Model for a day

Victor Brody's Leather Leopard Jacket

Had fun last night modeling for my sim-mate Vic! He came up to me the other day with his latest creation, a sweet leather leopard jacket and asked if I wouldn't mind posing for some pics. Hell yeah! Totally vintage. Check out the glasses too! Another one of Vic's awesome creations. Felt like a total rock star with this outfit.

The shoot was fun. Not that it requires a lot of sweat and tears to stand there and let someone else take the pictures. I could get used to this!

You can check out Vic's gear in his shop in the Son Village Shopping Mall.

Here's the slurl y'all!
Victor's Vintage. Avatars, Clothes and More!, Son (81, 142, 27)

I promise new stuff really soon. Holidays have been filled with too much social and not enough workin'! People are just too darn friendly in my new neighborhood. I really lucked out with my new sim-mates. We all moved in pretty much at the same time in Son Village/Mall so we are all busy getting to know each other and snooping on everyone's builds (and designing things for our stores.)

Hope everyone has a great New Year's Eve!

Reminder. Free dress offer ends soon!

Just a little reminder that the free cocktail dress offer with every purchase of the Happy Hour business set is ending on December 30th! The 3 piece dress is also available for individual purchase at 150L$ if you don't want to buy the other full set.

I also listed my stuff on SL Boutique! You can now shop online or buy gifts for others with one simple click! Prices are the same as in the in-world shops, including the stuff on sale and the After Hour promo.

Here is the url for my SLB store : www.slboutique.com/betty_barracuda

Toodles!

Holiday madness

Tiny bubbles...

Whew! The holiday madness is finally dying down. All the shopping, eating, visiting and singing fun made it difficult to spend much time working on designs or even just hanging out.

I did get to hang out with my new neighbors a bit. Things always seem to turn into a party everytime Marj and Vic are around. hehe Last night was no exception. A bunch of us ended up dancing the night away in my loft. Dance balls, spotlights and bubbles materialized out of thin air and the party was on!

Even with all the fun neighborhood distractions, I was able to finish putting the shop together. It is now open to the public. Take some time and visit the other local shops. There is everything from furniture to clothes to art posters and cool avatars over at Victor's place. I think I will add a little neighborhood section on here to showcase the various things available on the island and maybe even share some of our crazy antics.

Still some great spots available for rent! Come take a peek and grab a spot before they are all gone! Not only will you take top notch service, you also get some pretty awesome peeps as neighbors!

Here's the slurl for zee boutique http://slurl.com/secondlife/Son/175/209/27/

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Movin' on up!

New boutique under construction on the Son sim.

I've been breathing in saw dust and paint fumes for the past 2 days. Yep! I'm busy with a new store! Yay!

After talking to Santa, and talking to a few people who told me his word wasn't as good as he claimed, I figured it would be better if I took the matters into my own hands.

I packed my bags and left on a very long journey through the grid, in search of the perfect spot. Lucky for me, the perfect spot ended up being one of the first places I found.

I was staring at an empty lot, admiring the view, when the landlord flew by and made the big mistake of asking if I had any questions. Had he known it was going to result in a two day interrogation, I think he would have kept flying. The dude seriously has the patience of a god. He really went out of his way to answer any concerns I might have had. You rock Rudolf!

It has been a couple of days since I started settling in and OMG! I couldn't be happier with my decision. The landlord is awesome and so are the tenants. I have had the pleasure of meeting most of them and they all rock. Seriously.


The neat thing about this sim is that it's brand spankin' new so we are all settling in at the same time. I love the layout. It has a nice open feel with lots of space left between each lot so we're not all into each other's hair.

There are still lots of spots available for rent if you are looking for a nice place to open a store/office. Drop by and take a look! Feel free to come bug me in my little shop if you have any questions and Rudolf's not around. I am there a lot, moving things around and mostly cursing at prims.

Here's the slurl http://slurl.com/secondlife/Son/175/209/27/

This will drop you near by store. I'm just too lazy to go check what the other slurl is for the center of the island ;)

Have a nice week everyone!

Dear Santa

Santa gives me the thumbs up

I was exploring the world with my super secret friend when we ran into Santa. I never realized Santa was so big! We didn't chat much. He mostly did the listening and I did the talking.

