Hey Fab Free! We’re adding to our growing blogging family, so please give a warm welcome to the lovely Jenny Inglewood (jennylover). Jenny is a busy gal inworld, doing blogging, event organizing and managing, but she’s willing to add Fab Free to her repertoire, to share all the lovely free finds she comes across. We’re super excited to have you join us Jenny! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store!
Welcome to Fab Free!
Hey Fab Free!
We’re adding another fresh face to our lineup on the blog! Miss Bunnie Francis! She has a quick wit, a sharp sense of humour, is a fantastic designer (you may have heard of her venture, Paper Sparrow!), and most importantly, a deep love of all things free!
We’re excited to add her to our roster, so please welcome her to the Fab Free Fam!
Get down to business Bunnie!
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Hey Fab Free Peeps!
Are you interested in moderating our chat? That means keeping an eye on what people are saying in the Fab Free group chat, and making sure they adhere to our group rules, which you can find HERE!
If you think you’d be great at enforcing rules, keeping the peace, and of course HAVING FUN with your fellow Fab members, then send a notecard to Aline Passiflora inworld explaining why you think you’d be great for the job.
The deadline for all applications is Saturday, February 8th!
< < < READ THE RULES HERE > > >
Great news Fab Free, we’ve got ourselves a new addition to our team of hard working bloggers! Please welcome to the fold Caroline Walker (rawumber)! Caroline has been in SL for just over a year but has really found her niche inworld by helping new residents find their way through the grid. She is an avid Freebie hunter and loves sharing her expertise with the community. I can’t think of a better place for her to do so than here at Fab Free!
Welcome to the team Caroline! We look forward to your posts!
This is your last call to join the Fab Free Blogging Team! Send your filled in application to Aline Passiflora by Wednesday, January 22nd at Midnight SLT!
Find the Application and all information HERE
Best of luck to you all!
Ladies and Gentlemen, get your creative juices flowing because Fab Free is looking for new bloggers to add to our team! If you are creative, passionate and want to share your freebie expertise with the world, then fill out an application today!
CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION
Please read all the details carefully and send completed notecards to Aline Passiflora inworld.
We’re looking forward to reading your responses!
Hey there Fabulous Readers! I have seen a couple of comments recently on the FabFree Blog expressing frustration and confusion on how to navigate our blog that inspired me to write up a quick “How To” post that may help some of our readers find what they are looking for. On FabFree we have thousands of views every day, and with that we realize that our readers are not all here for the same thing. Some of our readers are here to find 100% free stuff, some of our readers don’t mind group fees or small hunt costs, and some appreciate the good deals we come across too. Some of you are deep readers, and some picture scan and skim to the credits. We appreciate you all, and no matter which group you fall into, and I think these navigational tips might help.
We enjoy a true fabulous freebie when we come across them and that is our focus here on the FabFree Blog, but we also know it is important to contribute financially to support the designers who are being so generous, and also Second Life for letting us all be here to enjoy such a wonderful pixel world. As volunteer bloggers here on FabFree, we also enjoy a little freedom to blog things when they inspire us that may or may not be free.
In our blog posts, you’ll find that we normally do a photo at the top, explanatory text in the middle and credits at the bottom. We all use this same blogging style on FabFree to make it easier for you all to read. If you are looking for fast 100% freebies, what you need to be skimming for is BOLD RED text.
A the top of our blog right under the header, you will find a search bar. If you are looking for a gift by a particular designer or a particular item, you can use search terms to find the item you seek. There is a little trick with this WordPress search bar…. First it will list all of the blog posts with the search term found in the title, and it will go all the way back to 2007 (lol), and then it will start over searching inside the blog posts. Make sure you go all the way back to 2007 and check for blog posts with the search term too. If there are 3 billion posts in the list, try narrowing your search down with a designer and a store name.. Eg. “Blueberry Joggers” instead of “Blueberry” or “Joggers”.
So… you are on a mission to find something in particular. You can find the category drop down menu on the right hand side of the blog under the group gift listing button near the top. I didn’t count our categories, but I am going to guess there are over 50 of them, and they really do help to narrow a search down. Just as an example… For all you guys complaining that you have to weed through all this boring lady stuff to find things for men – all you need to do is select “mens” in the drop down menu and it will list ONLY posts with men’s items in them. To go a step further, you might even want to bookmark the link ( https://fabfree.wordpress.com/category/mens/ ), so next time you visit – you can go straight to that category. Looking for hair under 75L? Click on the “hair” category. We try to tag everything under 75L into a category so you can find it!
Now of course we recommend you reading everyone’s posts, because you never know what you might find, but maybe you have a favourite blogger… You relate to their fashion sense or just enjoy their writing style… Maybe you just like their butt, I don’t know, and I don’t judge ;D. If you’d like to keep tabs on a certain blogger, all you need to do is find a recent post of theirs and click on their name under the date on the left hand side. This will list all of their posts. Here are some handy links:
I hope this helps you find what you are looking for a little easier – thanks so much for reading FabFree!! If you ever have any questions, please feel free to reach out to one of us inworld or by commenting on a post. We’re happy to help!
