WILD.Released! ... LAST DAY!!!!

Hi Everyone!


WILD.Released is coming to it's end. This is the absolute last chance you will ever have to get the 12 amazing prizes on offer.

To finish the hunt we decided to have a party! Moonsong Sim does everything in a rather epic way, and parties are no exception :D We have the awesome Maht Wuyts to DJ for us and there will be random gifts from some of the participating stores given out at the party :D

Now, for the thank yous... there are a LOT. Something like WILD.Released simply does not happen without a great many people involved:

Firstly; I would like to thank my sim-mates at Moonsong; Flippa Stella of Flipside & TearSong Vaughan. Both these ladies have been indispensable.

TearSong Vaughan; organised and got the WILD.Released blog up and running, wrote a good many of the blog posts and did the amazing pics to go with... Thank you TearSong!

Flippa Stella: Flippa is amazing! for those of you that don't know, she and I met on help island way back when... we rezzed on the same day and we've been mates ever since! :D Flippa is just one of those amazing people that just doesn't get fazed by anything. I can be running around in a circle going OMFG!!!! AHHH! What am I going to do???? and she'll be there going "okay, so what do you need to get done?"... ever calm & ever ready to chip in and help out is Flippa!

Flip also built our awesome kiosks for the hunt and more recently, rescued the party when I realised I had stuffed up the timezones (yet again) & planned a party for when I would not be able to attend >.< Thank you Flippa... I cannot express just how much I appreciate you *hugs*:D

Miro Collas: You may know him from Animation Rising, but he is also the mad genius behind the system called Take Your Pick Hunt System we used for the stamp card hunt. This system came out at the beginning of the year. It was this discovery that inspired the whole concept of WILD.Released as I knew it would be the perfect way to showcase stores that are "off the beaten track"... and from all the positive feedback we've gotten, I'd say it was a fair assumption! :D

I'm sure a lot of people out there are reading this and thinking "hmm, interesting... time to organise something similar!"... I say "Go for it!". This is a system that you can make your event be what you want it to be... a word of caution though... we spent months organising this, because we wanted to do it properly, not just have some half arse, thrown together at the last minute type thing. This is a tool for your event, not the event... awesome stores and organisers (I am so putting that in, because we *are* awesome LOL!) do not come included in the box! But that is of course like any event.

I would also like to say thank you to Miro for his amazing customer support. I am the most annoying customer ever, and I can manage to break anything LOL (I didn't actually break the system though) but Miro very patently spent a considerable amount of time answering my questions and helping me problem solve as things came up. He was awesome throughout the whole process... Thank you!

The store owners: The thing that really struck me about the store owners that we invited to this event was their professionalism. In the main this was a very easy group of people to work with. It's been an enjoyable experience working with you and getting to know many of you :D Thank you!

The Bloggers: A big thank you to the bloggers who supported this event; we only had a few but apparently it was enough! :D The bloggers that did show an interest in this event where a very diverse and talented mix, it was a pleasure to see how each interpreted the prizes... Thank you!

The participants: Yup! You guys! the ones who actually made it happen, THANK YOU! seriously, we would have looked like a pack of gits sitting around our stores with lovely "WILD.Released" signs everywhere but with not a lot of point, if you guys hadn't have so enthusiastically supported us and this event :D I got to speak to a lot of people during this last month, and the feedback from the participants was great. What I loved though was how many people told me that they had discovered stores they never knew about before, or had actually been to stores that they had heard of but never actually been to. It seems a lot of people had fun doing this hunt... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! We couldn't ask for anything more :D Thank you!

I know I have thanked a whole bunch of people in groups, and would love to thank more individually... but I'm a bit sleepy. Please know though, that I appreciate everyone who has contributed to the success that WILD.Released has been.

Thank you!

*hugs*

~Faery~

PS thanks to everyone on Plurk who I perpetually spammed with "ZOMG! WILD.Released!!!!" announcements & didn't boot me from their friends lists ...love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! *waves* XD

WILD.Released: Illusions

Hi Everyone!

Today I'd like to show you the beautiful work of Siyu Suen of Illusions. This garland of roses is another of the exclusive prizes for the WILD.Released hunt which is currently going on. You have until the 18th of April to nab this and the other great prizes in the hunt!

I am also wearing a faery dress from a newly discovered store... Caverna Obscura. I was introduced to this store in a round about way by a lovely lady, Softpaw Sommer, when I ran into her at the Fae & Elven Pride Fair (please see previous blog post for more details & pics on that! :D). Softpaw was wearing the most awesome faery dress ever! (which I blatantly inspected & got the creator name from heehee) and off I went in search of this wondrous dress!

