ROOTS

A Secondlife fashion blog By Demi Ellisson

The Arcade is open for another round! June 1st - 30th. There’s a bunch of new and exciting things from your favorite designers. Unfortunately I cannot blog them all, (I’m only one lady!) but here’s a few of my favorites.

Skin : [PF] Harley <Peach> - Arcade 01 (RARE)
Hair : /Wasabi Pills/ Lory Mesh Hair - Rye - RARE
Dress : Tee*fy Aurelia Summer High-Low Dress Black 
Hat : {Sleepy Eddy} Adventure Hat (Multi A)
Boots : (fd) Bossy Boots - Floral Pink + Orange
Socks : Also from Fashionably Dead (ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE MAINSTORE)
Backpack : Tee*fy  Leather-Made Goat Head  Backpack  Prism
Necklace : (NO) Vintage Portrait Necklace - Cha-Cha

Skin : Glam Affair - Lulu 06 ( The Arcade )
Hair : !lamb. Crystal Ball (Mesh) - Sunburst (Not available at the Arcade)
Bikini : :Paper.Doll: Ruffly Kini: White
Heels : Ingenue :: Delphine :: Cherry
Bag : :pesca:paille pochette/black+flower
Shades : PIDIDDLE - Bottle Cap Shades - Twilight Galaxy
Bracelet : *BOOM* Knit Friendship Bracelet (rainbow) RT
Scooter : {what next} Dandelion Scooter

Here is your ticket to the Arcade.

I also want to encourage people not to sell their extras but to give them away as gifts or trade, please understand this takes money away from the deserving creators who make this event great! 

And I want to apologize for lack of better photos, my photoshop broke so I have been using gimp. 

MLG (Major league gamer)

Skin : The Shops! (THE SKIN SHOP) ‘Pussy’ 
Hair : =DeLa*= Mesh Hair “Mango” Red 3
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Top : Beusy: Indifferent  Back Hem Top NEW
Underwear : [Avoid] Power Ranger Brief - Yellow
Shoes : **DECO - MESH Classic Sneaks (white)**
Glasses : [(B)COLLECTIVE]_Midtown_Readers (Burley)

Sorry for lack of posts, I’ve been trying to solve my shitty internet issues

My life is a soundtrack

This is blog post is for a music meme I saw here.
I thought maybe some of you were curious as to what I like to listen to, and I’d love to see your choices for this as well!

Opening Credits:
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWhMrLae-7Y

Waking Up:
Sleeping in - The Postal Service
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv5lO-O8hRU

First Day At School:
We’re Going To Be Friends - The White Stripes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfD8d3XJok

Falling in Love:
Love And Some Verses - Iron & Wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFiopuzJMs

Breaking Up:
Let It Die - Feist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob1CdTLDj10

Prom:
Warrior - Mark Foster, A-Trak, Kimbra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUivXgJ2S4

Life’s Okay:
Float On - Modest Mouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk


Mental Breakdown:
You Know What I Mean - Cults
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSYmpORCXU

Driving:
Pursuit of Happiness - Covered by Lissie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmsbHGEB6UU

Flashback:
Soco Amaretto Lime - Brand New
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LE1Bd_wX1M

Getting Back Together:
Stubborn Love - The Lumineers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJWk_KNbDHo

Wedding:
Postcards From Italy - Beirut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61BVv6pLtw

Birth of a Child:
Hourglass - Mindy Gledhill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-PDKNu71I

Final Battle:
Recover - Chrvches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyqemIbjcfg

Death Scene:
The Funeral - Band of Horses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFWFhTFohk

Funeral Song:
I Know Places - Lykke Li
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg8XfE3IsjM

End Credits:
Top Rated - Icona Pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwtu8BqNq4M

And now for the outfit :

Skin : The Shops! (THE SKIN SHOP) ‘Pussy’ NEW
Hair : [taketomi]_Harumi_Brown01 NEW
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Top : *L.inc* Loose Tanktop Enjoy Cock Burgundy
Overshirt : (fd) Button Shirt Open - Gray (@ Collabor88) NEW
Shorts : (fd) High Waist Cutoffs - Dark Denim (@ Collabor88) NEW
Boots : [Docs V2] 8 Hole - F - BLACK (From Gos)
Rings : (Yummy) Burger Ring & (Yummy) Pizza Ring (@ Collabor88) NEW
Glasses : [(B)COLLECTIVE]_Midtown_Readers (Burley)
Headphones : .:Standby Inc. - Retro Headphones - Monochrome (head)
Stool : Soothe.[mdrm]RF@nimationS-Record Stool Jazzy (blue) (@FI*Fridays) NEW

So, this is a blogger meme, it contains a few personal things about myself. You can read it or don’t. Rose started this on her blog here and I thought I’d give it a go.

