Better Fashionably Late than not at all

It's been a while guys.

I went through a phase last month that I consider a major brain block. I worked on a lot of shoes and played with mesh but words for blogging just didn't seem to be there for me.

Have you ever had an SL temper tantrum? You hate your shape, your clothes and even your surroundings? That would pretty much be what I was feeling. I wasn't "bored" with SL as so many people get I was just.. frustrated. For instance, I passed my 4 year march this past January.. For the past 3 years I have had virtually the same shape. I find it hard to change Khloe because I've had her so long. She's a bit stuck in her ways. I'm also one of those people that sculpted my shape into a corner so that no skin other than what I'm wearing for the past.. year or two? actually looks right. For that matter even when I tweak my shape to try a change it looks exactly the same. I'm not very creative on that end and I suppose t has to do with my having 10 or so living avatars and countless pones I've been fed up with and deleted. I tend to be afraid I'll end up looking like one of my others.

I had finally decided to consider a whole new shape and skin when the bomb dropped...Last I posted we moved. We moved over 20 hours away from our last location and  it took a very long time for me to settle in. Then my SL boss decided to close down our company with a one day warning. I faced a dwindling account and the loss of my Main Store location. SL wasn't my friend..

On the flip side it gave me time to rekindle friendships and I have a new and AMAZING Main Store for [Blossom] on the Reasonable Desires Sim! Austie and Marti are really terrific so if you happen to stop in make sure to take a spin around the sim itself! It's set in a retro black and white theme complete with the Reasonable Desires Main Store, a jazzy bluesy type club, and tons of cute little stores and hidey holes to peek into. It;s a really neat place and I am thrilled to be a part of it all. You can Check it out -HERE-

My little break gave me time to work with new textures for my shoes and even dabble in new sculpts and some mesh as well! I did a mini release of my newest creation the 'Gradient Wedge' at the very LAST Fashionably Late! While I'm sad to see it end I was truly excited to be given the opportunity to participate!!

 

You can find these shoes at Fashionably Late until April 8th when the Sim closes for good! Be sure to grab them at the special introductory price of only 150L! Once they are released in my stores they will go back to 300L and there will be tons of colors to choose from. For now you can pink from Pink, Vibrant Purple and Sea Worthy Blue! This is an exciting venture as well as these shoes also give me a chance to showcase an amazing scripter friend I have, Lillith! She personally made me the amazing foot coloring HUD that comes with the shoe to help them match ANY skin tone! Let us know what you think!

I hope you all are enjoying the beginings of a beautiful spring!

Stay tuned in the upcoming days on information about the [Blossom] Spring Cleaning Sale!

Until Next Time! XOXO

If it's Not One Thing...

Hello Lovelies!!

I should absolutely be in bed, but I couldn't resist a good rant tonight! I have been so horribly busy the last few days!

First off, before I rant!!! I'm planning a wee sale for V-day at [Blossom]

Yup! A SALE! We all know how I love a good sale, so I figured it would be super rude of me not to offer you all one now! Select PINK, RED & PURPLE items will be marked down to as low as 125L! There's also a freebie and time assuming I may actually get out another gifty as well! We'll see. Like I said >> Swamped

Here's another reason I've been swamped..

I got another collection out Finallllly! Yay!!

Okay, so enough about shoes..(pffft).. Rant time!!

LOTD: Skinny Budget 4 Lisa Frank style

Afternoon lovelies!

Does anyone remember the awesomeness of Lisa Frank?! When I was a kiddo Lisa Frank was all the rage. Bright colors, awesome patterns.. stickers, stationary, you name it. It was all a pretty big deal if you had all the sets and such.

Anywho I was doing my normal blog snoop when i stumbled on the latest posting from Freebies for Cece. I won't lie I immediately reverted to a small girl and fell back in love with Lisa Frank all over again. The dress Cece was showing was literally something out of  the Lisa Frank handbook for adults. Loves.LOVES

I absolutely had to scoop this dress up and I was even more amazed to learn it was a FREE group gift from *CK* Crazy Kitty!!! I hopped on down and immediately my eyes were overloaded with bright funky color combos. If you are into that sort of deal... this place is for you. There are numerous group gifts, lucky chairs and prize things all around.

 

Because of the bright funky nature of the dress I kept everything else a bit simple this time around. I decided to pair it with the freebie item I have out at [Blossom]! 

Oh yeah...Remember I last mentioned I'd decided to make shoes? Guess what?! 

Who Do Ya Think ya are? A Supa S-T-A-R?

Hello Supa-Stars!

Omg! So many posts ago I did a post on my musical obsession "Karmin". I have such a crush on this adorable couple and their newest song and video was the perfect inspriation for my latest post! Check out the video and you'll see what I mean!!

I decided to snag a few look ideas to get things rolling. Hope you all enjoy a bit of fashion inspired by the gorgeous Amy from Karmin. <3

Newbie Style Challange-Get your newb on

As we all know I adore blogger challanges. I especially like a challange of making an avatar from scratch using a budget. If you haven't guessed by now I am a huge lover of anything cheap or free. I do spend money in stores but I also thing a healthy amount of gifts entices someone to spend money as a 'Thank You' as well as allowing a person to sample items without wasting money on something that might not be quite what they had hoped.

That being said when I saw Gogo of Juicy Bomb had started the Newbie Style Challenge II, I was Super excited. You can read the rules and such -here-

If you have spent any time in SL with me then you know I have an alt addiction. Most recently I cut back to those linked to anything I still do in SL. There was a time when I would create an alt just to 'make her/him over'. I would hunt all over SL just to prove I could make an avatar that cost 10, 20, 30L..even free. SO the 550L limit for this challenge sounds like a fortune.

