Roawenwood: Design & Craft

I’m going to be writing up an update soon here for upcoming events, sales, and all that nummy goodness… but right now?  I’m taking a bit of a breather, and will be back.  I may not be around a whole lot this weekend through Monday.  Taking a bit of time for myself and promise I’ll be back full force!

I’m a wee bit behind on the blog else there would have been lots of posts on this.

Every year I toss around the idea of doing the 12 Days in the more traditional style of the days after Christmas rather than leading up to.  Well this year I bit the bullet and decided at the last minute to go ahead and just do it!

Most everyday (I’ve run late a time or two, actually to be completely honest I have not put out yesterdays gift yet lol) there has been a new gift and a marked down item from the store.  I’ve twisted it around, been a smart ass a time or two or just blatantly decided to play along with different parodies to create something of my own 12 days of Christmas.

Day 1 I was looking over the list and realizing that there was a hell of a lot of birds in this song.  If I do this again I’m going to have to account for it.  Gift for day one was a whole pear tree set with chores and all.

Day 2 Two Turtlenecks!  I grew up listening to a parody (http://www.squidoo.com/12days) and the second day was two turtlenecks.  So an outfit we had… a saucy thing with skirts, and a naughty top.

Day 3 I went back to the normal version but twisted mine around.  The Three Hens Sewing Circle was the gift.  A furniture set for three women to sit, gossip or generally bitch about life.  The grumpy anim is just classic, I added an expression to it so you get a real fun little thing.  Very nice set.  I adore it and intend totally to have it available somehow after the event.

Day 4 I made you breakfast.  Breakfast tray for one going back to Bob and Doug, 4lbs of bacon, and the day before for them was french toast so why not.  I like this tray too to be honest.  Can read in bed, eat a couple different foods… rezzes and derezzes props.

Day 5 Golden Rings!  Redone anysia silks with brand new jewelry.  Seriously liking these too, body drapes and all.  Mhmmm, spoilin ya’ll

Day 6 See we’re back to birds, and I realized with the geese-a-layin and all that my butchers accessories didn’t have any poultry. Hmmm, well we can’t have that so we redid the butchers sets and the work table was todays gift.

Day 7 Swans-a-Swimming in a lovely foresty pond for your garden.

Day 8 Maids-a-Milking.  Ummmmmm I got naughty here, she ain’t milkin no cows in this one! 0.o

And now we’re getting to where I’m at…. I have to put out 9 ladies and 10 leapers.  Yanno, I’m strugglin with the leapin lords.  *scratches her head*

All gifts are for in world group members only but placed around the tree down at the landing all pretty like.

An opportunity for you…. I need a scripter.  I don’t generally look for this sort of thing making due with what I can find or do for myself however for something specific I wish to accomplish I need someone who is reliable, and can script something for me that allows me to have copy/transfer permissions at least so I can include it in a product. (I WILL NOT sell anything full permission ever, permissions would be redone to copy/no transfer or no copy/transfer always).  Here’s where I figured I could put my feelers out there… ya’ll listen to me ramble and someone out there must know someone.

The rundown:
╚»╚»  Sear needs a scripter.
╚»╚»  You find and/or know a scripter who is looking for work.  I need copy/transfer permissions at least so it can be used in a product.
╚»╚»  Ideally they contact me
╚»╚»  If they can do what I need, they get hired, they _complete_ the work to MY satisfaction and are paid/compensated for their work as agreed
╚»╚»  You (the person who referred them) receive as a thank you and finders fee 2500L store credit to be used at any of the stores in the Roawenwood Store group (Splinter’d, Roawenwood, Roawenwood Acres)

In other words, I’m not handing out 2500L worth of stuff just for a name.  The work has to be done and completed before anyone gets that.  Just covering my backside.  *winks*

I have been reworking the store and doing a lot of maintence type stuff that has been making me a little crazy.  In general this has made it tough to put out new things but since I’m making things better than ever which will free up more of my time to do even bigger and better stuff.

You know one thing about large stores, it always feels like you’re trying to figure out what works for the layout.  I think people are getting kind of lost right now.  It’s not a bad build, though I think it will work better with some moving around.  Splinter’d though looks a whole lot cleaner, and better.  Easier to wander and find things.  I think it turned out really great and I didn’t even really have a plan going into it except it needed something.  I started with a building, modified it and voila…. you have what is there now.  I actually am quite pleased with it, and surprised that it turned out half way decent to be honest.

In celebration I am having a sale!!  See while I rebuilt it I ALSO put things into vendors.  I have hesitated doing this for YEARS partly because of the lag that vendors can cause.  These shouldn’t be too much of a problem and I get to have MORE fun with ya’ll because of what the vendor system lets me do.

One of the many benefits is gift card system, being able to send as a gift, and now a customer rewards program.  When you spend cash, you can earn to get some back.  I think that’s awesome.  A little extra bit of fun and it just tends to give the warm fuzzies when you get to come back, get a little extra something because you’ve earned it.

Now through or until Halloween everything in vendors over on the Splinter’d sim is discounted 25%.  I even have a couple new things out too.

So now that Splinter’d is getting settled in better I’ll be fluttering around the main sim and the landscaping sim getting them settled.  While I’m at it I’ll be migrating things into vendors.  This way the customer rewards and extras can go for those areas too.  I hope you are having a great week and I’ll write again soon.

A month and a half without updates.  Geez.  I’ve done lots of updates, things have come and gone.  Sadly I’ve just been so overwhelmed with different things that my focus just wasn’t there to get this updated.

I swear, honest… Girl Scout promise and all that I’ll do this up better again.

(( fun side note that is a bit scary… yes I really was in the Girl Scouts growing up for awhile.  LOL ))