Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Ain't you Awwdorable!

Yeah that's me, awwdorable! I mean, I don't let it get to my head or anything.

Awwdorable is also a store! Just like the name, Awwdorable's clothes will make people say "awwww, you're so adorable!" Good news is, Awwdorable has just released a new Gatcha! Tank tops galore!

The tanks come in 10 colors! Each one is even transferable so they make great gifts or you can trade them with friends if you didn't get the color you wanted! Above (and below) I am wearing the green(Lime) one. They each have a pair of sunglasses on them. I am so ready for a day in the sun! (I mean where I live in RL it was 86 today and I don't even live in Florida!)


This tank is great with jeans, shorts, and even skirts!

It's 50L a play so you should totally head over to Awwdorable and get yourself one....or 10!


**This is a store specific post so no LotD links are posted. If you are curious about something else I wore or had in this post feel free to leave a comment or leave me a NC in-world (I cap) at Audra Graves

***but seriously you guys i can't get over how cute I look!!!

Enchantment

You guys like cool things don't you? I mean, I know I do!

So when I heard about enchantment and what it was I was all over that like syrup on a pancake! Cheese on bread? Aurora on a pillow? No?

Bad similes aside, this event, while not geared towards SL kids, is still doable by us kids! There are some prizes and some items for sale that are not clothing.

Enchantment is a quarterly event with 20 designers. Each round a fairy tale is chosen and the designers will make something with that theme. A previous Enchantment theme was Red Riding Hood. THIS round's theme is Sleeping Beauty and it's just as awesome as it sounds.
Some info on the original Sleeping Beauty can be found here: Wiki Sleeping Beauty

So here is how it works:
20 stores will put out at LEAST one item specifically for this event(some I have seen have more than one). These will be special marked for the event. Inside these purchasable items, besides the item itself, will be a stamp card.
Now that you have a stamp card, wear it, and run around to each participating store and click the stamp machine! It will stamp your card
Once you fill that card up you can take it to the prize location (which I of course can't tell you yet) and redeem that stamp card for a prize.
1 full card = 1 prize




Some good pointers:
Want more than one prize? Buy more than one event item from participating vendors! You have 20 vendors to shop through!
You can wear more than 1 card at once while stamping but please only wear one at a time while redeeming for a prize otherwise you waste cards and you wont get to use them again.
Cards are Transfer so if you have some extra you want to give to a friend or an alt or even to someone as a gift you can do that, empty or filled!
You will definitely want more than 1 card because there are awesome prizes that after this event will not be released or sold again.

Prize from MishMish - 1Li~door opens and closes~comes in dark & light.
I love the way they changed things starting this round (the stamp system) because it promotes store traffic and browsing which in return turns browsers into buyers (oh man i used quotes from RL work!! What am I doing!? What is life!?). This system works you guys! It worked in the past when I had seen it used for other events eons ago (2008/09 feels like eons in SL right?). Events that happen IN stores just work that way. I'm living proof and my wallet can attest to that!
Themed items for sale from The Sugar Garden - w/ veil or w/out~white and black horns shown.
Themed items for sale from Kalopsia - each w/ 2 versions (wear or hold)~wear has 4 animations


May 1st you guys! Here are the stores participating:
Peqe
The Annex
Junbug
Apsara
Lark
Unrepentant
Kalopsia
O.M.E.N.
anc Ltd.
Mina Hair
Luminary
Stitched
!Ohmai
tsg
!bang poses 
MishMish
Violent Seduction
Tarnished
BOOM
Hopscotch

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

We're all Mad...Peas! The Lost Mine Hunt

**There are 27 pictures in this post but it's so worth it!

Mad Peas did it again, or that's what I hear. They hosted another hunt, alongside Dwarfins. I had never done a MadPeas Hunt before and I missed the last one so I waited very excited for this one. They Really did do it again. A lot of people, I saw in the group chat, felt this was one of their best hunts to date! Before I go on let me tell you a thing or 2.

MadPeas is a group of people who focus in making fun experiences in world for Secondlifers. They don't just stop at hunts either. They've held single events and participated in others and have even held their own gatcha events!

