Pink Floyd in SL January 25, 2008

I attended a concert this last week…a virtual version of Pink Floyd.  It was very well put together, the stage was amazing, with lots of great visual effects. They had Lyra Blackthorne (co-owner of Body Doubles, along with myself and Persia Christensen) make a couple of the Pink Floyd shapes custom for them and she did an amazing job!  We’re also going to be working with them to make band members for other RL bands as well.

Bobby Fallon is the creator and designer of the Virtual Pink Floyd Tour.  He is planning on doing other concerts too of other bands, which is where we come in to make him the shapes.  You can contact his band manager, RayO Raymaker in world for more details.  Also, you can check them out on youtube.com at http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Qipar–FE .

Here are a few snap shots I took last week.

Shot of the stage before the concert began.

Bobby Fallon

The stage looks best with sun set to midnight.

Stilian Gustafson, as David Gilmour…look curtosy of Body Doubles Shapes.

Dancers doing their thing:  ever Moody, Alexa Trefoil & Flora Fegte

Quentin Lovenkraft, playing another band member.

Rickwright Wrigglesworth

Ian Lisle

ML McCallen

Real Honi

SoleilMoon Vuckovic

And finally a few more shots of the special effects:

Gallery Reception for GM Nikolaidis and Sky Hye January 22, 2008

My good friend, and a wonderful photographer, GM Nikolaidis and his lovely wife, Barbara Nicholls invited me to the grand opening of GM and Sky Hye’s photo gallery this past weekend.  It was such a lovely event!  There were several in attendance and we all enjoyed the soothing piano music provided by RockPianoman Pienaar.  I had not met Sky before, but I did know from experience that GM’s work was fantastic.  It was beautiful to see again.  He has done some shoots for me in SL, but the work displayed in his gallery is from RL.  He has a unique eye for style, feel and arangement of a photograph, I feel.  The colors that come out in his photos, the alignment of the pictures…the whole feel is just beautiful and I had to purchase at least one for my house.  They are photos I can look at over and over and enjoy the serenity they give.

Sky’s work is more painting…and it too is beautiful!  Some of her work almost has a Monet-feel to it…although its been a while since I was in art school, so I could be off!  I particularly liked the  series of work she had along the back wall…just small prints…one of which I picked up was a shell lying in the sand.  I want to go back and get more from both of them!!

Be sure to check them out for yourself…they are located at centro italia (63, 161, 22).

Here are a few shots from the event:

Shot from the courtyard outside the two galleries:  Nikolaidis Photography and Sky Hye Art.

GM Nikolaidis…an amazing photographer and great friend!

Sky Hye…owner of Sky Hye Art…beautiful work!

RockPianoman making beautiful music for us!

Myself, Barbara Nicholls (GM’s wife) and Ellissa Nightfire (my new friend and Barbara’s sister).

Shot from inside GM’s gallery.

Photo inside Sky’s gallery.

 Thank you for the invite and the lovely reception and congrats to you all!!

~sari~

Rustica January 18, 2008

(Another guest post by Thalia Jie.  Thank you!!)

Rustica low prim home furnishings. So beautifully crafted they will make your toes curl. Each piece of furniture available at Rustica is an original Maxwell Graf design. Many pieces include elaborate sculptie prims, drawers and cabinets with working parts, color changing menus, and more.

Snuggle script! When the bed is not in use, it looks nice and neat with beautiful sculpted prim detail work. When you get in bed, the covers come up and up to two people can have a nice snooze.

Technicolor Dream Couch with 51 color options, you can adjust the couch to your decor, mood, or current season. One cushion also gives you a glass of wine to relax with.

Come.. Sit.. Chat…Become the proud owner of this timeless designer piece – The Café Du Blonde Gossip Bench courtesy of Maxwell Graf. Only at Rustica Home Furnishings.

~Thalia Jie~

Unveiling Fashion Show January 16, 2008

Metro Models hosted Unveiling fashion show this past Saturday, featuring designs by OPIUM Everyday, skins from SKIN 2.0 and hair styles by Calla.  There were free gifts and all the item from the clothing desinger, Alaska Metropolitan, were up for sale along the sides…which myself and several others took advantage of.  nemi McCoy the host stated that OPIUM Everyday was “a line of casual to business fashion tailored for mixing and matching and making your own.”  The items being shown were both new and older designs, to celebrate the opening of the new store on Le Zoo (195, 233, 22).  Enjoy!

