The amazing Peace On Earth hunt has some beautiful and amazing gifts. The talent in Second Life just never ceases to amaze me, but now I’m adding generosity to the list!
Featured at The Hedge Witch there is an amazing winter scene with a bench with built in poses, a fire pit, and trees. It’s perfect for those holiday cards or for setting the mood just right.
Don’t miss out on The Hedge Witch while chasing down the Peace On Earth hunt!
Courtesy of sanToria is a candle arrangement perfect for the holiday season.
A highly detailed wooden center piece in multiple layers topped with red and green candles, fruit, and ornaments. It’s festive and ready to top your table just right!
Join in the fun with the Peace On Earth hunt! Happy hunting!
This hunt is starting to get interesting with the many creations that have been made especailly for the occassion. Today i have a lovely mechanical pair of wings to show you lucky hunters. The wings look like feathers and have the detailing that a real life feathers would have. Further to that the mechanical side fo the wings are also brilliantly done to finish the complete look.
The wings are colour changable you have 11 colours to choose from and within these colours you have a decision to make on what shade you want. I added them to a futuristic look with a little cyber goth chick thrown in. Your only limit is your imagination. I have to say i love theses wings!
PEACE ON EARTH WEBSITE: http://peaceonearthhunt.wordpress.com/
Happy Hunting
Clothes and hair are not part of the Peace on Earth Hunt.
Offering a beautiful hair wreath for ladies is the Hatter is Mad store. They offer a black and blue flowered wreath.
Just in time to dress up for the holidays! Be sure to catch the Hatter is Mad in the Peace On Earth hunt.
Hey everyone! Today I’m wearing Morbid’s prize for the very prestigious “Peace on Earth Hunt.” Most of my friends know I am a total junkie on sculpty parts. I love them! One of my most favorite components of a well done outfit are the sculpty parts. That’s why this outfit in particular scores high for me as I am usually not into Lolita dresses.
The pallid color mixed with gray coincides together in perfection while rich silk and lace shrouds the gown. Their attention to detail is above average with the sculpty collar, sleeves, etc only adding to the character of this gown. I would usually recommend this piece for role play allowing you to pop from the crowd.
Maybe I should start wearing Lolita dresses now considering this extraordinary piece! It’s very worth it now. Hehe [=
PEACE ON EARTH WEBSITE:
http://peaceonearthhunt.wordpress.com/
Kisses,
Ange!
For today’s Peace on Earth Hunt installment we travel to GoodVibez. Seriously, with a name like GoodVibez, how could this shop not take part in the POE Hunt. Staying in theme, they are offering up the green peace hoodie.
This fun hooded sweatshirt comes loaded with all kinds of peace and love. It’s covered with no less than three huge yellow peace signs that just pop on the green background. It comes complete with prim sleeve cuffs, lower half with front pocket, and a big cozy hood.
The grid wide Peace on Earth hunt runs now through January 2, so get out there, spread some love, and hunt your hearts out!!
(Photos by More Ying; Modeled by More Ying)
Dragonlady Designs is one of the participants in the upcoming Peace On Earth hunt and the gift being offered is absolutely spectacular. Adding to the decor of your home or office or store! It’s multiple gifts in one. It comes as a slide show, a fader slide show, and touch to change versions. The beautiful works included are numerous – too numerous to show all of them. Here are a few selections that display in the intricate frame.
Unusual designs that all carry messages of peace. They are creative works of art. Look for it in the hunt at DragonLady Designs and happy hunting!
Gems and Kisses, Black Hand Gloves, Wild Choker and Meduse Dress
I try to be original, stand out in a crowd and be noticed. I love when people create things to help me do so. From Deliziosa Vendetta of Gems & Kisses Jewelry comes Meduse, a stunning dress created of delicate metallic black or ruby bands that the most dramatic part is the skirt, has wonderful flow and makes you stop and take look.
Gems and Kisses, Ruby Hand Gloves, Wild Choker and Meduse Dress
The components are all sold separately, Dress, Neck Choker and Jewelry Gloves so you can buy them all together or mix and match between the 2. I promise you that this getup like all things from Gems & Kisses will be a knockout for yourself or a fabulous gift for the one you love.
