This past week’s challenge was “It’s a ‘Formality’ Thing”, with the focus on formalwear.  Our participating bloggers this week came out with some amazing combinations, in both their attire and their backgrounds. 

So I choose to close out this week’s with a slightly different format.  I’m grabbing their photos from their blogs and posting them here for all to see.  You can click on each picture to go directly to their post to get all the juicy details.

As for me, I just had to show this gorgeous dress from Inndyra Originals.  I think it’s the pinned up side that does it for me.  It’s just smexy as all heck.

So here’s mine.  And then there’s everyone else!

Details for me:

Dress:  Indyra Originals – Chere Glace (Amethyst)
Earrings:  Indy&Co – House of Julii Earrings (Amethyst)
Hair:  Truth – Padma (Mahogany)
Skin:  Exodi – Isolde (Nuit Tone/#17 Makeup)
Nails:  Exodi – Sculpted Nails v2.0 (Plum)
Poses:  TorridWear

Check out these awesome bloggers!

Aren’t they all pretty?!?!?!!??!?

Details for this week’s challenge can be found here.

Keep it hopping!

~*~ Aly ~*~

Here you will find all those that participated in this week’s challenge and bonus color challenge.  The details of said challenges can be found here.

Since it’s almost my bedtime right now, I’m going to leave this post in its place and put links in tomorrow of those that have plurked me.  Love me please.  I’m too tired and drained to beg any more than that.

Love to all!
~*~ Aly ~*~

For me…..I went Wonka.  Why?  Cause he’s purple.

Welllll I went sexy girl Wonka, but you get the drift!

Details:

Cane:  KO Designs – Alluring Tuxedo Costume Cane
Hat:  Adored – Top Hat (Black)
Glasses & Armband:  Merciless – Wonka Choc
Hair:  ETD – Lacey (Black Purple)
Outfit:  Last Call – Boardroom Barracuda (Aubergine)
Choker:  Stellar by Lexi – Sculpted Heart Choker (Black)
Shoes:  ETD – Hampton Wedge (Tyriam Purple)
Skin:  Exodi – Isolde (Nuit Tone/#17 Makeup)
Nails:  Exodi – Sculpted Nails v2.0
Pose:  Reel Expressions

Oh!  I also made a Flickr group where all you wonderful participants can post your creations.  You can find it here.

Week 4 and bonus color day details for this week can be found here. 

Have fun!
~*~ Aly ~*~

I apologize for being a bit behind.  After an amazing vacation in Myrtle Beach, I was simply unable to update links from last week’s challenge and post the details for this week’s last night.   Too many things to do, not enough time before I promptly pass out in bed.  Please forgive me, my dear challengers and challenge followers.  I will work on getting everything updated as quickly as my little fingers can type.

In the meantime, onwards and upwards!  Week 3 is upon us and you can read up on this week’s challenge details here!

Plurkers can leave me their links on Plurk.  Non-plurkers can leave their links in comments here.

Have fun!
~*~ Aly ~*~

Challengers ahead…………..

Aly Warwillow
Bells Semyorka
Phoenix Chapman
(my little placeholder thingy)

Anyone not on Plurk and/or not on my timeline and would like to take part, details for this week’s theme – Gone, But Not Forgotten – can be found here.

For my Plurkers, I will do my best to gather what URLs you leave me.  As always, if you don’t see yours listed within a day or so, feel free to PP me!  I’m out of town this week on vacation, but I’ll have my laptop and hopefully reliable wireless.  So I do not anticipate too much of a delay getting everyone in.

For my non-Plurkers, please use the comment section on the post to post your link.

Thank you everyone again for taking part!  I have gotten an immense amount of positive responses and it makes me all happy and stuff!

Happy themeing!
~*~ Aly ~*~

This week’s participants are…….

