Blog Challenge

While sorting my inventory today, I realized that I have lots and lots of Donna Flora jewelry! I love this brand so much, and even though Donna Flora has clothes, hair, and shoes, my favorite items are the beautiful jewelry sets.

I’ve decided to sort through my huge pile and make a collage of 10 of my favorite Donna Flora necklaces. It was hard to pick just 10, cos there’s soooo many more that are equally beautiful.

I like Donna Flora cos every necklace is unique, and so realistic! Also, Valentine’s Day is next month, and I highly recommend Donna Flora if you’re looking for gifts for someone special. Everything is transferable :)

What about you? Where do you get your jewelry from? Make a collage of 10 jewelry pieces that you love from any single brand, or a mix of brands in SL! Blog about your favorite brand or make a collage, and submit it to the Blog Challenge group on Flickr. Be sure to share a link in the comments so I can check it out!

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Meet S, my alt on a budget. For this year’s Newbie Style Challenge II, I knew right away that I wanted to clone myself. I’m terrible at making alts that differs from Gogo, so I just went ahead and made Gogo on a budget.

I knew my biggest challenge would be finding a skin that I liked that also fits my budget. I didn’t want to spend more than $100L, but cheap and pretty skins, are hard to come by. Luckily, my friend Pumpkin sent me a skin tip about Pink Fuel reducing the price of the old Ember skins to $100L each! I’m already a Pink Fuel lover (Elly is my main skin now) so I went and snapped up the Ember skin for my alt. I added some red lipstick tattoo from Pekka ($120L) and also splurged on Redgrave lashes ($90L).

At The Dressing Room Blue, I found the Iona hairstyle from Exile for $60L (pack of 4 colors) and at The Fashion Garret, I found a pair of Mox Spore & Fawn shoes by Argyle Anonymous for $70L. I went with the old Dana 76 Jeans from Decoy for $100L (stole the idea from Sehra Kauffman), and spent $1L on eyes from Aphotic Gloom. At this point, I was pretty much out of money, so I remembered that Friday had a ton of freebies, and went to pick up the Basic White Cami ($0L) and added the Wide Scarf from Mr. Poet to complete the look (also $0L).

Before this challenge, I thought that there was an overabundance of discounts/sales events, but I’ve changed my mind about that. There may be a lot of them, but they’re all offering different stuff, so there’s something for everyone. For someone on a budget, these sales events are fun and also a way for them to add to their wardrobe without going b-r-o-k-e.

Now that the challenge is over for me, I can’t wait to turn my alt into a lil’ Gogo. Time to give her more money$!

What S is wearing:

Exile – Iona (TDR Blue) $60L
Pink Fuel – Ember (Honey) Pure $100L
Pekka – FLAVOUR Lipstick (Red) $120L
Redgrave – Eyelashes $90L
Aphotic Gloom – Clarus Eyes Collection (Watermelon) $1L
Decoy – Dana 76 Jeans (Dark) $100L
Mr.Poet – Wide Scarf (Free Gift) $0L
Argyle Anonymous – Mox Spore & Fawn TFG $70L
Friday – Basic.Cami (White) Freebie $0L

Total ——- $541L

What I’m Wearing:

Same skin, lashes, lipstick tattoo
Exile – Miu (Roots) Stefani
League – Vintage Lace Cardigan (Brown) Vintage Fair
League –  Full Lace Skirt Vintage Fair
Mon Tissu – Montsegur Pumps (Camel)

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The original Newbie Style Challenge was a blast, so I’m bringing it baaaaaaack!!

This is Newbie Style Challenge II, the same rules apply but the spending limit has been raised to $550L (about $2.50US) cos we do want to encourage new players to spend some money and not rely entirely on freebies. I chose $550L cos that’s the minimum amount of Lindens that can be purchased via the BUY $L button in-world.

So here is the challenge SL, if you choose to accept it:

Can you make a nice avatar with little to no money?

This challenge starts now, November 4th, and ends on December 31st. If you do this challenge, please blog your look and leave a link in the comments of this post, or share your image to the Blog Challenge Flickr group with style credits so I can do a recap when it’s over.

Newbie Style Challenge II Guidelines

Things you can do:

• You can use your existing shape (or give your alt your shape)
• You can purchase freebies, dollarbies (or anything under $550L)
• You can use group gifts, free gifts, hunt items, etc (you can use gifts from groups that are paid-to-join if the join fee is counted as part of the $550L total amount)
• You can use it if you win it! (Lucky Chair, Midnight Mania)
• All items must be acquired during the time of the challenge (you can’t use free items not currently available or in paid groups you’re already a member of)

Things you cannot do:

• You cannot spend more than $550L
• You cannot ask your designer friends to send you stuff (and if you’re a designer, you cannot use your own stuff unless it is FREE to everyone else too :P)
• You cannot use group gifts from groups that are paid-to-join (if the join fee exceeds $550L)
• You cannot transfer inventory from your main to your alt
• You cannot use anything in the library folders

Like last year, I will create a new alt for this challenge, so I don’t “cheat” or make a mistake and use items already in my inventory.

********USE AT YOUR OWN RISK********

A lot of people still want avatars with a last name, and I think most of the registration portals are gone, except there are still a few out there that has some last names available. I saw someone posted a link to this recently, and it worked for me.

Register for Second Life via the Virtual Library of Birmingham site

These last names are available:

• Ashland
• Coy
• Deluxe
• Highwater
• Hurricane
• Kroll
• Lastchance
• Lyric
• Oodles
• Spot
• Thistle

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Gidge made me do her Weekly Words Challenge, and this week’s word is Elevate. She said I could interpret it any way that I want to, so my idea of “Elevate” is lots and lots of balloons! This challenge was really fun for me, cos it really “elevated” my mood when I tinted the balloons behind me all different bright colors.

I’m also wearing Aranel’s Wings (Valentine’s Day Edition) from BOOM, just in case my balloons weren’t elevated enough.

C’mon everybody, let’s elev-a-a-a-ate!

If you want to do this week’s challenge, and also get a head start on next week’s — check out Gidge’s blog post for more info.

What I’m Wearing:

Pink Fuel – Elly (Honey) Pure (ltbrow)
Pink Fuel – Elly (Honey) Sheer Balm (Plink)
Elikatira – Wave (Blonde 05) NEW!
Mon Tissu – Lace Crop Top (White)
Mon Tissu – Gauzy Skirt (Egg Shell)
BOOM – Aranel’s Wings (Valentine’s Day Edition)
BOOM – I Promise Lace trim bra (lipstick and doll pink)

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The Newbie Style Challenge ends tomorrow, so I quickly put together two looks that cost me nothing, since I forgot to send my alt money. I was able to put my looks together pretty quickly because some shops, like COCO, had a whole wall of freebies that included clothes, shoes and accessories.

So many people put together far better looks than I did, I’ll try to find time to check out all of them and maybe post links to a few of my favorite looks here this weekend.

Outfit 1:
Apple May – Mia (Beige) Naturals Nude A
D!va Hair – Akane (Citrine) Free
COCO – ShirredTubeDress (Black)
COCO – ClearToteBag (Free)
COCO – FlatAnkleBoots(Black) Free

Outfit 2:
LeLutka – Lola (Light) ORTA skin (group gift)
D!va Hair – Chizuru (Rhodolite) Group gift
PurpleMoon – Free Gift * Pink Orchid Dress
Maitreya – Group Gift Pumps (Pearl)
&
Umedama Holic – Free Eyes

Total cost = $0L

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