The Yak is Bak!

Browsing the Flickr photos for the Fab Free blog, I noticed a picture of asian-style furniture submitted by Ashe A of the Freebietelegraph Blog. It reminded me of the items from Yak & Yeti, except... Yak & Yeti had pretty much disappeared from SL a few months back when the sim where their main store was located became a vacant sandy beach...right?

As it turns out, Ashe's picture WAS of Yak & Yeti furniture. The Yak is back at a new and beautiful location. *cue a happy dance here!*

If you haven't ever been to Yak & Yeti, you simply must go. Everything in the store is FREE! Yes, you read that right... it is all free!

They specialize in items, furniture, clothes, and jewelry from India, Nepal, and Tibet.

This is just a small selection of what is available...

Traditional clothing...







To more modern and casual...







This a picture of one of the rooms of the store, showing some of the home furnishings available.



They even had Prayer Flags! So I picked up a set for my home...yes, I know... I live in Lindenville... ;)


All the clothes, jewelry, home furnishings, and henna tattoos available for free at Yak & Yeti. There is a donation jar... please give as generously as you can!

Other credits:

Skin- Cupcakes- Blossom (May group gift... still in notices as of today 5-31) Join the group and check the group notices.

Hair- Amacci (past group gift)

Eyes- Poetic Colors- Spring Meadow (free... gift eyes color is changed periodically in the vendor)

Pose- exposeur (past free gift)

Welcome to My Home!

Blackthorn in cyan

Ok... this isn't really my home. This is a crypt at Event Horizon, which is the "garden store" of an amazing three part sim created by designer Dare Munro.

Dark Eternity is the main section of the sim, and is dominated by the huge and brooding castle of Dare Designs. Walk inside, and you will find an amazing selection of gothic and vamp inspired clothing for men and women. I've purchased a number of outfits here, and am always impressed with the care and detailing that Dare puts into each and every one. While his men's clothing line is of very high quality, this a designer who obviously loves to clothe the female form. On his profile he states that his creative motto is this..."You're already beautiful - I'm just helping you see it."

I'd say about half my wardrobe inventory comes from Dare Designs, and this is why...


Dare Munro has generously set out four Lucky Chairs, and loads them with high quality items. Often, when he releases a new design, he will place one or two colors of that design in the chairs. The chairs are set at 30 minutes, but usually change much faster than that due to the fact that there is almost always a crowd around the chairs, and a in-world chat group that often has someone calling the letters to the group. So, the chairs can change pretty fast!

What I said earlier about Event Horizon not being my home... well that is true, because Dark Eternity is my home, and I mean that in all sincerity.

When I first landed in SL, like most everyone else, I wandered from sim to sim. When I logged in and out, it was wherever I happened to be at the time.

Then I came across a hunt blog, and they showed some of the hunt items from DD. I liked what I saw, so I hot-footed it over there. I remember seeing a big crowd of people standing around staring at the chairs. Not knowing exactly what they were doing, I shook my head, thought "How silly!", and continued with my hunt.

I can't remember what drew me back to DD exactly, but soon I found myself taking a closer look at what the crowd was doing. I started hanging out more and more at the chairs, winning all these wonderful goth outfits... and then I started paying attention to the local chat while I was there. It wasn't long before I was completely hooked, and enjoying the camaraderie of the regulars just as much as I enjoyed winning the outfits. I've missed more than a few chairs because I was just too deeply involved with chat! lol

I don't hang out as much at Dare's as I once did (RL has gotten a bit more demanding), but since I don't own or rent my own home in SL (and have no plans to do so for the foreseeable future), I almost always return to Dare's castle when I am about to log out of SL. That way I know exactly what to expect when I next log in... familiar surroundings, familiar faces. In other words... I'm home.

Here are selection of outfits that I've won from the Dare Chairs over the past months. Some may no longer be in the chairs, but may have been replaced by new items.

