♥ I'm back! ♥

Hey everyone!

It's been a little while since my last post but that's because lots was going on in real life.. mostly being the fact that I moved house. While it's still a sea of boxes everywhere.. at least I have an Internet connection and can get online when I'm not busy with house stuff. 

I decided to do a picture for The Arcade, which ended up being this blog post.. figured why not combine the two?! I was supposed to not be blogging this round of Hello Beautiful.. but a couple of days ago I had a tooth extracted in real life and I'm feeling pretty miserable so I figured that I'd pull out some of the goodies from Hello Beautiful and put them in this post in an attempt to cheer me up. Plus.. who can resist when lovely creators still drop their items on me despite the fact that I was supposed to be out of this round!

First up I have the ABRONZATISSIMA SunBurn - Tattoo from Cute Bytes (available at this round of Hello Beautiful) to talk about. I'm wearing it in the pics below.. it comes with a HUD and several face options so you can choose a setting which fits you best. I'm wearing the red one, because when I get burnt I go red and it's usually really painful and peels.. and then I don't tan. Other choices included are carrot, hot and tan. Perfect for the upcoming hot weather.

These awesome Glam Summer GLASSES from *BABY* are HUD activated and have 8 different lens tints to choose from (clear through to black) and you can pick from a choice of 10 frame colours! What a bargain! They have pretty little flowers on the frames too. Very stylish! You can grab your pair at this round of Hello Beautiful right now. 

I'm sitting here blowing bubbles in my awesome Bubble Pipe from Tikkels. There are 3 different kinds available at Hello Beautiful: pink, dot or blue (which I have on) They're a funky little accessory.. lay back and enjoy the sun and blow some bubbles while looking cool.

My nails are painted with Summer Ombre Nails from Buglets, which have a HUD with 6 different colours to pick from. I've got on the lightest blue ones, but there's a few different summery colours and one is bound to suit you. These are available at Hello Beautiful now too.

Lastly from Hello Beautiful (for this post anyway) are these epic wearable pools from Tic Tot Toe. Lots of different colours to choose from and because they're wearable you don't need to have rez rights anywhere.. just wear and lounge around in the pool anywhere you like! I love that it has a silly little walk in it too if you try to walk with it attached. So cute. There's a video at the end showing it off, courtesy of Tic Tot Toe. I'm loving chilling out in my pool.. now.. where's the waiter? I need another refill!

There's lots of stuff from The Arcade in my pic too.. see full credits below and come like this pic on flickr too for me please! I'd love to get noticed for The Arcade at least one time. Ooh click the pic too for a larger version.

Happy shopping everyone! ♥

 

 

 Credits:

 Outfit: Jessie Bikini Set [hat included] from Petite Bowtique
Hair: Honest [01] from Magika
Sunburn: ABRONZATISSIMA SunBurn - Tattoo from Cute Bytes 

(Hello Beautiful - June 2015)
Sunglasses: Glam Summer GLASSES from *BABY* 

(Hello Beautiful - June 2015)
Pipe: Bubble Pipe Blue [b] from Tikkels (Hello Beautiful - June 2015)
Skin: No longer available - was from Bad Seed Boutique
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Nails: TD Summer Ombre Nails from Buglets (Hello Beautiful - June 2015)
Pool: Cool Pool Baby (Blue) from Tic Tot Toe (Hello Beautiful - June 2015)
Dragon pet: Solstice Dragon - Infinite Light from Half Deer 

(The Arcade - June 2015)
Panda shoulder: Pandaz Gacha - Cherrysoda Panda from TMC 

(The Arcade - June 2015)
Hippos: Pygmy Hippo 10 - Frog floatie, Pygmy Hippo 11 - Chillin', Pygmy Hippo 9 - Duck Floatie, Pygymy Hippo 12 - Wiggle Wiggle, Pygmy Hippo - Mystery, Pygmy Hippo 2 - Icepop Dealer, Pygmy Hippo 1 - It's only juice!, Pygmy Hippo 3 - Selfie from MishMish (The Arcade - June 2015)
Bears: Rachel Bear RARE, Julio Bear, Gee Bear, Roscoe Bear, Daisy Bear, Buddy Bear, Sandy Bear, Larry Bear, Lost Bear and Dave Bear from BoOgErS 

(The Arcade - June 2015)
Floaties and swim stuff: Walrus Floatie, Nessie Floatie, Fishy Swim Board and Duck Mask from Snips & Snails (The Arcade - June 2015)
Alpaca: Alpaca Pal - CottonCandy from Atomic (The Arcade - June 2015)
Bear burger: The Long Ride - Bear Burger from O.M.E.N 

(The Arcade - June 2015)

Special thanks to Cute Bytes, *BABY*, Tikkels, Buglets and Tic Tot Toe

♥ Up is where we go from here ♥

*Warning, depressing block of text ahead.. skip it if you just want the outfit info!

