Adorable Summer

July wraps up with great things from Mishmish, Junk, Oyasumi and Half Deer. The Seasons Story set the stage for a summer on the farm. You can still find these great pieces from Junk like this tractor table and fresh milk sign. The structure I am in is from the Oyasumi gacha at Seasons Story as well. But the real gacha star there is Half Deers Pygmy goat gacha. You can play the rezzable ones or the wearable shoulder pet...but we know you will play both! Once you have picked up your pygmys head over to the Dreamers Factory for more Half Deer delights like these lovely Starry Twilight ears and horns. No one does horns like Half Deer. You can also pick up the cute deer face tattoo in her mainstore. Don't go drifting off however before playing the Mishmish Candy Fluffz gacha. These adorable poofs will hover around you looking sweet. Finally the cotton candy machine of all cotton candy machines! Choose from three colors and let Mishmish serve you up some spun sugar in pink or mint. As Aime would say, so beaut!

Summer Sweetness

The Atelier Kreslo Donut Festival starts today at noon. This is the third festival here that features sweets made by a variety of different creators. The donuts are all 40L and most are trans so you can share the love. Some of them have a really cute animation that lets you hold the donut on your pointer finger. Divine! 

Also, I must mention the Hair Fair, because it is on again and helping that incredible cause Wigs for Kids. It is nice to feel good about shopping in Second Life and this event gives you lots to feel good about. This hair I am wearing is from Adoness. You have to check out the full head to appreciate the artistry of this hair. The shaved tattoo layer is done really well (because lets face it those can look so very wrong) and features an awesome scalp tattoo in the perfect shade. The hair itself has a glam punk look I could not resist...I bought every style happily as 20% of my purchase went to help real kids in need. Luke is wearing hair from Exile called High and Dry also available at the Hair Fair. Luke's clothing is from the Men's Department.

Summer Safari

The Seasons Story opens soon and as always will present work from the top designers in Second Life. I think aside from the Arcade, Seasons Story and Collabor88 may be my two regular favorite shopping events. In this post I combined some of what they both offer for July. 

Collabor88 is open and ready for you to TRY and get in. Bring your linden, you will be taken in by the luxurious interpretation of the theme Safari. What I love about Collabor88 is that the designers always present the better side of the theme. The Loft for instance does not give you tired bamboo furniture but rather a modern leather set with stretched hide backing on the couch. All in contemporary colors and animal print carefully accenting furniture fit for a New York high rise apartment. Another stand out designer this round is Nylon Outfitters. The set of masks are so well made and textured, I can only hope there will be more in that series at some point. You can find lots of what you see in the picture at Collabor88 but that groovy belt I have on you will find at We Love Role Play, its another amazing wearable by DRD.

The Seasons Story always has a few great gacha machines and here is one from 8f8. This one is called our Secret Hideout and features two trees with animations as well as a cuddle rug. It is the details that win me over however, like this memory book complete with aged SL shots. IBI also does an incredible job with the trees and wood textures here. There is ONE secret Rare which I am sworn to secrecy about, so you will have to head over to the Seasons Story on July 10th and try your hand at getting it!

Signs of Summer

Summer in Second Life is typically kind of slow but that has not stopped creators and event coordinators from bringing us more stuff! July kicked off with two events that I am thrilled to see back! Summerfest and OMG Gacha. Summerfest14 had all of the bang of last years with many of the same creators and some new favorites. Summerfest ends on the 13th of July and I strongly advise getting over there because some stuff is exclusive and poofs once the event ends.Shown here are signs by Second Spaces and Floorplan. I also slipped Seven Emporiums FLF in here, Attention Pickpockets! More things from Summerfest are Anya Ohmai's hedghogs, Oyasumi's beach chair and crates. There is a watermelon bucket by Culprit and a drink cooler by Flowey! The awesome boombox behind me is also from Summerfest brought to you by Remarkable Oblivion. RO is also responsible for this crazy cool hat I am wearing, available at The Mens Department.

OMG Gacha returns after a short break with a whole mess of new machines. Alchemy breaks out the summertime cuteness with a Seal pet machine. The Balloon Seal Rare is floating next to me. OMG is open for two weeks so head over when you can and take some spins!