52 Weeks of Colour - Sienna

Well my version of sienna, purely because I love this avvie!

I've been MIA for a few weeks so will have to do a catch up blog post to cover the 3 colours previous to this that I missed.

Credits:

Skin - OH DEER! Basic Nomi 3 from ++PE++

Antlers - OH DEER! Basic from ++PE++

Ears - OH DEER! Basic from ++PE++

Eyes - Dreaming Azur from negaposi

Eyelashes - NoAlpha N01 from Miamai

Hair - Ruby 03 Brown from +BM+

Top - There b leaves on it from Pig

Shorts - ~SW~ Pants Brown from Tokushi (comes with the belt which is available on different attachment points, male and female sized and also for furries of humans. Furries option has the belt raising in a 'hump' over the tail. Is typically suited for Neko tails but with a bit of modification it can suit any tail)

Digi Legs - OH DEER! Basic from ++PE++

Project Positivity

I saw my friend Randi plurk her Project Positivity picture and I was curious as to what it was all about. She also had the link to where it all started so I checked out the blog post from Keira Seerose over on the SL Style Directory. I love this 'challenge'.

I had recently followed in the footsteps of someone who I admire for her courage, determination and honesty, Auguste Finistair, and did my 5 confessions about the RL me on plurk so this was perfect.

Normally I would have found it hard to talk positively about myself. But recently I have sorta seen the world differently....the SLWorld as well. So at 8:07pm today, 4th of January (Australian Time) I stated my first positive about myself.....

1. I love my eyes. I think they are my best feature.

..........then I just kept going....................

2. I love that I have a bubbly personality.

3. I love being artistic. I can draw, sew, paint, build & write.

4. I love that I have a huge family that I can always depend on.

5. I love that I can say proudly I am a plus size girl. Curves Rule!

6. I love being tall.

7. I love that I have two sisters that are 8yrs & 12yrs and I am 32yrs even though some think the age diff. odd.

8. I love that I love deeply and faithfully

9. I love my sense of humour, no matter how warped it is.

..........and at 8:36pm I got to my last positive about me. Which is also a positive about a person I consider my best friend who also has her own difficulties realising she is someone of a lot more worth than she gives herself credit for. Sanura Snowpaw is my best friend and someone that I consider a sister so it felt only right that I share my positives with her........

10. I love that I made a friend for life in SL. She is as much a sister to me as my RL sisters are and I would do anything for her. <3>

Even if you don't have a flickr page to share/contribute your Project Positivity, or you don't have a blog to share it on, stop and take a few minutes for yourself and even just jot them on the nearest scrap of paper. We all need a little positive encouragement in our lives from time to time and we can't accept it and make a better life for each other if we ourselves can't even say something positive about ourselves.

Thank you Keira for this awesome 'challenge'.

I decided to use an RL pic of me. Since these positives are about the secretary behind the keyboard for Arora's pixels.

52 Weeks of Colour - Yellow

I was a little worried about doing this weeks challenge. Yellow isn't exactly the easiest colour to wear, and it certainly doesn't go well with my normal skin tone. So I took longer to decide on my outfit this week and during my thinking process a mini meme appeared in plurk with 'What colour crayon are you'. Turns out I am in fact a yellow crayon*...huh...go figure. So that spurred me on then to come up with this bright and cheerful wintery look. I had to search through quite a few skins until I was satisfied and I have to say.....I love this dark skin!

Skin: Dahlia - Mocha - potpourri from Cupcakes

Hair: Winter II (update) - Onyx from .::S::. Secrets Hair (beanie is colour/texture change, lemon shown)

Eyes: Dreaming - Boscage from negaposi

Eyelashes: No1 NoAlpha Lashes from Miamai

Makeup: Belina Lipstick 05 from [CheerNo] Femme (on face close-up only)

Sweater: Snuzzle Sweater {Black} from .: Somnia :.

