Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Little Town

Today I pulled Little Town out of the hat. It's a store that no longer exists, but one that is near and dear to my heart so I decided to blog it anyhow. But I found a beautiful sim to share with you (thanks to Chestnut Rau's blog) so even though you can't go shop at Little Town you can visit the amazing build at the Monastery of St. Michael and St. Francis Church.


You don't have to be religious to appreciate this beautiful sim. The grounds are gorgeous and include an open-air chapel in a stand of trees and a full-size labyrinth. The church is huge, with colorful stained-glass windows, a massive pipe organ, and, my favorite of all, an underground crypt. There is also a cloister with individually decorated monks' cells and a garden and chapter house. Even the audio stream is lovely - a mixture of polyphonic chant and quiet, new-agey music.

Where'd this one go?


Is this thing on?

I have to say just a little about Little Town. This was one of the first stores I discovered in SL and I was so happy to find nice clothes that were cheap and didn't require any adjusting. I actually have both this skirt and sweater in three different colors. I know there are better sweater textures (I own most of them!) but I actually love this simple cable knit. The woolen tights are from Persona and the shoes are Tesla's high oxfords in chocolate. These are one of those shoes that I really wish I had in RL.


I have my usual default skin on - Julie from LAQ - but I've added the stained face tattoo from Ag that I think is still free at Kozmetika. It adds a nice light red layer to the cheeks and lips. My hair is the Saturday hair from Miel in red 4.

Monday, January 24, 2011

SLink!

Back from the long, bronchitis-imposed hiatus and ready to take on the next store in my random inventory sampling.

The first time I visited SLink was when I was on the prowl for some good boots that would fit my freakishly large calves. (Yes, I'm one of those who refuses to change her shape to fit clothes. Except those system skirts. You've got to give in to those!) I bought the black version of the Angelina boots, then later came back for these bronze ones.


Also from SLink is the button down dress shirt. Although simple, clean white shirts are everywhere on the grid now, time was they were hard to find and SLink had the only good one. I was so thrilled when I found this shirt! I've paired it with Zaara's Larin skirt in copper-rust.

Now check out this skin! I couldn't be more excited. Red eyebrows! On a Heartsick skin!


This is the beta of Spirit that was recently given to the Heartsick VIP group. And right after this I'm going to send an IM to Amesha Jewell and beg her to put these eyebrows on a tattoo layer. I adore Heartsick skins but up until now the only eyebrow option was the original black. If Amesha keeps offering these eyebrow options I will be one happy camper.

My hair is Truth - Paige in Jupiter.

Update! I did IM Amesha and she told me that she is planning to release the eyebrows on the tattoo layer when the new skin line is released. You have no idea how happy this makes me!