Arabella

My newest dress, ready for the Festive Season.

hair: AD - bangers - dark browns
skin: Elysium - Shui skin - dolce tone
eyes: Mayfly - Deep Sky Eyes (Midnight Hazel)
jewellery: *YS&YS* Gold set past TDR
dress: {FS}Arabella Jewel Dress with Texture HUDS
shoes: {FS}Bella Cross High Heels with Texture HUD
bag: {LC} BAG LOLITA(old item)

I also made shoes to match with these dress:

Something Retro

One of the things I plan on doing is moving my older clothes into texture huds. Some of the 'fatpack' will include newer textures.

Here are My Vintage Strapless Dress Collections:

Here is the LM to FOREVER SUMMER Mainstore.
As usual, please try the demo.

hair: Chemistry/Analog Dog
skin: New Faces
Dress: FOREVER SUMMER
Shoes: FOREVER SUMMER

Adventures in Cat Adoption 2

Yesterday I found a partner for my new born KittyCat when I went kitty shopping.  I am fast becoming a cat lady! My skybox now has 6 KittyCats. Good thing there is no litter cleaning involved!

Isold and Anson KittyCats.

Not only did I get the toy Balinese, I also got a few other kitties too. These kitties I kept at my winter home otherwise I would be stepping all over them.

Raid and Marian KittyCats.

Shaka and Jailyn KittyCats.

I must admit, these kitties are too addictive. I can't wait to see the outcome of their pairing. I had only wanted a pair and I had planned to turn them into perma-pets, but now, I'm not so sure.

And here is Luelle who started it all.

Wintry travels

I didn't want to miss the opportunity of exploring the winter season sims so yesterday I went sim hopping.

First, I went to the Winter Ice Rock Fest 2014 which I found from the SecondLife Destination Guide.

There were a lot of things to do there. I rode the skylift.
I hopped to a few more sims but none was as pretty.

This picture was taken in South Farthing, part of the Calas Galadhon sim. These sims are always picture perfect.

When I got home, I found that my KittyCat had given birth!

She looked just like her mom but is a toy-size. I haven't birthed her yet because I want to find her a toy-sized partner first.

The next day, I continued the winter tour from my snow parcel.

At first I thought I'd ride the horse, then a tour pod drove by and I quickly jumped off the horse and climbed aboard the pod. What better way to view the landscape and take pictures. The downside was slow rezzing and I couldn't set the graphic card to high and there was no point taking pictures. Just enjoy the ride!

I think I travelled through 5 sims without crashing and that in itself is amazing. You can start your tour at the pod station.
I went home after the pod ended it's journey at the station.

Chantal House with Loft

This is the 3-storey version of the Classica Chantal Double Storey House. I opened up the Mansard roof and made a balcony, an extra room and an open area for entertainment.

Below are unedited pictures of the 'renovation' using high graphic and default windlight.

Unedited picture of the balcony.

Unedited picture of the French windows giving more light to the stairway leading to the loft.

Unedited picture of the open area leading to the balcony.

Vendor picture of the house:

This house is available for viewing and purchase at the Simple Things Mainstore and Marketplace.

Chantal

My latest house is the Classica Chantal Double Storey House

This house is inspired by the French-style architecture with it's Mansard roofs. It has 5 bedrooms and 2 baths, perfect for a big family without having to be in a large land parcel.

The garage can be turned into another room if you don't want to keep a car. The kitchen is large enough for all the family members to hang out while cooking is done. The bedroom downstairs can be turned into a study. There is even space upstairs for a small entertainment area.

House specs:
127 land impact
17x26 base
unfurnished

Here is the vendor pic:

The house can be purchased at the inworld store and the marketplace. Demo house is available for viewing at the store.

The Cherrywood Rustic Farmhouse

Seems like I am in the mood for wood cabins. It must be the reruns of Little House on the Prairie.

I cut down on the prims by making the living, dining and kitchen one big space and using the same textures for the walls.

The house has 2 entrances. The back door goes straight up to the bedrooms.

The bigger bedroom.

The smaller bedroom.

The bathroom. In my earlier homes, I usually leave out making a bathroom and that will also mean lowering the prim count, because, really, avatars do not have to go, but sometimes, even in SL, people want to imitate rl so I have since, included bathrooms too.

Purchase and demo of the house is now available at my in-world store and Marketplace.

Picture of the house edited with pixlr effects.