Ohai.

Hello Cupcakes! *sighs* Yes, I have been M.I.A. from this blog for far too long. Yes, I am accepting spankings as a punishment. I meant to do this post last night, but I ended up falling asleep because I'm lame. Anyway, enjoy!

If you're a member of the So Many Styles in-world group, activate those tags and head on down to their new mainstore for a special group gift -- this cute shirt & skirt/belt outfit! Thank you, Miss Irie Campese for this very generous gift! I'm also wearing the new dollarbie butterfly skin from Orage Creations (aka *OC*). If you're into nice skins with facial designs, I recommend checking it out!

Next, while it's not free, it's a great bargain at $75L -- the new shirt from + blacklisted + which is only available for this weekend for Project Themeory!
Gauge Laville, the owner of + blacklisted + released the shirt a wee bit early because: 1.) he wants to give people ample opportunity to get the shirt and 2.) he's taking a long and well-deserved break for this holiday weekend and wouldn't have been able to release it later.




Bubbles Clawtooth (from Clawtooth) also sent out a generous and fabulous group gift via his subscribo: this lovely updo called Mrs. Mittens 2 in 'Valentine'.




Thank you, designers, for the wonderful gifts!

Creds:
-Skins: Orage Creations (pic#1) & Laqroki (pics#2&3)
-Hair: ploom (pics#1&2), Clawtooth (pic#3)
-Clothing: So Many Styles (pic#1), + blacklisted + (shirt; pics#2&3), Sand Shack Surf Co (jeans)
-Jewelry: Haus of Darcy (.HoD.)
-Boots: G*Field
-Poses: *EverGlow* & (pda)

Ooh La

I think we all know the situation where we try to fit too much stuff in a too small bag. But who knew it would lead to some cute poses? Go over to Storin's newest satellite store at Albero and you can struggle with a bag too!
But before you start stuffin' your bag, hop on over to Nuuna's skins and get her latest cheapie. A pitch black skin with a green accent. You know you want it!

Black green skin, 10L, Nuuna's skins (use the teleporter to go up to the Skins floor)


Damn bag with 3 poses, 1L, Storin @ Albero

Thank *you* for reading this & thank you to the designers for giving out these items.

Other fabulous stuff
Hair: Sadie - Exile
Eyes: Vivid eyes - Pixel passion
Lashes: Diva lashes - Lelutka
Top: Simple cropped bustier - Whippet & buck
Skirt: Chibi denim skirt - Bare rose
Shoes: Alice Cullen flats - Cherry

Fantasy Faire - Last Day!

Cupcakes, cupcakes. If you haven't been to the Fantasy Faire yet, today is your last chance! I know this is a freebie blog, but I'm going to show you some great finds you can get for a great price at the Fantasy Faire! If this is the first time you've heard about it, the Fantasy Faire is a RFL event that is benefiting the American Cancer Society. Each store has RFL vendor items for sale. Some are $500L, some are more, some are less. The RFL vendor items' proceeds go to the ACS. If you're going to spend money, make your lindens count for this great cause.

Evie's Closet, known for gorgeous, romantic gowns with a medieval and elven twist, has out some really lovely items for $50L each.

Rowena - Light:




Rowena - Dark:




Plus, a super cute mouth munchie - a mermaid for your mouth! It's really cute and it emits bubbles!





As I said, today is the last day for the Fantasy Faire, so get your little booties over there before it's too late!

Creds:
-Skin: [KA] Designs (group gift from SoM)
-Hair: fri.day
-Ears: SLink
-Poses: *EverGlow*


***editor's note: the mer munch (last pic) was sent out to Evie's Closet's in-world group ($50L to join). Evie had a RFL 2010 faery munch available at the Fantasy Faire***

Where It's Okay To Be A Piggy.

Pig. To me, when I hear that word, mouth-watering visions of sausage and bacon flood my mind (and saliva fills my mouth). However, Pig is no longer just the other white meat - it's a store in Second Life. Yes, the store looks like it was taken out of Cold War era USSR or some other Eastern European country behind the Iron Curtain...and yes...you aren't seeing things. There are pigs outside of the store (and attempting to mount a motorcycle at + blacklisted + which is directly across from Pig). Yes, there is an armed swine in the courtyard waving a semi-automatic weapon (I think) while wearing a Che Guevara beret with a certain infamous quote from a Martin Scorcese movie. All of this and more is just more of a reason to check it out. If the pigs didn't grab you, then the clothing will.



