My heart breaks when one of my favorite designers leaves the grid. Had you known me 12 years ago, you would know I as one of the Rebel Hope Super Fans. But, sadly, that store is no more. Purple Moon, one of FAVORITE designers, left the grid a while back. Each design was unique and there were just amazing deals each week for fresh NEW styles not found other places. Their Advent Calendar was, hands down, the very best on the grid. My heart broke when Purple Moon closed up shop.
But, I am happy to report, Purple Moon is BACK!!! Now Called PM, they are sporting a smaller boutique with fabulous fresh designs and updates for previous threads. There are Group Gifts (99L Group Fee) and Lucky Chairs, but my new fave? The Look of the Week! Pictured above, the Look of the week offers up one design for 55L. This adorable little jumper is just in time to usher in the Spring! This jumper will be available until April 4th, so run, ladies!
If you haven’t already guessed it, my dears, purple is my favorite color. So when I saw that Purple Moon Creations was having a hunt that features 14 gifts in shades of magenta I was thrilled! Purple Moon has hidden 14 scrumptious cherries all over the store for us for us to find. And just to be extra sweet, these cherries are all 0L!
It was so hard to pick a look to show you. All of the gifts are so so pretty! But this is my favorite. This is the Vivian top and skirt (the top and the skirt are in separate ‘cherries’) and the Lazuri Euridice choker, earrings and bracelets. I can’t say enough about the beautiful casual skirt and top combo. I love the color, the drape… just everything! The jewelry set is everything you could want as well. The metals and the gems are all changeable with a click so you can wear them with tons of outfits.
This 0L store hunt lasts until February 28 so don’t delay!
Skin – Lumae – Alaska Mulled Wine – (Free/0L/past Second Life Frees and Offers gift) Eyes – Ikon – Hope Eyes in Field and Passion Hands and Feet + nails – Slink mesh Casual Hands and Mid feet and the Basic HUD Hair – Truth Hair – Courtney
What could be more romantic than spending your Valentines Day evening dancing under the stars? This group gift from Purple Moon is perfect for the occasion, and even better, wearable even after the holiday. There is a 50L join fee for the group, but with all the wonderful gifts given year round, it is a group well worth holding on to!
This week has turned out to be a lot crazier than I originally expected. To top it all off, having a little one at home means HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN, every single day (we’re down to hours now), and the excitement quotient goes up exponentially as the days go by. So… you can probably guess that the walls are vibrating with excitement today (not mine). I’ll be super glad when November shows up tomorrow. 🙂
In case you haven’t already heard (or seen), Poulet Koenkamp is back with some fabulous gifts for :: PurpleMoon :: group members. I’m wearing the Linnda Gown Halloween Edition, and let me tell you, it is spectacular. I just wish I had a Halloween party to attend so I could show it off! Don’t miss your chance to pick up the beautiful gifts available at PM right now, including this one shown by Tiana yesterday. Oh, I have to apologize for not getting a better picture of these super cute Ghosts of Sweet William earrings from Chop Zuey. You really need to see their sweet little faces to appreciate them. They’re a free gift for *everyone*, so be sure you go grab a pair. My gorgeous Neva skin by Glam Affair is not free, but is on sale at the current round of Collabor88.
Look at me in my pinup style pose in the club like I own the place! Well let me hurry up and tell you how I got the look before the real owner finds me here. The shoes I am wearing is a group gift from VG shoes store called, Play. They have a gorgeous creamy gold color that almost compliments any other color outfit you might wear. In fact, when I was preparing for this post, I put the shoes on first and then went through my inventory trying on different outfits until I found a complimenting match.
Then an idea hit me like a bag of shoes, JAVA Fashion Designs has a Paisley Girl Joan Mini Dress that would go perfect! So I went scrambling into my inventory, and slipped it on, confirming that the two items went together like peanut butter and jelly. Oh, and let me tell you something about JAVA. If you join the group, which is $75L fee, the designer Simone Udimo sends out at least 2-3 outfits a week. The store has a variety of non-mesh and mesh outfits at very very, did I say very, reasonable prices. The dress I have on was sent out in a group notice, and just in case its not in the notice anymore, you can find it in store for $25L.
I also want to give a thank you to Purple Moon for sending out these beautiful diamond Diva Earrings in honor of Women’s Day. Definitely added the cherry on top of the sundae for this outfit.
PurpleMoon Creations is hosting a mini instore hunt with 17 hidden light blue coloured “2” icons in store with all of the previous hunt gifts from the past year, just in case you missed them! All of the prizes are free and you have until December 31st to complete it.
Here are a few of my favourite looks with some of the prizes within the 2nd Chance Hunt!
In the above photo I am wearing #8 which is a cute pair of Lace Pumps with #5 (The Sandy Dress) and I have accessorized with #15 (Winter Earrings), and #14 which is the Winter Nails, available in three sizes.
