... or you just glad to see me? Yeah, I know, it's a terrible joke :P

ANYWAY, part three of Luna's color challenge - here is MY goldenrod:

Poses by Imperial Elegance

This week I decided to bend the rules a bit and chose to use the color of the actual goldenrod flowers, rather than the color of the swatch Luna posted.

Click here to see a whole lot of what I mean.

Featuring ...
Skin .... The Plastik
Hair .... Hairoin
Eyes .... Skinthesis
Dress ... Bare Rose
Socks ... Rebel -X-
Boots ... DV8
Poses ... Imperial Elegence

<3 Rue

Poses by Olive Juice, City.of.Dis, and Long Awkward Pose, respectively.

Sometimes simplicity is best. And it doesn't get more simple than a bodysuit. Also, I don't give myself enough excuses to wear something this shiny. And I don't care that my sentences are incomplete and start with conjunctions. Suck it, grammar nazis.



Find the '52 Weeks of Color Challenge' here.

Featuring...
Hair ...... griddie
Skin ...... Nuuna's Skins
Catsuit ... A.Y.Y
Boots ..... First Flower
Poses......Olive Juice, City.of.Dis, Long Awkward Pose

<3 Rue

I had just decided to do Luna Jubilee's 52 weeks of color blog challenge, when my friend Isabeal released some really lovely wintery dresses. And low and behold, one of them was grey! (well, *silver*, but I think it'll count) ... So, of course, I felt it was meant to be. And anyway, it gives me a chance to show off some other things I've been hording. :P

What follows are far too many pictures of me having too much fun in this beautiful dress. I do so love a good grey. :)

Featuring ....
Dress by A Netherworld
Skin by Sinner's Tongue
2.0 Eye Makeup by Skinthesis
Hair by Stringer Mausoleum
Eyes by {Frick}
Necklace by Immateria
Socks by Sn@tch
Shoes by Lassitude & Ennui
Poses by Olive Juice




~ Rue

Pose: "WWJJD 4"

Sometimes Rue likes to be a boy, especially if she's wearing a skirt.

Pose: "WWJJD 1"

And "Anarchy in the UK", the most recent Black Bacchanal, seemed like a very good excuse to break out her badass manly self. You know you love it.

Pose: "Siouxsie 3"

The Bacchanal is over, but if you're lucky, the designers might have a version of their wares at their shops sometime soon. Or maybe even now. But because Rue is mean, you'll have to check yourself :P

<3 Rue

Credz
Poses: by City.of.Dis (from the Bacchanal)
Hair: "UK Pompom" in DarkNight/RedBangs by Stringer Mausoleum(from the Bacchanal)
Skin: "Andro skin" in bronze/glitter by Nomine
Outfit: "Punk as Fcuk" by Arsenic Lace (from the Bacchanal)
Jewelry: "Nina Knows How To Party" earrings by Ticky Tacky (from the Bacchanal)
Boots: "Black Loto Boots" by Acid & Mala

random dude: Hiii
Rue: Hi
random dude: Wow!
random dude: Are you a model?
Rue: Nope.
random dude: Cuz you look like you must be a major model!

Poses by Olive Juice: "In Session", "Girlish Figure",  "Tee Hee", "Does this skirt make my butt look big?", "I dunno, what do you wanna do?" (all from the FLF pose packs)

Rue: Hey Helena, Some random dude in a shop was totally impressed with your hair, and thought I was a major model. :D
Helena: you are a major model, your my top model, so top on fact you don't even model, that is how much of a major model you are. Your like Cindy Crawford.

Wow, I didn't even know I had it in me :P

And YOU. Yeah you. Sitting there reading this blooooog post. What are you waiting for? Get thee to shopping!

Pose by Olive Juice: "GTFO"

The DeTaiLs...
HAIR: "Utterly Screwed" Woeful Wednesday edition, 50L for 2 colors, STILL OUT
by Stringer Mausoleum

Skin: "Hound of Love - Del" in dark tone, 50L
by &bean

Nip-covers: "Stickie Nippies", Freebie!
by Shades of October

Skirt: from "Atlantis Dress Kit C" $L250 
by Pixel Dolls

Gloves: from "Impression" lingerie set, $L100 (closing sale) 
by Phoenix Rising

Oooo and some Black Bacchanal teasers!
BOOTS & EYES by Stringer Mausoleum. Keep your eyes peeled when the Bacchanal comes around!


<3 Rue

(and anyone else who wants freebies :D)

So, Gogo over at Juicy Bomb issued a challenge: Put together a good looking avatar for less than 20L (find the challenge post here). I suspect many will be going fairly conventional and human-ish, so instead I decided to use this opportunity to show off Grendel's Children, since I love them so much. And let me tell you, they have a *pile* of awesome avatars for zero linden. Though there is a 'freebie' section, 0L items are spread all over the store, so it's worth it to let the store rez and wander around. There's a lot of really inexpensive *fantastic* stuff, too, but I decided to *just* do the no cost ones for this post.