Tomorrow it's Mothers Day in the UK. It's a difficult day for me.. in real life my mother passed away when I was 17 years old.. after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. I watched her deteriorate in front of my eyes and towards the end she was bedridden, couldn't move anything but her head and she didn't even know who I was. 
I loved her dearly. She was my best friend.
It's been a while since she died, seeing as I'm almost 29 now, but the pain doesn't disappear, it doesn't lessen. I didn't think I'd function after her death, we all knew it was coming and I was sure that I'd end up in a vegetative state not wanting to do anything. Life goes on though.. it's hard and painful, but it does go on. You have to. 
At the end of this post I'm linking to a song my sister and I picked that was played at her funeral. I can't listen to it without crying, so I probably won't be listening.. but I wanted to share. 
So this post is dedicated to my mother and anyone else who reads this who has lost their mother too.. and up is where we go from here. ♥

What better way than to go up than this awesome balloon ride (in picture #3) from Plethora. You can find this "Balloon Voyage" at The Liason Collaborative from the 15th March 2015 until 10th April 2015. 
You steer with your usual arrow controls and when you go up, the balloons on the side inflate.. and it even has sounds! I feel like I'm in the film "UP" when I sit in this.. so the title of the post only seemed right. It's 16 land impact.. you rez it out and sit on it (anyone can sit on it actually, not just the owner) so although it's fairly high on land impact, this is something you'd bring out once in a while for a fun little trip, not something you'd leave out.. unless you really have those prims to spare!

Have you been to La Boutique yet? If not, you should definitely go. I picked up so much cute stuff there.. including this adorable jumper from new store BunBun. There's actually several styles to pick up. I grabbed a few of the pink ones I liked! Because.. pink! I will be blogging more from that event soon.

I searched all over marketplace to find a pair of trousers that would go with my jumper.. and found these epic ones from Turducken. You get two pairs.. the colour you picked and a plain white pair - which worked out awesomely for this look. I love the 3D bubble bits on the bottom of the legs, so cute.

My hair is a group gift from Love Soul. There was (annoyingly) a large fee to join the group.. and even more irritating you have to wait around for your letter to appear on the group lucky board to obtain this style. I spent a few days in Love Soul waiting for my letter.. my mummy kept me company most of the time while I stood around waiting.. when it finally came around I was so excited! Then I realised it wasn't even the colour I wanted this style in! I waited for my letter to appear again.. and then ended up with this colour pack. It's still not the shade I want, but it'll do until I can be bothered to wait around again for the blonder shade. It's a super cute style though and was definitely worth the wait.

 

  

Credits:

Jumper: Kawaii Sweatshirt {Pink Floral Cat} from BunBun 

(La Boutique - March 2015)
Pants: Sera Leggings - Pink from Turducken
Shoes: Kawaii Shoes from Bad Seed Boutique 

(Limited 50 Item so probably no longer available!)
Hair: Hair*Kyary*Pack-E [Gold Blonde] from Love Soul (Group Gift)
Bracelet: My Love Braclet and Ring Set-Silver (Darks) from A.D.D Andel!
Skin: Kandy Skin - Normals [BlB Freckles] from Babysteps
Teeth: Teeth from Bad Seed Boutique
Nails: Meow Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable
Pose: Cheerful - Cheerful 1 from .click.
Playground equipment: Ahoy Playground from Snips & Snails 

(The Arcade - March 2015)
Balloon ride: Balloon Voyage from Plethora (The Liaison Collaborative)

Special thanks to Plethora

♥ Pia-pia-piano! Piano! Piano! ♥

Check me out! I'm being all silly and playful today!
I think we all need some time to relax a little.. it's so easy to get yourself stressed out with the holiday festivities coming up and just real life in general. 
Breathe. 
I think that's what we all need to do.. just breathe and take a break to unwind. Sit back with a drink and enjoy my post! ♥

Now onto my epic look of the day! I'm wearing a cute shirt from Soken Kids which has on the front "The moon walkers magic" - I'm not a hundred percent sure what that means but I think it's cute and quirky, therefore it rocks. It also fits baby and kid ToddleeDoo avatars, which is always a huge plus. 

Check out my amazing hat from Tic Tot Toe! I am in awe of this hat.. is there nothing it can't do?! It makes noise, it shoots out snowflake particles randomly and it looks really cute. This one (wich is a rare) and lots of other ones are out now at Woodlands. Go grab one, they're so cool! 

