This “blogging on vacation” thing has definitely proven rather tricky. My schedule’s been all out of whack or indeed non-existent (and I suppose that’s the point of a vacation), and the days have just slipped away. So fast that, alas, we’re going home tomorrow. So I am in the middle of getting things sorted out for the trip, but a bit of posting seemed like a good break from that. Plus a chance to chip away at the pile of things in my “to blog” folder, which wasn’t exactly helped along by the opening of the Shoe Fair.

It has been a while since I featured something from Tekeli-li. In part this is due to Tekeli Tantalus having been kept busy changing many of his releases to take advantage of the scripting improvements introduced some months ago. This means that although still fully colour change, the updated sets of jewelry, hair, weapons, etc now use much less memory and won’t be a problem when script limits are introduced.

With all the updated of old sets finally taken care of (some older sets were retired, and some of these will be remade and rereleased at a later date), yesterday saw the release of a new full set of full-prim goodness: Flora.

It was a gown that first brought me to Adam n Eve soon after I started out in SL. I saw the Venetia gown on a blog and knew I had to save up for that. Lately, sachi has been busy with skins, store rebuilds and various other projects, so it has been some time since she last released a gown. This week, however, she’s rectified that with no less than three new gowns, each with multiple skirt options and some great sculpted details.

Saucy little outfits are definitely not the only things on offer at Sn@tch, but the dress I decided to wear for this post most certainly falls into that category.Its called “Almost Off” and I don’t think I need to explain why. ;)

I would also call the fabulous boots I am wearing quite saucy indeed; they’re the newest release from Damen Gorilla of Adam n Eve and you really ought to be joining the Adam n Eve group for these to take advantage of the group discount offered by the new vendors.

Last night, I had an IM from Siyu Suen of Illusions. She wondered if Ran and I would like to blog her upcoming release (its actually out now; we ended up having to sleep before getting the photos done). Having seen some teasers on Plurk, I couldn’t say yes soon enough.

With that, we present Corvus, for men and women. Read on for further details and take a good look at the photos of this amazing release.

I have been blogging fairly infrequently lately, in part because I have been busy with other things than shopping in SL (like…bunnies) and work in RL, in part because I have started to feel rather bored by the process and the results. So, I have decided to start testing some new approaches. I’ll definitely be messing with the picture format, and perhaps also with the writing and the credits. I hope to redesign the website this summer and after that facelift I am thinking of emptying out the blog and starting fresh with whatever approach I like best.

But, enough with such ramblings, just expect things to be in a fluid state for a while. For now, on with a look at an ethereal white creation by Silent Sparrow, some lovely new jewelry from Dark Mouse and one of the latest Exile hairs. I am also featuring poses from Glitterari, picked up at the awesome sale going on there right now.

Today at 4 PM SLT the Black & Blue Fair opens and the location of the fair will be revealed at that time. The purpose of the fair is to raise awareness of and destigmatise mental health issues through informative messages on the walls between the products featured at the fair and through notecards with information about various issues. The participating designers, which represent a wide variety of excellent stores, have all created brand-new designs for the fair and many have also contributed items to a 10 L section for shoppers on a budget.

For my first feature on the fair, I picked out three little dresses from League, Alexohol and Adam n Eve, to give you a taste of some of the items that will be available at the fair.

A new release from Zaara, her first foray into footwear, reminded me to take a look at her next-to-last release as well and the whole combination gave me an excuse to feature items from two stores that have recently remodelled and revendored: Illusions and Adam n Eve. Illusions put up a gorgeous new store build earlier in the week and Adam n Eve is reopening a little later today. The skin I am wearing is one of several new releases that will be available then.

Tuli has done it again. She has a new skin line, Jade, coming out this week and it is another winner. She set out to remake some of her previous skins and the final product ended up being a bit of Eva and a bit of Hope, with a bit of a softer, less photoreal feel than her last two releases. Personally, I love both more drawn and more photoreal skins, and Jade is a lovely blend. She also comes with some excellent options which I will discuss in more detail. The lovely eyes, btw, are also from Tuli, a new release made for Jade.

Also featured is a summery new tattoo from SilentSparrow, jewelry that is the Humpday release from Dark Mouse and an updo from Truth.

Science fiction was the first sort of fiction to ever really capture my imagination, and though I read rather less of it now than I used to, it still captures my imagination when I see a well-made object or avatar in Second Life that’s inspired by it. When I was browsing Sector SciFi, I came across Gantz Nishi’s stall and was amazed at some of the avatars and objects on sale, such as some amazing motorcycles, and I picked up a couple of full avatars I wanted to share.

Have you visited the Fantasy Faire yet? If not, you should get going sooner rather than later. You have nine sims to go through, and we all know about lag and faires, don’t we?

Today, I am showing a few reasons for why you should be going, courtesy of Evie’s Closet and Illusions.

The Fantasy Faire opened its nine sims full of the fantastical, magical and wonderous today. Whether you want to unleash your inner elven princess (or prince) or aim for the stars, there’s bound to be something of interest.

I’ll be starting my coverage of this event with a look at a pair of beautiful bargain gowns from Evie’s Closet, paired with the special RFL wings from Material Squirrel. Do make sure to click the image for a larger version on a darker background, to see the latter in full detail.

I’ve mostly been getting a hold of poses (and, uhm, bunnies—long story) this last week or two, so it was refreshing to get a look at some new clothing for men from Soren Jaakobs. The story behind these is interesting…

Poses are still the focus, with the Pose Fair in full swing. I have already featured some fantastic props from chanimations and today I am taking a look at three of their pose & accessory sets; ShowGirl, ShowDiva and FeatherQueen, released in Canary Yellow for the fair.

All-prim “clothing”, or perhaps decorations is a better term, is one of my little weaknesses in SL. Given that my shapes tend to differ from the SL standard a bit, it might seem a little odd, but I am stubborn. And really, as long as everything can be modified, editing can work quite well.

And sometimes, as with this lovely body vine from AtomicBambi, you don’t need to do that much editing either.