Featuring }RC{ Boheme Glow Gown
Featuring Lyrical Bizarre Checkers Jewelry Set
1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
2. Hairoin: Incognito
3. Sexy Mama
4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Stella Tan Skintone
5. Kyxe: Golden Kiss Gloss
6. Kyxe: Evening Splendor Metallic Gold
7. In-Pose!
I'd read the hype and seen the newscast where Philip Linden said anyone could make money in Second Life. All they had to do was work. I was certain I could pay my way so to speak by working just as he suggested. And along the way, all sorts of positions have compensated me for work done.
Featuring }RC{ Boheme Glow Gown
Featuring Lyrical Bizarre Checkers Jewelry Set
1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
2. Hairoin: Incognito
3. Sexy Mama
4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Stella Tan Skintone
5. Kyxe: Golden Kiss Gloss
6. Kyxe: Evening Splendor Metallic Gold
7. In-Pose!
My very first friends in Second Life used to tease me about being a Yard Sale fanatic. In the old days, before a lot of the ownership laws came into effect and so many other things changed in Second Life, many many items were sold NO copy but YES transfer.
Featuring }RC{ Boheme Glow Gown
Featuring Lyrical Bizarre Checkers Jewelry Set
1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
2. Hairoin: Incognito
3. Sexy Mama
4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Stella Tan Skintone
5. Kyxe: Golden Kiss Gloss
6. Kyxe: Evening Splendor Metallic Gold
7. In-Pose!
People could also advertise their 'yard sale' in the Events list at the time, so these became proliferate for a while and I went to them regularly. I managed a club at the time and I liked a few new items here and there to wear to work. I volunteered at the time, so every discount I could find, I'd find it.
Featuring }RC{ Centauri Gold (gown found at Finesmith Keep Calm Fall Bazaar)
Featuring Finesmith Winter Drops Natural
1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
2. Bliss: Cieleste
3. Gaeline: Divina
4. Candy Nail: Harvest Beige
5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Stella Medium Skintone
6. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Butterflies Lips 08
7. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Eyeshadow Silver 02
8. In-Pose!
It's really unique to me, to see how the Lindens and their monetary system evolved. It was shaped by its citizens and laws that had to be written to protect those citizens, not much different than economics in any country. As the laws came into play, the process to shop and find good deals changed too.
Featuring }RC{ Centauri Gold (gown found at Finesmith Keep Calm Fall Bazaar)
Featuring Finesmith Winter Drops Natural
1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
2. Bliss: Cieleste
3. Gaeline: Divina
4. Candy Nail: Harvest Beige
5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Stella Medium Skintone
6. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Butterflies Lips 08
7. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Eyeshadow Silver 02
8. In-Pose!
I think it was December 2007 when I went to some of the malls near the club where I worked. I saw that the holiday festivities online encouraged designers to put out at least one new item and gift that item to anyone coming or going. It was before groups and group gifts. I began 'freebie' shopping.
Featuring }RC{ Centauri Gold (gown found at Finesmith Keep Calm Fall Bazaar)
Featuring Finesmith Winter Drops Natural
1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
2. Bliss: Cieleste
3. Gaeline: Divina
4. Candy Nail: Harvest Beige
5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Stella Medium Skintone
6. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Butterflies Lips 08
7. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Eyeshadow Silver 02
8. In-Pose!
Now, there are still free items, but you often belong to this group or that, and only in the group can you access the great price. There are special venues like Designer Fusion and events like Finesmith's Stay Calm Fall Bazaar now that encourage designers to reduce one item or more, and share in tandem with other quality events.
As a matter of fact, the two dresses shown, The Boheme Glow Gown -1 and The Centauri Gold -2, on this blog plus the gorgeous Finesmith set, Winter Drops Natural, all come from the Finesmith Stay Calm Fall Bazaar.
I count every penny on every dollar on every Linden. I cherish the trust designers put in me who send me products to blog. I work to show my very best skills so their items have the greatest chance of being well marketed and hopefully bought.
I built my blog originally at the behest of a friend's advice at the time. I created it so that I could practice styling. I knew that as I developed as a model and blogger, I'd have the opportunity to work with more and more designers and that's come to pass.
I never looked down on the 'small business' or the 'new business' or the road less traveled. I styled to the best of my ability, no matter how artistic the designer was, how well they designed, or how well they were known in fashion circles.
I could not afford to go shop every day or every week at those super popular, super couture stores and blog their items I bought. To this day, I rely purely on the generosity of the designer who sends me items to review.
My personality really never changed. I still count carefully any Linden I spend. The irony to me at this point is that I receive some stunning pieces, lovely works of art, and because of the job I've chosen wholeheartedly - to blog daily-ish - I almost never get to wear an item twice.
That's okay to me though, because my heart's desire is that 1000 people see my new items daily and then they go to those designers, buy their clever work, and wear their purchases all over the grid.
I pause now and then to say thank you, to those who helped me get started, and to those who work with me currently. I've added RC Couture as a new sponsor, and it leaves me feeling overwhelmed with gratitude. I couldn't be happier with what I do in Second Life and how I spend my time.
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