Tessa's Traditional Holiday

Don't you think that Christmas is a time for tradition and classics?  I'm at my friend Celeste's house admiring her Christmas tree and wondering whether any of those pretty gifts are for me.  Hmm.  Should I shake the largest one, or the smallest...

I'm wearing a very festive, red dress just right for my traditional holiday color scheme, and the Victoria Necklace & Earrings from ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--a very classic design.  This jewelry comes in 4 color packs, the one above being the "Royals", which includes this vibrant red garnet and green tsavorite--perfect for my traditional holiday garb!  You can mix and match the stones--choose two colors, or go with all the same stone.  There are 4 stone choices in each pack, as well as gold and silver metal.  The other packs include "Pastels" (shown below), "Bolds", and "Neutrals".  All are available at the mainshop, as well as next door at the PETITE ELEMENTAL JEWELRY shop.

Here are slurls to pop you right over to the shops:

ELEMENTAL mainshop:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/232/31/23

PETITE ELEMENTAL mainshop:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/231/66/23

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Victoria Necklace, Earrings, & Bracelet.  Texture changing and vailable in 4 different color packs.  Also available in Petite sizes at the PETITE ELEMENTAL JEWELRY shop.
Hair:  Truth Hair--Soleil--blondes.  Purchased full price.
Skin:  Curio--Pout 2--Melancholy Baby.  Purchased full price.
Red Dress:  Sascha's--February 2012 group gift gown.
Pink Dress:  Snowpaw's--Ballerina Powderpuff dress in pink.  Purchased on sale.

Athena @ ELEMENTAL!

I think I might be saying "taadaaaa".  lol.  I'm standing in front of the new ELEMENTAL JEWELRY shop wearing one of the latest releases....the Athena Necklace and Earrings.  This is the gold set, which features texture changing stones in Ruby, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, and Purple Sapphire.  It's also available in silver, with stones in Turquoise, Tiger Eye, Purple Sugalite, and Pink Tourmaline.  Both can be resized, and the glow, shine, and full bright adjusted to your liking.  (You'll see more photos when I post about the Petite Athena jewelry.  Or...you could just hop on over to the new shop and have a look around!  Here's a slurl:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/232/31/23

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Athena Necklace & Earrings in gold with texture changing stones.
Hair:  Truth Hair--Briony in browns.  Purchased full price.
Dress:  Sascha's Designs--Shirley Red.  Purchased on sale.
Shoes:  Gos Shoes--Pimp Your Pumps V2--Purchased on sale.  Now, these are too cool.  They are texture changing, and you can add bows of various types in front or back.
Location:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY on Belle island.

I'm No Cheetah!

I'm not a big lover of animal print, but I really like this dress from PurpleMoon, and I was able to get the mesh to fit well.  It was a group gift, and I think it looks fantastic with this new set of jewelry from ELEMENTAL.  This is one of the most versatile sets ever, The Natalie Beads & Earrings, lariat necklace with texture changing beads and ring, color change, and the now standard have-it-your-way glow, shine, full bright, and sizing.  There are 5 bead textures--animal print, gold/white, red, blue, and green--and 4 ring textures--gold, silver, crinkled gold, and crinkled silver.  If you choose the silver for the ring, you can then add color so that it matches the red, blue, or green beads.  Or, if you want, you could even make the beads a solid color and match them with the gold or silver rings.  Adding varying levels of shine and glow adds further options in the color range.  There are endless possibilities!

Here's the gold/white option with a shiny gold ring, which can be worn with so many colors--a truly classic look.  And below is the red/white bead with silver ring tinted red--won't it be perfect with a lovely red Christmas dress?  Or you could make the beads solid red and use the gold rings. 

Here's a landmark for the ELEMENTAL JEWELRY mainshop:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/231/65/24

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Natalie Beads & Earrings, texture and color changing.  Only 100L for the beads or earrings, but if you hurry, you can catch them on sale for 60L each.
Hair:  Truth Hair--Enisa--gingers and blondes.  Paid full price for all.
Skin:  Curio--Jewel Gold Tones--Shell.  Purchased full price.
Brown Dress:  PurpleMoon--Cheetah Dress.  Group gift.
White Dress:  Sascha's--February 2011 group gown.
Red Dress:  Ingenue--Hibiscus Cooler in Scarlet Fever.  Purchased on sale.
Location:  Mysterious Dream sim.

Flora

This week, I decided it was time to make something just for myself, and if everyone else like it, well that's just a plus.  So, it's back to my favorite filigree type design, with lots of texture changing choices.  The Flora Necklace & Earrings can be silver or gold, whichever you choose from the easy to use menu.  There are 2 sets, each with 4 stone selections.  Flora #1 has Lapis Lazuli (bottom), Chrysocolla (the beautiful aqua blue above), Chrysoprase (a vivid green), and Amethyst (shown in photo #3).  Flora #2 has Pink Tourmaline (below), golden Tiger Eye, green Malachite, and a medium Blue Chalcedony.  And, as with last week's release, you can set your preference for the size, shine, glow, and full bright--all from the same simple menu.

You can find all of these gorgeous items at ELEMENTAL JEWELRY mainshop:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/231/65/24

There are also plenty of hunts going on at the mainshop, so be sure to grab some gifts while your're there!

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--Flora Necklace & Earrings, #1 & #2, texture changing.
Hair:  Truth Hair--Alessandra--light browns.  Purchased full price.
Skin:  Curio--Gold Jewel Tones--amethyst.  Purchased full price.
Light Blue Dress:  Sascha's--March 2012 group gift gown.
Rose Dress:  Sascha's--May 2012 group gift dress.
Purple Dress:  Kastle Rock Couture--Silk Flower Gown--deep thoughts.  Purchased on sale.
Royal Blue Dress--PixelDolls--Sensual--blue.  Purchased full price some time ago.
Poses:  !Bang--purchased full price.
Location:  Kingdom of Phantasia, where my home is located.