Now as many of you *might* have guessed, I actually know a little something about fae & fae lore... and the thing that first impressed me about this store was that the faery outfits feature things of nature... which obviously fae use as a source for their clothes (if they choose to wear any clothes at all of course), or they use scraps of things that they find around the place :D. So when I landed at Caverna Obscura & found outfits made out of toad stools, bark & flower petals as well as scraps of material I was all YES!!!! WOOOT! REAL fae clothes! and I was dancing around & yelling at my mate Flippa in IM's with "ZOMG! You have GOT TO SEE THIS!!!", and of course she TP'd over, and was impressed too heehee. I bought a couple of outfits and have got to say, I was impressed with the vendor pics... but actually wearing the outfits... WOW! :D

So yes, I am a VERY happy faery today *dances*.

Until next time,

Enjoy!

~Faery~




Credits:


Garland: *~*"Varda" Rose Crown (WILD.Released prize from Illusions)
Hair: * 0 Style * Yuuya *(Glazed Fire)_M
Eyes: EyeFidelity RealEyes - Sharbat (i) - SbZ
Skin: La Sylphide Skins - Katie - Mocha
Dress: '~ * CAVERNA OBSCURA * ~' - Mint-n-Lime Pixie Outfit
Wings: Fancy Fairy - Tendril Wings Gold Iridescent Fleur flexi
Pose - Studio Sidhe from the "Fly Me to the Moon" pose prop collaboration with Balderdash.

WILD.Released: Silent Sparrow

well hello there...

yes it's me again...

I have decided that the real reason behind my decision to run the WILD.Released hunt for a whole month, is so I would have heaps of time to fart-arse around (aussie speak for procrastinate and generally waste time)... which I must say I am VERY accomplished at *puffs out chest proudly* :P

I have however, finally managed to take a piccy of this wonderful outfit from Silent Sparrow... I've worn it around SL for about two weeks, hahah (I don't like to rush things LOL). The pic that I did finally manage to get is a story in itself...

The other night I was contemplating taking some pics of this hunt prize when I randomly got an IM from Tomo; Genius behind Little Boy Blue and a fun mate who can always be depended upon for completely random stuff... example, he dials me up with FAERY! bubble wrap! you need to come and play! ... (expurgated version of what he actually said; I take artistic license cause this is my blog *shrugs*) So I tp over, play with mad cool stuffs, then somehow we got onto the topic of sushi... because bubble wrap --> Sushi, is a TOTALLY logical progression *nods*.

So off we go to the most brilliant Sushi place in SL... It's AMAZING. You sit down & grab plates of sushi stuff off the conveyor belt as it comes around, and get your mate (Tomo in this case) to be the waiter... it's one of those things that you have to see for yourself really, but the scripting and animation are just awesome :D Go HERE & catch the elevator upstairs to find the sushi bar :D

Okay, so that explains the chop sticks my avi is holding heehee aaaaaand makes a nice segue to explaining Benny, the cute little friend on my shoulder... this is Benny's story from the notecard that comes with him:

Benny is a very confused panda. You see, he's always been a little deaf, so he thinks his name is 'Bunny' and he won't hear otherwise. He does get very confused as to why grass doesn't appeal to him, and why all of the other bunnies are so much smaller and run away from him. His favourite bunnies are the black and white ones.
He has a grand time in the Spring, being able to wear his best ribbon and hide eggs. He loves the warm sun and the colours of the flowers, even if they make him sneeze. He loves chocolate, even if it doesn't agree with him, and he is pretty phobic of peeps, especially the chicks.
Won't you give this confused panda a happy home, preferably peep-free? He promises to be tidy and to share his chocolate with you if you will.

Okay, so up to this point, I was pretty much sorted, I had the outfit, the hair,the jewellery, the skin & the boots... BRILLIANT! Just had to get a good shot... when Aems; Aemilia Case - Creative genius behind Philotic Energy, drops me the Rowe Hat/Hair that features in the New Crazy Arse Hair Hunt... the colour shown isn't the one in the prize, that's HERE and is BRILLIANT.

I have been bugging Aems since forever to make more top hats with hair... her Noah style is my absolute favourite hat/hair ever! and this one I think rivals even that (bold words, I know, but check it out) :D

And lastly... The location... Catnip! where else would you go if you had the most awesome Mad Hatter-esk hat in the world?




Until next time!

Enjoy!

