Disney Fantasies

 

I LOVE all things Disney. I really do. It makes my inner 12 year-old girl blissfully happy lol.

I especially love Ariel and The Little Mermaid is in my top 5 favorite Disney movies. Who isn’t a fan of the cute red-head mermaid with the gorgeous voice? (That, and Prince Eric is hot!)

And I’ve been jamming to Disney music all day, hence the inspiration for the post. I wanted to take Ariel and Eric, modernize them a bit, while still trying to channel their original looks. (Btw, Rathe is still mad at me for making him wear skinny jeans. LOL!) They ended up a bit darker in editing than I wanted but oh well. Note to check next time lol.

♥ Ayako 

On Ayako
Hair: Lelutka by Thora Charron – Ariel – Jessica
Eyes: IKON by Ikon Innovia – Sunrise Eyes – Aspen
Skin: Belleza by Tricky Boucher – Mimi Makeup 8
Dress: Blacklace by Mariska Simons – Coquette – Flirt Tube Dress – Blue
Hands: SLink by Siddean Munroe – Av enhance hands – Casual
Shoes: Gos by Gospel Voom – Paris Peeptoe – Nude Patent

On Therathe
Hair: TRUTH by Truth Hawks – Eric – Espresso
Eyes: IKON by Ikon Innovia – Sunrise Eyes – Dark Hazel
Skin: Belleza by Tricky Boucher  – Jacob #5 – Sunkissed
Shirt: GothiCatz by LooLoo Beck – Equinox (shirt only)
“Belt”: Kauna by Ross Myhre – XIV Cummerbund – Red
Jeans: Kauna by Ross Myhre – Jeans – Black
Boots: Gos by Gospel Voom – Aviator Boot – Yeager – Black

Pose 1: STAKEY by Raymond Ohmai – Forever
Pose 2: Essential Soul by Steven Dean 

(I’m not big on boy bands but I thought this was cute and funny. I’m amused that a boy band is the answer to a broken heart)

Sleepless, Dreamless

I’m feeling a bit like the princess from the Princess and the Pea lately. I’m tired and sleep comes but doesn’t stay and I’m very restless, which I’m not entirely sure why that is (unless someone stashed a pea under my mattress without my knowledge). I just moved recently in RL so maybe I just need more time to adjust to the new place?

Anyway, enough of my ramblings and onto the goodies! I call it the Princess Fair but this lovely new event of all things pretty and princess-y (which is right up my alley) is called Fit for a Princess, where this lovely gown and the tower I rezzed the bed prop in are from. Go check it out!

♥ Ayako 

TIARA: Alienbear’s Designs – Precious Princess Crown – White
HAIR: Truth by Truth Hawks – Junia
EYES: IKON by Ikon Innovia – Sunrise Eyes – Aspen
SKIN: Glam Affair by aida Ewing – Candy – America 05
HANDS: SLink by Siddean Munroe – Av Enhance Hands – Formal
DRESS: {Junbug} by Juno Mantel – Principessa – Blush (available at Fit for a Princess)
BED: GLITTERATI by Katy Coppola – Sleepless Nights
TOWER: Alouette by Scarlet Chandrayaan – The Princess’s Tower (available at Fit for a Princess)

 

I’m In Love With Being Queen

 

Just a quickie post today. I’ve been feeling rather blah in RL so I decided dressing up and making my avi all fabulous would be a good mood lifter and it certianly helped. I love the jewel neckline on this drss and the pop of color it is! Btw, Orchid is Pantone’s color of 2014 so I’ll be looking for and blogging a lot of orchid things this year.

As a side note – sorry for the plain set-up – still trying to work on my photo taking skills and making photo sets/setting up rooms. I’m a horrible SL intereior decorator lol.