I asked him for a new store (and maybe I got my wish! but I'm not saying anything yet! Shhh)

I really love my little shop and I am not giving it up. It is my first store so I'm attached to it. However, there is one problem. It's small (plus, I have big posters and I love white space). I don't have a lot of things but I've already had to call on my mad Tetris skills to place the last release (and to be honest, I'm not THAT good at Tetris. I'm OK for the first few levels and then I simply suck, so I fear the next release will end up on the ceiling, facing the wrong way and probably busting halfway through the roof)


I also asked Santa for something no one had ever asked for before.

I asked him to please take away a gift. He was a little surprised by my request to say the least.

This gift box has been on my shop floor for over two weeks. I can't
move it, I can't take it, I can't delete it. It's just there, right under a display, flashing it's "Yay! Prize!" floating text at me every time I enter the shop. People ask me, what is it? What's in it? How come I can't take the prize? I don't know! I didn't put it there.

Stupid gift box. Making people dream of free things and sorely disappointing everyone who comes across it. Making them feel like somehow, they are not worthy of a gift and killing their Christmas cheer with it's cold, pointless existence.


In design news, I am making some sweaters are the moment. Nothing fancy but I'm in the mood for sweaters, so sweaters is what I'm making! I'm planning to have them out early this week. No preview yet, sorry! Soon though!

Anywho! Those are my ramblings for the day. I shall go back to the needle work. I have a lot of stitching left to do.

Happy Sunday y'all!

*NEW* Happy Hour and After Hour

After working through the many delays (of the "out-of-my-control" kind as well as just plain "I-was-out-having-fun" kind), here are a couple of new releases.

Happy Hour is the second outfit in the Workin' series.

It is a 8 piece mix and match business set in "Slate" colour.

Perfect for attending business meetings and hitting happy hour. Jazz up your business suit with the little neck scarf. Take off the jacket, tie up the sexy scarf around your hips and go celebrate the latest business deal. Trying to close a deal but they won't budge? Show a little leg with the skirt and untie your jacket ;) Bubba won't stop staring at your boobs and hitting on you? Give him the cold shoulder and button up!

Included are:
2 jackets (opened and buttoned up)
1 pair of pants
1 silk sleeveless V-neck top
1 short prim skirt (non flex)
1 pair of glitch pants for the skirt
1 neck flexi scarf
1 long flexi scarf/sash

Purchase Happy Hour before December 30th and you will receive the cocktail dress After Hour for free!
1 regular skirt matching the silk top
1 sparkly tule prim skirt add-on

The After Hour cocktail dress is also available for individual purchase (3 piece set -1top-1skirt-1prim skirt)

All items are COPY/MOD, NO TRANSFER and they are available for purchase at Total Betty's in !Matrix Mall! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/98/145/117/

Attack of the Cosby Clones

Bill tells me where I can stick it.

Woah! What was I saying about things happening every time I try to finish up stuff?

I was in my little house, packing some boxes for the store when Bill Cosby showed up and flipped me the bird. He didn't knock or anything. Bill just waltzed right into my living room, along with about a billion Jell-O -puddin'-pop-eating clones of himself and told me where to stick it.

Not nice Bill. I liked your show when it was on TV.

I hung on to dear second life, afraid I might crash at any moment, frantically trying to save a notecard I had so carefully worded and really didn't want to lose when the Bills just vanished. Poof! They left just as quickly as they came. Typical males!


Things look ok now. Still standing in my living room. I should log out anyway, it's getting late. Here are a couple more pics of the Bills for your viewing pleasure.



Darn. Now I want Jell-O!

Bugs!

Workin' with bugs in SL

Why is it that, without fail, every single time I want to finish up something, SL is full of bugs? Textures that don't stick, missing bodies, prims that won't attach no matter how many times I try. The list could go on.

The latest craze this week: prims that just poof out of existence when I select them. Oh joy! That's fun. Spend all this time making a prim skirt...attach it...make some adjustments and BAM! 3 prims just vanish giant gaps all over the place.

I have to say that at least, SL bugs are rarely repetitive and that each new update is great for surprising me with more ways to sabotage my work. So I must give them props for being creative in that department.

In other news, my quiet little neighborhood seems to be getting busier by the day. When I first moved there, it was me, some trees, a little shop and a couple of really nice homes far in the distance. It didn't last too long though but that's to be expected in this ever changing landscape that is mainland.

The first thing to pop up was this giant cube behind me. That issue was easily taken care of by replacing some windows with pictures of gorgeous ocean views. Unfortunately, the pictures don't keep people's chat from seeping through my walls and man...do I wish they did. All I'm gonna say is "thank gawd for the mute function!"

Second thing to pop up is a big store in the front of my house. It's a pretty nice looking build however. It does corner me in a little but it's not like I ever hang out outside my house anyway. Not enough space for a front yard, or any type of yard for that matter, on a 512 parcel.

