Fi's Fun Finds

Decorator Challenge

Fiona Haworth — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:14:10 +0000

My guy has always presented me with interesting home decorating challenges. Our first home was a 1920s/1930s era riverboat paddlewheeler. Next up was a pirate ship liveaboard. After that a treehouse, a giant castle, and then a steampunk castle. For awhile I really thought he was punking me. Each were incredibly fun to decorate and probably gave me the passion I have for home and garden stuff. So I’m blaming him for the 400+ sofas I own. His most recent challenge was decorating an entire skybox including the structure for ~150 prims/LE and make it copiable. Our goal was starting a skybox rentals that were high quality but inexpensive. While our endeavor never really started, I was pretty proud of a few builds I did. So I’d like to share one of them with you today.

This build rang in at a mere 153 prims/LE but doesn’t suffer a bit in functionality or in looks. Abiss takes the blue ribbon for this incredible build. It’s gorgeous and under 50 prims. I love the high ceilings, the layout and most especially the bookcase and windows. I don’t suffer from camera issues and I like hanging out in it. I had room for a bedroom/bath, living room, and kitchen/dinette without feeling cramped. Finding copiable items has gotten much easier over the yrs so I’d like to thank all creators for that.

Items shown in pics:

Abiss – Studio Apt.

The Loft – Morgan Fireplace, Painted Screen Blue, Teak Sideboard (small), Roxanne Table, Roxanne Flower Bowl Red, Bailey Bed, and Leather Side Table Ivory.

Trompe Loeil – NYC66 Couch Light Blue, NYC66 Side Chair Light Blue, NYC66 Tall Table Lamp, NYC66 Kitchen (taken from the skybox and modded heavily).

{what next} – Milan Chairs

Scarlet Creative – I Fell in Love at the Beach Animated Bath

Rugs from LISP Bazaar, Dutchie, The Loft and Rucott

(TLND) – Mirror (Shop has left the grid)

Closing Sale

Fiona Haworth — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:33:23 +0000

It’s always a bit sad for me when a shop I like decides to close it’s doors. Today I got an announcement that Baffle! is closing up shop on November 11th. All items including some cute prefabs are on sale for 55L.

Baffle! always sold the cutest pose props/home decor items. Shown in the pic above is the [Escritoire.], [Film Noir.], [Fairytale Forest.], & [Symphony.]. The prefab comes with the entire environment shown above. Too cute right? Sorry to see you go Samantha. Hopefully you’ll keep creating.

Group Gift

Fiona Haworth — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:53:51 +0000

The art of bonsai is an interesting study full of symbolism. Each detail sends a message of balance, simplicity, harmony, and age. The tradition is 1000s of years old and one that interests me. I kinda collect bonsais all over the grid.

Today I’m excited to show you a lovely group gift bonsai from -Hanaya- Yummy Collectibles. This meshy bonsai is done in a skakkan (windswept) style and comes with the table. Moriko also released a season change version for regular sale. While it’s not free to join the group it’s well worth the mere 250L fee to join as Moriko is super generous and releases a monthly gift. Just check notices and you’ll see the gift or hit the shop wearing your tag and click the gift giver board.

Young FrankenBot

Fiona Haworth — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:06:09 +0000

Happy Halloween…this time for real. LOL! As you can see it’s quite an event for me that runs at least a full weekend. Today’s costume is a great subscriber gift from ANA_Mations! It’s a meshy costume complete with a super cute AO.

ANA_Mations has loads of great stuffs for halloween and for anytime as well. Gift is still available in the shop so stop on over and check it out! LIMO – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koreshan/45/211/21

I’m Dreaming of Jeannie

Fiona Haworth — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:18:07 +0000

Talk about fantasies I wished like crazy when I was a little girl that I lived in Jeannie’s bottle. RL I dressed as Jeannie for Halloween a few yrs ago. It’s a show that is super dear to my heart….and unfortunately I’ve not found too many good Jeannie outfits. Someone PLEASE make me a meshy one.

Luckily for me Cory Edo of Trompe Loeil finally made my bottle wish come true. I tried to make myself a genie bottle a few yrs ago and man did it suck. Cory’s work is just so fantastic I just squealed with joy when I rezzed this. It’s available at Collabor88 until Nov 7 so make sure you run get it. There is both a PG and an Adult version and loads of colors for 188L and 388L respectively.

Cinema

Fiona Haworth — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:55:06 +0000

I know I’m super late on posting anything about Cinema, but if you’ve not gone yet you need to. There are loads of really cool things there. I’m still not even finished going through it all and it ends in just a few days on October 31 so get going peeps!

