When is a Yard Sale More Than a Yard Sale?

Yard Sales can be good or terrible or someplace in between, but when the Yard Sale benefits SL's Relay for Life then it's ALL good!

One such sale is going on this week at Fort Augusta, benefiting The Roma Pro Vita team. Most items for sale are one of a kind, so be sure to pick up your object once bought. What I bought, the Bare Rose Dirty Check outfit, is no longer there, for example, but many other items are. And many items are Roman themed as you might expect!

I think this is an older BareRose item as there are no glitch pants and the neck part of the scarf is system, not sculpty. It's a beat-up tartan look with nice scruffy textures. I'm wearing it with Boon SHY 48 hair in red, my trusty ETD Calf Boots, not back out yet alas :( Skin is Cupcakes Seduction Fresh in Cameo.

So seek out those RFL Yard Sales and you too can find some amazing items, while supporting a worthy cause.

Highlights from Clothing Fair, Vol. 4

Next stop: Icing. I couldn't leave out one of my favourite creators on this tour of the Clothing Fair! The dress shown here is called Dame de Lotus - I picked the grey version, but it's also available in red at the fair (more precisely, on sim #4). Adding an Asian touch, the outfit includes the parasol depicted, which comes with its own holding animation. Also from the fair is Alienbear's Zivanit Necklace RFL 2009, which you can buy on sim #3 at a very special price, and which I personally find awesome. Nicely fitting were Dark Mouse's RFL pink tourmaline stud earrings in silver, which belong with the necklace I showed on Highlight vol.2 but I didn't show back then. You won't find these at the fair, but at the Dark Mouse main store. The last piece from the Clothing fair in this ensemble is the bracelet - it was part of the Kouse's Sanctum Constanze set, which is free and you will find on sim #5.
Other items shown are, in no particular order: hair from Truth (Natalia in Cranberry), skin from Celestial Studios (Purple-Smoky in the champagne skintone), shoes from Zhao Shoes (Sadie, an old hunt gift), eyes from Miriel (Aquamarine) and poses from [LAP] (blogger appreciation pack).
The fair closes its doors tomorrow, so if you like any of these items, hurry!

Highlights from Clothing Fair, Vol. 3

Yup, I've still got a few treasures left to show you from my shopping adventure at the Clothing Fair!
Today's highlight is this dress from Total Betty: Bohemian Chic in teal. As you can see, it comes with a ton of options for you to mix'n'match at your convenience -- it even includes two different skirts, so you decide where you want those embroidered flowers, and how many! No worries, the set even includes a notecard with instructions for those of you (like me) who tend to mess up with layers... just make sure you're not in public when you try ;-) You can find the Total Betty store on sim #3.

The rest of items used for this outfit are not RFL exclusives, so here goes the list, top to bottom, straight: hair is Maitreya's Apple (red), skin is the Fleur Vivant Basic Pink 1 (buff) jewellery is from EarthStones: Peace necklace in golden calcite and Peace on Earth bracelet in chrysocolla and silver (*yes! I unboxed a POE hunt item!!* but that's a different story...). Shoes are J's Gladiator Sandals in darkbrown.
Keep your eyes peeled this weekend for the last items!

Highlights from Clothing Fair, Vol. 2

The central piece of my Clothing Fair special number two is the Candy Kisses dress, from Riddle, which you will find on sim #5. I opted for the black version, but it's also available in green as an RFL special. The bonus: it has both sculpted and flexi skirt options. Coincidentally at the fair I found a bracelet that matched perfectly - the Digital Eyes plastic bracelet in yellow, which I got for free (as part of a fatpack) when I hit their subscribe-o-matic. Interestingly enough, it's not a jewellery store, neither an eye one - they sell FANS! Anyway, since the bracelets aren't a RFL special, you don't need to go to the Fair to get them, but it's not a bad idea to do so at their main store.
The almost-matching shoes are Stellar's Open Toe Stilettos in green, which you can visit on sim #4.
Last is the Dark Mouse RFL spheres in pink tourmaline and silver necklace that Sam showed not too long ago, an RFL item you will *not* find at the Clothing Fair, but at the Dark Mouse main store.
Seen in the picture: hair from Truth (Missy in blood), skin from Fleur (Vivant Basic Pink 1 in Buff), eyes from Miriel (Forest) and poses from [LAP] (Blogger appreciation pack).