This is something I haven't seen before in SL. Guayaberas. If you don't know what a guyabera is, just look at the pic above. My grandfather wears these things like it's going out of fashion. He wears them to the movies, to church, out to eat, when he goes to get a haircut, etc. It's an all-purpose bad ass Mexican shirt, really. They're very comfortable and they can be a little on the expensive side ($70USD+). Last year for his birthday I got him two more guyaberas to add to his collection and he was so happy. I have one irl in a deep violet color that I still wear on occasion (like during Fiesta Week which happens to be going on in my hometown of San Antonio right now). Anyway, I hadn't seen these anywhere in SL until I popped over to Pig for $50L Friday and saw that Miss Apatia put out a cotton candy pink one for free (she was celebrating Pink Shirt Day for anti-bullying). It's for men and women. I loved it and wanted to get it in different colors. Unfortunately, this shocking pink version was the only one I saw at her store...until one of my friends told me that if I joined the Purveyors of Accidental Love group, I could score the guyabera in eggshell. The group gives out random free gifts, so I'd suggest staying in the group instead of joining, grabbing the freebie, and leaving. As I've said before with the subscribo thingies, these creators work too hard for that kind of treatment.




While I was wandering around her store looking for more guyaberas, I found Pig's Zombie Popcorn Hunt gift, this classy bikini that shows off Tuli's group gift skin's awesome butt cleavage! The Tuli group ($250L to join) gets the first sneak peaks of Tuli's newest releases. This lovely skin is called 'Sayuri' and it will be out soon. I can't wait!

If you liked what you saw, please check out the cool stores. If you don't, you might get a visit from this angry fella:

Creds:
-Skin: Tuli (group gift)
-Bikini & guyabera shirts: Pig
-Shorts: Dutch Touch
-Hair: Ploom (used to be Deviant Kitties --- I LOVE THIS HAIR!!!)
-Cigarette: FNKY
-Ears: SLink

Introducing Elle

If you're a member of the Belleza in-world group ($250L joining fee), you *might* have noticed that Mr. Tricky Boucher gave us an introduction to his newest line, Elle. As with his previous lines, Jesse & Alyson, Elle is gorgeous. You may have noticed that there is a difference between this line and his previous ones: he has made a darker skin, mocha. It's absolutely lovely!

So if you like what you see, join the Belleza group for $250L and/or head over to the store and try on some demos! (A little FYI: there are three sections for the new Elle skins -- they're divided by eyebrow color!)

Creds:

-Skin: Belleza

-Hair: Exile

Spring is in!

Heaps of bright, fresh colors & lots of bunnies hopping around... Isn't spring lovely?

At Izzie's, there's a little easter hunt going on. 5 easter baskets are hidden all through the store. You can buy them for 1L each. Inside you'll find 2 full bunny outfits and 12 poses!
The amazingly talented Nuuna also released a new freebie skin, specialy for spring!

Bunny body suit in pink & black, Bunny ears + teeth + tail, Bunny poses, 1L (spread over 5 hunt baskets in the store), Izzie's

Spring freebie (3 tones, freckle & no freckle option), 0L, Nuuna's skins

Thank *you* for reading this & thank you to the designers for giving out these items.

Other fabulous stuff
Lashes: Diva lashes - Lelutka
Eyes: Mooney eyes - DP Yumyum
Hair: Amelia - Exile

Ketchup

The song!

Nuuna's Leapardeyes skins, 0L, Nuuna's skins
Black&white drama jewelry set, Lucky chair, Dark Mouse

Thank *you* for reading this & thank you to the designers for giving out these items.

