Ringing In 2024!

Farewell to 2023! At least you weren’t as bad as 2020 or 2021. What better way to celebrate the start of 2024 than wearing a bunch of things you didn’t pay much for at all? There are all types of items out there from backdrops to outfits. I hope your 2024 is a Fabulous one!

From the Top

I traveled the grid picking up gifts. Some are just totally free while others require a group tag. One of the events I visited was the Sense Event that runs until January 9th. It’s the 6th anniversary of the event and of course there are presents to be found. I was alerted to the gifts at Couture Chapeau by a subscriber notecard. And last but not least, I learned about the free gift at @ rOrO by following the FabFree chat. There are many, many ways to find out about gifts.

I’m going to list the free items I am wearing today.

• Free/No group needed @rOrO Flashing New Year Headband
• Free gift at Sense Event/Free group needed Elfico penso Glasses
• Free MM prize @ Princess Stuff/Group is $135 to join Short Bodysuit & Heels
• Free/no group needed Couture Chapeau  2024 Hand Sparkler

The bodysuit is sized for eBody, Kupra, Legacy, & Maitreya. The heels come in these sizes plus sizes for Belleza, Erika, SLink.

That’s it for today folks! Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve tonight!

Peace,

Cre

Cre is wearing…

 Clothing

Outfit – Princess Stuff Short Bodysuit & Heels (Free MM prize @ Princess Stuff/Group is $135 to join)
Glasses – Elfico penso Glasses (Free gift at Sense Event/Free group needed) 
Headband – @rOrO Flashing New Year Headband (Free/No group needed)
Sparkler – Couture Chapeau 2024 Hand Sparkler (Free/No group needed)

Body

Body – Maitreya Lara 
Head – Lelutka EvoX Noel 3.1
Body Skin – Velour Rose Kiss
Eyebrows – Nuve Amanda Eyebrows 
Eyes – Cazimi Outlook Eyes Blue (Free gift at Palomma Plaza/Free group needed. Look under the tree)
Hair – Truth Collective – Embrace
Shape – LunaNera. Emily Shape Lelutka Kaya 3.1
Eyeshadow – poema – Palm Beach eyeshadows
Lipstick – Opulein Set 101 (Previous Event gift)

Pose – Shi.s Poses(aka Shiva) Happy New Year
Backdrop – M-Bpd Happy New Year Backdrop

 

Show Support for Ukraine

I have lived through a lot in my lifetime. I can’t fathom having to flee my country because it’s being invaded. It’s an extremely sobering thought. Hopefully this post will inspire you to show your support also.

Ways to Show Support

In today’s edition of Fabulous Finds Aline showed a set of free tats from Seduction. I’m wearing the dark right & left BOM flags. These are BOM and include 6 different tats each with a dark or light option.

Couture Chapeau has also set out a box (Free) containing a Stand With Ukraine Banner & a Ukrainian flag. You can see that banner in the pic at the top of this post.

Onto the Sale Find & Awesome News

If you’re a regular reader you know I love my sale finds! Today I spied this sexy black dress for only $35L! Sooo, I tripped on over to Brillancia to grab the Lucy Dress. Lace & shiny stuff fit together well. It’s another sexy lil number that let’s me be demure or maybe more like a DOMME. Chuckles; you’ll never know for sure.

Sizes

• Legacy & Legacy Perky
• Maitreya
• Belleza Freya
• Slink Hourglass
• Kupra & Kupra Kups
• Signature Alice

Well, on the way to the sales board I noticed a $500L group credit along with about 24 other group gifts. Guess what? Brillancia group is Free to join! You get it all without spending a single $L.

Don’t delay. I don’t know when these gifts will disappear.

Peace for Ukraine…

Cre

Outfit

Dress – Brillancia Lucy ($35L Sunday sale)

Body

Body – Maitreya Lara
Head – Lelutka Kaya 3.1
Skin – Nuve Lucy Tan
Shape – LILO’s Fit Shape Lelutka Kaya [Maitreya]
Lipstick – Modish Delice
Hair – Sintiklia Kaylee
Face Tats – Seduction Poses and Tattoos Help Ukraine Tattoos (Free/No Group Join Required)

Pose – Zombie Suicide  Peace Out (Store is temporarily closed)
Banner – Couture Chapeau Stand With Ukraine Banner (Free/No Group Join Required)

