A Celebration of Red
12 February, 2010 07:31 PM
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This weekend, with Valentine's Day around the corner, seems to me to be a great time to celebrate. Not because of the traditional giving of hearts, cards, and candy (love should be celebrated every day, not only on one day out of the year) but because we get to wear RED! I love that valentines day is a festival of red. As anyone who knows me at all can attest to, i am a HUGE fan of red. *grins* ... So today's blog is dedicated to some of my favorite items, in my favorite color!
While you're at Thorn's place i'll also point you to my second favorite piece of jewelry ... his Daedalus rings. I love the Raven Ruby version, but it also come in other gem stones, and different metals. The winged styling of the ring goes beautifully with the fine lacework of the BlakOpal Dark Horizons Lingerie, among others.
Another necklace worth looking for at the Golden Thorn, is the Mystic Darkling Ruby Ivy Necklace. It's subtle, animated texture, and celtic symbols make this a real eye-catcher. Especially fabulous when worn with a low cut gown, like the BlakOpal Baroness Gown, with it's see-through lace bodice and embroidered velvet waist cincher.
My recent excursion into landscaping, while setting up the Botanical Preservation Atrium in New Babbage, brought me to Uni Ninetails shop the Forest Floor in Winterfell. The place is filled with some fabulous plants and flowers, and i was able to bring back a lovely Berry Bush to plant outside the gazebo in Reachra. The red of the berries was just what was needed outside the shoppe. Here I'm showing off the lovely BlakOpal Amaranthine Dress, with oodles of lace and sexy peek-a-boo cutout front.
And while I was out trying on my favorite outfits in red, I couldn't help but throw on the BlakOpal Valhalla Dress. This is the predecessor to the Amaranthine, with lots of openwork lace on the bodice, and a varied-length skirt that's just dripping with venetian lace, this still rates highly on my list of the outfits I just love to wear.
Anchored off shore on Reachra, is my favorite Pirate Vessel. It's the Cormorant from the BlackSpot Shipyards, which (YAY!) come with the option of red sails. I recently ran this ship in a race of Tall Ships during the New Babbage Fleet week celebration, and even though I didn't win, I had a great time sailing. Of course I had to show off my favorite sexy pirate outfit while I was at it *g*, the BlakOpal Vanguard Lady Pirate outfit with Skirt. Red sails in the sunset, indeed.
Here are thelocations of the shops mentioned above:
The Golden Thorn (SLURL)
Forest Floor Gardens & Dreamscapes (SLURL)
BlackSpot Shipyard (SLURL)
CTL Skins (SLURL)
I wish all of my wonderful friends here, on twitter, avatars united, and in second life a wonderful weekend.
One of my favorite pieces of jewelry, which just HAPPENS to also be a perfect match for the holiday, is the Pulsating Heart Necklace from the Golden Thorn, shown here in Red-Black (but comes in a wonderful selection of colors!) and looking fabulous with the BlakOpal Anastasia Gown in black & red. Thorn Witrial is the designer, and I'm a big fan of his work. I highly reccommend you swing by there for this great piece. (SLURLS are listed at the end).
My final selection for the celebration of red is my new skin, with it's fabulously lush red lips. Designed by CTL Skins, I featured this skin on a few of my signs, and immediately started getting comments and IMs from people, wondering where I got it. The first skin I purchased was a very goth-pale tone with darker lips, also beautiful. But this shade has become my new favorite. It sets off the BlakOpal Andante Gown beautifully, I must say.
Here are thelocations of the shops mentioned above:
The Golden Thorn (SLURL)
Forest Floor Gardens & Dreamscapes (SLURL)
BlackSpot Shipyard (SLURL)
CTL Skins (SLURL)
I wish all of my wonderful friends here, on twitter, avatars united, and in second life a wonderful weekend.
Lots of love and hugs!
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