Fifty Linden Fridays Week 16 (Includes Preview Pics)
I so love Fridays. This is a huge one for me in RL but still made time to do my 50L Friday shopping early. Hope that you are finding pics helpful. I am putting up a full list of previews this time. So are you one of those wondering what Fifty Linden Fridays are? Well every Friday, a group of designers will place an item in the front of their main store marked down to only 50L. The item might be something from the store marked down, or maybe an exclusive, special item. Each week the designers and items rotate. The items will be available from 12:01 am SLT on Friday until 11:59pm SLT on Friday, this can vary a bit from time to time when the designers get tied up
. You can get the items by following the SLURLs in this post.
So since I am buying my first RL home, I won’t be around much today, but this is the updated list and preview pics of everything I have been able to get pictures. Thanks to the incredible designers like OMGWTF Barbecue and my dear friend, Veronica Ogleby, for helping me out with pictures and information. This week was a must because there are so many great designers participating.
This week, the designers are:
- This is a Fawn – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scribble/225/234/24
- Scribble – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scribble/69/70/26
- SLink – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sanctum/64/128/
- Molto Bene! – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Devilbrook/10/149/1787
- DUBOO* – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Devilbrook/10/149/1787
- Tiny Bird – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/151/85/29
- Pididdle – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horst/72/236/21
UPDATED
- Adore & Abhor – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sugar%20Mill%20Grove/171/189/25
- Smudge - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/190/132/2 – UPDATED LINK
- Katat0nik – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Katat0nik/159/127/24|
- Reek – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Buster/76/77/302
- Tyranny Designs – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oxygen/198/73/27
- Does my ass look big in these jeans?
- Virgin sign and virgin backpack
- Buttons and Bows Top – BROWN ONLY
- RC Cluster – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Salchicha%20Harbor/167/175/46
Add comment November 20, 2009
Fifty Linden Fridays Week 16
Buying a RL house so I won’t be around much today so wanted to do as much of this in one fell swoop. I had to make this week though because there are so many great designers participating. I have even managed to include a few preview pics. I will put up more if there is time.
This week, the designers are:
- This is a Fawn – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scribble/225/234/24
- Scribble – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scribble/69/70/26
- SLink – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sanctum/64/128/2
- Molto Bene! – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Devilbrook/10/149/1787
- DUBOO* – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Devilbrook/10/149/1787
- Tiny Bird – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/151/85/29
- Pididdle – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horst/72/236/21
- Adore & Abhor – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sugar%20Mill%20Grove/171/189/25
- Smudge – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sugar%20Mill%20Grove/171/189/25
- Katat0nik – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Katat0nik/159/127/24
- Reek – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Buster/76/77/302
Reek – Reek Flyer Red Wagon - Tyranny Designs – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oxygen/198/73/27
- RC Cluster – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Salchicha%20Harbor/167/175/46
-RC- 50L FRIDAY ITEM Thankgiving Dessert!
I will post more updates as I have them, so be sure to check back on this article at http://slashestoashes.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/fifty-linden-fridays-week-16/ to get thelatest pics.
