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Clearance Sale

I’m so glad that earlier today the goal of 700k L$ for Heart of Love was met. It’s an awesome achievement in such a short time. The clearance sale at Grapevine will go on til the end of the month, after which the shapes and poses will be gone forever. So come grab some before it’s too late!

Vlinderboots


Vlinderboots, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

ok, another quick post… the fun thing about fundraisers is that you might discover some new to you designers. I’m not likely to wear claw shaped Myth Boots, or even the equine Hya Boots that always look totally adorable on others, so I never have visited Lazy Places before. But when I saw a plurk from Shir about the cute butterflies emanating from her boots, and subsenquently discovered that those boots, the vlinderboots, are on sale for Heart of Love, I decided to go get them. And they are so cute, they make me happy! The other things I’m wearing are jeans from Pixeldolls, the Anni telling stories stories shirt from Ornamental life, and a brown stole from Coco.

The skin I’m in today is Free Speerit’s Alice( currently not available. Sorry, I’ve seen the creator around and I supposed she was back in the saddle), and the hair is total cuteness from Mayamaya Creations.

Lamb!


Lamb!, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I don’t do reviews that often anymore. Simply put, most of the time I just don’t feel like running after 83 other bloggers who still hunt down new items with a youthful enthusiasm that I just lack these days. But every now and then I do feel like I want to share something new with you guys, especially when it’s a totally new brand which is practically next to my own shop in Rue d’Antibes, and especially when this new brand offers some of the most yummy, silky, gorgeous hair textures I have ever seen.

For now the inventory consists of only 2 hairsyles, the sassy Bonjour Operator to the left a sexy voluminous bob with a colour change baret, and Mister Sister to the right, which totally remind me of my RL sister. When younger she used to wear a hat like that often, and her hair is still long like this. The hair comes in 6 colour packs of 4 shades each with fun names like bimbo blondes (wearing Lady) and chocolate bars (yay for Twix) and a 7th pack with 6 shades of electric shades like teal, violet, green etc. They each cost L$ 300. And of course you can save money with the snack pack for L$1500.

You’ll find Lamb! at Rue d’Antibes (SLurl)

Other need to knows: skin by Free Speerit (Alice), Dietrich shirt by LeLutka


LOTD090121, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Nothing more elegant really, than a crisp shirt on a pencil skirt. Yeah, I’m a bit on a system skirt high, but I really think this garment is seriously underrated in SL. Ok, you do need to adjust your shape for wearing system skirts, at least if you don’t want to end up with a massive bum, but if you are willing to do this small concession to your ever so unique shape, there lays a whole world of elegance in front of you to grab. I choose the winter white pencil skirt from Ingenue for this outfit, and the blue Broadcloth shirt that Coco released today. The thin belt is from Kyoot Army and the spring stiletto’s are from Shiny Things. The lovely necklace is Miriel’s piece for Heart of Love and will be available for only a limited amount of time.

The hair is Leading Lady from Ingenue in platinum, and the skin is Fleur’s Shoujo DNB with a custom make up.


LOTD090119, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Just because the holidays are over, doesn’t mean a girl can’t wear a party dress anymore, right? So when I was over at Ibizzarre the other day, I bought me this cute silver sequined number. The gorgeous sheer voile scarf is part of the outfit so that was an easy pic. INstead of the prim belt that comes with the dress, and wich, to my surprise, is not textured at all. But the patent belt form Fleur on the jacket layer is a perfect alternative for the prim belt. the leggings are Xanadu, from Truth. The gloves are from Fleur again and the shoes are Maitreya’s Verve, in black.

The eyes I’m wearing here are cute. They are from Slab and they are tintable! But not like the dull tintable default eyes, these have a nice glimmer to it, and a good size pupil. The skin is Chai doubleshot Nude 02 and the hair is from MadDesigns, and I would like to ask you for opinions, because I bought it and I thought it was cute, but the longer I am wearing it, the less sure I am I like it. The prims lack “flow”, and I’m not sure I’m a fan of the big sculptie that makes the base. So, yeah, what do you think?


