.:: Congratulations Finesmith Designs ::.

Congrats Yula !!!!
An important level as been reach

Hi Gorgeous,

Today I would like to pay tribute to one of the leading creators of Second Life, Yula Finesmith.
This designer, based in the United States, continues to put in all her creations, a sleek innovative design.
With a name already well established as one of the best creators in SL,  Finesmith's pieces are a "Have2Have" in the "closet" of all fashjion lovers.
And they are many ...
Proof of this, the Finesmith Designs Group has reached 3,000 followers.
It is a dynamic group.
The Management always tries to involve all its members, organizing events, competitions, hunts and even giving a chance of being an inspiring for new pieces.Who knows who's next???...
Is it not amazing?
To mark this occasion, Yula Finesmith created a set of beautiful pieces, perfect for summer that is now beginning.
A combination of mint-colored beads, with simple yellow flowers. Perfect!
To get this jewelery set simply join the group and get your free gift.
The party is from Finesmith , but whoever wins this is you ...
That's is all for today
Stay gorgeous
xoxo
Paulinha ♥

" Dear Finesmith Members

In the past 8 months Finesmith have been through a complete makeover thanks to understanding that reality creates fantasy... that imagination bring our ideas to life.

I am proud to say big part of this progress i made with myself as designer is the people around me inspire me with ideas and conversations about life, the world and you dont even imagine how much knowledge and laughs I bring into my creations that is from you, humanity.

This is, all of it, SL, RL, Business or not - its all about fun, smiles, joy, satisfaction.
and we sometimes forget but how can i not remember when i look in a moment of quiet and peace at what i breath for so long and how it grew.

Thank you:))
And really i ask that you take care of yourself and be happy
<3 Yula "

Mon Étè !!!...

Hi Gorgeous,

Summer has begun and to celebrate it i bring to you an inpired look by Gizza and Finesmith...

There are so Many amazing places in Second Life. I decided to became a tourist and bring you those love places.

All the references are at the end of the post.

Enjoy and subscribe this blog.

Stay gorgeous

xoxo

Paulinha

Look deep inside the april face
A change is clearly taking place
Looking for the summer

The eyes take on a certain gaze
And leave behind the springtime days
Go looking for the summer

This ain’t no game of kiss and tell
The implications how you know so well
Go looking for the summer

The time has come and they must go
To play the passion out that haunts you so
Looking for the summer

Remember love how it was the same
We scratched and hurt each others growing pains
We were looking for the summer

And still I stand this very day
With a burning wish to fly away
I’m still looking, looking for the summer
(Looking for the Summer by Chris Rea)

• Blush → Baiastice - Classic blush - Soft Nude
• Earings → Finesmith Jewelery - Alfil
• Eyeliner → Miamai_LesMakeups_Yuki Seduced 25
• Dress → Gizza Creations - Gardenia Cocktail Dress Sequin *** NEW ***
• Hair → Baiastice - Lucrezia hair attachment blonde
• Lashes → Miamai_NoAlpha Lashes N10
• Head Piece → Finesmith spaceship scrap *** NEW ***
• Lipstick → Baiastice - Diva lipstick
• Nails → Finesmith - Rave Reds
• Pose → Di's Opera and R.icielli
• Sandals → Maitreya Gold - Esprit Nude
• Shape → Model shape III by Paulinha Lefevre

• Location → La Perla

• Model & Photographer → Paulinha Lefevre

• SLurl's
→ Finesmith
→ Gizza

Looking for Heathcliff !!!...

"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it."
- Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, Ch. 9

"'And I pray one prayer--I repeat it till my tongue stiffens--Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you--haunt me, then! The murdered DO haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts HAVE wandered on earth. Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad! only DO not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I CANNOT live without my life! I CANNOT live without my soul!'"
- Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, Ch. 16

"He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine..."
- Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, Ch. 24

Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me?
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, its me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window

(by Kate Bush)

Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine alot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
Wuthering Heights

Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy

(by Kate Bush)

I chose a dress from the Sonja's wedding collection. A red dress with wild roses, lace and a big skirt. A strong message of passion, love and courage.

The hair and facial jewelry are from Plume, the cold and eternal diamonds and rubies.
The earrings are from Finesmith Jewelery, two different sets turn into one platinium with diamonds.

The shoes are from Stiletto Mody.
The makeup is from Baiastice and the nails are from Finesmith.
Poses are from the new collection of Dj.
The shoot took place in the amazing Skybox from "China's" sim.
All information about the look can be found at the end of post.