Now onto something seriously awesome from SugaBees. A piano. It's not just a piano for looks though.. it's an actual fully working piano. You can press each key individually with a click of your mouse and it makes sound! There's even a HUD included so you can play that way instead (which is admittedly a little easier I found) I think if you have a touch screen monitor you're gonna have a blast with this (also I'm seriously jealous). There's also links to youtube lessons included! Some lessons can even be done with two people (if they both have a piano) which is perfect for playing along with a friend.. or a school could use this and make it part of their lesson plan. Great roleplay tool. It would work perfectly for that as it's so interactive. It's only 4 land impact too, so it's not going to hog all your prims! I'm seriously loving playing with this.. this has got to be my new fave toy. The version I'm using is LIFE compatible, but there's ones that work for other HUDs too or even just grab yourself a regular one that doesn't work with any HUD if you're not fussed about that side of things. This piano has it all. A seriously fun item. I'm proud to have this in my bedroom now. Check out SugaBees for this piano and lots of other cool items. ♥

Credits:

Shirt: TD BABY MoonWalkers Short Sleeve Shirt from Soken Kids
Jeans: Flare Mesh Jans - Dark from Minuet
Boots: Tiny Tims - Charcoal from Snips & Snails
Hair: the Roo - HUD 1 from Olive
Hat: Snowflake Hat RARE from Tic Tot Toe (Woodlands December 2014)
Bracelet: Pug Wrist Doodle RARE from VALE KOER 

(The Arcade December 2014)
Ring: Candy Ring - Blue from Yummy
Skin: Little Beauty Pale from Bad Seed Boutique 

(Hello Beautiful - December 2014)
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Teeth: All I want for Christmas from Bad Seed Boutique 

(All the little things  - December 2014)
Nails: Black Kitty Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable
Piano: [LIFE] Upright Toy Piano from SugaBees
Pose: Playful - Playful 4 from .click.

Special thanks to Soken Kids, Tic Tot Toe and SugaBees

♥ School Time ♥

I don't really go to school.. but I saw this outfit from Snips & Snails at the Xiasumi School Festival and it was too cute not to have. There's some cute things there if you can stand to navigate around. Anyways, this outfit is a mix-match set, so you can get the bits and pieces you want.. and there's even options for boys. I love the set, I just wish it was a bit cheaper so I could have got more options! It's good quality though, so I can see why it's so expensive. Oh.. it only fits baby ToddleeDoo avatars though.. which was a little disappointing.. cos I wanted to get my sister one and she's a kid ToddleeDoo. 

Anyways, I look adorable dressed up for school. I even got some knee-length socks from Bad Seed Boutique specially so I could complete this look. Perhaps I should have been rocking pigtails for a more youthful vibe, but I had to show off this hair that I got from Wasabi Pills which I found at the Xiasumi School Festival too. I always get a little bit overjoyed when a hairstyle fits me..

I thought I had relief from my headache, but it's back and it's thumping louder than ever. I am not sure what's up with me.. I'm starting to freak out that I may have a brain tumor. I know, I know.. I'm being over-dramatic.

 Credits:

Top: Tiny Student Uniform Cardigan - Tan from Snips & Snails 

(Xiasumi School Festival)
Skirt: Tiny Student Uniform Skirt - Tan Plaid from Snips & Snails 

(Xiasumi School Festival)
Bow Tie: Uniform Bow Tie - FATPACK from Snips & Snails 

(Xiasumi School Festival)
Socks: Bow Socks from Bad Seed Boutique
Shoes: Lolly- Shoe black from Viv.a! Kids
Hair: Suki Mesh Hair - Blonds Pack from Wasabi Pills 

(Xiasumi School Festival)
Backpack: TCS_Backpack_Panda BW from MIAMAI (Old Arcade item)
Ring: Kitty Style Ring [#5] from pr!cK
Skin: Baby Mikki from Bad Seed Boutique
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Nails: Drippy Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable
Pose: Preppy - Preppy 1 from .click.

♥ Winged It ♥

I'm loving these sweaters from Little Nerds with the cute skull on the front. You can choose between black and red too. I picked black today, but they are both awesome. I never thought a skull could be cute until now.. and they fit baby and kid ToddleeDoo's, which is always great.

I teamed my sweater from Little Nerds with these epic free leggings from Snips & Snails which you can grab at Trunk or Treat. Who doesn't love skeleton print leggings? ♥

I'm diggin' this look I've got going on today.. it's creepy cute. That's now a thing.. creepy cute.. where it should be creepy but it's just not quite creepy enough.

In unrelated news, my cat is still being sick.. we suspect it's because he eats his food too fast and I'm not sure really what to do about it. I'm considering maybe breaking his two meals a day into three meals a day to combat it.. maybe giving him smaller amounts will help. 

 Credits:

Sweater: Skull Sweater Black from Little Nerds
Leggings: Boney Legging - FREEBIE! from Snips & Snails (Trunk or Treat)
Boots: Snowball boots from Snowflake Designs
Hair: the Connie Hair - HUD 1 from .Olive.
Horns: Incubus/Succubus Horns (sugar) from BOOM
Wings: Drakaina Wings /Pierced/ Athena from [QE] Designs (Kawaii vs Creepy)
Bag: Bat bag black from Legal Insanity (Kawaii vs Creepy)
Skin: Baby Mikki from Bad Seed Boutique
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Nails: Halloween Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable
Pose: Sassy - Sassy 5 (m) from .click.