Add comment November 20, 2009
50L Friday previews are here…
Fifty Linden Fridays – Week 15 previews are here…
Now I should mention that there are 3 stores participating on Loyd and 2 on Harold and I have updated the list to the stores on the same sim next to each other in the list. Multiple stores on the same sim mean everyone needs to be patient and not scream and holler about the lag. Dress appropriately, if you would please. And in general just take a SOMA, i.e. a happy pill, because we are all going to get our goodies. And basically just because it is Friday is reason enough to be happy, laid-back, and chill. Also, please note the UPDATED LANDMARK for Penny Dreadful Arcade – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/81/71/28*
So here are your preview pics. Click the above pic to be taken to my flicker set with all the pictures or click on any pic below to be taken to a larger version on flicker so you can check the detail. The pics on flicker have the list of stores and URLs if you want to go straight there to scroll through the pictures.This weeks offerings are:
- This is a Fawn – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scribble/225/234/24
- Callie Cline – http://slurl.com/secondlife/caLLiefornia/124/119/27
- Elate! – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunny/168/91/39
- Turnip’s Homes & Stuff – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lloyd/135/235/23
- Schadenfreude – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lloyd/37/49/32
- Split Pea – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lloyd/213/15/25
- Atilleri – http://slurl.com/secondlife/artilleri/91/123/26
- HooT – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/110/208/22
- Penny Dreadful Arcade – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/81/71/28 UPDATED LANDMARK*
- Turquoise Unicorn Studios – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oxygen/76/213/22
**NO GIFT OUT WHEN I WAS GOING AROUND TAKING PICS**
- Pig – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gaylord/220/136/20
- Lamb – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tableau/134/125/121
- Deco – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vagabonds/142/132/2
- Miel – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cupcake/194/57/38
- 5th & Oxford – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nouveau/241/251/23
Hopefully people will use this list to make sure they don’t miss anything they want and who knows maybe some will even get to avoid the lag because people who didn’t want the gift didn’t go and look taking up server resources
. Do be sure to remember
THE UPDATED LANDMARK for Penny Dreadful Arcade – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/81/71/28*
For more info on the upcoming Black Friday 50L Friday Event Check back here.
On November 27th we will be doing a special ‘Black Fifty Linden Friday’ to celebrate the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday! Featuring 45+ stores offering all new or exclusive FLF items. Stuff you can’t get anywhere else, for only 50 Lindens. Oh my heck!
You can get bargains in RL on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so why not in SL too? For you non-Americans reading this who might be wondering what the big deal is, the friday following thanks giving is the biggest shopping day in the US. People act like idiots but the deals to be had are truly incredible … From the sound of it this even will be too!
2 comments November 13, 2009
Fifty Linden Fridays Week 15
Another Friday the 13th! That’s two months in a row …
Hope this one is as good as the last. New stores we have never seen before this time around include Callie Cline, Elate!, and Turnip’s Homes & Stuff. And there are 15 stores for week 15! How awesome is that.
So what is 50L Fridays you say? Well every Friday, a group of designers will place an item in the front of their main store marked down to only 50L. The item might be something from the store marked down, or maybe an exclusive, special item. Each week the designers and items rotate. The items will be available from 12:01 am SLT on Friday until 11:59pm SLT on Friday, this can vary a bit from time to time when the designers get tied up
. You can get the items by following the SLURLs in this post.
There are some old and some new participants this week, and I seriously can’t wait to see what is in store for us all. This week, the designers are:
- This is a Fawn – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scribble/225/234/24
- Callie Cline – http://slurl.com/secondlife/caLLiefornia/124/119/27
- Elate! – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunny/168/91/39
- Turnip’s Homes & Stuff – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lloyd/135/235/23
- Schadenfreude – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lloyd/37/49/32
- Split Pea – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lloyd/213/15/25
- Atilleri – http://slurl.com/secondlife/artilleri/91/123/26
- HooT – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/110/208/22
- Penny Dreadful Arcade – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/81/71/28 UPDATED LANDMARK*
- Turquoise Unicorn Studios – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oxygen/76/213/22
- Pig – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gaylord/220/136/20
- Lamb – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tableau/134/125/121
- Deco – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vagabonds/142/132/2
- Miel – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cupcake/194/57/38
- 5th & Oxford – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nouveau/241/251/23
Now I should mention that there are 3 stores participating on Loyd and 2 on Harold and I have updated the list to reflect the stores so that they are near each other. This means everyone needs to be patient and not scream and holler about the lag. Dress appropriately if you would. And in general just take a SOMA, i.e. a happy pill, because we are all going to get our goodies. Now if you want to avoid the lag when possible check back tomorrow (most likely late afternoon) for the preview pics that way you only have to go places that have things you really want. I will get the list up as early as I can but you guys know RL sometimes interferes
.
