Digital Image Monthly Mini-Magazine-Bridal Beauty!

We hope you enjoy the first of our monthly mini-magazine! This month we bring you Bridal Beauty with SL along with it's RL matching looks to be found at the end of this post with a link to shopping site.

We had so much fun doing this and look forward to bringing you our monthly themed group mini-magazine. In coming months we are planning some fanatastic surprises for our group only so make sre you join our subscribeomatic located here so you don't miss out!!
Photos: Scarlett Niven





**Bliss Windlow**
SKIN: Lara Skins – Alice Brown
HAIR: Pocket Mirrors – Sofia Updo Brown
EARRINGS: Sister Strawberry - Sinyhy – Free Gift
BRACELET: ICING – Princess Pearl Bracelet – Hunt Gift
DRESS: Modern Gypsy - !Modern Gyspy! Winter Garden Collection: Babybreath
EYELASHES: Glow – Rhapsody Lashes
SHOES: Vanity Designs - .:VDI:. Goddess Line Pumps w/Studs – Ivory
Location: *~*Belle Amie Midsomer Isle~Roma, Midsomer Isle





**Nickee Ninetails**
Gown: Icing - Spring Wedding Dress
Bouquet: Brides and Blooms - Rose and Lily Bouquet
JCNY: Johanna Collection Earrings
Enkythings: Bonita White shoes
Location: Cobblestone Vineyards, Blooms





**Dahlia Joubert**
Gown: V-Fashion - Gracelynn Bridal Gown
Hair: Curio - Betty Boop in black
Skin: Redgrave - Moon Smoky
Lashes: Madd Designs - Ball Lashes
Eyes: Madd Designs - Soul Eyes Gray
Shoes: Stiletto Moody - Mary Jane Sandal in Warhol White
Earrings: Alienbear Designs - Pearl teardrop pearl set in white
Location: CICADA ORIENTALE , Cicada





**Scarlett Niven**
Hair: Vanity Hair by Tabata Jewell - Brigitte in Vainille
Birds: Clawtooth - A Place To Call Home Birdies in Mashmallow Mateys
Earrings - Muse - The Dauphine Earrings (silver/champagne-long)
Dress: Paper Couture - Vivianne Italiano Dress
Shoes: Stiletto Moody - Bare Ingrid in Nude
Locations: Church of Loth Luin
Happy mood, Osaka

Open publication - Free publishing - More wedding

Me, Myself, and I

photos and text by: Bliss Windlow

Sometimes you are lucky enough to have a friend like Whinter who shares everything and shows you some of the best shops - like N-Core and these heels which are probably one of my all time favourite pair of shoes. And probably the best thing about SL is that your little avi can wear any heel and never once have to slip into something more comfortable or practical!!!

But today I was by my lonesome wandering SL and enjoying the day. I headed over to Sway's village and enjoyed all the little amusings provided ... not the least of which were the beavers which made me smile (High fiving all the Canadians!!!). I had a great time until I got into an argument with myself and decided to leave the other two and just have some "me" time.

Leezu's is such a beautiful shop an such a talented designer. Usually I get lost in all the glamour and wow factor of the amazing pieces she does but sometimes it is nice to just pick up the smaller pieces and really appreciate the attention is in the details. This beautiful white shirt with its pebbled textured material is cut with a deep V and almost met with the open cut up from the waist.. The stand up collar and criss crossing narrow red belt caught in a large buckle adds signifcant interest to the piece.

I paired it with a red leather pants etched and printed with silver threading taken from a larger ensemble from RFyre - and of course what is better than high high black heels???
Hair by Truth, Linda in dark brown, is a great casual look and of course my Cupcake Skins. Rumor has it there will be new skins available this weekend some time and I cannot wait to see them!!!

Oh ... and if you happen to see Myself and I wandering around Sway .... tell them for me they can find their own way home .... and pick up a bottle of wine on the way ...

JACKET: LeeZu - *LeeZu Baxter* Henrietta Plain /white - $150L

PANTS: RFyre - ! RFyre Dalliance Rouge - Treasure Hunt

SHOES: N-CORE - STYLUS XtremeHeel Black - $495L

SKIN: Cupcakes – Cupcakes Seduction Copper Natural

HAIR: Truth – Linda Cocoa - $225L

LASHES: Silhouette Lashes – Dangerous – Gift

Emergency Shopping Fix!!!! Hurry on over to Mashooka to see their new beach items!

Mashooka has some wonderful new items, just out today!

What a treat it is for me to log in and find wonderful goodies waiting for me to try on.

After trying on all of the wonderful options, I settled on this Maya set in Lime Green. Surely showcasing the others is on my agenda, but I wanted to be sure to send you over to see the newest items.

This bikini has the most elegant of cuts, with a hint of Indian Sare inspiration. What else would you expect from Mashooka? Three pieces come in this set, the bikini itself as well as a lovely sculpted open coverup that I KNOW I will be using in an outfit some where down the line. A simply cut sarong style wrap is included but not shown in my photo.

