The Girl in the Picture

There was a girl named Emily who moved with her family into a new home. When she went to explore the house, she noticed this room in the back of the house. In the room was a single portrait of a young girl with dark curly hair. The girl in the picture looked sad and mysterious. Emily got kind of scared and walked out of the room.

As the weeks went on, she felt like she was being followed. Everytime she felt this way, she turned around and found nothing there. One night when her best friend Alice was sleeping over, she confided in her. “I feel like this girl is still here, in the house.” Emily said.

Alice suggested they should do a seance where you contact the spirits and record it. They tried every room in the house. Then they came to the basement. It was dark and quiet as the girls set up. Alice lit the candles and they started asking questions. “Why have you come here, oh ghosty?” said Alice.

“Alice, we have to take this seriously!” Emily cried. So Emily and Alice held hands and sat there quietly. For a minute, nothing happened. Then a noise like a squeak came from behind them. The girls opened their eyes and checked behind them. Nothing was there. Then the candle started to flicker.

Alice squeezed Emily’s hand tighter. Slowly Emily said “Is this the little girl form the picture?”. The candle flickered and Alice started to cry. Then Emily asked “Why are you still here? Do you want us to help you?”.Again, the candle flickered.

“Oh, try asking her if she was killed here. That’s usually why they stay.”

Before Emily could ask, the flame rose higher and higher and suddenly blew out. Both girls ran to the door and upstairs screaming. When Emily’s mother asked whatappened, she didn’t believe the story. The girls played the tape forEmily’s mother. What happened next, no one could explain. The tape was balnk. Just static and snow. The mother sent the girls to bed, claiming all they needed was rest.

A week passed since the seance. The phone rang and Emily answered it. “Emily! You will never believe this! Come over right now!”. It was Alice. When Emily arrived at her house, there was a tape playing. Emily sat down and listened. There was static and then a voice. It said “Take her picture. Take her picture.” Then there was a wooshing noise, a noise like the candle made when it blew out.

Alice turned around. “Emily, it was her. The girl! She wants you to take a picture.” An hour later, some photos of Emily were being uploaded into Alice’s computer. There was nothing out of the ordinary.

Then Emily noticed it: her shadow. It wasn’t her shdow at all. It was a girl with curly hair. The shadow was pointing down. Emily froze with terror. In every picture, she was there. Emily was scared and wanted the girl gone.

Over the next few weeks, she spent countless hours trying to figure out who this girl was. She also turned the house upside down looking for her body. In the sunday edition of the local paper, there she was. The girl with the sad face. Her name was Emily. It said the girl was missing. It also said the neighbors heard strange noises coming from the basement.

The one place Emily wouldn’t look was the basement. By the time she got home it was dark outside. There was a note on the fridge that said her parents were at dinner and would be home soon. As terrified as she was, Emily knew she had to go down there. She grabbed a flashlight and headed down the stairs.

Emily catiously searched the basement for a clue, anything to tell where the body was. then the squeak came from where the seance was. Emily walked over to look around. It felt like something had grabbed her foot and she tripped. The flashlight rolled across the floor. The light shined on the girl’s grave.

Emily didn’t realize it before, but there was one spot in the basment paved over with gray cement. it was long enough to be a grave for a young girl. Emily grabbed her dad’s tool box and pulled out a hammer and some large nails. Then she banged the nails deep enough in the cement to crack the cement. As Emily was pulling pieces away, a hand reached up from the cement and grabbed Emily’s wrist. She screamed and fought, but couldn’t get away. Another hand stuck out from the cement. The girl was pulling herself out of her grave.

Emily twisted free, but it was too late. The girl sat up straight. Her head turned to Emily’s direction. The girl was horrible looking with leathery skin that was clinging to her bones. Her face pale and her eyes were sunken into her head. She started to crawl towards Emily. Emily tried to get away, but the girl grabbed her ankle.

When Emily’s parents got home, they found their daughter wasn’t home yet. After they realized she was gone, the only clue she left behind was a flashlight, a hammer and some nails. Emily was buried right below where they stood and she was never seen alive again…

Scared? You have no idea what scared is…. Opium has something terrifying planned, come back soon to find out what it is!

Dresses by Wishbox: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kan%20Lara/84/62/24

Absolute ELATE!- tion

  

e⋅late

 /[i-leyt] verb, e⋅lat⋅ed, e⋅lat⋅ing, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make very happy or proud

Kellie Iwish

That is the definition of “elate” from the dictionary and it fits so well! The designs of Kellie Iwish of Elate make so many ladies in Second Life happy to wear them. I first discovered Elate! During one of the many grid wide hunts in December 2008. I walked in and thought, “OMG!”. There in front of me were THE cutest outfits I had seen in Second Life! Needless to say, I spent “a few” lindens that day and a more subsequent trips (LOL). When I was given this assignment, I knew right away which designer I wanted to blog about! I want to thank Kellie for taking the time to answer my questions and having such wonderful clothes for us to wear and express ourselves in this pixelated, digital world.

