I’ve been reading up on the feed that Starlust Motel (SLURL) is having it’s 24 hour Pantie Party starting at 6PM tonight. Having never been to the motel itself, I figured I’d take a trip and see what all the hubub was about. Oh. My. God. It was such a fun trip, and I’ll tell you why. (Click the photo below for a larger image!)

I’ve never walked away with so much fun stuff before. LOL! I was honest to god giggling the entire time I was roaming the sims with my little Kylei.

Aside from the StarLust Motel ‘Eat Me’ freebie which greets you at the door (the cheeseburger avatar… omg), there are also TONS of freebies around the hotel shops themselves including a dress from Amplify, DOZENS of poses from LAP, several freebies inside the hotel lobby, a treat bag from SD Wears, a pair of freebie shades from Vintage Wear, a box full of yumminess from Schadenfreude!, a cute handbag from MimiEden, a several dollarbies at Twosome, and probably a ton of other things I’ve yet to find. Now, I have absolutely no idea just how many of these freebies are exclusive to Starlust, so I’d suggest just heading there and trolling the two sims for all the freebies you can find. Oh, and grab some of the awesome shit for sale too!

Basically, I always have so much fun raiding these places. You never know what shops you’ll run across that you’ve never heard of before, or what shops you’ve heard of that have all this wacky stuff in these themed malls. And to make this trip even MORE fun, there’s actually a hunt going on in honor of the pantie raid, as it’s been dubbed… the golden clam hunt! The hunt covers both sims, Lloyd and Floyd, and you’re essentially searching for tiny golden clams… that are just waiting for you to scoop up the free underpants inside! Be aware… these clams are tiny. But well worth the effort to find, I’m sure of it.

More information from the Starlust Motel blog:

Please join us Tomorrow (Aug. 11th) at the Motel for a wee party celebrating all that is underpant. Starting around 6pm SL DJ Jhuzen Ketsugo will be um… spinning the phat beats? Yeah? I’m pretty sure that’s what they’re called. Even if they’re not phat, they’ll be good sized and really confident with themselves so do come.

Also there’s a 5 day hunt with almost an uncountable amount of clams holding underpants from almost an uncountable amount of vendors going on. The hunt covers both sims of Floyd and there are underpants for men as well as women. Sexy and casual, fun and then some very serious ones. I do think you’ll have a good time!

I plan to be on the hunt for panties, as well as more kooky stuff!!! How about you? Be there or be square!

PS: Oh! I should probably mention that the golden clam hunt has items for both MEN AND WOMEN!!! So drag your man with you. Come on, boys. You know you like to hunt just as much as we do. :P

Outfit Credits for the image at the top (Left to Right):

Dress: Elate Bridget Dress in Chocolate (Freebie)
Hair: House of Heart Tapika in Coffee Bean (Freebie)
Glasses: VINTAGEWear Simple Frames (Freebie)
Shoes: .:Periquita:. Beda Sandals in Brown
Necklace: Japancakes Fashionista Necklace
Headband: Japancakes Button Headband (Medium)
Purse: MimiEden Psychedelic Flower Bag (Freebie)

Jumpsuit: *Kurotsubaki* Tsunagi in Gray
Leggings: *Kurotsubaki* Socks Romantic B Set in Yellow
Belt: *Kurotsubaki* Hippie Belt A
Hair: Hiccup - Slow Jamz 2007 in Black
Shoes: .:Periquita:. Mary Squares Shoes in Brown
Necklace & Earrings: ::Violet Voltaire:: Angel Set Black/White

Starlust Eat-Me Freebie Doublecheeseburger Dress

Top: Heartattack&Vine Smile! Tee
Shorts: Tres Blah StarLust Motel Shorts (Freebie)
Hair: .: mela’s :. Simple Bun in Brunette (Freebie)
Earrings: PUDGE Yellow Dotty Earrings (Freebie)
Choker: Bliensen+Mai StarsChokerS (Freebie)

Hey everyone!!! So I’ve decided that naming my sales group “Ryker’s Beckonings” and having it be a group that only *I* can send notices out in is kind of malproductive. SO… I have created ANOTHER group… meant for any and all designers to join, to advertise SALES in their store!!!

I’d like this group to become a place where any and all designers can go to announce sales they will be having in their store — and not just the conventional sales! Secret sales, treasure hunts, anything of the “get something at a discount” nature.

TO JOIN THE GROUP AS A DESIGNER:

If you’d like to join the group as a designer and have the right to send notices, please drop on me (Ryker Beck) a NOTECARD with your avatar name and the store you represent, as well as what you sell. You will be given permission to send notices ASAP after the notecard is received. This will hopefully be a great way for designers to get word out about their store sales!