Scarf/Shirt/Jeans/Belt/Boots: Yellow Jellies from .:[NMD]:. (complete outfit, also comes with white rolled up sweater not shown here)

* Results of being a Yellow Crayon are:

You Are a Yellow Crayon

Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors. You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius. Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things your way. While you seem spontaneous and free wheeling, you are calculating to the extreme. Your color wheel opposite is purple. You both are charismatic leaders, but purple people act like you have no depth.

52 Weeks of Colour - Sepia

I was feeling a little nostalgic.

Skin - Jane-Pale...dk...Oh, me! from !RT

Eyes - Dreaming - Azur from negaposi

Eyelashes - No1 NoAlpha Lashes from Miamai

Hair - Betty Boop - Black/Brown from Curio

Beauty Spot - Beautymark right lip black from -Perse-

Jacket - vaudevillian fur bolero - chocolate from couverture*

Top - LUMIERE Dress (worn without dress prim) Black from couverture*

52 Weeks of Colour - Plum

I had fun with this one believe it or not. Most that know me, know that I am not a fan of pink or light purples that look like pink or anything close to it. But whilst searching for something plum for this post (I didn't own ONE SINGLE THING that was even close to being plum in colour) I came across this AWESOME hair do. whilst it is more pink than plum I just love it. So I couldn't resist wearing it for my plum photo. Thanks again Luna for this challenge. It's fantastic.

Skin - :GP: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

Eyes - Dreaming - Azur from negaposi

Eyelashes - No1 NoAlpha Lashes from Miamai

Hair - Vintage Vixen Plum from *JetDoll*

Dress - Wild Zero - lavender from A-BOMB

52 Weeks of Colour - Goldenrod

Well I was a little stumped this week. Not many creators actually label their items as 'goldenrod' lol. But after a bit of searching through my mess I call an inventory I found what I think is the closest I will find.

Skin - :GP: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

Eyes - Dreaming eyes - Azur from negaposi

Hair - Tara streaked - espresso from >TRUTH<

Outfit - Couture Special Edition *Bax* Gold Set from Jada Humby (includes 3 different gold shades of top, sculpted belt, sculpted skirt and stockings)

Shoes - Prestige Boots Gold from Bax (menu change to three different shades of gold)

Prop - Moon Poses from [ImpEle]

52 Weeks of Colour - Blue

Week 2 - Blue.

Skin - :GP: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

Eyes - Dreaming eyes - Azur from negaposi

Hair - Darla streaked - espresso from >Truth<

Shirt - i like 2.0 Diva-T from + blacklisted +

Shorts - Jean shorts in blue from *Dreams*

Socks - Duotone Socks Mit Suspenders - Bluebird from Pig

Shoes - Those Shoes in navy from SMERSH

52 Weeks of Colour - Grey

I was a week late in starting, so I am doing two colours in one week to catch up (this is week one).

Skin - :GP: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

Hair - Egomaniacal - Granny from !lamb

Dress - Kiwi Dress Knee Length Silver from [K~*~S] (dress comes with three length options. Empire Gown length worn)

Tiara - Comes with the Kiwi Dress

Necklace - Sandora silver necklace from Maylo Designs

Here I Sit...

Here I sit

All broken hearted

Tried to shit

But only farted

Why do the lies still hurt

Why did I not listen to my gut instinct all that time ago when I first questioned you?

Why did I believe your lies!

Why did I ignore the warning signs?

Why did I believe your lies!

Why....Why......Why?!

I can't believe after all this time I catch a glimpse of you and all these emotions come flooding back in and instead of feeling angry - I feel sad, lonely, hurt, pain...

Time heals all wounds, right?

Plenty more fish in the sea?

Maybe he wasn't Mr Right?

I know your secrets.....you lied time and time again about it and when I asked you, you lied right to my face. We all have insecurities - but hiding behind the fakeness of a female account and fooling all those people just so you can 'feel out' if you have a chance. Be a real man - admit you are shy and just take the consequences of rejection. It fucking hurts and it sucks.