Mandalay Bay provided the divinely relaxing atmosphere for my quickie shoot, if you haven't been to peek around over there, its the nicest little place with wildlife peeking around in unexpected places.

Til next time, be well and treat yourself to something special.

Nickee Ninetails, blogger for Digital Image
Photo Credit: Chrysalis Photography and Image Design

Style Credit: Today's only item is from Mashooka, Maya Bikini Set in Lime

Rainy Noir

The weather in Second Life is nearly always perfect with the exception of seasonal spots, so when I happened upon a severe rainstorm at Trilogy, I was in awe of something rarely seen. In RL I love storms, the wilder the better! Later, I thought again of this place and thought it would be wonderful to take some rainy night photos.

While selecting my outfit, I wanted something stylish and appropriate to wear. I started with the new ARGrace fedora hat with hair I purchased at the Hair Fair. It's color change options allowed me to select just the right shade of White with a black band to match my Armidi Gisaci Lima Trench Coat in Blanca with Nero belt. To give a "film noir" look to my ensemble, I chose red accessories to complement the starkness of the black and white. The Unhappy Flower necklace tinted to red, Nif Nif Gloves, smart ankle boots and of course a red lip.

To complete my look is the wonderful umbrella from Trilogy in black and white checked houndstooth. This umbrella comes with it's own ao's for single and couple as well as several cute animations such as twirling the umbrella and floating away with it ala Mary Poppins!
If you love rainy nights do check out this innovative sim and it's shops located here.

Hair: ARGrace – Fedora Hat – Glamorous Wavy in Blonde
Necklace: Fashionably Dead – Unhappy Flower Necklace Tinted to Red
Trench: Armidi Gisaci – Lima Trench Coat – Blanca w/Nero Belt
Gloves: LeeZu Baxter – Nif Nif gloves in Red
Boots: Bax Coen – Ankle Boots in Red Suede
Umbrella: Trilogy – Umbrella in Houndstooth

It's a Sunshine DAY!

I think I'll go for a walk outside
now the summer sun's callin my name
(I hear ya now)
I just can't stay inside all day
I gotta get out get me some of those rays
Everybody's smilin
Sunshine day
Everybody's laughin
Sunshine day
Everybody seems so happy today
It's a sunshine day

(sung in my best Brady Bunch voice!)

Adorro's Monica outfit helped win me this blogger position. Teasing of course! I fell in love with it and thought it would be a fun change so I wore it to my interview with Scarlett, which has happily brought me here! You can't go wrong with Retro, in my humble opinion. One thing Secondlife allows for me is a chance to revisit things, as well as create a new look every day.

My friends in a chattery fashion group I belong to, alerted me to this wonderful designer. When you enter the shop, you'll quickly see that Mew Dennimore designs eclectic and unusual pieces. A slice of heaven for me! The outfit comes with all pieces except the magenta shirt I'm wearing underneath, it also comes with different glasses, that I felt were too dark, so I substituted with The Niven Collections own Nicole glasses (rumored to be available very soon as a surprise...shhhhh).

This week the perfect companion for this outfit appeared in my inbox for review. Purple Wedge Redux shoes from !SSUS! (She's So Unusual Shoes, by Rowan Carroll). These high platform wedges feature the cute cork look that was so popular. Cute simple straps across the toe with a couple of metal studs to accent. Here's a close up view!

Until next time, happy shopping!!!
Pay close attention to this blog, you never QUITE know what we'll be up to!!!

Nickee Ninetails, blogger for Digital Images

Photo Credit: Chrysalis Photography

Adorro Monica
Nicole sunglasses from The Niven Collection
!SSUS! Purple Stacked Wedge Shoe

Vintage Egypt

Egyptian delights are definitely a trend this year, and in SL a lot of attention has been brought to them since the “Call of the Nile” fashion show in Rezzable. I could say the same for laces and vintage taste, so much that here in Rome there has also been an exhibit in the past few months at “Museo Napoleonico” of the old nineteenth century laces by Arnaldo Caprai.

The new collection of Patrizia Blessed, designer of Ardigraf, follows these trends with the accuracy of an expert taylor, bringing them originality and uniqueness with her new releases, which I am going to show.

Maruska is a lovely cocktail dress with a really special design and a great attention to details. The perfect matching of gold and green make this outfit perfect for summer evenings: the bodice presents an amazing work done on the cleavage, with golden silk lines reaching the neck and matching with those on the top, while the handcrafted skirt made of frills not just pasted on a textures, but patiently drawn one by one make the dress alive, with its natural flowing, and just realistic. Moreover, the belt and the scarf are a real touch of elegance: the former is made sophisticated by the gold inserts, while the latter, pure silk of an iridescent green, with knots on the shoulder and two little back tails, make you nearly look like a goddess while walking.

