Chuggin' along

My latest project has taken a life of its own. It has snowballed into wayyy too many pieces. It needs to be stopped. Now. *put the pen down...step away from the computer*

Good grief. What started out as a two-piece outfit has ballooned into...wait...let me count...one, two, three...TEN pieces. And I could've kept going. But a girl's gonna know when to say "enough!" (well, if I knew how to say that, I wouldn't have kept going til ten I guess.)

Let's see, there's two regular skirts, two prim skirts, a bra, panties, three tops and one jacket. In four colours. They all mix and match for a dressier look with a lot of detail or a simple but still classy look.

More pieces should be good right? Wrong! Now I'm trying to package it all. I'm going to end up with a 50 foot billboard just to be able to show everything. My shop is not that big! I will most likely go with several options like the bra/panties/mini skirt in one box, the dress/shirt/jacket/prim skirt option in another box (maybe the fancy one in one box and the regular one in another) and then an all out "I-want-everything-so-give-me-a-discount" box.

I have to say that I am really happy with the results though and reactions have been good. Yay! Thank goodness or I would've had to jump off a cliff if it had turned out butt ugly.

As I said in my last post, the release has been postponed until sometime tomorrow since SL was acting wonky last night. I had no body and my bud Tobias was stuck as a butchy looking chick.

Miss Tobias

Sharp dresser. Low maintenance.
Enjoys football and other things.
Leave a comment if you're interested
and I'll hook you up!

So that is all folks. I'm going to get some sleep and finish up everything tomorrow!

Tata!

She's lost her head!

Looks like my plans will be pushed back a day or so if I don't get my body back tonight in SL. I was ready to take some fabu pics for the posters but whoops! I ain't got no body! I'm just a pair of insanely high heels (which sorta look like boots in the pic...but really, they're heels) and a blonde wig. Thank goodness for attachements or I wouldn't be able to find myself at all on screen.

Who needs an update with friend features that allow you to hide when you can just be completely invisible, even from your own self. Now, that's like super uber stealth mode! Let them try to map me now! Arrh.

So anywho, unless my body decides to make an appearance sometime soon, pics will have to wait until tomorrow. Just in case though, I've been trying to hand draw my posters (see picture above). I'm still not too sure if I like the results... What do you think? Think it will sell?

Oh wells, time to go tinker with other things I guess.

Ciao ciao!

It's raining men!

So there I am, hidden in my little quiet corner of the world, working on some stuff, when I see something move in the corner of my virtual eye. I zoom in to see what all the ruckus is about and WOAH! Do I get an eyefull.

The latest trend in my neighborhood seems to be naked men falling from the sky. Right in front of my window. At least once a day, I see some random dude crash into my bushes, most of the time totally naked, and fully equipped (if ya know what I mean.) I don't know if I built my home on some exhibitionist portal or if there's a nympho living up in the sky above me who keeps throwing men overboard when she's done with them, but holy! They're all over the place!

Well at least, it keeps me entertained while I'm testing out clothes but I do have to say one thing : Someone's schlong should definitely NEVER be bigger than let's say...hmm a leg. Good grief. Sorry boys but bigger does not always equal better (unless you're looking for a good laugh, then go right ahead)

Just my little quip and friendly tip for the day. Now, if you could please put those pants back on and put that engine away if you end up in my bushes, I'd appreciate it. I'm trying to work here ;)

Couldn't just make a t-shirt now could you?

Here I am, posting something so people don't think I have vanished. I have been slaving over CS2, finishing some new stuff.

After the thrill of releasing my first three outfits, and the relief of having people actually buy something (whew!), I was not too sure where to go next. I spent so much energy finding a shop to rent, packaging, figuring out permissions, setting up the blog etc, that when the store finally opened, I was like yay!!!! It's done! But hmmm ah yes, I need more things now...

