Happy Haunting!

It's a gorgeous Halloween day. It hasn't been this nice on Oct 31st since we moved from Colorado 5 years ago. Here's me in my costume...well part of it. I'll put my short green wig on a little later. After I go to the acupuncturist. I'll change my make-up then too. That way it stays on my face and doesn't get smeared all over when I'm face down on the table. I think getting needled is very fitting for All Hallows Eve. ;)
I'm here in my favorite Madison haunt. It's called a wine cave and it's great place to hang. lol!

Started on my Etsy store branding. Check out my new banner. You can get there from the Etsy link in my side bar....and let me know what you think. Thanks peeps!

I'll leave you with this awesome sky. Happy Haunting!

#19) Chocolate Oatmeal Chippers

Yummo! These little sweet treats are chocolate lover's dream. Me, I love a good chocolate chip cookie, but this twist on a classic is scrumtious!!! The oats give the cookie a nice texture that stands up to a good glass of milk :) PS - I apologize for the short, sporadic posts, but school is eating up ALL of my time :(

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup chocolate chips

1 3/4 cup oats (quick or old-fashioned)

Steps:

- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a mdium bowl.

- Cream butter, sugars, and vanilla. Beat in eggs.

- Gradually beat in four mixture.

- Stir in chips and oats.

- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. (I used a silicone sheet and they came out beautifully)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.

*makes about 4 dozen cookies

A Knight's Tale

Once upon a time, there was a knight
In his life, he had missions
One of it, is he had to save his friend from a monster
But, the monster was so powerful
It was impossible to beat the monster with his strength

The knight realized that he couldn't beat the monster
He started to believe he couldn't save his friend
But, he heard his friend's scream every time he closed his eyes
The despair of his friend haunted him every night
The knight felt frustrated by his weakness

One day, a beautiful White Dove came to the knight
The White Dove spoke to him that he didn't need to be afraid
The White Dove will give him a power to beat the monster
Even, The White Dove would go to the battle with him
"Rise a knight! Rise a knight!!" said The White Dove

The battle had begun
The knight faced the monster fearlessly
There was a sword on his right hand and a shield on his left hand
The White Dove flied on surround him
Gave the unlimited spirit from behind the knight

Then, the monster assaulted the knight with a massive strikes
The knight protected himself with the shield
But, the monster was never giving up to attack him
The knight always aware that he was not alone in the battle
There still was The White Dove on his back, never leave him

"It's time!" The White Dove whispered
The knight responded the whisper with his right hand’s movement
The sword came up from behind the shield so fast
It slashed the monster with an unbelievable power
The monster screamed in pain and evaporated into a dust

The chain that tied his friend was breaking away
The knight was set him free
But, it was not about the knight
The knight could never release his friend without The White Dove
Now, the knight has a partner to accomplish his other missions

-October 31st 2008-

Amazing....

I have been a slack blogger I admit it, I have been busy doing so many things and I have not done nearly as much as I have wanted. So I apologize.

Well as I mentioned before I was accepted to undertake EWING model training, which to me was a fantastic privilege as some of the most amazing models have started at EWING and work as EWING models.

EWING Fashion Agency, otherwise known as EFA is an energetic and dynamic group, which was founded by business mogul and model Una Ewing. EFA was setup to develop, train and promote the careers of new and established models and fashion designers in Second Life. They are not a modeling agency. They are a fashion promotions agency. The agency however does have a collection of trusted and trained models that they use in their shows. Let me tell you these models that EFA has, are amazing. The skill and dedication they display is inspiring. If you would like to check out the EFA blog you can click the link on the right side of my page, or just follow this link 

http://ewingfashionagency.worldpress.com

It was a full on course, but I really really feel it has prepared me for what lies ahead as a professional model on Second Life. The staff were so helpful, let alone so nice. They answered any questions we had and 

made themselves available whenever we needed to talk to them. ZoeAnastasia Aeon was my teacher and I really owe her so much, she was amazing and I don't think she knows how much she helped me. Thank you so much Zoe. I really found these classes taught me more than I could ever had hoped. I feel so much better prepared and aware of what it takes to me a model on Second Life. I really do not think that  great percentage of users of Second Life realize what it takes to be a model, let alone walk the runway. I think that is another blog though.