But imagine the hurt and grief when you are finally exposed for what you really were all that time. The new girl in your life that you secretly send messages to claiming to be another just so you can talk about you, the people you told all those lies to about your RL and all the worrying they did over you....and it was all a lie. How do you think they are going to feel.

I am over you. I was over you the moment I found this out. Yet why do I still let your lies hurt me like this? Why do I feel like crying and running into your arms? Why...why...why!

Because you are a manipulator and you know how to make people feel good. Well try doing it the right way and stop the lies before someone else finds out your secrets and you are finally called out. The pain of rejection now might be a little easier to handle the the major humiliation when people find out.

*picture courtesy of google.

Album Cover Challenge

I loved this challenge. May only be short and simple...but I think my cover actually says it all...lol

The Challenge:

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit �random� or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.  

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.  

3 - Go to Flickr and click on �explore the last seven days� or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.  

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

My LOTD

Just for something different I thought I'd share my Look Of The Day.

Skin: Belina tan DB Hair MU02 with Breast Enhancer undershirt layer ~ CheerNo Femme

Hair: Mowhawk _HO37_ in black ~ Black Maria

Eyes: Dreaming eyes in blood ~ Negaposi

Eyelashes: NoAlpha Lashes 10 ~ Miamai

Tattoo: Lip Beauty Mark in black ~ -Perse-

Ears: Sad Elf Ham-Ham ~ ++PE++

Piercing: "confession" lip piercing ~ [skream]

Necklace: Gemma Necklace1 ~ +ROZOREGALIA+

Clothing: Tarnish Exclusive outfit from Operation Squeegee (no longer available) ~ Obsidian Desires

Shoes: Viv Boots in Jet w/silver ~ Pixel Mode

Empty

Sometimes we get an empty feeling down deep inside of us that we are so alone, no friends, and no family. We know it isn’t so, but that empty feeling, it still remains to taunt us. Why we’ll never know. We could be in a crowded room and that feeling still resides. You know that you are not alone, but you still feel that empty feeling down deep inside. ~ David Harris

Somebody, Somewhere

You wondered how you'd make it through.

I wondered what was wrong with you.

How could you give your love to someone else,

Yet share your dreams with me?

Sometimes the only thing you're looking for,

Is the one thing you can't see. ~ Toni Braxton

Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile,

And finds in your presence that life is worth while,

So when you are lonely, remember it's true:

Somebody, somewhere is thinking of you.

Are you my somebody?

Curves

This light finds respite,

in the curve of a cheek sublime,

as the tendrils of wayword honey hair,

blow into blue eyes left dreaming,

always you are scheming,

for one more hour,

one more moment,

just one more story chapter.

The pinkness of a tongue,

stuck out as she contemplates,

huge concepts,

coloring can be a world,

imagination a universe ,

creating.

Something natural in her gaze,

a captured moment in minds eye,

remembrance,

forever locked within me.

This gaze of you in growth,

when all that was needed,

was cushioned,

in a sunshine pause.

~Anon

Squeegee Angels Challenge

Those birds over at Operation Squeegee have been dipping into the celebration wine again I think. But they came up with this awesome Squeegee Angels Challenge. It's all quite simple really. Grab the FREE antlers at the Stage area of Operation Squeegee, make a donation to a great cause and get your very own Squeegee (you get 6 in a pack - 3 with and 3 without animation AND you also get three poses), make your own Squeegee Style, take a pic and blog/upload it to flickr. Done!

You say you need a squeegee. I was sure I had one around here somewhere.

A womans work is never done.

