Effie's Grand Re-Opening

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Tempura Island - A Romantic Oasis

Tempura Island is a serene, romantic oasis beautifully landscaped with rich, vivid colors. The teleport point is in a large, ornate open domed gazebo type structure which is beautifully textured with vibrant mosaic tiles. You immediately know you are in a special place.

Facing the walkway, you have a beautiful summer forest on your left and a vibrantly colored fall forest on the right. There are little nooks and crannies speckled throughout the sim for solitude and relaxing or spending quiet time with a special someone.

Following the pathway will take you to the palace. Opening the doors to the grandeur of the ballroom makes you feel like royalty. Dance balls are placed throughout the floor and a couple's dance ball emitter is also available. The palace also has private rooms and an underground that has cozy nooks.

Don't miss the submarine next to the palace. The decor is reminiscent of the old luxury railway cars. It's absolutely beautiful.

An entrance near the submarine takes you through an under water tunnel. The tunnel leads you to an under water oasis complete with a gazebo and fish swimming around you.

The quite nooks around this sim are too many to detail here. Walk around and find some special places to enjoy yourself. The island is a very popular place; therefore I encountered lag while there. But, it is definitely worth fighting any lag to see this gorgeous place.

To visit Tempura Island, CLICK HERE. (Tempura Island 125, 45, 33)

New Year... New Ideas

With the coming of the New Year, I've put a plan in place to reinvent Effie's Designs. In preparation for the new store, I have put a huge Clearance Sale and Yard Sale on the beach at Effie's. Also included are sections of Freebies and Dollarbies.

To visit the sale, CLICK HERE. (Midnight Oasis 78, 198, 22)

Burlesque - Spice up your New Year!

I'm feeling a bit adventurous in the New Year. I was looking for masks for a masked ball this weekend and kept running into Burlesque outfits. Although a bit skimpy, some of them are quite beautiful as well. So, here it is ladies.... a few places to find Burlesque outfits in SL.

Reasonable Desires

To visit Reasonable Desires, CLICK HERE. (Reasonable Desires 132, 205, 27)

Mika

(Burlesque and Show Girl)

To visit Mika, CLICK HERE. (Venus 190, 230, 27)

OPIUM Addictive Fashion

To visit Opium, CLICK HERE. (Celerio 42, 151, 46)

Nymphetamine

Paeoti doesn't name her clothing lines Burlesque, but I love her elegant, sexy outfits. I would call some of them Burlesque. :-)

To visit Nymphetamine, CLICK HERE. (Isle of Nymphetamine 138, 154, 24)

My Toast...

It's New Year's Eve and with it brings contemplation over the past year. I'm amazed at where I began the year in Second Life and where I am today. At the beginning of 2008, I was just learning to build and opened my first store. Today, I'm tweaking and expanding my product line, and I have a total of 5 stores in SL and many ad boards.

People have gone in an out of my life. New friends have been made and other friends have walked away. Relationships bring disappointments sometimes, but all of them are a learning experience. Whether it is real life or Second Life, we leave a part of ourselves in the other person's life experiences. I hope in some way I have positively touched everyone I've met along the way.

As we look forward to 2009, I hope all of us have a wonderful year full of new and exciting things!

Happy New Year, my dear friends!!!

The sounds of Christmas... streaming music on your land

Have you been hearing that wonderful Christmas music being played throughout SL? Want to find URLs to stream holiday music (or any music) on your land? You can get a URL for any SHOUTcast radio station. Here are the directions: (NOTE: You need to have permissions to set media on the land in order to change the URL.)

1. Go to shoutcast.com.

2. Search for a station you would like.

3. Right click on Tune In button.

4. Choose Save Link As.

5. A Save As dialog box will open allowing you to choose the location to save the file on your computer. Find the location and click Save.

6. Find the file and open it. It will open in Notepad.

7. The URL will be listed in the text. Select it and copy it (CTRL + C).

8. In Second Life make sure you are on your land. On the menu bar at the top of the screen, click on the name of the land.

9. Click on the Media tab.

10. Click on the Music URL box. If something it already in it, select the text.

11. Paste the URL into the box (CTRL + V).

12. Hit Enter.

13. Close the box.

14. Turn your music on at the bottom of the screen and listen to make sure the station changed.

Here is a short list of music URLs I already found:

Mix Christmas: http://216.155.137.150:8082

Big R Radio - Christmas Country: http://66.90.121.2:2796

Christmas R&B: http://216.155.137.149:8088

Christmas Smooth Jazz: http://216.155.137.149:8092

Christmas Celebration: http://216.66.72.115:2932

Christmas Rock: http://216.155.137.149:8090

Santa's HOHOHO Radio' from Time Capsule Radio: http://208.53.170.253:8028

Christmas Old Time Radio - CHRISTMAS SHOWS, Jack Benny, The Shadow, Amos and Andy: http://206.248.1.89:8010

Forever Christmas - Christmas Never Sounded So Good: http://70.85.112.10:8000

Tinsel & Tunes by Mak McKeehan: http://94.76.204.97:9016

Effie's Winter Wonderland

Wow, it has been a very busy Holiday season. I wanted to take the time today and share a few blog entries with you.

I opened a seasonal store called Effie's Winter Wonderland. It's an store full of items to elegantly decorate your winter wonderland. A step away from the traditional Christmas red and green, the store is full of items in hues of blue. You will also find things to keep you warm like a big roaring bonfire and a cozy fireplace.


To visit Effie's Winter Wonderland, CLICK HERE. (Electra 93, 225, 85)