We had a photo shoot as part of our classes, and here is mine. The theme was "Vintage" which I have to say is one of my favourite things to wear. I decided to wear a P.C design, but my goodness I own nearly the whole range... which one lol.  I think the photo is fantastic!

Then there was graduation, oh my goodness graduation. What an experience! Graduation was held on Oct 26th at 1pm SLT. We had to model one of the each of the following, casual, swimwear, smart business, lingerie/loungewear and evening formal. We did not find out till we arrived for graduation om the day if we were actually graduating or not, which was a little scary and a big relief when we found out we all were. The ladies that I did the show with were fantastic and we all helped each other out, which I thought was the best thing. I really found that the friends I have made through my modeling experiences so far is what keeps me coming back for more.

Everything went fine with graduation till at my third walk, a grief er appeared on the catwalk with me, I remained calmed and had a little giggle to myself as a man with goggles started darting towards me rapidly. I stopped and posed and remained calm, while he tried to knock me into the pool that surrounded the runway. I waited till he hit the side and then I calmly walked around him and continued off the runway. I had a good laugh to myself as soon as I got backstage, but was glad that I remained composed on the runway and did not run off or start yelling explicits at him. Tiffany Dragonash was the saviour and banned him super fast from the venue, which saved any more drama. I take from this a great learning experience as no where you go Second Life or real life you are not safe from people trying to ruin everyone else's fun.

The show other than that went so smoothly and every lady did an amazing job! The photos taken here on my page of the graduation show were taken by Ghost Harris who attended the show and snapped these amazing shots of me and the other ladies. So thank you Ghost. In conclusion I would like to send a massive congratulations to.

Imani Enzo

Raine McCellan

Susanna Triellis

Tammy Trommler

VaVaVaaa Voom

Evanesence Blaisdale

Keltoi Recreant

I really look forward to seeing these amazing models, rock the modeling world on Second Life. It was a great pleasure do the show with you all. 

The CAPTURED casting call is all over, and the top 20 has been chosen to be in the January 09 Issue of CAPTURED. I was so so pleased to make it to the top 40 and attend the final round. It was an intense experience, let me just say that. I have never done anything like it before. To even be selected to attend the casting call was much better than I expected to do. With so many applicants, I never dreamt of making it that far. I can not wait to see the January Issue and I am sure all of the models will look amazing! I really would like to congratulate the 20 models chosen, and they truly deserve it after the intense audition process. Congratulations to them all. They are.. and watch out for these names they will keep popping up..

Tschey Ballinger

Tabitha Reinard

Jackson Vantelli

Thalia Jie

Mavi Beck

Puhi Rotaru

Haruka Kish

Nicholai Shepherd

Abandoon Nacht

Sally Yachvilli

Poptart Lilliehook

Elysium Rayna

Makeda Cole

Krystanna Wycliffe

Staci Bernard

Sariella Ashton

Payton Heron

Risa Bright

Jula Carnell

Kimmyko Mayako

On a lighter note, I also did the most amazing hint for Halloween this week, there are around 114 ghosts to find with some amazing prices from fantastic shops all over the grid. This is the best hunt I have done to date! I had an incredible time and loved the goodies! So a big thank you to everyone who was involved and a special thank you to Vain Inc. The Ghost Buster hunt runs from the 24th to the 31st of October... so hurry hurry if you have not done it already! Pick up your starter pack and get hunting!

Well that's it for me for today, I think I might do another post tomorrow about some photos and some of the freebies I have picked up of late. Take care everyone and have a great day xoxo.

jayusnya ipa

barusan gw pel mat. plg lgsng gw masukin blog nih. hhe
1. pak aloy : aduuh, stephany (kele) kamu senyum2 teruss. ariel juga tersenyum simpul.
-----diam sejenak----
pak aloy : tinggal diiket aja tuh kyanya.