TO JOIN THE GROUP AS A SALE HUNTER:

If you’d like to join the group with permission to send notices, and you are NOT a designer, but a SALE HUNTER… drop a notecard on me with your name and why you’d like to be a sale hunter. You MUST give me a reason behind wanting to be a sale hunter (i.e. you frequently hunt out sales on blogs), otherwise I will be unable to grant you the ability to send notices. After I review your request, I will notify you of permission to send out sale notices if you are approved! The same rules apply to you: please ONLY SEND OUT SALE NOTICES and *BEFORE* you send them out, make sure you have checked the backlog of notices to be positive that the sale notice hasn’t been sent yet. A sale is great! But 15 notices on the same sale is not. Ya dig?

TO JOIN THE GROUP AS A SHOPPER:

Simply join the group! It is open enrollment. :) Sit back and let the sale notices come to YOU!

NOTES & RULES:

This group is ONLY FOR SALE NOTICES. Please do not send out any notices about new releases from your store (unless they are of course, on sale!).

REQUIRED for NOTICES: Please write all details of the store sale and attach it in a notecard to the announcement. DON’T FORGET to include a LANDMARK!!! If we don’t know where to go, we can’t spend our lindens at your store. So include a landmark!!! *wags finger* Pictures are also welcome, but not necessary.

This group is NOT for LAND SALES of ANY KIND. Do NOT send land sale notices.

**ABSOLUTELY NO SPAM** If you spam, you will be removed and banned. No questions asked. I will understand resent notices due to forgetting the notecard (we all do this from time to time), but I will not tolerate “COME BUY THIS LAND NOW!” or “COME RENT THIS STORE NOW!” notices. They are annoying and do not belong in this group. Do not send them. Thanks.

**IMPORTANT NOTE FOR RYKER’S BECKONINGS GROUP MEMBERS**
The Ryker’s Beckonings (Rykerized) group will be DISBANDED and all members will be ejected by next weekend. Please LEAVE the Ryker’s Beckonings group and JOIN the Sales Consolidated group! Hope to see you there! :D

As most of us already know by now, Last Call’s $100L sale launched today (11 Jan 08)!

This will be the last chance for any of us to obtain merchandise owned and created by Ginny Talamasca, Devyn Carmichael, and Katterina Dagostino… this means Last Call and Moderno fans need to get their butts on over there, pronto, before they lose their chance to own these fantastic designs… because they will be permanently retired once the sale ends. Again, the Dazzle sim will NOT be closing down… simply changing hands at the personal choice of the respective owner. You can read up on that information at the Last Call blog.

WITH THAT SAID…

Four sims. Three sales total. And a WHOLE LOT of shakin’ going on. I mean, you can literally hear your computer groan with disbelief at the sheer amount of people contained within the quad at this very second. And just to prove that I’m not kidding? Here is a snapshot of the quad, just moments ago…

It’s like Woodstock for the fashion lovers of Second Life. The mother ship is calling us all home, and we need our sustenance so much, that we’re actually waifing through the lag to get to it! AH, MOTHERLAND!

I can honestly say, I’ve been standing at this 50% off sale at Wintermoon on the Canimal sim for the last 20 minutes now (I’m not even going to TRY to get to the ETD sale)… and only HALF of the items have even rezzed enough for me to peek at. Oh, and as for TPing out? You’d better pack a lunch and plan to stay for the DAY. You won’t be going anywhere, unless you log out and reset your log in to your home location. It’s THAT crowded.

Despite all of this lag, hustle, bustle, and overall craziness… this sale has me so excited I could just die. Granted, I’m most certainly not excited that Ginny Talamasca has left the building… but seeing so many people jump at the opportunity to own his creations before the end of an era makes me smile.

Shop on, my friends. Shop on.

There’s so much going on, I don’t even really know where to start. So I’ll do this in an orderly fashion, really… all bullet-pointy and stuff.

The Second Mirage jewelry store is having a Flickr Contest for which first prize is every piece newly released in 2008. THAT… is a sweet deal. For all us girls out there that love jewelry, this is a hell of a reward for taking a few decent snapshots. Perhaps even the guys could get in on this… wonder if Serenity would be willing to forward the prizes on to one lucky lady should a guy win? Hmm… well, anyway, here is the scoop:

Take a photo featuring you in Second Mirage Jewelry and post it to the “Second Mirage” group on flickr! Enter as many times as you like, but only ONE submission per named set/item though, so pick your best shot for each! All submissions to the group need to be before January 22nd! The winner will be unveiled at the upcoming Second Mirage showcase to be held over the weekend of January 25-27!

