The Llama's Den

New from Slick - Seven New Eye Sets

2010-02-14T00:03:00.002+05:00

As usual, high-quality, original art for your eyes by a professional artist.

All packs are available in-world at Slick.

[PM] Sculpted Nails - V2 : Platinum Edition : Gloss

2010-01-26T23:02:00.001+05:00

Click the picture for a larger image

V2 Includes:

•Square Tip w/natural nail curve
•20 High Gloss Textures
•20 Med Gloss Textures
•4 French Manicure Textures
•Built in PM Hand Lock - nails stay in place, relaxed hand position
•HUD Controlled
•Hand Sizes: 20| 30 |40 | 50
•Copy & Mod : Adjust your own nail length
•28 Preset Fingertip Glove Layers for nail skin over spreading
•1 Tintable Fingertip Glove Layer

I have added a hand lock to the nails, your hands will stay in a relaxed state. When you first put your nails on, do it in a place where scripts are allowed to to run, after that, you can tp around, dance, "cuddle" and your nails will stay in place.

I also created a new nail sculpt for these, with a natural curve conforming to your avatar fingertips.

You can mod your nails adjusting the length to your liking. When you do, make sure the building option is set to: grid is is unchecked and stretch both sides is also unchecked. You will have more control over the length ;)

The fingertip glove layers are purely optional. My skin, has some serious nail spreading and I couldn't wear my first version of the nails so I made some gloves. If you have any problems matching your skin tone, let me know who the maker is and what skin and i will get your RGB/HSL colors.

Always make a back up copy first before any editing. If your hands do not fall into the available range, adjust your hands to the closest available. If you are a 34, make your hand 30, its not a big diff visually.

Presets include : :LAQ | Curio | Redgrave | PXL | Bellaza | Tuli | OC | Blowpop.

All the gloves are modifiable/copy. If you find a tone that is close to yours you will still be able to tint it further. A white layer is also included.

$300L

Available at [PM] Pixel Mode : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pixel%20Dreams/147/211/25

Version 2: when you walk in the store, it is beside the new releases, to the right, when you walk in.

Coming Soon from [PM] Pixel Mode

2010-01-05T21:08:00.002+05:00

[PM] Pixel Mode - Final Sale

2009-10-04T03:52:00.001+06:00

Starting today at 3PM SL time, Pixel Mode will be having a final sale for 2009.

Houses, Furniture, Poses, Clothing, Shoes, Accessories. Everything for 50L.

Fatpacks for clothing and shoes are set to 250L Fat packs are clearly noted.

Sale runs from today until my new pc arrives and is up and running ;) After that, I will be purging inventory and the store will be closed for a week to make room for my delayed items.

~ Tya

[PM] Pixel Mode - Freya Flats

2009-09-30T23:33:00.004+06:00

Some times your just need to give your feet a break.

12 Colors to choose from.
Each pair comes with the Brown on Brown

220L/per
1000L/fatpack (only one fat pack - all colors)

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pixel%20Dreams/154/183/24

New From [PM] Rea Suede Boots

2009-09-02T01:12:00.003+06:00

The boots are a soft suede texture with leather strapping. The strings are done in a straw texture. This was a toss up for me. I personally like the straw strings on each color set, though I know some people would want it matching or a different color. So a happy medium was to add a RGB color hud.

The boots are mod/copy.

You can go to my flickr page, to see larger pictures of the boots.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyaf/

Search in world > Pixel Mode.

♥Tya

A List

2009-07-28T06:57:00.009+06:00

I've been thinking about making a list of my own. I don't really know what this list is about but then again, I don't know what anyone else's lists are about either. So I'm thinking the important part is the actual list, not what the list is about. Also it should be coded in colors. I'm not sure what the colors mean but I've been assured they have meaning. I've been told that lawyers have something to do with this list. All lawyers will be colored yellow. Take from that what you will. So then, apropo of nothing, I give to you, my list:

Tenshi Vielle
Nephilaine Protagonist (you said purple right?)
Logan Bauer
Mourna Biziou
~~Prokofy Neva~~
Lum The Mad (he'll get mad if I .. oh, wait...)
~~Encore Mayne~~ (one good list deserves another)
Iris Seale
Isle Lunasea
Zorena Deckard
Lucifer Baphomet
Io Zeno
Raven Halaan
Dancien Graves (would he like, kill me, if I made him pink?)
Taco F. Rubio, esq. (he doesn't go in yellow cause he has to be green)
Cale Vinson
Joy Honey
Nethermind Bliss
Delora Starbrook
Jory Watler
Phoenix Psaltry
Sansarya
Bard Jameson
Lordfly
Ramonna Villota
Wendy
Jen
Lyla Shephard

*sigh* This is getting boring. How do people work up the energy for these lists. Geesh I need vodka and a B multi-vitamin just to stay awake here. If you want on the list leave a comment and I'll consider. Bribery and flatter work wonders. Just saying....

Its very hard to keep up with all the people who want to be on this list. And where is the flattery and bribes I ask you? Not. one. cent. yet. Come on people I need your monies.

Roxy Roller Knee Socks

2009-07-18T06:57:00.001+06:00

Ask you and you shall receive. Everyone has been asking me to make matching socks. You can find the socks at Pixel Mode beside the Roxy Roller display and yes, they are free.

~Tya

Releases from Pixel Mode

2009-07-18T02:01:00.005+06:00

Wow! I'm the worst for keeping my blog up to date. I need to try a little harder ... anywhoo!

Over the last month I have released several new shoes. Shandra Wedges, Reenee Heels, ShandraV2 w/Tita Toes and Roxy Rollers.

Roxy Rollers

Lets Start with the Roxy Rollers. One day a few months back, I was feeling nostalgic maybe because I have finally come to terms with turning 40. I was thinking about being a kid and how carefree I was. One of the cherished items from my childhood were roller skates and my favorite song to roller skate to was Roxy Roller by Sweeney Todd.

For image details, click on the picture. I don't like to embed large images on my blog. It gets discombobulated.

Set includes: White Pair and Black Pair.With each pair you will have an optional skate with the skating animation.

Texture Change: Wheels & Stopper: Candy Red, Bubblegum, Neon Pink, Lemon, Violet, Indigo & Teal

Color Change Laces: Candy Red, Bubblegum, Neon Pink, Lemon, Violet, Indigo, White & Black

I had intentions of releasing the Men's pair this week, though I have been caught up with re working my sim. The Mens' will not be ready until this Sunday. As for the ladies, I will be working on 2 different versions of the Roxy Rollers and those will be released next Wednesday.

Shandra V2 w/Tita Toes

For the longest time one of my customers,Tita Maertens had been asking me to do prim toes. When prim toes first hit the grid, I was not sold on it. Maybe I am to SL old school. After time had passed, I realized, that done correctly, it can look adorable, even sexy. My first test were with these sling backs. I am a sucker for sling backs. In real life, it adds sensuality to your over all look.

Due to many skin tones in SL, I did my best to match skin tones. The HUD consists of 48 tones for you to choose from. The shoes are modifable so if you are a perfectionist like me, you will be able to match them. If you do have problems, please let me know and i can help you.

Details:

Texture Change Nail Hud: (Soon I will be doing another prim nail set with the same scripts and adding more colors and options. You will when I update the HUD be able to match your toe nails and prim nails)

Skin Shade Hud

Each set includes a White Pair

Reenee Heels

Named after Reeneebob Birmingham. A few weeks ago she posted in the SLU style thread and when I started to make the shoes, I thought of her. Feminine and sexy.

I wanted to make a soft and feminine high heel, yes high heel, without the use of platforms. Making the shoe itself was not challenging, the challenge is the avatar foot shape combined with our stupid ass ankles. Topped off with avatar floating.

I worked for several days on the base sculpt to get it just how I wanted to. I am delighted how my bows turned out to and the overall proportion molded around the foot.

With each pair I have included a pair without the bow. This was not a matter of taking off the bow, I re-baked a new texture as the base texture with the bow is different.

12 Colors ( at the moment) to choose from and both tones have fat packs available. Next week sometime I will be releasing a shiny version.

Well, I think that is about it! Join the Pixel Mode Group or the Subscribe o Matic for updates! Direct SLurl:[PM] Pixel Mode

[PM] Shandra Wedges

2009-06-13T07:46:00.006+06:00

Something fun for the summer time!

Shandra Wedges -Leather and Suede

Available in 6 Colors
Transfer Only
Fat Pack
Demo available for each color

Search Pixel Mode in world - Teleport - You will land in front of the store. Shoes are located to the left in the "new release" section

Click on the pictures for a larger image

[PM] Pixel Mode Sale

2009-05-24T22:25:00.002+06:00

I have extended the sale until Monday May 25th until 3pm SLT.

I realized I didn't send the original notice on Friday to my subscribers, so I sent the message out yesterday.

All shoes : 50L
Shoe Fatpacks: 250L ( please note not all shoe styles have fatpacks. All fatpacks are clearly marked)
All Clothes: 50L

Search in World - Pixel Mode - Teleport ( you will land in front of the store )

♥Tya

[PM] Spring Sale

2009-05-22T07:08:00.001+06:00

Starting tomorrow at noon EST, [PM] Pixel Mode will be having a weekend long sale. All clothing and shoes will be set for 50L

After the sale, some items will be retired to make room new product coming out in the next few weeks.

Sale runs from Friday to Sunday at Noon (EST)

Search in world - Pixel Mode - and teleport :)

♥Tya

At the SCD Prom

2009-05-16T01:01:00.015+06:00

I got a lot of compliments on the gown I wore to the SCD Prom last night (and by the way you can see a whole lot of pictures here -- you must log into Flickr to see them) so I wanted to blog it in full. Isle is having a fantastic Friday Focus and she would be very cross with me if I glomed onto her day -- so I thought I'd do the outfit here. Also because this is my blog and not SCD, I can do large pics, break the format, and Ten will not do strange things to body parts I treasure. Bonus!

I seem to have a facelight attached to my left buttcheek. Not sure whats up with that but I'm not reshooting this so you will have to deal.

I just love the way all the components came together on this outfit.

Thank you to everyone who came and had fun at the Prom.

Dress: Bare Rose Allura (I got this at the RFL Clothing Fair -- no idea if its regularly for sale) (also comes in gold, blue, brown, black, purple and has a matching handbag not worn)
Gloves: Creative Kaoz Midnight Dalliance Long Glove Lace Black
Stockings: *Sheer* Stockings: KissKiss (store freebie!)
Shoes: Pixel Mode Cocktail Shoes - Black Widow
Earrings: ~Muse~ Celine Pearl Earrings Drop (white pearl/silver)
Necklace: ~Muse~ Chatelaine Shoulder Brooch and Chain (silver)
Hair: Waka and Yuki - W&Y HAIR 37 PACK A
Lashes: Calla Lashes (Beauty)
Skin: CUPCAKES - Seduction - Cameo Sultry
Poses: Long Awkward Pose; Reel Expression; Torrid Wear; AnaLu; Tuli; Persona; ANA_Mations; Animazoo; Maitreya; ANOmations; Digital Dragons Designs; 5ifth Order; FORM; Imperial Elegance; AV Puli; Sweet*Lovely*Cute; Sn@tch

High prices

2009-04-18T09:28:00.002+06:00

Don't you just hate it when you see someone wearing something fabulous so you right click on them and teleport into this new place only to find out that one blouse cost L$380 so instead of buying you teleport right the hell out?