   Kelcie Alsop: When did you start designing in Second Life?

    Kellie Iwish: I made my first piece of clothing in SL on January 10th, 2008. A few weeks later, I opened the first (Elate!). I had a whopping three items for sale. Ha-ha!

    KA: Why did you start designing?

    KI: I was fairly new in SL, and I read an article by a popular designer talking about her humble beginnings starting out with a tiny shop with no customers. It occurred to me that it might be possible for anyone to try their hand (and succeed) at designing. Also, I figured creating my own clothes would be cheaper than buying them.

    KA: What was your first design?

    KI: A leopard print shirt!

    KA: Why did you decide on the name “Elate!” ?

    KI: I have always been a happy, optimistic person. I wanted to use a word that would make people smile.

    KA: How would you describe your style?

    KI: Classic, elegant, colorful, flirty.

Kelcie Alsop in Elate!'s "Elise Sunny"

    KA: What is the one favorite outfit or item you’ve done to date and why?

    KI: Even though it’s an older dress, Felicity is still my favorite. I still wear it often.

    KA: What do you feel is the key to being a successful designer?

    KI: Experiment! I am still learning new things about creating with every dress I make.

    KA: How does it make you feel when you see your designs on the runway?

    KI: Excited!

    KA: How does it make you feel when you see your designs on avatars while you are out and about?

    KI: Flattered! And I love to see people combine my dresses with other pieces to make unique outfits. It’s like seeing a personalized twist on my original creation.

    KA: What are your goals for your career in SL?

    KI: Just to keep making what I love and, hopefully, what others love too. I hope to create more prefabs soon.

    KA: What are some of the things you like to do in your spare time in SL?

    KI: I spend a lot of time doing my part to keep the SL economy strong (aka shopping like a fiend). Also, I spend a lot of time hanging out with my wonderful friends. I’ve met so many in this amazing world in which our avatars live.

Kelcie Alsop in Elate!'s "Phoebe"

    KA: What would you be doing in SL if you had not become a top designer?

    KI: Probably most of the same stuff I already do. I suppose I’d still be making things even if no one bought them. I can’t imagine my SL life without content creation. It’s my creative outlet.

You can find these wonderful designs at one of several Elate! locations: The main store on the Sunny sim and satellite stores on Cupcake, HoPo, Retrology, and Rue DAntibes sims.

B!eautiful in B!lack

Sophisticated, stylish, and attitude are what come to mind as slither into this beautiful black number from B! Fashion entitled Gioia.

B! Fashion's Gioia

Made of a beautiful black silk and white lace, it hints at romantic but the style lends itself to a dramatic flair!

B! Fashion's Gioia

The full and blossoming skirt tapers from knee length in the front, where it is made of lace, to floor length where it incorporates the beautiful black so richly contrasted by the white lace.  The bodice is plunging, dipping as low as the waist line.

B! Fashion's Gioia

With another deep plunge, the back is detailed with hints of lace as well, coming to the waist line where the fabric forms a richly detailed bow.

Included with the dress are black gloves with lace trimming to complete the look.

B!eautiful indeed!  Pick up this inspiring dress full of gorgeous details at B! Fashion today.

A Caress Of Darkness…

Have you ever been outside at night and watched the clouds parting revealing the moon in all of her splendour. This is the tuxedo you would be wearing to court her shining face.
The embossed buttons running up the face of this outfit. The amazingly sculpted tie and collar. Of course the collar reminiscent of the 50′s very baroque and distinguished. This tuxedo comes with a very stylized black shirt for those more somber moods. The coat tails also come in two sizes the one shown is the long style it also comes in mid thigh.

 

 This second outfit is cut along the same lines as the first and molds to your body like a glove. KWZ Tuxedo White shirt. Perfect for any noble out to make a showing among his peers. The mid thigh coat accentuating the length of the legs providing the illusion of height.

This is the Kwz Tuxedo in red long style coat.
As you can see very impressive and distinguished. This outfit will draw attention when you walk into any room. The inside of the coat tails are trimmed in a red felt and whispers so gently as you walk. The shirt is a stark white, providing the perfect background for the crimson tie.

KWZ Tuxedo Black shirt Skull and KWZ Red shirt Skull a very good buy for those formal moments and for those victorian moments when you just need to stand out in a crowd.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Omega%20Point/99/129/1002 These outfits are not on the walls yet if you want to see more of them you’ll have to attend the Opium Tales Sleepy Hollow show. It takes place on the 29th at the corona sim, the home of Opium Fashion Agency.

Arachnophobia – Spiders are coming out for Helloween ;-)

The days getting darker and colder we are near the end of october…we all know which “special day” is coming up—Helloween!!!
We all search for great outifts and costumes and sometimes even the little accessoires make them perfect. Like the jewelry set I would like to show you now The Spider & Web Charm Special Set from Amaranthus.

