Coco Designs

I was doing a photo shoot on Coco, to show you a bunch of their free items, when the weather started closing in. This first shot was lovely, the warm sun basking everyone in warmth... But the sun started to fade, and the clouds started rolling in. I faked a smile, but I think you can tell that I really wanted everyone just to hurry up...The weather really packed in. Luckily, someone brought an umbrella.

When it looked like the weather was clearing, a bloody plane flew overhead! Blimin paparazzi. Unfortunately, by the time the weather cleared, and the media left, we had lost daylight and the shoot was over. So I went down to ground level and chilled out.

Banana vs Monkey

Bentham Forest on the Wasted Night sim is landscaped to be a haunted sim so I set my windlight to 'Pirate' and off I went!I was posing for this next pic, when I was approached by a monkey... Who started chatting me up, with a classic line "We were meant to be together". Now I cant argue with that, but I rebutted his advances and went on my merry way. A Banana and a Monkey? The only monkey I want to be with is hubby...

I was a little worried when moments later, the little monkey had grown. Maybe I shouldnt have made him angry. Eek!

Making a quick exit stage-right, I went on my exploring way. I came across these mushrooms who alerted me to a quest! Not one to veer away from any type of hunt, I started looking for what I was told and going to where I was pointed...

I hunted and hunted...

(and kept stopping for photo ops)

and I found a few things labelled 'Interesting bush' and 'Interesting box' so nabbed them up and rezzed them where I was told and did everything as directed. Tho I was still a little lost. The things that confused me, were... where the heck was the 'starting point'? Where was I going? What was I doing?

Maybe someone here could help me?

I entered this room, but the ghosts were throwing books around...

And playing the piano.

Spooky.

I left the ghosts to it, and continued on my quest. This wonderful crystal cave seemed like a good idea (a good photo-op), then I was sent on yet another quest...

And on, and on.

I still had fun looking around, taking pics, and meeting Mr Monkey. (Ohai Elus!)
Just before leaving, I flew up and took a pic of the forest canopy. How mystical is that?!

Happy exploring!

What a load of Gbberish!

I found this cute freebie at Gbberish while out sim hopping. Too cute.







Matched it with a LAQ shape and hair, and R2 shoes.

Sister Strawberry

Check out these cute freebies from Sister Strawberry! Three full outfits, plus these cute black pumps (with pink underside) and shape. In the shape, there are two adult female versions, a child and a male. I paired the look with a Mother Goose skin that I won on a lucky board :)

Beni and the jets

While mall-wandering, I came across this cute store called Beni. I wasnt intending to buy anything, but when I came across a couple of dollarbies, who am I to resist?

I had a whale of a time!

Check out this place on the Raimondo sim... Its an underwater experience like no other that I've seen...

Not so much the typical fishies and coral and reefs and sharks... But more of a display of light, poses and colors...There are some weird places to sit (thanks Hubby for helping)...And some weird things...And the occasional wierd person...But overall, a surreal little corner of SL... and very... serene.

Happy exploring!

Reaching towards Zenith...

I went to a new-to-me store today and was impressed at the selection (and appropriately priced) items around me. Not only that, there were a tonne of good quality freebies to be had, and 4 lucky boards with frequently changing items.

Zenith has a whole heap of (what appears to be) photo-sourced clothing, but they have done more than just uploading a pic and pasting it on to a template. They have included piles of attachments to make your item of clothing be extremely realistic, and lots of fun.

I joined their group and collected these freebies... (note the bow-buttons on the right - these were a prim attachment, with the collar, and were really a nice detail).

Then I wandered around the store buying a few items that were cute, relatively inexpensive and unique. My faves? The blue top in the middle - I just love that shoulder accessory and how the satin texturing has been executed, and the black mini-dress on the end - love the woollen shirt and the collar bow.

Happy shopping!

Photon Pinks

Photon Pinks is a sim that looks like someone threw up candy all over it. I mean that in the nicest way possible!

Its a sim full of sculpty goodness, and a great patchwork castle for good, er, balance!

You land in an entrance area, full of particle stars, psychedelic colors and a flying pig. There is a map of the sim on landing, showing you the areas to explore.

Taking a stroll around the forest route, I found a crystal cave...

...a dangerous forest...... (not too dangerous, but watch out for falling hives)

...and sat down in a mushroom patch to rest.

Taking the coastal route, there are many sea creatures to marvel at...

This sucker blows bubbles...

These suckers are above the water!

And my most favourite part of the whole sim? Meeting Centaur Linden. lol

There are two of these guarding the doors to the castle. In which, you can find some things to buy and more places to discover.

