A Fairytale Dream

Welcome to my fairytale dream, where I live in this small but magical tree house, filled with only pretty things, like sparkling fairy lights...

plenty of fashion magazines and shopping boxes

antique furnitures and soft pillows on the bed

where it snows sparkles

for dinner? Macarons of course!

the neighbours? Mermaids

lol, kinda childish but I sure do like to day dream ;)

(beautiful images via juliaelise)

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Nearly forgot!! The winners of the Scarves Giveaway are (randomly picked via random.org): Comment 3 Little Miss Tiara, Comment 23 kalai, Comment 93 christine, Comment 115 becca. !!

Congratulations! Please send me your delivery address to blog@luphia.com.

xx

Just Peachy

I never really follow the fashion trends (too lazy!) so I don't know if nudes are in or not at the moment, but in my opinion, nudes are always chic. These soft delicate shades that is sweet yet feminine has always been one of my favorite colours.

{all from Net-a-porter.com }

I'm travelling back to Bath today after staying at home for 2 weeks, but still haven't packed a single thing! So sorry but I will annouse the winners of the Scarves Giveaway tomorrow, I promise! :)

xx

(photos by Bruno Dayan)

Less than 24 Hours - ASAP hunts

Yep, at approximately 5am this morning a crowd gathered and began to search the heavens for gifts lost amongst the stars. 12 gifts total from designer Digit Darkes and Baiastice are lost in the celestial bodies at the SL6B exhibit. Gifts include clothing, shoes, and accessories. ($0/hunt - clothing - http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Portal/44/228/2)



Don't fret if you miss the hunt you can still score killer hair and cyborg style skins not photoed for free. Ty's to Sis & Digit. ^o^

Skin shown from the Toastyville bean hunt. Do this one asap too. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lesten/180/56/95

Chris Evans by Mitchell McCormack

Photo by Mitchell McCormack.

Found this one on the internet. I haven't seen this picture before, so I wanted to share it with you.

Share a Garden Sunday

I just joined "Share a Garden Sunday" hosted by Artie Vanderpool and his blog at Color Outside the Lines. I am so inspired by the many other beautiful gardens I have seen on other blogs. His garden is really beautiful, full of lush green grass and spectacular colorful flowers.

My garden was started decades ago. It has become rather overgrown and overwhelming for me lately but I still try to do as much as I can to make it better. I can always find something to captivate my senses. Here is a picture of a pretty rose that started out by its self as one beautiful aromatic rose... then three more joined in perfect harmony. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!

The Story So Far - A Biography (chapter "fantastic" four)

The Story So Far - A Biography

Chapter "Fantastic" Four

A Storm was coming... Johnny Storm! In 2005 came Chris's big breakthrough when he played Johnny Storm a.k.a. The Human Torch in the movie Fantastic Four. Was it his ultra tight blue Fantastic Four suit or his witty comments? Chris Evans made an impression with his role in the 20th Century Fox's long-awaited adaptation of the Marvel comic.

In Fantastic Four a group of astronauts are changed forever when their spaceship is being hit by a cloud of cosmic radiation. Back home each of the astronauts find out that they develop special superpowers. Reed Richards, played by Ioan Gruffudd, has the ability to stretch his body like elastic, Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) can turn invisible and create force fields.

Her brother Johnny Storm (Chris Evans) becomes The Human Torch can fly and produce fire at supernova temperatures. Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) changes into The Thing, a man made out of rock and superstrong. Together they form the Fantastic Four. Their enemy: the evil Doctor Doom, played by Julian McMahon.

(the cast of Fantastic Four - from left to right: Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd and Julian McMahon)

(Chris at the New York premiere of Fantastic Four)

I remember seeing Chris Evans for the very first time in a movie special about the Fantastic Four on MTV. I do remember, thinking: hmm he's interesting;-) Then later his pictures started to appear all over the internet. That was the time when people really started to notice Chris Evans. I name the photoshoot by Roberto D'Este and the photoshoot for Flaunt Magazine by the infamous Tony Duran. And even today these pictures have the most hits on the internet.

With his looks and hot body Chris landed spots on several magazine countdowns and reached number 18 on E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.

In 2007 the cast of Fantastic Four reprised their roles in 4: Rise Of The Silver Surfer.

to be continued...

