Wrapping up Relay for Life

Relay for Life wraps up this weekend, and it's been a pleasure to be a part of it this year! We were just setting up our first shop when the RFL efforts were drawing to a close last year. Someone happened to wander into our little skybox shop and tell us about the Relay for Life, and that they were relaying across several sims. It sounded amazing and at the time I thought, "What a fantastic idea!" I've been really glad to be a part of it all this year.

We're part of a fabulous team, Shopaholics for a Cure, headed up by Shai Delacroix and Grazia Horwitz. Our team, as of this moment, has raised $L 1,358,555 - which is more than $ 4,500 USD!!!

As you all know, we've had styles out in the limited edition Relay for Life colors for a while.

But now, for the final hoorah, we've done some more. These are available for ONE DAY only at the Shopaholics for a Cure Relay for Life location:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/RelayForLife28/49/45/25/

There are some fabulous other "One Day Only" items there, and 100% of the proceeds, as always, go to the American Cancer Society. Please, drop some L (or some cash!) for a good cause as the fund raising draws to a close in SL for this year.

Here are the One Day Only items from us:







(This hat is actually the RFL purple, but it looks a little off in this ad. Trust me though, it's darker.)

Don't forget, there's lots going on this weekend across many sims (I saw 32!) and it's all for a good cause, so please come out and support the people who have put so much into making this a fantastic event as well as the American Cancer Society.

To fork or not to fork

[17:13] Tigerlily Koi shares warm brownies
[17:13] Haedon Quine loves you long time
[17:19] Tigerlily Koi: stupid question of the day.
[17:19] Tigerlily Koi: do you eat a brownie with a fork?
[17:19] Haedon Quine: no I try to shove as much of it in my mouth as possible and hope to catch the crumbs AS I pick up another one to save time
[17:19] Tigerlily Koi: lmao
[17:20] Tigerlily Koi: omg lmao
[17:20] Haedon Quine: :D
[17:20] Tigerlily Koi: omg I love you
[17:20] Haedon Quine: lol <3!!!
[17:21] Tigerlily Koi: no, really, like you cut a brownie, do you get a fork, or just a plate?
[17:21] Haedon Quine: your brownie has time to touch a plate?
[17:21] Haedon Quine: like seriously?
[17:21] Tigerlily Koi: (hubby) brought me a brownie, on a plate, with a fork
[17:21] Tigerlily Koi: omg dying lmao
[17:21] Haedon Quine: >.>
[17:22] Haedon Quine: no I pick it up with my hands like a caveman
[17:22] Tigerlily Koi: thank god, me too
[17:23] Haedon Quine: the only exception I make is when it's warm and gooey and covered with a mound of vanilla ice cream. then a spoon is acceptable. But that is the one and only rule in the brownie rule book.




On a side note, thanks for the comments about Ranger. He was awesome, and it really does help to know that someone else understands. *hugs* girls!

Much <3,
Lily

From 60 to....

I think textures are done. Unless we come up with some wild idea for a new pack. Which....gawd. Don't make me think about it.

We currently have 60 colors that are out, every day. Add in the LTD Edition textures (for holidays and whatnot) and we have ... 60+.

My brain is so, so fried.

Anyway. I counted last night. And, assuming my math is correct (which it rarely is) we'll be going from 60 textures to 145.

Seriously, if there is any color that you're just dying for us to have, you better speak now. 'Cause the thought of having to do all this ever again makes me cry. I'll probably get over it in time for whatever the next holiday is. Maybe. It's been pretty traumatic.

I might uninstall PSP for a while after this.

I took an hour and worked on trying to make a style, and my poor brain is so mushy that it took me a few minutes to remember how to torture the prims into the shape I wanted. That's pretty sad. Thank goodness tomorrow's my day off!

We've got horse riding lessons in the morning for the 4 year old. My lesson is canceled because the horses will all be at a show for the weekend. So I have to skip. But, we're going to the show and I'll get to see the horse I ride do his Western stuff, so I'm excited about that.

WARNING! VERY SAD! DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE HORMONAL, PREGNANT, PMSING, OR OTHERWISE WEEPY!!!