Happy exploring!

Pics taken with windlights Fine Day.

I miss you SL!

I miss you SL! Say hello to everyone for me. I hope to meet you again sometime soon. Sob sob, sniffle sniffle.


From the SL Grid Status website:

Pididdle is back!

Pididdle is back online, and with a new mainstore!

These tops are out for only 1L (8 different colors to choose from!)...

And there is quite a selection of items marked down to 50L. Like this awesome tartan-jackety-top. (also in several different colors)

For the discounted items, look upstairs.

Happy shopping!

I have a fever...

Okay... so we have Fifty Linden Fridays. There is 25L Tuesdays. And now we also have Weekend Fever...Same deal as the others - goes from 00:00 Saturday to 23:59 Sunday, the stores are on a rotations, there are one or two items priced down to 50L. What makes this one different? A color theme. Pardon me while I get excited.

This is the first week(end) and here tis the list of participating stores:

Periquita

Pocket Mirrors

Minettes

LaGyo

Chantkare ** Who didnt put their item out til Sat night.

Fishy Strawberry

Singing Moth

Donna Flora

Couverture

This is one of the Fishy Strawberry items... Oversized cardigan in Brown (this weeks color theme).

Shown with the latest Beauty Avatar dollarbie (Thanks Gabby!) and flats from Glow.

My FLF run!

Just after midnight, I ran around the FLF stores to see what I could find still out. Everything, yay!

Milk Motion had out this cute black mini-cardy with Teal ribbon and what luck - Magika was selling matching hair! I bought this fuschia dress from Ty Zvezda. Love the color, love the detail, love the belt, but dont love that there werent any glitch pants, so my bumbum keeps poking out the back. All the stuff in this store is just fab... but no glitch pants on a sculpty skirt? No no no. Pity, dont you think? The above hair is from Clawtooth by Clawtooth - also a FLF item this week. Yay!

I have so much to share...

I went sim hopping today and found a trillion new-to-me stores! I just have to share...

This dress is from Parallel Love for only 40L...
Also from Parallel Love, this LBD is free!

This awesome green tunic is from M+M and was 150L. I matched it with a cute 80L jumpsuit from Curious and hair (50L) from Pocket Mirrors.

I visited Chantkare for the first time today, and found these dollarbies...

But the two buys I am most proud of is this sundress from SD Boutique - can you believe it was only 90L? I nearly bought up the store. Pity there isnt a SoM!!And lastly, these shoes! Omg. Arent they so smexy! Best thing of all, they were only 249L. I wish they could charge 1000 and chuck in a colorchange hud - cause I want them all! And look at the cute little bow and the front, and the tied knot in the back! Available from R2.

The reason why...

I ummed and arrred over participating in The Artists Voice protest, for all the reasons that have already been well documented: The only people its effecting are those already getting harmed; I'd lose money not save it; What good will it do, I'm just a small fish; How will this make a difference? RaRaRa.

What is has done (very successfully) is raise awareness. It made some noise!!!!

So you didnt participate? Who cares. Just by mentioning it, you've let others know of this subject. You've alerted at least one more person to the impact of stolen content. You've opened someone elses eyes. Which means people may become a little bit more aware of what they are buying. It got you thinking about it. Thats worth it.

I read Sasy's post about her experiences and I tell ya, thats a whole load of stress right there. And for what? For the few people in our metaverse that like to 'cheat the game', who like to 'beat the system' or 'didnt know any better'. These idiots dont realise the impact theft has on others. Worse still, they dont care. Its up to us to do something about it - so if you recieve something that you think is ripped, report it, and dont pass the content on.

I tell you what, my eyes have certainly been opened in the course of the last few days. Its shown me how deep this all really goes, the lengths that content creators really have to go to protect their creations, and I learnt about more things I can do to stop content theft...

From the StepUp! campaign:

• Right-click on the object for sale, the creators name should match the name associated with the store.
• Is the whole store full of items from different creators?
• Look at the creators profile. Did they start SL last week and are making fantastic stuff? It could be an indication of an alt selling stolen items.
• Dont confront the suspected thief, or you could end up with an abuse report against you, and they could move on. Take a snapshot, save a landmark, put this in a notecard and send it to the original creator.

Just like any protest, people dont think beforehand "Oh - if I stand before this army tank, I might get runneth over", they think "People need to be aware of this". And that is the reason I participated.

I'll get off my soapbox now and will resume normal blogging. :)

BYE BYE BLOG!

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