Cupcake Cutie March 10, 2009

I went to pick up the group hair from Dejavu and afterwards did a little wandering around the Cupcake sim.  Not only is the sim itself cute but there is a great collection of designers, several of which I hadn’t even heard of before and now totally love.

Uma Ceawlin (who’s blog I absolutely LOVE) has a tee shop.  Adorable kawaii kinds of tees for $50L as well as freebie and dollarbie available.

From Polina Kaestner I got the black corset, $40L, trench coat, $80L and sequined dress, $50L.

I had to buy this top from (faire) it’s $65L and the jeans are $115L.  I headed over to &bean and picked up a freebie sweater from there (which I forgot to take a picture of) and snagged the lm to their discount location. Several items there are 50% off.

I picked up yet another awesome plaid shirt for $100L while I was there.  The jeans I’m wearing are from {Zaara} and are my new favorites, they come with 3 different wear styles for the bottoms for $125L.

All poses used from Striking Poses.

I F*#king <3 Cupcakes February 12, 2009

As if I didn’t need another reason to love Cupcakes they have a bunch of good stuff going until Saturday night so hurry up and get your butts over there.

1) single skins are BUY ONE/ GET ONE FREE until valentine’s night, february 14th, 11:59PM SLT. you can mix and match makeups from across skinlines, skintones, and fatpacks of equal/lesser value.
2) skin fatpacks (at $5000 linden) will automatically earn you a $2500L store card! this will be verified and sent within 12 hours – usually more like 30 minutes.
3) VALENTINE CUPCAKE FREEBIE HUNT IN STORE NOW – SPRING makeup in all skintones, lingerie, dresses, et al!

Here are some of the fantastic goodies I picked up from the hunt.

The jeans I’m wearing are from Celestial Studios.  I forgot to take them off haha, turned out to be rather cute.  I’ll make sure to post a slurl and price as soon as I can.

All poses used from Vain

Starting with the basics… February 9, 2009

Hi there!  This would be my first post here with plt and I’m pretty excited about it.  After scrambling around for a week trying to decide what I would write about first I settled on going in with the basics.

Now, in my opinion starting with a good top is key when putting together something on a budget.  For me I went to the ever popular Armidi and grabbed one of their v-neck style paris tees.  The reason I love this as a basic item is because the textures are really nice, it has some fantastic details like the worn print on the front and the notch on either side of the bottom hem.

The other thing that is always good to find is shoes that don’t break the bank.  It was so much harder to find that i thought it would be but, again, Armidi saved the day with some incredible basic canvas shoes in a lot of colors for the jaw dropping price of $195L.  Yep, they are even my new favorite non-boot shoes.

As for everything else, they are just great deals I found at the moment.  KIN’s hair sale produced the cool brown to red do I’ve got on and a.C Store has those freaking amazing scripted Adventure Jeans for only $50L to their group members.  WOW!  Naima’s cool Naimatrix Shades are free, which is just hella cool considering how well they’re made.

Adventure Jeans by a.C. Store $50L
Mairi Hair by KIN $100L
Emo Love Leg-tie by BROGEAR $95L
Improve necklace by BROGEAR $70L
White Paris Tee by Armidi ltd. $125L
Canvas Shoes by Armidi ltd. $195
Naimatrix sunglasses by Naima $1
Snake Charmer Bracelets by Gritty Kitty $75L

Grand Total:   $711L

I think thats it for this post!  Thanks everyone. 

I Wear My Sunglasses at Night February 5, 2009

LA Street Scene is one of my favorite malls.  Their hunts are usually pretty easy and the gifts really nice.  For Valentine’s they are having a hunt from the 2nd until the 15th.  Little hearts are scattered around the sim, simply find them and buy for $1L. Here are some of my favorite finds.

The tube top and tank are both from Gorgeous.  In the actual store there are three freebie skins which I didn’t have a chance to check out.  Gorgeous also has a very small selection of hair, I think only one style.  My hair in the first picture is in the hunt and is a great sleek side pony. The rest of the items are around $100L or less. The heart belt is also from the hunt, I’m blanking on the name of the store which had it at the moment.  The jeans I’m wearing are the BEST jeans to wear with sneakers/flats in my opinion.  They’re from Gearshift(also available on xstreet) and $200L, but if you’re like me and live in chucks they are well worth it.

I’d seen this shirt all over Flickr and as I previously mentioned, I do have a fondness for plaid.  Lucky me (and you) it’s a group freebie from *Thimbles* and it both for the guys and the girls.

*Thimbles* has a lot of very reasonably priced items.  I have several dresses from there as well as some tops.  I picked this one up today for $75L, it’s just revealing enough but still classy, it’s also great for layering with other pieces.   The glasses I’m wearing throughout this post are both from the LA Hunt, set out by Spexx.

All poses used from Long Awkward Pose.

And for your viewing pleasure….

I think I’m in love with those two guys, haha.

Designer Spotlight -Xan Pixel of Symptom- February 3, 2009

For the first Designer Spotlight I did a quickie interview with Xan Pixel, the owner/creator of Symptom.

