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Dafadilia Wayfarer

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  1. Pet Delight: My husband and I traded our Valentine's surprises for one another shortly after midnight since I've not been feeling well and couldn't sleep. He presented me with this beautiful carved wood music box he told me to open. Inside was a velvet bag and inside a beautiful sterling silver ring that had a cubic zirconia heart and hand in bezel setting (He said it is called a hug ring). Inside engraved on the band "I love you forever." The sweet little music box playing our song, "I can't help falling in love with you." (UB40 version of the song is our song.) The card was also just beautiful. Everything was beautiful and perfect. Suffice to say, I started sobbing like a big baby. We can't afford a lot, but it is in these beautiful and perfect moments that make me feel like I have everything. I feel so very humbled and blessed. 😇🥰 Yep...sobbing again like a big baby while he asks if I'm alright....lol Happy Love Day everyone! I hope you get to spend some of it with the people that you love.
  2. Pet Delight: It is snowing where hubby and I are at in the UK! I love snow! Always so nice to have a tea with the hubby while watching the snow come down. So snow and tea! 🥰
  3. It is a wonderful group on flickr that I found late last year. A list of topics are given for the prompts, and we make our interpretation of the topics. Everyone is super creative in the group and their creations are amazing. Also intimidating, but it really looked like so much fun. I really worked up to this point to try taking part in it. Sorry I didn't make that clearer. Thank you for your kind words by the way. Always so much appreciated.
  4. Pet Delight: Finally overcoming enough of my anxiety to start a photo prompt project I've been wishing to take part in since last year. Just never had the confidence before this.
  5. Your friend is correct about many shops. You can make a slim shape on LaraX. I've been making shapes since 2010. Not a business by the way. Needed to clarify that because I don't wish to cause confusion. For myself and people here and there over the years who wished me to make a personalized shape for them. I did make a slimmer version of LaraX as well as a shaplier one. The body still wasn't to my taste. I'm not going to point out the faults in detail since it is just a personal preference. Just as some find issue with the original Lara shoulders and so on. I never had issue with the shoulders. The look that is often described really depends on the body frame an avi gets from the shape they are using. Since my shape can't be described as slim by any means, the shoulders were never an issue because my frame was curvier. For slimmer avis, I can understand why the shoulders were a nuisance though. The Maitreya creator has made it very clear that LaraX was never meant to replace the original Lara. They are two different existing bodies that will continue to be supported so everyone can use what they are most comfortable with. I don't and never have had an issue with the creator of Maitreya. The new body will open up a new customer base for Maitreya. Which is great. I will always be a loyal customer as long as the older body is supported. Now I have my own thoughts behind creators dumping the original Lara as they did. They have a right to decide what works for their business because it is their business. That just means they no longer get my support. The ones who have continued support of the original Lara and started creating for LaraX have gotten even more support from me. So much so, I may have acquired a shopping addiction. So there we are. My whole spiel here is I feel people should use what they want. What they are comfortable with. Without getting flack from either side.
  6. *Blushes* Thank you so much. I'm humbled and appreciate this so much.
  7. I can understand where you're coming from since there were small details of the LaraX body I disliked to a point where I just couldn't like it. I did try to like it. I just couldn't like it. It doesn't matter that it was a free body for those of us who had the Lara body already. I still absolutely love Maitreya Lara and will always support Maitreya as long as the original Lara continues to be supported. My shape that I created for Maitreya Lara on my own is petite, but shapely. My shape isn't overweight, but just a healthy look. Maitreya Lara neck and shoulders never bothered me. I always thought the body was beautiful as is. I will be sticking with my Lara for the most part unless it comes to blogging newer looks. I purchased a different body to model newer looks if it is a necessity in the future, but I also have stopped supporting stores that are no longer creating for Maitreya Lara. We are all going to like different things. Need different things with our look. Not everyone is going to agree and that is completely okay.
  8. I got a chance to read the blog and go have a look. It's okay. I remember in 2009 when I joined I was instructed to choose a destination to land in which was the Faery Crossing. They helped me learn everything I needed to know to find my way. I'm still part of that community and in the past when my health permitted volunteered to help new comers for many years on my old account. I feel this was such a great experience that made me want to come back to Second Life. To keep learning. I feel this is okay. I'm not sure it is enough to attract and retain new users to want to come back and figure out what Second Life can be for them. I really do hope that it can be a beneficial tool for new comers to Second Life.
  9. I realize you're asking opinions from others, but ask yourself if you feel your look is outdated or not. It really only matters what you think about your look. How you feel about it. People should use whatever head and body they wish to use. There are a few things to look at though. If you are happy with your wardribe and look. If you're not into shopping. If you are happy with your current head and body. Your wardrobe. All of these things mean that your look works for you so it shouldn't matter what others think. If you love to shop, but can't find new looks and meshes that support the body or head you use...that could be an issue. You might want to give yourself a makeover. If you enjoy fashion blogging this is a necessity if you want to keep being able to create new looks in your photos. A personal example is that I love to create photos and I'm really into fashion so I had to recently come to the decision to get the Reborn body. Reborn allowed me to edit my shape almost identical to my Maitreya Lara with a look I actually like. I only use the Reborn body for newer looks though. My head is Lelutka and I found that you can get such a beautiful and original look from all the Lelutka heads with editing, skin, makeup and eyes. They are very versatile in that respect. There are endless possiblities. It really all depends on what you want for your look. It never hurts to give yourself a makeover from time to time if you are asking this about your current head and body.
  10. Peeve: When I make a resolution to not buy anymore clothes, shoes, hair, etc in the New Year until I do a clean out of my inventory and barely two weeks in the New Year and I just bought six new hairstyles and eleven complete outfits just now. With shoes too! Must have shoes. I still stick with the argument that I always need new hairstyles with new outfits. Just makes sense to me... 🙄 Why did one of favorite fantasy clothing stores have to have a vintage sale? Just why?! 😑
  11. 1. My older sl sister and bestfriend taking the time to landscape and build an entire house just to let me know how much she wants hubby and I to return to her residential sim. 🥰 2. Kind people who have captured a silly moment of mine in a photo and sharing it with me. This happened to me two years ago at the Fantasy Faire. I was attending with my husband and we were both on horseback. The sweetest person had taken a photo of me on my horse letting me know how beautiful my little arabian mare is. I had put a lot of time in setting up Snowdrop's (my mare) look and it meant so much that she had noticed! I still have that photo tucked away in my inventory. I'll always keep it. 3. Generally, I find the kindness, strength, support, diversity and imagination people can bring to their sl endearingly beautiful. There is a lot of those attributes in abundance in sl.
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