2. pak aloy klo lg plajaran susaaaah  bgt ngasi ijin ke wc. winny sm grace udah kebelet!
w : haduuuh pak.. tar kta biologi klo pipis ditahan bisa kencing batu
pa : ya bagus kan bisa dicampur semen trus dibangun deh

w : aduuuh pak,, bolehin k wc dun. qta kan hrus mempraktekkan apa yg udah dipelajarin di biologi. bsa sakit pak klo ditahan (eh win lo ngom gini bner gx c? wakaka)
grace : ia nih saya udah HIV.
sekelas ktawa
somebody : buset ngapain lo grace bisa hiv? masa nahan kencing hiv? hahaha.
mae: HIVVVVV. Hasraaaaat ingiiiiin viviiiiiiiiiiiis. Hahahahahahaha

3. hobi belanja
pas istirahat bu emil piket, suruh kita smua kluar dr kelas.
andaru (a) : aduh bu, gx boleh dikuncin aja di klas
bu emil (e) : gx.. gx.. gx ada tawar menawar smua harus keluar
--pas udah pada keluar---
mae : eh andaru. c bu emil sering ke supermarket yah
a : ha? knapa?
m : iyah.. kan gx ada tawar menawar.. kya di supermarket. hahahaha.

4. Napas
stevie nunggu guru2 rapat d dpan ruang guru
mae : stev ngapain lu?
stv : nunggu rapat guru2 nih mae
mae : ohh... smbil napas yah?
(stvie tidak mau lelah brusaha utk tertwa, karna ia ingat ttg post gw yg dulu. hhe)

Outfit of The Week. AOHARU

Ok so I have decided to do something a 

little different this week.. and from here on in. 

With all the blog hoping I do, I have really noticed a shortage of male fashion blogs, compared to female. So after seeing this I have decided, to add a male section to mine each week, using friends of mine as models for it. There are some fantastic fashion items out there for guys, and I do admit compared to female items there is nothing, but let us all hope it changes!

So this week I went on a mad, and let me really emphasis the work 

"MAD" shopping spree at AOHARU. So here are some of the items I picked up

from there and happily purchased for my friends.. I love them! AOHARU has a wide range of items, and basically is a one stop shop for everything. Skins, Shapes, Hair, Clothes for males and females, shoes and a fantastic range of Japanese items. 

Machang Pichot is the owner and chief designer for AOHARU, and can I just say she does an amazing job. She released her first product which was the "Japanese Kimono" in 2007 and started to create products as AOHARU's chief designer around the the same time.

AOHARU also have Lucky chairs all over the place, one in the shoe department, clothes department, hair department and in the skins department. The items in the lucky chairs are not dodgy ones either. They are the new and current items and usually a one off.. which you can not buy. Be prepared for some fierce competition for the chairs as there is always a crowd. 

One of my favourite pieces from AOHARU is the socks, which you can see in the picture to your right. They have the most amazing range and they go with so many items. Great for that extra touch. 

You can stay up to date with AOHARU through their website which is http://www.aoharu.info and if you are after high quality items at a fraction of the price, head to AOHARU. 

I was amazed at the prices, and they have a range of season wear as well, everything from bikini's to cute dresses for summer, to their new Autumn range which is just fantastic. Lots and lots of colors to chose from and a variety of textures which is always nice. So stop in at AOHARU I think you will get a nice surprise! A big special thanks to mainit and Ghost for modeling some of the items, I will try and talk them into doing it again ladies ;) Have a great week shopping!

Another LArtisan Meet & Greet

The idea came about during Etsy Chat a week ago Monday. This meet and greet wasn't for a particular local team per se, but rather an open invitation for anyone who wanted to attend. Two LArtisans drove from the west, and two from the east, to meet at the Books-A-Million store in Hammond, LA.


Pictured below are: Tara (TheWatermelonTree), me (LisaRaspino), Nicole (tu2cute) and her lovely model, and Merry (CheeseandChocolate).

We exchanged business cards, tips and ideas - and shared samples of our work. Check these out (click on each photo to go to the Etsy listing):

These are earrings are by Tara of TheWatermelonTree. I love the movement of these earrings. The crystals floating on the teardrop portion and the swinging dangle positively shimmer!

Nicole of tu2cute made these adorable hair clippies. Her daugther wore one that stayed securely in place during the entire meeting. I love the pink and brown colors!





Below are Merry's (CheeseandChocolate) "Cosmic Swirl" earrings. The jet black cube on silver wire are stunning. And check out the coil - these earrings "screw" into pierced ears. Brilliant!





Finally, we have my (LisaRaspino) six-strand necklace featuring aquamarine, apatite, pearls, glass, seed beads and Swarovski crystals.