They are a serious boredom buster! Links below for you can show you to their Flickr where you can see photos others have posted from their events, a Facebook page to follow if Facebook is your thing, a blog to follow, and also a Youtube with trailers and videos of their past and current events.

LINKS
MadPea Flickr
MadPea Facebook
MadPea Blog
MadPea Youtube
MadPea Inworld Group

THE LOST MINE HUNT

This SLURL ----> click me
will take Mad City. There you can start the hunt. This is not your typical hunt where you hop from store to store and look for an object with a prize. This is MUCH better.



You purchase the necessary HUD which is only 150L. Pocket change. Add that sucker. It will ask to teleport you, say yes. Don't worry it doesn't take you anywhere right away but it's a useful tool during the hunt (the teleport that is since the HUD is needed to even to do the hunt.) Also be sure to add that bag it comes with because that holds useful items you are going to find during your hunt and need.

On the same wall of awesome that you purchase your HUD is a few other shopping options you might find awesome and want to buy (I recommend it actually!). There are Dwarfin avatars for those who like changing of the avatars, or Roleplay. There are tiny little Dwarfin followers that are soooo cute (unless they prefer to be called beautiful and handsome). The Hint giver for the first part of the hunt is also on there (more on that in a second). Do you want to do the hunt as an adorable MadPea? Good News, you can! There are 2 vendors (boy and girl) for a MadPea Avatar. It comes with it's own bag too.


There is a gatcha machine a few meters away from the shopping board that lets you try for tools that go on your MadPea avatars backpack.


Don't want to be a Pea? That's ok too (just remember to have that bag attached)! I dressed up, after playing around as a pea, in the Inner Peace Hunger Games Training uniform to do the hunt because nothing is more comfortable and perfect for an adventure!

Now the first thing you are going to be doing is looking for is crumpled map pieces. This part could take a bit or very little time at all. Partly due to the fact that they are spread ALL OVER Mad City. This includes the city and the parks. That's A LOT of space and that's also A LOT of map pieces.


The map pieces look like the one below.


All you need to do when you find one is click on it. It will add a piece to your map! Now hurry and find the rest of the map pieces! NOW, "that's A LOT of pieces" you might say...or "ugh I am AWFUL at hunts....this would take me a week" (and frankly you don't have a week at this point in the month). Never fear! Remember that helper I was telling you about earlier? This is where he comes in handy!? As far as I could tell he will only work in Mad City but honestly that is the only super hard part you need him for. After you add the cute little girl or boy pea, click on them and they will remind you every few seconds how close you are to a map piece. They will even give you an estimate of meters (under 10m.....greater than 20....fewer than 15). Ever so helpful is the little pea and just how cute!
(I've lovingly nicknamed her Miss Peabody *snicker*)

When you've collected all those map pieces click the map. It will magically (like dissapparating!) teleport you to the Dwarfin sim and the entrance to *GASP* a mine!? whoa! I need to get in there! Unfortunately that door is not budging and there are some holes in that door. (very adventurey!)


"How do I get in the door Audra?" you might ask. "Why did you make me do all that work for a locked door!?" you might accuse. Hey, calm your person, I would NOT do that to you! The hunt is not over my friend! JEWELS! (not not to sell! Pull those back out of your bag silly!) There are jewels hidden around the sim in piles of dirt. Run around, walk around, skip, hop, dance, I don't care. Those dirt piles could be ANYWHERE. In the Dwarfin town (I recommend you check that out), the forest (definitely check that out), and even right there in front of you! Below is what they look like.

Be sure to take your time if you have it because you will find some awesome scenes on the sim. Pictures below of some that I enjoyed.

Once you have all the jewels (you will see them on your map on a cool looking mini door) go back to the door! Too far? click that map! (see teleporting does come in handy!)
click the door and MAGIC happens. One of the things i loved most about this hunt was the effects. look at how this door opens (or skip over it quickly if you prefer to enjoy it when you go do the hunt)

Ok now that you were auto-teleported again it's time for stage 3 of this hunt! In this mine are hanging frames with another type of gem in them. You must go through the mine (the many layers of mine) search and also solve puzzles for all the gems in the circle (that will also appear on your map so you know which ones you've gotten).
Be sure to enjoy the mine while you are looking for the gems! There are some funny characters and beautiful scenes!