The hair I chose to match to these outfits is all from Pocket Mirrors: here I am wearing the Ofelia hair in reddish, as I was looking for something really simple, that could not take the eyes from the outfit, but that at same time was outstanding and could confirm the elegance of the whole look (this is something I love about Alair’s creations in general).

The jewellery is instead from Donna Flora by Squinternet Larnia: the earrings from the Vain Set are perfect thanks to the green and blue pearls embedded on golden leaves, while the FLORA topaz ring is elegant but not too sober thanks to the white and blue little pearls.

Ambar is another beautiful day gown that confirms the designer’s passion for well-worked cleavages. In this case the straps draw two delicious triangles before ending on the top, a jubilation of light and dark gold pearls that make a sort of Egyptian pattern. The dress can be worn with or without the chest attachment, and can easily turn from a party dress into a knee-length gown used for special occasions. The Eden set of necklace and earrings from Donna Flora confirm Squinternet’s ability when it comes to stones and pearls matching inserted in a golden scheme, that shine when light hits them. Here I was particularly fascinated by its geometry and symmetry.

Did I already say I love vogue buns? Dita hair in black from Pocket Mirrors is definitely one of my favourite ones. The side bangs make a hairbase not necessary, and the bun is so simple but fashionable that adapts easily to various styles, from the very minimal one to the most eccentric.

To finish with, we have the Old Lace Outfit, a mermaid-alike gown that follows the style of the European 20s/30s gowns: here, again, there is a great work behind it, with the handcrafted laces that make a not random but symmetrical draw, and the skirt attachment that makes the gown flirtatious and actual. I also love the colours, a beige-pink bottom that breaks the seriousness of the black laces, and the little flowers above the knees, where the flexi skirt attaches, that give a girly touch.

This time I chose a vintage style in a light colour as for hair, and picked Bea in blonde, always from Pocket Mirror, a short hairstyle with little curls on the sides. The Lulù set always from Donna Flora is the one I chose this time for its as well dark and light colours, and for the lovely rose pulled alongside vintage pearls.

That’s all for today, have a lovely week!

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CREDITS:

Outfit 1:

Skin: Moon in Mystic by Redgrave

Lashes: Ball Lashes by Madesigns

Hair: Ofelia Updo in Majestic by Pocket Mirrors

Mani and Pedi: Satin - Brass by [Detour]

Eyes: Expressive eyes green 5 by Nany Merlin

Outfit: Maruska from **PB Collection** - Ardigraf Design

Shoes: Women Egyptian shoes by KK

Jewellery: Vain Emerald Set and Flora topaz ring by Donna Flora

Outfit 2:

Skin: Cleo - Sapphire Peacock w/mole by The Obscene

Lashes: Ball Lashes by Madesigns

Hair: Dita Updo in black by Pocket Mirrors

Mani and Pedi: Satin - Brass by [Detour]

Eyes: Expressive eyes green 5 by Nany Merlin

Outfit: Ambar by **PB Collection** - Ardigraf Design

Shoes: Verve pumps in olive by Maitreya

Jewellery: Eden Emerald Set by Donna Flora

Outfit 3:

Skin: Lyla smoky by Redgrave

Lashes: Ball Lashes by Madesigns

Hair: Bea Updo in Golden by Pocket Mirrors

Mani and Pedi: Mettalics - SharkSkin by [Detour]

Eyes: Soul eyes in gray by Madesigns

Outfit: Old Lace by **PB Collection** - Ardigraf Design

Shoes: Elegance by Storm Schmooz

Jewellery: Lulù Ivory set by Donna Flora

Black and Gold

The understated elegance of black and gold coupled with accents of sky blue and the unexpected pattern of zebra print stockings; makes for a modern couture look with a dash of old world charm.



I selected the Dakota silk shirt from Casa Del Shai with it's flowing sleeves and slightly irredesent sheen and paired it with the Black Dahlia skirt, modded to knee length, from The Niven Collection. The skirt has great movement and mimics the fluidity of the sleeves.



Accessories include the pale, milky chandelier earrings, black lace necktie with it's pale blue beaded broach, black patterned corset belt, sheer zebra print stockings and black shoe booties. Make up and hair are kept simple and classic with an upswept, sleek top bun, softly defined eyes and muted lips.




Hair: Lamb – Unbirthday in Lady
Earrings: *Untone Quilt* - Dots Earrings
Lace Necktie: Bijou – Diva Lace Ribbon Corsage (FREE)
Blouse: Casa Del Shai – Dakota Silk Shirt in Gold
Corset: Cupcakes – Underbust Corset in Glitterblack
Skirt: The Niven Collection – Skirt from Black Dahlia Ball Gown – resized to knee-length
Stockings: “Sheer” – Nylon Zebra Black
Shoes: Maitreya – Mishima Dawn in Patent/Suede (Licorice)