If you have Yellow Carnation....

When LL changed the way spheres rendered alpha textures a few publishes back, the bangs on Yellow Carnation got noticably worse.

The "roll" you're seeing is actually a sphere that is behind those bang pieces in front. It just helped keep the flicker down, by having something solid behind the flickery bangs.

I have tried to edit it and fix it, and short of removing it, there isn't a whole lot I can do. Here's a handy dandy guide to walk you through how to get rid of that sphere that's causing so much trouble.

Forgive my drawing, I did this while bouncing a sick babe on my lap.

Before you start this, make a copy of your hair in its original flickery state! You are going to need a pose stand. If you don't have one, check your instruction notecard that came with your hair. There's one on the card that you can copy to your inventory.

You are going to have to rez your hair on the ground at some point. So if you don't have 100 free prims, head over to a sandbox, or hop on a pose stand in the shop.



There's the funky sphere. This is the piece we need to take out.



Right click the hair and choose Edit from the pie menu. When your edit menu comes up, make sure to check Edit Linked Parts!

Hold down Control and click on three bang pieces towards the side. We're going to move these out of the way to get to the sphere. Because the bangs are in front of it, it's easiest just to move them. If you happen to be an expert camera maniuplator, you might be able to catch the sphere.



But, for the rest of us, just move the bangs. After you've selected all three pieces, and they're outlined in the pretty blue, grab the horizontal arrow and slide it to the left. It will move all three pieces at once.



Now you can get the sphere. Just click on it. If you haven't closed your edit box, it will outline blue when you have the sphere selected.




Grab the vertical arrow, and move that straight up over your head.




Go back to the bangs that you moved out of the way. Control + click each one again until you have all of them selected. They should all be outlined in blue. Now, Control + z and it will pop them back into place, just like you'd never moved them at all.




Now you can close your edit box. Right click your hair (which has a funky sphere hanging out over your head) and from the pie menu choose "drop." Typically, hair drops behind you. (At least mine does.)




Right click your hair that is no longer on your head, and select "Edit" again from the pie menu. Be sure to check "Edit linked parts" again. Click just on the sphere that is over your hair. It will highlight with blue again.

At the top of your screen, find the Tools menu. Pull it down, and select "Unlink." (You can also control + shift + L, but the tool menu was easier to snapshot.)




The sphere should now be outlined in yellow instead of blue. Close your edit menu.




Right click on the sphere. It should be the only piece that hightlights with the pie menu. If not, you didn't get it unlinked. If so, yay you! Just chose Delete from the pie menu. Right click the rest of the hair and pick "Wear."




It'll hop back on your head right where it belongs. As you can see from this picture, there is still some flicker, but it's fairly minor in comparison. There's just flicker with alpha textures. If anyone knows a way around it, I'd love to know.

I am working on remaking this style so the bangs aren't flickery. But it does not have the same look to the bangs. So if you really are after this look, you'll have to edit it. Otherwise, hang tight and I'll let you know as soon as I have a "non-flicker" version ready.

We're a cover story!

Wow. Just, wow. I've been squealing for the last hour I think. Calla is on the cover of ASpiRE! magazine. Cover!

This is totally exciting! We're really thrilled. Honestly, I never ever thought anything like this would happen. We feel totally excited if someone blogs us. So this is like....I don't even know. Just really really awesome.

Once I got over the inital squealing (and before the second round of squealing) I totally had to laugh at the angel and devil with us.

Anyway, here's the cover!



You can read the online PDF version or you can snag a copy in-world from one of many kiosks across SL. Of course, we have them in the shop, so grab one while you're there. They work as a HUD, or you can rez them on the ground.

A big, very heartfelt thank you to our customers. We really wouldn't be anywhere without you. Much love and smooshy hugs and all that jazz!

/me squeals again.

Eight new and 11 discounted!

We had these ready to go on Friday evening, but that stupid inventory bug the Lindens created set us back. We decided to hold off until they fixed it. But it was pretty apparent yesterday they weren't gonna fix it when they said (do they ever) and you gals were standing around asking when the new stuff was gonna be out. So we went ahead and did it. 'Cause we love you like that. And who are we to keep you away from your hair crack? When you need a fix, you need a fix!

