A Sign of Things to Come

  

Coming up on my store's two-year anniversary, I've decided it was time for a bit of a facelift. Along with the new branding, there will be a new store and hopefully several new items. 

I'll be phasing in the rebranding over the next few months. New and revised items will be the first to get the new brand, then the older items that don't get discontinued (and yes, you'll have a chance to grab them at a discounted price before they're gone). 

I have a few other store changes that are still in the 'firm maybe' category. I'll update as I make decisions on those.

Stay Beautiful,

     ☥ Stacey

Giving Doesn't Have to Hurt

Heya, everyone. Quick and dirty update this time around, with a couple new things in the store.

First up is the June Horror Haute event. This month's new item is a jewelry set called 'Got My Eye On You', a corset collar and pair of earrings for when you need an extra set of eyes... or three.

All three pieces are copy/mod with a petite-friendly resizer script, and like it says on the tin, 100% mesh.

The set will be on the Horror Haute guillotine from June 24th to June 30th, next to the New Releases board, for L$100.

Next up isn't a new item. It's a new thing.  As I've mentioned in previous posts, the Sophie Lancaster Foundation is a cause close to my heart. Its aim is to end prejudice and hate for alternative lifestyles and subcultures (and everything else) through education and policy change.

Even though I don't talk about it much, there is another cause which is similarly close to me. Free2Luv is a nonprofit LGBT artists' community, aiming to "stand up to bullying and support equal rights." The organizers have discovered Second Life and are eager to utilize its potential to the fullest. To that end, they've set up a donation kiosk system and an in-world group, which I was all too happy to participate in. All proceeds go directly to a Free2Luv SL account and straight to the organization with no middle man. The group joiner is there below the donation box. If you'd like to join in with a kiosk for your own store, or know someone who might, kiosk packages are available for free at USC Texture Tomb at Paradise Landing.

And that's all for now. There will be another post very soon about the upcoming Flux event and other new items in the works. Until then, stay beautiful.

     ☥Stacey

@->~ISD Got My Eye On You Collar & Earrings; @->~ISD See No Evil Dolly Eyes (prev. Horror Haute, available in-store); Skin: - Quarantine - Fragmented Love Broken Doll Skin (old ZombiePopcorn Hunt gift); Hair: +DV8+ Dreadful - Carbon Black (no longer available); Lips: Pin Me Down Lip Markings (past Horror Haute item)

Meshed Up In All the Right Ways

I gotta be perfectly honest with you guys. I'm still a little floored about the 2013 World Goth Fair. I went into it expecting about the same result as last year: a handful of sales at best. Sure, I know it's not about me, it's about the cause. I was happy that what little I did sell went almost entirely to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. The only real disappointment was that it couldn't have been more.

This year, as I mentioned before, I decided to take the plunge into mesh. And boy did it pay off. I don't have the exact numbers, but I was stunned by how much my offerings brought in for the charity. To every single one of you that stopped by my booth and made a purchase, thank you. Not only did you contribute to a charity very close to my heart, but you gave me the confidence to keep going.

Okay, okay enough with the sappy stuff. Let's get distracted by some shinies.

First and foremost...
OOPSKATE IS NIGH!
What is Oopskate, you ask? A night where orange is the color of awesome. Bronxelf hosts a rollerskating party for her cat Rupert, with those killer tunes she always spins. Not only is there a Best in Orange contest with a load of prizes from a bunch of us merchants (including a gift voucher from yours truly), there'll be charity vendors and gachas with exclusive items for sale. I'll have three items up on the wall o' goodies. First up is two pairs of vintage pumps inspire by, I kid you not, a pair of real designer pumps.

@->~ISD Stray Cat Strut Vintage Pumps - Rupert Special, Black Cat (inset)

The pumps are a mesh/sculpt mix, copy/mod with a removable ankle-lock AO and petite-friendly resize script. The 'Rupert Special' color will only be available tomorrow night during Oopskate, and the Black Cat will be available for regular sale later. 100% of the Rupert Special proceeds and 50% of the Black Cat will go to charity.

Also available is a special recolor of a recent-ish hunt gift set:

I told you not to sit on the vampire kitteh...

This 3-piece set will also only be available tomorrow night, with 100% of proceeds going to charity.










So what's new at the store, you ask? Why, a bunch of stuff! S'true! First off, we have two new releases:

 Both the collar and top hat come in three separate colors and a complete pack. There's also a fourth color only available on the prize board, and on top of that, a fifth color available for free until the end of the month in the Goth Within Hunt.

But wait, there's more!

Two other hunts are on at the store for June, FantasmaGora Fantasy Meets Fetish Hunt (1L) and Vampire's Masquerade Hunt (0L).

And if that wasn't enough, well, you'll have to wait a few more weeks. On top of making new goodies and recreating some older pieces in mesh, I'll have another item debuting for June's Horror Haute at the end of the month. I'll also be participating in the returning Flux event, a monthly themed event with some great merchants, that I'm humbled to be alongside. July's theme is Americana, and while what I have in store isn't Goth, it does have a touch of punk, which is another love of mine and one I'd love to explore more in the future. For some sneak peeks at what I'll have, head on over to my Flickr page.

I've got a lot more stuff still on the drawing board, and I hope to start getting them out on a more regular basis. Now that I'm almost through the growing pains of mesh texturing, I'm eager to see what new goodies I can bring to Second Life. Until then, stay Goth, stay beautiful.

              ☥ Stacey

@->~ISD Bound in Beauty Collar ~ Crimson, @->~ISD Gothic Piercings ~ Ruby, @->~ISD Lilith Diadem ~ Ruby, @->~ISD Blood Rose Skirt; corset by ~Black Arts~, skin by .la petite morte., tattoos by [White~Widow] and Oddity, hair by Calla.