My skirt is possessed!

Errr... hello? Skirt? I'm over here!!!

I admit, scripts and I are not the best of friends. I have taken scripting classes, I have read a lot about it.. but it is a desperate cause. I, Betty Barracuda, am not made for scripting.

This being said, scripts, while being very frustrating at times, have also brought me much laughter. Tonight was a great example. I figured I would try to include some scripted prim skirts with the next release. It would be nice to be able to sit without looking half naked yes? I thought, how hard can it be? Put the scripted skirt on, set in the walking/sitting positions etc and I'm done. Easy peasy.

Not quite!

I do not know what I did but my skirt is now possessed. It litterally flies around like a car wash brush gone mad as soon as I start walking. Sitting is not much better, as it then just hovers there, way up in the air, snickering at me as I sit in my glitch pants...

Fun times! I am not too sure about my marketing ideas for this "feature" so I think I am going to have to work some more on that scripting thing.

Make a grand entrance by having your skirt precede you!

Great for washing those hard to reach windows!

Update: Ack! It is now worse... it doesn't even go back to normal after I stop walking. I broke it! :(

Oh! By the way! Last chance to get the free things from the ghost hunt and apple bobbing. They will be taken away at midnight SLT. So come get your free cardigan or plaid skirt or...who knows what's in there! :)

SL hates my clothes

Me: Wanna see my "what was I thinking pack?" lol I need pricing advice.
Evil friend: lol. Looks great! You should add a few more options for the skirt.
Me: Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Evil friend: lol!

It's official. SL hates my stuff so much, it won't let me release it.

Here is a little recap of the past few days...

I finish a couple of details while waiting for SL to let me change clothes. Fun! I upload the new textures. Yay! I apply them to the clothes. Woot! I take pics for the posters. So far so good! I make the posters. Weee! I upload the posters. Awesome! I apply them to my boxes. Cool! Now, the next step would be... put the clothes IN the boxes. Woohoo! *record screaching*

*the region...bla bla...bla bla...5 minutes*

Ok. No problem. I have to pee anyway. I wash my hands, wait a few more minutes before TPing back to my cave. Ready! Time to pack everything! And then...

*the region...bla bla...bla...* Again and again. *kicks computah*

That was yesterday. Tonight's bug du jour is my mini map turning red and me not noticing, which means I am working along, all oblivious-like, for absolutely nothing cause I'm not connected to the server anymore. *big buggy eyes* Argh!

The upside (?). I gave up packing and made more color options, thanks to my evil friend who put the idea in my head that it would be nice to have more options for the skirt. So now, there are more colour options for the skirt, shirt, coat, and cardigan. lol

Please please, let me pack this stuff so I can move on and stop adding stuff! Pleeeaseee!

This nervous breakdown was brought to you by: Total Betty, bringing fine quality clothing to SL women since 2006 (when it let's me)

*TILT!* Slight delay -- having technical issues

Just a short post to let you know I am having some issues uploading textures and creating clothing this weekend. Boo!

I wanted to add a few more versions to the cardigan (short, long, tucked shirt, untucked etc etc). I'm done everything but... I can't seem to be able to wear them! Ack! If it is not textures refusing to upload, it is textures showing when they're not supposed to be there, or not showing when they're supposed to be there. For all I know, I am walking around naked at the moment even though I look fully clothed on my end. Eep! I better hide from the fashion police until this is all sorted out...

So yes, there will be a slight delay with the release until I can put everything together in SL. The good news is that it gave me time to add a few things -- made a no belt version for the jeans, added another colour for the jeans as well, added another pair of pants, and made way too many variations of the cardigan and sweater combo (tucked, untucked, short, long, alone, together etc etc).

It also gave me time to buy some modeling poses and hair. I never release that much at once usually so...I was running out of poses for the posters (not that I have a lot to start with hehe)

Hopefully, this will all be fixed by the time I log back in later tonight. But for now, I am off to eat some turkey! yay! Thanksgiving here this weekend!

Ciao!

Sneak peek for this weekend's release

The highlight of the night for me was after the show!

A hunk in my bathrobe! Woo!

As promised, here are some pictures of the new designs that were featured as part of the Divine Intervention event. It was a very fun night! So many different styles and yet, the models did a great job of making it all work together. Thanks again to all of you! A special thank you to Miabella Foxley of Imagen Divine Agency for making this night happen. I wish I had more pictures to show you but my photography skills didn't rez last night...

I am still fiddling with the posters and packaging everything. I would like to get it all done by tomorrow *crosses fingers*(oh and I noticed a seam! Noooo! Need to fix that before it gets packaged!) It has been a loooong week.

After those are done, I will work on some other colour variations. Maybe not for all the designs, but a few!