Trompe Loeil’s Peepshow Skybox inspired me in some big sexy ways. The box is another incredible meshy production from the every talented Cory Edo. Coming in at only 32 Land Equivalents it’s a great backdrop for sexy photos or for seducing your guy. The animations are HOT! My outfit is from Casa Del Shai and is inspired by Liza Minnelli’s Mein Herr performance in Cabaret. This came out ages ago and I know she performed on a chair but the lights and the stage just shouted broadway to me and my thoughts drifted to Cabaret as it was one of the first plays I saw…..no not the one with Liza in it.

Happy Halloween!

Fiona Haworth — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:55:26 +0000

Even though I don’t eat candy anymore, I still love Halloween. I love the creativity of it. Kids and adults coming up with crazy ideas on what to be. It’s even more appealing in SL where you can be ANYTHING! I think I have over 300 costumes in a sorter box…..wide varieties.

My guy Charlz isn’t really into it but he humors me every year…..with couples costumes and everything! We’ve been Dorothy and the Tin Man, Alice and the Mad Hatter, Jack Skellington & Sally, Fred and Lily Munster. This year we are sporting Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. My costume is from Blacklace and Charlz got his mesh avi off the marketplace from Dreamcrawlers. Happy Halloween all!

Falling for Apple Fall

Fiona Haworth — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:04:57 +0000

I want to apologize for my long absences this year. I’m not gonna put down all my excuses, however I will say I’m gonna try more. Onto my article today:

I’m a skybox hoarder. I’ll admit that proudly. My sim probably doesn’t have enough room in the sky to rez all the ones I own. If you have read me before and at this point I’m sure only those that have are reading now (HI MOM!) you’ll also know my obsession for mesh. Apple Fall is the greatest combination of both! Fantastic meshy skyboxes!! I’m in heaven.

The above pic is of the Monaco skybox that is on sale for a mere 100L at The Outlet Sales Room! Apple did a great job capturing the feeling of Monaco. Brought me right back to when I visited there a few yrs ago. So I whipped up a little apartment so you can see what you can do with it.

Apple Fall (MAINSHOP)- Skybox
The Loft – Bed, Headboard, Frames, Doormat & Boots, Bedside Table, Checkers
Abiss – Bookcase from a skybox
~BAZAR~ – Breakfast Table
{what next} – Breakfast Chairs, Umbrella
Y’s House – Sofa
Digs Furniture – Lounger
Floorplan – Patio Plant (ONLY 1 LE!!!!)
Mudhoney – Mirror
Trompe Loeil – Bathtub
Tranquility Way Station – Screen
LISP Bazaar - Rugs, Coffee Table

Photo Fun

Fiona Haworth — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:52:45 +0000

So today for your viewing pleasure is a photo I’ve done up for my pal Fran for a contest at Leezu. Leezu’s rules were red…and Fran wanted to be a gun toting ass kicker for it. SO…we looked through all her Leezu clothes and I picked out the Au revoir de Sade jacket as a starting point. Fran donned the Allumeuse boots and some Leezu underthings to go with it.

After we had the outfit done up, I modded the Leezu Orient House for the backdrop of this photo. I rezzed some bloody prims, popped the LOVE on the fireplace to a lovely red color and made a pose with my handy Anypose tool. A bit of post processing in photoshop and you all can see the result. Wish us luck.

LIMO to Leezu – http://slurl.com/secondlife/LeeZu/133/129/23

OMG another month has gone by

Fiona Haworth — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:38:50 +0000

It’s that time again Collabor88 is here again. Sorry I was a bit late posting this but I couldn’t get there for a few days…WAS PACKED! However, I have LOADS to show you. So let’s just get down to it shall we.

In this pic, I’ve selected a few items that are just sooooo perfect for my beach. To the top I have Cheeky Pea’s Lilith Hammock. This is such a delight. It’s mesh and beautiful and has loads of great animations for couples and singles. It’s got a great swaying movement and it’s 11 LE. On the bottom of this pic is Lisp Bazaar’s Mermaids & Salty Dogs Kitchen Set. OMG it’s great and truly beautiful for a beachy kitchen. It’s also got great animations for couples and singles. Total of 65 prims for all I have rezzed but it’s soft linked for loads of it so you can pare down if you need to.

Next up are a few of the prefabs offered this month. Trompe Loeil’s Daydreaming Flying Dome is to the top and it’s super. All meshy goodness and it comes in it’s own little bubble. The texture on the “ground” moves as well as the clouds in the sky so it feels like it’s flying. I thought it was super romantic so I rezzed a dance ball and shot up a few pics. Last but not least is Barnesworth Anubis’ Songo Garden. This sooo reminds me of the really cool backyard gardens in New Orleans or Savannah. I love the pool! The furniture is sold separately. But if you forgot everything at Collabor88 is super priced. For everything shown here it’s less than 1000L!

LIMO: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tails/74/134/888