Special thanks to Little Nerds

♥ Found a Pumpkin ♥

You may have noticed I've updated my layout.. I had that one for like two years, so it was time for a change. I think this new layout is easier to read and pretty cute too.. no doubt I'll tinker with it here and there until I'm fully happy with the changes.

Anyways, my awesome pullover I'm wearing today is from Minuet - which are available at The Flea Market. It fits baby and kid sized ToddleeDoo's and says on the front "The sisterhood of the traveling brooms flying into the night on magical adventures" and there's a witch on a broom, with a cat on her back.. in front of a big moon. It's perfect for Halloween. 

I'm still wearing the "Little rose skin" from Little Nerds. I love it right now.. I keep changing up my skins so much.. but while you can't change yours in real life and you can in Second Life.. so why not?!

I'm wearing cute devil horns with little bows on and a mask too, both from Tiny Trinkets. The masks are in a gatcha and there's all sorts of cool ones up for grabs! This rare mask is pretty neat with the neon bolts on it.

Have you been to Tricky Treats Gatcha Village? It seems a little smaller than the one I blogged last year.. everything is 25 lindens though, which is pretty awesome. I picked up a few bits there, including this cute pumpkin pose from Same Love.

Oh, how cool is this skeleton kitty from Snowflake designs? It comes with holdable and walkable version.. both for kid and adult sizes. It even comes with a HUD so you can change the face of the kitty mask to one you like.. I'm digging the traditional skeleton face though.

In non related news.. more specifically real life news.. my fiance finally ordered my engagement ring.. so I'm pretty excited about that.. I felt the need to share! He proposed in April.. so it's been a while being ringless.. can't wait! ♥

Click picture to see larger image ♥

Credits:

Shirt: Traveling Brooms Pullover from Minuet (The Flea Market)
Pants: Jess Pants from Petite Silhouette
Boots: Tiny Tims - Charcoal from Snips & Snails
Hair: [01] Meadow from Magika
Necklace: Bottle Cap Necklace - Silver {Sunshine} from Bebe'Licious
Mask: "Secret eyes" black/neon *Rare* from Tiny Trinkets
Headband: "Little Devil" Hairband from Tiny Trinkets
Skeleton kitty: Skeleton kitty mesh pet w/hud from Snowflake Designs
Skin: Little Rose skin from Little Nerds
Nails: Pumpkin Nails from Turducken (Tricky Treats Gatcha Village)
Pose: First Pumpkin Pose #6 from Same Love (Tricky Treats Gatcha Village)
Background kitties: Kitty w/ Balloon and Kitty Sit from <:*BoOgErS*:> 

(Tag! Gatcha)

Special thanks to Minuet, Little Nerds and Tiny Trinkets

♥ Little Cloud ♥

After spending most of today buried in Blender, in a desperate attempt to try to learn how to make mesh, I decided to take a break and chill out.. as a cloud.. I made my first ever mesh object (thanks you again Addie - Little Pixels owner for helping me) , so I feel like walking on air.. haha, see what I did there?! Anyways, this adorable cloud costume is by Snips & Snails and I found it at the Trunk or Treat event. It's pretty stinkin' cute.. and that's not really a word I usually associate with clouds. 

My hair is from Cute Bytes and I'm loving having rigged hair for us ToddleeDoo avatars. Wish more places did rigged hair for us! This style is really cute and perfect for us.. fits both ToddleeDoo and regular kids.. you can find this and many other awesome hair styles upstairs at Cute Bytes main store. 

Credits:

Outfit: Rainy Days Costume - Grey from Snips & Snails (Trunk or Treat)
Boots: Taylor Boots from *BABY*
Hair: LalleeDoo Hair - Blondes from Cute Bytes
Ring: Doughnut Ring from Yummy
Bracelet: Nautical hand stamped bracelet - hold fast silver from .trinket.
Skin: Baby Mikki from Bad Seed Boutique
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Nails: Sweet Treats Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable
Umbrella: My Snowy Umbrella - Rainbow *RARE* from Cute Bytes

Special thanks to Cute Bytes

♥ Pumpkin Baby ♥

Check out this cute sweater from Tiny Trinkets, which fits both baby and kid ToddleeDoo's. it's got cute ruffles on the collar area and a happy pumpkin design on the front. I teamed the sweater with some mint wide leg pants from Baby Pie and awesome boots from Snips & Snails.