Ok, enough with the late night rambling. On with the outfits!

Six new outfits total. Some are mixy matchy, like the College Bound set, some are stand alone and one is a revamped version of an old classic.

*Dainty* / *After Hour Diva*

*Dainty* / *After Hour Diva*

*College Bound* (mix n match singles/sets)

*College Bound* (mix and match singles/sets)

*Office Chic* / *Wrapped Up*

*Office Chic* / *Wrapped Up*

Of course, I cannot go without throwing something fun in the mix! After many requests for the retired SLRFL *Poodles* outfit, it is making a comeback. In brand new colours and patterns. Send your requests my way if you have any specific colours you would like to see! Those will be out later this week if all goes well.

The Return of the Poodle! Coming soon!

Time to get some sleep! I will post an announcement once everything is in the store.

Thanks for looking and have a nice weekend.

Fashion Show -- October 5th!

October 5th from 5 to 8pm SLT

Oops! Forgot to mention that I will take part in Imagen Divine Agency's fashion show on October 5th from 5-8pm, on Live Elements (217/237/461)

The venue will showcase designs by Tuli Asturias, Shai Delacroix, Betty Doyle, Kara Eagle, Haedon Quine, Lux Yao and yours truly. Yay!

I am very excited about the project. Stressed but excited! It is such an honor to be amongst such talented and established designers.

I have been working hard on the designs. They say pressure builds diamonds. Let's hope it's true! (although I'd be happy to end up with some convincing looking cubic zirconias). hehe It's nice to get the creative streak going again.

Don't forget to vote on my little poll. It needs some luvin'. Tell me what type of designs you'd like to see more of!

That is all.

Back to PS I go :)

Six new colours for the Let's Dance dress!

I have added six more colours to *Let's Dance* so you now have 9 colours to choose from! yay!

Those were all requested colours. Three are nice Spring colours, Lavendar, Pink and Teal and three more dramatic colours with Plum, Burgundy and Bright Red. I am open to more colour requests if you still can't find one you like!

Let's Dance includes:
-2 flexi skirts (one with white tulle underneath and one without)
-2 camis (one long jacket layer and one short shirt layer. Both of which can be worn with the glitch pants, so you can always add a little jacket to the dress if you wish)
- glitch pants.
- some optional flower attachments for extra prettiness (almost typed pettiness here! Oops! haha)

They are available in the main Total Betty store on Son and some of the other locations (Fashion Mode, New Designer Forum right next to Blaze and Dixie Estates).

I am working on the bathing suits. 18 colour combinations! Oy! What was I thinking... Half of those were requests, the others I just thought would look nice. The textures are done, I just need to finish uploading them, and then do the whole picture/ads thing. Bleh! Can I just throw them in a plywood cube you think? hehe

Anywho! That is all folks!

Have a nice rest of the week!

Feelin' beachy

Noooo, not bitchy...beachy!

Tonight was the beach party fundraiser for Relay over at Dixie Land Estates. Mystic did another fantastic job at transforming the place to fit the theme and a lot of people showed up to dance to the groovy beach music and donate some lindens! Yay!

Since this was a beach party, I thought it would be a good excuse to work on some bathing suits. I already have some requests for specific colours, so, if you prefer something that isn't red, blue, pink, purple, or orange, let me know and I will add it to the list. I was so much fun to design (probably because I'm sick of snow!). I even have a version to wear if you are preggers! I won't box it up, but it will be available upon request. SeaWay looked a little hot in her dress, so I just had to make her a preggie friendly version. And omg! she looked totally adorable. I just might adapt it to wear "sans belly" and make a little sun dress or somethin'. Bah! here I go again, getting carried away with more pieces. I should not wonder why it takes me forever and a day to make new things... It might come with flip flops too, but I need to work on that. A shoemaker I am not! But they worked ok for the party...

Here's a sneak peak of the set, in orange and yellow. Sorry for the brightness, I was playing with my new Photosphere and got carried away with the background.

Orange overload.

Oh! I will also be releasing more colours for the "Let's Dance" dresses. So far, I have pink, lavendar, deep plum and red (bright and burgundy) on the list of colours to add, but feel free to let me know if there are any specific colours you would like to see.

In fact, I will be adding more colours to Boppin' and Workin' too. I already worked on a grey version and I am thinking of adding a darker set of colours since pastels don't seem to be everyone's cup o' tea. Who knew?

I just need to take pics and make zee posters for everything.

By the way, if you are free this Thursday, Dixie Rebels are hosting a formal masquerade ball for Relay. So get your masks ready and come dance with the Rebels if you get the chance!

Have a nice week everyone! Or month! (seeing how good I have been at posting since the holidays...maybe I should just be safe and say "see you in 2008! lol)

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!