Like a butterfly

I'm afraid this outfit isn't free, but it so pretty I wanted to share it on the blog. It started with the butterfly dress: an amazingly beautiful skirt, but the accompanying pants and top were very skimpy, so not quite my style. However, when I saw the Loving dress from Punch Drunk I realised they were made for each other. I also indulged in the new hair from Kayoot. With this outfit I didn't want to overdo the jewels and I've stayed with a simple gold necklace and some favourite earrings.

Butterfly dress (skirt): AC Girls, Japan MALIBU Resort (176, 185, 21)
Loving dress(Enayla collection) (top and pants): Punch Drunk, Mischief (205, 174, 23)
Waverly hair in Black: Kayoot, Silent 131, 219, 21
Hera earrings: Talisman, Talisman (206, 56, 22)
Gold circle pendant: PERSONA, Plush Chi (160, 94, 22)

Gorgeous gowns

Two lovely gowns that I picked up for no more than 1 Linden between them! Nicky Ree has put up a sumptuous red gown for a single Linden. The necklace and earrings were the freebie Earthtones items that I mentioned in my last post. I found I had a number of red gloves in my inventory, because of all the Christmas gowns I picked up, and this pair seemed to go the best. It would be a simple matter to create your own (system) gloves and colour them red, also. The hair was (only) 30 Linden

I found the black wrist rosette in a shop in Fanghammer: it and the lace gloves I'm wearing in the next photo were the shop freebie. I had visited Fanghammer to collect the free dress, which I'd seen on the feeds. With this gown, I am wearing the same hair, jewelry, tights and shoes as in my previous post.

Satin shine glitter gown - red (1 Linden): Nicky Ree, Tropical Orchid (230, 128, 30)

Ambrosia Earrings and necklace (celistia/gold) (free at this location): EARTHTONES, La Palmita (111, 174, 22)

Omen "paint the town red" gloves from their Xmas dress (no longer available)

Taiga model dress (black) (free): De Nada, Fanghammer (38, 223, 22)

Black Roses Glove and wrist rose (free): Amrita, Fanghammer (117, 7, 453)

W&Y yuki 37 black hair (worn with red dress): W and Y, TSUKIJI (164, 205, 22)
New classic pumps black (group gift) (worn in bith photos): Baby Monkey, Dindrane Elfor (221, 27, 31)
For black dress - other items as in previous post.

Green elegance

A fairly straightforward look, based on a short but elegant dress that I picked up at a new-to-me designer. It wasn't free, but I thought reasonably priced. I accessorised it with a simple set of bangles and a more elaborate Earthtones necklace that makes the outfit special. This necklace again was not free, but I did pick up a nice freebie from a new Earthtones outlet on La Palmita (which is where a lot of these pictures were taken). I brought out my trusty GLAM tintable tights, and tinted them a pale green and just as I was wondering what hair to use, Moire Georgette dropped the Lazy Jane fatpack of hair on her group - which went with the look perfectly.

BeadsDress [green]: UnPick, Jonetsu Island (183, 122, 22)
The New Grazia Necklace gold jade: EARTHTONES, Muse (77, 170, 10) and on La Palmita (111, 174, 22)
Wax Bangle * mirrors * green set (free): Yak & Yeti, Hillies Dreamland (42, 57, 21)
Bronze Paragon in Emerald (group gift): Talisman, Talisman (206, 56, 22)
New classic pumps black (group gift): Baby Monkey, Dindrane Elfor (221, 27, 31)
Tintable tights (free): Viva La Glam , Viva La Glam (113, 141, 76)
Lazy Jane hair(chocolate)(group gift): Comme il Faut & Le Salon - chic , Shubelik (68, 166, 701)

Flower power

Sorry for the long gap - I've been on travels in RL - and I really liked my last outfit ;-)

However, when I saw this yummy retro top on the blog feeds, I realised it was time for a change. It is a group gift, and this designer just showers her group members with cute gifts! I tried a few different things with it. I thought it was rather 70s and so the flower power jeans (freebie) seemed to go rather well. Whilst I was checking the Yak and Yeti landmark, I found they had lots of good new free stuff, including the wax bangles (the larger red and coloured stack, on my right arm) worn in some pictures. There are some beautiful things, and their Indian-themed main store is a nice place to visit in itself.

When exploring the star festival skyboxes on the Isle of TranquilityI found a set of discounted skirts from Naughty, which were also in the right bohemian style, and green one toned well with the top. I wore some leggings underneath. In most of the photos I'm wearing "Morgan" hair, but in one of the pictures below I have on the Big Bomb hair that was a lucky chair prize a while ago.

I changed the bangles about - on my left arm I wore the Baby Monkey freebie (above right) to start with and then substituted a (non-freebie) Jade bangle. Worn in all the photos are the circle pendant from Persona and green wedge shoes - neither were free but both good value and I find they go with lots of outfits.

A number of the photos were taken in one of the very pretty skyboxes (designer Aya's), by the way, and some of the others in Yak&Yeti.