♥ Ayako 

Hair: Exile by Kavar Cleanslate – Shine – Havana (Currently at The Arcade)
Skin: Glam Affair by aida Ewing  – Laurel 04 – America
Eyes: IKON by Ikon Innovia – Sunrise eyes – Aspen
Lashes: Maitreya by Onyx LeShelle – Mesh Lashes (group gift)
Hands: SLink by Siddean Munroe – Av Enhance – Formal
Crown: Alienbear’s Designs – KrisCar Queen Crown – Gold/White
Dress: Valentina E. by Valentina Evangelista – Jewel Cocktail Dress – Orchid
Shoes: Gos by Gospel Voom – Paris Peeptoe – Nude Patent
Throne: Project Puppet by Bren Dovgal  – Throne Prop

After the Winter…

It’s the first offical day of spring but it still feels and looks a lot like winter here. We had tons of snow this season and I’m starting to feel like it’ll be June before it’s all melted. Glad there’s no cold in SL!   ♥ Ayako 

Hair: Exile by Kavar Cleanslate – Shine (Currently at The Arcade)
Skin: Belleza by Tricky Boucher  – Mimi  #8  Medium (Currently at The Arcade)
Eyes: IKON by Ikon Innovia – Sunrise eyes – Aspen
Hands: SLink by Siddean Munroe – Casual hands
Dress: coldLogic by coldLogic – Wren – Cotton
Shoes: Gos by Gospel Voom – Paris Peeptoe – Nude Patent
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/alirium/142/119/902

A Fresh RE-start

Once again I’m back…this time for real (I think) lol. While I had fully intended to be blogging regularly by mid-November last year, RL and SL stress caught up with me, so I took an unintended break from blogging and from SL. Looking back, I think I got too caught up and overwhelmed with all the events and other things I was invited to blog and didn’t know how to balance my blogging and my life. Between that and dealing with issues at my work and plain being sick, it was more than enough to drive me crazy. I am back now and making a few changes and try and simplify this a little. First off, I’m going to try and “schedule” blogging. Well, schedule probably isn’t the right word but the general idea I’m going for is that I’m making myself post at least once a week instead of doing 3 or 4 a day or even a week. Second, I’m not going to apply to any events or do a whole lot of blogger pack things right now, at least until I get my sea legs back under me, so-to-speak. Third, I’m giving Kaiden more blogging time. I want to diversify a little bit and with the way she dresses – a little bit edgier and funkier than I do – I think it’ll add some nice added interest. I love her style and I wish I had the balls to wear some of the stuff she does.

Enough rambling though and onto the clothes! Since I haven’t logged in pretty much since last fall, I had to catch up on all the new releases. Let’s just say I spent a pretty penny updating my wardrobe lol. (Therathe is so going to kill me when he finds out how much I spent! Eeps!) Here’s to a fresh re-start with a new hair, skin, clothes – even a tattoo! (I feel like such a wild woman!) At some point I’ll have to bust out my new feet and hands too lol.

The darling freckled skin – perfect for gingers, I might add – is currently a GG at Al Vulo! (It’s free to join if you’re not a member.) I went wild and added a tattoo from CoLLisions. I’m not normally big on tats in SL but I have a not-so-secret love for all things Asian and Oriental. Since that’s my heritage I just had to wear it.

Btw, it’s good to be back 🙂

♥ Ayako 

Hair: Truth by Truth Hawkes – Junia – Ginger pack
Eyes: IKON by Ikon Innovia  – Sunrise Eyes – Aspen
Skin: Al Vulo! by Hlin Bluebird – Ewa – Kinder Fairy (Group Gift)
Tattoo: CoLLisions by Guenevere DeCuir  – Clarity of Mind* ( Available at Thrift Shop)
Sweater: Maitreya by Onyx LeShelle – Athena Sweater – Cream
Jeans: Fri.day by Darling Monday  – Designer Jeans – Regular Wash
Boots: Maitreya by Onyx LeShelle  – Stagioni Boots – Coal
Poses: SEmotion by Marie Sims 

*Notes review items

The Masquerade

I’m so excited about the way this turned out, I had to post it! (It helps when your bestie is a blogger and lets you use her site lol.)

Happy Halloween!