If you think this is about your shop, and you have blouses for sale for L$380, then it probably is. I'll shop elsewhere thank you.

The Nikki Ree Butt Hurt Dress Part 2

2009-03-23T02:35:00.003+05:00

Hey Nikki commented about the Butt Hurt dress and her comment was so cool I thought I would put it up on the front page. She was so nice, actually, that I kind of feel bad about calling the dress the Nikki Ree Butt Hurt dress but that's how I think of it now so I think the nickname is permanent. For what its worth I have the Mara Dress from last year's RFL and I also have a LOT of Nikki's stuff -- I love her store. Anyway, in case y'all were not going to buy because of my post, listen to what Nikki has to say about her dress because her comment was the coolest thing EVAR until the next coolest comment EVAR.

As for the flower motif at the seams, I meant it to be like a dress pattern for the fabric so I left the slight imperfection matching at the seams as it was to reflect how a dress like these would appear IRL - but if you prefer one that is totally seamless do give me a private IM and I quickly do one up for you :).

I do try to show every angle of the dress in my posters for the product, even the sides but if you are not sure about a product do give me an IM or Mui Mukerji who has kindly offered to help me when I am busy or not online to view the item in world before buying.

As for the price, this is due to various factors, Mara being only exclusive for RFL never sold after RFL and 100% of the proceeds of the sale of Mara Floral collections are for RFL 2009. Plus Mara Floral does comes in various skirt styles and options.

But I do offer some simple 100L Satin Shine Gowns in Steel and Yellow for RFL. Perhaps that would be in the spending and donation bracket comfortable for some :).

But at the end of the day :) which ever amount you donate is up to you, I have a 0L Satin Shine Gown in Lime and Pink set up in my store and everyone is encourage to donate to the RFL kiosk for those 0L gowns.

Did you see that part in bold? DAMN YOU NIKKI REE NOW I HAVE TO GO TO YOUR STORE AND DONATE MONEY AND GET THE 0L GOWNS AND POST ABOUT THEM!!!! *shakes fist at sky*

This is a plot to part me from my lindens isn't it?

Loot from the Clothing Fair: Nikki Ree

2009-03-22T01:38:00.007+05:00

So by now you know that I went to the Clothing Fair and dumped a metric buttload of money on the Relay for Life. I thought I'd do a few posts to showcase some of my loot. First up, the gown that I have affectionately named the Nikki Ree Butthurt Dress. This dress hurts in more ways than one. Now don't get me wrong -- its a gorgeous gown. I love this gown. But it is full of butthurt.

First it cost EIGHTEEN HUNDRED LINDEN!!!!!!! $L1880 to be exact. Ouchies. But it was for a good cause and it was beautiful so I bought it. Now I'm a little hesitant to post the rest of this because I think it will hurt the sales of this dress which all go to RFL. So let me say this. This is one gorgeous dress. If you modify your shape (which you will clearly need to do given what comes below) then no one will ever see gripe number 2 except you. Its a beautiful dress that you will be happy to wear at any formal function. If you have 2K to give to the RFL and you like the first pic, then buy the dress and know that you've sacrificed for a good cause.

Is this not a gorgeous gown? I think its a gorgeous gown.

Anyway after admiring myself from a frontal view, I turned to the side. Holy wide load Batman, lookit mah butt!

OMFG lookit mah butt!!!! I could kill people with this butt! This is like two butts in one!

So in the first pic I have toned down my butt to ZERO. Yes that's right, in the first pic my butt is nonexistent. Except that, its still a big butt with a butt of zero -- its just an acceptable will-not-crush-small-woodland-animals-if-I-sit-down big butt rather than something that needs a wide load sign.

Oh and don't get me wrong. This is not a rant about fat people. I'm a fat person with a big butt in real life but holy shit did you see that picture? LOOKIT MAH BUTT! Its SO big! Seriously. I bought another gown that did not make my butt look like that and I will showcase it later. So its clearly the design of the dress that is doing this to me.

Last but not least are the seams. Now I know that seams are hard to get perfect. But for 1800 linden, they should be better than this:

For $L1880 you can't do better than that?????

I mean I never would have looked if it had been 200L. I wouldn't care for 200L. But for 1880L -- Yeah I care.

Ok more loot posts coming up soon. Itemization of full outfit below:

Nikki Ree Butthurt dress: Nikki Ree Designs, available only at the RFL clothing fair
Hair: Tami McCoy, Sunshine bangs and flowers, Romantic Midnight updo
Necklace and Earrings: Muse Celine white pearl/silver set
Shoes: Coconut Ice Fae Jewel Midnight Slippers
Stockings: Zullay Thor ZD Pirate Grace Thigh Highs (part of an outfit)

Vivi goes to the clothing fair

2009-03-20T06:48:00.008+05:00

Usually I am a huge supporter of the Relay for Life. I am on a team, I organize and attend fundraising events, I DJ the actual Relay and also the clothing fair. This year I am not on any teams and I didn't DJ at all and I've felt like a bit of a slacker. I decided to go to the Relay for Life Clothing Fair with the express intention of spending money only on those items made for the Relay. So I stripped down to my bald ARC-of-1 self, (wearing a beautiful ensemble by Armidi by the way which is not made any better and might actually be made worse by that piece of shit flap they call a "skirt") and went to the clothing fair.

Vivi in front of the Ookami Ningen booth at the Relay for Life Clothing Fair

It looked like most designers had put a fair amount of energy and time into the Clothing Fair and I was not dissapointed at all. The space was not really *that* laggy 4 days after opening. It was kind of spread out but the decor was nice and clean and I did not have trouble navigating around. And there were a lot of things I wanted to buy -- good for the American Cancer Society (ACS).

I can echo the complaints of some of the others. My time is limited in SL. Most of the time I didn't even know who I was buying from as I was only interested in buying items where the proceeds went to the ACS and I did not bother to even browse the rest of the shops. So it would have been nice, and it would have saved me a bunch of time, to be able to go to some central location and just look at the RFL items.

Now you may say to yourself, or to me, "damn Vivi you can't even spare a little time for the American Cancer Society?" Well of course I can. I went, I saw, I shopped. I donated a metric buttload (which I am informed is more than oogobs but less than a royal fuckton) of cash on the ACS. But that's not the point. The point is to make it easy for me to spend even more money. You want me to drop that royal fuckton of cash on the ACS -- that is the idea. I left when I got tired of walking around 9 sims and ran out of time. Who knows how much I might have dropped if it had been easy.

(edit: I ran into Pips Fetid at the fair and told her this. She said they'd heard this from a bunch of people and would consider it for next year. How cool is that!?)

OMG the Snatch booth had a llama ride! Neat, huh?

Other than that, I really have no complaints. It was pleasantly laid out, the shops all looked nice -- what I saw of them. It was easy to navigate. I even discovered a bunch of new shops once I got home and opened my packages. Kudos to Snatch for the llama ride :)

New from Slick - Attention Redux!

2009-02-16T07:38:00.003+05:00

Have flu. New from Slick: Attention! Redux. 11 colors, modifiable hat, otherwise copy only, all for 299L at Slick in Mikianna, crawling back into bed.

New from Slick - Black Tie Affair

2009-02-04T04:52:00.002+05:00

New from Slick: Black Tie affair.

This little number includes the black hotpants (in both pants and underpants layers), as well as the fetish tux top (shirt and jacket layers) and the modifiable bow tie in 11 colors.

All this is available for 299L at my store on Mikianna.

New from Slick - La Nymphe Heels in Two Versions!

2009-01-29T22:42:00.004+05:00

Hello darlings! Coyo here to tell you about a new release from Slick!

These are the La Nymphe heels, which come in two versions: black leather with a colored bow, and black leather bows with colored leather.

Both sets come in 11 colors and are copy only.

They're made to coordinate with my Subscribe-o-Matic release of my La Nymphe stockings - gorgeous thigh-highs with a teasing bow garter. They're only available through my Subscribe-o-Matic group, so come join!

Oh, and with membership in that Subscribe-o-Matic group? You get previews to my stuff a few days before it comes out - so do join!

Oh, and one more thing - a free fuschia version of my shoes is available ONLY through a camping chair in my store on Mikianna.

Seductive. Sensuous. Slick.

Don't treat your customers like crap!

2009-01-26T03:26:00.002+05:00

Crap is Tenshi's job. (IT'S A JOKE AND THE NAME OF HER STORE!!!)

But seriously folks, I'm here to rant about a disturbing new trend I just heard about. It seems certain hair manufacturers have added a script to their hair wherein if you res the hair on the ground it will delete itself because those who use copybot res hair on the ground. Those who alter hair to fit their head also res hair on the ground, but that doesn't matter. Those who like to take scripts out of hair res hair on the ground, but that doesn't matter. Those who need to refit hair also res hair on the ground, but that doesn't matter either. No, what matters is that someone who uses copybot reses hair on the ground. And for that we must all suffer.

Let me say that the first time I get a note from a manufacturer saying that I can't res something on the ground becuase copybot users do that, is the last time I'll be shopping on that store. And I'll tell my friends. I might even post it on this blog. I will go out of my way to ensure that store loses business. Why? Becuase you just treated me like a criminal even though I might be a long time customer who has spent hundreds of dollars at your store over the years.

News flash folks! People who use copybot aren't buying items at your store. Your loyal customers are. People who want to steal from you won't read those signs you have plastered all over your store telling us how rotten we are and how OMG THIS COPYRIGHT BELONGS TO YOU!!! No shit Sherlock, we, your loyal customers, the people that have to wait for all these fucking signs to res when all we want to do is spend money at your establishment, know this.

So instead of concentrating on new ways to anger your customers whom you've obviously mistaken for a select few that have specialized knowledge of how to use a complicated theft program, why not concentrate instead on building customer loyalty? You already have the tools to go after thieves -- DMCA and the courts. Stroker proved it can be done and documented evidence is the way to travel. Your little scripts won't work and your signs won't work becuase the only people those affect are the people buying your product. Or did you think that someone who was motivated enough to learn how to use copybot wouldn't travel to a no-script sim, remove your script, and copy it anyway?

[PM] Danger Studded Heels

2009-01-26T03:05:00.007+05:00

Its been a while since i have done detailed prim work as I did in these shoes. Every time I open up Maya and roll my sleeves up, I learn something new and for the better. This was the first time I could create a smooth sculpted sole ( you know SL can make curves look jagged) and heel, with it looking 99 percent like it does in my program as it does in Second Life. Maybe I finally understand it. On to the blah blah :p

PM AF Danger - Leather Shoes

This is a must shoe in anyone's collection. Dare to be different. Dare to be bold. Dare to put a little Danger in your Second Life.