Who is your main inspiration? My main inspiration is my friend Ellie Celt, the owner of Eat Rice, I’ve known her a really long time, and I prolly would not even have a store if it wasn’t for her… infact she helped me right from day one when I started out in her stores basement and started to get better and better.

How hard is it to find recognition in the SL fashion industry? I think that is probably the hardest part OF being a designer, since I mainly build, and Im not too good at becoming well known, but I’ve had my store for almost a year now, and I dont plan on closing it anytime soon… but I do plan on upgrading ;]

What are the greatest problems and benefits facing SL designers? The biggest problem I would say is coming up with ideas for new products, and content theft… however the benefits is the fact that I was able to convert a lot of the sl money I’ve earned into RL money

Where do you like to shop? I looooove Aitui I dont really know where else I shop… lol.

What are your other interests in SL? I love to go look at spaceships on here… drive around, build cars, and mainly I just chat with my friends, talk on voice, fun stuffs

Are your designs a reflection of your RL style? Well I make girl clothes cause its kinda easier than guy clothes… but I sure as helllll dont go wearing bikinis, tank tops, girl pants… any of that stuff LOL but as for the designs, yeah I think they could represent my RL style. cept the pink stuff. lmao. and the girly stuff i make. wait that sounded bad Im a dood so uh the girls apparel I make. you know what i mean, lol.

What got you into creating things in SL? What really got me into building was the idea that I could create anything I want, something I’ve always wanted, and actually use it, so the first thing I built was a 10 prim airplane I got from a build it yourself kit from cubey terra. and after that I started building huuuuge spaceships and huge buildings, I loved buildin big stuff and walking around in it. I started doing accessories when I joined an RP sim called Midian City, and then thats where all my grungy/ neko stuff started out from.

How long have you been making things? Since the day I started, but I didnt start selling stuff till last summer.

Who are your favorite designers? ELLIE CELT AND TRAV MOKEEV! I dont really know anyone else actually. lol.

What’s the next project you’ll be working on? If I get time, Im seriously gunna build a 1971 plymouth gtx. but other than that mostly clothing.

Ok, last but not least, why did the chicken cross the road? Because it wanted some ****? loooooool.

Now for the goods :]

Starting at the top….I’m wearing the MDR9 color change headphones which are $200L.  The little glowly guy to my right is a dollarbie buddy, I’ve named him Murple. He’s the cutest little thing, moves around and his head kind of pops off, haha.  Color change as well.  The moon necklace is a little glowy and simple, it’s $75L.   The tshirt is a girls shirt but like much of Xan’s shirts I think could be worn by guys or girls.  Shirts range from $50-75L which isn’t bad at all, this one is $75L.  The jeans I’m wearing are also $75L.

Silly, geeky, cute February 2, 2009

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a cute, and relatively new, hair store at Dogtown called ::Inorite::.  Really cute quirky hair.  Today until Valentine’s all red and pink styles are half off.  Leaving the price to be at, or a little above, $50L.  Violet also gave out a cutesy cupcake hair as a group freebie through her SOM.

The eyes I’m wearing throughout this post are a freebie from Geo Shapes. I met the owner last night and he is super nice.  There are also three 90min camp chairs at his store that offer a copy/no mod female shape.  Rylan and I were drooling over the guy shapes and became instant fans of the girl ones.

The oh-so-cute glasses I’m wearing are from Spoon! I went there in search of a raincoat and found several really cute things.  As far as I could tell everything is $69L. There is also a freebie shirt setting out that my inner 10 year old totally loves.

The jeans I’m wearing are from *Fishy Strawberry*. The color and detail on them is fantastic, one of the most realistic pair of jeans I’ve seen.  At $125L they’re a good add to your inventory.

As if my collection of hair wasn’t hogging up enough of my inventory, my collection of dresses isn’t far behind.  This is also from Fishy Strawberry and also $125L.

On my way out I caught these leggings, part of a Valentine’s freebie set out as well as a cute heart shirt.

All poses are from Long Awkward Pose

Plurkers and Rockers February 1, 2009

Leah McCullough posted a plurk for 2 new dollarbie shirts she’d set out at her store, .: Naive :., that were specially made for plurkers.  I ran over to get them right away.  They are super cute.  More for the girls but very well could be worn by the guys too.

The shorts worn are from *BOOM* $175L but soo worth it.  One of my favorite pairs of jeans.

Browsing the store I found these cute cropped pants.  They could function as both dressier pants and a sort of lounging pajama pant.  There were a couple other cute pairs as well. Each for $80L. There’s also a lucky chair but I was in a bit of a hurry so I didn’t get a chance to check it out fully.

The necklace I’m wearing is a group gift from BooN.  Fairly simple and just as good for guys as the girls. The sign for the necklace as well as the group joiner are right next to each other by the main tp point.

Thanks to Jesslyn for the heads up about a huge $25L sale going on at Rockers Wear.  I’m not sure when it began or when it’s ending so you may want to hop over there soon just to make sure you don’t miss it. It’s not only clothing, accessories and tattoos are also on sale.

The jeans worn in this picture are also from BOOM.  They’re ultra low rise, skinny fit and prim cuffs.  Also $175L.

This is actually one of the guys shirts but it’s obvious that I needed it. lol

All poses are from Long Awkward Pose