NOTE THE UPDATED LANDMARK for Penny Dreadful Arcade – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harold/81/71/28*
Exciting News!! Just out – MARK YOUR CALENDARS
On November 27th we will be doing a special ‘Black Fifty Linden Friday’ to celebrate the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday! Featuring 45+ stores offering all new or exclusive FLF items. Stuff you can’t get anywhere else, for only 50 Lindens. Oh my heck!
You can get bargains in RL on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so why not in SL too? For you non-Americans reading this who might be wondering what the big deal is, the friday following thanks giving is the biggest shopping day in the US. People act like idiots but the deals to be had are truly incredible … From the sound of it this even will be too!
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2 comments November 12, 2009
LOTD featuring Kalnins Boudoir Shoe
The Kalnins HUDs are one of the easiest to use for changing the options and matching up your skin tones and it also helps that with this particular design there is no flesh part from the prim shoe directly touching skin on your avatar so the match doesn’t have to be nearly as close as it does say with pretty much any other shoe out there.

Kalnins Hud Composite - Click on picture to get to a large scale version where you can examine the HUD features in detail
The Boudoir is a classic shoe – versatile, fun, stylish. So much so I just had to put together an outfit to show them off. The biggest problem here is that the most frequent style of clothing that I see myself wearing this shoe with is longer pants with cuffs that usually cover part of the shoe, something I didn’t want to do for this article. Now before I move on to the rest of the outfit, I want to say there was one thing that I would like to see more attention to the detail on and that was the nails. The nails have basically no texture enhancement except for color and shine and are the last remaining thing that I am not 100% satisfied with on these Marius Kanto’s creations. He is not alone in this area though, there are few who have really gotten this perfect. The both exciting and depressing news is that Marius is promising to really expand his women’s shoes line. Why depressing you say? Because, now, I will go broke faster!
Now before I move on to the rest of the outfit, I want to say there was one thing that I would like to see more attention to the detail on and that was the nails. The nails have basically no texture enhancement except for color and shine, which did not appear correctly on my viewer and windlight settings, and are the last remaining thing that I am not 100% satisfied with on these Marius Kanto’s creations. He is not alone in this area though, there are few who have really gotten this perfect. The both exciting and depressing news is that Marius is promising to really expand his women’s shoes line. Why depressing you say? Because, I will go broke faster! So here is a close up of this classic shoe:
So what do you put with a sexy number like this? Ibizarre (Ibiz for short)and MNK to the rescue. MNK is a store I discovered about a month ago and plan to do a piece specifically on their designs at a later time. The incredible texturing they use on their Tweed Pant in black made them a worthy pairing with the texturing on the Boudoirs. And well Ibiz just has so many options. Last spring I made off like a bandit at their 10L sale and never have a hard time fitting in one of their lovely pieces with outfits. Originally, I intended to wear a shirt under the Ibiz jacket, but the Karo Jacket is perfect for showing off the push-up version of the []::Tuli::[] group gift skin called Bella that I chose to wear. The hair is >Truth< and I totally love it. It is one of last weeks releases, Penelope, and I chose to wear the espresso version of it.
Hope you all have a lovely Thursday. I will put up the 50L Friday list as soon as I get it.
- Skin: []::Tuli::[] – Bella (sunkissed/br) VIP exclusive (PU1) (group gift / 250L to join group)
- Hair: >Truth< - Penelope – espresso (Gift, but they are 225L / Pack of 4 Colors)
- Eyes: [SLB] Eyes – July’09 – Green B (200L per color pack) https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1645733
- Lashes: Crissy Designs – Irresistible Look Eyelashes (50L) https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1119721
- Jacket: Ibizarre – Karo Jacket (Nature) (10L on Sale last spring)
- Pants: (MNK*SHOP) -Tweed Short Pants lengthened to Half Pants for wider bottom flare) – Black (50L for Shorts and Half Pants)
- Shoes: Kalnins Shoes – Boudoir (800L, you can get other Kalnins styles on Xstreet https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=110677 a couple of which are on sale but as yet the Boudoirs are not available for sale on Xstreet you have to go in world to Kalnins Shoes)
2 comments November 12, 2009
Happy Veterans Day
Hug a hero, today, and say thank you to all the men and women of the armed services who have proudly worn the uniform and defended your country. Today is Veterans Day in the United States, Remembrance Day (not to be confused with Remembrance Sunday) in the United Kingdom, and Armistice Day in other countries. November 11 was chosen because it is “the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I.”

