Beginning to Look a Lot Like Gothmas

Another December in Second Life is here. This will be my fourth, and second as a merchant. The last few months have been spent slowly updating the store after rebranding to @->~ISD. I knew it wouldn't be an easy process, at least as far as the amount of work involved, but I admit I could have planned it all a bit better. I did it in spurts as my time and energy allowed instead of waiting and dropping it all down at once one it was finished. There's been some confusion with organizers and bloggers as a result, and to add to the mess was a small move of the in-world store, but all in all it was pretty painless. But there's still a lot of work left to be done. The in-world store is completely updated now, but the Marketplace store is in shambles (more on that later) and I'm no closer to opening the in-world group I've been wanting—I might end up shelving or even scrapping the idea, I haven't decided.

One thing I am rather pleased with is the new vendors in the store. One of the complaints I've been hearing around the grapevine is not having clear permissions and price shown on an item. To address this, I've come up with new vendors for the store that have both price and perms below the vendor ad. Vendor adds have also been added to all the boxed items, another complaint that had been going around about merchants in general.

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Despite the slow rebranding process, I've still been busy putting new stuff together. Items that premiered in A Clockwork Spiral and Horrorfest are now on the walls, the latest TSG Sinner's Hunt has just ended and now into December, there are two hunts and an event with many more goodies.

First up is the BHD A Steampunk X-Mas Hunt. I mentioned before that the Clockwork Spiral finally gave me a reason to work on Steampunk wares, so when I saw the announcement for this one I jumped at the chance. It didn't take long to decide on what I wanted to do:

@->~ISD Clockwork Celestial Wings - Black Snow (Retail version)

There are two versions of these mesh wings. The ASX version is a full-sized open pair of wings (on the right), copy only with a resize script. The 'full' version offers much more: regular and petite sizes, copy/mod with resize script, plus an HUD that changes the wings between open and folded with a shine option. The ASX Hunt is a 1L hunt, and the full version is available in-world (and soon on MP) at a reduced price of L$200 until the end of the hunt.

Next up is the Winter's Dark Hunt, another 1L hunt, with many great gifts to be had. My offering for the hunt is a gift each for the ladies and the gents:

 A second color for each is available on Midnight Mania boards:

Both colors of the scarf and vest are a taste of what's to come, with the upcoming and much anticipated Gothmas by Gaslight Event.

Gothmas by Gaslight is one of the bits of Second Life I eagerly look forward to. It started out as a simple grid hunt, then became a gacha fair, and now it's blossomed into a full shopping event. If I seem to gush a lot about Cursed Events, that's only because the masterminds behind it are some of the best people and beautiful freaks I've ever had the fortune to meet in SL.

Though the event is still two weeks away, I got to work right away on the goods for it. Both the scarf and vest will be for sale in five other colors, one of which will be exclusive to the event. There will also be two gachas at the event:

Gothmas by Gaslight begins on Dec 15th, and more details will be made available as the date draws closer.

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On a closing note, I've decided to extend an offer to everyone for the month of December. It's the season for gift-giving, and as I stated at the beginning my Marketplace store is a royal mess. A good deal of stuff isn't listed, and everything that is listed needs updated. So by way of apology and in the spirit of the season, December will be a Buy One Gift One special. Every regular item purchased in the in-world store (past hunt gifts and current hunts excluded) will be delivered to one other person of your choosing. As easel at the front of the store will have the full details.

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With best wishes for the season, 

        ☥ Stacey