Credits : 
Mesh Head : S@R Hybrid Avatar_Nea_Milky White
Skin : [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (WLH2)
Hair : !lamb. Crystal Ball (Mesh) - Twix
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Hoodie : [monso] My Fur Hoody - Black (girls)

1. What is the thing you fear most in the world above dying(that is if you fear death)?

  • The Ocean, it’s so beautiful, but so deep and vast. It could literally swallow you up in seconds, not to mention it covers a majority of the earth. Also maybe, letting people down. I really feel the need to please others, even if they wouldn’t do the same.

2. When’s the last time you sat down and contemplated where your life was going, and what did you concluded from that?

  • Every single day. I get overwhelmed and I escape it. I often feel stuck, but there’s something inside of me that want’s to be like fuck everything and get away, and live. I have issues that I feel suffocate me, and hide the person I am, and I hate it more than anything.

3. If you could give any one person in the world a wish, a wish you knew you could grant, what would it be, and why would you give it to them?

  • Honestly, myself. I don’t think I wanna put my life on blast and tell everyone what it is. But it’s not for selfish reasons, I promise.

4. Cat, dog, rabbit, horse, chicken, dolphin? There are so many animals in the world, if you could be one, and had to think, act, be like one, with out human thoughts, emotions, perception of the world, which would you be, and why?

  • This is a really tough question. I see myself as a dog, loyal, friendly, energetic, loving. But I do love the water a lot, and dolphins and dogs have a lot of the same traits. Dolphins are very smart and travel in groups, but if you’re out in the middle of the ocean you have less contact with humans, and IT’S SCARY.

5. Today is the last day you’ll ever see your family. Some you may love, some you may hate, other you may not have any emotional attachment to. What would you do?

  • I think I’d apologize. And I’d tell my little brother how much he means to me, and how I want the best for him growing up. LOL I AM TEARING UP, GOSH ROSE. 

6. Given the chance to travel to one country -ONLY – in your whole life, other than the one you’ve grown up in, or have found yourself living in (pretend you’ve gone to no other country in the world other than the one you now call home) where would it be? Why, and for how long?

  • Japan maybe? I’d want to experience a culture so different from my own, yet one that is very welcoming of Americans. I’ve heard great things about Japan, and there’s so much culture. I’d want to experience both the traditional sides, and those that are modern. 

7. Quick you have to pick 5 things to take with you as you are rushing out of the house- you don’t know what’s happening, where you’re going, whom is taking you where, or why, but you do know you can carry about 5 things, in the small bag you’ve given to take with you. What do you choose?

  • Well given the fact that I don’t know where I’m going I’d probably just take the things I normally carry? Wallet, Phone, chapstick. I don’t carry around a purse or anything. But if it sounded like I was never coming back I’d be sure to grab my cat Buster and Puffle-lumps my stuffed animal.

8. You’re sitting in a dream, you can tell you’re dreaming, but you’re not awake enough to move. What do you see? Is anyone there? (be creative, make something up, or recall a dream you had before)

  • Lucid dream huh? My dreams tend to be close to reality, everyone looks a little different, but I can tell who they are. Same goes for rooms, they may not look anything like my room or familiar places, but somehow I know where I am. People who’d be there, Aida definitely. I’d probably be someplace familiar, I’d be comforted by the smell of home. I think it’d be dark, not too warm, not too cold. Maybe rain, maybe just rain everywhere but where I’m standing. And I’d be walking to someplace unknown, not bad, just somewhere I have no knowledge of.

9. What color do you think you are?

  • Bright teal, I am calm and chill, I may not pop out at first like the other bright colors, but I can get a little cray-zay.

10.  If when it came to blogging, if you blog, no one say your blogs, no one commented, no one noticed, no one cared, at all, would you keep blogging? 