Back to Photoshop I went and I have been there ever since. I thought something cute with lace detail would be nice. Well, it better be nice after all that time spent "dot dot dotting" my way to bleeding eyes and carpal tunnel to make the bloody lace! It was well worth it though, I really like how it came out.

Here's a tiny little sneak peek!

That's pretty much what I have been up to the past few days. If all goes well, it should be in store by Thursday latest. Outfit is done, just needs some final tweaking here and there and then, it's poster/packaging time.

Next time, I am making plain white t-shirts. I would have one billion t-shirts by now with the time it took me to make that lace... Bah, but it wouldn't be as much fun.

Til later peeperinos!

How to: Strut your stuff with style!

In my last post, I was saying how versatile Struttin' could be. Well, dear readers, let me demonstrate!

Here are a few pictures of how one would go about adapting Struttin' for virtually ANY occasion.

To start, the clean, simple look of no frills....

One frill screams feminine yet down to earth...

Two: Sexy but approachable...

Three: Demure yet alluring.

Sans shirt: Use at your own risk!

Frilly overload! The sky's the limit!

So...as you can see, the possibilities are litterally ENDLESS! The only limits to how many looks you can have is your imagination!

I would love to see what looks you came up with! So send me a pic and I maybe you can be featured right here on this blog! Wow!


Oh! Before I forget, Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Struttin'

Last but not least, let me introduce the latest design, Struttin'!

Available in four colours (Cloudy Day, Green with Envy, Cheap Wine and my favorite, Poyple!), Struttin' comes with one off the shoulder top, a pair of black capris and lots and lots of frilly bits matching the colour of the shirt. But that's not all! Buy the outfit and get one extra set of frills in black.

Struttin' is as versatile as you can get! Wear all the frills and you're ready to hit the clubs. Wear some frills and you are ready for a day of shopping (or drinking tea...or whatever you do when you wear partial frills). Take them all off and bam! Casual city! Perfect for running errands or cleaning the house and still feel sexy! And for extra naughtiness, try wearing only the frills! Oolala! Ok...maybe not.

Outfit is COPY and NO TRANFER. Frilly bits are MOD as well (aren't they always?)

Available at select locations only (like this one --> rrright... HERE!)

Workin'

In the same retro inspired line as Boppin', Workin is a more casual/business look for when you need to take care of business without leaving your feminine side at home! Who said you couldn't be professional AND girly?

Workin' comes with a jacket, which can be worn with or without the skirt and...well yes, a skirt! The skirt was designed to match the jacket and make it look like a jacket should (i.e. on TOP of the skirt, NOT tucked IN the skirt! I mean, who EVER tucks in their jackets in their skirts? Uh? I would like to know!) I also threw in some matching shorts for good measure.

Workin' is available also in four gorgeous pastel colours (Lemon Meringue, Pistachio, Rose Bonbon and Bleu Ciel).

All the pieces are COPY and MOD, NO TRANSFER.

Available at Total Betty locations all over SL, mainly...well this one store right here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/98/145/117/

Til next time!

Boppin'

Behold, my first design, Boppin'! Well, my first completed piece anyway. No need to show you the stuff that didn't make it.

Boppin' is a retro inspired design available in four fun, lovely colours. I must've been hungry when I named them because they all have food names (except for the blue one...couldn't thing of any food what was light blue!)

You can chose between Lemon Meringue, Pistachio, Rose Bonbon and Bleu Ciel. I'll let you figure out which is which!

The shirt is made up of two parts. One part for the top (duh, really Betty?!) and one part for the flared part under the belt. The latter can be adjusted for a straighter, narrower look, or for an all out poofy and curvaceous look! It comes with a matching big prim skirt (non flex) and matching shorts to cover your unmentionables when you sit and such (should you want to cover them that is!)

The outfit is COPY, NO TRANSFER. The prim skirt and flared bottom part of the shirt are also MOD. All those goodies can be purchased at my store located here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/98/145/117/

Ciao!

Now open!