It was a pleasure to share with you this history.

xoxo <3

Paulinha

• Blush → Baiastice - Classic blush - Soft Nude

• Earings → Finesmith Jewelery - Shae and Alfil sets

• Eyeliner → Baiastice - Eco eyeliner and lashes - mod 5

• Face Jewels → Plume - Face jewels on the "Diamonds hair pack"

• Gown → Son!a - Yasmin bride dress red

• Hair → Plume - Diamonds - Umber

• Lipstick → Baiastice - Diva lipstick - Acid Grape

• Nails → Finesmith - Rave Reds
• Pose → Di's Opera - Puissant Series 2

• Sandals → Stiletto Moody - Bare Katherine - Red Diamante

• Shape → Model shape III by Paulinha Lefevre

 

• Location →  Sim China
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/China/143/88/1994

• Model and Photo → Paulinha Lefevre

.:: The Inspirational Looks ::.

Why?

I confess that I am an art lover. From an early age I've enjoyed and admiring all expressions and art forms.
I like photography, painting. dance, music, sculpture ...
Over the time I became more interested an aware about my tastes and preferences. I admire the lights and shadows mix made ​​by precise brushstrokes and sometimes so simple and stunning.
The depth of color, the glow, the movement, the message...
Second Life provides so many tools to the artists, they can manipulate and compose pieces of art.
I do not intend to call Art to my pictures, because I'm not even call myself a photograph. but I want in a simple way to tell a story with my compositions. I just hope you can understand and enjoy the message and have fun creating your own stories through fashion.
Enjoy it !!!...

xoxo

Paulinha

.:: Look of the Day ::.

• Bangles → MANDALA Pearl rain Bangle Dark Gold
• Belt → MANDALA Mikoto Belt vintage gold female
• Eyeliner → Baiastice_Eco eyeliner and lashes
• Glasses → SteinWerk  Heart Glasses freebie
• Hair → Maitreya Nadja - Blacks Charcoal
• Jacket → GizzA Biker Jacket Green
• Lashes → Miamai_NoAlpha Lashes N10
• Nails → Finesmith nails grassgreen
• Necklace → Finesmith Mimmi Platinum
• Pants → Zaara Ishaya Velour slacks espresso
• Pose → R.icielli
• Shape → Model shape III by Paulinha Lefevre
• Shoes → LeLutka-MISCHA/COLLAGE Sheer
• Skin → -Glam Affair - Nina skin & lipstick tattoo  for TDR
• Top → Gisaci Hoja Top - Copper

The Accessory Fair 2011 - ** Finesmith Designs ** Walk like an Egyptian

Yes!!!

" Walk like an Egyptian "  seems to be the moto used by Yula Finesmith to create the stunning pieces to The Accessory Fair 2011

Bold jewelry lead us back to the lush and mysterious ancient Egypt.
Worthy of Queens and Priestesses,  we can imagine Marc Anthony contemplating the beautiful Queen Cleopatra, amazing all with this jewelry from **Finesmith **, on the banquets of the royal palaces of the city of Luxor.

The boat rides at sunset by the fertile Nile valley. The legends and history of a civilization that seduces generations since immemorial times ...
Welcome to the fascinating world and secrets of Egypt...

The Jewelery

• Black Nile

• Oasis

• Queen Anubis

Relay For Life Donations

• Gobi Necklace

• Mala Set

The Special Gift

• Nqada Set



** Finesmith ** Store at Accessory Fair 2011 → http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cherry%20Valley/83/138/33

The Accessory Fair 2011 - Press Realease

GLANCE International Agency (GIA), SL's premier fashion marketing and public relations agency is proud to present the second year edition of the Accessory Fair. Visited in 2010 by over 20,000 SL residents, this year's theme is set to ''Ancient Egypt: Discover the Treasures''!

Over forty (40) of SL’s top accessories designers will be featured on the expanse of two exclusive sims dedicated entirely to the event. One sim is a lush oasis with a bustling marketplace atmosphere and richly appointed, detailed shops surrounding a bricked-in area with an adventurous secret.  The other sim is inspired by archeological digs and offers  unique accessories lines to fashion afficionados in need of perfecting their fashion looks. At both locations you will discover many items such as lashes, bags, masks, belts, scarves, gloves, eyewear, nails, head pieces, rings, necklaces, piercings... and much more!