My Look

Squeegee Items:

Squeegee Antlers - available for FREE at the stage area of Operation Squeegee

Hand held squeegee - available as a free gift when you make a donation to Operation Squeegee (merchants area bucket beside the free antlers)

OpSquee Pink Pose - provided in the gift pack of free Squeegees from the donation bucket gift

::OD::Tarnish Top from the Operation Squeegee Exclusive outfit from ::OD:: at Operation Squeegee Merchants Area

Non Squeegee Items:

Whoop Dee Doo hair in powder from !lamb

Dreaming Eyes in Azur from NegaPosi

OH DEER! Basic Nomi 3 Skin from ++PE++

OH DEER! Basic Ears from ++PE++

~SW~ Pants in Brown from Tokushi

And the winner is.......

I'll try not to babble on too much for this post. After al it's about the winners not the competition any more. I would just like to add first of all that I will be doing this again in the future, with a twist. New rules, new prizes - NEW EVERYTHING. Now...Lets introduce the winners.

1st Place - Kika Starbrook

Winning by a mere few minutes. Congratulations Kika

2nd Place - Ember Farina

Awesome collection. And only a few minutes behind 1st place. It was certainly a race to the end.

3rd Place - Scarlot Verrazzano

Fantastic efforts Scarlot. Thank you for entering and congratulations.

Funniest Picture Winner - Scarlot Verrazzano

There were definitely some funny entries in this competition. All three judges and myself though had a good giggle at this entry. Scarlot inadvertently captured some text on the screen. So Scarlot, we're curious....what did you get up to after taking this picture hmmm.....hahaha

Most Creative Winner - Ember Farina

This was a unanimous decision to award the most creative award to Ember. Every photo was a different Avatar. Clearly she has an Avatar shopping addiction. But the effort to change for each photo and also match others in the photos with her was awesome. It was hard to pic just one for the photo award - but this one stood out.

Readers Choice Winner - Kika Starbrook

It was a tough decision to narrow down the choices for the Readers Choice nominees. With 56% of the votes from a total of 71 votes across all 5 entrants - Congratulations Kika. I personally love this picture for the way the two girls hair styles make a heart shape.

Thank you to the entrants, to all the snogees out there across the grid for lending your lips and to my three judges - Sanura Snowpaw, Motman Verwood and Madison Swords.

Alphabet Snog-A-Thon Readers Choice Award Nominees are.....

Just to backtrack a little. If you want to read more about the SL Alphabet Snog-A-Thon just read this previous post.

I am happy to announce that the Judges, Sanura 'Kitteh' Snowpaw, Madison Gunther Allen-Swords, Motman 'FuzzyButt' Verwood and Myself have finally reached a decision on the nominees for the Readers Choice award. It was a tough one as there were so many things to look for in the pictures. But below are your 5 Nominees.

Please look over the Nominees and choose your favourite. To vote, go to our poll page and choose **ONE** nominee that you want to win and vote for them. The names of the Nominee Entrants are under each photo below so you know who to vote for on the poll page.

Final winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Major prizes, Funniest Picture Winner, Most Creative Winner and the Readers Choice winner will all be announced on July 5th so stay tuned to see who wins.

'A' from Scarlot Verrazzano

'R' from Kika Starbrook

'E' from Ember Farina

'W' from Kika Starbrook

'C' from Kika Starbrook

A big thank you to those that entered and those that have been following along with the progress and also lending their lips in photos for our entrants. To see ALL pictures entered please visit the SL Snog-A-Thon Flickr page. To keep up to date with future Snog-A-Thon competitions feel free to join the Flickr group or find us inworld - SL Snog-A-Thon

June SL Bloggers Party

I have the privileged of hosting this months Bloggers Meet up. Me, Moi, Rors.....*bites finger nails*

Party kicks off at 5pm on Saturday 26th June - SL time. The gorgeous boys at WEEK-END Nightclub are generously letting us use their new and improved club for the night, and one of their talented DJ's will be spinning the latest tunes for us.

So if you blog about SL - in any way shape of form make sure you come on down and join in the fun. You can also find the bloggers over at Avatars United . Or you can IM Tymmerie Thorne

with your full avatar name and your blog URL and she will hook you up with a group invite.

Hope to see you all there.