Here they are:



Bluebell - When I was working on this one, I asked Hae to look at it. Her response was, "It looks like I'mSoPreddy grew up, got together with Naturwhatever and that's what happened." I think she might have actually said they had sex, but it was a while ago, and I forget exactly. But she's right. It's got flexi, and doesn't have as much flippy as Nasturtium but it does have that same flippy thing going on.



Bugloss - bu·gloss (byōō'glôs', -glŏs') - It's a funky kinda name, so there's how you say it. This one actually started out as just a quick something I threw together to wear to the Linden Lifestyles Venetian Carnivale Masquerade Ball because we were limited on the number of prims we could wear. So this one was...shoot I can't remember. Twenty prims? I really didn't intend to sell it, but I kept wearing it, and it's really very pretty. So you get it! For the ball I dressed as a monarch butterfly. So after I decided to put it out, I made the little monarch butterfly jewel hair stick. (Which also went out as a group freebie, check your notices if you didn't see it.) I'm not so great with the tiny little prims, but that was kind of fun.



Double Daisy - Hae. Rocks. The. Piggies. If these aren't just the cutest, swingy, early 40s looking piggies ever! They are so adorable on everyone I've seen them on. The shape is just incredible. The bands are color change. If you're into the vintage look, these are a must have.



Garden Daisy - This one is just as adorable as Double Daisy, sans piggies. Cause let's face it. You can't wear piggies all the time. This one reminds me of Haedon's Day Lily but dressier, and more vintage.



Maiden Fern - Fern got a make over. Cause, really, it needed it. The braid is wider, which a lot of people had asked for. The bangs are fuller, the tail is non-tapered flexi. Of course, the band stayed color change.



Mezeron - I had someone put this demo on yesterday and ask me "Am I wearing this hair right, or is my head wrong?" At first I thought she meant it wasn't fitting right and wante me to check it for her. Then she said, "The ponytail is kind of to the side." Yes, it is kind of to the side. It's not way to the side. But just enough to give it that side-pony look. It's flexi, and the bands are color change. And it's just downright fun.



Ranunculus - ra·nun·cu·lus (rə-nŭng'kyə-ləs) (This one needed it, too.) This hair happened because I was sitting down at our boathouse, and I thought what it really needed was a sunhat on the dock. Like someone had gone off and forgotten their hat, or it blew off as they were in the boat leaving the dock. (Okay, I have no life. It's now official.) So I started making this sunhat on the dock, and it turned out pretty cute. And I thought, "This needs hair, cause you can't ever wear just a hat with hair because the hair goes all through the hat and looks funny." So, up I went, and made hair to go with it. There will be a hatless version (by request) of this style out in the next release. Oh! And the band and bow are color change.



Water Willow - This one didn't turn out like anything I had in mind when I started. It was going to be a version of the sunhat style, but with ringlets. That went badly. So I started playing with it because as far as I was concerned, I was throwing the whole thing away. And it kept getting better. I really messed with this one for a while. The more I did, the more the hat didn't work. So I started playing with the hat. And out came the cowboy hat. So I was all pround. Until my friend said, "You need to do one with a tie." He was right. So there it is. The hair really has that "Sorry, I'm a little sweaty. I've been out riding." kind of look. The hair is flexi. I did not do the band color change, because it's a cowboy hat. But since it's copy/mod, feel free to color it however you'd like.

We also moved 11 of our styles to the bargain bins. Some haven't been big hits, some have just been around forever and it's time to make room for something more. They're half price, so have a look. I'm not going to put the pictures here but you can see them on the Discounted Styles page.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.

Having six myself (kids, not moms) I hope you all take a moment today to hug your kiddos extra tight today. Go peek in on them an extra time while they're sleeping. Smile at them just a second longer. Read that one last story. Get one more drink of water before bed. Someday, they won't want those things. Those days happen sooner than we think.

Remember, no matter how much they make you crazy, or how often you wish they'd just sit down and be quiet for two minutes, our lives would be completely different without them.

Quieter? Definitely.

Better? No way.

More Relay for Life!

As promised, here are more styles that we have done in the Limited edition Relay for Life colors. These will not be available after the RFL drives end for the year, so get them now. All of the proceeds from these Relay Color Packs go directly to the American Cancer Society.

We've done ten more styles for the ladies, and five for the guys. Here they are: