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Weeks 51 + 52

:( It’s the final week of Luna’s 52 Weeks of Colour Challenge… But she has decided to continue the challenge, with 52WCC Part Deux starting 01.01.12!

Week 51 – Cream

Skin | Mamboo Chic | Lindsay_Angel_GIFT_PALE
Hair | Calico Ingmann Creations | Carmen – Cream
Dress | Kyoot | And It’s Love Knit Mini Dress (cream)
Tights | JANE | lil piggies.fuzzy tights.wh cream
Boots | Baby Monkey | Chukka (cream)

Week 52 – Orange

The colour orange is named after the orange fruit, after the appearance of the ripe fruit. Before this word was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to as ġeolurēad (yellow-red) in Old and Middle English.

The word orange entered Middle English from Old French and Anglo-Norman orenge. The earliest recorded use of the word in English is from the 13th century and referred to the fruit. The earliest attested use of the word in reference to the colour is from the 16th century (1512, in a will now filed with the UK’s Public Records Office).

It is generally thought that Old French borrowed the Italian melarancio (“fruit of the orange tree”, with mela “fruit”) as pume orenge (with pume “fruit”). Although pume orenge is attested earlier than melarancio in available written sources, lexicographers believe that the Italian word is actually older. The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language—possibly Telugu నారిఙ‌ naarinja or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ‌ naaranga or Tamil நாரம் nāram—via Sanskrit नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ “orange tree”, with borrowings through Persian نارنگ nārang and Arabic نارنج nāranj.

Skin | Mamboo Chic | Lindsay_Angel_GIFT_PALE
Hair | Calico Ingmann Creations | Carmen – Cream
Top | [ Last Period ] | tops 0020 jacket Orange (no longer in world)
Pants | R.icielli – ESTER Pants / Orange
Boots | House of Curios | Neo

Alphabet Challange

Willow Zander (aka Willis) is doing her alphabet challenge again. I remember the challenge from the first time around. I have decided to play along with Willis. The rules are fairly simple. The items must match the letters of the alphabet; that can be by store, item or colour… and at a stretch, creator.

So here are my ABCs…

A

Skin | Apple May Designs | Arabell peachy
Hair | Raspberry Aristocrat | Asuka – Red Passion
Eyes | House of Ruin | Felid - Alight
Top | Sprawl | Stitches Turtleneck – Ash
Jeans | Acid & Mala | I <3 My Jeans
Sneakers | A-Bomb | Luna
Piercing/Bracelets | Loulou & Co | Addiction

B

Skin | Vive 9 | Belle – Light Naturale
Hair | Truth | Brit – Blood
Eyes | House of Ruin | Felid – Bronze
Top | Kosh | Brocadism – Slate
Skirt | PixelDolls | Bonney Lass – A-line
Boots | Baby Monkey | Grace Shearling – Black

C

Skin | Curio | Airhead – Truth District update group gift
Hair | Clawtooth | Careless Whisper – dreamy red
Outfit | Ducknipple | Carrot
Boots | Coco | Flat Ankle Boots – black

52 Weeks of Colour Challenge

Due to my short absence, I am now kind of playing catch-up on Luna’s 52 Weeks of Colour Challenge.  So here’s part one…

Week 41 - Jazzberry

If you had told me that there was a colour called Jazzberry, I would not have belived you. So I googled it, and according to Wikipedia, it does exact. In fact it is a shade of red-violet. To me it’s a dark raspberry colour.

Skin | Not Button’s | Heyla – Tan 2/c
Hair | D!va | Mana (Type A)(Garnet)
Tank | Jane | intrinsic.tank.rd raspberry
Jeans | :[P]: | Aeda Slacks – Heartless
Shoes | ::Kookie:: | Nude Wedges
Tattoo | ::Para Designs:: | Summer Breeze Light
Bracelets/Piercing | .:* LOULOU&CO *:. | :: ADDICTION ::

Week 42 – Chartreuse

Chartreuse is a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764. The term chartreuse was first used to refer to “a pale apple-green” in 1884.

