Time for a glow up. Well maybe not a glow up since I am already fabulous. I have a deep love for all things art deco, though to be honest it’s mostly art deco jewelry, but hone decor is right up there.
There is something so satisfying about having a cohesive looking area, but that just may be my need to have everything neat and organized. I will be talking about that in a later Fantasy Faire post because hoo boy that quest had so many wonderful rewards. Which reminds me you have one more day to get the quest done, and you can even pay to speed run it!
I just needed you all to see the fabulous shimmer in my hair. That is a natural shimmer and not glitter or anything like that. It’s just my sparling personality shining through.
Last week was a busy week for your intrepid reporter. There is so much to see and do and well, I am easily distracted.
I saw a giant goose so of course I needed a picture with it.
I adopted a new companion while I was out seeing what there was. It’s a fire creature, of course it had to come home with me. I am still workshopping names, Ember, Blaze and George are all in the running at the moment.
I made my way over to the FaireChylde for a little dance session with all sorts of creatures big and small. You really have to watch out for the small ones, especially when exploring. I did accidently bump into one myself, but I was quick to apologize.
I followed up the dance party with a roleplay watching, The Squires of Garland were on a quest. I followed them through it all that day, getting lost only once.
The giant spider wanted an offering of sorts and something needed to go into the chalice. With help from those around them they were able to make the chalice glow!
Once the squires retired for the day it was off to see a performance. I was just in time to see the Officina Dancers. I am not going to lie, after all the running around I had done it was nice to sit down for a bit.
Nothing like seeing someone floating through the air while playing a violin. All their scenes and everything were so pretty. I took so many pictures, but I won’t overwhelm you with them all so I will just pick a couple more favorites.
And finally I am back at it again trying to find creators out and about in the fairelands, but NOT at an event. I know I like to make things hard for myself. The first person I ran into was Raven Bell of Raven Bell.
Fingers crossed I can stalk…I mean find more creators to take photos with. Also I am really short it seems, oh well.
One must always learn the ways of the ones before them to be able to create newness, or so I assume. I really don’t pay attention in spell lessons. Apparently following the vibes is frowned upon in certain circles, no pun intended.
My study space may lean more lunar goddess-y, but I am a well rounded witch. I have my crystals and my carved statues that provide my link to the earth. Or that is what I believe my professor said. I just thought they were pretty so I decorated my study space with them.
Now I need to go work on my book of shadows because it is not in fact a book to draw pictures of my favorite shadows in. I need to go study my spells and put the ones I created into the book because I guess they don’t count if I don’t write them down?
I realized as I am looking at these photos that the idea for them was a silly playful one, but maybe subconsciously it was a metaphor for my current state. When I was taking these pictures there was something in my life I felt trapped by and I have now broken free. It was someone who I felt was keeping me trapped and draining my life away. Sorry if this is too deep for a Monday, but coffee will make me a little verbose sometimes.
I will keep my rambling to a minimum now and just let the photos do all the talking.
Now that I am free it’s time to remove this infection from me!
Credits
Dress: Faida – Nalani 2 Lara X rose (at Fantasy Faire)
When you have little legs walking around the fairlands can be exhausting so Miss Wally decided to hop in her cute little car for a jaunt. Being the responsible kitty she is, she made sure she was wearing her big sun hat to prevent a furry sun burn. Now you may be looking at Miss Wally and asking yourself why does she have a man’s name, well that is because Wally is short for Walnut and she was styled after a very infamous kitty. Just wait till the end to meet the real Wally.
After all the exploring Miss Wally was very tired so she chose her favorite spot in the house to curl up for a little nap. And while I was attempting to get her to look at me for a photo she had her own thoughts on the subject, as kitties are want to do.
With the start of Fantasy Faire on Thursday it is time for the return of the What the Faire record. Today we will be looking at some of the sims of the fairelands, at least some little bits of the sims. Starting with Junction, which it wasn’t till I got above it, following the path, that I realized I was underwater. I may be a little slow sometimes.
I have a certain routine when it comes to the faire, I always look at the Worldlings first. It’s just become part of how I do things. Here you see me underwater trying to follow the signpost.
A little peek at a few of the worldlings, some may have been works in progress when I snapped these, but they are still amazing and I would willingly move into them if allowed. If you see my trying to live in one, be cool! After my worldling adventures it was time to travel to the first sim. Can I remember which one I went to first, not at all. Should I have written it down, absolutely. Will I remember to do so next year, I am going with No!
If anyone wants to propose to their significant other my suggestion would be the bridge behind this statue. It is gorgeous and romantic and were a gentleman to offer me a rose on said bridge I may swoon.
You never know what you will find around any given corner when walking the fairelands so make sure you are looking all around!
When I saw these mushrooms I was thinking about going all “Alice in Wonderland” on them and have a little bite. However the ichor dripping off of them make me think twice. You would think it oily pools surrounding them would be a good indicator, but of course not.