Gems & Kisses: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jewellery/39/186/38
For this Mondays Meet ‘n Greet Assignment the designer whom I really wanted to get to know better and tell you all about was IndigoBlue Dagostino, the fabulous designer behind Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue. I first met IndigoBlue earlier in the year and since then have had the pleasure of blogging many of her wonderful designs.
I met the very gorgeous and talented IndigoBlue Dagostino at her instore cafe as pictured above, when she kindly agreed to answer a few questions for our Opium readers.
KV: What brought you to SL and was designing something you had in mind when you joined?
IndigoBlue: I was looking around for a new game to play and had just discovered World Of Warcraft. My cousin also plays a large part in EVE-TV so I was also playing around with that BUT…they just weren’t holding my attention, and were a bit too impersonal for me. Then I stumbled into Second Life one day and that was it…I was hooked. I had no idea about all the design opportunities when I joined, I was just loitering around in see through pants looking for the fun side of town! I had picked up an old vintage victorian dress that was going for free when I got to the mainland and I was in heaven. I had dreadful hair and body issues and nobody was coming near me and then all of a sudden a total GODDESS walked past with glittering shoes and flexi hair!!! I couldnt believe what i was seeing! I practically rugby tackled her to the ground to get some tips.
KV: Why did you start designing and how long ago did you open Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue?
IndigoBlue: I soon discovered the shopping side to SL and I started to do a little digging, how to make your own clothes, and since I’m already a graphic designer in rl, I thought I’d give it a go. I downloaded the templates and BANG! I was in it for good, I think I probably set up my first wall of clothing around summer of 2008 so about 5 or 6 months into my sl experience.
KV: How did you come up with the name Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue?
IndigoBlue: well…I started the game, got addicted and then decided that addiction loves company…so I dragged my brother, my sister AND my dad for a brief time into sl so my dad created Seldom Blue and we stuck with that. More recently my sister and I have more or less taken over the business, and she wanted to concentrate on the bridal side, so she came up with the Eternity Brides part.
KV: What was your first ever design and is it still for sale at any of your stores?
IndigoBlue: yup! my first ever design was my crochet outfit which is free in the back of my store all my early stuff is now free or a linden. The crochet is a trashy shorts and top combo with cutouts all over the place, totally sleazy but I was ecstatic when I finally put it on!
KV: What is your favorite design and why?
IndigoBlue: I think if I had to choose just one, it would be my metallic blush latex range. Latex is not my area of expertise and it was definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever worked on, simply because of all the shading. It was tortuous but I love the way it turned out, its smooth, shiny and still girly without being too slutty.
KV: I have tried designing myself and gave up as my photoshop skills were less than average and it was also very time consuming, how long on average does it take to complete one of your designs?
IndigoBlue: Theres a real pain barrier that I go through with every design. I try to limit myself to one hour a night on sl and I’m always designing in the shop, I rarely go out. I would say that EACH part of an outfit, ie thong/ bra etc..would take about 6 hours to design from start to finish, AND it was taking about 30 uploads per item before i was happy with it, the longer I go on, the more critical I get. Now of course i’ve discovered emerald which allows for free temporary uploads which has revolutionised my work. There ARE glitches with emerald but for designing its incredible to be able to upload multiple times and not get charged for it each time.
KV: What do you think is the key to being a successful designer?
IndigoBlue: I realise myself how fragile my SL experience is since being suspended. At one point I was nearly ready to just wash my hands of the whole thing. I know how quickly SL can become a drain rather than a joy and it’s really sad when designers have to close down because its simply not working for them anymore. I also don’t think I’m a successful designer, really nowhere near yet. I look up to a small specific selection of designers myself and admire their work greatly, but there are always people in their shops and hardly any in mine lol, so I think I’ve got a HUGE mountain to climb if I want to be successful. The other thing is that I don’t actually HAVE enough time to design as much as I’d like, I would LOVE to do this full time! Wouldnt we all ?
KV: How does it feel when you see someone wearing one of your designs around SL, or when you watch your designs being presented at a runway show?
IndigoBlue: I’ve only ever once seen someone at random wearing one of my outfits, and it was a highly emotional moment for me lol, I stalked them silently and gladly until the sun went down lol. I’ve done one runway show and it was utterly AWESOME!!!!!!!! I felt totally overwhelmed and filled with joy and silliness that so many people had come together to make it possible, it was a fabulous experience!
KV: I am aware that many of your new designs are blogged and appear on the main fashion feeds of SL and as a blogger myself I have often wondered how much of an impact do you think this has on your sales and the number of people visiting your stores?
IndigoBlue: I think the blogs are utterly imperative when I’m doing a general release. When I send notecards out to lots of different groups, it adds up to about 20,000 avs!! Which is incredible when you think about it. However the amount of girlies who actually drop into the store is considerably lower, I think I’m lucky to get 50 or so through the doors on an opening night. So I’m always sooo grateful for my wonderful friends and colleagues who are happy to blog my items, and thanks to them spreading the word it’s more likely that I will have more visitors inworld.
KV: What would be your main advice for anyone wanting to start designing in SL?
IndigoBlue: Ask questions!!! questions questions all the time! harras groups for info, read LOADS of tutorials. when you hit your designers Wall of Pain, stop for a night, and then go back and beat it down with a shovel. I’m always happy to help out fellow designers and have passed psd files on to play with, i think its important for designers to help each other.
KV: Aside from desiging, what other things do you like to do in your spare time in SL?
IndigoBlue: You know what i actually DONT have any spare time in SL, well maybe a few minutes here and there. What I would LIKE to do …is be much more sociable with my friends here in sl, so when they ask me out to dance I GO out to dance…but the devil in me won’t leave the shop, I’m my own worst enemy! The furthest I go from the shop is to “TRUTH” for new hair and straight back again, like a pinging elastic band, thats me lol
KV: And finally, what are your goals for the future?
IndigoBlue: hmmm well my future in SL has changed now, due to the suspension. I no longer feel like I will stay forever (or until my fingers drop off), simply because (like I say on my blog) I don’t trust SL now. So the way I feel about SL has changed, and is evolving in a different direction. However, in terms of Seldom Blue and Eternity Brides, I am going to slow down on the bridal gowns because they take a LOT of time and I think I’m going to concentrate on lingerie and get utterly brilliant at that! I would like to do more runway shows and if I DO stay on forever in SL I’d love to expand the store and get my sister a better bloody computer so she can get more involved!!
Thank you so much IndigoBlue for giving your valuable time for this interview, it was certainly a pleasure to meet you and I sincerely hope you will be designing in SL for years to come!
Pictured above is the very gorgeous dollarbie Lilia Party Dress, which will permanently be available at the new Seldom Blue satellite store at the ICON Sim. Lilia is the perfect party dress with beautifully detailed halter neck top with a full bodied skirt designed with a very cute pink underlayer. Follow the link below to get your hands on this unmissable dollarbie!
And pictured above is a little teaser for the soon to be released Portia Polkadot Lingerie. This very sexy lingerie set comes with many layer options, perfect for anyone wearing tattoos. It also comes with three skirt options, open or closed cup bra, optional nipple tassles and bra frills and optional corset.
To check out the stunning designs of Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue follow the links below, there is something for everyone from elegant formal gowns and pretty party dresses to sexy lingerie and the most amazing dollarbies you will find in SL…along with a sensational bridal range.
Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue Main Store
Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue Satellite Store at the ICON Sim
You can tell Christmas is almost here, the weather drops and the birds flee the cold. Ok well in the uk they do 
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So today i have the opportunity to show you one great little piece of artwork, from the many items you can pick up in the Peace on Earth Hunt.
This christmas quilt is designed and created by KymSara Rayna of Reflections.
As you can see the quilt is reversable, its resizable and can be used as a wall hanging or as a cover for you bed. The Snowy Tree pattern is a new design based on some traditional Pine Tree Blocks. The Christmas Star Side is an adaptation of a very traditional Star Design. Sounds like a good reason to stay tucked up indoors in front of the fire. mmm cosy!
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