Fabulous NEW Items for the Renaissance Hunt/Fair

I've put out some new items and some EXCLUSIVE items for the Renaissance Faire/Hunt.

The first set I call Elegance. It's delicate, feminine (sorry guys!) and lovely! It is a reproduction of a Renaissance piece I saw.  These first two are ONLY available at the Always Eclectic tent at the Renaissance Faire. They will be available through the end of September and then POOF! They will disappear forever!

There are two additional versions of Elegance that are available at both the Faire and the Main Store.

On to another Renaissance era release......Distinction! Ladies and Gentlemen will look regal and rich in these sets. The silver set is the prize in the Renaissance Hunt! The gold set is on sale at the Faire and at the Main Store.












 

Always Eclectic is now in 35L Sundays!

Yes! 35L Sunday comes to Always Eclectic. I'm very excited by this! This is the first week to participate. And there is a great deal for this first week. I'm letting one of the sets that people comment on most - the Pale Amethyst set!

I'm finishing up some December hunt items that are SO gorgeous I can't help wearing them early!

Stop by soon!

Riendra

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The New Always Eclectic Main Store is OPEN!!!!!

YES! It's all together, um, mostly, and I made it in time for the start of Steam 7! I thought I was pretty prepared but I kept thinking of loose ends - and just thought of another one!

First, a pic of the new place - not the greatest but I'll get better ones later.

Doesn't do it justice - you don't see the landing point in the gazebo or the pretty stream, or the weeping willow or the.....well, you get the picture. Yes, I'm proud of it - it was a lot of work and I really like how it turned out.

Also, a new release and a couple in the wings....this comes in 9 different colors.

Also, I really, really like how my Steam 7 hunt item turned out. I tried for a totally different look this time. Let me know what you think.

Now, the list of things you have to do when you move stores....and I KNOW this isn't everything. This is just so you appreciate and understand when your favorite store moves, they have to WANT to move as it's a lot of work.

- Find a new location - the biggest piece of all - where? how much is tier? how many prims? what kind of sim? etc., etc., etc.

- Create a building - I chose to do this before I bought the land so I could, more or less, plunk the building down and start. That plan sorta worked. I still ended up changing some things since I rushed it a bit to make Steam 7.

- Create new merchandise! Can't open a new store without at least a couple of new releases!

- Do all the thingies to reset your merchandise vendors to the new location and TEST them all! Or at least I test them all and probably still missed something.

- Try to remember all the places your landmark is and change it - classified ads, ad boards, online sources, and OH!!! If you put an LM in your merchandise, you need to change it in all of the merchandise packaging too! That was a job and a half. I can't imagine the work if you had a big store.

- Landscape - and ideally have a plan before you start so you don't redo things. I, of course, did not do that and changed my mind at least 3 times before I finally made up my mind. Arghhhh! All self directed ARGHHH!

- Decorate the store if so desired - I desire, but haven't gotten to that part yet - getting there!

- Notify any hunts you are in that you've moved.

- Are you having an opening sale?? A promotion? Event?

- Let your group members and friends know.

- Post on your blog! ;-ppp

I'm sure there are a lot of things I have forgetten. As you see, it is not a five minute task. However, I love my new store! I hope you like it too!

Riendra

Love is in the air with the February weather - Brrr!!

I don't know about anyone else, but I spend February freezing!!! To warm things up a bit, I've created some new items for you that should help you find a little sizzle, subtly....

This first set is a Renaissance period set based on some earrings I found. Lovely! Elegant! And the rubies have a life to them....

This pearl fringe set is based on a necklace I saw. It really emphasizes the neckline and face, as well as that elegant wrist....

There are a number of old hunt items that I'll be putting out for sale. Plus, some really nice hunt items this month AND a special group freebie at the main store.

If you haven't been by the store in a while, stop over. You'll be surprised!!!

Welcome 2012!!

A new year always seems to bring hope and dreams. Besides the usual world peace and stamp out world hunger, I have some wishes for Always Eclectic...

.....Continue expanding the jewelry lines. I'm envisioning 3 lines - Victorian, Renaissance, and anything that doesn't fit into the first two!

.....Take or at least consider custom work requests. I completed one recently for the Dr. Who store in Mieville Wells (Who's Who). The owner seemed quite pleased with the outcome. There is more than one way to increase brand awareness!

.....Create a line of jewelry for Tinies. I'm not sure how I want to take this. I could just make reduced sized versions of my normal lines, or I could create silly stuff that would only make sense on Tinies. I think I may take a tiny, Tiny survey to see.

.....Have a stall or small store in each specialty area - Victorian, Renaissance and Tinies. This is easy enough to do for Victorian (already there!) and Tinies (there's a Victorian Tinies sim (Mieville Shelley) and there's Raglan). Renaissance seems a bit more difficult as most of the sims seem to be roleplay sims. This will probably take some research.

.....Learn about mesh in relation to jewelry making. I keep hearing that mesh is great for jewelry - I'd like to find out why and how mesh is created, etc. This is a stretch goal as I don't anticipate being ready for it for a while. I'm learning enough the way I'm going between Sculpt Studio and Blender and Photoshop and Illustrator.

.....Trust my own instincts. Recently I got myself into a, um, opinion war between a couple of strong willed, well meaning people. It got very uncomfortable for me. If I had stuck with my guns in the first place, I would not have had nearly the problems I ended up with.

I think that's plenty!!! I'll try to readdress these points periodically to see if I'm making progress or if the direction has changed. Makes sense for now though!

Happy New Year everyone!

Riendra