Rylan Carling
Willow Zander
Bells Semyorka
Meara Deschanel
Corina Carlberg
Phoenix Chapman
Phoenix Chapman for bonus color day
TrinityBelle Meriman for bonus color day
KelloTaganov GossipGirl for bonus color day
Madison Morlim for bonus color day
VikiRose Ansar for bonus color day
Shayariel Teardrop for bonus color day
TrinityBelle Meriman
Madison Morlim
KelloTaganov GossipGirl
Shayariel Teardrop
Kitty Lalonde
Chandni Khondji
VikiRose Ansar
Tanaquil Beaumont
(this is the famous placeholder I put here so that I can post links and not mess them up like I apparently tend to do)

I have decided that the best way for me to do the challenges is post mine on Sunday to finish out the current week’s challenge and put up details for the next week’s.  So I sayeth, so it shall be done!

I saw an awful lot of amazing posts… many people digging way down, a lot of them noting how they just deleted a lot of old stuff (I have NO idea how you people do that.  I have not deleted anything since I rezzed lol!).  Amazing creations and combos came out this week.  I hope mine measures up.

The skin is the first “real” skin I had after leaving newbiedom.  And it was given to me the night my shape was made….by a very dear friend who took advantage of the fact that it was 4AM for me and she was in Australia and thought it was keen time to drag me kicking and screaming to update my look.  Hence, the birth of my blog.  That was mid-September, 2007.   Wow, my av is old.  So that is Naughty Designs skin.  The only one I have.

The outfit was kind of cool to put together.  I think a lot of newer bloggers or fashionistas read my blog and only think I can blog what is given to me in whole outfits.   Well, I may be an oldie myself, but I still dress my little barbie av with as much creativity as you do, kiddies!   I remember getting the Girlie outfit.  I think I wore it for a good week before someone told me they saw enough of it.  It comes with pants and a skirt, but I desperately wanted to wear jeans.  And you can’t go wrong with Celestial Studios.  You just can’t.  The belt from Nyte’N'Day gives it that last detail that you just know you need.

Shiny Things was one of the first stores I discovered for some awesome jewelry.  Fallingwater has some amazing creations and the Savage set is one of them.  Awesome to look at, amazing to wear.

I remember when the Fedorable came out for Hair Fair.  It was all over the feeds.  And for good reason.  It’s a great creation.  Torrid is greatly missed from the fashion scene.

The shoes from Periquita are the “newest” purchase of the outfit, having been acquired in September of 2008.  They’re cute.   Go ahead and look for a while. I don’t mind.

My poses are from Long Awkward Pose, who was one of the first pose stores I truly spent tons of Lindens at and I’m sure made Dove a happy girl in the process. 

So there you have it.  How’d I do?

Details:

Hair:  TorridWear – Fedorable Loveless (Wheat)
Jewelry:  Shiny Things – Savage Silver & Tanzanite Set
Pants:  Celestial Studios – Vintage Embellished Jeans
Top:  Girlie – Juliet Linen
Belt:  Nyte’N'Day – Basic Black Belt
Shoes:  Periquita – Mary Squares (Brown)
Skin:  Naughty Designs – Spotlight Beach Tan (Icy Coffee)
Poses:  Long Awkward Pose

And now………for details on next week’s challenge, read up here or on my Plurk.

Have a great week folks!
~*~ Aly ~*~

Which……

Many people seem to like!

Via Plurk, I offered up the idea of weekly themes (challenges if you feel so inclined to call them) for the SL blogging community to help keep us on our toes and drum up inspiration and unity.  Apparently, more than just one person liked the idea.  And then I smiled.  Big.

Whilst I will try to own up to my own challenges, I will try to post weekly those that have decided to take up that week’s challenge.  Nothing is mandatory or required.  It is meant to be fun and inspiring.  If you would like to be kept up-to-date with the next theme, please friend me on Plurk.

To my plurky bloggers:  I will try my best to keep the weekly lists up-to-date as I see them posted on Plurk.  If you notice after a day that I haven’t added you, please send me a private Plurk and I’ll add you on.