Yay! Finally! The SL Gods decided to be kind to me and let me finish setting up without too many glitches. Got everything packed in my boxes and they're ready to go! I think I remembered everything! Seems everytime I think I'm done, I remember something else to put in! Landmark! Thank you notes! Picture of outfit! Done, done, done! Whew :)

Posted a classified tonight. I was floored by the amount of money some people can put on those things. I, myself, chose to go for the bottom of the barrel shoppers. You know, the ones who hopefully scroll allllllll the way down the list to see what neat things they can find down there. *jumps up and down and shouts* "Down here!!! I'm down here!!"

So...here's the slurl for my little place! Total Betty store in Matrix Mall, Porcupine (98/145/117)

Come check it out! And if you have comments/suggestions etc, please drop me a note!

Cheers!

Opening tomorrow!

If all goes well...

I thought I would be able to open today, but seeing SL wasn't cooperating tonight, I had to push things back one day. Not like it's disturbing any one's schedule. This will be, how shall I say, a very under the radar opening. No fireworks, no big DJs, no parades. Just a few outfits on the walls and some finger crossing. ;)

Kinda hard to call anything "big" when you only have a few things on the wall anyway and when no one's heard about you! It would probably go something like this...

Girl #1: "I only see three outfits! Is the rest of the stuff rezzing for you guys?"
Me: "There are only three outfits..."
Boy #56: "Who is this chick? Anyone know her?"
Me: "Oh, I don't know many people. I tend to just stay in my house most of the time."
Fashion Girl #22 "Ewwww! An unknown designer! To think I clicked her display!: *runs off crying*

Setting up is pretty much completed. First, I have to redo some of the work I tried to do tonight, only to realize that I was working while being offline or something. I thought the mini map looked odd. Also, I couldn't move but hey, that's not gonna stop me! I'm crafty! I can zoom in pretty good with my uber mouse skills! And so, I went about my business of setting up the last displays only to find everything I had worked on reverted to sad little plywood cubes scattered all over my floor after logging back in. Fiddlesticks!!! Note to self : Red mini map = stop working!

Drop by tomorrow for some clothing goodness! Weeee!

Ciao babes!

Got my shop!

Weeee! Found the perfect little spot to open my store! I couldn't have hoped for a nicer place, I just love it. It isn't huge or anything but it's exactly what I needed. I will open very soon! Just letting the paint dry and sewing the last few stitches on the clothes!

The store is located in !Matrix Mall! in Porcupine.

I'm so excited!

Almost there!

So far, I have three outfits that are complete. Lots of bits and pieces I keep discarding because they don't turn out exactly how I want them. My poor inventory was a mess! Took a break to organize everything so I don't lose my mind looking for things!

I figure I can try and open my shop soon. Won't be before next week though, since I won't be home this week. And well, I still need to decide if I am opening my store on my parcel, or renting it out. Part of me is seriously leaning towards a rental. I have grown fond of my little hidden corner. Plus, I have barely enough prims as it is! Adding a shop there and not only will I lose my designing bat cave but I will also end up having to go to a sandbox to design anything requiring a prim! I likes me home...

I am holding back posting pics until I have the shop ready to open!

Next week people, next week!

Yay!

( I sure am talking about a lot of things and not posting much in the new things department. .I think my first post was a bunch of hooey and I'll be poluting this blog with random banter after all. Maybe once I actually have clothes to show, I can shut the hell up!)

So many details!

Woah. Designing my clothes wasn't this much work! I swear, this is more work than my RL business. Need a logo. Ok, done. Need boxes and posters to show the stuff. Ok, done. Don't forget permissions. Snap! Which to choose? Mod? Copy? Trans?

I'm trying to see what people like best, but so far it's pretty much a toss up between trans fans and copy fans. I myself prefer copy so I can find things more easily. How frustrating is it when you have this one item you just love, only to lose it in a sea of folders because you forgot where you put it and can't remember the name? And then, how fun is it to find the perfect outfit you just know a friend will love only to find out you it's no transfer?

As far as mod, anything prim is a given. Noone has the exact same shape and nothing sucks more than seing our poor body being impaled by misplaced prims!

Anywho, I think I shall go with copy and some mod. Seems to be more popular overall. If anyone wants to give a gift, I can always arrange something.

I'm happy with my logo and posters so far. I need more model poses though. My selection is rather limited!

I will hopefully start posting things soon. Waiting for everything to be good and ready. No sense posting things that can't be found right? A store would help!

I've been busy filling my brain with classes inside SL. So much fun! Scripting class wasn't so fun at first but I got a really cool teacher and, while I won't be writing any scripts anytime soon, I can now at least understand what's in them.

For now, I shall just stick to plain boxes and old school designs.

Toodles!

Yay! I'm second best!

What more could a girl dream of than winning second place in a place called Second Life. Yay!

I decided to enter a Show and Tell contest at New Citizens Plaza to see how I would do. I almost chickened out at the last minute. The host was late and I figured it was a sign to go back into my cave. I didn't, however. I bravely stood in front of a crowd of...oh must have been thousands (at least!) and showed off my first completed outfit. After the initial fear of being booed off the stage (I'm glad noone had rotten fruits in their inventory that day!), I entertained *cough* the crowd with my charming banter and graceful ways by presenting "this skirt I've been working on".

My way with words apparently worked as I came in second (I knew I should've voted for myself! damn!) and won myself a cool 150L$. Chaching! Shoutout to Tobias for kicking my butt and making me stay to enter the contest. Thanks dude!

The money sure came in handy after all the messed up textures I had uploaded. I sort of forgot to resize them the first time. Good grief! I could've clothed 100-foot women with those textures (and their offsprings for generations to come.) My panties alone crashed sims everywhere I went (even before I finished teleporting!) Oh well. Live and learn. Right? Or is it waste money and learn?

Anywho. I just wanted to show off cause it's my blog and because it made my day! Now I can claim my stuff's award winning! Yeah baby!

Au revoir!

Welcome to Total Betty's Awesome Blog

Ok, so the title may be a little misleading. Is it truly an awesome blog? This remains to be seen I guess. But I needed a title and it sounded catchy.

What can you expect to find here you ask? Well this is quite easy to answer. This is where I shall post my brand spanking new designs. Hopefully, this will be a couple of times a week. There will be no silly banter, no rants about stuff, no deep thoughts. Only new clothes! Yay! (if I ever get the blog bug to start wanting to say things, I will just link to a new blog so people who want to read it can do so at their leisure, and hardcore shoppers can stick to business without having to weed through posts about my dead cat to find the latest dress they must have)

I guess I should say a little about myself. Well, let's see. I recently started designing clothes in Second Life. I didn't have much money, and didn't have the patience to shop endlessly to find something I wanted, so I thought "hey! You can make your own stuff Betty!". And so I did. After getting positive comments and having peeps suggest I should give opening a store a try, I figured "what the heck! let's do this!"

I admit, I'm nervous as all hell. It's one thing to strut along wearing stuff I made and feeling pretty good about making my own stuff. It is quite another to throw it all out there for people to buy. Are the posters ok? Will the clothes fit like they are supposed to? Will I turn some sexy babe into a walking fashion disaster? Eep! I sincerely hope not.

And then there's the pricing. Good grief. How much is it all worth? In one corner, I have people tell me "too cheap = people thinking it's bad quality". On the other corner, I'm thinking "too expensive and people will think I've lost my mind and that I'm a crook". So I tried to aim for a middle ground. I guess I will learn as I go and adjust things along the way.

I am working on finishing a couple more things so I can open a store with at least a small selection. Oh and I need to find a place to rent a shop as well. Small details...

Anyway...I said I wouldn't write about anything but new stuff, and here I am writing a bloody novel.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog. Hope you enjoy what you see and if you have comments/advice etc, by all means, don't be shy. Drop me a note.

Toodles!