12 Luscious Leather colors to choose from! Each color comes with two versions, your mood, your choice :)

1. Stud and Laces
2. Laces Only ( no studs)

Demos are available in all colors and versions.

Direct SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pixel%20Dreams/85/235/24

300L
1600 Per Fat Pack

Slick Subscribe-O-Matic Group!

2009-01-25T10:11:00.002+05:00

I've set up a Subscribe-O-Matic kiosk at Slick on Mikianna. Currently it'll give out a set of previously-unreleased stockings - La Nymphe!

You can join the Subscribe-O-Matic group (which won't take up a precious group slot) by going to Slick and clicking the kiosk out front.

I've also got two releases coming out later this week - so keep your eyes peeled. :)

Pixel Mode!

2009-01-25T07:23:00.002+05:00

Hello Hello Hello and welcome to the second new author in one day!

I know you know about the awesomeness that is Pixel Mode. Tya Fallingbridge is an amazing designer and she not only does shoes, boots, awesome clothing, hair but makes fabu prefabs too. She has a new blog and it isn't linked to FashionPlanet yet so she's going to be posting her new stuff here for a bit until that happens.

Look for her to post about her awesome new shoes (I'm currently at the Duchess dancing with Beebo -- come by in about an hour for a preview of the shoes) tonight or tomorrow.

In the meantime, if you just can't wait and want to wear some seriously awesome boots, go by her shop. Here's an SLURL.

Slick!

2009-01-24T21:49:00.004+05:00

Hey all you groovy fashion guys and gals. My good friend Coyote Momiji (and isn't that the coolest name EVAR?!) makes this faaabulousio latex stuffs. The store is called Slick and the stuff in it is slick indeed. I have purchased at least one of everything in her store and some I have purchased two of. Its always a race to see if I can buy it before she gives it to me. Today she won and she's about to make a post here about her amazing new Circe (yes THAT Circe) boots.

So she has this blog that she posts all her stuff in and I said to her today: "Coyo you gotta get yerself on Fashion Planet!" So she's going to do that. But Tao is a busy guy and it takes him a while sometimes so until that gets done, I made her a login to post here.

So look for Coyo right here at the Llama's Den and lots of groovalistic latexy stuffs. Oh yeah and just in case you don't want to wait for the posts -- you can go right there. Here's a SLURL!

Weeeeee! Finding out about new stores is fun!

New from Slick - Circe Boots

2009-01-24T09:55:00.000+05:00

Thanks, Vivi, for the intro.

Hi everyone! Last night I released a new product from my store, Slick.

I figured everyone should have a product named after them, and my sister Circe Timtam is no exception.

These boots come in 11 colors - Black, Charcoal, White, Pink, Red, Mocksoup Orange, Yellow, Green, Launay Teal, Blue and Violet - and are copy only.

Each color is 99L, and the fatpack of all 11 colors is 399L for a limited time only. :)

Feel free to come on by. In the next week or two I'll be setting up camping chairs with special prizes, and releasing even more goodies.

Come on by to Slick. :) I'd love to see you.

No I'm not back

2009-01-04T11:13:00.002+05:00

Oh Hai! You thought I died I bet. Well I'm not really back -- not in any real sense of the word anyways. Just feeling a bit grouchy and wanted to expound on a few things before bouncing too far into 09.

1a. You know those little prim flaps that designers put on shorts and call them skirts? They are ugly, they don't match the color or texture of the shorts, and they don't look like skirts -- they look like little prim flaps on shorts. Pls stop.

1b. You know how sometimes prims on clothes don't match the system clothes beneath and designers blame it on windlight? Its not windlight. The designer is wrong. The designer did a poor job. Its really not your video card and its really not windlight.

1c. Note to designers: If you can't get the mofo to match don't freaking sell it for crying out loud. But photoshopping your ad and packaging to make it all match and then telling your customers they have to adjust it themselves to make it all match according to their video card sucks major amounts of ass and should lose you the customer.

2. You know when you are stealing. You know when you are not being ethical. You know when you are stealing, not being ethical, and can get away with it because there's no express law saying that you can't. But you are still an unethical thief. If you think this applies to you, you might want to take a look at your business practices and what it is you do that makes you think it applies to you. And really it shouldn't take a blogger on the internet to point this out.

3. The ARC is a lie. It doesn't mean anything. Really. Stop using it as an excuse to make ugly stuff. If you are in a place where ARC matters take off ALL your scripts and prims and strip down to system clothing. But ARC is not really a good indicator of lag... or to put it differently, I can cause all kinds of lag and still have an ARC of 1. Ask me how!

4. Teh dramaz is fun -- or at least interesting.

5. Best model? Seriously? Is this like.. the person with the most poses in his or her inventory? I mean what are the qualifications here? "Can hop on pose ball better than anyone else in SL?"

6a. Just because you can make clothing out of prims doesn't mean you should. Note to prim clothing makers: Not all avies are the same shape as yours. Maybe offering sizes would be a good idea. Just a thought. Cause y'know, if I buy something, spend half an hour trying to get it to fit and then it still doesn't it and then I delete it -- well I never go back to that store.

6b. Do you folks realize how much time it takes to adjust a belt that's part of the skirt or dress and is, itself, many more than one prim? If I had that much time to build a damn belt I would not have bought it in the first place -- I would have built it. I bought it because I either can't and don't want to build it myself. Now here I am building because it doesn't fit. Whats wrong with this picture?

7. Prim feet that don't match your skin? How did this become a good idea? Remember when newb men would go get free peni and it wouldn't match their skin and we would all point and laugh at them? This is the same thing only women do it with their feet. I don't get it.

Now that I've pissed off all the designers in SL I think I'll crawl back under my rock. BAI!

Call for Entries -- Museum of Robots "Build a Robot" Competition

2008-05-18T07:27:00.003+06:00

Build-A Robot Competition Call for Entries!
Museum of Robots Build-a-Robot Competition

Museum of Robots, Kubrick 98/161/26
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26

Museum of Robots in Second Life announces the 'Build-a-Robot' Competition, and invites all residents to participate. All entrants receive a merchandise prize, with an additional 30,000 L$ cash prize pool awarded to the top 10 winners.

Our definition of 'robot' is unlimited: any design that you think can be called a robot is acceptable.

Entry Classes are: Standalone, Wearable, and Homage to Classic Robots.

There is a maximum limit of 100 prims per entry and entries may be scripted or unscripted. All residents are eligible to enter, including established designers and new robot builders. The emphasis is on original creations for the Standalone and Wearable classes. Homage to Classic Robots is for work that replicates existing robots or characters from film, television, or media.

The full set of rules can be found at the Museum of Robots Website Rules Page.

Feel free to ping me (Vivianne Draper) either here or in world with any questions you have.

Squeee!

2008-03-18T07:52:00.001+05:00

My event (and all of the St. Patricks Day events -- I only did the hunt) got written up in the BBC! Squee!

Dublin St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt -- Take 2

2008-03-18T06:15:00.006+05:00

The Dublin Treasure Hunt has proved to be so successful that we are extending it. Here are the extension rules.

1. We are extending the contest until Friday, March 21 at Midnight SLT. So you have until then to mail your answers to DublinTreasureHunt@gmail.com.

2. Those that won the cash prize this weekend still get that 20k pot to split -- in other words there is still ample incentive to get all 30 answers in by midnight SLT tonight.

3. We are adding another, smaller pot for people to try for until Friday. More details will come as we figure them out.

4. If you already mailed in your answers and you didn't get thirty right, you were mailed an opportunity to continue looking.

If you have questions please email me at viviannedraper at gmail.

Good luck!

TAKE OFF YOUR ATTACHMENTS!!!!

2008-03-18T02:22:00.001+05:00

Geesh people have a heart. Its the Relay for Life. Take off your attachments so we can move and buy stuff huh?

Ookami Ningen St. Patrick's Day Freebies!

2008-03-18T01:04:00.004+05:00

Ookami Ningen has some nifty stuff free or dollarbie for St. Patrick's Day!

First is the Harajuku Punk in vibrant green. This is free until 12:00 a.m. tonight and at that time it will go to that great big place in the sky where all green things go to live after St. Patty's day is over. This is a never released FREE limited edition set. You can find it inside the Ookami Ningen store.

Next is the Parasol. Also created for the St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt in Dublin, this snazzy little number is a gift you get for joining the Ookami Ningen group. The group is subscribomatic so it won't take a separate group spot.

Last but not least is this cute little shamrock pillow dollarbie. I don't have a picture but its a little pillow in the shape of a shamrock and it is, of course, green. You can find it and the Harajuku inside the Ookami Ningen main store.

The Dublin St. Patrick's Treasure Hunt has begun!

2008-03-15T18:31:00.004+05:00

Hey folks, I was up till 3am putting out clue signs but it is finished and the Dublin St. Patrick's Day Hunt has begun. Its pretty easy, you hunt for clues (which are easy to find), you answer the clues, you email the answers, you get a prize. All you have to do to get a prize is get ONE answer right. If you want a larger prize, you have to answer more right. If you want cash, you have to get them all right. A L$20,000 pot will be split among all those who get all 30 clues right. You have until Tuesday morning at 12:01 a.m. SLT to find the answers to the clues. I'm going to post the official rules right after this nifty graphic to break up the big wall o' text.

!!RULES!!

1. Thirty clues have been placed around the three Dublin Sims. Look for the special "Dublin in SL" signs around the three Dublin Sims. They could be anywhere but they are not hidden. They will be large and should be easy to spot. It is not our intent to hide these signs in any way. And just to be nice and give you all extra help, they are usually near a place where you can find the answer to a different clue. The clue signs look like this:

2. Figure out the clues and write down the answers.

3. Email the answers to DublinTreasureHunt@gmail.com.
. Include your **Avatar Name** in your email so that we can award your prizes.
. **Number** your answers to match the number of the clues you are solving.
. All emails will be kept confidential and deleted after prizes are awarded.

4. Prizes:
There are three tiers of prizes depending on how many questions you get right:

1-10 answers right -- The Wee Prize
11-29 answers right -- The Wee Prize and The Big Box of Cool Stuff
30 answers right -- The Wee Prize, The Big Box of Cool Stuff, and a Cash (Lindens) Bonus (the amount of the cash bonus will be determined by how many win)
(in addition there is a separate wee prize hidden somewhere in one of the Dublin Sims -- as a matter of fact, finding that prize is the answer to one of the clues.

5. Our administrators will log in several times over the weekend to send prizes out. They will not be online 24-7 or even close to that nor is there a schedule for when they are online. Prizes will be sent to your avatar name by or before midnight SLT Wednesday, March 19.

6. You may only enter once so please check your answers before mailing them in.

7. All the answers can be found in in Second Life (in search in the parcel description, or inside the structure, on the sim... but in SL somewhere) or on the Dublin in SL website. There may be other places where you can find the answers (i.e. google, wikipedia, personal knowledge, books, etc), however, the Dublin Sims and website contain the final answer. If your answer doesn't match the answer we have -- no matter if we are wrong or right -- then your answer will not be counted as a correct answer.