One of my all-time favorite outfits... Blood Doll (shown in wine)


Muse in purple


Dominar in blood

And finally...

STFU in dark bubblegum

This is just a small sample of the items that I've won from the lucky chairs here. I'll show you more later on. :) Being one of my favorite places in SL, you better believe I'm going to blog again on Dare Designs in Dark Eternity!

Other items worn:
Hair-
Webbed from Darkerside (not free) shown with Blackthorn outfit
Brat from Diversity (dollarbie fat pack) worn with Blood Doll & STFU
Jess from Diversity (dollarbie fat pack) worn with Muse & Dominar

Skin-
Goth Whites #1 from [42] (not free, but a cheapie if I recall) [42] seems to no longer exist... my apologies

Eyes-
Deep Jungle from Poetic Colors (not free but may have different gift eyes in store)

Boots-
Vic 6-Laces Knee-Boots V.2 with color change laces from VvB Stiletto Heels (not free)

Still learning about blog layout... ;)

I'm still new to blogging and still trying to get the hang of things. So, please be patient with me. :)

In these two photos, I got in closer to show the details of hair and skin I am wearing.

First up, the hair... Truth Hair sent a four color pack of Festive Geri Hair out today to group members! It is super adorable with its ornament bedecked pigtails, and a sprinkling of snowflakes. Just head over to Truth Hair and slap the subscribo board to join, then slap it again, and look through the past messages to find the post about the hair! It was a bit laggy there earlier, but I got mine without too much heartache!

Second, let's talk about the skin I'm wearing. Rockberry is one of my favorite skin stores in SL. Affordable and well-made, they were some of the first skins I began wearing once I shed my newbie skin! Rockberry also gives out group gifts and participates in hunts fairly regularly, which will nicely add to your skin wardrobe without breaking your pocketbook!

This skin is Rockberry's offering to the Peace on Earth Hunt. It is part of the Farrah line, and comes in a fat pack of colors ranging from very light (which I am wearing) to a lovely, deep mocha. It even allows you to tint your lipstick! I darkened mine up a bit, since I tend to prefer darker shades. To get these skins, tp on over to Rockberry and look for a world globe with a dove on it. Click it, and enjoy your beautiful new skins! Rockberry also has lucky boards, so make sure and peek to see if your letter is there, and don't forget to join the group. Like I said, sometimes there are member gifts!

Other items worn-
Earrings-Primalot (free or cheap, not sure which)

Necklace-M!NE The necklace is color change! (gift from Jewelry Fair)

Eyelashes... Symphony Skins (Freebie on make-up table)

Eyes... Poetic Colors (not free) but there was a different color offered as a gift last time I was there. Also, an under-30-days-old avatar gift was available next to the door. Grab it if you can!

Shape...Hairapy (old dollarbie gift from Hairfair '09) Though I've modded it quite a bit.

Welcome to December!

Welcome Everyone!

Yes, here it is... another blog dedicated to free and cheap fashion, hunt finds, and every now and again, the occasional full-priced indulgence! I can almost hear the groaning out in cyberspace now. lol

First off, here it is December 2nd already! (Where did the past year go?) And the holiday season is in full swing in SL. I just joined up on SL this past summer, so I had no idea of quite what to expect in-world. Advent calendars? Winterfest? I'm learning more and more about SL every time I log on, it seems.

Many sims are decked out in their best holiday finery... it may not be snowing where you live in rl, but you can find a beautiful snowy sim in which to snap a holiday photo of yourself in SL. And that calls for a new holiday look for yourself, right?

The outfit I am wearing is the lovely Enelya Gown from Mainoco Fashion. Mainoco Fashion is taking part in the Bohemia Christmas Hunt. Just look for the snowman and type “Vesele Vanoce” when prompted. Vesele Vanoce is Czech for "Merry Christmas". My photo doesn't do this dress justice by a long shot. It comes with three skirt styles... full ballgown, slim formal, and the flirty and fun short style I'm wearing here.