I'm also holding this epic pumpkin bag from Tiny Trinkets. This one featured is the girls version, but don't worry boys you have not been forgotten.. there is also a boy version without the cute bow on it! What I love about this pumpkin bag is that if you click it you receive a load of goodies.. one of which is this pumpkin pez I'm holding. Little pez particle pieces randomly emit from it! It made me all nostalgic for when I would buy pez as a kid in real life.. I've not seen them in ages! Also in the contents you can find: choco, coffee, lemon, pistachio, raspberry and vanilla macarons (which are holdable and animated)

I love this "Batmoon RARE" that's in the background, from Winter Ravens.. which I found at this round of Woodland Treasures Gatcha. I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to have it.. and low and behold on my first try I got it! My mummy liked it so much she wanted it on the outside of our house on the upstairs window.. and yes, I might be posing on the roof for this picture.. luckily nobody is around to yell at me and tell me how dangerous it is.

 Credits:

Sweater: Pumpkin Top from Tiny Trinkets
Pants: 5 Pack - Wide Leg Cordory Pants - Mint Green from Baby Pie
Boots: Tiny Tims - Wheat from Snips & Snails
Hair: Hair*114*Mocha from Love Soul
Pumpkin bag: All the treats - Pumpkin bag Girls from Tiny Trinkets
Pez: Pumpkin Pex from Tiny Trinkets (found inside contents of Pumpkin bag)
Skin: Baby Mikki from Bad Seed Boutique
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Nails: Halloween Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable (Coming Soon!)
Pose: Quirky - Quirky 1 from .click.
In background: Batmoon RARE from Winter Ravens [.WR.] 

(Woodland Treasures Gatcha October 2014)

Special thanks to Tiny Trinkets

♥ Yeah, that's what I said ♥

Second post of the day and showing off an epic shirt and leggings combination from Little Nerds. The shirt has on it, "Yeah that's what I said" - hence the title of my post.. because I'm that original sometimes! Lol. 

So... it means so much to me when I get feedback on my blog or know that people actually read it.. I was contacted by someone just today who told me they always read my new posts and that made me feel all warm and fuzzy (you know who you are!) Thank you from the bottom of my heart.. sometimes I spend too much time comparing myself to other bloggers and thinking I'm not good enough or that nobody really reads what I write, so when I get confirmation that people actually do it is such a nice feeling and when I feel like giving up it's those moments that see me through. I had another person contact me a while back and she said she loves my blog and that contact was out of the blue too and much appreciated. Thank you to all the people who read my blog and for those who reach out to me, you are awesome ♥

Another topic came up in the same conversation today though.. and I thought I'd share what I said. I got asked how I pick what stores I blog.. so if anyone is interested, here's the low down. At first when I started I just bought and blogged things I liked.. or if I saw a store I liked was looking for bloggers I applied.. but as my blog gained more interest people have started approaching me and if I like the stuff they make I'll say yes. So, if any stores out there want to know how people get bloggers that's how.. I think it's really flattering when stores approach me and I much prefer it when they do that to be honest. We're all pretty friendly and I usually spread the love with my fellow bloggers too because I have been known to recommend others if they tell me they're looking for a few to represent their store.

I do really struggle with comparing myself to other bloggers though.. their style, their look, how popular they are.. and it can really eat away at me sometimes. I am like that in real life though.. I always feel not good enough and compare myself to others and over-analyse things. It can be really draining and get me down. I sometimes look at another blog and feel insignificant in comparison and want to just close my blog down and go cry.. but then I have to remember I'm not in competition with these people. I started blogging because I like it and I shouldn't let anyone make me feel inferior in any way.. when I started there were very few ToddleeDoo blogs.. and as more and more start coming out of the woodwork, I have to remember I have been blogging for way longer and have come a long way from my earlier posts. I like to think I offer something a little different too because I often ramble in my posts and it comes from the heart and yes, it might not always be sunshine and rainbows.. but it's real. 

 Credits:

Outfit: Yeah That's What I Said Outfit - TD from Little Nerds
Shoes: Tiny Tims - Charcoal from Snips & Snails
Hair: London to L.A: 7. Light Blondes from Exile (Old Arcade Item)
Necklace: Matte Black Chain (BEST) from AMAYA
Bracelet: Nautical Hand stamped bracelet - hold fast silver from .trinket.
Skin: Baby Mikki from Bad Seed Boutique
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes V2 from Little Pixels
Nails: Camo Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable

Special thanks to Little Nerds and everyone who reads this

♥

♥ Laundry Day ♥

Okay, it's time to talk about this awesome shirt from high v. found at this round of Bro I Gatcha. Firstly, Bro I Gatcha is a gatcha event with boys in mind (about time!) and although it's technically for boys.. I still dig a lot of the stuff there. My style is very relaxed, one day I can be girly as anything, the next day I'm rolling in the dirt wearing camo.. which is why I was drawn to this event. This shirt and wrap around sweater are both from high v. and are so epic. I love them both, they go really well together and it's a great reminder to your parents that they need to do laundry. Be sure to check out these super cool gatchas from high v.