When you've gotten all your gem pieces there is a mine shaft. Ride it.


TREASURE! We did it!!!


Click each of those treasure chests for your well earned prize graciously donated by many awesome vendors! Some include, Alouette, MadPea, Dwarfins, and Collage. Poses, prefabs, and decor are just a few things you will find in them! If you liked the hunt and want to support the awesomeness that MadPea is doing I would highly suggest donating (there are donation "jars" in Mad City, and in the treasure room).

For funsies I took 2 pictures of 2 items I liked from the treasure chest :


So take that Slurl above and enjoy the hunt and the scenery! I hope i didn't spoil too much! There is a story (I did not share so you can enjoy it) and so much scenery to take in and not to mention Mad City has stores to spend money in! If my post was not enough help on how to begin I suggest checking out this blog post by MadPea on how to get started!

You have 7 days left to go try the hunt! That's plenty of time so hop down quickly and get started! It ends the 30th of April!

Wondering what's next in store for MadPea? BEHOLD! A helpful sign!


<3 Audra Graves

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Happy Easter!! An Event by RFL, Larnia Kids, and Blueberry Hill!


One of the things I love about Easter is the Easter egg hunts. I love hunts so those are right up my alley! Relay For Life team "Dreamin' in Purple", sponsored by Larnia Kids & Blueberry Hill, is hosting a sim-wide Easter egg hunt with 15 eggs to find. the prizes are really cool and some even have gift cards! They've decorated the WHOLE sim Easter with Bebe Buttons doing activities and little half-hatched chicks getting into things!


I grabbed one of the 10 different Easter baskets they have for sale. The purple held one and the mouthie one each support RFL. Once I was ready and took a good look at the Easter egg making machine I started my search. Before you head out grab one of the free Hint Notecards to help you in your search!





Throughout the sim and the search for eggs there are MANY photo ops. so keep an eye out for those!




When you reach the end of the hunt the Easter Bunny is waiting for you and he has some built in poses for some great photos!!


If you couldn't tell from the whole blog entry, this event has so many chances for photos! Bring your family and friends and have fun! I had fun just doing it alone imagine doing it with more people!!

The Event goes on until the end of Tuesday, April 22, so go while you can! As you are enjoy this fun event, consider donating to a RFL kiosk to help a great cause!
TRAIN TO EVENT START
<3

Friday, April 18, 2014

A Blog & Run: Limited50

I like to call these Blog & Runs. They are short sweet and to the point.

I chose this to be a Blog & Run because I had the intention of blogging it earlier but RL work wore me out. I went and checked the availability of what I had gotten from Limited50 and the only thing I could blog about was the one below. There are 17 of this item left when I checked an hour ago. GO GET THIS CUTENESS! Thanks Minuet!! This is worth every Linden I spent on it! 2 dresses, 2 sets of shoes, and 2 headbands. shoes are resize so they fit even a TD Kid *thank you for that too!*

TRAIN TO LIMITED50

Of Fiction & Fables

This is an event that, since coming back to SL, I had only just heard of. I love the designers who participate and the layout of the event!

Fiction and Fables pulled me in quickly and I am here to show you some of the amazingly cute stuff I got there!


Above I am wearing a bunny onesie/romper that .Click. put out for Fiction & Fables. It also comes with the ears, carrots, face tattoo, teeth, and 5 poses! I am using 4 of them above! I just cannot get over the overall cuteness of everything in this set. I've been wearing it for DAYS. You are able to get this in a couple other colors if blue is not your thing!

The above toy is from Marmelade. It's called "Pull Along Friend". There were different animals to choose from! The details in the textures are amazing! Seriously! Look closely at that dog! He comes with a carry version and a pull version*.

*for the pull version I had to mod the rope so that my pull along friend reached the floor and I could still hold the rope but he works just fine! Sometimes Kid size TD requires a bit of work but I love it!

Lastly for this post I want to show you this cute clutch that Razzberry Inc. put out for the event.


Easter themed! It's a gacha! It even matches my bunny outfit so I can grab it and go out shopping with my mommy and still wear my cute outfit! I'm not obsessed or anything!

Head over to Fictions & Fables now to get these items while the event is still going on!
Fictions & Fables