The set contains earrings and neacklace in a wonderfil shiny silver tone. Over each part very nice detailed spiders crawling. The top of the earrings are very facile webs from where the spiders hanging on their little lines down close to the shoulders. On the necklace, which is also designed like a spiderweb, you have 2 of the awsome with love to the detail designed spiders…one is crawling up your shoulder to your neck and the other one seems to make her way down between your chest…be careful ..if she comes deeper it will badly tickle you*winks*
After all this is a great acessoire that will make you an eyecatcher on every Helloweenparty and also it will let the dark gothic fans hearts beat faster…go visit the great mainstore of Amaranthus and see the other lovely creations of the amazing designer Elbereth Nightfire

Details:

Jewelry: Amaranthus - Spider & Web Chaem, special

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Tick…Tock…Tick….Tock!!

Have you ever had anybody say to you…

My good sir do you have the time?
Well now you do, stylized titanium with an iron cross emblazoned upon the front. Inlaid with a beautiful onyx set in the center of this piece. Outstanding is a word to describe this amazing timepiece.

 

Ahhh but my friends take a closer look within the workings of this chronometer, with just a click of a button the face opens up exposing the accurate moving hands. As well as the chips of onyx upon the face. It keeps time but more than that it keeps you in style. Great for all those formal night when you need jewelry but don’t want to overdo it.

 

The watch also comes with two attachment places so it can be worn on either the right or the left side. It’s all about choices.

Amaranthus Cross Titamium/Void
Elegance with a hint of flair. Show your wild side while presenting a humble face to the world.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Victoriana%20Square/64/159/33

It Is My Divine Right !!

I answer to no one but the Dark Lord.. I am of my own choosing walking the night in dark shadows of the past.. My heart is cold and unforgiving. A kiss from my icy black lips will take your soul … I feed on human life absorbing the essence of being leaving behind me a trail of undead.

My conscious thought is one of darkness. The bidding I do is of the Dark Lords will.. I wait for His call… His command to sit for ever by His side as it is written.. as it should be… as it will be!!… As His Queen… it is after all my Divine Right

The day of the 29th October is marked for something most sinister at Opium. I walk the shadows once more, Do you dare to be there???

Divine Right by Morrigan Denimore , designer and owner of The Black Canary. Elegant Gothic Lolita and Aristocrat styled fashion full of fabulous detail. If you’d like to see more take a limo to The Black Canary now!!

Other Items Worn:
Hair by Mikan
Skin by The Plastik
Eyes by Beauty Avatar
Poses by Material Clover, Olive Juice
Boots by N-Core

Location Creative Fantasy

Model and Photographer Avona Ryba

Egocentrique by Miamai

Are you looking for an elegant gown with its own individual and exquisite touch?  Then look no further than the Egocentrique gown designed by the wonderful Monica Outlander of Miamai.  This fabulous gown is designed using a magical shimmery and sparkling texture with a perfect softness making it flow gracefully as you walk.

Egocentrique is just gorgeous on its own for any formal occasion but Monica has added her own personal touch to this grand design and added this remarkable headress and updo hair in the choice of four different colors, brown, black, red and blonde.  The headress intricately designed with majestic jewels and eleborate detail, giving a very luxurious feel to the outfit.

I did not want to overpower this incredible design with too much jewelry, so teamed it up with the very delicate and refined Tiramisu necklace from J & W Jewelers.  Egocentrique sure is a delight to wear and to see more unique designs by this fantastic designer then go check out Miamai now!

Egocentrique Outfit from Miamai
Tiramisu Necklace from J & W Jewelers

LeLutka Fall

LeLutka, one of my favorite brands, released a new fall collection which  i totally like. It’s extravagant, clean, unique – It’s high fashion. I combined two outfits. The suit is simple amazing and comes with great shoulder pads. The beautiful belt is part of a cute dress with a lot feathers. Simple hair, i chose an updo, matching leggings and heels make the outfit complete.

Check out LeLutka for the new designs, a new skin will be out soon too.

Details:

Tess is on a Misson in Berry Nightmare – LeLutka

Leggings in Grayscale – LeLutka

Feather dress belt in Black – LeLutka

Sugar Baby in Black – Minx

Pose (includes cubes) – LostAngel

Bewitch him in B! Fashion

Ragnatele

This fun and sexy Halloween ensemble by B!Fashion is to die for! Ragnatele features a long silky skirt with a seductive slit up the side to show off those gorgeous legs. It has an asymmetrical  bodice with a silvery web design. It has spiders that attach to the chest, and shoulder. The shoulder attachment also has a web flexi prim.

Ragnatele

To top it off it has the cutest witches hat I have ever seen. It also features the spiders and webbing details. To finish off the look I have paired this dress with the Abracadabra shoes, also available from B!Fashion.

Ragnatele