Highlights from Clothing Fair, Vol.1

Starting off this series is the Saiyge gown from Evie's Closet in purple, which has been set as the store's RFL item at the Clothing Fair (located in sim #2). At Evie's stand you can also pick up Studio Sidhe's Floral Bangle in purple, which is meant to complement Evie's Aventine gown, but I thought it didn't look bad at all here. Finally, the necklace and earrings are from the EarthStones RFL Bleeding Heart set (available in Rose quartz & carnelian or Amethyst & onyx, which was the one I chose). You'll be able to find these if you stop by sim #4.
Other items shown: hair from ETD (Patootie II in scarlet), skin from Fleur (Marni 1 in buff), and poses from [LAP] (The Cat's Meow set).

Reporting from Clothing Fair

Yesterday I was blessed (no kidding!) with a fabulous prize. Did you hear there was a Clothing Fair Contest on Flickr? Well, I did! The requirement was to dress up as pirates and take a picture and then post it *unedited* on the Flickr contest group. Here's the one Keris and I submitted:

As you can imagine, it was great fun to take the picture: getting the clothes at stores we'd never shopped, finding the right spot at sims we'd never visited, learning to speak like pirates, killing all the pirates who got in the middle of picture (oh srsly!), and finally reaching the "Keris, can you please move the sword two millimetres to your right, honey?" phase... *coughs* And then, to round it off, everyone won! (Kudos to Amethyst and Nevar, the organisers, and to the lazy jury!)

The prize consisted of early access to the Clothing Fair sims... early access meaning no lag, no greyness, no crowds... shoppers' heaven! So, 16+ hours before the general public was allowed in, camera on one hand, lindens on the other, we headed off to paradise - which takes up 9 different sims! 8 of them are for shopping, and one is for entertainment... Heaven! And the best thing of it all, I've seen them all! As you probably know already, the fair is pirate themed, so don't wait, rescue your best Jack Sparrow ensemble (but watch your ARC) and head off!

(click on the pictures to view them larger)

A lot of the merchants have already added the special, limited edition RFL items in their shops, and from what I saw I can tell you that many of them revolve around the pirate theme too -- so maybe you'll want to wait to see them before you buy anything -- my personal favourite was Tuli's full ensemble. Nevertheless, I restrained myself from buying any more pirate stuffs, as I'm already served for a couple of seasons -- how do you think I took the pictures in the first place? Rather, I went for "all-year-round" clothing, which I will be showing you in my next few posts. I'm not sure I'll be able to show everything, but I'll try - you know, I had a bout of solidarity... it's not about the clothes, it's about supporting a good cause -- so I supported it A LOT! ;-)

Oh, and one last thing for today. If you go to the entertainment area you will find a good excuse to spend some extra lindens by placing your bid on one of the seven one-of-a-kind dresses on display. Each represents one of the seven deadly sins, and at the end of the silent auction, all proceeds will go to the RFL campaign too. Save Sloth for me, though!

What matters to me...

The grid is down and I leave for the airport in 3 hours so I am taking the opportunity to talk about something very close to my heart, The SL(tm) Relay for Life. My family has been fortunate so far in not having any major brushes with the terrible disease of cancer, but in Phil's Place, one of my dearest friends is. Her name is Artistic Fimicoloud. I don't remember how I met her exactly, but we were friends by the time of last year's relay.

A thoughtful Fimi at the ACS sim opening -->

Last year I did a lap at Relay on my own, taking my time to grab some pictures. This year we are both members of the Passionate Redheads team.

Whatever you can do, please do it. Join a team, contribute at a Relay Kiosk, or run a lap by yourself and contribute, as I did last year, for the distance you run. Do it for everyone affected by cancer as I will be, but in my case it is especially for Fimi.

Here is a shot from last year's Relay. The sims are varied and fascinating -- it's actually hard to keep running LOL.

At least drop by the Passionate Redheads campsite and cheer us on! GO RELAY!