8. The prize packages are all the same within their respective tiers. If you can't use an item (for instance if you are male and there are women's shoes in the package) just throw them out. We will not make subsitutions. The prize we give you is all there is.

9. The Hunt begins Saturday, March 15 at 12:01am somewhere between CST and SLT and ends Monday, March 17 at midnight SLT. Submissions mailed after 12:01am, Tuesday, March 18 will not be accepted (even if we have gone to bed and left the clues out -- you have to mail it before Tuesday, March 18, at 12:01 a.m.)

10. It could take up to 24 hours for you to receive your prize if your entry is received late at night on preceeding a weekday (in otherwords Sunday or Monday late). Please be patient.

That is the end of the rules. We hope you have fun finding the clues and the answers and exploring the Dublin Sims.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! (A Saint Patrick's Day Blessing upon you!)

St. Patrick's Day in Dublin

2008-03-11T22:55:00.004+05:00

So you didn't think there would be nothing going on in Dublin this weekend did you? You didn't think Ham and Sitearm would sit idly by, leaving you to celebrate this most Irish of all holidays completely on your own? I certainly hope you didn't think that because there is SO much going on this weekend in Dublin that I scarcely know where to begin.

First off... there are two new Dublin Sims opening. And the reason I tell you this is first is because secondly, I have been contracted to design and run a treasure hunt over all three sims. The hunt starts this Saturday morning at 12:01 a.m. and runs until Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. And we have prizes -- OMG do we have prizes.

In seeking prizes for this event, I not only went to clothing designers but tried to put some varied items in the prize package as well. So there is all kinds of nifty stuff for you should you get a prize and just about everyone will. The rules will be posted Friday evening and will be on selected signs around Dublin at the start of the hunt.

But wait! That's not all! There is the possibility of a cash (lindens) prize! The amount of lindens is not set yet as it depends on how many people get every clue correct. We'll be splitting an as-yet-undetermined pot of lindens donated by Ham Rambler amongst all the winners. AND I'll be reprising my Celtic Muse DJ show at the Art Park in Dublin 3 on Saturday, from 8-10 a.m. SLT to kick off the hunt.

But wait! That's still not all! Because a hunt is not all that's happening.

The complete list of events (and OMG there are a lot of them) happening in and around the Dublin sims can be found here. So check it out and mark your schedule accordingly! I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of you there.

New from DMMDI: Soda Pop Candy Shoes

2008-03-11T22:46:00.003+05:00

Oh dear gods save me. I'm really happy Chari is my friend and just lays these shoes on me or I'd have to go buy them all. Every time she showed me a new color I was like "GIMMIE!" Yeah Yeah I'll be getting review copies out real soon now. In the meantime, check this out:

Black Licorice

Bubblegum Soda

Red Licorice

Root Beer

St. Patty's Day (part of the prize package for the St. Patty's day hunt this weekend in all three Dublin sims)

I'm waiting for Chari to mail me on how much these are but knowing Chari, the price will be pretty good and if you are like me, and hate to wait go NOW to The Devil Made Me Do It store in Brithys. Once you get there I dare you to decide on just one color.

Ookami Ningen Harajuku Punk

2008-03-11T07:37:00.006+05:00

I wanted to wait a while to blog about these so all the "newness" had gone away and I could talk about the awesomeness that is the Harajuku Punk outfit from Ookami Ningen. First, as you can see from the pictures, they are ever so stylish.

But what may not be immediately apparent about these is that the fur textures, aside from being completely 100% hand drawn, are not recolored in Second Life. Zorena makes a different texture for each color, usually highlighted a bit differently and drops it on only certain faces of each prim. This is why you get a full, natural look with the fur from Ookami Ningen and it doesn't look like someone took a spray paint can to the fur. Each color has been individually retextured and re-assembled. This is very difficult and time consuming and therefore you don't see it often.

Another thing I wanted to draw your attention to is the velvet belt, again hand drawn textured and colored in photoshop and not recolored in Second Life. Its why, if you look closely, you can almost see yourself reaching out to touch the velvet and feel its texture (natch!) under your skin.

Each set includes a soft flexible fur prim jacket that comes in 5 parts, the anti-glitch jacket that comes on two different layers, a cute plaid belted mini, anti-glitch skirt shorts and finally a pair of soft fuzzy leg warmers with an anti-glitch pair of socks. The leg warmers are a great way to dress up a pair of chunky shoes or the foot part of most boots to make them look like fur topped boots. You can find them only at the main store of Ookami Ningen. Just hit the SLURL here or the one on the right hand navigation bar OR just use search in-world. Each set is modify, copy and no transfer and sells for 300L.

All Fairchang Items are now FREE!

2008-02-28T03:58:00.004+05:00

I got this note from Garth and Pituca:

Throughout our many years of selling FairChang products in Second Life, from the very first helicopter in the summer of 2003 to the latest birds and scripted gift boxes, you have supported our product range …….

We have arrived at the decision that we would like to return that loyalty by giving everyone in sl the chance to enjoy our products free of charge.

So from now on you can tport/fly/jog/sail over to our Lighthouse Store on FairChang Calypso SW to pick up a FairChang Freebie.

Don't think for a minute we have stopped making new products! From time to time we will still add something new. And Pituca still offers Customer Support where possible. Just IM

Garth and Pituca FairChang
http://www.fairchang.com

I've known about this for some time and have been lame about getting some pics up for you. And when they say their products are free, they mean ALL of their products -- the prefabs, the plants, the vehicles, the aircraft, the boats -- everything. So here's some pics of this cool Italian Villa. I set this up just for the purposes of taking these pics so I can't say its been decorated exactly as I would like and its on a tropical-zone isle so I need to pull it up and quit spending time on it. But still its a cool and cute little villa. And its free!

This is the villa. Most (uh maybe all) of the plants came from Heart Garden Center so those are not free.

This is the top of the villa. The lounge chairs, plants and birds up here are all part of the free stuff that can be found at Fairchang Calypso.

This is a close up of Pituca's birds. She has a whole bunch of these birds. They make bird sounds so I only have two cause I didn't want my neighbors to shoot me.

The easiest way to get to the freebie store is to search for Fairchang Store in search or you can follow this SLURL.

Cute!

2008-02-25T01:18:00.006+05:00

So I put this outfit together almost by accident and then decided it was really cute and needed to be immortalized but to do that I needed a studio so I bought a photosphere and, well, Vivi takes some pictures. At least one.

I had meant for this blog to feature old stuff -- because you know new stuff gets blogged all the time. However I think I've been around long enough now to have truly spectacular stuff that really doesn't get noticed much anymore and it should -- because it still rocks. BUT! that didn't happen with this post. I'm afraid its all pretty much new releases except for the jewelry, tights, and boots.

This is a true mashup. I think each piece came from somewhere different. I'll start at the top and work down.

Hat: Illusions Sweetheart Cloche. I recommend buying the white/white copyable so you can copy it and recolor -- which is what I did here -- I recolored it to match the sweater and the rest of the outfit.

Hair: Analog Dog Chii -- and while I'm at it can I just say how much I love love love the hair at Analog Dog. I haven't seen it really blogged anywhere and I'm surprised at that because the textures are truly wonderful and the flexi settings make it move like real hair moves. The hair there isn't cheap but I think its worth it. You get a color pack for L$350. I wish you could just buy one for like L$100 but alas... I shall be broke and in the poor house and it will be all Analog Dog's fault because I keep going back to buy more hair.

Skin: Chai Vedette Cream Freckled -- This is the freebie that came with the Second Style skin issue. I generally like the ginger tone better but alas that has that texture bug where it takes on the texture of my house and nothing I can do (yes I've cleared my cache and deleted and got a new copy and all that jazz) can fix it. But, in general, I am now Launa Fauna's skin bitch. Seriously I cannot tell you how much I love the Chai skins. I used to be Starley and Gala's bitch when it came to skins but I'm afraid Launa has stolen me away. My only regret is that my pocketbook is not large enough to buy each and every makeup because I would. In a New York Minute. Or faster. Ahhh well.

Jewelry: Elka:Random - Cameo & Sautoir set. This is an old set that has really stood the test of time. It fits nicely with very little modification needed and it looks good next to, say, the nifty stuff that Earthtones and Muse put out today. It sits in my inventory forgotten for months but I end up returning to it time and time again. Its a really nice accessory when you want to put a funky/boho/secondhand store look together like the one I have here. [Edit: Elka writes: "Cute look! Thank you for using my necklace. It is old indeed, especially with the elka:random name, which I had for only a few weeks back almost 3 years ago, haha! Just thought I would let you know that this piece was revamped, retextured (now has silver version included too, and now attaches to different points) and all that jazz for the Jewelry Fair we had a few months ago. This one is not for sale anymore :)"] So if you want the new one look for Elka Lehane's profile and then the second tab under her picks will take you to her current store and you can get the new one.

Sweater: !_Ce_Cubic effect Cardigan_cream. This is where we get into the new. I adore CE's textures. Not everything there works as well I would like -- I had originally hoped that this sweater would work with their tiered skirt and it really didn't. (For that matter, the tiered skirt which was pretty expensive (L$290 for one skirt ouchies) didn't fit all that well at all -- however I think I can make it work with a little playing around but for that price I shouldn't and I wish there was a demo.) But their sweaters -- OMG their sweaters. And their blouses -- OMG their blouses. The texturing, the fit, and the way it works with so much other stuff.. well lets just say that even though I consider them to be on the pricier side I still picked up three or four items there today. I encourage you to check them out -- really nice newish store with quality stuffs.

Camisole: Its not really a camisole. Its the bodice from *LAST CALL: Gillian* -- which is a sexy black dress that I wore to Misty's birthday party last night and it looked mahvelos dahling -- but I didn't get a shot of it. Maybe someone else did and I'll post it later because really it is one of Ginny's best efforts (IMNSHO). However I was trying on my Cubic purchases and this looked so good under the cardigan I kept it.

Skirt: :bijou: *FREE* DIVA. Do y'all know about bijou? You should if you don't. Really nice texturing work, really nice clothing, decent prices and OMG the freebies there are amazing. I mean a lot of places have tshirts for freebies or stuff that you will take because its free but you wouldn't ordinarily buy. bijou has free stuff that you would buy if it were not free, but its free so you don't have to. This is actually a part of a very dressy satin dress outfit with a capelet and gloves. Wonderful on its own. As I was looking through my inventory for a replacement for the tiered skirt I kind of stumbled on this as it was still in my NEW folder and it didn't look right at first but it really grew on me. The Diva outfit comes in 5 colors and the whole pack is free at the Bijou store in Takaraduka.

Stockings: Another oldie but goodie. D3volution! Raggedy Ass Raggy Ass Stockings & Belt with 8 Garters: Stockings, Ripped, Run, & Torn, Sooty. They come with garters on the underwear layer and stockings on the sock layer which is nice because most skirts these days have the skirt base on the pant layer. I love these stockings but don't get the opportunity to wear them often.