Then, two days ago...I'm standing on my pose stand fiddling with things when, all of a sudden, POOF! a gazillion peeps are right outside my window standing on the parcel next to mine. I was surprised since that parcel had always had permanent ban lines and had always been empty. Well, empty is was no more. Somehow, the parcel got turned into First Land. Oy! I swear, 20 people, in like one swoop, teleported in to look at the land, probably within minutes of it being listed. Sadly, some friends of mine who have been trying to find First Land weren't online. It would have been cool to have them move in next door.

The land was purchased within a matter of minutes. Then, it was sold, in another matter of minutes, to some real estate dude. It was then resold, in the next few hours to another real estate dude, each time of course, increasing the price of the parcel. Holy! I'm anxious to log back in to see if it was re-re-re-resold to an even bigger fish. I am half kicking myself for not IMing the first person to offer them X amount more than the first buyer. The extra prims would've been nice but I really didn't think about it. I thought "hey! I'm getting a neighbor! Hope they are nice!" Fool!

It did make me realize how lucky I was in getting my First Land. I actually took the time to shop around for a bit! That was only about four, five weeks ago. I probably ran into 2-3 other people (max!) also looking for First Land. I visited 5-6 parcels a couple of times before making my final decision and taking the plunge. Fast forward to today and woah! Seems that you need to just grab whatever is out there and grab it fast if you want First Land. Crazy!

Anyway, those are my ramblings for today. I have some posters to make now that SL is allowing me to wear skirts again. Better be quick before I lose that privilege!

Ciao!

In progress

Last week's crazy schedule is finally over. Got some much needed sleep this weekend and I did manage to make a little something.

I was in the mood for a nice pair of slacks in neutral colours. Here is a little preview of what it looks like so far. The outfit in the picture is not 100% done it's close. Not 100% sure I like the back.

The set will include one pair of slacks with matching jacket, one halter top and a really long flexi scarf which is worn as a belt.

I will be finishing/packaging this set in the next couple of days. I have not forgotten the garters and stockings, just need to find the time to package them which hopefully will be very soon!

Comments and suggestions are always welcome, so don't be shy!

Have a great week everyone!

Sunny Side Up

*Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz* Sooo tired... I am having a busy week with work (ie, gettin up way too bloody early, coming home too bloody late, lots of blabbing, dining and problem solving) so me poor little brain is fried at the moment. I can feel it sizzling.

I am postponing creating anything new until zee weekend when I will be able to resume my late night creative sprees (any attempts at creating anything right now would result in looking like I was finger painting...with my toes...while wearing really big socks. And that is in a best case scenario!) My stockings and garters are done, but I haven't had much time to look at them in SL to make sure they are ready to be sent into the world. (I blame friendly people inviting me places. Yes. Yous. Y'all know who you are! *grin*)

Bought some new skates last night in SL. I forgot to take pics though . They are way too awesome. Such a simple, fun activity. I love to just skate around and listen to all the Christmas tunes.

I'm going to try and take some pics of the garters etc tonight, before I pass out. It was also suggested that some of my things should be sold individually as well as in sets to allow easy mix and matching, so I will try and take pics of those as well and try the singles idea out.

*Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz* Eep. I'm not sure I'm gonna make it passed the log in screen tonight.

G'nite peeperinos! It's cold outside and me bed is calling.

Oops!

I realized yesterday, while getting dressed, that my Charmin' "longer" top in black (Night) was the same length as the "shorter" one. I am not sure if I simply changed it after packaging everything or if I was half asleep at the mouse or what. Just to make sure, I went ahead and sent everyone who purchased the black dres a little note and a new top.

I am pretty sure I got everyone but if you have purchased the Charmin' dress in black (Night) and didn't receive a folder from me last night, drop a note or an IM to Betty Barracuda and I will fix it.

The longer top is not a huge deal longer (it's as long as a shirt can get) but it is still nice to have to wear with pants and such. Looks really nice with the jacket and a pair of jeans or black pants.

I corrected the boxed items last night in the store so anything sold on December 5th and later will have the correct items.

That's all!

Garters and stockings

Betty's four modeling looks.

First, I would just like to thank everyone who sent me a little message in SL to say you liked the latest release! Yay! It really makes me happy to hear you like it!

