Roawenwood: Design & Craft

Woot, Wednesday again so it is time to try to find some way to spice it up a lil bit for ya’ll.  I’ve been working on these garden arbors.  Trying to find the right combination to make them appealing but not too prim heavy.  With Valentine’s coming up I’ve been trying to also come up with something a bit softer.

This week I placed out a nice rose arbor, it has the same animation set that my Rustica Hammock has, and one of the loungers in the furniture section.  I really love this animation set.  It has 8 poses/animations total, one person laying on one side… another laying opposite them on the other side.  Slightly cuddly male/female set where he caresses along her belly, and then a less cuddly version that is set for a couple friends to kick back and just relax.  I’ve spent a few hours on pieces using these sets just talking.

So for the Hump Day Happenins around my place I decided to crate up the rose arbor and then a plain rose arbor w/out the couch or animations then put it out on the sim for ya’ll to find.

I left a hint in the notecard for the update list groupies so if you wanted that you’d need to be a part of the update group.  *winks*  Otherwise… well try your hand at wandering the sim and see if you can find it.

The mini-hunt will go on through tomorrow at least though the arbor is available in store for purchase if you miss it or just really don’t like to do hunts.

Have a great rest of your week!

**bounces on her toes excitedly** Guess what?!

It’s the first of February!

That means it is time for some lucky patron of the Roawenwood gets to have their name drawn to win 2000L and a 2000L store credit.  This is one of my favorite things to do, *rubs her hands together and grins*.

This past months winner was Tickle Collazo!!   Congrats!!  I actually had fun reading through her profile… the limerick is cute.

The winner receives 2000L and a 2000L store credit to be used on whatever strikes their fancy at Roawenwood.  If you’d like a chance to win all you have to do is come by the store, click on the board for the contest, place Roawenwood in your picks and you’re all set!  Each month the list is wiped clean and we start all over.  On the last day of the month I will draw at random a winner and send out another notice.   A new winner will be drawn around February 28th.

Ahhh, winter is loosing its grip on the sim.  Slowly the snow is melting and retreating, first the roof tops lost their white powdery covering, the ice has thawed on the pond (no more ice skating!  *sniffs*) while patches of green begins to peek through the snow.  Of course this means that the snow people had to pack their bags… can’t very likely hang about now.

So if you take a close look you’ll see that spring is beginning to show itself around the sim… hopefully it will warm you and carry you through if you (like I do) live in a snowy cold area in real life.  *laughs*

Today is Hump Day so I’m running a special this week.  Dance pits and everything in the large purple/blue tent is 50% off.  A good little bit of merchandise… the harem rug is a nice little deal if you’re interested marked down to 300 something lindens.

What I’m REALLY excited about is the release of my latest work set.  I’ve been working pretty hard on it and trying to get a flavor of authenticity with it.  I know it isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea or fun idea but I created a soap making set.  This isn’t just a basic thing with a campfire with a couple molds or something.  This set in its entirety can take you through the different phases of the process of making soap the old fashioned way. From gathering the ashes so you can make the lye, to the creation of said lye…. then onto the cooking, mixing, and rendering of the soap.  After all of that there is also a piece for pouring the soap into the molds.

There’s four distinct pieces to the set each one with an embedded animation that is adjustable through menu… you know how much I try to avoid using poseballs if I can help it, helping create that immersive air for interactions.  I think this set could be used by a lot of different types.  Rustic and all, of course a slave chore but it could be used for those that have a business making soap or perfumes too.  I can see all sorts of opportunity when you take a little bit of an effort… then pour it into something else.

It can be purchased as a set or individually if you only want a piece or two.

To try them out, come down to Roawenwood at the five blades sim.

Hello to the brave and loyal few who like to listen to me ramble on a weekly basis, or whenever the mood strikes.  It is Wednesday!  You ready for it?  What a week…. what a week… This week is sick week, been down and mostly out with a nasty stomach virus for the past 3 days so I really can’t say I have anything new to throw at you.  I’m still sippin on my chicken noodle. *grins*

HUMP DAY SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK

Since I really didn’t come up with anything new I’m going to give you all a heads up.  This week today the 20th and through the 22nd I’m knockin a healthy discount down off of most chores and related items.  50% off unadvertised (except for you lovelies and anyone you decide to clue in) on most things in and around the sheds.

The apple/larma picking, and orange picking trees are also included in the special as well.

So there it is…. short, and sweet… to the point this week.

I have a few things in development as always, can’t keep me down for long.   Some new chores, new furniture and maybe even an outfit rolling around somewhere.

Take care and have a good week!  Talk to ya’ll soon.