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Budget-Conscious Fashion Ideas from Fabulously Free in SL

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Move Over Turkeys, I got Sparkle just made me smile and feel happy. I love the exuberance. I love how she places herself against the backdrop so it looks like her hand is radiating rainbows of color. And it’s free! It’s featured at Fabulously Free in SL, which has guided the free/budget conscious SL shopper for over a decade. This post is from Creola Deledda whose post radiates excitement and joy. 

• Dress – Georg Bellic Design Leela Pink Dream Dress (Free Gift at The Black Friday Bazaar/Group is Free to Join)

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Yoonabae Brings South Korean Style to Second Life Fashion Blogs

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“Yoonabae” is a style blog by Yoona Kwon [YoonaBe in-world] and features story-telling pictures created with flair and confidence. Seoul Vibes #208, her most recent post, takes the school uniform that is so much a feature of the Lolita and Kawaii styles to a more sober and realistic place. It tells a story in a classroom. This is not a sexualized school uniform, but real school with real lessons and I love it. I checked out Toksik’s school uniform which is modest enough for today though not for my school where the shortest allowable length was the width of your hand above the knee. The school decor is on point. 

• toksik elite outfit
• kopfkino school days - classroom skybox, desks, chairs, clutter, shelves, posters

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Fantastic SL Fashion Photos & Finds from Jakarta-Based Blogger Koffi

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K❤FFI is a blog by Ryan Ricci Blazkowicz [koffitear resident]. Her recent post “Need of Hour” caught my eye with its urgency. She’s moving with purpose. And she is dressed for it. 

• Mini a Chuu - Skullia Glasses @mainstore [ChuuAkamine}
• Toksik - Outsider Parka @marketplace  (crxsxs}
•  Spoiled - Lazy Socks @marketplace (spoiledstore) 
• Nitropanic - V2K Shoes @marketplace {Vressers}

For a more gothic look, click here:

Get Wet When it Rains in Second Life! New Weather System Update Works With Items from Izzie’s, Salt & Pepper, Mina Hair -- and Blueberry!

Here's a fun new update to the Really Useful Mega Weather Maker from The Really Useful Scripts Corner launching this weekend from The Really Useful Scripts Corner (a proud NWN sponsor) -- a mesh-based rain system that drenches your avatar in real time! Even cooler, it’s compatible with select items from top SL brands Izzie’s, Salt & Pepper, Mina Hair, and Blueberry. 

Available only from the in-world store starting early Saturday SLT: Click here to teleport.

This announcement comes with a statement from Blueberry's legendary owner herself:

"At Blueberry we are always seeking opportunities to make our platform more immersive. We are thrilled to support this initiative to connect our apparel to the weather. Clothing that becomes wet when it rains? That’s brilliant. As simple as it sounds, it’s these details that truly form a wholesome metaverse experience right at home in our Second Life."

Watch the video above and check out the images below to see this effect in action. Unlike other systems, the Really Useful Mega Weather Maker has options for mesh not particle-based emitters, and is optimized to reduce lag

Here’s all the details straight from Really Useful Scripts Corner’s Grace Ling:

Halloween in Second Life Style Tips from Victoria Konnor James

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Victoria Konnor James' recent post Thirsty for her blog “Pretty Things, Nice Life” has me wanting those beautiful illuminated pumpkins in real life as well as first life. I mean, let’s get serious about pumpkins. I like roasting pumpkin seeds and will happily substitute pumpkin for potatoes in a stew or even make a pumpkin soup or two or three, but one good-sized pumpkin is about as much as I want at one time. Also, if you put out a pumpkin the first week of October, it passes it’s prime long before Halloween. But these pumpkins are so pretty and of course, they don’t smell of pumpkin 24 hours a day, not even 1 hour a day. I want them. Do they exist in real life? 

{vespertine}

• Illuminated Pumpkin – short /bloody blue
• Illuminated Pumpkin – short /zombie green
• Illuminated Pumpkin – tall /jack orange
• Illuminated Pumpkin – tall /neutral
• Illuminated Pumpkin – tall /zombie green

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SL Style & Houseware Shopping Ideas from Thais Akerman

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Thais Akerman’s “Kitchen” post for her blog appeals just because it is the opposite of all the usual kitchens that are almost always too neat. This one reminds me of the summer kitchen my aunt and uncle had down by their two-acre garden. The counters were scavenged and had no doors. Instead, my aunt made a bright, colorful curtain uncannily similar to this one. When they harvested, everything was cleaned, peeled, and canned down in the summer kitchen. The compost piles were down by the garden as was the root cellar so everything was to hand. And of course, my aunt and uncle ‘borrowed’ me during the harvest. All the remaining items are listed in her blog credits, but my mind is fixated on the counters. 

• PITAYA - DIY kitchen Countertop  @Kustom9

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Great SL Fashion Beautifully Shot With the Black Dragon Viewer

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Val Cloud’s blog Dear Inventory is full of great posts featuring her own products with other people’s creations. I was completely taken by the pose. Look at her hand holding the strap. She didn’t credit the pose, but that is probably because she uses the Black Dragon viewer which has such powerful in-world pose tools. She has a tutorial here but I don’t speak Portuguese. She has a separate blog for her store Guapa, so she does not over-promote in this fashion blog.

Click through to her post “Sienna” for additional details or below: 

SL Style Blog: Tips & Tricks to Creating Your Dream Virtual Home

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Skye Donardson has started a brand new blog called The Feathered Nest. She loves to buy homes and decorate them and decided to share her nest feathering adventures. The initial post, “Let’s Get Started” provides tips on buying homes so they fit on your land.

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Cajsa's Choices: SL Style Shopping Ideas from Kawaii Fashion Free

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Aisha Cahir’s blog Kawaii Fashion Free features great pictures with excellent credits. “Look 1445” has lovely big pails of tulips and a fun bike that I want in real life. 

• Tulips: Springtime Tulips Planters {What Next}.
• Bicycle Pose: Pose Bento In The Sun Fashiowl Poses with12 bento poses, Bike and decor, plus pose stand @ Happy Weekend for 60 Lindens.

A scythe usually means death; if so, you can see a very kawaii killing clicking here:

Friday's Featured Fashion Blog: SL Free & Offers for Good Shopping Deals

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SL Free & Offers is a group blog with fifteen contributors who have different styles of pictures and posts. I thought I would focus on Dee Floyd because her picture for her blog post “One Day I’ll Fly Away” caught my attention so completely. I swung between thinking this picture is beautiful or creepy and ended up thinking it is both. Of course, this is my phobia, things touching my eyes. But it is undeniably beautiful. I love the flowers, the tulle, and the tulle seeming to turn into butterflies. I just want it anywhere but in front of my eyes.

• Sarajula Eyepatch and Veil by Rozoregalia available at Uber Event (Ends August 22)

For proof swimwear need not be casual, click here: