It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Her (him- see below)
Skin- Calaerneth !Imabee
Shape- custom
Hair- Lovestruck in brown Little Bones @ ~uber~
Dress & Bracelet- Hera The Plastik! @We <3 RP
Necklace- The Duchess- Cae
Pose- Out In Style Bounce This!

 It's that time of year again. For those of you that celebrate

Christmas or even Hanukkah, you're probably

knee deep in holiday preparations.

The tree or menorah, the hopes of a white Christmas- (for those of us in areas where it's possible), making sure you have just the right gifts for just the right person- it's the best time of the year.

It's the time of year that's set aside for family and friends. If you have kids,

this time of year is pure magic. For this shoot I thought I would bring in

the most important man in my life- my husband, Dee Morgridge.

So, onto We <3 RP

This dress was a gift under the tree at the event. It also came with some jewelry, but

I wanted to mix and match a bit. 

Like I said, the dress was a gift for the update group of We <3 RP.

It's under the tree as soon as you teleport in. Both

The dress and the bracelet are designed by The Plastik!

Him
Skin- Cunov skin (spring) -NIVARO-
Shape- custom
Hair- High and Dry black- Exile
Facial Hair- gruff_medium_black -NIVARO-
Suit- Smith FATEwear
Piercings- custom
Tattoos- Scorpio [Sleepy Bozer]
Pose- Brisk Vanity poses

Stay tuned. I should be releasing another post in the next couple of days!

The Fantasy Collective

Originally, I was going to blog about a Game of Thrones

sim. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get enough

information about that sim, but I haven't given up. ;)

Instead, I hit the Celestial round of 

The Fantasy Collective

There's a ton of awesome stuff this round.

A bunch of the role play world's favorite creators

have a stall. Honestly, I wanted everything.

I like this look though. It's dark and versatile. 

The dress is almost fully customizable. The colors are

fairly limited- only coming in black and white. However,

the areas and textures that you can play with

can give you a pretty original look.

Hair- Criminal- Exile

Skin- Artemis- Glam Affair

Eyes- Utopia- IKON

Dress- *MESH* Elven Gown*- Yasum @ The Fantasy Collective

Pauldrons- Lotus Pauldrons- On A Lark

Necklace- Deco Sword Necklace- T.Arnished

Headpiece- Celeste// Ancient Gold- .Keystone.

That moment a scene is ruined by OOC chat...

Alright, well this whole post won't be focused on

Out Of Character (OOC) chat. 

I did find some great stuff at the new round of Fantasy

Gacha Carnival and was able to pair it all with

items already existing in my inventory.

Skin- !Imabee- Calaerneth
Hands- SLink- Elegant
Hair- Exile- Rising Dawn in Dark Blondes
Shoulders- Aisling- Lady of High Garden Shoulders
Mask- Illusions- Civetta Musica mask
Earrings- Mandala- Polly Earings
Dress- Luas- Oriana blue/gold @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival

Alright, now for the OOC chat part of my post.
This does not apply if you're on one of those community "RP not required" sims.

I have tried to review so many sims since my last post

and wound up leaving with nothing to go on. "Why?" you ask.
The people that I was able to find in RP areas were to busy talking about OOC things
to actually RP. For those of you that are new to the world of RP,
any and all OOC chat should be not only minimized, but
if OOC does take place, there should be double parenthesis around
what you are saying out of character. So, for example, your emote should be typed like
so.... /me reaches for the glass of water.
If the moment takes you to say something OOC it should look like this...
(( Ha! I see what you did there!))

Now, I don't mean to offend anyone with this post, and if you do talk
OOC often during your scenes, fine. But if I'm there and parathansis aren't
being used to designate between the two, I am 100% that I'm going to have
to leave out of sheer confusion. I can't keep it straight!

I should say that this post was more of a cautionary tale to new players.
Learn from other people's mistakes and don't get sloppy. If you want to hold an entire
conversation with the person or people your in the scene with, IM or group chat!
END RANT

Dress- The Annex- Snow Queen Gown- @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival

Now for a note on these pictures... I took them at a sim that I'm fairly sure that I
want to blog. But more research is necessary. So stay tuned and till then,
have fun role-playing. And remember, keep OOC and IC separate! 

Just a Fae hanging in Estara

Skin- !Imabee- Calaerneth skin- @ We <3 RP
Hair- /Wasabi Pills/- Lea Mesh Hair
Hands- SLink- Elegant
Feet- SLink- Flat
Finger Cones- Bliensen- Rawwr claws- @ We <3 RP
Dress- :[The Plastik]:- Starias Dress- @ We <3 RP
Bracers- .random.matter.- Baratheon Bracers
Breastplate- Miamai::- Battle fairy breastplate- @ We <3 RP

I took the time to hang out on a new 

medieval fantasy sim today.