Colder Than a Brass Toilet Seat in the Yukon

…And that’s pretty darn cold

An arctic blast found it’s way to my part of the world this week and I have been experiencing sub-zero temperatures for the past few days.  I’ve done my best to stay inside, but there are times you just have to go out and brave the elements. I’m just glad my dog isn’t a fan of the cold either…

Wrap up and put a lid on it…

Today’s look is a mix of various gifts that are still available as of this posting. The David Sweatshirt by etham is a FREE gift at the Shop & Hop Sale and I was told it would be available until the end of the month. The sweatshirt comes with a texture HUD for different colors and comes fitted for the following body types:

• Belleza
• NX-Nardcotix
• Signature
• Slink
• Standard
• TMP

TheWinter Holiday Scarf is the current group gift at ::K::. This scarf comes rigged in both men’s and women’s sizes and adds color to any look. The ::K:: group is FREE to join. And to top it off, (pun intended) I found the Wish Newsboy Cap by Couture Chapeau as a FREE gift to members of The Menstuff Lounge. The cap includes a sizer to get the proper fit. The Menstuff group does have a 50L join fee for non members.

Now… could someone please throw another log or five on the fire? I’m FREEZING!!!

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Carson is wearing…

Mesh Body: ADAM -Mesh Body v2
Mesh Head: Catwa – Daniel v3.0
Head Applier: Labyrinth – Tylar
Beard Applier: Nivaro – Jawline
Hair: no.match – No Cloud
Eyes: IKON Triumph Eyes – Evening
Shirt: etham – David Sweatshirt @ Shop & Hop Sale (December 2017 Gift / FREE / 0L)
Pants: !BBN! – Man in Black Pants (Third Life Group Gift – FREE / 0L / 10L to join)
Cap: Couture Chapeau – Wish Newsboy Cap – @ The Menstuff Lounge (Free / 0L / 50L to join)
Scarf: ::K:: – Winter Holiday Scarf (Group Gift – Free / 0L / 0L to join)

Pose: Reel Poses – Pack 09-04

Sim: The Mill

Santa Squad

 

Are you naughty or nice?

You may not know this but I am a member of the Santa Squad. I report back to the North Pole with details on my fellow bloggers here at FabFree, letting the big guy know if they have been naughty or nice.  I hate to say it, but the list has mixed results. It’s a good thing there are still a few weeks left before Christmas….

The good list…

If you are good (and can find the hunt item) you can have two of the items I am wearing as FREE gifts! The Santa Squad Military Shirt with Tee is the Peace on Earth Hunt gift provided by Dark Water Designs. The shirt comes in two styles, with the tee (shown) and without.  And both styles come in sizes S-L and also in three fitmesh sizes. Get on the good team wearing this shirt. You can also pick up the Winter Newsboy Cap, the Peace on Earth Hunt gift from Couture Chapeau. With a built in resizer, it even fit my buckethead easily.

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Carson is wearing…

Mesh Body: ADAM -Mesh Body v2
Mesh Head: Catwa – Daniel v3.0
Head Applier: Labyrinth – Tylar
Beard Applier: Nivaro – Jawline
Hair: no.match – No Cloud
Eyes: IKON Triumph Eyes – Evening
Shirt: Dark Water Designs – Santa Squad Military Shirt w/ Tee (Peace on Earth Hunt FREE / 0L)
Cap: Couture Chapeau  – Winter Newsboy Cap (Peace on Earth Hunt FREE / 0L)

Pose: Signature Pose – Alex 004

Sim: Hentai Hills

Boho Fedora

Happy Friday Everyone!! I hope you’ve all had a good week and are making fun weekend plans. Speaking of the weekend, this super fun outfit would make great weekend attire for going out with friends. I usually pick out darker colors and patterns, but I just couldn’t help myself with this one! lol

Have you ever had the urge to throw on one of your significant other’s hats? I do all the time! Finally I got brave and have bought one or two of my own. This greenish-gold fedora reminded me of that. Fedoras are my favorite style of hat to wear, and sometimes having one a little over-sized is fun. This unisex hat is a current FREE gift at Fab Free Headquarters from Couture Chapeau, and it has a re-size script to fit just about any size. There’s no need to join a group, (though we’d love it if you did!) just head on over to FFHQ and pick it up.

Also at FFHQ is this pretty skin from Hankii Pankii. The bright fun make up is part of the skin, and this FREE gift includes several appliers including Slink and Maitreya, as well as a few more. Considering the colorful nature of the outfit, I knew this skin would be a perfect fit!