The horse I'd been riding for lessons was awesome. His name was Ranger. He was an older (20-something) horse who was just as hard headed as they come. But he was gentle and he was patient and he was just wonderful. He made me work, and hard. I had to get everything right before he'd do what I asked. If I didn't do things right, he didn't do anything. He'd just stop and wait for me to get my act together. I started to figure things out because he'd make me. Two weeks ago, the stable owner was outside when I was leaving and asked how my ride was. I told him it was great. He said "I didn't think that horse would be worth anything when I bought him, but everyone who rides him loves him." I smiled, because I did love him. I almost offered to buy him, but my husband would have had a heffer right there on the spot. I said "He's hard-headed, but he's sweet." And the stable owner just looked at me, and there was this...I don't know, it's hard to explain. Just this almost unsettling feeling.

I got a call from my riding instructor (who is THE UBERNESS) Friday evening. She called to tell me that Ranger and another horse had been struck by lightning in a bad storm we had Tuesday night (7/10). They'd both died. I was just dumbstruck. I loved that horse, and honestly had every intention of asking them to let me buy him. I asked Saturday when I went to the stables what had happened, and she told me that they'd been standing together and "One fell one way and one fell the other." You just never think about stuff like that. I don't, anyway. It's pretty uncommon for one horse to get struck by lightning, but two? Maybe because they were standing together? I don't know. It's been one of those hard to believe things. :( But I'm glad I got the time with him I did. He taught me a lot in a short time and I'm sure he's running in greener pastures.

Here's a picture of a horse that looks a lot like he did.

Please shoot me now

So, adding some more colors to our existing color packs has turned into "Let's revamp everything!" This is Hae's payback for me adding colors and making her color everything.

Something you guys may have noticed about us: We don't half-do things. It's all or nothing. Haedon's a perfectionist. She also brings out my perfectionist side. Some things I don't care so much about perfection on, but Calla is definitely not one of those things. If it's not good, you guys won't see it. I don't put out anything that I wouldn't be happy to wear myself. (Okay, aside from Extreme Green. Sorry. Just, no.)

We pay a lot of attention to the little things, and believe me, what I miss, Haedon catches. It's a really great system and I truly think we make the best team ever.

In reviewing the results of the color feedback from y'all, Hae says "I don't like those two little dark spots in our textures." Which really translates into "Please redo them and take that out." So, I'm eyeball deep in textures and you guys may not see much of me over the next week. The change is so minor that most of you won't notice the difference, other than it looks a little shinier. And that's not a bad thing, right?

The frosted/burnts and tips are kicking my butt though. So far the score is Textures - 15 (hours) Me - 0.

Please pray that my head doesn't implode.

Oh and as a side note, because we've had a few people ask: Our current colors are not going anywhere.

Who says brown is boring?

I have to confess. I'm a brunette. I fought it for many years because as a kid I was blonde. Until I hit puberty. No way was I gonna go brown! So I dyed it for...well, about 10 years. Ack! I finally gave up and let my brunette shine through, and I kinda liked it.

So, the brunettes in this test batch are anything but boring! There are some beautiful, rich brunettes. Some with a hint of red, some on the "just past blonde" side.

Gimmie a notecard named "Calla Brunettes Tester - YOUR NAME" and I will pass you the brunettes pack. I need your notecard back no later than Friday. I'd love it, like tomorrow but I'm not gonna come beating on your IM window until Friday night.

Much brownie love!

Blondes are ready!

I've done a few more blondes, and added them to the ones that have made it through testing so far.

There are a few that I really like, and I'm not usually a blonde kinda girl. So hopefully there will be something that strikes your fancy.

You know the drill by now, notecard named "CALLA BLONDES TESTER - YOUR NAME HERE" dropped to me and I'll get you the survey pack.

There were an overwhelming number of Reds Testers which was SO exciting! I'm hoping for that many blondes testers.

I'd love to have these back by Wednesday so I can work on the results while the grid is offline. But I won't be bitchy if it takes you till Friday.

I'll be sending out the Brunettes tomorrow, so we'll be overlapping a little bit on these two. But I wanna hurry and get new colors pinned down!

Reds testers!

Another batch of colors to test, this time it's all reds! There are some really close colors this time, some are just slightly different. I think I've narrowed down which way you all lean but I want to be sure.

Some you've seen before but I figured it might be good to be able to compare all the reds at one time.

So, same as before, and I'd *love* these back by Friday if that's not pushing it.

Drop me a notecard with the name "Calla Reds Tester - YOUR NAME" and I'll get the pack right to you.

I'm thinking I'm going to do the same thing with the blondes and brunettes, so I want to make this one a quickie.