Lots of Shiny Baubles!

Ever since I was a little girl a Christmas Tree had to have a ton of lights and sparkles on it or I wasn't happy.  I will confess that on a six foot tree, two thousand lights isn't enough and my electricity bill during the Holidays, when Jesse and I are home, will attest to that fact.  I mean everyone puts lights on their homes, and around their yards and inside their houses with all kinds of pretty sparkling baubles, so why not make sure the tree is the brightest and most impressive of the displays?  Since we won't be putting a tree up at home this year I decided to put a very bright and glittery tree up to satisfy my need.

If you are lacking decorations for the Holidays then this is the perfect time to head out shopping on the grid as there are several themed events happening at the moment, and as you can tell I hit them all up pretty hard!  The Tannenbaum Holiday Market has been open for a bit and is worth the visit just to wander around, as the venue is well decorated with lots of little attractions, and of course a gacha area as well.  And if you have been looking for a way to give a little back this season then head on over to the SL 2015 Christmas Expo, a Relay for Life production where some or all of the proceeds from certain vendors will go to benefit the American Cancer Society through Relay for Life.  The event covers 4 sims with several stages featuring performing artists so make sure to check out the website listed below for all the details and event schedule.  One of the things I am glad to see this year is the numerous creators with ornament gachas at the events!  I like to decorate my own tree since it's about as crazy as the rest of my decorating, so I loved being able to combine styles and to show off all the little goodies.  I hope I inspired you to have a little more Holiday spirit and that you are planning on doing some shopping in the next few days at Tannenbaum and the SL 2015 Christmas Expo!

The Details

Build - Trompe Loeil - Tulia Greenhouse

Tree - Botanical - White Fir Christmas Tree @ Tannenbaum Holiday Market

Tree Rug - Botanical - Red Burlap Spiderweb Tree Skirt (gacha) @ Tannenbaum Holiday Market

Ornaments

Birdhouses - unKindness - Birdhouses Gacha @   Tannenbaum Holiday Market

Stars - Spyralle - Star 6 and 8 - Christmas Lanterns A and B - Hunt for the Bells Prize @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Vintage Round and Bell - [NO CONCEPT] - Christmas Tree Bell, Ornament - Green, Ornament - Red @ Tannenbaum Holiday Market

Clear Glass - {anc} - Glass Ornament - Rain - RARE @ Tannenbaum Holiday Market

Train - hive - Noel Tin Train @ Tannenbaum Holiday Market

Table with Cookies - Outside the Box - Green Table with Cookies for Santa @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Xmas - Purple Moon - Xmas Lettering with Bear Deco - Uncommon @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Give - Purple Moon - Give Lettering with Gifts - Rare @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Carousel - Outside the Box - Christmas Carousel @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Table, Painting, Toy Soldier and Candles - Wood Works - Craftsman Christmas Set @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Lighting - unKindness - StiKs Lights - Woodland Set - Birch

Plant - YS&YS - Riciclo Set - Hanging Plant (last round of Gacha Garden - I have extras so contact me on facebook, Just a Spoonful of Psycho or inworld, JadedPanther Resident)

Elf outside the window - Wood Works - Christmas Delivery - EXCLUSIVE @ SL 2015 Christmas Expo

Website - https://slchristmasexpo.wordpress.com/

Have a wonderfully wicked rest of your day and remember to always stay true to your style and make today's fashion and home decor trends work for you!

~Jade~ 

 

   

 

Heading back to the Milky Way

I have always been what my Father would call mercurial; constantly at the mercy of my whims.  But for most people this conjures the idea of an irresponsible, fickle person, which is incredibly far from the truth when it comes to me.  My Father taught me to be responsible in spite of my nature and over the years I have managed to keep the two in balance; my head is always in the clouds, searching out the stars for something else out there, with my feet firmly on the ground.  My new home on SL is a perfect example of that nature with its cluttered style and eclectic composition and I have found myself sitting at my telescope staring at the stars, just as I do in my real life.  Join me as I "dance along the light of day and head on back towards the Milky Way."

If you see me out and about on the grid this week you will surely find me in this wonderful new ensemble from AnaMarkova Designs only available at this month's round of Designer Showcase.  The Amber collection comes in a variety of colors perfect for this time of year.  The cowl necked sweater fits perfectly and is expertly textured and the pants are curve hugging with great pocket and zipper details that fit fantastically with just a few clicks of the alphas on my Maitreya body.  Paired up with Reign's newest release for FaMESHed and I am ready for a night out on the grid, or to simply relax and check out the stars.  

