Nothing Gold Can Stay..

After finding and photographing a skin called 'Gold Leaf', I was reminded of a poem I love..

Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold

Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

It's a favorite of mine, and fitting to the picture I guess.. so I felt it was only right to spread the joy. :D
While randomly exploring a sim, I came across a little shop I'd never been to called Tuty's. It has [mainly asian] hairs, skins, shapes and clothes.. and a nice little freebie section too.
Amongst the free stuffs, I found this rather original 'gold leaf' skin - which I immediately felt an urge to make a special shape for and then blog ..so here it is!
Although it comes with it's own shape in the pack (along with 3 makeups in 3 skin tones), I think mine is better. Hehe. :P

..like rich chocolate sprinkled with gold! Yum! :)

Also amongst them, I found these lovely gothic skins. Now I don't usually go for pale skins at all (hell, I don't even go for normal or light tan skins these days!), but after rifling thru the pack of 10 skins (shape also included) I found there was some very nice variations.. and once again felt compelled to make my own shape for them.
Well, being the complete idiot I am sometimes (more then I want to be!), wouldn't you know I SAVED OVER the special shape I made for those gold leaf skins.. and after I'd been planning to give it out as a freebie too! :(

The many faces of a pale beauty.

Sooo.. after cursing a bit and feeling generally annoyed with myself, I decided that because I lost my beloved gold leaf shape.. and so couldn't give it away, I'd give this gothic one as a freebie instead.
Right, so after heading on over to Tuty's to pick up the skin pack(s) and all the other freebie goodness, join 'Give It Away' group (search for it in SL) and look in the past Notices to pick up the shape! Yay! :D

Until next time!

~ Mira

Carrots! Om nom nom..

Sanu is having another of her greaaat quest hunts that I love so much, and this time around it's got lots of carrot-related prizes. Yummy! :)
So check out the Provincial Quest right now, before it ends!

Digging with the molehs!
From Sanu quest: hair (orange), ears, earrings, badge, necklace, belt, shoes, spinning bunny (for body), spinning bunnies (for head, multiple - inset picture) - 1L each
Dress (for all quest pics - not wearing the prim skirt): ETD - multi-stripe dress fat pack - 1L
Nails: Candy Nail - yellow/green nails - 0L
Eyes (for all quest pics): Poetic Colors - Endless Summer eyes - 0L

What about this pose, ehh? really elegant and sweet - except for that big ol' finger in my eye! Owwie!
..but no matter what i tried i couldn't remove it! lol. XP

Eye-gouging never looked this good! XD
From Sanu quest: Hair (gold), spinning bunny (for head, single) - 1L each
Bracelet & Necklace: Candy Nail - Oranges - item camp (20 minutes each)

Also, if you join the Sanu group and add Sanu to your picks.. then hang around the shop for a little while, they have random giveaways - gorgeous little cupcake bunnies for your mouth (below, left)! Just too cute, and they come in so many different colors - plus there is a face emoter HUD you can wear to show them off - a lot of facial expressions which can be combined to create endless funny and weird combos! Fun! :D

A little closer! ..Mallet behind my back? What mallet behind my back? *innocent*
From Sanu quest (right): Mallet, belt (better view of it), bunny tail - 1L each
Mouth attachment (left): Sanu - Littlest Cupcake Bunny (pink) - profile picks prize giveaway
Nails (left): Candy Nail - Oranges - item camp (20 minutes)

Well that's it for this post - hope you found something you liked! :)

~Aura

Not Free:

Skins worn throughout: Curio - Sunny acorn light [freckles]