Skin | Not Button’s | Heyla – Tan 2/c
Hair | [ploom] | Adria – Mahogany
Top | :[P]: | Talya-Long-J-Full-Mist
Pants | :[P]: | Aeda Slacks-Subscribo!
Shoes | Baby  Monkey | Chukka Boots -  Cream
Tattoo | ::Para Designs:: | Summer Breeze Light
Piercing | .:* LOULOU&CO *:. | :: ADDICTION
Cuffs | Sn@tch | :::Leather Bangles :::

Week 43 – Liver

Liver is a term used to describe certain types of dark brown color in dogs and horses. In dogs, it is a dark brown shade. In horses, “liver chestnut” is a term used to describe a chocolate-colored chestnut horse. A liver chestnut is the same genetically as a regular chestnut, but the shade is a dark brown rather than the reddish or rust color more typical of chestnut.

Skin | Not Button’s | Heyla – Tan 2/c
Hair | ::Exile:: | Glory – Raven
Tank | Sn@tch | :::Silk Halter (Brown):::
Jeans | *Sprawl* | The Spanner (shadow)
Shoes | Baby  Monkey | Chukka Boots -  Cream
Tattoo | ::Para Designs:: | Summer Breeze Light
Piercing | .:* LOULOU&CO *:. | :: ADDICTION
Cuffs | Sn@tch | :::Leather Bangles :::

Pose – !Bang – Cuz It Rhymes 9

52 Weeks of Colour Catch Up Part 3

Week 35 – Electric Blue

Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs; it is named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges.  The colour electric blue was in vogue in the 1890s.  The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1884.

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52 Weeks of Colour Catch-up Part 1

I had the photo for week 25′s colour Periwinkle all done and set up, but then wham! bang! whallop! RL kicked me in the backside… Facing problems at work, I came depressed and that manifested itself in a major case of SL burn out. Not good for me at the time but I went with the flow, and now having dipped my toe in the water during last week (mainly to clear notices and capped IMs), yesterday & today I have been back in world for best part of each day.

So here is Part 1 of my catch-up session of Luna Jubilee’s 52 weeks of colour challenge…

week 25 – Periwinkle

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21/52 – White

We’ve had various shades of brown, black (which most of my inventory consists of) or bright colours. Now it’s the turn of White!!!

The word white continues Old English hwīt, ultimately from a Common Germanic wītaz also reflected in OHG (h)wîz, ON hvítr, Goth. ƕeits. The root is ultimately from a proto-IndoEuropean *kwid-, surviving also in Sanskrit śveta “to be white or bright”[2] and perhaps Slavic svet’ “light”. The current Icelandic word for white, hvítur, is very closely related to the Old English and Old Norse forms of the word. Common Germanic also had the word *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), borrowed into Late Latin as *blancus, which provided the source for Romance words for “white” (French blanc, Spanish blanco, Italian bianco, etc.).

Skin – L. Fauna – Lea Pale 2 Prototype Face Fr

Hair – DSC – Wylde White

Top – PixelDolls – Faith (sheer / white)

Pants – Ricielli – LEGGINGS jeans white

Boots – Baby Monkey – Slouchy (silver)

Pose – Izumiya – Group 05

Spotlight – DCNY

I used to do a weekly posting called Double Dose. Given that things have changed a lot lately with my blog, such as Fashion on a Budget now being a community blog of it’s own with my friend & sissy Evie, I have decided that Double Dose is to be revamped and is now Spotlight. I will still do themed posts under the Spotlight heading.