The Fashion Details

Body - Maitreya

Skin - DeeTaleZ - Marlow

Hair - Damselfly - Shannon @ FaMESHed

Top - AnaMarkova Designs - Amber - Storm @ Designer Showcase

Pants - AnaMarkova Designs - Amber - Storm @ Designer Showcase

Heels - Reign - November - Black @ FaMESHed

The Decor Details

Stool - Tromp Loeil - Tuila Stool @ FaMESHed

Basket - Zerkalo - All White

Pillow on left - Zerkalo - White Halloween

Pillow on right - Zerkalo - Vintage Treasures

Pillow in front - NACH - Cosy Retreat Gacha - Good Morning Beautiful @ Gacha Garden

Standing Signs - *YS&YS* - Riciclo Gacha - Live, Laugh and Love (sold individually) @ Gacha Garden

Lights - unKindness - Stiks Lights Woodland Set - Light Wood @ FaMESHed

Tub - unKindness - Comfort Tubby - Daydream

Art - Pixel Mode - Lost Art

Wall Lamp - *YS&YS* - Riciclo Gacha - Seed of Inspiration @ Gacha Garden

Saying Sign - NACH - Cosy Retreat Gacha - Through the years @ Gacha Garden

Charts - [Lark & Co.] - Favorite Faded Fantasy - Astrological Charts @ Gacha Garden

Hanging Window Sign - Reverie - California Kicks - Colour My Life RARE @ 6 Republic

Telescope - Ex Machina - Vega 1

Rugs - 8f8 - Storyteller's Collection - Old Rugs

Bench - Dust Bunny - Blanket Stool

Dress Form - Apple Fall

Have a wonderfully wicked rest of your day and remember to always stay true to your style and make today's fashion and decor trends work for you!

~Jade~

   

"The home should be the treasure chest of living." Le Corbusier

"If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace."
Gaston Bachelard

Dreamer's Hideaway

For over a year and a half now, since my return to SL, I have felt very unsettled.  I was an untethered balloon being tossed about by the winds of change.  Though many a time I have had a place to call home, it was always shared and I felt like a squatter.  For a few months now I have had my own land and for most people, a home.  Something felt off...  The houses were always too big, and I only decorated one or two rooms; or they just didn't fit with "me."  I have set up and taken down three different homes now and I was beginning to think I would never feel at home on SL, which was breaking my heart.  Last week, the night before FaMESHed opened I wandered by Seraphim to check out the gallery and when I laid my eyes on the the new collection from Tromp Loeil a scene began to create itself in my mind and off I ran to the event to pick up the Tulia Greenhouse and it's accessories.  Between the greenhouse, unKindness's release of the Stiks Lights at FaMESHed, last month's round of Epiphany and the Gacha Garden, I realized my perfect attic eclectic style would come together nicely in this intimate space.  I greatly modified the greenhouse to accommodate all of my knickknacks, books and various pieces of furniture, and yes I love the cluttered look.  I don't need anything more than a small space to entertain friends in, or to just sit and relax.

“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”  Charles Dickens

A Dreamer's Hideaway

"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." - Maya Angelou

Just in case you all missed the hype from the last round of The Gacha Garden, I am going to let you in on the secrets!  The Gacha Garden is a whole new experience where every machine has a Seed of Inspiration gift after 20 pulls!  Seriously ONLY twenty plays!!  Now I know many are skeptical and I know I was at first, thinking I would get 20 of the same simple item in the gacha and then the Seed of Inspiration.  This was not the case, and as you can tell I had a great time and picked up oodles of new items for my home and for my wardrobe.  I promise you will not be disappointed, so HURRY!!!!

The Details 

Photo One

House - Tromp Loeil - Tulia Greenhouse @ FaMESHed

Lights - unKindness - Stiks Lights Woodland Set - Light Wood @ FaMESHed

Signs - *YS&YS* - Riciclo Gacha - Live, Laugh and Love (come separately) @ Gacha Garden

Basket - Zerkalo - All White

Pillow with saying - NACH - Cosy Retreat Gacha - Good Morning Beautiful @ Gacha Garden

Pillow on Left - Zerkalo - Halloween in White (Epiphany last month)

Hanging Plant - *YS&YS* - Riciclo Gacha @ Gacha Garden

Plant on floor - A.D.D. Andel - Potted Plant - Lavendar

Corner Art - Pixel Mode - Fall Harvest Gacha - Lost Art

Tub - unKindness - Comfort Tubby - Daydream

Wall Lamp - *YS&YS* - Seed of Inspiration  @ Gacha Garden

Charts - [Lark and Co.] - Favorite Faded Fantasy Gacha - Astrology Charts @ Gacha Garden

Books - [Lark & Co.] - Favorite Faded Fantasy Gacha - Books @ Gacha Garden

Art Sign - NACH - Cosy Retreat Gacha @ Gacha Garden

Telescope - Ex Machina - Vega 1

Stool - Dust Bunny - Blanket Stool

Dress Form - Apple Fall

Nightstand - Zerkalo - Tenderness Bedside Table

Plant on Nightstand - Artisan Fantasy - Money Plant - Large

Rugs - 8f8 - Storyteller's Collection - Old Rugs

Vintage Road Sign - junk - Paris Street Sign

   

Photo Two

House - Tromp Loeil - Tulia Greenhouse @ FaMESHed

Tub - Tromp Loeil - Tulia Bathtub @ FaMESHed

Lights - unKindness - Stiks Lights Woodland Set - Light Wood @ FaMESHed

Hanging Plant - *YS&YS* - Riciclo Gacha @ Gacha Garden

Hanging Fabric - Soy - Osc. - Hanging Fabric - Blue

Flowers - Kaerri - Flowers in Jars (on sale through tonight)

Vanity - unKindness - Autumn Vanity Set

Altar - Soy - Essentials of Witchcraft

Have a wonderfully wicked rest of your evening and remember to always stay true to your style and make today's fashion and decor trends work for you!

~Jade~