Realm of Estara- Sim website

Let me start by saying that I was really impressed

by the over all look of the sim. Very well designed.

I was fortunate enough to be able

to talk to a couple players that call the sim home.

One of these players was able to boast

two years on the sim! I'm sure I don't have to tell you how rare that is.

When I asked her why she had chosen to stay

on the sim for that long, she said that she felt like her character mattered.

The sim is a small sim. It doesn't have as many players

as many other medieval fantasy sims that RPers are familiar with. However,

its big enough to find and make RP, yet small enough that each individual

character and story is important.

Wings- MiaMai::- Battle Fairy Wings- @ We <3 RP

According to the players that I was able to speak to,

the sim sometimes has sim wide RPs for players to immerse themselves in, the 

most recent resulting in the gates of hell being opened, releasing demons, and the ultimate

destruction of the elven city.

The last thing I was able to learn that really stuck with me was

the fairness of the admin and owner. They facilitate and encourage 

individual story lines. To often on RP sims, it happens that admin tend to suppress

story lines while taking liberties with their own. Apparently, that doesn't happen here.

Headpiece- [Keystone]- Forged Laurel

My over all recommendation is to give it a shot. In fact, 

I have been looking for a sim to call home myself.

I'm going to go work on my character sheet right now. See you in Estara!

A note on my absence

 First, let me apologize to all my readers for my absence these past few weeks. I can explain.

On October 22nd at 2:17 in the afternoon, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Labor was no problem. No complications. I didn't even get pain medication, a fact that I am very proud of.

Of course, these past two weeks since her birth, I've nearly blogged several times, only to fail miserably and wind up falling asleep at the computer. In fact, as I type this, I'm fighting back yawn after yawn and counting down the minutes till my little girl wakes up again.

This is all made all the more difficult given the fact that I also have a 4 year old girl, a 2 year old boy, and a 15 month old boy. But, now I hope to be getting back in the swing of things.

I haven't had time to review any sims, a fact in which I hope to remedy soon. So I just hit this month's FaMESHed and and nabbed a look that could pass as vintage or modern. Make sure you get there this round. There's tons of awesome stuff.

Skin- Glam Affair- Katya America 02

Hands- SLINK- Elegant 

Hair- TRUTH Hair- Thalia

Hat- Ariskea- Anya Hats collection @ faMESHed

Coat- erratic- misha wrap coat- @ faMESHed

Leggings- Maitreya- Leggings xtra small

Boots- **BAIASTICE**- Rochee ankle boots @ faMESHed

Mystic Realms Fair & Other News

Hello again, readers!

Before I go any further, let me put out there that you

have a chance to win a date with me!

I entered the Havenhallow date auction. Just come in and bid.

Havenhallow Date Auction

Now on to the meat and potatoes.

Mystic Realms Fair!

Now unfortunately, my real life has been super hectic lately, limiting

the time I've been able to spend running around

the fair and scooping up goodies to blog. However, I did get this

one charming school set from Lilith's Den @ Mystic Realms Fair

I think the set is quite nice. It can be used in almost any setting- fantasy, medieval, etc. I really like

the chalk writing on the black board portions of the furniture. 

The set is 50% off for the fair. A really nice aspect I found with both the chairs and the blackboard

is the fact that the writing is able to

modified according to the owner's taste. Pictured here are just a few of what's actually available.

So there you have it!

Meet me at the fair!

Better Late Than Never

So yes, I am acutely aware that this post

is late. RL has been insane. More on that another time...

maybe.

Anywho... this week, I wanted to review a sim. The winning sim is....

Remnants of Earth

I personally love the Mass Effect Citadel trees. ;)

The lore is set in the future. Space travel, aliens, etc, are common.

In fact, Earth is basically a hell hole. 

From the lore notecard...

"Earth is a ghetto ass dust ball and your trying to survive either in the wastelands, or the city of this one specific sector by getting a job, fighting one another, and/or scavenging, go wild."

As far as races go, you can pretty much be anything that 

you want. Want to be a furry? Play as a Mytharii, Splicer, or a Mutant.

The options are seemingly endless.

As far as the RP goes that I witnessed. It seems to be largely made up

of para RP players. The quality is mostly good, although,

as on any sim, I did run in to a few that made me cringe.

My advice, as always, is to slap on an observer tag and go check it out.

It might be just what you're looking for.

Enjoy!

Skin- Artemis- Jamaica- The Last Days 04- Glam Affair
Eyes-Horizon Eyes v2- Pale Azure- IKON
Hair- Cameo- Truth
Gas mask- Rogue hair (gas mask included in hair)- Truth
Scar- Cheek Scars- Corvus