The stage…simple yes excellent for showing the designs.

 

nemi McCoy the hostess

Skintone “Options” in medium, with Berry lips.  Clothing OPIUM Everyday sleeveless red turtleneck with the brocade “Marion” shorts.  Reed hair by Calla in Walnut.

Light Skin 2.0 “Options” skin, with Bette makeup.  Clothing is the Rosalind skirt with a beaded waist and black lace trim, a simple black eyelet blouse and a set of beaded necklaces.  Hairstyle is Marigold in Dark Mahogany.

Clothing is black lace trimmed thigh highs, with the houndstooth lingerie set.  Skin is from the Runway series, light tone, Rockstar makeup.  Hawthorne hairstyle.

 

Clothing is “Deeta” pantsuit.  Skin is “Powder”, in the medium tone.  Hair is Flowering Reed in Mocha.

“Lacie” Blouse and “Basix” Dress Pants make up this outfit.  Skin is also “Powder” makeup, but in the light tone.  Black Poplar hairstyle.

Clothing is layered croptop in turquoise and lime, paired with “Roxy” Skinny Jeans in prefaded denim.  Hair is the Delphinium style.

“Adri” bikini in orange trimmed in white and Calla’s Gloxinia hairstyle, shown in Walnut.

Clothing includes “Roxy Jeans” in a dark wash and the “Luna” earring and necklace, with an asymmetrical tank in turquoise and lime.  Hair is Lucerne, worn in Dark Mahogany.

Outfit is velvet track suit in rich plum.  (The hair never did rez for me…sorry folks, but it was supposed to be the Spanish Jasmine hairstyle.)

Long tunic striped sweater worn with the “Roxy” jeans in black denim…with Mistletoe hairstyle, shown in Mocha.

Adorable pink “Seraph” lingerie set, with Calla’s Mallos in Sand.

Blue dress…”CeCe dress”, a clinging lycra knit and Turnsol hairstyle in Black.

Clothing is lace trim leggings in heather grey paired with the black eyelet blouse and supposedly had a flexi-empire waste add-on…but it never rezzed for me sadly.  Neither did the Marigold hairstyle worn in walnut.

“Ami” Dress with the “Brigitta” Jacket and Persicaria hair in Dark Mahogany.

Outfit is “Basix” suit in black.  Hairstyle is Lucerne in black.

This bathing suit is called “Stella” and the hairstyle is Sage.

Outfit includes lime “Genevieve” sweater paired with the “Basix” capris.  in Sand, Calla’s Azalea hairstyle finished the look.

Finally, “Giselle” bronze bikini with Calla’s Snowdrop style.

Thank you to everyone involved!  Lovely show!

Botanical January 14, 2008

My house was in desparate need of some lanscaping…and my friend Lyra very kindly pointed this out by handing me a LM to a great place for sculpted trees, water and rocks.  I went to check it out, hoping to find at least one little tiny shrub to make my poor front yard look at least a little less dreary.  When I landed and rezzed, I was already in awe.  The sim itself is absolutely gorgeous.  Kriss Lehmann is an artist for sure with sculpting prims.  I wanted to buy everything in sight but of course none of what I landed near was for sale there.  To get to the area with the items for sale, if you’re not lazy and fly there, you walk through beautiful trees with sunlight coming through the branches…over bridges that lead over rushing little rivers.  Later after shopping (and finding more than one thing I wanted of course), I explored the sim a bit more.  It is absolutely gorgeous.  It is very well done and took someone a LOT of time…not only in creating the items but in arranging them as well.  I highly suggest going and exploring for yourself.  It is located on Straylight (25, 239, 52).  The trees I bought are scripted, so that they have leaves falling off and covering the ground below as well as the tree swaying in the breeze.  The leaves falling can be shut off if you wish, by a simple click of the tree.  Anyhow, I took some pictures around the sim and a couple of the things for sale as well.  But go check it out for yourself.  Here they are: