I'm bad at these.

I'm bad at this.  I'm really, really bad at this whole blogging thing.  But While I am horrible at remembering to come update this blog I have been very, very, good about creating.  I've got 67 different silks and things out on the market.  My best seller is undoubtedly the Kajira Starter Kit with over 800 sold. But then its really a steal at 25 lindens for a simple HUD that overrides walk and crawl and gives about twelve different poses to choose between for serving.  It also comes with a brand, whip marks for roleplaying, a tintable camisk and silk to get a girl started, tons of note cards with information about Gor and a few simple chore props.  This thing really has it all.  Most of the animations are freebies that come from the open collar system and many of the notecards can be found other places, but everything else is mine.  I remember what it was like to try and get started roleplaying in gor and I think every girl deserves to get a little boost for a very reasonable price.

Of course, that is actually one of my oldest products.  I've done a bunch of updates.

Black and Gold Rose Silks:

Became this!

 And these:

Became These:

You have to admit the new stuff is far superior to the old.  From the detail of the adds with their more interesting backgrounds to the quality of the silks themselves.   Each one is accented with a different suite.  Hearts for the Queen, Diamonds for Alice, Spades for the Hatter and Clubs for Cheshire.  The White Rabbit has a few hearts hidden in her outfit as well, because after all, she did work in the Queen's court. This is only some of the new things I have created since June.  But it is the last of my updates.  Enjoy!

Well.  Grand opening week is over today.  And I think I've sold about five things from my in world store.  It's alright though.  It is not as if I have rent that is due.  Although I have set up my vendor to pay a 10% commission to the woman who's land I am on.  I figure it is just a matter of advertizing now to get the product out there.  I've been working hard on updating a bunch of my older adds.. It's busy work but anything that might help, right?

So this:

 Becomes this:

 And for another update, this:

 Is now this:

Now that I am getting the hang of creating textures I think it is showing real improvement in the quality.  Just look at that black lace lining the bottom of the bodice.  I could never have managed that a year ago.  I've only got two silks that I feel still need updated.  The Alice and Red Queen silks and about twelve more adds to fix and then I will have everything loaded into my online store that is on the Marketplace. 

Also I have a ton of new silk ideas running around in my head that I will get to eventually! Alot of which could be considered cosplay, with a silky twist of course!  

Until next week!

Grand Opening!

I've fallen into luck with a store in SL. My Very good Friend Rowan Carroll has decided to share some space with me and I now have a store that can actually be teleported directly to. She also built the space and themed it like a Persian camp complete with sand dunes and a tent with rugs and sprawled pillows. I absolutely love it.

I have also re-done more of my original silks. Some of the old have never sold well and needed an update.  So this:

  Used to be this....

A vast improvement in my opinion!

I'm Back

I'm back.  After two years and lots of trial and errors I am back, both to Secondlife and to creating.  I've learned a few new tips and tricks along the way and I have to say my new endeavors are leaps and bounds above the old. 

 A little Eighties, a little oriental the Dark floral silks were fun to make.  I really love the contrast of the light blue and the black but I included the lighter version for those who don't.

StarSpangled Girl was of course inspired by the avengers movie and Captain America.  There is something that is so much fun about crating a silk that is a parody of a popular character.

I've had my first commission.  One of the entrants in the Next top Gor model.  It's been delivered and she loves it so once the twelfth has come and gone I will be adding that to my store as well.  Until then her commission remains a closely guarded secret.... Well ok.  I'll give one hint.  This is the background for the add:

Since it is Halloween coming up I'm introducing two new costume silks.

Alice is adult and sexy with her classic pale blue silks. It is mostly prim pieces with only the arm and leg stocking as clothing layers. Nestled her bodice is the white rabbit's lost watch. 

A cute silk themed for The Queen of Hearts, the nemesis of Alice. It is mostly prim pieces with only the arm and leg stocking as clothing layers. Nestled in the bodice is the Red Rose, was it painted? The world may never know.

Ironically enough I was able to create these in forty eight hours.  Good thing too because the holiday is just around the corner and I was truly worried I would not have them out in time when the inspiration hit me over the weekend.

Another new batch! Inspiration cometh

Well after the agony that the camisks represented I expected it to be a while before I had anything new to offer; yet here we are, a week and a day latter and I have five new silks to share.

Not quite as elaborate as My Rose silks or Pirate silks, my new Plaid silks do offer something new; A sweet sculped waist drape that I bought off the marketplace. It really curves with the female avatar hips in second life and I think it looks pretty good!  Ye, I know it's not autumn theme that I promised, but it was what inspired me!

The top comes in Jacket, shirt, and undershirt layers and there is a lovely silver butterfly pin to accent the plaid skirt with a matching hairclip that I think really finishes the outfit. Available colors are pink, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. Because Orange is the devil and I will only make it if specifically requested.

After some prompting from a friend I now have a little cart in the Sias market, so far it does not seem to have made me any profit, but hey. Sales have to pick up at some point right? In my main shop I now officially have more packages to sell than my 25 prim allotment so I had to take down some of the sell boards and put in an Alika vendor (did the same thing at the sias Market too) It was a little complicated to set up at firs, never having used one before, but it had a very clear instruction notecard with it that was a life saver!

Here is a screenshot of my first full store, Yes I know it's really more of a booth.  But it's mine and I love it.

Well, I've done it again. Unable to keep up with my SL shopping habit I have created another Gorean themed outfit in hopes to draw in a little income. This time I have attempted a camisk which was a whole new set of lessons learned! Yes, I have entered the world of attempting clothing layers instead of just texturing sculpted prims. With the help of my very good friend Rowan Carrol I have used not only texturing techniques but “baking” and added a few wrinkles as well. Since I am a woman who likes options I have created this basic Butterfly camisk in six different base pastel colors: Red, Orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. I know what you are saying: Hooray, the girl is familiar with the rainbow. Well I am, and if you've never seen an outfit you liked but they didn't haven't in the color you wanted than you may not be picky enough.

So, a few features that make my simple design here something to write home about. Have you ever had two prims that were alpha textures cancel each other out? It causes this weird shadow effect that is rather irritating in my opinion.. so to prevent that from being an issue, the butterflies featured on my design are 5 prim object with no alphas, the wing textures were created in photoshop using a gradient tool and a stained glass texture.

The camisk pattern was drawn free hand which is a minor miracle all in of itself as I have very shaky hands but for a first time clothing layer creation I'd say it turned out very well. I won't bore you any more now.. I know this is a rather spring like offering, I promise my next creation will be more fall appropriate. Perhaps something with autumn leaves...