I’m not sure which part of this FREE group gift from ALB Dream Fashion I like best, the top or the shoes?! If forced to decide, I’d probably pick the shoes, but it would be difficult. I love the bright colorful patchwork pattern, it’s fun and summery. The top also allowed me to show off some skin, which for me really means showing off the tattoos I like so much! Not wanting to show quite so much skin? I think this loose-fitting crop top would look great with a solid colored tank under it as well.

Next, I adore this bumble bee manicure from Nail Me!. Talk about a fun manicure that is perfect for summer! This set comes with toenail appliers too, so  your tootsies can be as cute as your fingertips. In addition there are appliers for Slink nails, and an Omega applier. This set is the Nail Me! contribution to the Birds and Bees Hunt. The BBH is a 1 linden hunt.

The cell phone I used with the pose from Velvet Poses is now a Marketplace dollarbie from No Cabide. Not only is this cell super cute, it comes with a texture change hud so you can match your phone to more of your stuff! Skyler showed this cute phone originally in one of her posts here. She also included a close-up of the texture change hud!

Like the “Selfie” pose from Velvet Poses? You can get a pack of 5 selfie poses (phone  not included) for just 50 linens at the ToBeOutsider event. That’s just 10 lindens per pose!

Whew! That was a lot of stuff! Here are the details, Enjoy!

Hat – Couture Chapeau – CC UNISEX Essex Linen Fedora {CC Gold} – FREE Gift @FFHQ

Hair – little bones. Horrowshow – Past Group Gift (Still Available)/Group is 100 L to Join (Originally Shown Here)

Skin – Hankii Pankii – [HP] Spring (tea) Skin & Appliers – FREE Gift @FFHQ

Top & Shoes –ALB Dream Fashion –  ALB AAYANA top + SARA pumps to slink high boho by AnaLee Balut – FREE Group Gift/Group is FREE to Join

Necklaces – [ glow ] studio – Necklaces mix’n’match (gold)

Tattoo – .Identity. Body Shop – Stay Young

Manicure – {Nail Me!} Busy as a Bee -Slink/Omega Nail Appliers – 1 L BBH Gift

Cell Phone – :: No Cabide :: Mesh Mobile Phone – 1 L on the Marketplace

Pants – Blushed – Skinny Jeans

Hands/Feet – Slink – Elegant 1, High

Body – Maitreya – Lara

Pose – VELVET } POSE – Selfie Two – 50 L /pack @ToBeOutsider

New Gifts at FabFree Headquarters – 11/07/14

We have three more new gifts at FabFree Headquarters!  The -CH- Store has added a great mesh sweater, Kandy Tattoos is offering their Barrino Tatto, and Couture Chapeau has put out a unisex gold fedora!  Come for a visit, With all of the 60 FREE Gifts we have available to all, I am sure you’ll find something that is just right for you!

Guest Blog By Julianna Johnstone

A Guest Blog By Julianna Johnstone, originally blogged [HERE] at Fashion Clinic…

I was looking through the blog right from the earliest entries and noted i used to have “Articles” not just a  fashion  agenda. So for my main posting today I thought i would see  how easy it is to create a totally free look.

I am already a member of the Fab Free group and recommend it  if you are not already it is a great group to join and its free. But I also joined the Silken Moon store group which has a joining fee of $L 50 as joining fees go not to bad. Although I have to say I will not be staying .  While the group corner has a number of nice items  most you have to pay for and to me that negates  the reason for paying a fee to joi. While I am sure they are worth the lindens if you are on  a tight budget  this is not helpful.

Here is the look I put together…………

Hunt items
Easter Designers Hunt 2014
Outfit by [~Sassy!~] Easter Designers Hunt 2014 – 4
~Sassy!~ Gramercy leather corset – ivory
~Sassy!~ Tribeca leather pants – gold

Group Gifts

Hat by Couture Chapeau
Couture Chapeau Fab Free Gift – CC Stingy Brim Fedora – Gold

Shoes by Baby Monkey
BM Ultimate Damara White Fab Free HQ Gift

Skin by Silken Moon
Silken Moon Powder Spring Group Gift

Jewels by Chop zuey
A Wee Bit o Easter Complete Set (Beige) Group Gift

Lucky Chairs
Hair by Underground
Izabella Hair (S) COCOA Lucky chair

New FREE gifts from FabFree Designers at FabFree Headquarters!

Greetings!