You Can Never Have Too Many Pearls...

About a week ago I blogged the Audrey pearls & earrings--a take off on the classic using colorful Tahitian pearls.  (Although there was the obligatory set of white ones--very classy with touches of gold and black onyx.)  This set had a cheerful, springtime floral motif, and an additional colored feature stone.  Well, one of my blogger friends, Deoridhe Quandry, did a beautiful layout with the blue pearls, but noted that she would have been much happier if they had come with a bracelet and hair ornament.  Well, we must keep Deoridhe happy!  This week at ELEMENTAL JEWELRY, you will find sets of lovely bracelets and hair ornaments in a colorful array of Tahitian pearls and stones--pink, blue, green, gold, violet, and classic white.  And I have to say that Deoridhe was right--I LOVE the hair ornaments.  Great idea!  Here I am wearing the violet set once again....love that violet, just can't help myself.

I'm at Inverness City, standing on the wall of Brody Castle.  If you look carefully over my left shoulder, you will see Nessy going for a swim.  LOL.  What a great touch.
 
Here's a tip:  If you bought any of the pearls that were on sale in last week's 60L Weekend sale, you will be able to get the matching accessories in this week's sale.  Each set includes left & right bracelets & hair ornaments.  Enjoy!

You can catch Deoridhe's blog posts on the PrimDolls Blog:
http://www.primdolls.blogspot.com/2012/04/teal-unusual.html      The one with the pearls--and a very entertaining blog post as well.
http://primdolls.blogspot.com/2012/04/2012-fantasy-faire-shifting-sands-sim.html   And this new post is about the new PETITE ELEMENTAL JEWELRY line.  Deoridhe beat me to the punch!

I'm wearing:
Jewelry:  ELEMENTAL JEWELRY Audrey pearls, earrings, & matching hair ornament and bracelet in Violet with Orange Jasper stone.
Hair:  Truth--Vicky--light browns.  Purchased full price.  (No, I haven't changed my hair OR skin!  lol!)
Skin:  Curio--Jewel Gold Tones--Shell Amethyst 1.  Purchased full price.
Dress:  Sascha's Frutella Purple gown--the February 2010 group gift.
Poses:  Olive Juice and !Bang.
Location:  Inverness City--Brody Castle.

Elemental Jewelry has Vintage ~ Sparkling Elegance Gems

There is a new addition to the Vintage line at ELEMENTAL JEWELRY!  I'm wearing the Vintage ~ Sparkling Elegance Emerald Necklace & Earrings.  This is a classic set of jewelry with faceted, sparkly beads in a vivid green emerald linked with silver.  Sparkling Elegance is also available in blue Sapphire and red Ruby!  The necklaces are resizable so you can fit them to your own avatar, and the earrings feature a vintage screw-back clasp.  The necklaces & matching earrings are packaged together as sets.  All three sets are on sale this weekend in the 60L Weekend Sale--that's L$60 for both necklace & earrings!

ELEMENTAL JEWELRY mainshop inworld:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/231/65/24

I'm also wearing:

Hair:  Truth Paige in carrot.

Skin:  Mamboo Chic Anka--a gift from the lucky board--Thanks MC!

Makeup:  Musa eyeshadow and lip tint--May/July 2011 gift--Thanks Musa!

Dress:  Sascha's Designs Helios in moss green.

Crazy for Daisies!

Don't you think pink looks great on blondes?  Here I am wearing the ELEMENTAL JEWELRY CRAZY DAISY Necklace & Earrings in beautiful pink rhodochrosite along with my new Sascha's gown.  (The Crazy Daisy set is also available in blue chrysocolla.) Drop by the shop and have a closer look--this is a great set for your spring wardrobe.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Belle%20Island/231/65/23

I'm also wearing:
March 2011 Group Gown from Sascha's--beautiful, pink and poofy.  I am a frequent flyer at Sascha's--and, yes, I do actually purchase things.  But Sascha is very generous with her monthly group gowns, so I am often seen wearing her marvelous gifts. Thanks once again Sascha Frangilli!  You keep me looking beautiful!  Here is a link to Sascha's shop inworld:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Coco%20Beach%20Kelina/145/243/24
Ria skin from Pinkinnik (owned by Leona Olivieri, who now owns Mamboo Chic)--free from the lucky board.  And you thought I never changed my skin! 
Hair--ETD Bonita in strawberry.  I got this a long time ago, but I still like it.  The shop is now Elikatira owned by Elika Tiramisu.

Royal Elegance at Elemental Jewelry

Just released at ELEMENTAL JEWELRY--the ROYAL ELEGANCE NECKLACE & EARRING SET!  This ornate, regal design is perfect for formal occasions or role-play.  It is available in both gold and silver, and each set has texture changing stones with 5 stone choices. 

The gold set has a choice of RUBY, ONYX, LAPIS LAZULI, AMETHYST, OR GREEN TURQUOISE.

The silver set has a choice of ABALONE, TIGER EYE, CARNELIAN, ROSE QUARTZ, OR BLUE TURQUOISE.

Also pictured: 
Hair--Truth "Lucy"
Sascha's Designs--5000+ Members Gown from Sasch's Designs @ Coco Beach Kelina.  This was a free group gift last year.  Sascha is very generous and gives a new gown to group members each month--thanks Sascha!