Writer's Retreat

If I was writing a novel in SL, L2 Studio's Writer's Shed available at Gallery Gift Shop would be a perfect place to do it. This small build has a great modernist feel with deco elements and would work well as a guest house or studio space for an artist or writer. The hopper style windows in the lounge make it light and airy and at 37li and a footprint of just 11x12 you can fit it on any size lot with room for a garden. The interior surface area is quite small, but I did manage to get a lot of furniture in the space (more on the furniture in my next post). Visit L2 Studio for more builds in this and other styles at great prices.

The clothing here features Zaara's top from the August Mens Dept, which has texture-change collars and cuffs if you buy the additional hud. The hair (Moon), glasses (Modish), bag (Zenith) and shoes (Eudora 3D) are also from Mens Dept. Wander over there before the end of the month, you won't be disappointed.

• Shirt: Zaara - Imran kurta L ivory (Available at Mens Dept until August 31, mesh, texture change with additional hud)
• Pants: 2 byte - basic crop pants size M (Not Free, mesh)
• Shoes: Eudora 3D - El Dorado Hi-Tops (Available at Mens Dept until August 31, texture change
• Glasses: Modish - Obscurity Shades Black Style B (Available at Mens Dept until August 31, mesh)
• Bag: Zenith - Insect Leather Bag brownish tan /choco (Available at Mens Dept until August 31, mesh)
• Pose (upper): Bang - Homme 004 (Available at Mens Dept until August 31)
• Pose (lower): Bang - Homme 004m (Available at Mens Dept until August 31)

Avi

• Skin: Nivaro - James Skin MD Beard Edition (Previously at Mens Dept)
  
• Shape: Belissima - Leox Normal (Not Free)
  
• Hair: MOON - Painter (Available at Mens Dept until August 31, mesh)

Furniture

• Daybed: Cheeky Pea - Picardy Chaise (Available at Mens Dept until August 31, mesh)
• Lamp: junk - t frame light (Not Free)
• Fan: junk - fan light bronze (Not Free)
• Rug: llorisen - uno area rug black herringbone (Previously at Mens Dept)

Build & Garden

• House: L2 Studio - The Writer's Shed (Available at The Gallery Gift Shop, mesh)
• Birdbath: Noctis - White Orchid birdbath (TGGS hunt, mesh)
• Planters: Persnickity - Shabby Bucket with Plant (previous hunt gift)
• Daisies: DaD Design - Bush Daisies (SLF&O gift)
• Birch Trees: 21Strom - Silver Birch triplets (Not Free, mesh) 
• Reeds: Kidd - Reed Cattails (25l on MP)

Cranberry Isle

Nothing like the joys of a weekend getaway. Cranberry Isle, a 30-minute ferry ride from the Maine mid-coast, is known for it's quaint streets and sprawling summer clapboard houses, wooded paths and rugged shore. Bikes are the preferred means of travel here and any old rust bucket with a basket will do. Happily, the days have warmed enough to stash the winter wardrobe, but a sweater or jacket is still required. Visit before the summer people come! 

All clothing from the May round of Mens Department, which ends soon so don't miss it, plus two items from the upcoming Men Only Hunt, one of the year's best events for SL males (will show more from that hunt when it gets underway).

 Avi

• Skin: Hermony - KYU ST2 (Available at Mens Dept until May 31)
• Shape: Mulholland - Celebrity Male (Not Free, previously blogged here)
  
• Hair: Ink - Totes Brown (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)

Clothing & Accessories

• Jacket/Shirt: Howl - Ray Casual shirts Black M (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Pants: LikeA - Blue Cropped pants with rib MS (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Shoes: FLite - Clearports Black Viper (Not Free, mesh)
• Glasses: theosophy - Caerwys Glasses Tortoiseshell (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Necklace: Kosh - Pivot Necklace B (Not Free)
  
• Hat: 7Mad - CoolCapDaddy Boonie (MOH Hunt, starts June 1)
• Bicycle Pose Prop: Xiaj & ZZANG - Delivery Bike rust rare (60l in Gacha)
• Pose (lower): Glitterati - Triumph 1 (Not Currently Available)

• Jacket/shirt: Etham - Chris Blazer (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh, texture change)
• Pants: Just Cool - Oh Yea Baby L (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh, texture change)
• Shoes: Monso - My Fancy Slip Ons (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh, texture change)
• Pose: Focus Poses - Urban Man 3 (1l, includes 7 poses)

• Sweater/shirt: Just Cool - Wool Sweater M (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh, texture change)
• Shorts: Not So Bad - Tyee shorts s black flowers (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Shoes: David Heather - Deer Loafers/Grey for Slink (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Bag: Zenith - Leather Art Bag Black (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Pose: Poseology - Willie 2 (Not Free)

• Shirt: Deadwool - Marlon T-shirt white/fuchsia v1 cream susp (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Pants: LikeA - Blue Cropped pants with rib MS (Available at Mens Dept until May 31, mesh)
• Shoes: Elysium - Arne sandal light brown (MOH Hunt, starts June 1)
• Pose: Poseology - Willie 3 (Not Free)

Location: Cranberry Isle, Maine

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! Lots of gifts in this post, with some nice Spring looks including Liv-Glam's texture change "Haleigh" dress - one of five new Liv-Glam gifts for the SL Frees Group. This is a fabulous mesh dress perfect for spring that you will want to get right now! The two other dresses shown below from Molichino and Fabouzz are also group gifts, as is the cute hairband from Miss Muffin (another SL Frees Group Gift!).