Hey there Fabulouses! Do you remember the first few days of your Second Life residency? I was lucky enough to join in 2010 with a group of people and we muddled our way through helping each other find things to build our avatars and inventories up with, however I know it’s not that easy for everyone. Many shiny new avatars come to Second Life alone and have no idea where to start. Some are even so intimidated by it that they give up.
As I was updating the New Resident Gift List / 30 Days List page tonight (thank you to those that sent in notecards with tips, btw!), I got to thinking that this is quite a fabulous list full of gifts specifically for them and that as a new resident coming to Second Life this would be a huge asset. I WISH I had come across a list like this in my flexi hair, bling shoed noobness, but it wasn’t until a few months later that I came to find FabFree.
If you are a new resident, please do take advantage of our list, and if you are a seasoned local please take a few moments to:
30 Days List: https://fabfree.wordpress.com/fabfree-30-days-list/
Thank you, and enjoy the list!
Just 3 Days Left!
The 2017 “Flowers” FabFree Photo Challenge ends April 30th, so there are just three days left to get in your pictures… but there is still time for you to get your contest entries in!
Get Involved!
We already have some amazing photos in the contest. Why not take a look at the FabFree Photo Challenge Flickr Pool at some of the great entries so far?!
Then charge up your cameras and head out into the flowers and get cracking and get those photos in!
If you haven’t already, take a look at the “how it works” then get those shots into the FabFree Photo Challenge Flickr Pool between December 1st and December 31st. Our winner and a runner up will be chosen as soon after as possible. Make sure that you have “FabFree Photo Challenge” somewhere in the title of each picture and at least one absolutely FREE item in your picture. Then, please be sure to credit the FREE item or items so we can include your shot in the contest.
Don’t Forget the Prizes!
Prize for the winner: $1,000L Giftcard plus 1,000L$ “cash” to spend on items of your choice from BlackRose!
Prize for the runner up: $1,000L Giftcard to spend on items of your choice from BlackRose!
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Here’s how it works:
1. Create a photo inworld based on the theme that is posted here at FabFree.
2. Upload your photo to the FabFree Photo Challenge Flickr Pool by the challenge end date.
3. PLEASE Be sure to include “FabFree Photo Challenge” somewhere in the title or we can’t add it to the pool!
4. Leave a comment on the challenge post with a link to your flickr photo (and blog post if you wish).
5. On May 1st, (or as close as possible) the winners will be chosen and will be featured on the blog as “The FabFree Photo Challenge Champions”.
Rules:
1. Your photo must contain at least one absolutely free item. Please put the free item’s name and Designer’s or Shop’s name in the comments section of your photo.
Like this -> “Free thingy” by A Talented Second Life Creator or A Cool Second Life Store.
2. Your photo must have “FabFree Photo Challenge” somewhere in the title.
3. Please keep your photos family friendly (eg. no naughty bits displayed, no graphic violence, nothing you wouldn’t see in a PG rated movie).
4. You may enter as many times as you like.
5. Most of all – have fun, and don’t be afraid to enter. Everyone from all photography levels is welcome to participate.
Good Luck!
You haven’t forgotten the Fall Fun Photo Challenge have you, FabFree?
Just one week left!
With the “Flowers” FabFree Photo Challenge ending April 30th, there is just a little over a week left to get in your pictures… but there is still time for you to get your contest entries in!
We already have some amazing photos in the contest. Why not take a look at the FabFree Photo Challenge Flickr Pool at some of the great entries so far?!
Charge up your cameras and head out into the flowers and get cracking and get those photos in!
If you haven’t already, take a look at the “how it works” then get those shots into the FabFree Photo Challenge Flickr Pool between April 1st and April 30th. Our winner and a runner up will be chosen as soon after as possible. Make sure that you have “FabFree Photo Challenge” somewhere in the title of each picture and at least one absolutely FREE item in your picture. Then, please be sure to credit the FREE item or items so we can include your shot in the contest.
Don’t Forget the Prizes!
Prize for the winner: $1,000L Giftcard plus 1,000L$ “cash” to spend on items of your choice from BlackRose!
Prize for the runner up: $1,000L Giftcard to spend on items of your choice from BlackRose!
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Here’s how it works:
1. Create a photo inworld based on the theme that is posted here at FabFree.
2. Upload your photo to the FabFree Photo Challenge Flickr Pool by the challenge end date.
3. PLEASE Be sure to include “FabFree Photo Challenge” somewhere in the title or we can’t add it to the pool!
4. Leave a comment on the challenge post with a link to your flickr photo (and blog post if you wish).
5. On May 1st, (or as close as possible) the winners will be chosen and will be featured on the blog as “The FabFree Photo Challenge Champions”.
Rules:
1. Your photo must contain at least one absolutely free item. Please put the free item’s name and Designer’s or Shop’s name in the comments section of your photo.
Like this -> “Free thingy” by A Talented Second Life Creator or A Cool Second Life Store.
2. Your photo must have “FabFree Photo Challenge” somewhere in the title.
3. Please keep your photos family friendly (eg. no naughty bits displayed, no graphic violence, nothing you wouldn’t see in a PG rated movie).
4. You may enter as many times as you like.
5. Most of all – have fun, and don’t be afraid to enter. Everyone from all photography levels is welcome to participate.
Good Luck!