Conversation flowed for two hours before it was time to head our separate ways. It was a great opportunity to put 'faces' with the names we see on Etsy, in the Portal, on Flickr....

New Sidebar

Check out my new side bar. I added my Etsy shop to it. Also uploaded a couple new items to my shop. My Etsy is starting to look like something. I'm working on my shop branding now. Hope to have it looking much less generic soon.
You might have guessed...but I just don't do mundane! lol

Caio

nyokap lemot

kmrn2 kn ada global crisis heboh bgt tuh..
nah..pas ad brita di koran global crisis udah bisa diatasin gw blg k nyokap gw smbl bawa2 koran
s : ma.. ekonomi dunia udah membaik nih..
m : ya makanya blajar lebih rajin kamunya..
s : ha? maksudnya?
(mgkn mxd nyokap gw, gw rus blajar lbi rajin untuk membuat ekonomi dunia lbi baik lagi..hha)
m : ya jangan nilai ekonomi duan yg bagus, smua plajaran juga. mama liat c cc gx pernah blajar di rumah nih. blajar yg rajin dun biar smua plajaran dapet bagus. jangan ekonomi duan. kmu ambil IT kok bangga ekonomi dibgusin?
s : oh my god.. aq ipa mamaaaaa! mana ada plajaran ekonomi? mxd aq tuh brita di koran. ttg ekonomi dunia.
m : oh..oh.. qmu gx jlas c ah..hhe.
s : gubrak. mama mah parah. masa gx tau klo anak nya ipa. huh.

payah ni c mama.

Sleeves

Here's the answer to my question on Oct 24th.

Did you get it?
If not look back at my previous post. It's still on this page below....
I got nothing up my sleeve. Hee Hee.

Kaleidoscope

I haven't posted a kaleidoscope in so long that I've almost forgotten how to spell it. lol. Why? Because they were all on my computer that was in the shop for a whole month.
Remember? Ok, I really am done harping on that.

Here's one inspired by the beautiful fall colors this year.

Title: Fall
Medium: Digital Painting
Full Size: 18" x 18"

#18) Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

If your tastebuds are anything like mine, then the combo of chocolate and peanut butter is heaven in your mouth. I am also a brownie lover, so a peanut butter swirl brownie just sounds too good to be true.... Although this brownie is a little gooey for my taste, it is still a sweet treat I wouldn't turn down :)

Ingredients:

3/4 cup dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
1 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour + 1/4 cup flour, divided
dash salt
1/3 cup peanut butter

Steps:

- Melt chocolate and butter together. Let cool 5 minutes.
- Beat 2 eggs with sugar. Stir in vanilla. Pour chocolate over top.
- Sift flour and salt over chocolate. Fold until blended.
- Pour all but 1/4 cup batter into greased 8-inch pan.
- Add peanut butter and remaining egg to the 1/4 cup batter. Mix until combined.
- Spoon dollops of peanut butter mixture into pan. Run knife through to create desired design.
- Bake at 350°F for 30-40 minutes.

Little Alien

Here's another creature from my backyard. I swear he looks like he's from a science fiction film.
Title: Little Alien
Medium: Digital Photo
Full Size: 11" x 14"

Etsy Shop!

I finally got my Etsy shop open!!!!
I've a whopping 2 items in it at the moment but it's still exciting since I've been waiting so long.
Please check it out. Ultravioletwind
I'll be adding more items and a banner shortly.
but whooo who...that's me yelling...my cats are looking at me strangely. Good thing snakes can't hear. ;)

If any of you are have any Etsy advice. Hopefully you'll share it with me.

Halloween is only I week away!

When was the last time All Hallows Eve was on a Friday? Seven years ago?? I really wanted to have a party but Robert said "everyone will be having one." Now it seems everyone thought everyone else was having a party...so no one planned anything. OMG! We have to do something! It's one of my favorite holidays.
Fun! Unless you're like my father, "Halloween is not an official holiday."
Whatever!
Anyway, can you guess what in this picture is part of my costume? And feel free to share what you folks will be doing on Halloween this year! Really I want to know.

kenangan mae

sprti janji gw untuk terus mengenang mae (di bawah). ini dy update kejayusan mae.