As I’m sure you know by now…FabFree Headquarters has had a bit of a makeover!  If you haven’t dropped by to visit lately…grab the SLURL and come find out what all the excitement is about.  As Love mentioned HERE…we have a TON of new FREE gifts, compliments of our amazing FabFree Designers and we’ve added great gacha machines…filled with all sorts of goodies from the FabFree Designers; priced 1L-50L !  There is a new park area and a cafe…wonderful little spots to sit and enjoy a conversation…and don’t forget our bicycle rezzer…grab a bike and tour the Wash sim.

Today I’m going to be showing you the fabulously FREE items from four of our FabFree Designer’s gift vendors at FabFree Headquarters.  The first FREE gift is from Banger Island Creations …it is a chic Sepia Days Belted Top & Leggings.  This mesh outfit comes with a HUD that gives you three different sepia color options for the top as well as for the leggings; so you can mix or match the two.

I’ve accessorized the tunic and leggings with our next FREE gift, CC Stingy Brim Fedora (Signature Gold), from Couture Chapeau.  I LOVE fedoras and when I saw this on, I knew I had to use it…it is unisex (scripted resizer) and the texturing is fantastic!

My shoes are the third FREE gift, Ultimate Damara White Wedges, from Baby Monkey.  These shoes are truly fabulous…they come with a HUD to match the skin and tons of nail polish options as well as options for the toe rings!

The Vintage Camera used in this shot is NOT free but is available for sale from !!Follow Us!! on the Marketplace.

The final FREE item I am showing today is the super comfy Brown Leather Accent Chair from Park Place Home Decor.  This chair has great animations and gives props…such as the cool cell phone I am holding in the photo.  The textures on this chair and ottoman are phenominal and the design fits into many eclectic home decor designs.

The Plant in the photo is available from ++LP2++ for 50L.

ALL the FREE items shown today are available at the New FabFree Headquarters…grab the next taxi and come visit!  We’ve had our makeover…now come get yours!

Happy shopping and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Currently only available as a Gatcha item at the Arcade /100L per try)
Eyes – IKON Eternal Eyes Black
Hair – TRUTH HAIR – Mina
Hands by Slink
Pose by LAP (no longer available)
Sim – The New FabFree Headquarters

 

True North Strong and Free

Happy Canada Day to our Canadian Residents!  I found a few freebies and nearly freebies for us Canadians to show our love for Canada in SL today 🙂

If you aren’t familiar with the background of these photos, you probably aren’t Canadian –  it’s SL Tim Horton’s!  They don’t really let us sit on the counter like that in RL, but hey – this is SL!

I don’t have this shown in the photo… but  you can pick up your free Timmie’s on Marketplace at the following link – https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/FREE-Tim-Hortons-coffee-server-eh/73417

Love is wearing…

Hair – [ 69 ] Keri (not free) – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SIXTY%20NINE/69/69/691

Bikini  – Cupids Oh Canada Bikini 2009 Free Gift Beach Bonanza – (free / 0L/ marketplace) – https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Cupids-Oh-Canada-Bikini-2009-Free-Gift-BeachBonanza/15012

Shorts – 7Style shorts 3 Jeans Pack –  (free / 0L/ marketplace) – https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/NEW-7Style-shorts-3-jeans-pack/1101877

Shoes – Viviane Fashion – Flip Flops Red Hearts – (10L)  https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Viviane-Fashion-Flip-Flops-Red-Hearts/1834112

Accessories –

Couture Chapeau Canada Hand Wavin’ Flag – (1L) – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vade%20Mecum/45/63/27

Unisex Canada Party Hat  (free / 0L / marketplace) – https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Unisex-Canada-Party-Hat-Happy-Canada-Day/2402776

In the Spotlight

Look your best walking the red carpet in the Buster Keaton Suit from Avatar Bizarre. The hunt prize in the Hollywood Walk of Fame Hunt includes the suit with bow tie, shoes and a straw hat.

If a straw hat is not your style, try the Sinatra Hat, the gift from Couture Chapeau on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Hunt. Whatever your preference, you can leave your hat on.

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*Avatar Bizarre – Buster Keaton Suit ($0L)
Hollywood Walk of Fame Hunt
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burmilla/209/202/38

*Couture Chapeau – Sinatra Hat ($0L)
Hollywood Walk of Fame Hunt
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vade%20Mecum/43/106/27

*Poses – Embody Shapes & Poses ($0L)
Not Free
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Azure%20Oasis/252/63/22