I tried asking these cats for some guidance through the fairelands, but they said something about payment and I did not have anything cat friendly on my person at the time. Maybe if you come across them you will have some catnip or salmon you can share with them. I wandered off and somehow found myself in a hedge maze.
I recommend if you do venture into the hedge maze, make sure you leave yourself a trail of breadcrumbs or use a ball of string in case you get lost. I may have been trapped in there longer than I can to admit. It was a very trying time for myself so…
…once I was out I was seriously considering doing a full on face plant into this chocolate fountain as a reward for getting free. I did not, because that wouldn’t be classy and I pretend to be classy…sometimes.
I think I must have been tired when I saw this sign what meandering because I thought it said “Shopping Challenge”. I got really excited thinking there was a new event happening, sadly there is not, well at least not an officially sanctioned one.
This sim was giving me final girl in a horror movie, but that could just be the lighting. It could also be more of one of those cute places in some mountain area where families spend a week or so on a summer vacation. There was a cute lake and everything.
This sim I remember the name of! It was Meloona, which I kept mentally referring to as melanoma, in my defense I was high as a kite when wandering through here. Don’t judge, I wrecked my body that day and needed some relief. Anyway this sim gave me serious “Honey I Shrunk the Avatar” vibes. I also learned that worms are a lot cuter when they have eyeballs and/or cute faces. The pink worm made me think of fingers rising from the ground.
I was thinking of taking a dip in the watermelon pond, but it looked a little…dicey. Yes that was a terrible pun and I have zero regrets!
It took me a wile to realize that when you walk through the foliage on this sim (again I forgot to note what sims I was in)it light up! Of course since I was in an elevated state I was wandered through the foliage for quite some time before I was able to refocus myself.
The sky here was so cool! As I was walking through the sim I felt like I was being watched.
I have no idea what I was feeling so watched, but it’s fine, I am sure it’s just my imagination. Now these are just little peeks at the various sims. I am not the most skilled landscape photographer so if you would like to see more photos of the sims and other Fantasy Faire events just out the flickr group and the official Fantasy Faire website
When I saw these eyes at We ❤ Roleplay I knew I needed to get them to go with my lamia tail. I had recently spotted it in my inventory while doing a big sort and purge and the snake-like tail just seemed to perfect. I was going to go for a little less dark of a look for my second post, but well once I read about Lamia (the Greek story) my dark little heart was tickled. Not that I am all for women cursing other women because their man couldn’t keep it in their pants, or that I am prone to eating children…and I forgot where I was going with that.
Hey look snake eyes, and not the dice kind either. Here I am emerging from my hideaway in the forest. Since the weather is sunny and warmer it’s the perfect time to hunt for lost and lonely hikers. I figure it’s more fun to pick them off than children. I do have a heart after all.
You may be looking at me and thinking “Hey that looks like an emo cupid”, and you wouldn’t be too far off the mark, I guess. You see I am sort of the anti-cupid. It’s not that I am against love or anything like that. I am more of Cupid’s cleaner. You see sometimes he gets a little overzealous in his match making and puts together people that DO NOT belong together. You will hear humans refer to it as “falling out of love”, but really, it’s just me correcting Cupid’s mistakes. I would say Cupid is only human and prone to mistakes like all humans, but since he’s not, that excuse doesn’t fly. Unlike Cupid himself who does. Sorry that was a terrible demi-goddess joke.
Hopefully I will never see any of you, since you will never see me when I am on Earth.
Once upon a time there was a beautiful mermaid swimming through the ocean. She was enjoying watching the little schools of fish swimming to and fro. She also loved watching the jellyfish floating through the water, their tentacles flowing behind them like streamers.
The mermaid was horrified as she swam closer to where the humans lived. Before she knew it her pristine waters were cluttered with all sorts of stuff from the human world. She saw fish and turtles trapped and injured by all the refuse in the water and she got MAD.
At a loss of what to do the mermaid did what mermaids have been doing for eons, she sought out the aid of a sea witch. Now not all sea witches like the one in the one popular human movie. In fact this sea witch just happened to be a witch who cast a spell upon herself to be able to breath underwater. She wanted to get away from the humans as well, something about being afraid of being set aflame.
When the mermaid got to the witches cave she asked her for a spell to get revenge on the humans who were littering the world. And that my little angelfish is how the very first siren came to be. And soon you will continue our proud tradition of protecting the oceans.
Here we see a mermaid in her natural habitat trying to seduce a shipwrecked sailor. The mermaid uses her seductive looks to draw him in. Little does the unwitting sailor know that this mermaid is not like the ones he heard tales of in his youth. Her tears contain no magic powers as she is not known to have ever shed a tear. As the sailor gets close the mermaid springs her trap and drags him into the deep waters of the ocean to her lair.
There surrounded by all her fish friends and the remains of her previous victims she waits for the sailor to take his last breath before she sinks her teeth into his sun baked flesh.
Phire Within 