Besides their exclusive Accessory Fair 2011 new releases, over 30 participating designers will be featuring inside their shops Egyptian-themed, never-seen-before creations of which all sales proceeds will go to benefit 100% Relay For Life® of Second Life®. These RFL exclusives will be sold through the official RFL kiosks and support the team #40 "GLANCE Runway For Life".

A website dedicated to the event launches on Saturday, June 11th. It will present daily coverage of the Accessory Fair 2011 including interviews of designers, diverse information (such as the SLURLs of the stores), it will also present a variety of the top picks of the 30 Official AF11 Bloggers and more! Of course, the Accessory Fair Committee also wants to give a spotlight to the gifted designers who joined forces to fight cancer!  Throughout this event you can expect high-style, high-adventure and lot of fun!

URL: http://accessoryfair.glance-international.com

Get your cameras ready!

Accessory Fair 2011 "Ancient Egypt: Discover the Treasures" photo contest entries will be accepted beginning June 13th, Monday at 1 PM SLT. The photo contest theme is "Treasure Hunter" with a cash prize set to 10,000L$ for the ultimate look. Find all details of the photo contest on:

http://accessoryfair.glance-international.com/photo-contest/

The Quest is on, adventurers!

The Accessory Fair 2011 Treasure Quest starts on Sunday, June 19th at 11 AM SLT and ends on Sunday, June 26th at 3PM SLT.  It will feature clues and riddles to solve that will lead the adventurer in you through the two sims in search of the mystery of the Pharaoh. Along the way the intrepid explorer will find gifts and surprises, treasures and riches only found at "ACCESSORY FAIR 2011: Ancient Egypt: Discover the Treasures'' by GIA.

Here is the official calendar of the Accessory Fair 2011:

► JUNE 11, Saturday - 1 PM SLT: ACCESSORY FAIR 2011 Kick-off
                                The Accessory Fair two full sims will be open to the public

► JUNE 13, Monday - 1 PM SLT: ACCESSORY FAIR 2011 Photo Contest Debuts
                                Theme "Treasure Hunter" - 10,000L$ cash to win!

► JUNE 18, Saturday - 1 PM SLT to 3PM SLT: THE ACCESSORY SHOW 2011
                               Showcasing featured Accessory Fair 2011 accessories

► JUNE 19, Sunday - ACCESSORY FAIR 2011 TREASURE QUEST Launch
                             Unleash the tomb raider within and discover the treasures hidden in the sims!

► JUNE 26, Sunday - 1 PM SLT to 3PM SLT: Accessory Fair 2011 Closure Party
                               Contest: "King/Queen of the Nile" (best in Ancient Egypt costume)
                               Prize: 5,000L$ cash
                               Announcing the winners of the Accessory Fair 2011 Photo Contest

The Accessory Fair 2011 is sponsored by:

•  Debra Hilltop (land sponsor)

• ::MOOD:: (Jori Watler)

• Gems & Kisses (Deliziosa Vendetta)

• GOS (Gospel Voom)

• Finesmith Design (Yula Finesmith)

From Saturday, June 11th to Sunday, June 26th, GIA and the Accessory Fair 2011 participants are proudly supporting Relay For Life® of Second Life® through the promotion and sales of exclusive RFL creations. We all work towards bringing maximum spotlight and raising funds for the cause.

Until there is a cure... we relay!

The Accessory Fair 2011 - Presentation of the RFL® of SL

The Accessory Fair 2011 - Relay For Life® of SL!

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About Relay For Life of Second Life:

Relay For Life® is the signature fundraiser of the American Cancer Society. Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL) is an annual activity that takes place in Second Life® in July each year. Volunteers form or join teams to have fun while fundraising and raising awareness from mid-March through mid-July. In July teams build campsites and walk a track, just like in a real world Relay. The main RFL of SL track event this year will take place on July 16-17. We will walk a virtual track for 24 hours, just like in a real world Relay For Life. Team members build and gather at their team campsites, enjoy live music, participate in fun events, and explore the many Relay sims and the incredible builds by some of Second Life’s top designers, as the event runs overnight and into the next morning.

In 2010 Relay For Life of Second Life attracted more than 120 teams with participants from over 30 countries, held over 300 team fundraising events between March and July, and raised over US$222,000 (that’s REAL US dollars) for cancer research and education. The funds raised go to research, advocacy, patient services and programs, with 12-15% going to international projects. Just as in the real world, RFL of SL is an international event.