Below to the left you will see the Rumba Suit in Camel (#14) accessorized with #13 which is the Noble Ring (available in a few colours) and the Mariah Earrings and Necklace Set that were found in #17. To the right I am wearing the Nala V2 Dress (#3) with the Viola Earrings (#1)
The Black & Yellow Mesh Trinity Dress can be found in #2, and the Reindeer Necklace & Earrings Set can be found in #9. Both of which shown in the right photo below. To the left you will see the Zorali Coat in Zebra – Wow, what a statement this coat makes!
Below is an ad of all of the prizes available… The photo is a little small, but as you can see there is some really great stuff to be found!
Make sure you check out Al Vulo’s featured skin at The Dressing Room Fusion this round. Lyala comes with three brow colours, Lola appliers and a pair of regular and mesh eyes for just 70L!
I absolutely LOVE Halloween..and I look forward to when October rolls around so I can start putting costumes together and decorating my place. One of the best things about Halloween in SL is that I don’t have to wait until the 31st to start wearing my costumes and the decorating isn’t limited to my small First Life apartment.
{dollle*} just sent this fantastic Bloody Bandage Dress to their subscribo members. *It is a mesh item so you will need a mesh enabled viewer to see it properly. I paired the outfit with this fabulous Bride of Frankenstein Hair from Paper Heart; available on the Marketplace for 1L and the Blood Blaster Heart from A Folf in Sheep’s Clothing; also available on the Marketplace for 1L.
I finished off the costume with a deep crimson colored lip tattoo, that I scored for 1L from cStar Limited, at The Boho Culture Fair, Bloody Tears III Face tattoo (5L) from REPULSE , and Dead bloody eyes from Sicknessthesia…(FREE) on the Marketplace. The Liane Goth skin in silver, from Amacci, was featured by Renee here.
I went all out decorating my sim for Halloween and I saved buckets of Linden by taking advantage of the wonderful hunts taking place around the grid and by scouring the Marketplace for freebies. The Zombie Mausoleum is a prize for the SL’s Top Haunted Places Tour & Hunt from Post Mortum Designs, the crows are actually Walking Skeleton ACTION auto-rezzers from Another Fine UGH Design for 10L on the Marketplace and the tombstones are free…as part of a Halloween Decor set from Diavolo Creations. The black pumpkins are a group gift, 50L to join, from ::PM:: Purple Moon Creations.
Hunting for freebies on the Marketplace can be quick and easy when you use a few tricks to filter what you are searching for. I always search the Marketplace with a key word for the item I am interested in and then use the “Category” and “Price” filters in the side column. The category column can be filtered down to a fairly specific group and I usually search for items priced between 0-10L. There are other ways to search for freebies on the Marketplace, but I find this to be the quickest route. Just remember to only take freebies that are from the creator of the item and that you write a kind review if you like the item. Creators really appreciate the positive feedback and it is a great way to thank them for offering something free to everyone in SL.
Additional Info:
The pics were shot on my private home sim, which is part of SL’s Top Haunted Places Tour & Hunt…so stop in to hunt for your FREE gifts!! (Made by my fantabulous husband <3)
The facial expression is from AnyPose Expression, available for FREE on the Marketplace, from Phate Shepherd Creations.
The pose was created by myself using Animare Pose & Animation System (NOT free), available on the Marketplace, from YT Recreant.
I am not sure what I am more excited about tonight, this awesome trunk from {whats next} or the hella sexy lingerie set from Ashmoot! I suppose I can revel in the both equally and together! The Mayfair Trunk is available as a free group gift at {whats next} in the Old Glory texture shown. This would be a fabulous furniture piece or photo prop. It is only three prims and has several male and female poses as well as allows you to adjust your position which I love… because I do have a tall avatar, and sometimes the preset poses just aren’t right! The group is 250L to join, but the gifts have been super so far… and well worth the fee in my opinion!
The golden lacey lingerie set I am wearing is the latest group gift at Ashmoot and the group is free to join!
The Summer Harvest Hunt continues and runs until September 21st. Trinket has shown you several of the prizes previously, but here is just one more to add! After you have located the acorn hunt icon at Amour Fashion, and pick it up for 0 lindens, you will have the Katherine Mesh Outfit that includes the mesh ruffled blouse in a fun floral print, and the matching chocolate brown capri pants shown in the photo.
PurpleMoon is still in full blast anniversary celebration mode. The latest group gifts are the amazing Cheetah print mesh dress with 5 sizes included and the Die4PM clothing rack pose set. The fashionista prop has 9 poses and was made by Wetcat Flux to celebrate the anniversary. Both of these gifts are only available for PurpleMoon group members. There is a L$50 enrollment fee to join PurpleMoon and I must say it has been the best L$50 I’ve ever spent!
The mesh Wonderland SE hair is a midnight mania gift at Alice Project. You will need to get on the board fast to win this one because it locks fast! The Summer skin is a new group gift for JeSyLiLO members. There currently is a L$250 enrollment fee to join the JeSyLiLO group.