Wack da Post

Hair is a $1 gift from @Waffles [@Waffles - Free Sophisticated Love (Starlust 'A la Mode gift)] which may be obtained at the Starlust 'A la Mode sim as an opening gift. Get this asap, I'm not sure of how long this and a slew of other $1 & $0 items will be available. ($1 - F - hair - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bill/207/117/45)

Skin is by Frick and can be found at House of Munster location. Main store location - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saint%20Helene/15/10/307 ($1 - F - skin - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Thibedeau/135/250/23)

Gift 10 in the Irresistable heart hunt are the shoes worn with the above look. ($0/15 hearts - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Accessories/38/52/40)

Eyes are part of the RFL Hope Hunt gift from *Clover. Some stores have taken their yellow roses down since the cash prize for the hunt have been pulled for now & will be rescheduled for some time in the future when the databases will hopefully function better. The flowers in Clover were present at time of writing. ($0/2 yellow roses - m/f - eyes & F/clothing - http://slurl.com/secondlife/KatachiEast/194/169/23)

Outfit: Lokum was kind enough to send me the new lucky chair prize at Crimson Shadow to share with you guys. Thanks Lokum! Guys could easily wear this one too. ( $0/lucky chair prize - f/m- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Crimson%20Shadow%20Rezzable/196/206/27)

Pose from Adorkable Poses: Bridge Freebie box at Starlust 'A la Mode sim. ($0 - m/f -poses- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bill/207/117/45)





Hair is free style [ ((JUNWAVE))FreeHair*Orchid*CherryBrown* ] from Junewave which is also having a 50% off on older styles until 30 June. There are a couple older styles which are also male friendly so guys may want to stop and take a look. Sale styles start at $40! ($0 - f- hair - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Little%20Cat%20SouthWest/209/105/22)

Skin & eyes from [Random Fashions] - Hair, Skin, and Eyes! box at Starlust 'A la Mode sim. ($1 - m/f -hair, f- skin, eyes- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bill/207/117/45)

Clothing: Cilia Shepherd of Cilian'gel Fashion wants to spoil you! She has a ton of items for both guys & girls. The above is just a taste of some of the items available! Here's excerpts from the notecard she sent me to share with you guys detailing all her specials: ($0-10 including some group gifts - m/f - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Valefar/42/188/292)

§ Cilian'gel lastest 3 gifts to be found in past group notices are:

- The Lolita look with 'The Gift [number 8]'
- Many options summer dress set with 'The Gift [number 9]'
- A selection of nice cute Tees tucked and untucked with 'The Gift [number 10]

§ Still available for a few days in the boutique and surrounding the following hunt gifts:

-FITS (fun in the sun) sets (one for the ladies and one for the gentlemen)
-Bedtime Stories set (a dreamfull gown)
-TTLG set (tees)
-SLDiscovery sets (one for the ladies 'The Pink Panther' and one for the gentlemen 'Men in Black)

§ New or quite new releases:

-Rose in Mouth (2 lindens)
-Free Tees tucked and untucked 'noobody' and 'Most wanted'
-Fat pack of Tees tucked and untucked (10 lindens per set) 'lm 2 my heart' and 'U R A STAR'

That's all for now folks!
Hope you will like it all.
Cheers!
Cilia ;-)

Poses used throughout are from Striking Pose and are available in store and on xstreet. Many used are $1. ( $1 & full price poses - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glenn/35/149/28)



Skin used are from the ALB DREAM FASHION skin hunt. Skins in this hunt are priced from $0-50, the boxes are in the store and around the sim, all are in boxes which display the contents. If memory serves me correct skins at ALB are normally priced between $700-900 so even the higher priced hunt items are offered at a significant discount. The skins shown are all priced at $0 - $1. The hunt will end on 18 July. ($0-50/hunt - F - skin - http://slurl.com/secondlife/A'ksha%20Dunes/184/75/52)

Shoes, clothing, jewelry, hair, & poses from the Beat Clash Hunt ending 30 June. There are also a couple of houses included in prizes. ($0/hunt - m/f - clothing, jewelry, houses, poses, ao, shoes - http://slurl.com/secondlife/SINNERS%20HEAVEN/191/128/31)






I was lucky times 3. First I scored this skin from a lucky chair at Irresistable. ($0/lucky chair - F- skin - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Accessories/38/52/40)

Then I snagged the white flat shoes from the lucky letter pad at Mother Goose's. This store is so cute and filled with great deals. ($0/lucky pad - F - shoes - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sera%20Korea%2018/241/98/33)

Last with a little help I won the hair from lucky boards at Sweet.W from Glitter hair. Kiss Kiss to Khitten. ^.6 ($0/luckyboard - F - hair - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Acperience6/51/143/22)

The clothes is all from the Czech Made Hunt ending 30 June. This hunt only consists of 11 stops and each place has a gift for males and one for females. ($0/hunt - m/f - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Velox/12/45/30)

Poses by Juicy. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Juicy/105/220/23)



Clothing and shoes may be found in the heart hunt at Irresistable. The skin was won on the lucky chair in store. ($0/15 heart hunt & lucky chair - F- skin - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Accessories/38/52/40)

Hair is a free style Miss Felt available at Historical Heroins store. ($0 - F - hair - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20II/38/57/23)

Poses by KS Creations.

