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June 01, 2025

A sumptuous bed of solid wood, with a solid canopy and opulent velvet drapes. Classic style, comfort and privacy is what the Heritage Canopy Bed by DICTATORSHOP offers, naturally with all the features you have come to expect from the brand. In terms of customisation, you have the choice of 10 wood textures and 16 fabric options. This release features a new and improved animation engine, which also includes some exclusive custom animations. The bed is available in Adult PG (134 animations), Adult Vanilla (313 animations) and Adult Kink (435 animations). It supports 1 or 2 avatars, with two menus of solo animations and the rest being dedicated to various couple animations I used mainly the solo menues for the photos, though the one featuring the chains is part of the Adult Kink selection of animations.

The romantic-yet-sexy outfit, sort of a lingerie with integrated jewellery pieces, is from the Muses. Philomena is available in two different fabrics (this is the velvet) and includes a HUD for colour changes of fabric and gems. The boots are also from the Muses and in the same romantic, ornate style.  My hair is from Magika, I picked it up at her 40% off sale, and I am wearing an eyeshadow from alaskametro’s Hair Fair gift. And yes, there will be more from Hair Fair in the next few days.

Fantasy Faire 2025: Fading Away

May 08, 2025

Just a quiet, contemplative shot from Alia Baroque’s beautiful Holi sim to mark the end of my time at this year’s Fantasy Faire. Alas, I had too much going on IRL to spend as much time on it as usual, I did not even have time to prepare a LitFest presentation which makes me very sad. But I am already looking forward to next year and hoping for more of a chance to explore all that the Faire has to offer. I’ve even got a few purchases I have not had time to feature, so this may not be the final post with Fantasy Faire content even though it is my goodbye to the 2025 Faire.

Fantasy Faire 2025: The King’s Sword

April 21, 2025

A young maiden in disguise takes on a perilous quest, to deliver a king’s sword to its rightful owner. Her travels take her far from court and through many wondrous and sometimes dangerous realms, deep within the mystical Fairelands.

This absolutely gorgeous and well researched Renaissance-inspired outfit is a new release from Grasshopper Street for the Faire. The Prospero set is primarily intended for male avatars, covering a range of bodies, but there is also a Maitreya Flat version that works well for all Maitreya bodies as long as you wear the included alpha. It also works quite well on Legacy’s female bodies with a bit of additional alpha usage.  The HUD offers three different textiles, each with eight colour variations, and each section of the outfit can be coloured separately. Also available at the Faire are the velvet garters, these are sold separately for male and female bodies.

Uzme poses provides some of the best action-oriented pose sets around and for the Fantasy Faire they have out a set of single poses and two couple poses, all featuring swords. I had to tweak my arm a little for the first photo, as it sank into the clothing, but otherwise they fit me very well.

Fantasy Faire 2025: Oh Deer

April 19, 2025

Apologies for the title. Fantasy Faire 2025 is here (and I have never been so late on my first post, but life is crazy and its in the middle of Easter) and of course that means fabulous new releases from Teegle as well as a gorgeous Fantasy Faire sim built by the team.

Fantasy Faire, now on its 17th year, is one of the main events in Second Life raising money for the American Cancer Society through RFL - the Relay for Life. During the Fantasy Faire, you can shop new exclusive releases where the sale proceeds go to RFL as well as participate in a huge number of events that raise funds in various ways.

You are getting a video to get a hint of what the Wraithwoods have to offer and a good look at one of the new creatures, the Whitetail Stag, as well as quick peeks at the other releases. So far Teegle has out three new creatures, three new tack sets and three RFL releases.

In the video you can also see my new outfit and my new horns, the former being by Petrichor & Ersch and the latter by just Petrichor. With its bones, leaves and berries, the Karvani set felt suited to the wilds of the Wraithwood and the Yuen horns took my avatar from human to something a little different. Both come with extensive customisation options both in terms of textures and hiding/showing parts of the design. You will find Petrichor, with a huge amount of new releases available, on the Mire of Whispers sim. Also on Mire of Whispers are Analog Dog and the Stream hair is a new release for the Faire.