I have DCNY fashion shop as my first ‘victim’ of the Spotlight treatment. Please note that some of the items are no longer available and this will be noted were necessary, but that should not put you off from stopping by DCNY and checking out their amazing creativity. Be sure to hit the Subscriber and after being on the list for 4 days, you can buy 3 items @ a special members price (50% off).

left = Contrast Tank (wheat/teal) & Teal Wash Flood Jeans     0L$ exclusive gift @ the Old Costa Rica satellite store

centre = Hearts Tank (spring/fern) & Fern Wash Jeans            St Patrick’s Day gift *no longer available*

right = Salmon Wash Jeans      0L$ with hearts tank @ Fabulously Free HQ

right = Basic Tank (wheat)      50L$ pack of 2 colours

Crossover Top (spring)       32L$ member price (need to be a subscriber for 4+ days) / full price 65L$

High Tide Pants (teal)      67L$ member price / full price 135L$

Other Items

Skin – Pink Fuel – Elly <Honey> Spotted Love

Hair – Magika – Aina PCF red

Shoes – Baby Monkey – Deck Shoes (chocolate)

Tattoo – Huz – Mythik

Pose – TorridWear – Unisexy

17/52 – Electric Lime

When I saw that the colour this week was Electric Lime, I was like “What!?!” and wondered what I would blog this week. I did a search in my inventory for ‘lime’ and ‘electric lime’….. and found that I had just one item in the required colour :D

Skin – Heartsick – Yumi : Reverie : Meadowsweet

Hair – Clawtooth – Cat Call (wheat)

Tank – !OhMai – Highrise Tan (Fresh Bright Pack – Lime)

Skirt – Sn@tch – Pop’s Lil Firecracker (black)

Sock – Sn@tch – Toxc Tie Dye (black)

Boots – Baby Monkey – Grace Shearling (black)

Poses – Striking Poses – Smexy_8 ; Exposeur – Temper Tantrum 3

Inventory Clearance

Like a few of my friends on Plurk, I am doing a bit of inventory clearance and organising. I have loads of stuff in my To Blog folder that I haven’t yet blogged :O So I have decided to show a few of these to you. Some are/will still be available \o/ such as the January group gift from PS Style and December Freebie at {paper.doll}.

Dec 2010 Group gift from PS Style (included boots)

January 2011 Group Gift @ PS Style (includes the boots)

Hyper Couture has a closing down sale on right now!! But it ends 04.01.11, so hurry to get some bargains. This little ensemble cost me 103L$ in total — Broad Lace tank  (floral moss) 43L and High Waist Skirt (black) 60L.

PixelDolls still have their freebies out; they can be found under the christmas tree in the lobby (Faith top in black). RezIpsa Loc has a free pair of jeans in the gift box under their christmas tree (at the top of the stairs, just follow the sale signs).

Styling Card

All Pics

Skin – AMD - Jessica Peachy – Natural

Hair – [DSC] – Wylde (black)

Pics 3 & 4

Shoes – Baby Monkey – Classic Flats (black)

Poses – Pic 1 LAP WG – The Dahlia ; Pics 2-4 LAP WG – The Ryker

Boom time for freebies & cheapies

I was meant to post this yeterday, but I wasn’t feeling to well and decided to go bed early. No doubt you have seen the latest releases from Boom on the feeds… I am not one for going with the crowd, although whilst checking out the new Love Me skirts, I did pick up some free/cheap gifts.

There are 5 gift bags varying in price from 0L$ to 25L$, and I have selected some of the items to show you.

The lovely turquoise & gold top is part of the Miami Nights bodysuit available for 0L$. I chose to pair it with the Getting Low pants (10L$). The hair was Raspberry Aristocrat’s freebie at the Hair Fair 2010.

The Lucky Hoodie was 10L$ and is the only unisex item available. I paired it with Kyoot’s Nonsensical pants, which I think are an old 50L$ Friday item. The trainers are from Indi Designs and are to be found in the discount section in the basement for 125L$ (not cheap but are worth every L$).

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Skin – Glam Affair – Nina With Love                With Love Hunt 10L$

Hair – Raspberry Aristocrat – Halia (berry sassy)       HF2010 freebie

Pic 1

Top – Boom – Miami Nights    Grab Bag #1    0L$

Pants – Boom – Getting Low    Grab Bag #4   10L$

Shoes – Baby Monkey – Summer Wedges (browns/golds)

Pic 2

Top – Boom – Lucky Hoodie    Grab Bag #2    10L$

Pants – Kyoot – Nonsensical / autumn leather

Trainers – Indi Designs – O’Neal (black/red)