Krissy at UrbanARTs

I almost didn't share my excitement for this little art showing of mine. I'm just a 'wannabe' artist who happens to enjoy digital/gaming hobbies. I think my digital collages are pretty cute. But certainly not on par with Rose Borchovski or four Yip or Bryn Oh. (They are icons, really, and quite expert at creating pieces that tell a story.) No, mine are just nice little postcards - but seeing my completed exhibit really made me so pleased. And because pitsch Parx has been SO kind and generous I really wanted to share my experience in support of his UrbanARTs initiative. Housed in a beautiful two story structure, free space is offered to newly established artists of SL for a period of 12 weeks. His hope is that this will give the artist some exposure and a chance to earn enough income to begin their own shop or gallery. My dear friend Robin Moore has exhibited here in the past, as have many other notable SL artists. Please check out UrbanARTs and show your support. Happy day!

Postcard From Azeroth

Krissy here! Just sending a postcard from Azeroth, my home away from home. My little vacation to that land of dungeons and monsters has turned into quite the stay. I'm loving it! I have a cute little Blood Elf Mage at level 54 and another Blood Elf Warlock at 8. I just started the Warlock, she's super fun. Second Life is still the place I come back to. But after months of wandering the grid aimlessly, no longer feeling inspired or captivated, my time in-world began to dwindle before I knew it.

It would seem like this is the typical "But I'll be back!" speech, only there's a fun little twist. On my way out of SL, I decided to open a business! Yeah, I work backward like that. Here's how it all went down: Because I wanted a place to call home, without the $L7700 tier (for 30 minutes of SL per week?) I moved to a patch of wildflowers on Ctrl-Shift-H.



Rooting through my inventory, I found digital collages that I had once uploaded, intending to sell. On a whim, I rented a shop on the same sim and threw 'em up. I thought why not? Within eight days I made my shop rent back and received a gallery offer. Woot! It's still in the 'pilot' stage, but as long as it pays for the rent, I'm happy.

Signage is compliments of Arora Zanzibar, who occupies shop space near me. When I asked her about her 3 prim sculpted sign, she generously made one for me! She was super fast and I really appreciate it because the sign is everything, isn't it? If you like it, she'll make you one too! Check them out, here.

Peeping in the window.... It's a funny feeling to see little versions of my pictures.

So there you have it! And if you're curious, come check out my cute little start-up! Happy day!

Krissy The Analyst

I recently introduced myself to a brand called couverture. I love it. If you had to pick a family of textures that said "This is ME", do you know what you would choose? I do! And they are here! Because I'm knee-deep in measurements for April, and also beginning an implementation and deployment project in rl, I decided (just for fun) to let this spill over a little into my SL and graph my pleasure for my recent purchase. :)

I originally discovered this hooded sweatshirt when I stopped in to grab something else. It stole my attention though, and because it was raining outside I made my choice: The hoody. I love this print but if you aren't into flowers, it's ok - there are others. Unfortunately this adorable texture doesn't lay the same on sculpties and system layers. I don't care.

Here I am lamenting the fact that all six of my bun buns were hibernating. I forgot to rezz more food Thursday night and didn't log back in until Saturday. Poor things.

Krissy Muggleston, the nosy neighbor - checking out Miss Carrie Lexington's pad, across the way. I'm not being obvious, am I?

If I could choose three things from my virtual inventory to have in rl, this sweatshirt is totally on the list.

I made almost NO prim adjustments (except pulling the hood down a smidge), lots of layer options, size script choices, freakin' adorable prints and pretty reasonable price are why I'll be going back for more.

Japan Dream Kenjin

Do you like authentic, immersive Second Life environments? Man, these are my favorites. I don't really get excited about science fiction or space themes but I dearly love a place like Dream Kenjin. The textures that are plastered all over this place are unreal. And right from the get-go, when you land here it's color-mania. But all the textures have a downside: Slow rezzing. And when you have an aircard like I do, it means even SLOWER rezzing. So I make no apologies for some of the textures in these pics. I simply couldn't stand waiting any longer. Btw, I just found some snaps on Koinup taken at Dream Kenjin that literally look like they were taken in rl with a Canon. (Somebody waited on the textures to load.) Anyway, Enjoy!

Project complete. Goal reached. I recently decided to create some upheaval in my Second Life, because things had become sort of stale, predictable... vanilla maybe? Well to put it simply, I was bored. So I embarked on a plan to update my living quarters. The journey was fun, expensive and successful. I highly recommend it.

Welcome friends! Just take your shoes off at the door. Just kidding, you don't even have to take your shoes off at my rl door.

I love this chair from Chronokit. If you haven't been there, please go. This guy knows sculpties. The fantastic little lamp is designed by my neighbor Marcopol Oh. I want it in rl.

Well my bedroom is kinda empty. I hardly go in there, except passing through to the side patio. But unlike kitchens and bathrooms, I gotta have a bedroom. Although as I type this, I'm thinking it would make a good office. Who knows?

Waiting on the pizza boy. Hurry pizza boy, I'm hungry.

Ok, I wanted to share this chandelier, because I'm thrilled with it. But I can't remember the store name. :/ I'm so bad! Anyway this little dude is maybe 9 prims? And I like that it has some ice, but not too much - it doesn't look like an 80s brass chandelier.

Sacked. From the pizza. Or whatever was in my coffee... One of my favorite things about Colleen Desmoulin's furniture are the textures. Not necessarily the quality (which is stellar), but the variety. Those two toile pillows are my *favorite*. I'm a toile junkie in rl. I found this great little table for pillow seats at Mudhoney.

The beauty of Costa Rica Sims. Unmatched. (Yes I'm plugging.)

When I read Mia's post on twothreesixfive.com, and saw her mention of Riq Graves I decided to see what he's been up to. Hence, these two super cool Adirondack chairs. Only I'm an idiot and bought two, before I noticed they were COPY. Oh well.

Happy day!

Krissy Misses Her Textures :(

Anyone know what's wrong with this picture? About a month ago I logged into Second Life and noticed a few random textures here and there where missing. I've Googled and searched but most jira, wiki and blog hits are outdated and really do not describe this issue. Others tell me they can see the white fluffy feathers just fine. Please help! :/

Krissy's Preoccupations

I've recently slipped into that zone of What-Is-The-Meaning-Of-Slife? (Or, should I stay or should I go, only 'go' isn't really logical since SL is ingrained in me). My answer is always to shake things up a bit. This time? I bought a new prefab. This means weeks of shopping and searching for the "right one", plunking down whatever it costs, because it's the price I pay for escape, right? And then carefully taking all objects from my land, which is pretty much the only time I strive for organization. And this is limited to a grand folder called "Cottage House" because there I can find anything I rezzed in that home. (And cross fingers it doesn't vaporize like a certain jewelry folder I know of.) Then there's the terraforming, which I need assistance for at Costa Rica, and landscape design, furniture, etc. It's a very expensive project since I don't re-use much. And it typically packs a punch in the What-Is-The-Meaning-Of-Slife syndrome and I come out of it ready for normalcy and inexpensive exploring. I'm about 60% of the way through my "shake-up", and then I look forward to catching up on the landmarks that I've collected. It's a good thing I don't mind wearing my outfits for weeks at a time. :) Happy day!