Now.. I love Batman if you didn't know already.. and I squealed when Tic Tot Toe shared they had a Batman car up for grabs at their gatcha at "Bro I Gatcha" event. It's a RARE, of course it would be.. cos Batman is truly amazeballs. Yes, I said amazeballs.. I've got issues. Anyways, it comes with a remote control for holding and of course the dinky little car.. I found you can either rez it or wear it.. and it goes around in a little circle on the ground. Pretty cool.

 Credits:

Shirt: tees laundry day from high v. (Bro I Gatcha September 2014)
Waist sweater: waist sweatshirt buck 5 from high v. 

(Bro I Gatcha September 2014)
Jeans: Kool Jeans - Black from Cute Bytes
Shoes: Tiny Tims - Charcoal from Snips & Snails
Hair: the connie II Hair - HUD 1 from Olive
Panda head: my mini panda normal black from offbeat 

(Kustom9 September 2014)
Necklace: Matte Black Chain (BEST) from AMAYA
Bracelet: Bicycle Bracelet - silver from .trinket.
Ring: Kitty Ring Set - ONYX from [tea.s]
Race car: Bat Mobile RARE from Tic Tot Toe (Bro I Gatcha September 2014)
Skin: Ivy Snow from FreshFace (Wicked Wonderland Fair)
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes from Little Pixels
Nails: Limited Owl Nails from Awwdorable (All the little things September 2014)
Pose: Gentle - Gentle 2 from .click.

Special thanks to high v., Bro I Gatcha, Tic Tot Toe and FreshFace

♥ Get your skates on ♥

And that's exactly what I've told myself, "get your skates on!" 

I'm really sorry I've been seriously slacking on the blogging front.. when real life gets a bit crazy it seems I struggle to fit in everything I want to do. Luckily from today it should be more relaxed again for a bit and working on my own schedule, rather than beating to the drum of someone else and trying to make my life fit around theirs. 

Anyways, so get my skates on I have.. not only figuratively, but, literally in fact. 

In this picture I'm rocking an awesome skate shirt from the epic Soken Kids. It seemed rather fitting considering the location I went to.. I'm being a bit of a rebel though, leaving my board at home and opting for skates. The cargo mini shorts are also from Soken Kids and I really dig the texture work on them! They also have checkered underwear peeking over the waistband too and a very realistic looking belt, sadly both hidden by my shirt. The pockets have awesome detail on them too.. if you didn't get it by now, I really love these shorts. 

My skates are from Snips & Snails. I wore them in my last post but in a different colour.. these ones are much like the ones I remember having in real life, colour wise I mean. I think mine were by Fisher Price though.

I've been over to Kustom9 tonight, which is why I have a panda on my head, a backpack and a radio. The panda is from offbeat and is just adorable the way it's holding the cheese like that.. totally resizable too with a simple click. The backpack is from LAYOVER and fits us perfectly.. in a few simple clicks I got it to the right size without much fuss too.

Now I have to mention this radio from floorplan.. I almost didn't give it a glance when I was at Kustom9.. saw it and in my head I went, "Radio.. boring.. for grownups.. just a decorative piece probably" but how wrong was I?! Luckily for me I was on voice with my mummy and she and my sister were both with me shopping too and my mummy goes on voice, "Scripted?" and I was like, "Huh?" and she goes, "The radios.." and I went, "REALLY?!" and immediately zoomed in on the gatcha and the rest was history. I LOVE it! I got home, wore it and copied and pasted my fave choon from youtube at the moment and slapped it into the pop up box.. and then was amazed as I could walk around blasting out my jam over the media channel. Loves it. ♥

Credits:

 Shirt: TD BABY UrbanMenace Short Sleeve Shirt MESH from Soken Kids
Shorts: TD Baby DeepBlue Cargo Mini Shorts Mesh from Soken Kids
Skates: Little Rollers - Original from Snips & Snails
Hair: Marin - Blondes from Wasabi Pills
Ring: Chewnicorn Ring from [tea.s]
Bracelet: Eternity Bracelet rose brown from Izzie's
Panda head: My mini panda cheese holic from offbeat 

(Kustom9 September 2014)
Backpack: Graphicz Backpack [W/B] from LAYOVER (Kustom9 September 2014)
Radio: Transistor radio / cobalt from floorplan (Kustom9 September 2014)
Skin: Ivy Snow from FreshFace (Wicked Wonderland Fair)
Sore knees: Booboo Knees from Little Mint
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes from Little Pixels
Nails: Limited Owl Nails from Awwdorable (All the little things September 2014)

Special thanks to Soken Kids and FreshFace

 

♥ Juggling ♥

I've got a cute pastel outfit from Little Nerds to show you today. It comes with top, leggings HUD and hairbow and fits both baby and kid ToddleeDoo's. The shirt has various pastel colours going across it, nicely textured! The leggings have adorable green hearts on the knees and the hairbow matches the shirt.

