Bringing out the good stuff in Second Life®: fashion, hot spots, freebies, etc.

I was browsing xstreet yesterday when these couches by Brookston Holiday caught my eye. The black leather club couch has me especially smitten ! They’re sold as full perm maps here, with texture maps that seem easy to recolor.

Exactly a year ago, as I sat there being very, very bored, I pretty much decided overnight to start a blog about the nice stuff in Second Life, and within 24 hours, the first post was up. I can’t believe I stuck to it that long ! It kind of proved addictive, who knew ?

Anyways, after 3 years in SL, I also have finally decided, as well, to start making stuff. And so to mark the day, it so happens that I have something I made to give you ! Me, myself ! I made this set of decorative plates, that I put out for free at the shop I just set up at creators pavillion, for all of today. Afterwards, I’ll be selling them 25L apiece. I think I may make more plates later, but for now this set will do. I sculpted and baked them, and learnt a new texture technique, yay !

Oh, and also I made these lamps, with a cloth over it. I’ll probably make variants later as these were really my first attempt at making cloth, and I kind of rushed production a little. And I ran out of prims already at the shop so I put out only 3 colours.

Update. I moved my shop to Cupcake, and anything I make will be found there for the foreseeable future. And thank you, thank you to everyone who came and bought something or was interested enough to pick up my modest gift too. :)

Here comes my last furniture spam of the day, I promise. And it starts with beautiful lamps from Phi. 150L, no mod/no copy.

Ishi I didn’t know and I think it has pretty awesome stuff and there are going to be so many more good things to come from it in the future, I’m sure. I got pretty enthusiastic today about their cottage. There was no demo, but the owner, Butterfli Summers, was kind enough to rezz a copy so I could look. It is pretty primmy but really detailed, and if you don’t have to count your prims, you might very well fall in love with it. It is so cute and charming. There are recesses perfect to place a little bed or a rug or cushions on and dream inside, while looking out the window… Butterfli also has the best pricing system as well. Her prefabs (she has two so far) cost about 1L per prim ! So this cottage is only 850L for, that’s right, 837 prims. But that means she has another build, a skybox, really cheap for sale next to it too !

Trash Wahwah, from the blog “Blah to wah“, has put out some really cute things of his own for sale, and this is his ottoman, I love the colours !

This table I made ! And I’m selling it at one of the stands at ALBERO, too. There are 9 colours, 75L each, and there’s a texture-change version too that costs 325L. The menu is slightly cumbersome to use, I’ll admit, but I’m hoping to replace it as soon as the texture-change script I got gets an upgrade. The tables are no-mod but I included three sizes. They’re kinda like stools in proportion. I had started to make those a couple of days ago and I kind of put them out on an impulse during the night and I didn’t even have time to think of a proper brand name. I didn’t want to be lame and sell them as “Lili’s tables”, though, so “North West” will do for now.

This week-end has quite a bit going on, home interior wise, with the opening of the Home & Garden section at ALBERO, and the debut of the “Spruce Up Your Space” monthly event, which has a variety of home interior designers each put out a creation at a discounted price, according to a proposed theme. Zedellbee Zuhal is part of the first round of designers to participate and here’s the vanity dresser that she has made in response to the “Cupid’s house” theme (with more of her other things below). You will find it at her ALBERO outlet, for 125L only this week-end !

Today Trace Osterham is officially opening Theosophy, his furnishings store with a first outlet at ALBERO Home & Garden. Beautiful woods, clean sober lines and muted tones sum up the first offering from this burgeoning brand. Check out these salt ‘n pepper shakers, aren’t they just darling ? More to come soon ! Prefabs are on the way…

I’m loving these things from nyagos Kidd’s shop, Node. The perms on them are a bit erratic, probably due to the scripts put in them, so a lot of things are no copy AND no transfer.

The pig avatars mostly consist of a head and tail, with a pinkish human skin and a fatty male shape. Each comes with an accompanying hoodie of a different colour, and the head has an optional attachment specific to the type of pig (toast, leafy sprig or cigar) and has ears scripted to move. Other clothing is not included.

The umbrella costs 550L and each one includes a set of 5 textures; you can close it an open it, and it even provides you with your own personal rain (with sounds). Great for mood, I seriously love walking around like this. I think perhaps I’d rather it cost less, though, and you could buy just the one umbrella with the texture you really want.

The classroom furniture costs 1200L but it looks to have various elements you can combine, and they ARE copyable, as is the chalkboard, sold separately. You can also buy a desk or chair there that you can hurl, “Battle Royale” style.

PS. I don’t usually give treatment to pictures of furniture and avatars but exceptionally I did here, it goes well with polaroids…

I had to grab this at (pda) for the books inside !

You might want wood for your chimney, and I love this prop from Napoliy. Great textures on the logs !

This adorable board is Annunziata Macchi’s gift for the Starlust Valentine’s Day hunt. It should be at her Molto Bene satellite there. You can drop your pictures inside the polaroids. Will definitely be used !

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BettiePage Voyager has been making the cutest kitchen stuff of late, and her much awaited latest release is finally out ! New today are the pans, pots, rice cookers, and a kitchen counter complete with stove (also a little skybox too). At BP*.

I had once blogged some very nice leather wrist straps that are permanent gifts from this store but I didn’t know that the designer, masomaso Quan, was also making super cute, really well textured shabby furniture as well. I love all the woods in this ! It all blends in really well and doesn’t look too “raw”.

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New chairs at lp2, and they look really neat ! 200L, no mod/no copy.

Andie Button is selling a few items in a backroom of Turnip’s™ Homes and Stuff, most notably these hanging rugs for your walls, that come in sets of 4 colours, for 100L (copy/mod).

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