Yasmine In The City

 I stopped in at the Flawless sim to check out the new Designer Showcase lineup, and found that the sim has been redesigned.  This seems to happen often, but I'm hoping that the current design will last a while because I really like it.  It looks like a very elegant city shopping district.  I took the opportunity to take some photos of my new jewelry--the Yasmine pendant and earrings from ELEMENTAL. 

 There are two sets--one with decorative beads and one with solid beads.  Each set includes 4 gemstones and 4 matching beads, plus 4 metal shades--dark and light silver or gold.  The textures change with an easy to use menu.  In the top two photos, I'm wearing the "Classics" set, which includes red jasper, a really nice purple agate, spiderweb obsidian, and turquoise.  Below is the "Bolds" set, which includes pink jasper, a deep blue jasper, green maw sit sit, and purple sugalite.  My personal favorite is the "Classics" set because I really like the geometrically patterned beads.

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Yasmine Pendant & Earrings--"Classics" and "Bolds".  Here's a slurl to the mainshop:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY mainshop
Hair:  Truth Hair--Soleil in browns.  Purchased full price.
Skin:  League skins--Jen in pales.  Purchased full price.
Eyes:  Mayfly--Liquid Light Mesh Eyes in forest green.  Purchased on sale.
Red top:  Maitreya--Mignon top in cherry.  Purchased on sale.
Black top (middle)--ColdLogic--Breeze in coal.  Purchased on sale.
Black dress:  PurpleMoon--Audrey Tube Dress in black satin.  Purchased full price.
Location:  Flawless sim.

Twyla In The Kingdom Of Caprica

 Have you ever been taking photos, really concentrating, and suddenly you realize that you have an audience?  Well, that happened to me the other day when I was at Caprica taking these photos.  Lol.  It's not the first time.  Sometimes, it's a real problem, because the on-lookers don't realize that you are taking photos and get in the way of your shot.  (Well, I'm giving them credit for not doing it intentionally.  But, sometimes you do wonder.)  Usually, if you ask nicely, they will move.  Here, I'm modeling the new Twyla jewelry from ELEMENTAL.  Above, is my favorite version--gold with beautiful Turquoise stones.  The necklace is a collar type design with twisted wire accents, great accessory for a low neckline.  What a statement!

 The jewelry is texture changing!  You get 4 metal choices and 3 stones in each set--Blues, Neutrals, Reds, & Greens (not shown).  The Blues set includes Turquoise, Azurite, and Sugalite.  Neutrals--Black Lace Agate, Amber, Topaz.  Reds--Ruby, Fire Opal, Red Jasper.  Greens--Malachite, Maw Sit Sit, Green Jasper.  You can have a closer look at the ELEMENTAL JEWELRY mainshop in SL.  The jewelry is also available in a petite version, for Petite Mesh Avatars, next door at PETITE ELEMENTAL JEWELRY.

I'm wearing:
Jewelry: ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Twyla Jewelry--Texture Changing, 4 color sets from which to choose. 
Hair:  Truth Hair--Eden in dark browns.  Purchased full price.
Skin:  League Skins--Jen in pales.  Purchased full price.
Eyes:  Mayfly Eyes--Liquid Light Mesh Eyes in Tropical Blue.  Purchased on sale.
Blue Top:  Sn@tch --Jaded Beyond Belief in teal.  Purchased on sale.
Black Dress:  Kouse's Sanctum--Kiwi gown in obsidian.  Purchased on sale.  (Unfortunately no longer in
                      business.)
Red Dress:  Sn@tch --Sinister Nymph dress in Fire.  Purchased on sale.
Location:  Caprica sim.

Rodvik & I Tour SL Castles

 I really enjoy reading Strawberry Singh's blog, and her photographs inspire me to improve my photography skills.  Lately, Berry has been doing "memes" and challenging her readers to repeat them in their blogs.  Well, I have been sorely tempted, but I have resisted because my blog is mainly for business.  However, it's ok to actually enjoy your work, right?  And ELEMENTAL is something I do for pleasure, not profit.  So, wouldn't it be ok for me to do a meme?  (That's your cue.  This is where you say:  "Certainly, Tessa!  You can take some fun photos and still include some new jewelry!")  Well, this week Berry's meme is called "Flat Rodvik" and it is just too hysterical to pass up.  Berry has taken a picture of Rodvik Linden (CEO of Second Life) and made a full size "Flat Rodvik" for us to escort around the SL grid.  (Here's a link to her post:  http://strawberrysingh.com/2013/07/29/flat-rodvik-linden-meme/)

I met Flat Rodvik yesterday, and I took him on a whirlwind SL castle tour.  Above, we are posing on the veranda of a lovely castle at Wizardhat Studios on the Rati dAlliez sim, overlooking an ocean view.