1. suatu hari saat istirahat tenang gw bersenda gurau dgn mae.
m : sher, kok warkop gx jualan kopi malah jualan humor yah?
s : ahaha. (mau nanya juga dun mae, kok lo gx jual bau malah jual humor ancur?)
m : trus2, ada lho org yg liat petir ketawa.
s : ha? syape? (apa mgkin mae?)
m : ia kan dipikir dipotret, jadi ketawa buat posenya.
s : ahahaha.(lucu skali bung!) lagi dun mae yg bisa bikin ketawa apalagi?
m : ia yah selama ketawa blom dilarang trus dipenjara.
s : haduuoh. ia deh. apa mae? bikin ketawa dun.
m : liat cermin.

2. gw lgi ngomin inet sm upil.
u : ia. indosat pingnya 1500.
m : piiiiing. ping jaguuuuung!
u : brisik mae. (upil jutex)
s : ha? ping jagung apaan mae?
m : emping.
buset. emping bukannya dr melinjo?

3. tepen : mae cariin ge cwe dun.
m: cwengaaaan ayaaaaam. hahahahahaha.

4. ada yg nanya : mae skr jam berapa c?
mae : jamblo (jomblo mxdnya)

5. s: eh mae pglin sir awan dun.
m : manknya mau main hangman?
s: hah? maksudnya?
m : ia kan hangman digantung. jadinya kan tinggi. ahahahah.
smp skr gw blom ngerti mxdnya apaan. mgkn awan tinggi juga yah.

6. gw : mae. ayo pgl sir awan
mae : lagi digebuk sm songoku gr2 salah jalan. awan kinton kan? wakakaka.

maav untuk mae

gr2 artikel 'mae: ingin terjatuh karnanya' gw hampir dilibas mae. wakaka. y gx lah.. tpi c mae baca blog gw. gila. gx enak bgt gw jdinya scara gw blg dy bernanah blablabla bgitu.
wktu itu gw bru masuk kelas, mae nyamperin gw yg duduk di pojokan.
dy berdiri garang.

dy blg :"eh sher gw udah liat blog lo"
anjrit bener. gw udah binun gitu mau ngom apah. gw pikir dy bakal marah2 atw menangis tersedu di depan gw karna merasa terhina. wuih. siap mental gx nih gw?
taunya eh taunya kawan2. dy benar2 tersinggung ktanya:
"itu yg bau bukan badan gw, tapi bau kaki gw. itu yg bbikin kamar kc bau juga kyanya bukan gw tpi anjingnya kc, soal nya anjing kc masuk kamar"

jegar jegeeeerrr. stres deh ah. taunya dy ralat klo badannya gx bau, tapi kakinya! gw yg tdinya udah keringet dingin lgnsg anget kaleee. kaki bukannya termasuk badan juga? org mah ralat dy tuh kaga bau, eh ini beneran ngaku bau kaki. katanya c mgkn dy lupa cuci. wakaka. c mae c lucu2 aja lho. gw sdikit lega karnanya. wakaka.

tpi gw c yakin bgt dy gx demen sm blog gw. bgini critanya.komp gw rusak paraaaah bgt. gr2 virus rese. pdhl gw udah update avg stiap hari! bayangin aj. suatu hari di skul gw crita. ntar plg skul gw mau format jadi komp gw bakal bener lagi. yayy. gitu kata gw.

c mae lgsng menghampiri
m : bikin blog lagi donk ye (mata bersorot tajam menyindir)
s : sdikit tertawa. tenank maeeee. tar gw tulis post bwt lo. judulnya : maav untuk mae. hhe. sip gx tuh?
m : halah gx usah, gx usah! udah lewat lebaran mah
---siiing---
s : yaudah klo gitu gw ralat gw blg itu bukan bau badan, tapi bau kaki. oke mae?
m : bukan diriku.
jeggeeerr. mxdnya apaan neh? puitis bgt? setaw gw c ada sinetron yg judulnya bgini deh. wakaka. gw udah mau nangis ktawa dgrnya. c jzica, reza sgala juga terapi ketawa gitu deh abis dgr. haduoh, lebih asik dgr lgsng drpd diceritain. nadanya itu loh, lembuut dan cool. asik mae. hha

waktu itu tepen pernah nanya mae : eh mae lo sebel gx sm blognya sherly?
mae menjawab : gxlah kn kenangan.