~Kaiden

Hair: Tableau Vivant – Campbell Hair in Winter
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/World%20of%20Beauty/42/134/23
Skin: Glam Affair – Roza Basic in Jamacia
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/World%20of%20Beauty/42/134/23
Eyes: IKON – Eternal Eyes in Blue
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hot/128/128/2
Eyeliner: Seven – Black Eyeliner
 https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/87423?id=87423
Lipstick: Glam Affair – Leah Lipstick 10
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/World%20of%20Beauty/42/134/23
Fangs: [ES] Vampire Fangs
Necklace: Alienbear – Dark Princess Amaterasu Necklace in Black
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bratz/182/203/29
Dress: Indyra Originals – Minuet Gown in Black
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Namaste%20Isle/79/102/841
Mask & Pose: !bang – Masquerade Mask
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lo%20Lo/176/150/23 

Blog the Beat: Poison & Wine

So I’m a tad behind on my Blog the Beat posts. I ran into some difficulty trying to figure out how to do #2. Not much to say on this except that I’m hoping to be caught up by weekend’s close. Happy Friday btw 🙂

Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars

You only know what I want you to
I know everything you don’t want me to
Oh your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine
You think your dreams are the same as mine
Oh I don’t love you but I always will
Oh I don’t love you but I always will
Oh I don’t love you but I always will
I always willI wish you’d hold me when I turn my back
The less I give the more I get back
Oh your hands can heal, your hands can bruise
I don’t have a choice but I’d still choose you

Oh I don’t love you but I always will
I always will

♥ Ayako

Hair: TRUTH by Truth Hawks – Teddy w/ roots – Copper
Skin: Glam Affair by aida Ewing  – Leah – Natural 02
Eyes: IKON by Ikon Innovia  – Sunrise Eyes – Aspen
Jewelry: :MOOD: by Jori Walter  – Downtown Glam Ensemble
Dress: Sassy! by Ivy Burner – Julia Dress – White
Shoes: Maitreya by Onyx LeShelle  – Shanti – Black
Pose: Olive Juice (closed)
Phone: Embody by Radagast Lexington
Wine: Tartessos Arts by Nico Griffith

When You’re the Best of Friends…

Hanging with my SL bestie!

When you’re the best of friends,
Having so much fun together,
You’re not even aware you’re such a funny pair,
You’re the best of friends.

-Disney’s Fox and the Hound

♥ Ayako

Pose: !bang – Bonded (available at Pose Fair)
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oubliette/118/127/33

Call Me

❤ Ayako

Hair: TRUTH – Cheyenne w/ roots – Cranberry
Eyes: IKON – Sunrise Eyes – Light Hazel
Eyeliner: *BOOM* – Love My Eyes Liner & Mascara 
Skin: Glam Affair – Leah – Natural 02
Necklace: [glow] Studio – Early Morning Earth Necklace – Gold
Top: Tee*fy – Elise Tucked Wrapped Tank – White (available at C88)
Jeans: Tres Blah – Juju Jeans – Gray
Boots: SLink – Vanity Boots – Tan
Phone and poses: Embody – *Talk to Me (available at Pose Fair)

*Promotional copy

Spring Fling

Spring is in the air! We’re getting glimpses of the warmer weather here, although there is still a chance for another snow shower. Love the fact that spring seems to invigorate everyone. It gives me a renewed energy to blog again after a long and lazy winter. Spring brings lots of fabulous new events that I definitely don’t have the money to shop but it’s always fun to go and look!

❤ Ayako 

Hair: TRUTH – Cyanne w/ roots – Demi
Eyes: IKON – Sunrise Eyes – Aspen
Skin: Glam Affair – Amberly – Artic – Candy 03 (available at C88)
Top: ISON – Oversized top – Emerald (available at C88)
Jeans: {mon tissu} – Lou Lou Denim – Dark
Shoes: Pixel Mode – Fae Wedges – Khaki
Pose: !bang
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Emerald%20Green/215/156/137