The opening of Rue d’Antibes was a huge success, the sim was packed… the limit was even raised to 60, and still it was packed all day long. Thank you all for joining us there.
Downside to the festivities… SL has been wacky again, and many of you have not been able to pick up the freebies or enjoy the sales. So our gracious land lady has suggested to leave the goodies and sale items out til Tuesday. A request I am more than willing to adopt.
So, til Tuesday, my dollarbie pose set (poses shown above) for the grand opening of Rue d’Antibes is still available
in front of the store. As a matter of fact,
I have just marked the pose sets (sets only) down to L$ 250. That is til Tuesday 9 am slt, or any time after that when I have the time to get in world. The lowered prices will not apply for gift cards that you may have received during the opening festivities.
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Today, after having postponed once before, Rue d’Antibes, the charming commercal Otherland sim, built by the über talented (and ever crunchy) Barnesworth Anubis, wil be officially opened. Most merchants will participate in the opening with a sale, or some freebies, and random goodies will be dropped on the visitors during the party that is going to have two time slots – one from 11am – 1 pm SLT and another one from 4pm-6pm SLT. The sim manager plans on being there during the gap to do random giveaways to customers in the sim. I have donated some L$ 500 gift cards for that purpose.
Yours truly retired the freebie Parfait shape, as I told I would, but for this weekend only I have put out a box with a
Rue d’Antibes Opening mini pose set for only L$ 1. It is just outside the shop. And it will be there only for this weekend. Later next week, it will merge with some other poses in a full set and they will be available separately for L$ 65 and in a set of 10 for L$ 500
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It’s been weeks since PXL Creations sent out a request to be added to the feed, but so far, no luck. So I have decided to post links to my friend’s blog when they update for the time being.
Just finished updating, still warm… hot actually, and starring in th PXL Creations booth at Skin Fair… take a look at Adam
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February 29, 2008 by Grazia
My friend and awesome photographer Carl Crabe by now is fully stressed out from getting 68 skinmakers to set up their booths in time, staying within prim limits and using the smallest possible textures to make it possible for YOU, the skin lovers around, to visit this first ever skin fair in SL and it is going to be awesome. Established and new skinmakers alike will showcase a plethora of amazing skins. Some of them will have some novelties to share with you, so make sure you do visit the event. Big hug for you Carl, and of course for the people who worked with you on this.
Now, no worries, you will have plenty of time to go there, as it will run for over a month, but still I would like to extent a heart felt reqest to all of you… when you visit the site, please do not load yourself with prims, ao’s, bling (yes.. ppl still use bling), and other scripted, lag inducing thingies. The orgainisation and the creators have done their utmost to limit lag, please show respect by doing just the same.
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February 24, 2008 by Grazia
I usually visit Bare Rose a couple of times per week. June Dion releases a LOT of adorable and creative outfits with tons of options and layers. It’s paradise for the avid shopper, also because Bare Rose is totally affordable, so it won’t ruin your linden balance… kinda.. I mean.. if you just shop enough… everything is possible.
But well… this is not about me being a happy bankrupt again. I picked up the amazing “Over the Rainbow” steam punk outfit that comes with a plethora of cute sculptie attachments and played around with it for a while. I admit, I break Bare Rose outfits up a lot, because I do not always feel like wearing costumes, but single parts of those outfits are more than once the inspiration for the outfit I’ll wear that day. This time it were the gloves that caught my attention. They really are amazing, with sculpted cuffs and partially open on the fingers to give extra grip on whatever you choose to touch with it. So they were at the base of the outfit that I wear here. The gloves, and the pants. They have some stains on the thighs, like you whiped your hands on them too often.
Clothes:
Body:
- Hair Willis III (with hat) in Ebony by Elika Tiramisu @ ETD (main location ETD Isle currently closed)
- Skin Linda Sunkissed, coffee lips, dark eyes by Hart Larsson @ PXL Creations
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February 23, 2008 by Grazia
So… wanna see a really angry Grazia? Too late, I’ve cooled off by now, but when I read
Laynie’s message about her shop being bugged by a bunch of people protesting against her and Teagan’s support of Autism Speaks, and as a result Laynie’s Vanessa dress being ripped off … trust me I had steam coming out of my ears.