Boots: Last but not least we come to the boots. (Shiny Things) Old Laceup Boots - black. Fallingwater was my first love when it came to boots and I own damn near every style in every color she's ever made. I still have her old sleek laceup boots before she fixed them because I love her boots too much to ever throw them away -- even if they are broke and I have a fixed copy and I never wear the broke ones. I'm a sentimental fool I know. But I treasure those old broke boots and I won't throw them out! Anyways these are not that old (even if they say old) and they go with everything (ok maybe not the latest formal wear) and I love any opportunity I get to wear them out.

Also I think I might love my new photosphere. But I've rattled on enough for one post.

New from Ookami Ningen: Dancing and Dying Swans

2008-02-13T07:30:00.003+05:00

Ok not literally. But Zorena made this ultra cool outfit and one of them is named Dancing Swan and the other is named Dying Swan -- but no actual swans were coerced into dancing or were heinously or otherwise put to death during the creation of this outfit. Well not by Zorena anyway.

These are the new outfits. Two versions of a dress and one of them with a bit of a twist. Both are based from a famous ballet but Dying Swan also has it's roots in a painting she once saw. Shiny satin corset, soft feathery fur and satin skirt and a hint of lace on the pants. Graceful arm wings and furred and feathered stole help give it a fantasy look.

Each set is modify, copy and no transfer. Find this flight of fancy at Ookami Ningen for 250 L per set. To complete the look in the ads, Zorena used "Pearl Ballet Flats" from Shiny Things. To get to Ookami Ningen, just type that into search or follow this SLURL.

Then I did a little mashup with it:

To get this look:

Skirt and corset: Dancing Swan Nocturne from Ookami Ningen
Boots: (Shiny Things) Old Boots - black
Belt: Pixel Dolls - Red (PD) Belts; Empress Jacket
Stockings: Szentasha part of ~J~ Nightsong Minidress - Crimson
Necklace: Random Calliope "But I'm Not The Only One - For Peace"
Earrings: /artilleri/ teardrop earrings
Skin: LF CHAI Skin -- Ginger -- Celebrity Freckles
Hair: Analog Dog Emma Black
Tats: *EtchD* Sleeves
Eyes: SS eyes series 2-27
Shape: custom

Relay for Life Design Contest

2008-01-21T00:41:00.000+05:00

This year, there is a design contest for the 2008-American-Cancer-Society-Relay-For-Life-in-SL donation kiosk and ANYONE can enter (well, except the judges and the ACS RFL tech crew).

To enter, visit ACS Island or the PaperModels in Second Life store at Pinastri and touch the registration cube; you'll immediately be registered for the contest and receive the instruction note card.

Why Enter the Contest? Fame and Fortune, of course! The winner will receive a prize award of $5,000L and a $50 credit to the PaperModelsOnline.com / Paper Models in Second Life store. The really cool part is that the winning design will be developed into a real life 3D model that can be downloaded in real life by Paper Models in Second Life!

This is the first ever build event anywhere in the metaverse which the winning design will become a real life 3D model using the Paper Models, Inc. patented process! The winner could be you!

Participants will be contacted by the contest coordinators, David Jacobs or Estaban Graves and the official textures and logos provided - we're using the new MediaMaster Syndication tool so there is no group to join!

Come get involved and help us with the most awesome, donation-inspiring design ever and get memorialized as the first ever 3D download-able ACS RFL design in metaverse history!

Folks the above is a press release. I am not one of the organizers of the RFL and I can't answer any questions about this. I'll try and update later when I find out who to contact about this if you have questions.

Only 59 days to the Relay for Life Clothing Fair!

2008-01-17T17:17:00.000+05:00

The countdown is on for this year's Relay for Life Clothing Fair....

Hard to imagine that it's just 59 days until the BIGGEST CLOTHING EVENT of the year. The Relay Raiders have been working hard dotting their i's and crossing their t's to ensure you a versatile offering of SL's finest.

Have you heard ... Dark Eden , Moonshine Clothing, DeFleur Fashions, Passionate Neko Dreams, Solange, Annalise, IEVL, Immortelle, Milady Fashion, Barerose, Casa del Shai & Digit Darkes (just to name a few) have all signed on to join us ?

Really, how can we top 84 of SL premier designers sitting down to the drawing board to create the best of the best for this year's event? Fold in live music, multiple fashion shows, treasure hunts and let simmer for 59... soon to be 58 days! We'll serve up an "Awesome" stew.

Save your Linden's, watch for events.. and listen around the grid. You don't want to miss this one!

See you there!
The Relay Raiders

Oh... did I forget to mention St. Patrick's day. I guess I did. Until next time guys, ;)!

SLNewspaper.com, Second Style, The M2, Fashion Angels and Homme Magazine are sponsoring this year's event!

The above was a press release but let me add that I will also be DJing part of the Clothing Fair -- I don't know just when yet. The Relay for Life Clothing Fair blog is located here and I have a permanent link on the nav bar on the left.

p.s. Hey folks I am not one of the organizers -- just a participant through the auspices of being a part of Dark Eden and also a DJ. If you have questions about the Relay for Life, please contact Nevar Lobo in world. Thanks!

Curses

2008-01-16T19:38:00.000+05:00

I would like to take this opportunity, whilst I am lagging so much that it takes five minutes to move one step or for one outfit to rez, to curse every person who does not strip themselves of scripted items and attachments of any sort while shopping at the ETD and Last Call sales.

Could you be any friggin ruder? I mean really. Is there anyone out there that doesn't know to do this? If there is, the innocent/uninformed are excused from this curse. May the rest of you who are willfully ignoring pleas from everyone who wants a less lagging shopping experience be afflicted with debilitating lag for the rest of your days. May your attachments be missing, may your resses be slow, and may you be cursed with missing image till the end of your days.

That is all.

Relay for Life

2008-01-12T15:50:00.000+05:00

Oh yes folks it is that time again and I have a press release for you that should have gone out earlier this week but is only going out now. As you may or may not know, every year the Relay for Life (RFL) comes to Second Life. The RFL is the American Cancer Society's premier annual fundraising event and Second Life residents have raised oogobs of money for them for the last two years and we hope to raise mega-oogobs this year. (Do I get points for using oogobs not once, not twice, but three times in a post?) I digress -- on with the Press Release!

Announcing the Relay for Life, Clothing Fair 2008
The much anticipated Relay for Life, Clothing Fair will be opening it’s doors March 17, and run thru March 23, 2008. Jam packed with live music, treasure hunts… and fashion shows this year’s fair features 80 of SL’s premier designers! Kicking off this years Relay for Life Fundraiser will be a multi-sim St. Patrick’s Day celebration and running 24/7 until the doors close on the 23rd.

Did I say Multi-Sim? I did, didn’t I. With names like Dark Eden, BeWitched, Armidi, Callie Cline, Rebel Hope, Nicky Ree, Awesome Designs, Aitui, Sherona DeGroot, Rfrye, Nocturnal Threads, Barefoot Designs, RPD, DE Designs, Night & Day, Mischief, Goth1c0..., way too many to list… what choice did we have! This year’s concept, spearheaded by Pips Fetid and Nevar Lobo spans five sims to ensure a low lag, positive shopping experience.

So mark your calanders, check events, and save your Lindens. Come stroll the seasons and help us “Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back”. We can make a difference! Until there's a cure, there's Relay for Life.

Also there is a Clothing Fair blog. I know Nevar emailed Tao last night to add it to the feed but as we don't know when that will happen, here is the direct link to it and I will also be putting it over on the left hand navigation pane.

I will be posting news about the Relay for Life as I get it and there will be a lot of great things to come. So stay tuned!

Then and now

2008-01-09T08:22:00.000+05:00

How much has SL changed from when you started?

Here's how much it has changed for me. When I started, Canimal used to be the place you went for vinyl, fishnets, funky clothing and tattoos.

Today I'm cruising FashionPlanet and I see this:

I went to Canimal which is another fine maternity store and was pleased to discover the new selection of conservative, classy dresses. They are perfect for executive meetings, and for any job interview. I highly recommend them to any mother to be.

I showed that to a few friends and their reaction was similar to mine. Canimal? Interview and maternity clothing? We are thinking maybe its a spoof because the pics surrounding the quote aren't conservative by any stretch of the imagination.

But if it isn't a spoof -- How things change.

How many is enough? A time for a new system.

2008-01-03T17:34:00.001+05:00

So right now there's a huge outcry for more groups -- as there should be. In a social game like Second Life, and without a viable events calendar, the crux of any social gathering must be the ability to easily group. So the outcry is understandable. But really I have to ask, how many is enough? Beyond that, how many is actually manageable?

When I started SL, we were limited to 10 groups and when it was expanded to the current 25 I thought I'd never use all the slots and for a while I actually had open group space. It was awesome for all of about 2 months. It quickly filled as I had the ability to join this favorite shop's group and this other favorite shop's group and before long I still had favorites I wanted to join but was out of groups. As I started getting involved in things like the SLCC and the Relay for Life, those favorite shops groups gave way to the work I was doing.

Of course that leaves me out of the things being given away to the group only. And these are shops, generally, where I drop a fairly sizeable wad of cash on a semi-regular basis. Like Queenie, I feel a bit guilty joining and then leaving but I've spoken to a couple of designers who say they completely understand and they have the same problem too.

Which got me thinking -- if I joined every group I wanted, how many groups would I be in? The list came to well over 100. So then I imagined this completely out of control group list -- akin to my friends list -- a thing crucial to my Second Life experience that I have the ability to fill as large as I wanted but with no way to organize or manipulate it. ugh.

Folks we don't need just need more groups -- they can raise it to 50 and it won't be enough and in 2 years you'll be back here filing JIRAs to get it to 100. And 2 years after that new folks will come along and wonder why its limited to that low number. And I dare you to belong to 100 groups and be able to control the traffic chatter and not crash on login when after a mere 24 hours of not logging in you have something like 50 notices. Its not viable.

What we need is a new group system. We need ways to organize groups like we can organize our inventories. We need ways to control notices and chatter. We need to be able to link it to our email so we can read AND DELETE off line. And we need to be able to join unlimited amounts of groups.

Until the entire group system is revamped or thrown away in favor of something better -- you can cry for more groups all you want but it won't be the solution you are looking for.

Value at Fairchang! Ridiculously low land plot prices !!

2007-12-04T18:04:00.000+05:00

For the December 'Bargain Hunt' promotion, prices of many plots, already on sale, have been reduced even further. Soo... if you need to expand to get more prim allowance or have a friend that wants to buy land -- If you want land for a store or for that wonderful home.... NOW is the time to buy.

Remember at Fairchang you can buy via the website at any time, get personalized service for any questions or problems you might have, can participate in a whole community with activities, prizes, and just good all around neighbors and everything on Fairchang is zoned -- which means you will never end up with a buttass-ugly, prim-heavy, lag-inducing blingy club in the backyard of your dream home.

