Introducing Maitreya Mesh

I’m going broke for you guys, but I suppose it’s worth it. Just take a look at my newest additions from Maitreya… I know I’m a little behind on the Maitreya mesh releases, but I’m sure you can forgive me.

Aren’t those wedges to die for? I was tempted to get the boots as well, but instead I bought the Neutrals fatpack (4 pairs for 1000L). They go for 500L a pair, so it’s like you’re getting two free pairs of shoes… or at least that’s what I told myself after becoming broke because of this visit to Maitreya. To check out the full range of mesh products at Maitreya, go here http://sl-maitreya.blogspot.com/!

I also updated my Windlight settings to those that Luna Jubilee uses. I really wanted to be able to use a studio but still have shadows and an overall nice picture, so I’m extremely pleased that Luna’s work for me! As you can see I’m still in the learning process of using shadows in my pictures and such, but I’ll get better with time, I promise!

Oh, and one last thing before I go. The only little issue I ran into with wearing all of the mesh at once is that you need the alpha layers to hide parts of your body that may stick out, but you can’t wear more than one alpha layer at once (at least not in Firestorm). What I did was I wore the blouse in size Large and used the shoe alpha layer, but just a heads up for you guys! x

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End of the Year Sales

There’re sales galore in SL right now if you just do a little searching! Select stores – Atomic, ploom, -paper.doll-, Illusory, Cheeky Pea, and Aura – are participating in a year end 50% off certain merchandise sale, so here’s a peek at my savings!

I own a good portion of Atomic clothing already, but I grabbed these jeans and adorable top for a combo of 125L. I added on the leather jacket and black ankle boots just for a more edgy feel to an otherwise very feminine outfit! x

Alina

Hair: elikatira Early

Shirt: Atomic Lovely Chiffon in Jade

Jeans: Atomic Ripped Skinny Jeans in Vintage

Jacket: DeLa Leather Jacket in “Bebe” Black

Shoes: fri.day Journey Boots in Black

Urban

Before anyone says anything, yes, I refuse to take this hair off. End of story.

Moving on, I am having way too much fun playing around with shadows and depth of field. It really makes the photos so much more professional looking, and I don’t even have to edit my pictures for blog posts anymore!

I finally splurged on this amazing blazer from Mon Tissu – yeah, took me long enough. It goes perfectly with this cute, wintery dress from Tres Blah (only 88L at Collabor88) and the tights just pull it all together. :)

Alina x

Hair: Elikatira Paper

Dress: Tres Blah Amor Fati Dress in Plum

Blazer: Mon Tissu Rockaby Blazer in Black

Tights: Mon Tissu Wool tights in Black

Boots: Miel Dandy Boots in Coal

Say Hello to Change

I wasn’t kidding when I said I can enable shadows now! Aren’t they beautiful? I’ve always loved the ability to use shadows in SL, but my computer has never been able to support them without completely crashing. I can’t wait to use shadows for blogging and travel around SL for my blog posts, so look out for that in the near future. :)

Today I’m just wearing one of the new mesh items from Mon Tissu and an older pair of black jeans from there as well. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas if you’re celebrating today, look out for some new posts with shadows this week lovelies!

Alina x

P.S. Almost forgot, I took this photo in my little 11-year-old RP shape! Woopsies! c:

Hair: Elikatira Paper

Shirt: Mon Tissu Austen Pullover in Navy

Jeans: Mon Tissu Cigarette Jeans in Black

Back to Blogging

Hey guys!

I know when I last posted I said I was leaving for an indefinite hiatus, but I feel like it’s time to return to my passion, which is blogging and discovering new stores in SL! The time I took off was intended for me to focus on roleplaying at Hogwarts: Your Story and I have truly enjoyed my time roleplaying there, but now I feel as though I can manage both commitments. This time around I intend to treat blogging less like a job and more like a hobby. Another little addition I am happy to share is that I have a new laptop (a Macbook Pro, to be exact) and now I can enable shadows in SL! I can’t wait to begin posting again and contribute more to the blogging community. :)

Alina x