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Photos taken at the New Trails sim. The sim houses the New Trails store specializing in trees, plants, and landscaping needs. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Accessories/38/52/40)

{Weekly Giveaway}: Nomsa

This week's giveaway is from the gorgeous accessories shop Nomsa, a shop filled with pretty little things, from hair accessories to gorgeous pieces of jewellery too.

The winner will get a $20 voucher to spend in the shop, with that you can easily choose a couple of sweet items from the shop!:

mix and match your choices! There are so many colours to choose from too, go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 3rd of July at 10am GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 7 (7 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's winner... Congratulation to Post 6 Comment 40, that's you Rain!! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)
xx

Michael Jackson :(

The world has lost a great legend... Michael Jackson has collapsed and died at his home in Holmby Hills, CA on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the age of 50 from cardiac arrest. He was rushed to UCLA Medical Center close by where they tried their best to revive him but were not successful.



Michael was just at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Wednesday night rehearsing for his upcoming tour that was to begin in July. He was set for the biggest comeback ever with 50 sold out shows at the O2 arena in London. I'm sure you've all heard the tragic news, listened to his music throughout your life, and seen many of his music videos too. The Michael Jackson Music Video Library by Sony Music highlights his incredibly creative talent. The coverage of his passing has been non stop. It is very shocking and terribly sad.



Michael Jackson, seen below at a rehearsal, had reportedly been taking painkillers for several months as he struggled to get in shape for his comeback performances. Photo courtesy Daily News article "Desperate Michael Jackson 911 caller pleaded: 'a gentleman here that needs help, he's not breathing'" by Nancy Dillon in Los Angeles and Rich Schapiro and Corky Siemaszko in New York Daily News Staff Writers Updated Friday, June 26th 2009, 1:41 PM



While it is certainly not important in light of his life... I thought you might be interested in seeing some video and pics of the home he was renting home up in Holmby Hills since the main focus of my blog is Interior Design. I also found a video about the Michael Jackson Auction, which ultimately did not occur. All the videos shown are courtesy of You Tube. Elements of Style has also posted a fabulous tribute and Fashion Homage to Michael Jackson on her blog.





Michael Jackson's $100,000 A Month Rental was mentioned in Luxist by Deidre Woolard on December 23, 2008.
You can read the brief article by clicking on the title above. To highlight the important parts... "Michael Jackson's been laying low in recent years but that may be about to change. TMZ reports that Jackson has leased himself a huge spectacle of a house in one of the most exclusive areas of Los Angeles, Holmby Hills. It is said that Jackson is paying an astounding $100,000 a month for the chateau style seven-bedroom home which was recently on the market for $38 million. The three-story Richard Landry designed home was built in 2002 and includes a library, theater room and wine cellar. There is also a pool and a guest house on the property.... "

Michael Jackson's New Crib reported by TMZ on December 22, 2008
"He's been teetering on the financial brink for years, yet we've learned somehow Michael Jackson has rented a home in one of the most exclusive areas of L.A. for a whopping $100,000 a month. The $38 million Holmby Hills pad has seven bedrooms, 13 baths, 12 fireplaces, a screening room and, of course, a cellar... For sleepovers, there's a guest house, swimming pool and garden. The deal was inked several weeks ago under a heavy-duty confidentiality agreement. Michael already has stayed there."

The Bel-Air Association blog posted the following beautiful photos.



Here are two videos about the Michael Jackson Auction which did not occur after all. However, I Think The Prices Just Went Up... a post on the blog Homer's Odd Isn't He is worth seeing. I bet they have it eventually.





Michael Jackson will be missed by many family, friends and fans but his music will live on forever.

Lookbook & Giveaway

Today we're having a Giveaway of these lovely heart print scarves, there will be FOUR winners!! It's open to everyone :)

TO ENTER is simple, I am currenly planning to order my second order of stocks for {luphia} and it'd be a big help if you could comment on which ones are your favs, i.e. the ones you would buy from a shop. Just reply with the numbers is fine :)

Winners will be chosen next Monday.

Happy Friday :)

xx