LOTD090118, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I’ve had a couple of Mudshake skirts sitting in my inventory for ages now, and it is about time that they are getting some attention, because they are adorable. So I put together this ultra feminine look with the short fuchsia trench coat from Aoharu, the gold glam tank from Michami (even though you dont see it, when a girl takes her coat off, she doesn’t want to flash her boobies) and the Mudshake country rose skirt. The cerise Dalia pump from Armidi and the simple drop necklace, which was a group gift from Muse some time ago, complete the outfit.

ETD’s Natasha in strawberry is such a lovely do and the skin it PXL Creations’ contribution to Heart of Love.


LOTD090117, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I didn’t feel like dressing up today. Instead I started an outfit with Pink Outfitter’s Stripe Tee and paired it with Armidi’s (Elephant Outfitters) Cherry Picking Knee High jeans and the cropped jeans jacket from Bare Rose’s Nora set. The Nautical Charm necklace is from Yummy and the shoes, you’ve probably seen them before, are Redgrave’s sneakers.

I’m still in the same PXL beta skin, I really should think of changing sometimes when I’m putting an outfit together, and the hair is ETD’s Meghan in Chocolate.

Closing

Yep, I’ve decided to close Grapevine. It was fun while it lasted, but truth is that I’ve been sans inspiration for too long and not really looking forward to get going again in an overly saturated market whithout an amazing idea to stand out from the crowds.

So what have I done. Here is the deal. All pose sets are set on L$ 150, that’s for a set of 10 and all mod/copy shapes are set to L$ 200 until my lease ends. Which I think is a pretty good price for both poses and shapes! When my lease ends, it will be all gone, and I’ll go back to the way I used to work before I started Grapevine, making shapes and poses and use them for my own fun, and occasionally on demand. I still love doing small custom projects and exclusives.

I have added a script to my vendors and all proceeds of the sets and shapes will go to Heart for Love.

So come grab some stuff before it’s gone!

PS. Individual poses are marked down to L$ 40. And I will make a donation of the equivalent of the sales on them since I cannot add the donation script to the pose stands

LOTD090116, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

ICING is a dangerous shop. Not for the risk of hypothermia, but for the risk of bankruptcy. Miko Omegamu just always makes me spend money *shakes fist* . So I got home this time with her lovely basic Girl Friday, of which I’m wearing the top and the skirt. The jacket layer with the belt for he skirt I left off and instead I did put on the charcoal chrocheted shrug from Maria Gherardi. The belt I’m wearing, is from the black oversized shirt from Muism and the shoes are Verve, from Maitreya. I re-attached the ruffles of the top to my spine to be able to wear Icon’s latest release, the LF necklace, attached to my neck. Isn’t it a lovely piece? I really like their style. The glasses are from Le Petit Prince.

I’m wearing ETD’s Juliana in chocolate and the Grace freckled beta skin from PXL that just won’t come off of me lately.

Hart Larsson has created a special and limited edition of Linda to help Heart of Love raise money for the treatment of fellow resident and content creator Shir Dryke (Ornamental Life). Read all about it on PXL Creations’blog or click the photo for your taxi to the shop to go get that skin immediately.

For more information about Shir’s condition, please visit Flutter Memel’s blog.


LOTD090115, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Some content creators have been around forever… well… my forever. Simone Stern was an established designer when I came to SL and she’s still very much around. I don’t visit her shop often, but when I do, there is always an item or two that I just need to get my hands on. Like this lovely Annya dress. The silky teal texture just got to me and it has this cute safety pin brooch. I’m matching it with the Belle shoes from Shiny Things and the Whisky and Plum jewelry from Balderdash.