 In the middle photo, Rodvik and I are in the throne room of a castle at the Kingdom of Orlais on the Airys Beach sim, a role play area with a medieval/fantasy theme and lots of nooks and crannies to explore.  I tried to get Rodvik to participate in the role play, but he just stood there.  I guess he's just not into it.

For our final stop, Rodvik and I went to Sourthern Heart on the Momenti Rubati sim.  Rodvik and I had such a great day!  I know Rodvik didn't really want to look at old castles.  He was just doing it to make me happy.  Rodvik is such a "stand up" kind of guy!  LOL.

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Leah Necklace, Earrings, Bracelet, Ring in Blues (top), texture changing with 4 metals and 4 stone choices in each color set.  Also in Greens, Reds, & Neutrals.  Aurelia Necklace & Earrings (middle and bottom), texture changing in Greens & Blues with 4 metals and 3 stone choices in each color set.  Also in Reds & Neutrals.  Here's a slurl to the ELEMENTAL mainshop:
ELEMENTAL JEWELRY
Skin: League Skins--Jen in pales.  Purchased full price.
Hair:  Amacci Hair--Linda in dark browns.  Purchased full price.
Eyes:  Mayfly Eyes--Liquid Light Mesh Eyes in forest green.  Purchased on sale.
Black Dress:  Maitreya--Nolita Dress.  Purchased on sale.
Green Dress:  Kouse's Sanctum--Kiwi dress in green.  Purchased on sale.
Blue Dress: PurpleMoon--Designer's Choice #251 in blue.  Purchased on sale.

Darla Goes To The Beach

 I found an interesting place to snap some photos--Trailer Park.  But don't let the name fool you.  There are lots of different "scenes" that make a good background.  I have on yet another new hairdo from D!VA.  This one is called Ange and you can wear it with flowers and with long tresses that hang over the shoulders in front.  I, of course, detached the long hair in favor of the up-do so you could see my new earrings.  The jewelry is called Darla and it's from ELEMENTAL.  I like the shiny woven metal cord and metal beads, which can be either gold or silver.  There are 2 stone choices in each set, and you can change the texture so that you have all of one color, or you can mix them. 
 

 Each set is shown here in the post.  At the top, you have a pretty aqua jasper with coral--I like those colors together.  Then, there is a black jasper with red abalone, amethyst with green garnet, and at the bottom is the blue jasper and chrysocolla set. 

 Here's a slurl to ELEMENTAL JEWELRY in SL:
ELEMENTAL JEWELRY

The Darla Jewelry is also available for petite mesh avatars, next door at PETITE ELEMENTAL JEWELRY!

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Darla Necklaces and Earrings, texture changing and available in 4 color sets.
Hair:  D!VA Hair--Ange in citrine.  Purchased on sale at Collabor88.
Skin:  League--Jen in pales.  Purchased full price.
Eyes:  Mayfly--Liquid Light Mesh Eyes in forest green.  Purchased on sale or full price, not sure.
Tops:  Maitreya--Tucked-in Blouse in creme.  RD-Tank in black and blue.  Purchased on sale.
Jeans:  Maitreya--Boyfriend Jeans.  Purchased on sale.
Location: [Trailer Park] outlaw - The Photosim.

It's Roxanne--Not The One In The Song

 Actually, I went to high school with a girl named Roxanne, and I always thought it was a great name.  I feel really pretty today.  I have some great new D!VA hair, and a beautiful mesh top from Maitreya, plus some fabulous new jewelry from ELEMENTAL.  I really like this set--and it's called Roxanne.  The jewelry features a faceted teardrop gem with filigree and texture changing semi-precious stones to coordinate or contrast with the main stone.  In each set, there are 4 stone textures from which to choose, which gives lots of wardrobe variety.  You can also make it shiny silver or gold, whichever suits your fancy, or even a darker silver if your mood is dark.  In the top photo, I'm wearing the emerald set and below it's the ruby.
 