I got a couple of requests for garter belts and stockings for the Charmin' lingerie, so I am working on those at the moment. I would have been done yesterday but...I ended up hanging at the Three Lions Pub and dancing the night away. I did get to test my "draft" version last night and it looks really nice with the set. Might throw in another set of smaller panties for good measure (looks like the number of items with this release is still rising)

I will get some people to test the garters and stockings for me and get their opinion before I release them. I will most likely keep them separate and charge a tiny extra since not everyone wants them and I like keeping things flexible. If any of you prefer those big/everything boxes, let me know! I am learning as I go.

Still unsure if I'm pricing things correctly (Too high? Too low? Just right?) and packaging things properly. I never know if I should make uber packages or sell individually etc. The individual stuff would be a little hard in my store. I am already running out of space! The display posters look nice but they're a little big for the store. I just don't want to go with vendors. I hate waiting for them to load images when I shop, so I don't really want to put my stuff in them unless I don't have any other choice. I guess I will have to make the displays a little smaller...or put the older stuff in vendors. Or move. I like my shop though! It's tiny but it feels quaint (I admit, the ceilings could be a little higher but other than that, I just love it)

I think I will go with another dress/lingerie set next. I enjoy making those (even though I said I didn't want to see lace ever again, all that fiddling is really worth it in the end.) Plus, people seem to really dig them.

Thanks again for the nice comments!

Later gator!

Charmin' Lingerie Set

The Charmin' Lingerie set is the perfect complement to the Charmin' dress set (what a coincidence!)

The 3 piece set consists of a full-support bra (no getting black eyes on the dance floor with this baby!), a pair of panties (think a bit like boy shorts but with lace details) and a matching mini flexi prim skirt with more lace detail.

The bra was designed to match the top of the dress outfit to a tee, so you can wear both without having to worry about annoying bra straps showing.

The set is available again in four holiday colours, Holly, Rouge, Night and Bleu Nuit (blue is a holiday colour isn't it?)

Everything is Copy, Mod, NO TRANSFER. If you want to purchase it as a gift, drop a note or an IM to Betty Barracuda and I will swiftly arrange things for you.

Sold at Total Betty's in !Matrix Mall! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/98/145/117/

I also welcome comments! If you have suggestions, ideas, critiques, random thoughts, don't be shy and drop me a note!

Happy Sunday everyone and thanks for looking!

Introducting the Charmin' set!

Yes, the new release is finally out of my head and on the shelves (well..walls really.) Weeeee!

The first Charmin' set (see pic above) has five pieces and is available in four colours (Holly, Bleu Nuit, Holly and Rouge.)

The set includes: 2 tops, 1 jacket, 1 regular skirt and 1 flexi prim skirt add-on.

The tops come in two different lengths (the shorter one was designed to line up with the lace detail on the back of the skirt, the longer one gives the extra option of wearing the top by itself). The jacket is short with 3/4 length sleeves.

Everything is mod/copy, NO TRANSFER (sorry for the caps!). If you want to give it as a gift, I will be more than happy to package it for you, just send a note of an IM to Betty Barracuda.

Colour shown: Holly. Regular skirt with short top.

Sold at Total Betty's in !Matrix Mall! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/98/145/117/

Blast!

First, let's start things off with something happy. Here is a sneak peek of the new release! (don't pay attention to my giant freaky hand, not sure what's up with that...I do not have man hands usually.) Seen here is the full outfit (short jacket worn on top of a sleeveless top and optional prim skirt worn on top of a regular skirt.)

I so wanted to be done tonight but...I was a victim of *spooky echoey voice* "the Grid".

If I used foul language, tonight would have been a good time to swear. Ha! Who am I kidding? If you had landed next to me this evening, you would have thought yourself at sea, hanging with a bunch of burly sailors.

It is very hard to keep a schedule when SL decides it wants to have a little fun with you (aka draw on your last nerve.) It is bad enough that I have a nasty habit of uploading the wrong size, or forgeting a layer here and there, I do not need help screwing up.

I was all set to finalize my things, but got stuck while on a little shopping spree. Not only could I not teleport home to finish my stuff, it ended up costing me mucho money (what else is there to do when you can't leave a store but shop?) It was worth it though. Good deals!

After SL estimated that I had reached my shopping quota for the month, I was able to go home. Hooray! My joy was quickly cut short when I realized that attachments did not work. Nothing would attach. Zero. Ziltch. Nada. Wahhh. This would not be such a big issue, except that I needed pictures of my two prim skirts. I swear, it feels like I have been working on this forever. Damn you glitches! ;)

Things finally went back to normal and I was able to finish my pics. Yay for small victories! I will post more pictures tomorrow.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!