There's Warhammer avatars ...

"Tyranid Zoanthrope"

"Techpriest"

... elemental demons ...

"Magma Succubi"

"Frost Incubi"

... realistic animals ...

"Hippo"

... and just plain silliness!

"Pkunk"

There's *TONS* more, I've just picked a few to highlight some of what can be found. The place is a treasure trove. And one of the best parts about Grendel's? Nearly every avatar piece is completely mod, so you can customize to your hearts content! As you can see, you can have an awesome avatar for absolutely nothing, even if you don't want to be 'normal'. ;)

I've taken several more pictures of free or very cheap Grendel's avatars and posted them in my flickr stream - have a look!


<3 Rue

Pose: "Tymps", Hair: "Theater"

So ... I went to Pose Fair last week and had the pleasure of discovering a new-to-me pose maker: Olive Juice. Her poses where so energetic and full of personality that I fell in love almost immediately and bought up a whole bunch. And also determined that I *must* show them off to you, dear readers.

Pose: "Dangerous Curves Ahead", Hair: "Sunrise Gamma"

Then, last night, as I was running through the Crazy Arse Hair Hunt, I stopped dead at a shop called "griddie". This is a place of truly creative hair. I'm kind of crazy for non-normal hair, so this stuff totally made me squee and then I had to buy a bunch. And then put a lock on my wallet.

Pose: "Monster", Hair: "Rainy Day"

In order to bring these delightful things to your attention, I had to dress for the occasion. Cue Bare Rose and their "Bone Rider Lady". I've had this outfit for quite a while, but Bare Rose has a knack for never getting old. It was perfect for this too - rather strange, but not so gaudy as to take away from the things I wanted to show.

Pose: "Red Red Red", Hair: "Pipe"

The other trick up my sleeve are these neat shoes that can be found inside the (antiHero) sets from Pixel Dolls. The system shoe part has a texture, but they're copy and mod, so it was an easy thing to make a copy and throw on a clear texture, making it essentially a foot-shaper for the prim soles. Why is this so cool? When you have outfits like this from Bare Rose, with kickass socks that you really don't want to cover up, you can throw these little suckers on and voila! You've made your neato socks into shoes! The best part? The (antiHero) sets are in Pixel Dolls' sale room for very very cheap. I'd suggest picking one or both up before the designer decides to be done with them and retires them forever.

Pose: "Rock Band", Hair: "Curtain Tau"

The skin, face-horns, and eyes are mine, soonish to be released at House of Ruin. I guess that means I should get busy, no?

Pose: "Sea Hag", Hair: "Butterfly Omega"

<3 Rue

I wanted to learn all the secrets on the edge of a knife
from the point of a needle
from a diamond
from a bullet in flight...

~ Suzanne Vega, "Undertow"

Well, the real reason for this post is boots.

These Sasha boots, specifically. You see, the trick to living on the fringe, is being able to utilize and transform the ordinary. These boots, undressed, are innocuous. But I tell you, when I laid eyes on them I knew they would be perfect for *most things*. And that made me very very happy. Because, honestly, I can't live without boots, but finding a good boot that will blend with just about anything you put it with is tough. And I can be very picky to boot (haha). These are great too, because the come with 2 sizes for the calf portion, and they pose extremely well.

Want 'em? Go pick em up at ETD for 200L per color (if I recall correctly). They aren't new, they've been around for a bit, but you can still go pick them up.

~ The Rest of the Credz ~
Hair: "Double Duster" by Stringer Mausoleum
Skin: "Splatter" by Nuuna's Skins
Eyes: "Lupine" by House of Ruin
Horns: "Hunter" (unreleased) by House of Ruin
Jewelry: "Dead Mine" by KOSH
Belt: "Patchouly" by KOSH
Tattoo: "KoiKoi" by Garden of Ku
Top: "very torn nylon" by Sheer
Corset: from "Booty Call" by Solange
Skirt: "69 Micro Mini" by Paradisis
Leggings: "Zetti" by KOSH
Sword: "Cursed Spirit" by Ashes

Poses: [LAP] (Bolly 10), 5ifth Order (Fashion Stand 4),
Windlight: AnaLu neutral

Greetings my devoted subjects.

Oh, what's that? You're not my subject? Give it time, you'll get used to the idea.

*sly smile*

I am Ruina Kessel. Mistress of the House of Ruin. Goddess to some. Demon to more. Demented crazy to most. *wink*

I live on the Fringes. I like the edge. I think that creatures like myself and Helena were made with a purpose, and that purpose is to make life a bit more interesting, a touch more colorful, a reminder that there is more strangeness in the world than some would have you believe.

I'm also here to show you that darkness is not always your enemy. And even when it is, it can be beautiful. Heartrendingly, terrifyingly beautiful.

Keep your eyes on the stars, your heart always open, and welcome the shadows.

<3 Rue