SL Alphabet Snog-A-Thon

Just how many people do you know in SL? Friends of friends included. Do you think you know at least 26 people whose first names begin with each letter of the alphabet? Are you game enough to kiss them all for a chance to win over $4000L in prizes?

Well get the chapstick and lip gloss out and start smacking lips. Here are a few rules you MUST follow in order to have a chance at winning:

1) Locate 26 people. Their first names must begin with each letter of the alphabet ie: Adam, Betty, Calvin, David, Eelanor, Francis, George, Henriette, Ingrid, Jack, Kris, Luna, Madison, Nick, Ottis, Prue, Quintessa, Rupert, Steve, Tegan, Umberto, Vivienne, Wendy, Xavier, Yuki, Zander (There is an exception. If someone's name starts with numbers I will accept them as the first letter that appears after the numbers, ie 1980Ellie would be an 'E' entry)

2) TP to the set location where there is a pose already in place. Jump on this pose and get your camera at an angle that you are happy with. There is no specific background that needs to be included. But in saying that you cannot photoshop it out and apply your own. The photo must contain the background of where you are.

3) Before you take a snapshot - Follow these instructions. Click snapshot. When the menu comes up, if you haven't already, click on "more>>". You should see 5 checkboxes at the bottom with descriptions beside them. The one that says "show interface in snapshot' needs to have a tick beside it. Now when you take your snapshot your names will appear above your head. This is for your proof that you have found each letter of the alphabet. Get clicking you have 26 photos to take.

4) Entries can be submitted 1 of 4 ways:

1) Send a folder called SL SNOG-A-THON ((YOUR NAME)) containing the photos of you and the 26 leters of the alphabet. Screenshots/photos must be labelled with leters of the alphabet they are.

2) Send a link to your blog where you showcase your 26 letters of the alphabet

3) Send a link to your flickr where you showcase your 26 letters of the alphabet

4) Send an email with your screenshots/photos to arora.zanzibar@gmail.com

** All photos submitted must hve the names visible of both yourself and the other person so that letters of the alphabet can be confirmed.

5) Photos can only be taken between the dates 20th of June and 30th of June 2010. The sim will not be open to the public outside of those dates. All entries must be received by midnight 30th June 2010 SLT.

A little hint. If you are stuck for a letter join the group for free - Alphabet Snog-A-Thon (can be found in my profile in the groups section) and do a call out for a particular letter you are looking for. Someone may be online and looking for your letter too and be able to help.

The good bits.......

There is over $10,000L in gift certificate prizes up for grabs. The first three people, in order of receipt, will win 1st prize - over $4000L in gift certificates, 2nd prize - $2500L in gift certificates and 3rd prize - $1500L in gift certificates.

There will be three category winners also receiving $500L in gift certificates for Funniest picture submitted, Creativity in pictures and Readers Choice. I, along with 3 possible admins of the group, will select 10 pictures we liked from all entries submitted. These will be on display for the readers to choose which one they want to vote for.

There has been a flickr group created which you are all welcome to join. For those that enter their submissions into the flickr group there will be a daily prize awarded to the best entry. Obviously you have to enter your pics on flickr to be in the draw for those prizes.

Now for those of you that are in a relationship or partnered - there is no actual snogging required. The pose is non animated. And you don;t actually lock lips (well in all the avatars shapes and sizes I tried the closes I got was noses touching) in case you don't want to be kissing anyone other than your significant other. As far as I know this is the first of a kind challenge to happen in SL and if it is a success I will look at running it again another time. The picture below is an example of what yours should look like. Showing you the names in the picture.

This is open to anyone and everyone. You don't need to be a photographer to enter. As long as you can take a snapshot that is all that counts. But if you want to go in the draw for the creativity or funniest, then dress up, mosh your picks so you have more than one snapshot on a texture. Creativity is limitless. Have fun and enjoy the sillyness of the SL Alphabet Snog-A-Thon.