karna gw ingin terus mengenangmu mae, gw persembahkan crita kejayusan ttg lo di sini sebanyak2nya. hiduup maeeeee! hhehehe. ei btw gw lupa minta maav. mana nih kesinambungan dgn judul. oke klo gitu. sori mae. u'r the humblest person i've ever met lah. hha. asik.

ayo comot wallpaper

gw mau bagi2 wallpaper ah drpd gossip mulu. hhe. click ajah yg lo mau.

jakFUNdesign

Monroe Area LArtisans Meetup

Amanda (wildlifer78), Monroe Area Liaison, recently convo'd me with a link to her blog, where she wrote about the LArtisans Team and the first-ever Monroe LArtisans Meetup held on October 12.

Turnout for the event was great: Six of the nine Monroe Area LArtisans chatted, networked, shared information and showed samples of their work. From left to right are: Lori of LYoungStudio, Amanda of ChloeBoutique (Wildlifer78), Andy of ItComesInPhases, Monica of MonicaCrowe, Val of BabySewSweet, and Marina of BayouPrincess.

Photo by Amanda (wildlifer78). Used with permission.

Amanda explains that, "Because we have members from Sterlington, Monroe, West Monroe, Ruston and Columbia, we tried to meet as centralized as possible. The Corner Coffee Cafe housed our first meeting! We plan on moving the meeting spot around to help accommodate members."

The group brought samples of their creations, which included jewelry, children's clothing, and rcolor artwork. Check out Amanda's blog post to views more photos and to read more.

Val (BabySewSweet) said, "I sure had a great time. It was very exiting to meet people who share the love to crafting. I am looking forward to making good friends, share booths at craft shows, and maybe learn something new. I also loved to see what everyone was making, some great stuff."

The group plans to meet again in mid-November (date and location to be determined).

Amanda, you did a great job coordinating this meet and greet, and promoting LArtisans on your blog!

It's back!!

I'm so excited. Its finally back! My computer that is...
Hooked it up this morning. It works and all my files are still there! It does seem slower than I remember it...not sure why it would be but Robert thinks so too.

Good news. I finished the latest website that I was working on. Yea! Take a look. www.gullandforge.com It's a fairly simple one. He has plans to expand it quite a bit later on. Larry and his wife are also in a documentary Robert and I recently completed. It's on people who keep chickens in the city--Mad City Chickens the film. City chicken keeping is fast becoming a world-wide phenomenon. YOU might have neighbors that keep chickens in your city. If you want to take back some little control of your food supply--keep a few chickens in the backyard.

Halloween Ooooooh!

Ok So I promised a pic with my papers from Jen at Flurogodess,

And here it is.

It is a 3 layered paper cut, Halloween Card.

I wanted to put "Halloween" on it but felt I couldn't add anymore without ruining it, already felt I had gone a step too far with the Cob web!

I wonned I wonned!!

Thank You to the wonderful Jen at Flurogodess

I have received a bunch of Halloween goodies including a Fake worm

(with a warning, "I am for scaring not for eating" yet I still had a little Sniff, Poke and yes even a lick! *Blush* )

Some much needed Orange and Black papers amongst other goodies which my children will be thrilled with too. I hope to produce something half decent with the papers and post some pics!

Thank you again Jen x x

Quick Post: CAPTURED!

Well it is 1:40am, in the morning and I am trying to decide if I should go nap for an hour and a half or stay up with more coffee before I get my call to go to the CAPTURED interviews... my stomach is already feeling little butterflies.. 

I have just cleared my cache and set all my settings to the best possible option for lag.. which I am sure there will be, oh how I hate the lag. Now for anyone who has fallen off the face of SL, and does not know what CAPTURED is, it's a sensational magazine that any model only dreams of being in.

The process is this...

*Opening Casting Call - Deadline was 13th of October.

 (There were around 400 applications)

*Invitation for Close Casting - (106 models were selected, this is what I am about to do) These interviews run from the 18th of October to the 21st of October. 

* Once interviews are done 40 models will go to the next round and receive test photo shoots.

*After this Impacratrice will be determining the final 20 models to be featured in the January Captured book.

*For those who get there... a formal notice should be expected on or before November 1st.

