Tank Dress coming to *Dreams*

Let me just say...I love this little dress. I got a message in SL yesterday from one happy kitty, Sanura, telling me she had just made her first dress. As well as telling me about her new dress she passed over a fat pack folder for me to check out the goods myself. What may appear to be a simple tank dress can be....just that. A tank dress to just chill out in.

The beauty of this dress, along with all Sanura's other designs at *Dreams*, is that it comes in ALL layers so you can mix it up or wear it just as a dress and not lose your tattoo underlayers. I decided to try out a few styles just to give you some sort of idea just how versatile this dress can be.

Although the dress is not yet released at *Dreams* I can tell you that if you want a sneak peak, Sanura will be putting out two dresses tomorrow for Humpday Happiness. A light blue and light pink dress will be available for 69L. When they are released fully you can purchase them individually for 100L or the rainbow fat pack of 8 colours for 400L. You can't go past a bargain like that.

Styling Credits:

Main Picture

Hair: Joanna in sangria from Truth

Skin: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-soot2 from Curio

Eyes: Dreaming Eyes in azur from Negaposi

Jewellery: Banded Ring - Earth from EarthStones Designs

Shoes: Hampton wedge in black from ETD

Poses by Glitterati and SEmotion Studio

Styled Picture

A)

Hair: Soon Enough in dark brown from Tiny Bird & Reek

Skin: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-soot2 from Curio

Eyes: Dreaming Eyes in azur from Negaposi

Jewellery: Lampir Cross red/silver-Jasper from EarthStones Designs

Belt: White leather belt from BAX

Pants: Churidar slacks in white from Zaara

Shoes: Bella sneaks from MK Fashion

Pose by {.:exposeur:.}

B)

Hair: Sylvia streaked in swedish from Truth

Skin: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-soot2 from Curio

Eyes: Dreaming Eyes in azur from Negaposi

Jewellery: Slandra 105 silver necklace from Maylo Designs

Belt: Taken from White satin pants from Redgrave

Shoes: Thigh high huntress in black from Aluinn

Pose by Sinsity

C)

Hair: Makenzie in night from Truth

Skin: Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-soot2 from Curio

Eyes: Dreaming Eyes in azur from Negaposi

Tattoo and Stockings: Taken from Evil Kitty outfit from !K&L!

Shoes: Biker girl from Redgrave

Pose by Glitterati

What is DSN?

Upon going through my mountains of folders and finding that I 'had nothing to wear' today I decided it was time to sort my 'DSN' folder. I was talking with Bill at the time, him being newly introduced to the SL world had no idea what I was talking about. It was then during one of my outfit changes that, my RL housemate/SL Sister, Ember walked past my computer saying "Oooo cute, where did you grab that from"?. When I said it was a DSN gifty, she too looked at me like I had a third eye protruding from my brow. So it seems that it's not only just the 'noobs' that have no idea what DSN is.

DSN - Designer Showcase Network - is a group of designers that offer select items from their store as free gifts to anyone registered in their category with a DSN Kiosk. I checked this afternoon and there were currently 362 Designers registered as offering gifts to subscribers.

The process is all quite simple. You locate a kiosk (there's one here in one of my favourite boutiques) and click the sign. A pop up box appears on your screen and you select which group/s you would like to be registered in. You can select one or all. The choice is yours. Then sit back and wait for the designers to release new items into their DSN vendors, you then get said item delivered to you. If at any time you decide you don't want to receive the free gifts (like who would want to give up freebies, huh) all you do is locate a kiosk, touch it and remove your choices. Simple as that.

The categories to choose from are:

1) Full Avatars

2) Vehicles, Weapons & Gadgets

3) Skins & Hair

4) Animations & Poses

5) Jewellery & Accessories

6) Female Fashion

7) Male Fashion

8) Home Decor

9) Business, Services & Tools

The fact that the two closest people to me SL at the moment, one being fairly new and one being over 3 years SL old, had not heard of DSN spurred me on to take a few happy snaps of recent items I have received via my Female Fashion subscription and spread the word to you all.

OUTFIT: Cristallina Dress in Pink (also available in red, purple, green, black, eggplant, golden yellow, beige and blue) from Reale*

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Sylvia Streaked in Swedish Blonde from >Truth<

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Shandria V2 w/Tita Toes in Dark Wood from Pixel Mode

POSE: Model Pose #215 from SEmotion Studio

OUTFIT: Evita Set from **CIA Designs**

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Green II in Crayon from Maitreya

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Bella Sneaks (colourable) from MK Fashion

POSE: Model Pose #60 from SEmotion Studio

OUTFIT: Exclusive Layered Combo from .hc&co.

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Poppyseed in Obsidian from !lamb

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Girls Biker Boots (foot only worn) from Redgrave

POSE: Female Pose # 3 from Sinsity

OUTFIT: Cherry Babydoll from ^^Moulliez

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Joanna in Sangria from >Truth<

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Frenzy in Pearl from Maitreya

POSE: Cute Charlotte from [LAP]

Boxers or Briefs

The Boxers or Briefs (aka BoB) Hunt started a couple of days ago. Now this hunt was designed with men in mind. Which is a great thing as there seriously is not enough hunts out there for guys. But I thought what the heck, I was bored so I went and did it anyway. Haven't done a hunt in what seems like eons, and boy am I glad I did this one.

Gabe - you rock my friend! The BoB Hunt is awesome with some outstanding designers taking part in it. If you have done it you know of the quality and designs I am talking about. If you haven't done it....what are you waiting for - it finishes 14th February. Start at CheerNo and look for a box of undies.