Check the land for sale pages on the website and be shocked! But don't ask me where they are :P YOU have to find them

Holiday Cloaks from Ookami Ningen

2007-12-04T17:55:00.001+05:00

Zorena Deckard, master of all that is fur, has released her gorgeous christmas outfits at Ookami Ningen. There are six holiday releases in all! First we have White Christmas. This dress set comes in green and red and of course has accents of my fur. Inspired by the movie of the same name this set should make you look as glamorous as a movie star. Each set contains shirt, glitch pants, skirt, fur hat, fur muff, capelet and a three layer fur and satin skirt. It's modify, copy and no transfer and can be found for L$350 each at Ookami Ningen.

Next are four cloaks. Two for ladies (red not pictured) and two for men (green not pictured) all in the czar/czarina series. A great way to look warm and stylish while dressing up your favorite outfit for the season. All modify, copy and no transfer and are L$200 each.

These are all available at Ookami Ningen on the Dark Eden sim. Get there by hitting the SLURL on the right hand navigation panel or by searching for Ookami Ningen.

I got tagged

2007-12-04T17:50:00.000+05:00

Y'all know this is a chain letter and is evil, right?

Eight random facts about me:

1) I hate chain letters
2) I really hate chain letters
3) Chain letters are the suck
4) Chain letters make baby cthulu cry (technically this is not about me but I am in solidarity with baby cthulu)
5) Did I mention I hated chain letters?
6) Chain letters make me cry too (see random fact 4 above)
7) Ok maybe chain letters don't make me cry but they cause a fair amount of non substantial anguish.
8) Last but not least I am not afraid to break the chain. However I am an old softy.

Pursuant with random fact 8, above, ~~I am not tagging anyone~~ Sherpa Davies I TAG YOU!!! So there ;p

Fantasy in Pink: New from Creative Kaoz

2007-11-30T19:24:00.000+05:00

This is another thing I should have blogged ages ago and did not. This is one of those sets that is hella fun and has ZOMG oogobs of pieces. This is partially my fault as she kept showing it to me when she was making it and I kept saying "oh you know what would look cool!? This!" and then she'd go off and make that and 2 other things besides. So let me get with the pictures cause there are a lot of them.

So this is set one, which is a basic set with what looks like 13 pieces that come on multiple layers. The belts come in three sizes and if none of those work for you and you hate resizing prims, you can always go get her shape for free in her main store or the notecard that accompanies it to get the measurements so you adjust your shape. It sells for L$150.

Set two is the skirt set. The shrugs are in black instead of pink and you don't have the pants options that you get in Set 1. There looks to be about 11 pieces in this set and it sells for L$150. There are a few other sets put together for you and each cost L$150.

You can get just all the pants or all the tops or all the skirts or all the shrugs separately. Each set is L$150. Its not just different colors but different styles as well. I'm only going to show you the pics for the blouses and pants here.

I've saved the best for last. You can get the ultimate mega set with every color of every item on different layers. Here's a complete list of what you get in the ultimate set all for L$350:
*4 Shrugs, on the jacket layer, in 2 shades of black and white, a solid black and a gorgeous knitted pink. A prim clasp is provided to keep the edges together.
*3 feathered bodice tops, on jacket and shirt layers, black, white and rose pink
*3 sheer, 3 almost sheer and 3 lined lace bustiers, on the shirt and undershirt layers, in shades of white, black and rose pink.
*3 sheer, 3 almost sheer and 3 lined lace tops, on the shirt and undershirt layers, in shades of white, black and rose pink.
*3 ankle length pants, on the pants layer and the underpants layer, in black/ white stripes, rosepink/black stripes and black/black stripes.
*3 mid-calf length pants, on the pants layer and the underpants layer, in black/white stripes, rosepink/black stripes and black/black stripes.
*3 mid-thigh length shorts, on the pants layer and the underpants layer, in black/white stripes, rosepink/black stripes and black/black stripes.
*2 prim skirts, black/white, and rosepink/black stripes, in small, medium and large sizes, with prim belt attachments
*3 micro/underskirt shorts in black/white, rosepink/black stripes and solid black on underpants and pants layer.
*2 styles of prim belt, pink with black tabs in small, medium and large, worn on the pelvis and a broad belt in black/white, rosepink/black and black which attaches at two points: stomach and pelvis.
*A black hip scarf, on the skirt layer, with prim knot
*Le Beret in 2 sizes in black/black and black/rosepink worn on the chin
*3 pairs of dainty lace socks in white, black and rosepink
*Itty Bitty lingerie - bra and thong in sheer rosepink on underwear layer

So where can you get this fantastic thing? At the Creative Kaoz main store in Sylvina (SLURL on the right) or in her satellite shop in the Dark Eden mall -- 2nd floor.

Winter in Fairchang

2007-11-30T11:24:00.000+05:00

The Fairchang Isles are undergoing a new look for the winter/holiday season and there's a lot going on in the community as well. Plans are afoot for for a Christmas Boat Parade around several sims. This is being planned by "another resident" but I shall smoke out who this nefarious Christmas Parade Planner is and reveal the culprit.

Yet another resident is working on a contest for the best decorated parcel. My sources tell me this is none other than the infamous William Fairchang and he is offering prizes of L$10,000 and L$5,000.

Meanwhile, about that Expo center I told you was in the works -- we are still plotting and scheming a good design for it. So while we are doing that, Pituca and Garth decided to turn it into a winter wonderland recreation area.

That's me at the Fairchang Expo sim wearing Ookami Ningen's Chanel Russian Sable jacket with Dark Eden Nu Kua skirt and Metis skates. Behind me is the large flaming ring you can jump through and if you do you get your name in lights -- or at least on a list of people who have accomplished this feat. Also on location is a Moopf vendor so you can buy skates right on the spot.

That's me again skiing down a mountain. And just like in real life, I suck at skiing. But you might not. There's a vendor where you can buy William Fairchang's skis right on the site.

And as if that was not enough, Fairchang Vista, Wharf, Lido and Balboa -- where the public parks are, have also been winterized. Previously I thought that was something I did to my car but the Fairchangs have reinvented the term.

The public park on the Fairchang Vista sim.

So how, you might ask, can I get in on this. Well the public places are there for all to enjoy (the expo sim and the public parks) but you have to be a Fairchang resident to get in on the boat parade and decoration contest. However that's never been easier or more affordable than right now. The bargain plot hunt continues through the month of December at Fairchang.com. Some plots have been reduced to very low prices (ridiculously low or so sayeth the web page) -- all you have to do is find them. So if you are in the market for land that comes with a built-in community, the excellent service the Fairchangs are famous for, as well as value that can't be beat -- go check out Fairchang.com.

p.s. to find the Fairchang sims mentioned above, just map Fairchang Expo, Fairchang Vista, Fairchang Lido, Fairchang Wharf, or Fairchang Balboa.

Ice Dancer -- New from Ookami Ningen

2007-11-30T05:15:00.000+05:00

These ice skating outfits are to die for. They look so good with just normal boots or shoes too -- you don't *have* to wear the skates with them. This 13 piece set includes sweater, sweater shorts, plain and fur collars, plain and fur cuffs, two skirts and a pair of skates with the foot base. This is the first collaborative effort from Zorena Deckard of Ookami Ningen and Etain Peregrine of Dark Eden.

Zore has her wonderful fur around the collars and cuffs and the outfits can be worn with or without. And I think they come in all 8 of the Dark Eden standard colors to match the ice skates. Anyway right now you can get these for L$300 at Ookami Ningen on Dark Eden Island. Just search for either or use the SLURL on the right. They will be available at Dark Eden as well next week.

Czarina Zorena: The Czar/Czarina line of cloaks -- new from Ookami Ningen

2007-11-22T01:25:00.000+05:00

How do you make a dramatic entrance? Try it with one of these cloaks. Each cloak has all hand drawn textures and is flexible right down to the fur. Choose from four types of fur with different bases. The ladies has a more open front to show off whatever you decide to wear underneath. There's a nice medallion clasp to the men's. All are mod/copy/no transfer and can be found at Ookami Ningen for 200 L each.

Czar Black Sable

Czar Silver Fox

Czarina Warm Mink

Czarina White Ermine

Find the bargain at Fairchang.com

2007-11-16T06:06:00.000+05:00

Just for this month at Fairchang.com some land plots are being reduced to ridiculously low prices. All you need to do to qualify to buy one is...

GO FIND THEM !!

That's right! The hunt is on at Fairchang.com. Seriously there are some good bargains. If you go to the website and start looking, I'm sure you'll find youself a deal.

Any questions? Please IM Garth FairChang or email: garth@fairchang.com. Owning land has never been so easy or so affordable.

Condolences

2007-11-14T03:21:00.000+05:00

I've been away for a bit and came back to such sad news. I didn't know Ginny well but the couple of times I'd interacted with him were good times and I knew him not only as a very talented designer who owns my closet but also as a man of honesty and integrity. Ginny left a lasting legacy and the clothes I have from Dazzle and Last Call are one of the most treasured things in my inventory and I know that's true for many others.

My deepest sypmathies and condolences to his family, his friends, and all of us who mourn his passing.

RIP Ginny. We will all miss you very much.

Vivi's Recap of CSI: Second Life

2007-10-26T16:29:00.000+06:00

Hello world! I was in a wedding over this past weekend and my life got somewhat consumed by the wedding. Then I got sick. However I appear to be much better and back on track so I'll break my hiatus by bringing you a recap of the most talked about fashion event in Second Life history. No I am not talking about the Armidi opening. I am talking about nothing other than the TV show CSI and its Second Life contingent.

I know some of you haven't seen it yet and since it contains spoilers, I've thoughtfully put it on the blog that doesn't go to FashionPlanet and will link to it. One day I have that blog on FashionPlanet and not this blog -- but today is not that day.

Vivi's Recap of CSI: Second Life. BEWARE! HERE BE SPOILERS!

New from Ookami Ningen: Magnetic

2007-10-05T04:12:00.000+06:00

This outfit may have been inspired by a popular movie series but has been designed as a great ensemble for any gentleman. A tunic style coat and pants of charcoal wool topped with a red velvet lined wool cape. Leather boots and gloves complete the ensemble.

The set consists of 12 pieces shirt/jacket, pants, prim jacket base, 2 styles of capes, pair of leather boots (uppers and foot parts), boot base, prim collar for capeless look, and gloves. The permissions are mod/transfer and the boots are transfer only. This outfit is L$300 and can be found at the main Ookami Ningen store in Crimson.

Fairchang: Vote for our local hotspots!

2007-10-05T03:26:00.000+06:00

You may not know this but Fairchang Isles has some really great builds, fantastic places to see, and fun things to do. From sailing around the waterways of over 50 sims to seeing live music at the Extra Innings Pub to the fantastic art and sculpture at the Crescent Moon Museum, there is something at Fairchang for everyone. Ok almost everyone.

The church at FairChang Village

There's a reason I'm telling you this.

We have placed a number of voting booths out on popular (non-commercial) sites over our islands. b.spots.com gives out the voters and lists on their HUD the ones that get the most votes. b.spots.com is sponsored by Brussells Airlines. So I've put some SLURLs down below and thought if you were looking for places to go and sites to see and things to do -- you might want to visit Fairchang Isles. And if you liked the places you went, you might consider voting for us. You can also get your own HUD with other places that are participating in this by clicking on the Voter tower.