First and for all because, like Laynie and Teagan, I do support
Autism Speaks. I think it is a great cause. Autism speaks researches the causes and possible treatments for autism, and helps patients and their families to live their life to the fullest of possibilities. This is their mission statement:
At Autism Speaks, our goal is to change the future for all who struggle with autism pectrum disorders.We are dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. We are committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals.
Autism Speaks aims to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is our firm belief that, working together, we will find the missing pieces of the puzzle.Autism Speaks.
It’s time to listen.
Secondly, I think ripping someone’s work in general, but especially to take revenge over someone you don’t agree with, is despicable and pathetic and it makes me want to throw things.
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February 22, 2008 by Grazia
If all goes well, next weekend we will celebrate the official opening of the Rue d’Antibes sim, so I have decided to take the freebie shape that is currently in the shop down sometime on the 29th, and get something fresh in there, just in time for the opening.
She’s lovely, sexy, non mod, but comes with a skirtshape as well, so while she’s still out there… go grab her.
Have a nice weekend!
xoxo
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February 22, 2008 by Grazia
Hello you all, I have made a set of new poses and they are inspired by this year’s spring campaigns. I have a passion for fashion magazines, and it’s just tremendous fun to see whether the poses you see in the spreads can be translated to SL without making your avatar look, uhm, well unhappy to say the least.
Anyways, hope you like them, they are available as usual for L$ 65 per pose, or L$ 500 for the entire set.
Grapevine is located in Rue d’Antibes: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rue%20D
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February 16, 2008 by Grazia
A couple of weeks ago Anita Cassini from IBM contacted me and asked me if she could use an old photo that I published more than a year ago on Second Style blog wearing Nicky Ree´s Snow Princess gown. And I was like, omg.. it´s old… I didn´t know a single thing about SL photography…. what do you want with it?? So she TP’d me over to this big hall, full of amazing photos of gorgeous avatars showing off Nicky Ree creations. It is an initiative called Art on Avatar and guess what… the exhibition is opening later today. Read Anita’s press release for info and SLurl.
The Crescent Moon Museum branch at IBM SOA Adventure presents:
Art on Avatar
Art on Avatar celebrates the work of many people creating Art to express their personality through their avatars. 50 beautiful people have loaned their personal pictures of their avatars wearing Nicky Ree’s art for this exhibit.
Opening Day: Feb 16 2PM SLT Tayzia Abattoir will cut opening ribbon. Musical perfomance by Guy Goodman . At 4PM there will be a treasure hunt where the IBM dress (woman) and IBM attire (men) and will be revealed. Exibit will run until March 15, 2008
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February 14, 2008 by Grazia
[update 02/16] Due to unforseen circumstances the official opening of Rue d’Antibes is postponed a bit…. so the poses I gave you a preview on…guess i’ll be sitting on them some more… and maybe add another few 🙂
Wheeee! Thank you al so much for your feedback on the poses and the shapes. I’m so glad you like them. Upon request I have started to add the pose sets to onrez.com so that you can gift them easier. Shapes and their demos will follow. You’ll find them here
This is a preview on a miniset of 5 poses that will be available for just 1L$, only this weekend (February 16 -17) on occasion of the official opening of the Rue d’Antibes sim.
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February 14, 2008 by Grazia
Just a quickie… PXL Creations has just released a Valentine’s version of their latest skin Crys and it is out there for you to grab for only L$1!! Hurry because it will be available only til February 16!!
It is a total new make up for Crys, with pink and golden eyes and a luscious deep pink lipstick. The cute little hearts on the cheek are an extra V-day touch.
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February 13, 2008 by Grazia
OK… finally I have the first poses in the
shop. Took me ages to get them ready.. Torrid, thanks so much for giving me just that little bit of help that I needed…
Anyway, they are there now… You can buy them separate, at L$ 65 per pose or buy a set of 10 poses for L$ 500: Debut.. well… speaks for itself… they are the first I made with the idea in mind to release them sooner or later, and Cecile, that serie is named after Holland’s Next Top Model. I saw a spread in a magazine featuring her, and I got inspired by the poses in the photos.
Saturday the official opening of Rue d’Antibes sim will take place, and that will be a nice event with lots of fun and goodies for the visitors, so mark that in your busy schedules and let us make it worth your while.