Other fabulous stuff

Hair: Tatum.2 - Fri.day
Lashes: Diva lashes - Lelutka
Eyes: Mooney eyes - DP Yumyum
Dress: Chimney dress - Sugarcube
Poses: Mela's, Sugar mill (not available anymore)

Shook Me All Night Long

She Was A Fast Machine

She Kept Her Motor Clean

She Was The Best Damn Woman I Had Ever Seen

She Had The Sightless Eyes

Telling Me No Lies

Knockin' Me Out With Those American Thighs

Okay, okay. So I am kinda jamming out to old skool AC/DC as I write this post. It kinda fits, since Dutch Touch, LeLutka, *G Field* AND *pop feel* shook me up with some great presents! These very generous stores have a history of making us feel special, what with their great gifts.

Dutch Touch has some lovely skins and casual apparel. They're also dabbling in lingerie again, yay! If you're in their subscribo group, you probably got this cute lingerie set! If not, join up (but PLEASE do not join then leave right away. That's not cool or fair to the designer who spent time and money to make this gift)!

*G Field* also sent out a great gift to their s-o-m'ers -- this beautiful light green chiffon top! They have other colors for sale (go get 'em!), but this pretty springy green color is awesome!

The skins I'm wearing are the latest group gift from LeLutka and are from the newest line, Ife. The skins come in three tones and hairbases for the corresponding brow colors.

The necklace I'm wearing in all the pics is a new release from Lolapop! To celebrate the new main store opening, everything in the store is 50% off, so this week, the necklace is $63L!

I camped at *pop feel* for either 20 or 25 minutes (can't remember...it's late and I have a headache) for this pretty camisole in one of the phone booths. I love it!

Creds:

-Skin: LeLutka

-Hair: Tiny Bird

-Necklace: Lolapop!

-Jeans & chiffon blouse: *G Field*

-Shoes: Nardcotix

-Camisole: *pop feel*

-Lingerie: Dutch Touch

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Group gifts!

February skin, Group gift, Cupcakes (search for Cupcakes update group, 0L to join)
Dress and bracelet, Group gift, Kunglers (Search Kunglers fashion design, 50L to join)

Thank *you* for reading this & thank you to the designers for giving out these items.

Other fabulous stuff that was not free
Hair: Cassie from Fri.day
Lashes: Flutter lashes from Cake
Pose: Vago

Happy Valentine's Day! NSFW!

***Again, NSFW! Bewbs below***

Ah, Valentine's day. Where both men and women are lavished with gifts. Then there's the sexual part of it that I don't need to explain.

I've got some great stuff to show you today! First and foremost, I'd like to say that the pictures I'm going to show you were taken in a photoble from Mudhoney. Nope, unfortunately, it's not free (it's $1000L). However, I really like the poses that are in it! If you like them as well, check them out at the main store!

Now, on the the goodies. If you're signed up with the subscribo from + blacklisted +, chances are that you knew about their Starlust Valentine gift t-shirt (below). Also, their subscribo sent out a cool group gift t-shirt, in purple, complete with a lovely zombie-themed valentine (I heart it!). Check out the shirts below, complete with a yummy shot I took inside the above mentioned photoble.

Purple subscribo love!

In the first pic, I'm sitting in a chair from Mudhoney that is on sale for $35L! It's only five prims and has six poses in it, so I say go grab it while you can!

Alphamale & Blacklace have some gifts out - one for guys and one for the girls (which, some would say is also a gift for the guys!). I think they're out until tomorrow, so once again, grab grab grab.

A nice, pink sweater for the guys to get in the Valentine's spirit!

Some sexy lingerie for you to tempt your valentine in.

Dutch Touch sent out a group gift from their subscribo -- this lovely skin, complete with lashes! Iki Ikarus' skins keep getting more and more beautiful.

And LeLutka has a gift out for the sim opening of Heartless City, which houses a satellite store.

The necklace I'm wearing is a group gift from Lolapop! You can get it from the in-world group ($50L to join)! Here's a close up below:

Creds:

-Skin: Dutch Touch & LeLutka (at Heartless City)

-Hair: fri.day (new release!) & (male) Exile

-Shoes: Nardcotix

-Jewelry: Lolapop!

-T-shirt: + blacklisted +

-Men's sweater: Alphamale

-Lingerie: Blacklace

-Jeans: (male) League

Rush Hour!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! Asthenia is waiting for me to go do something fun so have to hurry with this post!