Fanway Park Stadium

Fairchang lowprim sandbox

Island on El Rio de FairChang

Extra Innings Pub

FairChang Laguna

FairChang Tudor Village and Crescent Moon Museum

Inasmuch as FairChang.com are California based no VAT applies to any product or land sale. Our land prices can be viewed here http://www.fairchang.com

A Formal Affair -- My last regularly scheduled DJ gig

2007-09-29T02:57:00.000+06:00

I've been DJing a lot over the past year. I've worked at T1 Radio, Radio Radio, Phreak Radio, Bare Rose, The Blarney Stone, The Velvet, Activ8 and various other private events. With all this DJing I suppose it was inevitable I would burn out.

At the beginning of September I informed the last of my remaining DJ employers that I would be taking a long break -- possibly forever. Although forever is unlikely. What is more likely is that after a break I'll do special shows here and there. Be that as it may, tomorrow, September 29, which, appropos of nothing, also happens to be my mother's rl birthday, will be my last regular show. Good grief could I possibly get any more maudlin? Lets cheer this blog up!

So tomorrow night I'm gonna do one more rip roarin kick ass show to celebrate my new found freedom yippee! I'd love it if you all joined me. Its at Active8's Martini Lounge from 7-11pm SLT. I play big band, swing, and blues. Formal attire or at least evening wear is required.

Come and jam with me one last time.

New Islands at Fairchang.com

2007-09-29T02:29:00.000+06:00

The Fairchangs have just added 9 new, tropical low-prim sims to the Fairchaing Archipelago.

Two types are available for purchase:

Rivulet 1/Half a tropical sim.
This plot is 32720m2 big and set in a mature sim that is lag free and voice enabled. Land edit is set at 6 meters up/down. It has 936 low prim allowance and will cost L$59950 to buy and US$44 monthly tier. For more information please click here.

Estuary 1/A sim of tropical islands.
This plot is 16368m2 big and set in a mature sim that is lag free and Voice enabled. Land edit is set at 6 meters up/down. It has 468 low prim allowance and will cost L$27950 to buy and US$27 monthly tier. For more information please click here.

As always, if you are looking for land to purchase, Fairchang.com provides many solutions. The Fairchangs have over 4 years experience in SL and a great reputation. Land sales are covered by a '7 day Return' policy. This means you have up to 7 days to change your mind and ask for a refund and take back the land. Check out the 'Land 4 Sale' link at www.fairchang.com and take a look for yourself.

Palermo furniture from Ookami Ningen

2007-09-29T02:14:00.000+06:00

Introducing the Palermo Leather Suite. Zore listened to some suggestions and has made this set with poses scripted into the pillows, modifiable and with no hover text.

The sofa has one couples pose, two singles poses, is 12 prim and costs L$150.

The loveseat has one couples pose, one singles pose, is 11 prim and costs L$125.

The chaise has one couples pose, one single pose, is 13 prim and costs L$125.

The armchair has one singles pose, is 8 prim and costs L$75L.

The tables are 5 prim and are L$25L each.

All items are mod and transfer and can be found at the Ookami Ningen main store in Crimson only.

Two new items from Devil Made Me Do It

2007-09-29T02:01:00.000+06:00

Tentacle Pool now available for sale!
Chari has had this tentacle pool as a decoration in her shop and in her home forever. And as long as she's had it, I've been bitching at her to place it for sale. She finally has. Introducing the tentacle pool -- 27 prims, environmental sounds and tentacle movement -- but no animations so y'know no tentacle sex or anything cool like that. Its a decorative piece. But way way cool. L$800 at the DMMDI main store in Brithys only.

Solo Packs of ze Nipple chains released!
By popular demand, Chari has decided to begin making individual pieces of the Chained Seduction set available as individual sets! The first being the the nipple chains. Each of these sets are color changing on the chain linked and "steel" pieces. Available in 12 texture trim sets as well as a 12 pack!

The solo packs come in 3 sizes: Small, Medium and Large. Each with color changing steel. Each for L$125. The 12 Pack has all texture sets for L$1000 for a total savings of L$500. Available at the DMMDI main store in Brithys only.

Enjoy!

Harem Assassin Silks. New from Devil Made Me Do It

2007-09-25T19:09:00.000+06:00

The folks at DMMDI are crankin! Today we have silks -- the Harem Assassin set. I don't know where the assassin part comes in cause there's no weapons but they sure are sexy! Each set contains a top, bottom, arm wraps and leg wraps, is mod/copy and each set is 200L. There are 12 different color sets, each with Gold or Silver trim for a total of 24 sets. These are only available at the DMMDI main store in Brithys.

Auld Lang Syne

2007-09-23T21:51:00.000+06:00

I meant to post this a lot sooner. My apologies. In any case if you are a fan of either my Blarney Stone celtic music show or my eclectic oldies show at T1 Radio, today is the last time in a while, maybe forever, that you'll be able to catch them. I've quit all my regular DJ gigs. I'm really sorry to have to do this but its just getting to the point where its more like work to have to show up every week and, well, I already have a job. Two if you count the business management stuff.

I'm on really good terms with all my employers and you might see me picking up a guerilla show here and there when I start jonesin for the DJin. But for now, I need a long long break.

So today is the last day for the Blarney and T1 and next week will be my last Formal Affair with Activ8. I'll put the times here and there's SLURLS on the right-hand navigation pane or you can IM me for a TP.

Blarney -- Celtic Music, Today, Sunday, September 23, 10 am to Noon SLT
T1 Radio -- Eclectic Oldies from the 50s through the 90s, Today, Sunday, Setpember 23, 3-5pm SLT

Activ8 Formal Affair - Jazz, Big Band, Blues -- Formal or evening wear attire is required -- Saturday, September 29, 7-11pm SLT

Dark Elegance by DMMDI

2007-09-21T19:05:00.000+06:00

Charissa has been busy lately! Introducing the Dark Elegance Jewelry set by Devil Made Me Do It.

Four Cross Necklace, L$175

These sets have a lot to them and are incredibly detailed. Three different styles of neckalces, earrings, bracelets, hood and nipple piercings. The nipple piercings come in three different sizes: small, medium and large.

Three Necklace Set, L$300. Comes with the Single, Double and Four cross necklaces

You can buy them all individually or in sets. Right now they are only available at the main DMMDI store in Brithys. As always, here is an SLURL for your convenience or you can hit the store name over on the right hand navigation pane of this blog.

Bracelet, L$100

Double Cross Set, L$300. Comes with the Double Cross Necklas, 1 Bracelet, 1 pair of Earrings, 1 Horizontal Hood piercing and 1 pair of nipple piercings.

Earrings, L$75

More pics of the Chained Seduction Set by DMMDI

2007-09-19T15:06:00.001+06:00

Yesterday I introduced the Chained Seduction set from DMMDI but I thought the packaging ads really didn't do the set justice. So I asked Charissa to send over some of the modelling pictures she used to create the packaging so y'all could get a glimpse of the absolute hawtness of this set. Thanks to Ali, Etain, Naeko and Dori for posing. You ladies look ravishing.

I think I might have forgotten to mention that the steel bits on the Caligae Infernis shoe/boots are color-changing -- Neako shows this to great effect in these pics and I just love the black bottoms on the pink straps -- it gives you an idea of how creative you can be with this set.

Chained Seduction. New from Devil Made Me Do It (DMMDI)

2007-09-18T15:38:00.000+06:00

This is the set you've all been waiting for. I danced in this at the last Dark Eden Girl of the Month party and got a lot of complements and folks wanted to know where I got it. It took Charisa a little longer than we thought to get it out but she wanted it to be perfect and... wow. This looks stunning all by itself or, for a little variety, try it over a latex body suit.

This 20-piece set includes lockmeister compatible wrist chains, the chain thong in 3 sizes (small, medium and large), collar, upper arm pieces, nipple chains in 3 sizes (small, medium and large), the Caligae Infernis shoes/boots, and ankle-high, knee-high and thigh-high straps -- all lockmeister compatible. It sells for L$400 and is available only at the DMMDI main store in Brithys for now. The fat pack of all 12 colors is L$4000.

Men's Latex Yakuta. New at Ookami Ningen

2007-09-15T00:48:00.001+06:00

This 17-piece set for men is great for mixing and matching as needed. The set includes a pair of unscripted sleeves, a pair of scripted sleeves, a pair of geta, geta base, tabi socks, shirt, pants, skirt base, sculpted collar, obi, jingasa (hat) with raindrops. jingasa with no script, prim yukata base with attached obi and a prim yukata base with attached obi and smart skirt script. All are modify and transfer. Included is the non-scripted items for when SL decides to misbehave.

This set is available for 300L at the Ookami Ningen main store in Crimson.

New gloves, socks and a hat from Creative Kaoz!

2007-09-12T02:46:00.001+06:00

New from Creative Kaoz (actually new a week or two ago but I am late in getting this posted) are a series of dainty lace gloves and socks in a whole slew of colors to match every outfit. The entire set of 16 colors of gloves are on sale for L$199 and they are priced individually at $L25 each. The socks come in 12 colors. The fat pack is L$100 and they are $L20 each. To top all off is the elegant lace white hat at L$65.

Available at the Dark Eden Mall and at the Creative Kaoz main store in Sylvina.

New from Ookami Ningen! Fairy trees with cool sit poses!

2007-09-12T02:15:00.000+06:00

These aren't your normal, every day sort of trees. These are fairy trees! Made from real-life fairy prims! Its true! I wouldn't make this sort of thing up.

Ok maybe I would. But the trees are cool nonetheless and they have nifty sit poses in them. They would be a fine thing to adorn any garden or woodland setting or even make a cool houseplant. Ok maybe they are a little large for a houseplant but I have faith in the creativity of SL residents. The Opaline tree has two poses and runs L$100 and the other two have one pose each and are priced at L$50 each. Only available at the Ookami Ningen main store in Crimson.

Latex and Fur! New from Ookami Ningen

2007-09-12T02:01:00.000+06:00

Zore did these really hawt hawt hawt (do you know you can't say "That's hot!" anymore cause Paris Hilton has trademarked it or something? Its true! She's suing Hallmark over it. How messed up is that?) anyway back to the mini kimonos which are, dare I say it?, HOT! These little numbers come in black latex and have fur cuffs and collars. They are sooper dooper minis as well and show the bottom of your bum when you walk which is, dare I say it?, HOT!

Seriously though these are really sexy and stylish to boot. They don't come in a gazillion pieces as Zore is wont to do with some of her packs so its just the kimono and fur pieces and are priced modestly at L$200. Available in her store at the Dark Eden Mall or in the main Ookami Ningen location in Crimson.

Caligae Infernis from Devil Made Me Do It

2007-08-31T18:19:00.000+06:00

Roman legionaires wore a type of wrap around sandal called the Caligae. These nifty wrap boot/shoes (Chari tells me they are shoes and not a boot and I think they are boots but regardless they are cool -- whatever it is they are) will not make you want to march off to war but on the off-hand chance that is your goal, you will definitely get there stylishly. The leather straps come in 12 different colors and the steel has a color change script so the color combinations, while not endless, are probably more than you want to mess with after 15 minutes of way too much fun.

