Look No. 223: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Christmas waves a magic wand over the world, and behold,

Everything is softer and more beautiful.

~ Norman Vincent Peake ~

Hello again my lovelies!

It sure is beginning to look and feel like Christmas in Second Life and it got me in the mood to do a little holiday decorating myself.

I agree with Norman Vincent Peake that Christmas does make everything look softer and more beautiful and that is so evident at Calas Galadhon's White Christmas sim. It truly is a beautiful and magical winter wonderland where you can enjoy a sleigh ride that takes you around the beautiful landscaped sim littered with tall, snow-covered trees and tall, snowy, rocky tops; you'll even see some wildlife here and there. By the Pavillion, there's a large pond where you can show off your skating skills alone or as a couple. You can even take a balloon ride to the North Pole! If you would like to see more photographs, please check out Jeff Goodnight's blog, Goodnight Photography. His photographs are simply stunning.

In today's post, I'm going to show you some new releases by I'piteme, a cropped sweater, a pair of jeans, and a really awesome Christmas tree.

The cropped, argyle sweater I'm wearing is 100% mesh. It comes packed with 5 standard mesh sizes. This sweater should be compatible with most mesh bodies but I highly recommend picking up the free demo to try on prior to purchasing it.

The sweater also comes packed with this color/pattern HUD giving you a choice of 10 argyle colors.

The jeans are called Lynda Lee Jeans. They are 100% fit mesh and comes packed with 5 standard fit mesh sizes. They also come packed with fit mesh sizes for Maitreya Lara, TMP, Slink Physique/Hourglass, and Belleza Isis/Venus/Freya.

Have you ever put on a pair of jeans, that you just bought, and discover that your ankles are showing through on the back side of the pant leg? I hate that. That won't happen with these jeans. In fact, the jeans are designed to work with both mid and high feet with shoes on. I'm wearing these with ankle boots...see, no protruding ankle problem.

The color/texture/pattern HUD is amazing. It gives you 14 color choices for the jeans, belt loops and back pockets. You can also change the look of the belt and the belt buckle.

Toy Wiskee, designer and owner owner of I'piteme, will every now and then release very cool, non-clothing items. Last Christmas she came out with the Christmas Fireplace you see in the very first photograph above (minus the giant wreath above it). This year, it's this amazing Christmas tree. It comes with the presents underneath, the teddy bear, the rocking horse and train with train tracks. FYI, touch the train and it will circle the tree (touch it again to stop it). Also, please make note that the presents are copyable so you can add a few extra gifts, like I did, if you choose. Everything you see in this picture is approximately 15 prims total.

In this post, I am wearing a set of eyes from Ikon's Odyssey Eyes collection. The color I'm wearing is called, Moor.

There are 49 gorgeous colors to choose from. Each set of eyes comes with 5 iris sizes for both system and mesh eyes. The mesh eyes comes with a HUD that is used to change the iris size and position them correctly. The HUD will also allow you to add some really cool effects like glow, full bright and flip. I recommend picking up the free demo so you can check out the eyes and the HUD to see how it works.






Please do check out I'piteme and Ikon at their inworld stores. Also, if you have room, be sure to join their VIP groups so you can stay informed if/when group gifts or special group pricing is offered  and of all new releases and events they maybe participating in.

Until next time...happy shopping and happy holidays!
♥ Violette ♥

STYLE CREDITS

S W E A T E R     &     J E A N S

I'piteme - Cropped Cowl Sweater & HUD *NEW RELEASE*

I'piteme - Lynda Lee Jeans *NEW RELEASE*

Inworld Store / Marketplace / Flickr / Facebook

S H O E S

MODA Designs - Shea Ankle Boots & HUD
*To see close up and HUD photos, please visit my post "Color Me Beautiful"*

Inworld Store / Marketplace / Flickr / Facebook

H A I R
enVOGUE - Camilla - Dark Reds

J E W E L R Y
Dirty Princess - Twist Hoop Princess Mesh Earrings - Gold & Silver
Ryca - Bangle Iced NYC - Gold
Ryca - Necklace Every Day Pty - Dia Gold

T A T T O O
Letis Tattoo - Masks & Appliers

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S K I N
Hush Skins - Jasmine Lux - Chai *NEW RELEASE*

B O D Y
Belleza Skin - Belleza Mesh Body - Freya

E A R S
Mandala - Simple Ears
*Currently 30% off for the 12 Days of Savings event on Marketplace*

E Y E S
Ikon - Odyssey Eyes - Moor
Inworld Store

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 P O S E S     &     P R O P S

I'Piteme - Holiday Tree with Animated Train *NEW RELEASE*
I'piteme - Christmas Fireplace & Rug
Inworld Store / Marketplace / Flickr / Facebook

Eternal Dream Poses - Shawna - Pose  04 & 10
Eternal Dream Poses - Sexyback - Pose 01 & 04

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P H O T O G R A P Y     L O C A T I O N

Calas Galadhon's WHITE CHRISTMAS
*Please check out the Goodnight Photography blog for more photos and information*