 Oh, and those aren't backdrops you see in the photos.  It's art!  I popped into the Surreal Effects Art Gallery to check out the exhibit and thought it would be a great background for my photos.  The art is done with animated light effects and is quite beautiful to wander through. 

 If you'd like to see the other stone choices in the Roxanne collection, pop over to ELEMENTAL JEWELRY and have a look in the "New" section up front.  Here's a slurl:
ELEMENTAL JEWELRY

The Roxanne jewelry is also available for petite mesh avatars, next door at PETITE ELEMENTAL JEWELRY!

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Roxanne necklaces & earrings, texture changing.
Hair:  D!VA Hair--Mayumi3 in Citrine.  Purchased on sale at Collabor88.
Skin:  League--Jen skin in pales.  Purchased full price.
Eyes:  Mayfly--Liquid Light mesh Eyes in forest green.  Purchased either full price or on sale, not sure.
Top:  Maitreya--Mignon top in vanilla.  Purchased on sale.
Location:  Surreal Effects--Art Gallery.

The Wonderful Oz Tour

 I found a great  place to explore--Enchantment Island.  There are several different themes you can follow, and this time, I'm doing the Wizard of Oz Tour.  Uh oh!  The house landed on the wicked witch!  Throughout the tour, there are lots of info stations that provide trivia as well as quotes from the original book.  Did you know that in the book Dorothy's slippers are silver, not ruby?  Who knew?  I think this might be a case where the book is better than the movie, so I'm planning to pick up a copy. 

 I'm wearing clothes from Sn@tch, and jewelry from ELEMENTAL JEWELRY.  This is the Bianca Necklace & Earrings, and I'm thinking it might have some great possibilities for role play outfits.  It comes in 3 color sets--Classics (top), Dichroic Glass (middle), and Lights (bottom). Classics include blue turquoise, black obsidian, carnelian, and green turquoise. The Dichroic Glass set includes a vibrant purple, red, blue, and green choice in "gems".  The Lights set includes a pretty light blue chrysocolla, coral, a lighter green turquoise, and a light colored amethyst. 

Here's a slurl to the ELEMENTAL mainshop:
ELEMENTAL JEWELRY

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Bianca Necklace & Earrings.  Available in 3 texture changing sets.
Hair (top):  D!va Hair--Ruri in black amber.  Purchased full price.
Hair (bottom):  Emotions Hair--Rick in black.  Purchased on sale.
Blue dress:  Sn@tch --Starlight Cocktail Dress.  Purchased on sale.
Grey sweater & skirt:  Sn@tch --Early Flower.  Lucky board prize.
Orange dress:  Sn@tch --Marie corset dress.  I think this was also a Lucky board prize.
Eyes:  Mayfly--Liquid Light Mesh Eyes in absinthe.  Purchased full price.
Skin:  League--Jen skin in pale.  Purchased full price.
Location:  Enchantment Island.

La Luna

 OMG!  What a creepy cat!  lol.  Yes, I've found another Wonderland-themed sim--I really like Alice In Wonderland.  I found this fantastic new dress with a handkerchief hemline at PurpleMoon and it put me in a party mood, so I went looking for a tea party to attend.  If that Mad Hatter doesn't get here soon, I'm going to have to stick my finger in the cake frosting and have a taste.

 I'm wearing new jewelry from ELEMENTAL JEWELRY, the La Luna Pendant & Earrings.  It comes in three color sets, each texture changing with 4 metal choices--silver, gold, silver sparkles, gold sparkles--and 5 mix & match stones.  The "Classics" set (top) includes ruby, lapis, tsavorite, turquoise, and spiderweb obsidian.  Set 2, "Lights" (middle) has moonstone, pink opal, blue lace agate, chrysoprase, and citrine.  "Brights" (bottom) includes fire agate, peridot, purple sapphire, blue chalcedony, and garnet.  Here's a slurl for the ELEMENTAL JEWELRY mainshop:
ELEMENTAL JEWELRY

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--La Luna Pendant & Earrings.  Texture changing in brights, lights, or classics.
Hair:  Diva--Flora--black amber.  Purchased full price.
Skin:  League--Jen in pales.  Purchased full price.
Dress:  PurpleMoon--Designer's Choice 217 in pink.  Purchased on sale.
Location:  Alice Is Wonderland.