  • It all depends on what i’m blogging. If it were personal things, I’d never stop. If it were just sl outfits, I’d probably just post to flickr without credits (I’m lazy)

Poison Apples

Mesh Head : S@R Hybrid Avatar_Nea_Milky White
Skin : [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (WLH2)
Hair : fri. - Marie (from fri.day, had it in gloomy grey but I tinted it because I’m a cheapo)
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Dress : [Plastik]-Boudoir-Navi (free @ the mainstore, as well as a 10L gift! and yes, it comes with appliers!)
Peplum : (Milk Motion) Peplum belt - leather-red
Necklace : (Yummy) Classic Literature Necklace - Multiple
Bow : RACHELBREAKER COOL ducky quack HEADBOW
Shoes : 50 flats- yellow weave flats with Bows
Birds : Songbirds: Varied Tit (YAMAGARA) .:SHD:. (Bunny Hop SE)

for SL Disney Bound week 4
I just want to throw out there, a lot of the items from these outfits tend to be old (some unavailable) But the point of these looks (in my opinion) isn’t for you to be like “Oh I need those items to look like that character” It’s to inspire you to create your own disney look! Or maybe just even dig through your 89k unsorted inventory finding things you didn’t know you had, or forgot you had. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy my styling on the characters, you can check out more here.

Pretty in Pink

Mesh Head : S@R Hybrid Avatar_Nea_Milky White
Skin : [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (WLH2)
Hair : !lamb. Crystal Ball (Mesh) - Blush
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Tank top : Isabella - Mini Tank Top White
Panties : *BOOM* Comfy Womfy Panties (doll pink)
Bow : RO - Briar Bow Headband - Usagi (Remarkable Oblivion) 
Slippers : [NoRe!] Jigglypuff Slippers
Bub bubs : Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh Breasts
Bag : ~Tableau Vivant~ Backpack - Pink - RARE
Daybed : :CP: Folly Beach Daybed (Cheeky Pea)

Not quite like Gaston

Mesh Head : S@R Hybrid Avatar_Nea_Milky White
Skin : [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (WLH2)
Hair : [e] Novel - Black 04 (from elikatira)
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Blazer : **DP**yumyum tweed jacket : red
Jumper : [Slutcookie] - Basic Jumper ; yellow (with belt)
Boots : [SC] Surf Couture - Olea Boots - Worn
Purse : The Secret Store - Tiny Satchel - Red Polka

for SL Disney Bound Week 3 : details here.

Somebunny Loves You


Mesh Head : S@R Hybrid Avatar_Nea_Milky White
Skin : [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (WLH2)
Hair : !lamb. Crystal Ball (Mesh) - Mint
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Bunny outfit : lazybones - le lapin - mint (@ SL Fashion Week)
Collar : .nantes creep collar - spectre (silver)
Pumps : [LeLutka]-Saffron Pumps

Kiss the Girl


Mesh Head : S@R Hybrid Avatar_Nea_Milky White
Skin : [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (WLH2)
Hair : [e] Listen - Red 08 (elikatira)
Hands : Slink Mesh Hand Relax
Undershirt : {nestle my bosom} sheer cover-up white
Corset : [Black] Corset (part of corset from Abyss)
Skirt : (5th&Oxford) Jori Skirt  - EGG BLUE
Shoes : {mon tissu} Cottage Flats ~ Beige
Fish plush : Intrigue Co. - Plushie Pals: Circus the Clownfish
Bow : RACHELBREAKER COOL ducky quack HEADBOW
Necklace : .Olive. the Folded Golden Paper Letter Necklace - <3 - RARE

for SL DisneyBound Week two!

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I believe in fairies

Skin - Glam Affair - Amberly
Hair - tram  A816 hair / cork
Dress - -tb- C88 Mellow Dress - Grey/Green
Flats - fri. - Basic Flats (White)
Necklace - PIDIDDLE - My Special Treasures - Silver Glitter

This week’s disney inspiration was Peter Pan. Being as fiesty as I am, I chose the character Tinkerbell. I Had to go with the pixie cut instead of a bun, just seemed logical (her being a fairy and all) As far as the rest of the outfit goes, I wanted to keep it simple because let’s be honest, Tink didn’t wear much. 

Look forward to more disney inspired outfits!
Join the challenge here.
Or look at others inspired looks here.