Official RFL of SL Website: http://www.relayforlife.org/secondlife

RFL

SL Updates Blog: www.rflofsl.blogspot.com
Follow RFL of SL on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rflofsl
Follow RFL of SL on Twitter: http://twitter.com/relayforlife_SL

RFL

of SL on Wiki:  https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Relay_For_Life_of_Second_Life

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Material provided by GLANCE International Agency
contact@glance-international.com
http://www.glance-international.com

** Finesmith ** Hunt 10-30 June 2011

** Finesmith ** Hunt, 10 - 30 June 2011

Ready, Set, Hunt !!!...

Yes ladies and Gents, the craziest hunt has begun at Finesmith Jewelery store...

Yula Finesmith, the amazing creator and designer behind this wonderfull brand, has created some special new pieces for this huge Hunt.

And the great news is that Hunt will last until the end of June.

So grab your friends, family, cats and dogs and run. Be ready to have fun and win this designer jewels  and accessories.

Join the Finesmith Jewelery group and stay tuned for news, prizes, special events and contests.

I am given you today all the information you need to enjoy it.

What are you waiting for?

Ready, set and HUNTTTTTTTTTTTTTT....

http://slurl.com/secondlife/GULF%20COAST/222/119/22

Please pay attention to details powered by the Finesmith Management and find the hints for this Hunt on the group notices.

• How it works?...

→ The hunt is for group members only. if you are not a member you may join (joining finesmith group is with 100L fee)
→ The items you need to look for is simple boxes in different colors

→ There are 21 boxes
→ You must wear group tag- the items will be sold to you for 0-200L (0, 10L, 20L, 30L......190L,200L)
→ Each item worth minimum 250L worth of all hunt items together is over 15k→ Each box have one or more items.
→ Boxes are hidden all around the main store and in our designers
→ Most items have menu to change endless variations of colors and textures. click to check. items that dont have menu will come in few colors in the hunt box.

But it is not all...
In the end of the Hunt you can still win prizes for your style skills.
This contest will be hold on the first week of July. All the details will be given before the end of June.- you will use items from the hunt and add any items from other designers to it.

• The theme will be 'color Me Finesmith' at least one item from the hunt should be in colors. (not silver gold or bronze)
• You will need to Dazzle the Judges with your Creativity using the items from the hunt.
• prizes:
→ 1st place- 5000L$ + 1000L GC in finesmith store
→ 2nd place - 2000L$ + 1000L GC in Finesmith store
→ 3rd Place- 1000L$ + 1000L GC in Finesmith store.

I look forward to find all this items...
Lets hunt girls
xoxo
Paulinha Lefevre

Out of Africa !!!...

Africa ... Mother Land
What good childhood memories I have of this place.
The ebony bodies glistening in the sun, the warm earth, the smell of the jungle ...
The harmonious singing, the hoarse voices, the late afternoon with colored fire sunsets.
The new outfit from Gizza, WildAttack, brought back memories of happy times.
So I bring you a story of a woman lost in the intoxicating Africa. The feeling of a warm rain washing her burning body heated by the jungle ...
Enjoy it ...

" If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me? Will the air over the plain quiver with a color that I have had on, or the children invent a game in which my name is, or the full moon throw a shadow over the gravel of the drive that was like me, or will the eagles of the Ngong Hills look out for me? " By Karen Blixen - Out of Africa

" Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road. " By Karen Blixen - Out of Africa

" I'm with you because I choose to be with you. I don't want to live someone else's idea of how to live. Don't ask me to do that. I don't want to find out one day that I'm at the end of someone else's life."  By Karen Blixen - Out of Africa

" It's an odd feeling, farewell. There is such envy in it. Men go off to be tested, for courage. And if we're tested at all, it's for patience, for doing without, for how well we can endure loneliness. " By Karen Blixen - Out of Africa

"The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serangetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become "
by Toto - Africa

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
By poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903).

* The poem was a source of inspiration to Nelson Mandela during his captivity and he wrote out a copy by hand for the captain of the rugby team to inspire him to lead them to the world championship

• Bangles and earings → GizzA WildAttack
• Hat → GizzA WildAttack
• Lashes → Miamai_NoAlpha Lashes N10
• Nails → Candy Nail #P049 Diva Cream
• Necklace → Mandala Takayama necklace brown
• Outfit → GizzA WildAttack

• Photo and Model → Paulinha lefevre
• Location → slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Africa/83/226/20

This was my story...

Hope you like it

xoxo

Paulinha Lefevre