My avi features a great shape from Baholi and a new skin from Lumae. The hair is a previous gift from Little Bones, a group you should join for the constant stream of great hair gifts.

• Dress: Molichino - Jilly Dress Robin Blue S (Free, mesh)
• Necklace: KL Couture - Sky Necklace (10l at Monochromatic Fair, also includes earrings)
• Bracelet: Bens Beauty - Hoop Mesh Bracelet Blue (Not Free)
• Glasses: ArisAris - Azahara Classic Glasses (Not Free, texture change)
• Hairband: Miss Muffin - Funny Easter Gift (SL Frees & Offers Group Gift in notices sent Apr 18 -  secondlife:///app/group/601a412e-f210-e20c-2f01-e186b0ea4f42/about)
• Shoulder wearable: 21 Strom - Blue Easter Bunny (1l, Catch the Blue Bunny Hunt)
• Pose (upper): Diesel Works - September Gift 1 (Previous Group Gift)

 Avi

• Skin: Lumae - Evie 4 Honey Airedine (Not Free)
• Shape: Baholi - Giana (Not Free)
  
• Hair: Little Bones - Bang Bang Moth (Previous Group Gift)
• Lipstick: Pink Acid - Liquid Lips Lip Gloss Pink (Not Free)

• Dress: LivGlam - Haleigh Print Dress S (SL Frees & Offers Group Gift, Mesh, Texture Change)
• Shoes: BSD Design Studio -  Model Muse (Not free)
  
• Necklace: Gala Fashion Designs - Sweet Macaroon Necklace (Group Gift)
• Bracelet: Bens Beauty - Hoop Mesh Bracelet Green (Not Free)
• Wearable: Zenith - Grass Rabbit (Group Gift)
• Pose (upper): Pose-ivity - Dawn 4 (Not Free)
• Pose (lower): Axix  - Drama 3 (Not Free)

• Dress: Fabouzz - Grammy Ruffle Dress Pink S (Group Gift, Mesh)
• Shoes:  Alyce - Slink Impossible Heels (150l, Texture Change, requires Slink Medium)
• Pose: Ma Vie - Phenomena 05 (Not Free)

Menswear Fashion Week

Menswear Fashion Week ends tomorrow and it is a great event for checking out new releases for men (there are also some gifts to be found -see credits). Here are two looks from some of the event's designers.

• Shirt & scarf: Artemis - V-Neck Shirt & scarf (Group gift)
• Pants & belt: Artemis - HalfPants (1l at Menswear Fashion Week until Mar 31)
• Bracelet: Sigma Jewels - Kenya Bangles (Depraved Spring Madness #95 until April 15)
• Shoes: Starchild Designs - Oxford Formal Black/Charcoal (Free at Menswear Fashion Week)
• Skin: JStyle - Danny Claro (Group Gift, also includes shape. Update 3/31: gift now removed)
• Shape: Heaven & Earth - Stephano (10l, includes female shape)
• Makeup: Dirty.Little.Secret - Guyliner (25l)
• Tattoo: Fashion Emergency - I'm the Boss (Not Free)
• Hair: Atro Patena - Kelvin Coffee (Subscriber Gift, includes multiple tones)
• Pose (left): Stakey - Simple Man 06 (Not Free)
• Pose (right): oOo Studio - Sexpot 5 (Group Gift includes 10 poses. Attn: 100l joiner fee)

• Sweater: Zenith - Choco Sweater Coat Rigged Mesh S (Free at Menswear Fashion Week until Mar 31, includes multiple sizes, Mesh)
• Pants: E-Clipse - Tartan Pants Beige (125l...Note: Pants include prims but not the roll-up cuffs shown here)
• Necklace: Hollyweird - Forgiveness Necklace (1l, The Penitent Hunt #22 until April 2)
• Shoes: TWA - Skylar Boots Beige Leather (Not Free)
• Skin:  Heartsick - HS Liam 6: The Seeker (Twisted Hunt Arcane #11 until Mar 31, includes multiple skin tones & female skin gift)
• Shape: Shape It Up - Twisted Hunt Shape (Twisted Hunt Arcane #68 until Mar 31, also includes female shape gift)
• Hair: Alli & Ali - Eugene Hair Dark Honey (Not Free)
• Pose (left): Stakey - Shy Guy 06 (Not Free)
• Pose (right): Stakey - Simple Man 03 (Not Free)

Build: Akebono - Castle Rose Thorns (Beauty & The Freak Hunt Gift. Note: Hunt is over but gift still available at time of publication. Check Hint Giver at location)

Hints & SLURLS for hunts mentioned in this post: Depraved Spring Madness 2.0 -- The Penitent Hunt -- Twisted Hunt