These are priced at 200 a pair. She doesn't have the fat pack out yet -- I'll definitely get on her about that. In the meantime if you want a fat pack contact me in-world and I'll cut you some kind of deal for all 12 colors. Available at the DMMDI outlet in the Dark Eden Mall or the DMMDI main store in Brithys.

Kanzashi from Ookami Ningen

2007-08-31T18:15:00.001+06:00

Very ornate kanzashi often adorned geisha or high class courtesans (Oiran) as jewelry really wasn't worn. While these are great for Japanese role play they are also a great way to dramatically enhance a simple hairdo for a show stopper look.
They come in 8 color combos and are transfer only.

The colors are gold, gold/pink, gold/purple, gold/red, silver, silver/pink. silver/purple and silver/red and only 75L each.

Available now at the Ookami Ningen outlet in the Dark Eden mall or at the Ookami Ningen main store in Crimson.

Latex Kimonos from Ookami Ningen

2007-08-30T06:09:00.000+06:00

These are a little departure form the norm for Zorena but I saw one in real life and asked her to make them because she loves me. So she did. And they are really sooper cool. They came out about a week ago but as most of you know I was really involved in the SLCC and so I haven't had time to devote to Zore or Dark Eden or... well anyone outside of the SLCC really. But its over and I'm back!

The kimonos come in black and white and I have been begging her to add a few other colors.

The parasol is scripted with a pose and a few tiny raindrops that bounce on the surface of it. Sculpted dahlias adorn the headpiece and obi. The sleeves and train are both flexible.

Set includes 13 pieces. Shirt, skirt, pants, collar, obi, geta base, pair of geta, pair of sleeves, headpiece, skirt train, and parasol. the permissions are mod/no copy/tranfser and it sells for 300L.

Available from Ookami Ningen in the Dark Eden mall or at the Ookami Ningen main store in Crimson.

A slew of new items from Devil Made Me Do It

2007-08-07T20:54:00.001+06:00

I've been remiss in posting these new updates from Devil Made Me Do It. So let me get right to it. First up is the Forked Tentacle Flexy Tongue. Available in five colors:

Next up is some jewelry. Chari has redone her necklace with a new animated texture. The close up really doesn't do it justice.

She's also redone her cross nipple chains with a color change script and added the animated texture to the cross.

I don't know if I've blogged about the Jingasa hats before but they are things of immense beauty and deserve another mention if I have. These orientally themed hats come in 8 different colors and flip up onto the head or back onto the back at a touch. They look marvelous coupled with Chari's boots which I've blogged about before.

Last but certainly not least is the awesome neck brace. It comes in 7 different versions plus a color-change version.

All items are available at the Devil Made Me Do It main store in Brithys or at their satellite shop in the Dark Eden Mall.

Ikebana from Ookami Ningen

2007-08-03T01:33:00.000+06:00

Every once in a while, Zore takes a break and makes these stunningly beautiful ikebanas. She's just released four more and I'll let the pics speak for themselves. Available at Ookami Ningen and priced at L$50 each.

The Midnight Dalliance from Creative Kaoz

2007-07-26T18:23:00.000+06:00

New from Creative Kaoz is the Midnight Dalliance set from Dana Archer.

Once upon a time Sasy Scarborough over at Appearance Mode wondered what we fed our designers over at Dark Eden that they kept coming out with such cool prim work. I'm beginning to wonder myself and I work there. Dana has really put together a marvelous collection and its very well done. That said, the prims are made for her shape so there's probably a bit of fiddling involved in making everything work together. But not to worry! Dana has released her shape for free so you can either wear that and fiddle with the face or just grab the measurements from the accompanying notecard and do the adjustments to your shape if you don't like messing with prims. You can also see ahead of time whether or not this is something you want to purchase given your shape and your ability to adjust prims.

The Midnight Dalliance is 34 pieces total and can be purchased for L$175. There are 3 different colors of gloves and stockings, 2 different colors of skirt, 2 colors of hat in 2 different sizes, and much more. This is available at the Creative Kaoz Main Store in Sylvina or in the Dark Eden Mall outlet.

Hanabi -- New from Ookami Ningen

2007-07-23T11:58:00.000+06:00

Hanabi means flowers of fire in Japanese. Ookami Ningen released the new Hanabi outfit on Friday and I'm just now getting around to blogging it. The textures are hand drawn satin and the hair kanzashi has a little fire lilly on top. Way cute. The outfit retails for L$200 and has 8 pieces which includes the geta shoes and hair kanzashi.

Available at the Ookami Ningen main store in Crimson or the outlet in the Dark Eden Mall

Jazz/Big Band/Blues/Swing Formal Tonight!!

2007-07-22T00:13:00.000+06:00

Tonight at the Activ8's Martini Lounge I'll be DJing a Jazz/Big Band/Blues/Swing formal event. 7 - 10 pm SLT. No prizes, no gimmicks, just good music and an opportunity to put on your fancy dresses and your shiney jewelry and come have a nice evening. Here is an SLURL to get you there faster. Hope to see you all there.

Love and kisses
Vivi

New stuffs at Ookami Ningen

2007-07-17T06:05:00.000+06:00

Four new offerings from Ookami Ningen. The first two are the Urban Gothic Kimonos, done in a darker, more punk style than her previous kimonos. The Urban Gothic Black has the flame motif on a black background and the Urban Gothic Red has the same flame motif on a red background. Both are beautiful and done in Zorena's handdrawn satin textures and include everything pictured (ok not hair and skins, but the shoes, hair ornaments, etc.)

Next up are re-makes of her Wolven series dresses: the Wolven Lolita and the more formal Wolven Moonlight. They both feature new, upgraded, hand-drawn fur textures. Both are flexi now. The Wolven Moonlight also features a new hand-drawn lace top.

All items are on sale at Ookami Ningen in Crimson or in the Dark Eden Mall.

Ookami Ningen Grand Opening Sale!

2007-07-14T02:30:00.000+06:00

In addition to our Grand Opening Event, Ookami Ningen is having a weekend long sale. Over 100 items are 50% off. We also have the wall of freebies which will be available all weekend long. I'll let the sign that Zorena did speak for the rest. This is at the Ookami Ningen Crimson location only.

Ookami Ningen Grand Opening Event

2007-07-14T02:05:00.000+06:00

Ookami Ningen moved to Crimson a few weeks ago but its only been now that we have had time to do a Grand Opening Event. We are pleased to announce that the amazing Chronic Skronski has agreed to perform one of his last shows (for a while anyway) at our Grand Opening. In addition, the Metal Mayhem outfit for women and the Hellenic Magister White for men will be available totally free during the event -- you must get them from Zorena herself though :) Additionally we will have a wall of free stuff up for the entire weekend. This is at the Crimson store only. The free stuffs (and the sales stuffs that I will blog about next) are not available in the Dark Eden store. Here's an SLURL to get you there faster: Ookami Ningen in Crimson

I'll let the ad that Zore did speak for the rest of the event.

Metal Mayhem from Ookami Ningen

2007-07-14T01:51:00.000+06:00

And now for something completely different. This metal number is kind of punky gothy and a real departure from anything Zorena's done before.

The entire outfit is 17 pieces total. It can be worn with our without the breastplate armor and with or without the adorable little demon monkeh shoulder piece. Available at Ookami Ningen in Crimson or in the Dark Eden Mall.

Blossom Kimonos by Ookami Ningen

2007-06-29T00:33:00.000+06:00

These are truly works of beauty. Each texture is lovingly handcrafted by Zorena -- twice! cause SL made her computer go boom and photoshop lost the textures the first time around. There are four sets: Lily Blossom, Peony Blossom, Rose Blossom and Sakura Blossom. All are florals on a hand painted satin base. The sets consist of 12 pieces. Top, skirt, glitch pants, tabi socks, pair of zori sandals and base, set of 2 sode (sleeves), 2 different styles of obi, and a kanzashi (golden hair ornament). All mod/ trans except the shoes and hair ornament. The hair in the pictures is available at MAU's and MEJ's. The kimonos are available at Ookami Ningen in Crimson or the Dark Eden mall. The SLURLs are to the right of this blog.

Not exactly new items by Creative Kaoz

2007-06-28T19:10:00.000+06:00

These aren't really new but they are cool so I wanted to blog about them. They were never formally released (i.e. blogged about or advertised in any way) so they are kind of new. Anyway Dana Archer has made this Cyber set which is pretty cool -- the set consists of a cloak, the helm and belt. She hasn't finished packaging it as a set yet (get with it Dana!) but the items are avialable separately and are very affordable. The belt comes in both silver and black. The cloak comes in both men's and women's sizes and if your avie is petite (like mine!) she based the small women's size off my avie -- finally a cloak that fits! The helms are similarly available in both men's and women's sizes. Pics below this blurb. They are available at Creative Kaoz in Sylvina or at her shop in the Dark Eden mall (SLURLs to the right of this post).

Men's Cossack Chic by Ookami Ningen (plus other stuff)

2007-06-26T18:15:00.000+06:00

I know a lot of people blogged about the Cossack Chic by Ookami Ningen earlier in the month. Zorena was contacted by oogobs of men who wanted to know why she was not showing them the luv. Well gents, its out. The Dashing Cossack for Men by Ookami Ningen.

The next few pics are not necessarily new releases but Zorena is new to the whole advertising thing so think of these as a re-release. The first is the Hellenic Magister formal outfit for men -- although you don't have to wear it to a formal.

However, if you were going to a formal, or perhaps a Night on the Opera, this flexible two-layer cloak, tophat and cane might be just your thing. One thing Zorena does (that many designers are starting to do) is to let you know where the other items she uses in her ads come from. In this case, to compliment the outerwear, her model is wearing the Corinthian Suit from Rose Petal Creations.

Last but certainly not least is the Wolven Embrace cloak sporting Zorena's fabulous fur textures. We were somewhat hesitant to present this in summer but as there is no season in Second Life we figured why not.

All items can be found at Ookami Ningen in Crimson or in her store at the Dark Eden Mall. The SLURL to both places can be found in the right-hand side panel of this blog under the Business Management heading.

New Release by Vindi Vindaloo

2007-06-25T06:05:00.000+06:00

Another new release by Vindi Vindaloo!

Also a note that you can get any of Vindi's creations for women modelled in-store by IMing Vivianne Draper and making an appointment. (am working on a male avie so I can model the men's stuff but I'm not there yet).

New Releases by Vindi Vindaloo

2007-06-13T08:35:00.000+06:00

Vindi released a whole bunch of stuff about a week ago but I was lame and did not have my blog done then. So here it is. Of all the pieces, the red and black gown is my favorite. I wore it to the Activ8 Formal that I DJ (link on the right) and got a lot of compliments.

I do believe this blog is live

2007-06-13T08:24:00.000+06:00

Welcome to Vivi's new blog. I'll be using this space to post new releases by my clients and to talk about my radio shows and anything else I find interesting. Come on in, grab a cuppa coffee, put up your feet and make yourself comfortable.