Shark Teeth, Anyone?
In an attempt to concentrate more on summer jewelry, and also keep the guys in mind, I’ve created a new set for both men AND women! The Morski Pas Set is sold in both male and female versions at Genesis (SLURL) as of this afternoon. :)
Both sets include a shark tooth necklace made with red and black coral, natural wood, polished stone, and black rope and matching bracelets. The female version also includes the shark tooth earrings. My apologies for being so lacking on the male jewelry, guys… I promise there will be more to come. :)
I Am a Machine
Or so I’m told. :P
More new stuff released at Genesis (SLURL).
I bring you the Autumn Set, my personal favorite… I’ve been wearing it since I finished it, omg, I can’t take it off. It comes complete withe scripted texture change for both the wooden circles and metal. There are five different wood options and eight different metal options. The necklace attaches to both spine and chest attachment points and both a right and left bracelet is included.
Also, the Annah Hoop Earrings are now available in V2… with eight new textures to pick from. One pair of earrings, eight great textures. Can’t go wrong, right?
Another favorite of mine, the Aidan Bangles, just in time for summer. Each bangle is scripted for texture change individually, so you can create any combination of colors from the ten available. Comes with both a right and left bangle.
My very first “complete” wedding/engagement ring set is now up for sale, the ‘Til Death set. The engagement ring is scripted to show or hide the wedding band (so you don’t have to show the band until the big day!) and the set comes complete with a male wedding band.The set is unscripted, and only available in the platinum metal.
And last but not least, a set of eyes, the Realite’ eyes, available in six colors, with and without veins, AND large or small sizes. Whew! Now, I must eat. :)
Take the limo to Genesis. And don’t forget the Eden 75% off skin sale still going on until May 15th!
The Future of Skins, by Starley Thereian
To quote Starley Thereian:
Attention all skin customers/creators. If you are not aware, please read and vote for this jira:
jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-12962
In the 1.23 viewer, LL has changed the order of alpha layers on the avatar. This means that the slider eyebrows and makeup will now draw ON TOP OF your skin instead of underneath it. Why is this a problem? If your skin is permissioned “no modify” as many, many skins are and the creator did not set all makeup sliders to zero before applying their custom head texture, your skin will now look like the guy in the above photo and you will not be able to fix it. All of your no mod skins will be broken and it will be upon the creator to repair/replace every skin they’ve ever sold.
If your skin *is* modifiable, it is likely created that way specifically in order to utilize the underlying layers to allow for tintable lips and eyebrows (as all CS skins are), these types of skins will all be broken and likely irreparable with the slider brows and makeup appearing on top of your custom brow/lip finish.
Once again, please vote on this issue. jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-12962
Tell your friends, write a blog, anything you can think of to get the idea into LL’s head that arbitrarily breaking our content is not acceptable!
75% Off Skin Sale @ Genesis
To make room for the new influx that is the new Candace skin line at Genesis, I’ve decided to have a 75% off sale on four of Eden’s skin tones.
After May 15th, these skin tones will no longer be available for the Eden skin:
Ginger (Asian)
Cinnamon (Dark Tan)
Sesame (Mulatto)
Juniper (Darkest)
Individual skins are now $250L and fat packs are marked down to $3750L. Enjoy!
More New Releases @ Genesis
I swear my next post will be fashion review related. Or at least, something other than new releases. I apparently took speed yesterday, and ended up plowing through five more new releases at my store, Genesis (SLURL, XStreetSL)! So here we go, for your enjoyment (as usual, click for larger photos):
The first two, the Zbilja Eyes and the Angie Prim Nails (Series 1) are my first ‘official’ releases (well, aside from the Twilight Eyes and Drama Queen tees) into something “not jewelry”. I rather enjoyed making the prim nails, and fully intend to make more in time. There are 12 total nail options (scripted texture change), french tip and glittered. They also come in two sizes, 20 and 30. The eyes are realistically textured and naturally colored.
These hoops you see here were what started me building yesterday. I wanted to make a pair of simple hoops… and it expanded into full-blown texture change hoops with five different metal options. After about an hour and eleven very…tiny… prims, the Annah Hoop Earrings were born! Nothing extravagant or flashy… just a simple pair of hoop earrings with the ability to wear gold, silver, copper, bronze, or gunmetal.
This set holds a special little place in my heart. It was a request from a dear friend of mine, Alysha Renehan (who’s last name I can NEVER spell right!), based on a jewelry set her real life boy toy gave her for Christmas, I believe. Naturally, months later (ugh, I suck), here it is — with five different metal change options, and six different gemstone options, scripted texture change!
And here we have another set I probably spent the most time building yesterday, The Analu Set. I LOVE this set. It’s chunky, it’s wide necked, it’s perfect for beach and summer wear, and it comes with so many texture change options I can’t even explain it. Polished stone and crystals are the main building blocks with eight different texture change options for each, allowing for MANY combinations. This ad really doesn’t do this set justice… I may have to take an actual picture wearing it! Haha.
You can grab any of the five new releases at either my main store (SLURL) or on XStreetSL. Enjoy! :)
Five New Releases @ Genesis
Whew, finally! Five new releases at my main store (SLURL)!
I had planned to release a ton of new pieces all at once, and then I started working on skins, got all busy doing everything else, blah de blah… you get the drift. Basically, I got tired of hanging on to the new stuff and decided to just go ahead and release these five. :)
The Rrishanna Ring has been in my inventory a good, long while. Named for one of my dear friends, Rrishanna Regina! Mwah, girlie. :) <3
The Aubrey Bangles are my favorite bracelets to date, and probably the only ones I’ve made to be “sold seperately”, as it were. I should really make more bracelets, and I’ve promised several people that I would… so I shall. :P But for now, here they are. :)
And the last three releases, The Amarissa Set (being my personal favorite… I kept meaning to put this out for Easter, but got sidetracked), The Monarchy Set (a special edition of this set is in my Relay for Life release!), and the Itty Bitty Heart Belly Ring (this is the scripted and retextured version of the free belly ring I offer in my skin packages).