Pants, shirts, glasses are all Midnight Mania, freebies or Picks Rewards from Equilibrium

Skin in 3 tones and tattoos on it is a group gift from Amacci

Skin group gift, Mustache

Tree subscribo gift from Beloved to celebrate new range of trees!

Fun time now!

Not Free:

Hair Truth

Poses EverGlow

Gah!

So looks like Asthe beat me once again to blogging something! But never fear I am lazy so I shall keep the picture as it is :D

On the left: Headpiece 1l, Seldom Blue

On the left: Dress 100l for limited time, Seldom Blue

In the middle and on the right: Dresses 0l, Modd.G

Shirts group gift, Mustache

Rawr those skins! I just luff them! They are a freebie in store at Nuuna's Skins, even if she first sent them to her subscribo. They come in 3 tones as you can see and they are to promote her new line of Black Lips skins. And yus they are delish, go get them!

Black Lips skins 0L, Nuuna's Skins

That was tiring! Time to enjoy a rest on a mushroom:

Mushroom with 4 poses group gift in store, D-Lab

Week-end here I coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome!

Not Free:

Hair Truth

Shoes J's

Shorts in some pictures are a past freebie from Zaara

Bellisima in Belleza

*does a happy dance*

I always love it when Belleza releases a new skin. Why, you ask? Aside from Tricky Boucher's releases getting more breathtakingly beautiful than the last, he's also a very generous creator because he sends out group gift skins to commemorate each release. His group is $250L to join and it's worth every darn linden! He's given us ladies FIVE tones with hairbase and cleavage options! Thanks Tricky!

I'm also wearing the freebie eyes from Poetic Colors, which is one of my favorite stores to get eyes from. Lano Ling does excellent work and is also a very generous creator!

Creds:

-Skin: Belleza

-Hair: Exile

-Eyes: Poetic Colors

-Necklace: Lolapop! (formerly Otaku Designs)

Sunday quickie

Now you see me....

Gold guns girls shirt, 1L, Pididdle
Em blazer, 1L, Pididdle
Multi-stripes gloves and skirt, 0L, League
Shearling boots, 0L, SF Design

Now you don't!

Thank *you* for reading this & thank you to the designers for giving out these items.

Other fabulous stuff that was not free
Skin: Hope from Tuli
Lashes: Flutter lashes from Cake
Hair: Nimue from Maitreya
Pose: [On the cover], Torridwear

Where are my manners?

*sighs*

In my last post, I should have wished you cupcakes a happy 2010. I was just so excited about the dress we all got from the subscribo that I just forgot my manners. HAPPY 2010!! Better late than never, eh?

With that said, boy oh boy have I got some yummies for you all! Zeerya Pyrithea would like to wish us a happy 2010 with an invitation to check out her store Zeery and scoop up her spicy gifts that are scattered around! They're not free, but at $5L a piece, I know you guys can afford them!

Also treating us to some deliciousness for the new year is Crystalin Clayton of Plastic Flowers. She has out some cute skins, priced between $15L each & a special two pack New Years set for $25L. She makes no secret of the fact that they're Evana & Eloh Eliot skin mods. I'm not an expert at skins, but I think they're pretty darn cute, especially for the bargain price she set them at, which is very generous of her!

Here's some pictures of the $15L a piece skins available (click the pictures to view them at a larger scale):

Here's some pictures of the special two-pack $25L New Years skins:

That's it for today, folks! Have a great Monday!

Creds:

-Skin: Plastic Flowers

-Hair: Exile

-Top, scarf & earrings: Zeery

-Jeans: Naughty

-Boots: Mentine

Gift skin from Belleza!

Belleza owner/designer Tricky Boucher has given his groupies a wonderful gift: skins! Not just for the ladies, mind you. There's men's skin in there as well. Tricky always makes such beautiful skins with wonderful details. I love the light freckles that are gingerly sprinkled on the cheeks and nose of 'Alyson', the women's gift skin, which is also a preview. It comes in three colors, which you can see in the picture below.

Belleza has a $250L joining fee. Well worth it, in my opinion, and you definitely won't want to leave the group!