Enjoy!!
~*~ Aly ~*~

No particular order here, kids.  Just as I find them lol!

Kitty Lalonde
Luna Jubilee
Chandni Khondji
Syngen Sohmers
Willow Zander
Rylan Carling
Grazia Horwitz
Sileny Noel
Aly Warwillow
Shayariel Teardrop
Asthenia Pinazzo
Tanaquil Beaumont
Meara Deschanel
Bottle Bird
Giela Delpaso
Madison Morlim
Brandy Rasmuson
Alicia Chenaux
Phoenix Chapman
TrinityBelle Meriman
Lourdes Denimore
Bells Semyorka
(ignore this placeholder; it’s so I can add the next person and not mess up my links!)

Come on over and pamper your prim feet with delectable goodies from SL’s most talented designers!!

Please help support our charity Soles4Souls!!  We are so close to reaching our goal!!!

Explore the four sims of farm fresh goodness and take piccies like this!

I dunno what they are wearing (sorry girls!) other than Truth hair lol but here’s what I’m wearing:

Boots by Anexxx (at the Shoe Fair!)
Pants by League
Top by BOOM
Jewelry by Fusion (Platinum Hunt)
Hair by Truth
Hat by Digital Knickers (Platinum Hunt)
Skin by Exodi
Wheelbarrow Pose Prop by Adorkable (at the Shoe Fair!  Look for the haybale!)

If you would like a peek at what you can find at the fair, check out the Shoe Fair Blog.

Hop on this bus to get there now!  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rhodium/10/10/31

See you at the Fair!
~*~ Aly ~*~

But I also did my fair amount of shopping to help support this year’s charity Soles4Souls.  And I had some very generous giftiness from some very generous designers.  And now I’m all goofy geeky cheery…and stuff.

So now that the fair is running full speed, I have been able to sit down and put together some piccies for posties for yousies.  I hope you find these as yummy as I did!

Photo details and SLurls to the Shoe Fair sims are at the bottom.

Enjoy!

Come and check them out for yourself! You know you want to!

Worn in all photos (less the shoes…cause like…you already know those…):

Lingerie:   Insolence – Elsa (Purple Liberty)
Hair:  Truth – Kami (Mahogany/Streaked Blonde)
Jewelry:  Fusion – Cord Pendant Set (Platinum Hunt Item)
Skin:  Exodi – Isolde (Nuit Tone/#17 Makeup (Group Gift))
Pose Prop:  LostAngel – Dressing Room Dormeuse (Pink)

Drakke Designs can be found on the Osmium sim (SLurl)
Orange Creations can be found on the Rhodium sim (SLurl)
Shiny Things can be found on the Ruthenium sim (SLurl)

~*~ Aly ~*~

I’m a little late in posting, but along with Phoenix Chapman, Anastasia Trefusis and Delora Starbrook, I’ve been working my tail off on last minute details prior to the fair opening.  It has been tiring, but very rewarding!  I have had the pleasure of working with an amazing team and meeting talented designers.  The Shoe Fair has soo much to offer everyone and the sims look amazing!  You are going to have to take at least one picture!

And, you get bonus points if you come dressed to match the theme:  farm life.  Here is my outfit…which I am lovingggggggg.

Shirt by WoE (Lunden)
Tank by WoE (Manda – in the gatcha machine at the mainstore!)
Jeans by WoE (Graecyn)
Earrings by Indyra Originals (Nuvella Hoops)
Necklace by Exodi (Alysha)
Skin by Exodi (Isolde – group gift)
Hair by Celestial Studios (Annie May)

I’ll be doing a more shoe related post or two…or three…or four….later on (read:  I have to get my insane shopping in order to figure out what to post!).  But until then, please keep your eye on the official Shoe Fair Blog.  We have some amazing and talented bloggers blogging their little hearts out to keep you up-to-date on what you can find at the fair.

Please come and shop the Shoe Fair, to benefit Soles4Souls!

See you there!
~*~ Aly ~*~