Just because it is aimed at the guys doesn't mean you ladies can't look sexy in the items either. I picked a few favourites from the bundles I collected and I have to tell you - to me...there is something ultra sexy about a chick in Y-Fronts and a singlet. I'll let you be the judge.

BoB Gift from PEER

Zebra Undies in grey, pink and green. These are so, so cute and so cheeky. Just adorable!

Pose: Model #214 and Model #221 from SEmotion Studios

BoB Gift from MF Designs

Retro Low Net Boxer Briefs in orange, white, pride, soft pride, aqua and gold. Very cheeky briefs and a little daring at the back.

Pose: Model #57 from SEmotion Studios

BoB Gift from Concrete Flowers

Mixed Briefs Pack in vintage, ribbon, sunflowers and stars. I just love how cute these briefs are.

Pose: Standing hand on hip from Studio Sidhe, Fantasy Fae from [LAP] and Model #52 from Semotion Studios.

BoB Gift from four.arsenic

Pirate Life Boxers in green, red, grey, purple and blue. Very simple but also very cute. With the skull and cross bones on the hip. A sort of grungy/punk feel to these ones.

Pose: Melancholy 13 from *Luth* (DSN Subscribo) {*}

BoB Gift from Robbish

:Rob: - Coal Shorts and :Rob: - White shorts. Both come in a plain and a sheer version. The detail on these is spot on and high quality. I can see I'm going to get a lot of good use out of these ones.

Pose: Model #168 and Model #206 from SEmotion Studio

I could keep taking photos and show you all of the items as they are seriously worth it. But I would be here all day wtih the amount there are. This should be a taster enough for you to go ahead and do the hunt if you haven't already.

Happy Hunting

Other items to mention that are in each photo:

Skin: Imani from Laqroki

Ears: Mystic Ears from *~*Illusions*~*

Hair: Aveda Crop in Noir from ETD

Shirt: Bow Tank in White from *Dreams* {*}

{*} Items denoted with this symbol are either free from DSN Subscribo, Donated from Shop Owner, Gift or Blog Package from shop owner.

What's in a name - A Bloggers Challenge

Ok folks. I am about to put out my very first challenge. I'm not sure how many of you will actually go through with it. But I couldn't resist.

I was sitting at home, bored with no one online to bug, I mean hang out with. I decided to have a surf through XStreet and on a whim I typed in my name to see what was out there. I was actually surprised to find a lot of things referenced back to my name. Now one thing I must mention here though, is that I spell my name with a "U". So when I searched in XStreet I searched for things called "Aurora".

And that's when it came to me. I was reading a post recently on Alicia's blog where she asked for someone to come up with a new challenge. Why not, I thought to myself. I've never set a challenge before and this seemed something different and unsual. I mean..how many bloggers out there will be able to follow through with this completely I wonder.

The above picture is me wearing all items called Aurora or Arora. The only this that is not, is my shape - I kept my original shape. The top is the Ballet Sweater from fri.day as I was unable to find a top called Aurora/Arora.

I'm sending out a challenge to all bloggers to see if you can put together a complete outfit that has been named the same as your SL name. Different spellings are a given as we all don't spell the same ie: Britney - Brittany, Jenny - Jennie, Chris - Chrys etc. Can you do it? Skin, Shape, Eyes, Hair, Clothing, Shoes, Accessories - you name it.....as long as it has the same name as your SL name.

Good luck to any that follow through with this. And if you could post a link to you blog in my comments so I can check them out that would be great. Will be interesting to see wht others come up with.

Me on the other hand....I'm not too sure about the new me. Think I preferred the old me and will be going back to normal.

What I'm wearing:

Skin: Aurora Skin 9, from *CC*

Hair: Aurora Blonde E, from Magika

Eyes: Aurora, from Charismatika

Skirt, Braces, Neck Scarf and Shoes: Celtic Plaids Kilt Set Aurora, from Entropys

Top: Ballet Sweater in berry, from fri.day

Poses: Full length - Model #21, from SEmotion Studio

Close up - Standing hand on hip, from Studio Sidhe

The 'Past' meets the 'Present'

Ok, so Sophia Harlow sent out a bloggers challenge. Now anyone that knows me, knows it's not a good thing to give me a challenge or to dare me to do something. I'm like a bull staring down a red flag.

Now this challenge was a little tricky for me. I have swapped accounts since I first joined SL. Not sure whether this is a "luckily" or an "unluckily"...but I had transferred over everything that I could when I changed accounts. And for some strange reason when I lost my inventory a few months back.....I managed to not lose some of my early things! But after a bit of searching and a trip back down memory lane....here I am, or should that be was?

I was a tad shorter in those days. I hadn't quite lost my puppy fat and found my curves. Nor had I discovered flexi hair. What was I thinking?!? Now believe it or not....frankly it probably isn't all that unbelievable, but I used the noob skin and hair for quite some time thinking I looked fine. And I lived in clothes and shoes from Sarah's Freebies. Hey...I was new with no job or home!

Ahhhh...that's better, I found my curves! These days I tend to change my skin depending on my outfit, so I have a few skins (32 folders). My shape doesn't tend to change all that often. Although I do have a few spares that I will dust of now and then.

These days I can be found grid hopping from store to store in search of my next outfit. I have a few favourites that I frequent though. Like Luna's Boutique. She has everything - underwear, swimwear, casual, sporty, grungy, rock, punk, evening wear, etc. In this picture I'm wearing the Winter Dress in grey, which comes with black leggings and prim collar. The shoes are Shandra v2 with Tita Toes in Dark Wood / Black from Pixel Mode.

It certainly was fun to reminisce. Try it. You'll have a good laugh.

Poses by ~Sinsity~ and SEmotion Studio