Stephanie is the latest skin from Exodi. Ryker Beck sent out her third and final pre-release gift skin to her group today called Hot Date. The entire line will be released on Valentine’s Day, so stay tuned.

I’m wearing Stephanie in the Panacek skin tone and the new Melissa Hair from Truth in Champagne.  The frame is provided by FilterCam, of course, so there is no post-processing, just a quick crop.  Happy Tuesday!

…all of my troubles melted away.

Sophia Harlow has thrown down the gauntlet.  No, we will not be drawing guns at high noon…I’ll still be drawing little hearts around her face at that hour. Rather, she has challenged all SL bloggers to take a walk down memory lane and post photos of how our avatars have changed over time.

A looooong time ago, when I was actually able to keep my inventory halfway organized, I used to make folders for individual looks. Each folder included shapes, skin, eyes, AO’s, shoes…the whole nine yards.  I reached into my now-rarely used Complete Outfits folder and came out with the look on the left, circa November 2007.  And on the right is Gabby circa 20 minutes ago.

Now, it’s your turn to take a trip in the time machine.  How have YOU changed?

From my seat by the window, I can look out across the water at the two floating lotus that Eshi Otawara created for Night Flower. What a gorgeous view to log in to each day, right?

Saiyge Lotus is doing most of the heavy lifting as we redesign the sim – the woman is amazing when it comes to sim design, terraforming and landscaping, and I’m not exaggerating even a little bit! Have you visited Oubliette? If not, you need to! And while you’re there, visit her store, Balderdash, where she turns tiny prims into works of wearable art…among other things.

So, even though I can do little more than move some pixel furniture back and forth while I bounce around watching Saiyge work her magic, I’m keeping my look comfortable. I paired a long sweater with some leggings and simple shoes.  To ramp up the warmth factor, I snuggled into some fingerless gloves and legwarmers to complete the look.

Now, I’m heading back to the sim to rummage my inventory for more furniture.  Feel free to drop in for a visit!

Style Notes:
Sweater: Luck, Inc. Sweaterdress in Pale Silver
Leggings: Kookie Ladybug Leggings in Grey
Gloves: Fri.day Fingerless Gloves in Charcoal
Legwarmers: Cubic Effect Leg Warmers in Grey
Shoes: Zero Number Petanko Cross in Binchoutan
Hair: Kookie Chiggy (beta) in Blonde
Skin: Exodi Lily in Panacek
Eyes: Exodi Vetro in Blue
Lashes: Beauty by Calla

Happy Sunday and welcome to Day 2 of my contribution to the 365 Day Project.   On today’s in-world agenda: landscaping, decorating and pestering Saiyge Lotus to help!

Since reading Ana Lutetia’s interview of Barnesworth Anubis, I’ve been stalking his store waiting for him to release the new pre-fabs geared toward creators that he described. I’m not a creator, but my partner is, and that translates to many, many hours spent on a sky platform bouncing ideas around and watching her work. After reading the interview, I became obsessed with the idea of creating a comfortable space for us to work, entertain and relax.  Finally, after stalking his store for weeks, I sent a message to Barnesworth asking if he still had plans to release the new pre-fabs.  He sent me the LM to the Pacific home and I knew it would be perfect.  And, it is. But, now I have this huge, empty house to decorate and half a sim to landscape. So, I’ll be spending the next few days with my dear friend Saiyge as she works her magic on Night Flower…again!

I can’t wait to show you the transformation!

I have been following Alicia Chenaux’s blog for some time now, and recently made the comment to her that I wished I had started the 365 day project. The goal of the project is to take a picture of your avatar everyday for 365 days. She was on day 40-something at the time, I think, and suggested that I start! I hemmed and hawed around and eventually decided not to jump on the bandwagon so late in the ride.

This morning, though, I woke up and decided that, since one of my resolutions for 2010 is to blog more frequently, I’d give it a go. So…This is me, the day after the day after Alicia, and then Dan, DJ’d the most amazing New Years Eve party I’ve ever attended in SL (so amazing, in fact, I slept through most of the day after!)

You can find photos from the party on Ali’s blog. And, as for this 365 thing, only time will tell how well I can keep up. But I’m going to give it a try!

Happy 2010!