Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Heritage Valentine

February 13, 2025

You still have a few days left to visit the Valentine Shop & Hop where, among other things, you can pick up some new releases from DICTATORSHOP.  The Upright Piano from the Heritage series is a new release at 20% off. This elegant and sophisticated piece will add grandeur to any home and it includes 5 beautiful wood finishes and 5 upholstery options. I’ve selected the lovely Ebony option with rich wine-red upholstery. In terms of animations, you can choose between PG, Adult Vanilla and Adult Kink depending on your preferences and your budget. All versions include various solo animations for sitting, playing and dancing as well as duet animations and cuddle animations.

Also available at the Shop & Hop are additional pieces in the Heritage series, such as the set of two consoles in different sizes (these are also 20% off) and a set of low tables which are a free gift.

The slinky, Valentine-inspired gown is a Petrichor & Ersch collaboration for FaMESHed which features a heart-shaped top and a skirt that can be toggled between long and short. As always, the HUDs give you a wide array of colour options for both the fabric and the accessories. To go with such a sexy gown, I picked a real bombshell hair from Wasabi called Zenya, which has four style options and can be found at Anthem.

Lounging in Style

January 28, 2025

For Midnight Order, Grasshopper Street takes you back to the early 20th century with a daring lounging set in silk tulle and satin and a matching turban that is sold separately. The texture huds include both pre-set textures and further tinting abilities. The Zelda pumps are an earlier release, but matched well in style and colour to the lounging set.

For lounging, I am using the Ladies Chaise from the Swan Lake series by DICTATORSHOP, a very opulent line of furnishings with a nice selection of animations. This version of the chaise has single animations, PG couple animations and Adult couple (MF) animations. The matching dressing screen can be glimpsed in the mirror, which is the Ornate Mirror from Dutchie.

The beautiful pale skin is Nar Mattaru’s Hela, worn on Kaya.

Frosted

January 11, 2025

An elegant set of matching furniture draped in luxurious fabric and offering a wide range of animations, that is the livingroom set from the Frosted series by DICTATORSHOP, which includes a chair, a loveseat and a sofa. All the pieces have a wide range of texture options for both the throw and the pillows, some solid and some patterned, some winter holiday specific and others suited to the whole year. The black looks very sumptuous and the gold pillows are a nice accent.

Each piece comes in two versions that determines the animations included. For the chair it is Couples PG and Adult Kink, for the loveseat it is Adult and PG and for the sofa it is Adult Omni and PG. On the page linked above you can get a look at the menus included with each piece.

I used the Cozy Winter Haven skybox from Tirrany Designs and added a carpet from Libertine to warm up the floor a touch.  The cami set is by The Muses and it is all bakes on mesh, which I still think looks lovely for lingerie and it is so convenient as well.  The Flurry hairstyle, with two long pigtails, is a new release from Wasabi which can be worn with or without the long tendrils framing the face.

A Christmas Bauble

December 23, 2024

After a day full of cooking and other Christmas preparations, a little playtime in Second Life was just what I needed. Of course, once I finished my blog photos, something decided to go wrong as I was relogging after a short break and my avatar ended up being reset to the default. So, apologies in advance for the very sparse credits.

What I do know, however, is that the fun (and cosy) Christmas ornament is by Dictatorshop, which means it is packed full of poses for you and your partner. Nothing too wild, its labelled Adult Vanilla, but still a little spice for Christmas. You have texture options as well as the ability to set the bauble to either opaque or transparent.

The Dahlie dress is by Petrichor and Ersch and it is such a perfect Christmas dress with the fur lining of the bodice and the holly and bow decorations. But, if you want to be able to use it for other occasions as well, you can turn all these elements off. You can also adjust the dress between three different lengths, and you’re seeing the long version and one of the short versions here. I really like the modelling of this dress, it manages to convey a clingy fabric very well. You will find it at Kinky for December.

Finally, we have the newest hair from Wasabi called Hot Cocoa. There are two main variant styles of this one, with and without a cute knitted hat, and then two versions of the bangs as well. This hair is available at Access.