Creds:

-Skin: Belleza (free)

-Hair w/hat: fri.day ($50L fatpack this weekend only!)

-Shirt: Naughty

-Jewelry: Pacadi Jasha

Hot N Cold

Two other blogposts to do after this one so I am going to be quick :D !

Skins subscribo gift, Frick

Shirts 25L$ and every day one is for 1L$, terri.tees

Shirts and shorts lucky chair, prize for picks and Snowflake gridwide hunt, Intrigue Co.

Shoes group gift, J's

Scarf subscribo gift, Truth

Hat subscribo gift, Modd.G

Sock Snowflake gridwide hunt, Intrigue Co.

Christmas Lighting Midnight Mania, Intrigue Co.

Not Free:

Hair Truth

Poses Pffiou!

Gifts, gifts, gifts for all!

*waves merrily from her hermit lair*

Hello Cupcakes! No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. It's me, Pumpkin. I took a bit of time off, I was mostly posting on my personal blog, but I am back. The rush of recent gifts inspired me to do a post. Maybe I'll continue to get inspired!

As you all are probably aware, it is the holiday season. What with Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Hijra, content creators from around the grid are going all out with the giving!

::Riddle:: recently sent out two great group gifts to members of it's subscribo: a sweater dress and a cool light green jacket. At the moment, the store is still on Valentines Island, but it will soon be moving to it's own sim, which owner and designer Chrystina Noel is very excited about.

Also sending out group gifts via subscribo is Shag, which gave us the cool "Chrissy Snow" hair (named after Suzanne Somer's character in "Three's Company") in red and white (not shown). Included are the cute snowflake attachments.

Miss Tuli Asturias (of Tuli) gave members of her in-world group a set of gorgeous skins in seven (SEVEN!!!!) tones with three different eyebrow options (black, brown, light [blonde]). I'm wearing them in all of the pictures in this post. No, you can't get the skins at her store, which is in the sky while the sim is being rebuilt. You need to join her in-world group ($250L --- well worth it!). The skins are lovely!

Below is the cool ::Riddle:: coat that I previously mentioned. I'm also wearing the group gift from 69. The in-world group members ($300L to join) received a fatpack of this beautiful hair! What I'm not showing is that it also comes with mufflers, a Santa hat and a Rudolph red nose, which you can remove. Very cute!

The jewelry I'm wearing comes from a relatively new store called Haus of Darcy (aka H.o.D.). Creator and owner Aydan Darcy has some very cute and creative jewelry pieces in her new store. Also, right now she is having a 12 Days of Christmas special going on for her in-world group members. If you join her group (which is free), you can buy her special gifts, under the Christmas tree, for a steal --- $25L.

Below, I'm wearing her 'Starlight, Starbright' necklace and her 'Edible Christmas Lights', both of which are $25L and under her Christmas tree.

Below, is a group gift for $25L. Many people know of the 'less than three' sign. Miss Aydan took the maths and made them into a necklace. What's cool is that there are six pieces all together: two complete 'less than three' necklaces, two 'less than' necklaces and two '3' necklaces, all of which come in silver and black. Being that they're transferrable (and they look pretty unisex since they are on a black leather strand), they make a great gift to give to your significant other. This necklace was recently released, but already I have seen at least one store blatantly using her design and passing it off as their own. It's a shame that people resort to taking the design of a hardworking new creator.

I should also mention that I'm wearing the H.o.D. subscribo gift earrings (named 'Bodiqua' --- I love it!) that you get when you join up. As I've asked before, please do not join the subscribo just for the gifts and then unsubscribe. Not only is this rude to the creators, who work hard on their gifts, but it also helps prove to the anti-freebie people that freebie lovers are selfish.

Going back to the coat...it also looks great without a shirt underneath. Just sayin'.

Creds:

-Skin: Tuli (free but the group is $250L to join)

-Hair: Shag (free) & 69 (free but the group is $300L to join)

-Jeans: Sand Shack Surf Co.

-Boots: Bax Coen (pic#1) & (pic#3) Sand Shack Surf Co.

-Shirt: ::Riddle::

-All jewelry: H.o.D.

-Poses used: Reel Expression