Veterans Day - U.S. Military Veterans Center - Click the picture for access to a larger picture and details about Veterans Day events in world
Veterans Day is an annual American federal and state holiday honoring military veterans usually observed on November 11 and is pretty much remembered in some form or another in most of the countries of the world because it was when the major hostilities of World War I formally ended. The actual date and time was 11 AM, the 11th hour, on November 11th, the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918. At which time the Germans signed the Armistice. Though the battles did not cease in other areas of the world it was significant marker for the end of the War.
For the US, the first celebration took place on the first anniversary of this historical event. But it was not for seven years (1926) that the United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution, requesting the President issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. It was May 13, 1938 before it became an officially recognized holiday in the US. Then in 1953 Al King, a shoe store owner in Emporia, Kansas campaigned to expand the holiday to celebrate all veterans, not just those of the First World War.
16 years after its declaration as an official holiday, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the bill making it a law that the date officially included all veterans and congress amended the law on November 8, 1954 so that it would now be known as Veterans Day, replacing the previous title of Armistice Day. The actual date which this holiday is celebrated has changed over the years, but the sentiments behind why we celebrate have only expanded, expanded to honor all those who serve in the armed forces.
Closely tied to this day of remembrance is the symbol of the Poppy. This is because John McCrae, Canadian military physician, wrote possibly the most remembered poem about World War I, called In Flanders Fields (full poem at the end of this article). The poem speaks of the poppies that bloomed across the worst battlefields of Flanders. “An American YMCA Overseas War Secretaries employee, Moina Michael, was inspired to make 25 silk poppies based on McCrae’s poem, which she distributed to attendees of the YMCA Overseas War Secretaries’ Conference. At this conference, a Frenchwoman, Anna E. Guérin, was inspired to introduce the widely used artificial poppies given out today.” Through out much of the world poppies are associated with Veterans Day / Remembrance Day / Armistice Day as a result of the poem and the efforts of these two women. It is recommended that the poppies be worn on the left lapel, or as close to the heart as possible.
It has also become tradition to observe a two-minute moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. on this day as a sign of respect for the roughly 20 million people who died in the war. Our friends in the UK have their big day this coming Sunday (Remembrance Sunday) but still honor the two-minute moment of silence on November 11th. If you don’t know this tradition till after time the time has passed, do it when you can, but if you can do so at 11am, please do so. For my part I will be hugging my dad, the only living relative I have that served in the military. Hug someone you know who has served and tell them thank you.
Happy Veterans Day, Veterans, wherever you are!
Notable music to listen to on this occasion: “Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
— Lt.-Col. John McCrae (1872 – 1918)
2 comments November 11, 2009
Shoes Glorious Shoes!
Did you know there is a Footwear Expo coming up?!? Oh yeah! I just found out about the 2009 SL Footwear Expo! (http://2009footwearexpo.wordpress.com/) and boy am I excited!
Two Sims dedicated to the love of footwear. I think I will be in heaven, if the lag doesn’t kill me. The Expo hopes to raise funds for the Toys For Tots charity (http://www.toysfortots.org/default.asp), in time for Christmas.
If you are a designer and want to take part or you are a shopper and haven’t received your invitation yet, IM Phoenix Chapman for more details! And if you want to go ahead and donate directly to the US Marine Corps’ Toys For Tots Campaign you can do so by clicking the picture of their site banner above.