OHANA-KnitTubetop (green): Pig'sKick group gift

Tropical skirt (green): NAUGHTY, Isle of Tranquility (43, 145, 26)

Flowered jeans, and wax bangles (red, on right arm): Yak& Yeti, Salzburg (182, 79, 27) and Mainstore in Hillies Dreamland (42, 57, 21) - both free - the jeans are only in the Main Store.

Enamel link bracelet in gold (recent group gift) and oriental gold bag (past treasure hunt) : Baby Monkey, Dindrane Elfor (221, 27, 31)

Bangle set in Jade (left arm): EarthStones, EarthBound (124, 138, 25)

Gold circle pendant and (free mother's day gift) Liane leggings in green: PERSONA, Plush Chi (160, 94, 22)

Hair Morgan - bitter chocolate (free "demo"): House of Heart, Tropical Escape (127, 70, 23)

Bettiepage Voyager Big Bomb Hair (lucky chair): BP*, Osaka (154,147,21)

Wood wedge sandals in green: G Field, MM21 (112, 83, 25)

Dark enchantment

More dark enchantments in the latest freebies. I still can't decide whether I most like the long skirt (which moves delightfully) from Seldom Blue or the shorter skirt which is part of a gift on the new Beauty Avatar sim. The short skirt has a lovely kimono-fabric design. The hair wasn't advertised as a freebie, but the "colour demos" do not have "demo" attached to them, so they are actually usable freebies. There are 3 styles in the demos, and this was my favourite.

Top from Madison gift no. 1: Madison's creations, Mogwa (94/220/91)
Shorter skirt - from girl's gift: Beauty Avatar, World of Beauty (127/158/24)
Longer skirt - from Petra gown: Seldom Blue, Riddings (27, 15, 119)

Elise2 black Mary janes (freebie in store ): Tesla, Tesla (42, 79, 54)

Tintable tights: G.L.A.M. ,Viva La Glam (76, 180, 24) (siom currently being redesigned)

Morgan hair in bitter chocolate: House of Heart Designs, Tropical Escape (127, 70, 23)

Tory Square necklace gold: Second Mirage (no longer available)

Gold bracelet: Aya, Atelier AM, niQue soil (212, 160, 38)

Cold even though it's spring!

This outfit mostly isn't free, but it incoporates good value items. I bought the dress in the Icing sale some time ago but somehow hadn't got round to blogging it - partly because of the "system skirt disappears" problems there have been! It is a classic little black dress and beautifully textured. Since winter seems to have returned where I live, I've topped it with a snug jacket I picked up in the German Fashion festival. I didn't actually realise how much prim there was til I put it on. I'm a bit cautious about prim jackets - they can look very bulky - but the pattern on this one works nicely. I wanted something to fill the neckline, and this cameo necklace (from a very reasonably priced pack of four) just needed some positioning to attach to the chest (so I could wear it at the same time as the prim collar and hood). The hair is a new cute freebie from Moonshine, and the shoes and stockings are regular freebie favourites. With this outfit I really appreciated how the shoes shine.

The cut of the dress is so nice that I also photographed it without the jacket, adding a chunky set of bangles and trying a different necklace.

Blue checkered jacket: Vacano & Stine , Horns of Hattin (69, 120, 83)
Femme en noir dress (also includes brooch, not pictured) : Icing, Mischief (126, 167, 27)
Elisa black pearl earrings: Second Mirage (no longer available)
Cameo necklace: Saya , SakuraTown (58, 239, 32)
Elise2 black Mary janes (freebie in store ): Tesla, Tesla (42, 79, 54)
Tintable tights: G.L.A.M. ,Viva La Glam (76, 180, 24)
Lizbet hair in Raven: Moonshine, Silver Lake (38, 206, 27)

In picture without jacket:
Tory Square necklace gold: Second Mirage (no longer available)
Gold bracelet: Aya, Atelier AM, niQue soil (212, 160, 38)

Peacock theme

I had been wanting to find an outfit to go with my Hera earrings for some time - and then I heard about the freebies at Cherry and tp-ed over. I did pick up a few nice dollarbies and freebies (in particular, some "python" tights and a couple of bangles) but I also spotted this dress for only 100 Linden, and thought it would go very nicely with the earrings. I added some leggings that I'd picked up in the Retrology Mother's Day hunt, and Baby Monkey provided the shoes as usual! Another freebie at Cherry was the birthday cake hat, pictured below!

Green onepiece: Saya - bought at Cherry, CHERRY (207, 17, 21)
Hera earrings: Talisman, Talisman (206, 56, 22)
Gold Bracelet: Aya, niQue soil (212, 160, 38)
Liane tights in green (mother's day hunt gift): PERSONA, Plush Chi (160, 94, 22)
Peacock grab bag (some sort of gift!): Baby Monkey, Dindrane Elfor (221, 27, 31)
Vintage sandals in blue (group gift): Baby Monkey, Dindrane Elfor (221, 27, 31)
Brat hair in black with green (dollarbie): Diversity Hair, Addictive (96, 170, 22)