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February 13, 2008 by Grazia
Last Sunday Roslin and CJ re-opened their sim with a smashing Casino Royal themed party with lots of goodies on the TOS compliant roulette table. Even though my crappy and very lag sensitive computer made moving hard for me, I had a great time. No wonder, because the party took place in the newly build shop. It’s only a few weeks ago that CJ outdid himself on the railway station, which I loved and hate myself for not taking a good series of photos of it while I could, but this new build is truly grand. CJ got inspired by the Raffles hotel in Singapore, which in hospitality business is still an icon. I really think CJ is one of the most amazing builders in SL. This new build does also justice to the new location, as the sim was moved next door to Tropical Orchid, Nicky Ree’s sim. These talented content creators are neighbours now and we can probably expect some nice collaborations in the future.
On the occasion of the re-opening of Fleur (formerly Tête à Pied) Roslin and CJ released a new skin in their Boutique series: Shouju. A high quality, no seams, no blotchy details anime inspired skin that you’ll also love if you are not into anime/manga or that kind of stuff. Comes in 2 light skintones, the porcelain Lily and the slightly pinker Lotus and in 6 delicious make ups. The body is everything you may expect from Fleur skins. OK. just wanted to share this with you before I run off to work and drag myself into my every morning traffic jam. XOXO
PS sorry for the poor lighting on the body.. I just could not get it right last night
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February 9, 2008 by Grazia
Some of you may know, that I have been doing custom shapes for over a year now, and since September I’ve been making poses on demand. I have never advertised this, nor had I ever the idea to market my stuff… but lately some friends just kept telling me that I should release retail stuff and finally I have yielded to peer pressure and now I’m proud to announce my own little shop “GRAPEVINE” in the marvellous sim of Rue d’Antibes. For now only a couple of shapes, more is in the making and I’m finishing some cute poses that should be out in the week to come. No big series, no massive releases, just some cute things that I love making.
Being the skin afficionada that I am, I aim for shapes that work with a lot of skins and test them extensively. I’m not a fast shaper, I can sit on a shape litterally for weeks, tweaking and fiddling and putting them away again, only to try to make them cuter and working better with a lot of different skins the next day.
Out now are 3 shapes that I made especially for Crys, Linda and Cloe skins by PXL creations. Since I really made them for these skins, I have not been testing them on all my other skins, but they seem to work quite well with other skins as well.
Also in the shop is a freebie for all of you who would like to get aquainted with my shapes. It is a shape that I have created originally for Fleur (former Tête à Pied) Boutique skins and offered to the readers of Second Style blog when I reviewed those skins, but after that, I have been playing around a bit and found out that this shape really works perfectly with a whole lot of skins.
Parfait is plump and curvy. Yes she has some bodyfat, and some junk in the trunk. She’s also not model height although according to RL standards she’s still pretty tall. Unlike the other shapes in the shop she is NOT modifiable. Now I do believe that people should be able to adjust their shape to their own ideas and taste, hence the other copy/mod shapes, but Parfait is my baby… my show case, and I like her like this. In the shop I have placed a slideshow under the vendor with some of the photos of the different skins that I tried Parfait on, and here below are some as well.
From left to right: Launa Fauna’s Chai; Celestial Studios’Vogue;Pixeldeep’s Lustre;PXL creations’ Crys;Nylon Outfitter’s Poppy black; Adam ‘n Eve’s Grazia; Naughty Design’s Zoe and Fleur Vivant Paon.
You’ll find Grapevine at Rue d’Antibes:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rue%20D
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January 4, 2008 by Grazia
Today’s look, which is quite out of the ordinairy for me, is inspired on the Crys skin that Hart Larsson has been playing with and made a delicious emo make up for. It is not in his shop for now, but he might as well release it… I never looked this good after crying. The other trigger for this look is the shemagh scarf that I found earlier today.
Clothes:
- Cement woman’s tank by Truth Hawks @ Truth, L$ 100 (fatpack)
- X-factor jeans by Loch Newchurch @ Soap, L$ 100
- Old Lace Up Boots black by Fallingwater Cellardoor @ Shiny Things, L$ 500
Accesoires:
- Compass bag in black by Fallingwater Cellardoor @ Shiny Things, L$ 250
- Leather ring wristbands by Elika Tiramisu @ ETD
- Red shemagh scarf by Vetter deCuir @ Vette’s, L$ 110
Body:
- Crys skin messy eyes by Hart Larsson @ Pxl Creations, unreleased
- Alsh black hair by Mirai Shan @ MiraiStyle, L$ 200
- Betty tattoo by Truth Hawks @ Truth, L$ 475
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