When: November 22 through December 6
Where: TBA
Who: There are hints of the following stores participating and I am sure many more to come:
- Maitreya
- Bax
- Striking Poses
- Sand Shack Surf Co.
- Truth
More to come on this topic near and dear to my heart.
2 comments November 10, 2009
Look of the Day – Winterstock Outfit
So, yesterday, I finally got to go to Winterstock. I loved it. The organizers and designers have really out done themselves. So much to see so much to do hard to know where to start. If you are decorating or dressing for winter, you need to go. There are several cool freebies, some of which I used in this look of the day. I had to change when I landed, because I was just so overwhelmed with the winter wonderland theme. And while I was dressed in a winter themed outfit, it was a Nicky Ree formal ball gown from last weekend’s sale, not the casual fun outdoorsy skating type winter outfit that befit the setting.
Later on when I decided to skate, I did have to put on my BAX Ice Skates which you can get a pair of at the Bax Coen booth that is at Winterstock for 349L. Bellow you will see the outfit details and SLURLs & Xstreet Links for where to buy
Look of the Day – Winterstock Outfit
Jacket: Ibizarre Pea Coat (black) (10L at her 10 Linden Sale Last Spring)
Sweater Outfit and Hose: (Glamurena) Woolen Winter Sweater Set in (Grey) (Last Season’s Xstreet Purchase – no idea how much it was but I was on a tiny budget in those days, so it couldn’t have been much)
Boots: BAX Prestige Boots Black Leather (875L)
Accessories: Bandit Jewelry – JPB PrimaDonna Circle Earrings Platinum (Gift from a friend), [ Kitheres ] Winter Scarf Freebie (red) @ Winterstock
Base Avatar
Skin: AtomicBambi – LANA in Sunblush (Frost-Frex-Gloss) (Sunblush Fatpack 2,999L)
Hair: .:[ Tiny Bird ]:. All is Love – Brownie (Color Pack 175L)
Eyes: [SLB] Eyes – July’09 – Green B (200L per eyecolor)
Lashes: Crissy Designs - Irresistible Look Eyelashes (50L)
Poses
From Free*Style Booth @ Winterstock Gift Bag of 28 High-fashion Poses – some suit guys
FS Look Tood Pocket (Free)
FS Look Umm Bag (Free)
Store URLs:
Ibizarre: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Yebizah/139/136/22
Glamurena: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Savill%20Island/16/161/22
Bax Coen: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jiminy/233/148/440
Bandit Jewelry: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jewellery%20Paradise/154/81/25
Kitheres @ Winterstock: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Merry%20Christmas/128/128/2
Kitheres Mainstore: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sylvan/63/194/2043
SLB Labs: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1645733
AtomicBambi: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Cyanide/85/160/25
Tiny Bird: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/151/85/29
Crissy Designs: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1119721
Free*Style Booth @ Winterstock: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Juicy/112/112/2
2 comments November 10, 2009
Donna Flora Monday Release Eve
While doing serious damage to my pocket-book at the Nicky Ree Sale, I ran into Squinternet Larnia, the creator behind one of my favorite stores, Donna Flora. She was sporting her new release, Eve. Squinternet, said that she plans to offer options with this look including a red wool collar. She plans to release the dress for 800L. Also notice how lovely the Bax Coen Suede Boots in black with the red cuff top goes with this outfit.
Donna Flora Mainstore: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Garman/205/99/102
Add comment November 8, 2009
Kalnin’s Boudoir Sale – 50% off for release!!
Kalnin’s has a new shoe that is normally going to be 800L but is on a 50% off preview promo sale that only has 24 left at the time of this post. If anyone is interested here is the slurl and you will need to join the subscribo when you land http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fusion%20Crossing/204/36/24. It is gorgeous. More pics later but wanted to get this up so you could get to the shoe sale if it is still there.
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