This outfit went perfectly with these epic skates I picked up from Snips & Snails for 50 Linden Friday. I should imagine the price will go up after today, so snag yours while you can! They resize easily with manipulation of the stretch option under edit.. so although there's no resize script in them, you can stretch all sides pretty easily. They even come with an awesome ao, can't grumble at that! I remember having these when I was a kid in real life.. naturally I had to have them. They have a cooties option (pink) and an original option (yellow) - I got them both, but in the picture I'm wearing the cooties one.

Ever wanted to juggle veggies in the kitchen while your mummy makes dinner? Well, now you can.. thanks to Tic Tot Toe. You can play the gatcha at the Justone50 event and get all sorts of different combinations of fruit/veg to juggle.. at only 20 lindens a go too it's not going to break your piggy bank. Tic Tot Toe also offers up a limited edition fruit cart for 150 lindens at the same event. Only 60 copies will be sold!

On another note, the title of the post is relevant.. I feel I juggle a lot right now. I juggle having a SL family with my RL, juggle blogging and being a creator.. and sometimes it can be utterly exhausting. I think sometimes I give myself too much work. I have this nasty habit of wanting to do everything and it's not always possible. I'm hoping I'm not the only one who does this.. lol

 Credits:

Outfit: Pastel - Outfit - TD from Little Nerds
Skates: Little Rollers - Cooties from Snips & Snails
Hair: Leighann - Blondes from Elikatira
Necklace: Unicorn Horn Necklace from Atomic
Bracelet: Peace sign bracelets from .trinket.
Ring: Doughnut Ring from Yummy
Fruit n veg: Juggling Veggie Bunch RARE from Tic Tot Toe (Justone50)

Skin: Ivy Snow from FreshFace (Wicked Wonderland Fair)
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes from Little Pixels
Nails: Tropical Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable

♥ Shake it off ♥

So.. I was setting up this picture and I was singing like a maniac at the top of my lungs. My sister walks over and didn't tell me my mic was on until I had really embarrassed myself. Thanks sis! She was like "It's okay, you rock out to Swifty" - I was singing Taylor Swifts new song at the top of my lungs. It's so catchy! I'm still dying of embarrassment though. I'm just glad my mummy wasn't there to hear it, or she'd never let me live it down.

Anyways, this awesome outfit is from Viv.a! Kids.. its such a punk rock chick look. I feel very Avril Lavigne in it.. you know.. kinda punk-pop. Or bubblegum-rock. It comes with the plaster.. uh.. bandaid (for you Americans) on the nose and even comes with eyeliner. I told my daddy I raided mummy's makeup and that's why I'm sporting the panda eyed look. It comes with the electric guitar too and the tights and shoes.. and obviously outfit. Awesome look!

I'm rocking out surrounded by four Fan Mail stacks from the epic Plethora. I feel very celeb in this shot! Don't worry my adoring fans, I'll get back to you.. I love you all! Lol.. I wish I had adoring fans! 

Also these lunch boxes next to me (cos even celebs sometimes pretend to eat, right?) are from the amazing Tic Tot Toe. A Dr Who one for all you fans and an Ouija Board style one for those of us who like a little spookiness in our lives. What is truly epic about these though are that you can get a custom one made exactly how you want it.. all you gotta do is go visit "All the little things" event and grab your own. Awesome!

I'm surrounded by a lot of goodies I picked up at The Arcade.. and a couple of bits from elsewhere, full credits (as always) underneath these two pictures. One far away shot and one closer shot. Loves it!

Credits:

Outfit: Rock Costume from Viv.a! Kids
Hair: Zoe (Variant pack) from Amacci
Necklace: Angry Panda Girl Necklace from Awwdorable 

(All the little things event)
Bracelet: Starry Bracelet Dotty Princess from Buglets
Skin: Ivy Snow from FreshFace (Wicked Wonderland Fair)
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes from Little Pixels
Nails: Rawr Nails from Awwdorable
In the scene:
Lunchboxes: Dr. Who Lunchbox and Ouija Lunchbox from Tic Tot Toe 

(All the little things event September 2014)
Fan Mail: Fan Mail Stacks 1, 2, 3 and 4 from Plethora
Furby-looking things: Furball Blue-Pink @ the front and Furball Red-White @ the back from Hectik Designs 

(The Woodland Treasures Gatcha Septmember 2014)
Piano thing: MadPea Singers Piano from MadPea (The Arcade September 2014)
Bears: -Left to right- Torley Bear, Papa Bear, Baby Bear, Mama Bear, Punkin Bear, Fly Away Bear, Titan Bear Girl, Acid Test Bear and  James Beartholomew Hook from BoOgErS 

(The Arcade September 2014)
Puss: Puss (Boy) - Companion from Alchemy/Birdy 

(The Arcade September 2014)
Anteater: Chic Anteaters-Dude from Mutresse (The Arcade September 2014)
Shelves: Let's Play Ladder Shelf RARE from Roost (The Arcade September 2014)
Suitcases: Let's Play Pink Suitcases from Roost (The Arcade September 2014)
Lava lamp: Lava Lamp purple from Snips & Snails

