I saw a post yesterday from Alyssum Therian about her friend’s daughter, Abby, who was born with a malignant brain tumor and is undergoing chemotherapy. To help raise money for Abby’s treatments, Aly is offering “Abby’s Elf” - a sweet little holiday themed ensemble for only $100L. 100% of the proceeds go to Abby and you can also donate separately at Alyssum’s shop Love, Aly. So while we all focus on ourselves and our families this holiday season, there’s a simple way you can help a little girl and her family through Second Life. It’s such little cash to hopefully do something meaningful for someone else this season. If enough people take the time, I can see it making a difference.

Abby’s Elf comes with hat, neck fringe, top, belt, skirt with blinking lights (and one without), striped tights, striped socks, and boots. I am not wearing the boots here (and antlers are also not part of the outfit), but my boots are from Lyra Muse and Last Call Vamp - and are available in Spice (ankle boots) and Sugar (full length boots) in four colors - coal, tinsel, holly, and evergreen! They are Limited Edition and won’t be available after Christmas this year.

More of Lyra’s boots below - both the outfits shown are no longer available, as they’re the 2006 holiday LEs from Canimal and Dazzle (now Last Call). But they were the best fits in my wardrobe to show off the boots. Hopefully those of you who joined SL in 2007 will get some sweet holiday LEs as well

And, if you’ve been naughty, you can pick them up in coal, in both the ankle and full length styles.

Or the very festive tinsel

Love, Aly and Last Call

Skin ~ CS Vogue Classic Glitter silver 1; Hair ~ ETD Peyton and Nadia (in smoke)

Annah Whitfield of AnnaH is someone whom I’ve grown to know over the last several months and have had the pleasure of watching grow as a designer in Second Life. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy blogging - to appreciate the evolution of someone’s craft - whether just starting out or pushing the limits of what’s possible in SL fashion. I think that’s what my blogging is really - personal appreciation in my own small way.

As a reminder, Annah was a very new designer just a few months ago - and though I have never tried to design anything in SL - I can imagine how challenging it is to get out there and enter the highly competitive fashion scene here.

This week, Annah released some new items that I think show her transition into a more experienced designer from a texturing perspective in particular. They’re simple and classic staples - the long wool “Paris II” shorts and bright knit “Phillippa” tops - and to me, they’re a good example of how far she’s come. In the first picture (taken in Windlight and still not lit correctly *sigh*), I am wearing the new “Brisque” skin from LF Fashions Chai (this is a group freebie!) and Truth’s “Dakota” hair, along with the new AnnaH top and shorts.

In the below picture, the skin is TaP “Automne 3,” hair by Naughty, shorts and top (on the left) from AnnaH and top from the Last Call “Kamryn” outfit on the right.

The necklace is the new “Heart Window” necklace from Yummy. I love this necklace for its flexi tassel and intricate prim work. I have no idea if there are plans for this in silver, but I would love that.

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I didn’t think I would see another coat this season that I had to have but these new “Canadiana” jackets from MG Fashion were right up my alley. First there’s the colors - many, many of them. Then there’s the options - sculpted attachments in cuffs, hoods, textured or prim toggle buttons, or a coat with no buttons at all. Finally there’s the very affordable price - $300L for separates and discounted fatpacks by color family or the whole boatload. I’ll admit to being a total prep at heart and these made me SLhappy.

My favorites are the baby blue and brick shown below. My hair is “Gillian” by Truth, which is a perfect sculpted tied under pony, the boots are the amazing “Asuka” boots from L&E, riding gloves from Savvy?, and jeans also new from MG (more below on those).

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I realized that my recent time in SL has been spent acquiring items that can probably best be described as “jewel-like” - be they actual jewelry, metallic fabrics, shiny party dresses, glitzy boots or other “precious metals.”

Here are some of my personal favorite “precious metals” - newly acquired and older; clothing, accessories and makeups. I can’t include them all - and there are so many more I wanted to - so if there are other metallics that you love, let me know.

Starting with one of my favorite necklaces from Lyra Muse at Last Call Covet, called “Chloe.” It’s delicate, sculpted and perfect. The makeup is Vogue Canimal Skin Glow (red) from Canimal and Celestial Studios. The sequined tank is from It’s All Good and comes on all the layers for easy use in numerous ways. My hair is “The St. Moritz” from Armidi and natural brown eyes from Miriel.

On the silvery side, two sparkly dresses from <3 Cupcakes that make me think of the holidays. I added jewelry from Muse for both, and the silver “Selece” heels from Last Call Vamp. Though you know this, both hairs are from ETD

This beautiful necklace is actually a freebie from Siyu Suen’s Illusions and comes in several metals. I am completely floored by Siyu’s creations every time I go there - the wings, the masks, the hats and more. I ought to wear more wings I think The top is a new tunic from Karamia that I love with jeans in particular (note: I’m not wearing the prim sleeves here). The earrings are my favorites from Diamonde - simple gold drops.

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