances, everything is just so dark and forbidding. What I also find unsettling is when EVERYTHING seems to be going just wrong enough to totally stress me out. And yes I rarely vent RL angst in my fantasy posts, but I find that I really need to! It’s all little stuff, but you know what they say about straws! First, I shifted wireless carriers and bought new phones for the family, two of which needed to be shipped. One involved tricky timing, but I was guaranteed (GUARANTEED!) that there was more than enough time. Needless to say, that phone was delayed, information was not forthcoming, and my stress level was skyrocketing. As soon as that seemed to be resolved after a full 24 hours of personal insanity, and I was able to concentrate on my photo shoot, I was unable to log into SL. Then when I finally logged in, I had no body, things wouldn’t rez. Hard to do a photo shoot. That took several hours to full resolve. When my photoshoot was complete, I went to start writing this post, and discovered that my website was down… very very frustrating and actually a bit terrifying since my web skills are extremely weak, leaving me with no alternatives other than a straight Flickr upload with a bit of copy (and yes, plenty of bloggers do that successfully, but it’s just not my way). Thankfully the outage was only a few hours, and the site is obviously back up and running, but I am WAAAY behind schedule! It’s been a bit of a horror show… so perhaps the gothic drama is pretty perfect timing! And on we go to the next thing!
- Dress: Poet’s Heart – Helmiina. Two very different looks in one package! I’m wearing Helmiina as a gown with a long-sleeved coat but you can also choose to wear her as a strapless gown with shoulder ornamentation (see below). Choose colors for the top, the skirt, the shoulder ornamentation, the coat, & the trim with the included HUD. Note the texture with the bare trees… it’s stunning! Helmiina comes in four color packs plus a fatpack; each color pack has 6 gown colors plus black & white. She is sized for Hourglass & Maitreya, & is available at the specially reduced price of 50% OFF at the current round of We Love Role Play, open July 4th – 28th. Demo available.
- Windows: Dabble – Dorian Gothic Window. Fabulous mood-inducing gothic decor. Includes two sizes (Wide & Regular), both of which I used; two different frames; three different window scenes (two of which I used). EXCLUSIVELY available for 25% OFF at the XXX Original Event, July 13th – August 3rd. (Note that this is their anniversary round, so there are gifts at every booth!)
- Head & Ears: LeLUTKA – Gaia Head (EvoX)
- Body: LEGACY – Mesh Body Special Edition, Feminine
- Skin: Birth – Fae
- Hair: Oblivion – Middle Age
- Horns: Les Encantades – Capri Horns
- Makeup: Dernier – Eyeliner Set Vol 2; Rubedo – tyrilly; StunnerOriginals – Bellatrix Lips
- Tattoo: Petrichor – Rosalune (GROUP GIFT)
- Wings: Aii and Ego – Fairy Wings
- Pose: Black Tulip – Angel