Now the tricky thing is no one knows what it going to happen at the casting call, so I am just going as planned as I can, and hopefully don't end up butt naked and with my shoes up my butt.. the dress code is simple, which is great. We were asked to wear simple hair, Tank Top/Jeans and Quality Shoes. That is all I know though *sighs*.

So this is what I have chosen to wear, very simple but I do love the colors and this is on e of my most loved (by me lol) skins... I know it's a long shot and I know I have a snowball chance in hell of even getting through to the next round, but it is all experience and a great chance to meet other models going through the same experiences.

I really wish everyone the best of luck and not only can I not wait to see who makes it, but I am just so excited to see the next issue of CAPTURED.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

TAG!

I have been tagged by the lovely Chris at Kiamyka
Thank you x x

The rules are;

1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by including links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs.

So 7 facts about me;

1)
I was coeliac (Allergic to Gluten) as a child, thankfully I out grew the condition in my late teens.
Discovering Doughnuts and fresh baked bread was a heavenly Joy!

I had a friend at school who said I could eat the remains of her cake mix as her mum had used gluten free flour; She lied and I was very poorly sick and missed the party.
(that was nearly 30 years ago!)

2)
I don't hold grudges.

3)
A brick wall fell on me when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I suffered nothing more than a grazed shoulder! and I had no top on!

4)
My family owned a pure white cat called fluffy,
she had 3 ears, 1 eye and 2 club paws! (she hated me!)

5)
My name "Buffy" is a pet form of "Elizabeth" As a little girl I used to say Lily ~ Buff and the Buff stuck, I was chuffed to see this in a baby names book recently!

6)
I have always lived around this area and my children attend the same school as I did,
Some of the teachers from my days are still there!

7)
I completed a 5 year Mechanical Engineering apprenticeship at Imperial College and went on to work there as a workshop Technician. It was the last year and as far as I know the last Company to offer such an Apprenticeship as the old school apprenticeships are now long gone!

My 7 Tags are;

My World
Cinnamon Cottage
All about eden
Pearls and Whirls
The Lilac Kitchen
The Vintage Kitten
Scrapbooking Virgin

Run for the Camera! The Sun is shining!

Having received my delivery of a new knife I thought I would put it to the test with a little paper cutting. It passed the test and got my eldest hooked on stenciling Rock Stars for his own Banksy style posters! I never get to keep anything for long in this house!

I am also chuffed to pieces with a lovely set of cute Christmas stamps and have produced my first Christmas card of the year! Albeit a very simple design.

And finally I have got my website up and running! wooo Joy! :D

http://www.buffyscharms.com/

There are only a few wine glass charms up for the time being but it is a start!

Like the true professional that I am, I made a set of Fimo Wine glass charms for a commission and failed to photograph them before Selling! D'uh

So have made three more though I am not happy with the present with the larger ribbon as the gold leaf looks Naff.

Queen Anne

Title: Queen Anne's Lace

Medium: Digital Painting

Full Size: 8" x 10"

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A Tibetan friend of mine got very excited when he saw a field of these flowers.

"I know these! I know these!" he says.

The next time I visited him he had made a aromatic vegetarian dish. It had a wonderful flavor...that I couldn't quite recognize. I asked him what it was and he said he had collected it but didn't know the English name. Turns out it was Queen Anne's Lace. It was so good. Who would have thought that this weed was so useful. I haven't collected any myself...but I think of that dish every time I see "the lace" on the side of the road.

Slaps herself - is this really happening?

Every week I start off saying, what a fantastic week, so busy, this happened and it was fantastic, but I have to say that this week has been one of the most fun and amazing weeks that I have had on Second Life. I have participated in some fantastic events, been to some great shows, started some more classes and been asked to join a model pool and more! I really want to talk about the Tuli opening of her sim "Journey" which I was so privileged to be asked to attend. 

OK so if you have ever read anything on my blog, you will know that I adore Tuli skins, they are simply amazing, in fact all of the skins I wore for my photo shoot with Elysium which are above in a slide show are all Tuli skins. Well Tuli has opened a sim where she has a shop as well as some other fantastic designers shops on the Journey sim, there is Amerie's naughty, Dutch Touch (Which myself and Tiffany Dragonash were lucky enough to wear), Tesla and the list goes on.. you really have to visit it to take in not only how beautiful the sim is, but how brilliant the shops are.  