Esme is the lovely new hair that Kavar Cleanslate from Exile released earlier today and I am in love with it. And then, usually I don’t talk about my eyes. I’m pretty much exclusively wearing Miriel’s eyes anyway, but Camilla Yosuke from Insolence had a nifty eye idea and I’ve been using her HUD driven Eyelife eyes and I must admit, it’s a fun gadget. I recommend you check this video to see the details. And the skin is PXL, still in beta, but getting there. This is the freckled version I’m wearing.


LOTD090114, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

A visit to Reale is always good for some new dresses with a high cute factor. Like this pretty green candy tunic dress. I’m wearing it with Michami’s beige Stella trousers and Decoy’s Mraz scarf in sand (made a bit darker). The lime Daring Pumps from Shiny Things match the green of the dress perfectly, and as finishing touch I picked the tiger’s eye Mala Meditation beads from Lucas Lameth Fashion Jewelry.

ETD’s Lannah in Elika’s brown is one of my all time favourite ETD hairs and today’s skin is from Truth’s Rejuvenate line: Viper, in kashmir.

What to Think of This….

Rezzable and Sweden based RL model agency Nocturnal have partnered to bring their models into SL. Now it is no secret what my opinion is about content creators using RL (celebrity/model) faces to make portrait skins with in SL. I think that lacks integrity because it is obvious that said celebrities and/or models have unlikely given their consent to be transformed into SL retail skins nor are royalties being paid for the use of their image. But this is different… in this case, an agency, which has the commercial responsibility for the models under contract, and an in-world organisation have agreed to use the features of the models to make content with and they have found reputable content creators such as Tuli Asturias and Aemilia Case to produce the avatars. The result so far is 2 models being transformed, the blonde December and the redhead Mary Mahem. Tuli has used high rezz images of the models to create the skins with and then has created 6 make ups for each which fit the character of the skin as well as the eyes. Aems has made 2 hairs for each model and they turned out really well.

So what do I think about these skins. They are Tuli quality, that’s for sure. And I also think she captured the look of the models really well. I also think that Tuli in her normal work, uses textures that have a more drawn look. These to me look more photo than what I’m used to when I look at Tuli’s work. And the models, well, they are lovely girls, but different than what comes to my mind when I think model in SL. That is more of the runway kind of model whereas Nocturnal seems to be more in the fetish/goth niche. It fits the Crimson Shadow theme perfectly. As for me… I still feel odd wearing a face that is so clearly belonging to another living person. I think I’ll stick mostly to skins that may have RL reference material, but are not made to actually look like a RL person. Although they look different already when I use my own shape instead of the shapes that come with the skins as you can see below

Each set consists of a skin, shape, eyes and 2 hairs and is available for L$ 2200 at Crimson Shadow


LOTD090113, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I like mixing old and new stuff in my outfits, although I admit, I had the pink version of Cake’s Autumn in Paris and I decided to go get the blue/slate one because I didn’t want to make yet another pinkish outfit. But anyway, the skirt would be the old in this outfit. New is the bodice, which is from Church of Luxe’s Cat Ballet outfit and the Mollify blue shrug from Nyte ‘n Day. The torn tights are from Canimal, the biker boots are from Redgrave. The arm warmers are Maitreya’s and the scarf is from Armidi, via shoparmidi.com. The necklace is Heartwood, from Lucas Lameth Fashion Jewelry.

My skin of choice today is Helsinki light, make up 6 and the hair is Antie, from Truth, in Ivory.


LOTD090112, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I couldn’t resist the 50% off sale at Aoharu, and i picked up this dawn jacket. I’m wearing it with the off-shoulder shirt o f Emery’s stay pretty outfit, and LeLutka’s black wool pants. The shoes are the Verve pumps from Maitreya. The colourful jewelry is from Freshly Baked Goods. The Paddington Tote bag is from Truth.

The skin is work in progress at PXL Creations and the hair is Lindsay in chestnut, from ETD