Happy Halloween!!!

Hope all you ghouls and goblins are all ready for the big holiday!  Always Eclectic is in The Halloween Hunt with this entry...

I also put an item in the Builder's Brewey Graveyard which features Halloween items from all over the grid - it's amazing at the variety and quality of the items! I won't give away the entry - you'll have to seach for it amongst the dead and nearly dead....bwahahahaha!!!!

I have a few Halloween items for sale at the store in case you just can't get enough.....

And....a new Halloween marotte.....a  not-so-lovely witch with an evil laugh!!

So have a scary good time and get ready for the November hunts - Shaken But Not Stirred and WOMENstuff.

See you soon!

Riendra

Never a dull moment....

Or this could be called 'a diamond in the middens.'

It started when I decided to take another SL marketng class, this time at Builder's Brewery. The class was taught by Heavenly Villa. After class she answered a few questions for me, then sort of 'adopted' me and took a look at my store. I received some brutal honesty about my choice of merchandise. It was hard to hear, but rang true. She also visited  my store along with Thaddeus (can't recall last name!) and suggested some ways to make it more customer friendly.

As in anything, some suggestions I like, some I didn't.  But I am working with Vian Magic, the chief architect for the Mieville sims, to update my store. With Vian's own knowledge of what fits into Victorian London and addtional research from Jaime Parfort, I think we have a good handle on what we're doing. It looks much more posh than it did. Since the stores location is the beginning of the posh section, it's working right in....

Hopefully it will be done soon. In the meantime, the hunts continue - Renaissance Hunt and Quarantine Hunt (Human Path) this month, and Trick or Treat (Farewell to Winter) and Poppin' Penguins for January. My hunt gifts are improving as I go along!!

There are also gifts in the Christmas exchanges at Happy Hippo Building School and at Builder's Brewery. So catch the holiday wave!!!

The group gift will be going out soon - hehe!!

A learning experience for sure.....

Since opening this store,  I have learned more about SL and the creative tools than I would have ever thought.

With all the people I've meet doing these hunts, I am learning even more. I know lots of merchants now and they all seem to be very willing to help. Strider (ariana.farstrider) and I were talking of partnering up on a Renaissance Faire stall. As it turns out, we didn't but she has been very helpful to me for bouncing ideas off and asking sillly questions. LadyKay Gable helped make my hunt hints doable by reading them over and comparing them with where I have them hidden - invaluable information!!! And of course, Perryn Peterson is absolutely fabulous to work with! In fact, I took one of his ideas and made it a reality.

The marotte you see below, or jester stick as many people call it, was one of Perryn's ideas. It took me quite a while to get this to look as I wished, and I still consider this marotte 1.0, but it's cute!!!

This would not have been possible without Swith (cyneswith.luik). She created the animation that goes along with it so it isn't just a stick. Add the jingle bell effect when it moves and it turned out pretty cool!!! And just like everything else, it's 20% off! I'm also offering to make ones with custom faces for an extra fee. Put someone's face on that you'd like to shake!!!

I'm getting my hunts lined up for January. So far I'm in the Trick or Treat (Farewell to Winter) hunt. I'm debating about a few others....

I'm also contributing items to the Builder's Brewery Christmas Exchange and the Happy Hippo Christmas Exchange. Talk about being on a major building spree!!! Whee!!!

A few new items in the store also....and the major rearranging continues.....

It's raining pumpkins!!!!

As I learn more and more about this virtual commerce world, I decided to make something quick, cute and easy for Halloween. And - voila! Carved look pumpkins!

I have several at the store, and even have SL Marketplace listings now! Plus there is a special pumpkin in the Builder's Brewery Graveyard Hunt.....made especially for BB!

I hope to get some more things out soon....creeping up on a few and need to work on my items for the Renaissance Hunt in December. I may be in another for Race for the Cure too - depends on how my Renaissance Hunt items go. Lots of ideas in my head.....getting them into something in SL is a whole 'nother issue!

I'm currently thinking of how I can advertise inexpensively, until I get going a bit. I'm listing with a few free directories.....and I may go ahead and get an SL group just to get into the search listings. I just have to make it until the December hunts start......I think....