Any questions, contact SerenityVal Alcott inworld or by email at serenityval[@]gmail.com.

Also, as I’m sure many of us in the blogosphere have heard by now, Last Call (AND Moderno) will be having their “final shebang” beginning 11th of January during which all items for sale by Ginny Talamasca, Katterina Dagostino, and Devyn Carmichael will go on sale one final time for $100L a piece. After the sale, all items by these designers will be permanently retired — more details as follows:

Starting Friday 1-11-08 at 9am SL Time, all Items created by Ginny Talamasca, Katterina Dagostino, and Devyn Carmichael will go on a final $100L sale. All Items will be marked as Modifiable and Transferable but will NOT be Copyable. So please be careful with items you purchase, once this sale has concluded all sale items will NO LONGER be available in SL from their original creators.

I will continue to honor all Gift cards up until 7am Tuesday morning 1-8-08 when I shall close off the island to begin reprogramming the vendors and their respective inventories. I know that not everyone will get this notice before the deadline, so let me be clear. I will honor Gift Cards submitted after Tuesday morning and for the duration of the sale, BUT they will only be redeemed for the ORIGINAL item’s price NOT the sale price. Once Last Call has closed its doors following the conclusion of the sale all gift cards will be considered Void. The sale will run for approximately one month or possibly longer demand permitting.

For those of you wondering if the Dazzle Sim will be shutting down for good, don’t fret. Lyra Muse assures us that that is in fact NOT the case… simply that Ginny Talamasca has virtually “left the building”… a tragedy in itself, but from the sounds of it, a personal need. I wish him all the best, and sincerely hope the rest of you do too.

Moving right along…

The current Second Life hair texture guru (in my personal opinion) has released some new styles over at RaC (SLURL). I simply LOVE these hair textures… I’ve never seen them more real. I have to say that my favorite one is definitely “Silk”, closely followed by “Princess”. To see some shots of these awesome new styles, head over to Melanie Kidd’s blog and check them out. Then, while you’re at it, head on over to RaC and buy them!

Raskella Canadeo, lovely designer of Blooberry (SLURL, OnRez, SLEX), has announced that she will be completely redoing her storefront, including a new building, new posters, etc. Until previews are ready on her blog, she also has some quite lovely new releases for us to enjoy. A little sample:

I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I’ll definitely be shimmying my little butt right on over to Blooberry to grab this cute lil number! Along with the other new releases she’s proudly displayed on her blog.
And finally, another thing I’m sure most of us have heard about… Simone! has opened her fantastically fantastical $100L discount outlet store (SLURL), full of LOTS of $100L clothes for all of us to play with. I know I stopped by the other day and spent a cool $2k pretty easily. If you’re on a budget, this is probably THE place to stop and shop, so I’d recommend polishing off those wallets and getting on over there to do some serious comfort shopping.

WHEW! Lots going on… So much to do, so little time!

What a huge bummer… I really wanted to do stuffs too. :(

Oh well, since we’re down and out for now, I thought I’d make a quick blog post about a new holiday hunt coming up on 21st of December!

Location: JetDoll (SLURL)

Culled from the JetDoll blog:

I’ve never done a hunt game and I’m really excited for it! I love to give so here is your chance to pick up some JetDoll merchandise FREE! I will be hiding 20 gift boxes, 10 Naughty and 10 Nice, all around the store! Everyone is invited to come hunt for gifts on 12/21, Friday, December 21st. All boxes are original copies, so take them with you if you want the item inside :)

Some of the “Nice” items are transferable, so if you receive a men’s shirt and are a girl, you can give it to a friend as a gift :-p Have fun, receive a nice gift, and have a great Holiday weekend!

I just love me some holiday gift hunts. Hopefully the grid will be back before the 21st…. *grumbles*

PS: For those of you in my update group, don’t worry… I’ll be sending the landmark around with the next announcement. For those of you *not* in my update group, that would like to be (to receive sale notices, updates, etc) search for Ryker’s Beckonings (Rykerized) in the groups tab!

That’s right!!! A 50% off sale! Guys and gals alike, I encourage you to head on over to Artilleri for a sale that will be ending in ohhhh…. about 5 hours? LOL!

From the Artilleri blog:

Everything in the mainstore (this does not include artilleri home) is now set to 50% off it’s original price. This sale will last for 48 hours, after that the prices will go back to 100%. I hope you see this as an opportunity to get some extra artilleri stuff at a good price. :)

Hurry! Get your butts over there! The sale ends tonight night at 9PM!