I started out as a brand newbie with a new alt I made. I decided to make not one but three looks in total.(I may do more in the future! keep posted)

Look 1:

 

Worn:

           Hair: D!va- Group gift (there are tons here + free group join!)   = 0L

Scarf: Mr. Poet- Store Freebie (Boxers also + 2 Lucky Boards   = 0L

Dress: Riddle (+ 2 shirts Gift @ Fab Free HQ-TONS of goodies) = 0L

Boots: Vinyl Cafe (Dollarbie a day location- past  are 50L now)  =50L

total: 50L

Look 2:

 

Worn:

Hair: D!va- Naomi 20000 members (Group gift)    = 0L

Necklace: Milady's -  (Marketplace)                       = 0L

Dress: Entre Mares - (Fab Free HQ)                       = 0L

Shoes: Maitrya- Subscribo Gift                               = 0L

Total: 0L

Look 3:

 

Worn:

Hair: D!va - Haruka (Group Gift)                       = 0L

Sweater: ~Sweet Poison~ - (Marketplace)        = 0L

Skirt: JANE - In store Gift (Tons others too!)     = 0L

Boots: COCO- Group Gift (Tons more!)              = 0L

Total: 0L

About My Body!:

Shape: Made by me :)                                               = 0L                    

Skin: Mamboo Chic- Lucky Board       = 0L

           Eyes: TechnoLati- Hazel Blue on Marketplace         = 1L

 Total: 1L

Over all Spent: 51L !!

Additional Notes:

I also snagged some great things that aren't sp easy to see! Oracul offers one of the BEST freebie AO'S I've seen. You can snag it at the Fab Free HQ. It comes with a male AO as well and it's Copy/Trans!

The poses I used were freebies from Fab Free HQ and D!va (upstairs)

When making my looks this time around I wanted to focus on quality. Any old person can find a free outfit (If you can't then you deserve a smack upside the head ala Gibbs on NCIS.. :D). Rich textures and decent attachments make an outfit better than the system layer snoozer! The hardest things for me to find was decent hair (I tend to be ultra picky normally) and shoes. I never did go gaga over any of the shoes I found but oh well. Granted I could have used a chunk of that 550 to buy shoes or hair but I was more focused on an actual newb shopping.

Also noted: I could have made this super easy by doing hunts and current sales but I thought it smarter to show items that may still be around months from now!

Taking it one step further:

One thing we most often overlook is something as simple as a profile pic. Often spending 10L to upload is a big deal to someone new. (This is for anyone not using SL V3). During my quest for poses or photo studios to make a profile pic I found a rare gem. Studio Focus is a new photography location just getting started. As a special offer to new patrons they are doing one free shot to new group members. You can join the group - here-  and contact Sunnyboi Canis or Savannah OHare! (I'll be doing a write up in the upcoming days on these two so stay tuned if you are interested!

Check out the pic Savannah did for me:

 

Until next time! XOXO

LOTD- August 8th

Hi guys and gals! I've recently mentioned tons of sales and discounts going on! I thought I'd show you a bit of a mash up of some of the goodies I got over the weekend!

The skirt and white top worn are from the Ricielli Summer Hunt going on right now! There are a total of 20 items in the hunt ranging from jewelry to jackets to dresses. You can really get a great head start on your wardrobe with this set. Each hunt item costs 15L. While not free it is certainly a steep discount off the normal pricing!

Also if you haven't heard yet, Collabor88 just started today! Essentially it's another designer discount store! Who can ever have too many discounts?! Each month a special group of designers will come together in one location to  give away items. All items are priced at or under 88L! You can visit their website for more information. Be sure to join the group and grab the awesome fatpack of donated dresses in the notice history! I'm wearing the Collabor88 item from Truth! This awesome girly pony tail reminded me of something Taylor Swift would be rocking on the red carpet. For only 88L you get the fatpack of all Truth colors! There is a dainty ribbon holding it all back that is color change as well!

The list of designers include:
Artilleri
Barnesworth Anubis
Boom
Earthstones
Elikatira
Fashionably Dead
Grixdale
Illusory
Ingenue
Lisp Bazaar
Marukin
Nylon Outfitters
Pig
R2 Fashion
Sauce
The Sea Hole
Truth Hair
Whippet & Buck

Finally is you haven't heard of Mary Jane Shoes you probably live under a rock.  few months ago I had the pleasure of helping creator and owner Infiniti Mirihi with her very first fashion show! I adore her shoes and was so pleased to get to be a part of a very special event! You should also know Infiniti is SO so generous to her customers! She always has group gifts, hunts and deals going on  in her store. The shoes worn in the picture above are one of her most recent gifts. She graciously gave away the adorable Euphoric Leopard stilettos as a thank you for her group reaching over 3000 members! One thing that sets Infiniti apart from so many other designers is her original sculpts and textures. Quite often she will add hidden touches to her work to set them apart from the rest! Her attention to detail is amazing! Be sure to stop in as well and wear your new group tag as there are another pair of amazing shoes for you to grab as well!

Closing Sale-AMG Boudoir

To make up for my lack of posts:

If you haven't yet, head on over to AMG Boudoir. The entire store is currently marked down to 99L. Hair, shoes, clothing and skins! I honestly don't know how long this sale has been going on but it will only last until tier runs out! Best hurry on over and stock up on the goods! Happy shopping!