Enjoy! Oh, and take the limo. It’s roomy. ;)
:: Genesis :: The Monarchy
I have just put out the brand new The Monarchy set for RFL! :D Click the picture below for a bigger shot.
It is an elegant, ethereal gown which includes an exclusive, unreleased jewelry set in gold and onyx with white pearls. The set includes both a full skirt, and back only, with optional glow. The Monarchy also includes a special edition of my skin, Eden, in “Monarch” makeup. The skin comes in all 8 tones, freckled and non.
How about that? A beautiful gown, a skin, and a jewelry set, all for $1500L, 100% of which will benefit the American Cancer Society.
Grab it while you can!
Slight Change ‘O The Mornin’ To Ya…
So, I want to go see The Watchmen. I know, I know. I’m a geek. It’s a phase, I’ll grow out of it (not).
But what does that mean? That I likely will not be home in time to open the sim right at 5:00PM SLT. So… with that in mind, I’ll just open it now.
Zion is open and Eden is up for sale, along with the St. Patrick’s Day Hunt (which will be going until this coming weekend — it’ll end this Saturday). Don’t miss outtttttttttt!
Take the limo, and beat the crowd. ;)
Oh, and enjoy. *runs away*
Eden on St. Patrick’s Day
Click the above picture for a larger image!
I know you’ve all been dying to know where I’ve been. :P
I am writing this note to introduce you to the much anticipated, long-time coming first skin — Eden. A very fitting name for Genesis (SLURL) don’t you think? ;)
Eden was an “idea in progress” for around two years. When I first began playing SL, the very first thing I wanted to do was create a skin. But naturally… I didn’t know the first thing, I had no idea what I would be doing, and I didn’t even know where to start. Over time, I was able to observe and learn from other skin creators such as Eloh Eliot, whose templates have been released far and wide. While Eden is not based entirely on Eloh’s template (though I will admit to swiping the teeth from it :P), without her PSDs, I never would have understood the mechanics of skin making. And it is with her generosity that so many budding skin designers have begun to work their craft.
The creation of Eden has been covered far and wide on both Plurk and Flickr. Feel free to view the (many, many, omg many) images I’ve uploaded over the course of Eden’s creation on my Flickr page.
In celebration of one of my favorite holidays (weeee for green beer!), I thought it only fitting to release Eden on St. Patrick’s Day. Zion is closed at the moment, but will open again at 5:00 PM SLT sharp on March 17, 2009 for the inaugural release of the skin, as well as a Genesis St. Patrick’s Day hunt being held only at my main store (SLURL). The hunt will include a special St. Patrick’s Day version of the Eden skin, as well as 5 other goodies to pick up. Click the picture below for details!
I’d like to thank everyone that’s encouraged me these last few weeks with the skin. Everyone on Plurk who has offered me their feedback. My beta testers and anyone that sent me a notecard with suggestions and comments. CodeBastard Redgrave of Mechanized Life for her AMAZING freckle template, without which, Eden’s freckles would simply not be what they are (you are one talented woman, and I love you dearly <3). Gabby Panacek of Couture Conundrum for the continuous beautiful pictures and inspiration. And anyone and everyone that sent me an IM offering a compliment, feedback, or constructive criticism. You guys rock, and you helped make Eden what she is. And I am so grateful to all of you.
Woo hoo! XD <3
What are your peers are saying? Check out blog coverage of Eden so far (if you have blogged Eden and your link is not here, please drop a link in the comments!):
- SarahTheRed on What? Another Fashion Blog?
- Freyja Nemeth on Hippoi Athanatoi Oldfashioned
- Willow Zander on What *IS* Willis Talkin’ About?
- Cajsa Lilliehook on It’s Only Fashion
- Gabby Panacek on Couture Conundrum
- Thema Felix on The Virtual Version
- Nadja Baxter on Vain Inc Magazine Blog
- Alysha Rennahan on Alysha’s Second Life
- Arcadia Nightfire on Fashion 360
- Nimil Blackflag on Forced Midnight
- Alyssa Contepomi on Aly and Mel’s Fashion Fusion
- Tamsin Congrejo on OMFG…Clothes!
- Ana Lutetia on AnaLutetia.COM
- Creamy Cooljoke on Free*Style
- Felicity Blumenthal on My Second Closet
- Grazia Horwitz on More Than Meets the Eye
- Sakuradawn Lei on Malicious Style
- Luna Jubilee on My SLife on the D List
- Ribbons Whitfield on Ribbons Learns to Swim
Twilight Eyes
The bookclub that began in January 2009 via a ton of Plurk friends has been doing swimmingly, I’m happy to say. In the spirit of “we should be reading more!”, we started out with Memoirs of a Geisha in January, moved on to Twilight in February, and will soon be reading The Watchmen starting in March. Before our first meeting, I had this idea. I would make a souvenir for members to take at each of our bookclub meetings. Something to commemorate the book we’d just read, whether we loved or hated it.
This month’s souvenir just happened to be one that apparently several people, who are not in the bookclub, wanted to grab. And so, I’ve decided to put them up for sale. Bookclubbers will, naturally, receive them for free at the upcoming bookclub meeting in-world next Saturday. But the masses may grab the Twilight Eyes, four pairs of eyes as described from the book, at my main store: Genesis (SLURL). $200L for the set of four. Enjoy!