Special thanks to Viv.a! Kids, Plethora, Tic Tot Toe & FreshFace

 

♥ Boo ♥

Title of this post is because it's the name of this cute avatar from ND/MD Cuties I have to show you. This is definitely a cute avatar alternative to ToddleeDoo. Check out the 4 pictures below. I did a post previously about ND/MD Cuties avatars.. you can find that here to see their awesome lion version: ND/MD Cuties

But first, lets have a look at this avatar.. what do you get? Well, with this one you get 4 shapes, all different heights and they all include a modifiable version of the shape too, which is incredibly handy. I'm wearing the 12 month shape, but there's 18 month, 24 month and 3 year old shapes to choose too. There's also a freckled version of the avatar included (I'm wearing the non freckled light tan version)  You also get a pink diaper and two sets of eyes.. green or hazel. A closed eyes version is also included. You even get two face lights, which you shouldn't need if you use correct windlight settings. I didn't use them.

I'm also wearing ND/MD Cuties clothing. At the end of the post I'll say what I'm wearing in each picture.

Credits:

Boo-lighttan toddler mesh avatar from ND/MD Cuties

Hair: Alexis - Browns from Ploom

Shirts: Cuties Panda T-shirts Set1 and Set2 from ND/MD Cuties

Leggings: 3 black/white leggins pants from ND/MD Cuties

Shoes: Black fur shoes/flats from ND/MD Cuties

Shoes: White fur shoes/flats from ND/MD Cuties

Ears and tail: FREE Panda ears & tails from ND/MD Cuties

All poses used are built into Snips & Snails mesh treehouse

Special thanks to ND/MD Cuties

♥ Beach Fun ♥

So.. family outing to the beach.. and I have to show you the pictures from it. So much fun. 

Wearing the bathing suit from Snips & Snails that I got from Limited 50 - so unfortunately it's not up for grabs any more.. but I still wanted to share my little outing and the pictures I took.

I went with my mummy, grandma and trial sister Meg. We went on jetski's.. looked at volcanoes and took lots of pictures. Fun times! 

Credits:

Outfit: Bunneh Swimsuit - Peach [Limited 50] from Snips & Snails
Shoes: Kitty Sandals - White from Minuet (Woodland Gatcha August 2014)
Hair: Lala - blondes from Truth
Ring: Doughnut Ring from Yummy
Sunglasses: Summer Delights - Melty Sunglasses [Silver] from Half Deer
Bracelet: Conversation Trinket -Silver- XOXO from [tea.s]
Necklace: Tagged Necklace (Faith) from Cute Poison
Head: Baby Mesh Head #1 - HAPPY from Cute Bytes 

(Woodland Gatcha August 2014)
Nails: Tropical Nails ToddleeDoo from Awwdorable (All the little things)

♥ Bee Cute ♥

How cute is this bee costume from Viv.a! Kids? I absolutely love it. It even comes with the little black wings. I love the flowery belt it comes with too. So cute.

The nails I paired with this outfit are from ZOZ Kids. They are starry and awesome, check them out in the second picture. 

I decided to take some time out and just chill in my treehouse for this picture, sometimes it's good just to sit back and reflect on things. I even wore this to my forever Auntie's new clinic "Family First Medical Center" and me and my cousin Trin got in trouble for trying to use the equipment. 

I learned I am 26 lbs of whale blubber.. thanks Dr Trin for the diagnosis. She said I have whale disease and I'd need shots for it.. then we were picked up and whisked away before we got to play with anything else. -Pouts- 

But the clinic is awesome, so if you are sick ever and either have a HUD or just want to roleplay it out.. you should definitely check them out. They even do maternity etc for the big people you know.

Credits:

Outfit: Kids Bee Costume from Viv.a! Kids
Hair: Marin Mesh - Blondes from Wasabi Pills
Necklace: Tagged Necklace (Cute) from Cute Poison
Bracelet: Eternity Bracelet rose brown from Izzie's
Bracelet: Starry Bracelet Solid Sunny from Buglets
Ring: Chewnicorn Ring from [tea.s]
Bumbleebee friend: A Bumblebee Friend from MishMish
Bumblebee fairy: Bumble Bee Fairy [Companion] from Ohmai
Skin: Alice Natural from FreshFace
Teeth: OpenMouthPRO Basic and BabyTeeth Add on from PXL
Eyelashes: Eyelashes from Little Pixels
Nails: Painted Star Polish & Nails (TD) from ZOZ KIDS
Pose: Treehouse Sit from Snips & Snails (Built into treehouse from The Arcade)
Pose: Pretty Nails 3 from Bad Seed Boutique

Special thanks to Viv.a! Kids, Fresh Face and ZOZ KIDS