Decor & Fashion: Retro Recordin’

I haven’t been able to post in a while due to IRL happenings so I figure I’ll make this entry extra special with 3 style cards (one being for the men) and a list of retro home decor options that I used to build this cute, little kitchen set!  I decided I wanted to create a cutesy 1950s cooking show when I was reading another SL fashion blog called JuicyBomb and saw that she had purchased a retro tv camera at the Vintage Fair.  I headed on over to the fair and felt like I had hit Linden Gold when I found the fun, flirty outfit that I’m wearing in these images (I’m the taller blonde).  It’s an entire pinup housewife look that even comes with an adorable tray of burnt cookies, a texture changing apron, and a flour face tattoo (see images below)!

After that, it was just a matter of building a set and inviting some awesome people to share in the fun.  I built the set out of things I found on the marketplace.  The base for the kitchen (refrigerator, cabinets, etc.) was very cheap and doesn’t take up too much prim space so you could actually fit it into a small home. It comes in a vintage green but I modified it to blue to match myself and Mhyja better.  You’ll find many of the set elements at the end of this post.  If you want to know about textures or anything, just ask.  Like always, I’m here to share so don’t be shy ^^

A while back I had done a vampire post and, on Facebook, was asked about the emoter that my models used.  Everyone I’ve worked with so far has used the same Expressions HUD that I found in an adorable Japanese shop called Wing Factory and Maiworks.  I use it for my avatar in any shoot where I’m using expressions and it’s the best one I’ve discovered so far because it lets you mix the Second Life facial expressions by blending two together.  Sometimes, it looks a bit scary but if you experiment you can find some useful expressions.  One of my favorites is a smile that doesn’t effect your prim lashes as much.  Now that’s useful!

Our stylish and handsome cameraman is very close to me and is an incredibly talented artist in real life.  He goes by “FrizzyCube” and his gorgeous digital art and photography is more than worth checking out.  It’s great to see so many talented people playing Second Life.  They’re always bringing such beautiful elements into our world and they do it out of passion and imagination.  Take a look at all of the hunts we have that offer us free goodies and all of the worlds people create for us to enjoy.  We’re living our second lives in a creative wonderland!  We have a lot to appreciate.

If you celebrate it, I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!  Gobble up all of those yummy goodies and spend some quality time with the family.  I’ll see you soon, but until then, live your Second Life to its fullest ^^

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*Style Info After the Cut.

Ya’ll Come Back Now!

"Did ya'll know noon is the best time to be liqored up in a kiddie pool?"

Because of my job, I travel a lot.  I’m a professional photographer in my first life and one of the ways I earn a living is road tripping throughout the Continental United States, working from town to town.  I’m also born and raised in Kentucky.

“Grillin’ on the stove the last person left behind.”

Throughout my travels, I’ve constantly been asked where my Southern accent is.  I don’t have it.  I come from the Northern Kentucky Area where the Ohio influence is pretty strong.  The Bluegrass accent, well at least one of them, doesn’t kick in until one county down from where I was raised.  Most people who find out I’m from KY, however, usually get a little disappointed to find that out.

"As long as the wheels are still a movin', there ain't no limits."

A lot of them have asked me questions about Kentucky, too.  I’ve been asked if we have high-speed internet and even if we have Wal-Marts.  Sometimes, where I come from is referred to as the “Boonies.”  I admit, some areas don’t have cell phone reception and others have people still using dial-up internet, but we’re not in the Stone Age.  There seems to be a rather large misconception of what people in Kentucky are really like.

"And Billy reckons we're doin' just fine."

And that’s the inspiration for this whole getup.  I don’t mind poking fun at myself, so here I am, GasOven if many of the misconceptions were true (and then just a tad bit more glamorous).  I get drunk by 11:00 am, I ain’t got no book learnin’, and my pappy says all I need is this hur trailer, a pack of Kentucky’s Best, and Mary Lou, the banjo I was given at two.

“Yeah, the livin’ aint always easy but after ‘while you’ll learn to get by.”

And even if it were true, there’s nothing wrong with growing up that way either.  Think whatever they will, I’m proud I grew up in Bluegrass State.  It’s a state with a rich culture and history that’s full of talented, interesting, and, very often, kind people.  I’m one proud Briar Hopper and no matter where I roam, I’ll always remember my sweet, Kentucky home ^_^

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Style Card: Trailer Park Pretty

Bathing Suit: Artilleri: Jeanette Bikini: Red/White

Hair: Tiny Bird: Sodom South Georgia: Faded Silver (I’m not sure if they’re selling hair anymore.)

Glasses: Epic: Unisex Color Changing Aviator Glasses

Cigarette: Epic: Cigarettes R Baaaaaaaad 4 U!

Tattoos: The Sea Hole: “Timeless Half Sleeve Tattoo” & “Cherry Bunny Calf Tattoo”

Skin: Redgrave: Leona

Eyes: Redgrave: Cloudy

Feet: Anara: Sexy Bare Feet – Realistic

Vodka: No idea, but it’s transferable.  It’s also scripted to where you fall down while you’re walking.  If you want it, just IM me in-world and I’ll give you a copy.

6-Pack Beer: Kring Mavendorf: Beer 6pack to Go Beer Giver