Gravedigger

Halloween has always felt a bit like the new year to me. Time to reset, settle some debts, unmask, get real and bury some bodies. This round of TAG is all about death. Not the bloody gore of a thriller but more the somber passing all things come to face. The setting is very real, it is not peppered with ghosts or things getting stabbed. You will find no blood pools or messages scrawled on the walls. All that is over. The clean up crew has been through, the loved ones notified and now we see how things are put to rest. Oh, and there will be kick ass gacha to play made by the usual suspects. 

Participating creators will be announced soon! www.taggacha.com

Picture taken at the TAG Gacha Cemetery

All wearables are from this round of Collabor88

New Year Chic

Fashion in Second Life looks promising for 2015. Uber opened on New Years eve with amazing collections from creators like Tres Blah, Ison and Ryvolter. Accessories and hair from Yummy and Truth can be found there as well. You will have to head over to Fameshed however, to pick up the latest release from Remarkable Oblivion. RO's new GearJammer Heels have all the clomp and chunk you want from a platform heel with the fine details we have come to expect from this brand. I love the logo hanging on the right shoe. After all, what is the point if no one knows who you are wearing?

Hair: Magika - Written - Mainstore

Coat - Ryvolter - Zira Shoulder Goat Fur Coat - Uber

Necklace - Yummy - Pearl & Diamond Necklace - Uber

Top - Tres Blah -  Sophie Blouse - Uber

Skirt - Tres Blah - Sequined Pencil Skirt  - Uber

Shoes - Remarkable Oblivion - GearJammer Heels - Fameshed

Location - Gachatopia

Ebenezers Gift

Time keeps crawling along. Here we are at another December. Last year Second Life gacha had us dressed as penguins in octopus hats slapping people with fish. We had a massive gift giving effort set up at Gachatopia called Santas Grotto that brought everyone together. This year we have something else for our beloved community of gacha junkies. We used Two Leaf's new Mystery Gift giving server to hide an exclusive gift in Ebenezers house at Gachatopia. Click all around the house and if old Ebenezer is up to it, you'll get something special made by Casa del Shai and Botanical. The gift will be out for the rest of the month. Happy Holidays to all!

Gacha

Bookcases - DRD ebenezers bookcase - Arcade

Chests - DRD ebenezers old chests - Arcade

Chair - Vespertine - Grannys Chair gold - Arcade

Non Gacha

Halo - Half Deer Fairylight Halo Gold - N21

Glasses - Tee*fy Beary Beary Glasses Brown - Inspiration Point Hunt

Jacket - Tres Blah - Lame Cropped Jacket Gold - N21

Romper - Tres Blah - ione Romper Creamy Peach - N21

Shoes - ieQED - Yui Bootie White - N21

Bramble

Spellbound seemed to spring up out of nowhere earlier this year with such a unique perspective on hair and branding that their influence can be seen now in many other hair brands in Second Life. Creator Kohana Xue has a style all her own and if you have a streak of rockabilly goth in you like me, Spellbound will fill your needs. Her latest release is Bramble, a flowing full bodied look with a slouch beret option. The hair comes with a HUD for the beret giving you 8 color options and fantastic texturing. Bramble can be found at Sad November untill the 22nd. Also featured here is a tulle apple skirt by GATO. I had to grab this at the Xiasumi School Festival for the pattern which reminds me of vintage oil cloth. The event is donating proceeds to Save the Children so shop away and feel good about your spending!

Non Gacha Shown Here

Hair - +Spellbound+ Bramble 2 - Sad November

Hair Flower - /artilleri/ rose hair flower *red* - Mainstore

Glasses - Tres Blah Winged Eye Glasses - Cream - Past Collabor88

Bodysuit - Maitreya Bodysuit Red - No Longer Available

Skirt - GATO Apple Skirt - Xiasumi School Festival

Skin - Atomic Muse Creme - Mainstore

Gacha

Tree Home - KAZZA Fantasy Abode Ultra Rare - Fantasy Gacha Carnival

Lama Pets - Half-Deer Lovely Little Llama in Buttercream and Sunglow - Xiasumi School Festival

Shoes - Ingenue Jolie Heels Ruby Rare - Mainstore

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!