My favourite event of the whole weekend of events was the "Pretty in Pink" party which was held on the Saturday from 2-4pm and it even went on after that. I have never seen so much pink in the one place, and it was sensational. We danced to fantastic music, there was a sale on pink items all around the Journey sim and there was all so a fantastic goodies bag filled to the brim with delectable goodies. The photo to the left is taken by me at the "Pretty in Pink" party. If you would like to see any of the photos from the 

event, like the one above taken by Elysium, you can see them at Elysium Eilde's photo stream on flickr at... http://wwwflickr,com/photos/ely_eilde/sets/72157607918033112

Or if you are interested in checking out Second Look Studios who supplied the models for the event, you can have a look at their blog http://second-look-studio.com/blog/

I am so excited to say that from that event, Second Look Studio's asked me to join their model pool, which I am just so excited about as all the team were just so lovely and friendly and I had the best time over that weekend. It really confirmed for me why I wanted to do this on second life and I really could not be more thrilled to join such a well respected and fantastic group. Thank you so so much. 

I all so started attending some more classes this week, luckily enough I was selected by EWING Fashion Agency, model training which I am enjoying so much. I have to say the catwalk element is a little more full on that I am used to, but practice, practice and I know I can do it. *fingers crossed*. My friend Imani is joining me in the classes so it is always great to have someone to help you out along the way. I am very much of the opinion that is this industry, you can never top learning and there is always something new and interesting to learn. I really enjoy pushing myself to be the best I can be, and this does not mean buying as many hairs as possible, even though I do love my shopping, but I think it comes down to practice, patience and working as hard as you can. Show your dedication to this amazing industry and it is sure to thank you back.

I decided a little while ago to apply for CAPTURED magazines casting call. It is always nerve racking applying for these things, being a newer model and not having nearly the experience of a lot of the other models on second life, it's intimidating. I look at it as it all goes down to experience and the more I work the better I am sure to get. I was very shocked to receive a invitation to attend an interview and even though there are 100+ models attending, I am so so happy to just get to this point. Lets just hope I get there OK and no shoes end up up my backside..

CAPTURED magazine comes out 4 times a year and is sensational and if you have not had the chance to have a look you really must. CAPTURED magazine has 5 main elements to it, 

ART

DESIGN 

BEAUTY

FASHION

LIFESTYLE

 

In my opinion Impacratrice Breiz is a genius, and it is well worth the time to have a look. You can get a copy of the magazine from this website.

http://www.myspace.com/capturedphotographybook

I am all so so thrilled to mention that a great photographer who has taken a few photos for me, has had one of her photos selected to be the the next front cover for "Uncover Magazine". The second issue which will be out soon, had a competition on flickr and I am so happy to say that Adonaira, has had her photo selected as the winner. An interview with Adonaira will all so be published in the magazine, which I can nit wait to read. The theme for the contest was "Event" and there were some sensational entry's. The photo that Adonaira's that won was a photo she took of me, so I am so thrilled for me, but all so a little excited that a photo of me will be gracing the front over of a magazine! 

You can look at Adonaira's flickr site here... http://wwwflickr.com/photos/adonaira

Plus you can check out all the great entries for the Uncover magazine competition at their flickr site which is... http://www.flickr.com/groups/sluncover

Congratulations to Adonaira's, you totally deserve it! 

ps. I will post a link when the new edition comes out so you can all have a look.

I was all so lucky enough to be involved with the InStyle Fashion Agency with their fantastic event for the American Cancer Society, when they hosted a street fair on Oct 15th. The event ran from 9am to 8pm. There was a silent auction, street performers, vendors, it was sensational. Please if you have the chance visit the InStlye Fashion Boulevard and make a donation to one of the ACS Kiosk in the month of October, as we all know it is breast cancer awareness month in America and we all know someone who has been affected by it. So please stop and make a small donation, every $L counts. Thank you!

Oh do not forget to get along to the Boulevard Agency on Saturday Oct 18th at 11am for the chance to see all 20 of the Miss SL Universe finalists, this will be a fantastic chance to see them all together and watch them be formally presented. I can't wait to see them all up there. Waves her Aussie flag madly for Chalice... Oi Oi Oi.

Well that about wraps it up for me, for this crazy week, take care everyone and have a fantastic week shopping xoxo.