~Faery~

Credits:

Outfit is a WILD.Released hunt prize from Silent Sparrow: Lysi ~silentsparrow~ Wild Released (boxed)
Hat/Hair: Philotic Energy - PE Rowe Mahogany (from the CAHH all colours pack).
Jewellery: Studio Sidhe - Bronze Celtic knotwork set.
Skin: LS Katie Tan - Cover Girl
Eyes: EyeFidelity RealEyes - Sharbat Bright (i) - SbZ
Bunny: Little Boy Boy Blue- LBB Food Friend 1: Benny
Chopsticks: Hashi for Yakiniku by Kabuki Ewing
Location: Catnip - Alice in Wonderland subterranean adventure land :D

P.S. Apologies for the completely random punctuation in this post, actually, the whole post was fairly random, as is this post script! LMAO! so I guess the punctuation kind of suited it... oops. Anyways, if you are the one person who has opted to actually read this blog, and have found it all just a touch much, I direct your complaints to god. (cause, well, why not really? Cheaper than message bank.). Thank you :)

WILD.Released: FlipSide

Hi Everyone!

For those of you who know FlipSide, you know Flippa Stella's edgy sexy style... she makes everything from ladies wear, skins, poses, tattoos and piercings. She's been at it since 2006, so she knows her stuff, and this outfit is a definite example of that!

This prize from Flipside is awesome, and is comprised of the babydoll dress, prim detailing, bracelet, anklets AND killer high heels which come with a colour change hud to match the toes to your skin of choice :D

This is one of the brilliant, exclusive prizes for the WILD.Released Hunt... you have till the 18th of April to get this prize before it is gone forever :D

See the WILD.Released blog for details on how to participate and see the great pics that are rolling in to the Flick group HERE.


Credits:

Outfit/Shoes/Jewellery: ::FlipSide:: Babydoll Dress - WILD prize release
Hair: * 0 Style * Yuuya *(Swedish Blond)_M
Eyes: EyeFidelity RealEyes - Sharbat (i) - SbZ
Skin: [PXL] July NAT DE Nude LEB
Pose: Reel Expression - Wall 5

WILD.Released: Trap & Fallen Gods Inc.

Hi Everyone!

WOW, the first weekend of the WILD.Released Hunt went off with a BANG!!! The feedback has been awesome! Thank you to everyone who've taken the time to IM myself and the other creators involved to let us all know how much you're enjoying this event :D

Today I thought I'd show you two more of the awesome creations up for grabs exclusively for this hunt. It's hard to believe that these to creators didn't get together when making their prizes cause DAMN! could they go together any better?!

The horns by Trap are unisex, and the Skin comes with both mens and ladies versions included in the pack.

If you haven't let yourself walk on the WILD side yet, I urge you to check out the blog HERE and the WILD.Released Flickr Group to find out more and see the brilliant prizes :D

Until next time,

Enjoy!

~Faery~



Prizes from Fallen Gods Inc & Trap.


Credits:

Skin: FIRE SALAMANDER xx +Fallen Gods Inc.+ SKIN + natural
Horns: [][]Trap[][] Magma Crown (chin)
Hair: Exile Savage Magma
WIngs: Philotic Energy - Bone Wings-Bone
Eyes: ::FlipSide:: Ebil Eyez -1
Skirt/Belt: "Dagon" by Tekeli-li - Belt & Bikini Bottom
Pose: Torrid Stand 1

WILD.Released: Schadenfreude & Frippery

Another preview of the prizes on offer in the WILD.Released hunt starting on the 20th of March. This skin from Schadenfreude is one of Alopex Released Skins in the pack which comes with both male and female skins! That in itself would be an amazing gift but you also get a pair of Mer Elf ears with awesome earrings/plugs :D The ears have their own hud to change skin tone and jewellery colours/textures... Brilliant! :D

I'm also showing the The Big Blue necklace from the Frippery prize which is a set comprised of a gloriously detailed necklace, bracelet and earrings... love them! :D

These are prizes exclusive to the WILD.Released Hunt which starts on the 20th of March. For more details:

WILD.Released



Credits:

Jewellery:ET~The Big Blue by Elizabeth Tinsley
Skin:Schadenfreude Alopex Langwidere [d] Blue Released
Ears:Schadenfreude Mer-Elf Ears, Ankhs & Plugs
Hair:[Aden] WindBlown (White) - Tinted
Mermaid Outfit & Scales: [Gauze] Merfolk - Azure
Eyes: EyeFidelity RealEyes - Sharbat Bright (i) - SbZ

WILD.Released Prize Preview :D

Okay, so many of you know that I have been a long time fan of Discord Designs... have even done some work with Kalli (creative genius behind said label). Kalli has been working for ages on these awesome new textures she's launching for the WILD.Released hunt, and I love them, they're not your usual dodge & burn jobs, although yes, they can be lovely too. These are really different to what you usually see in SL, they pull the various colours our of the strands of hair just like RL hair does :D

Okay, so that's a little bit about the textures...now check the style! My RL person is much like my SL avi, we both have zero interest in primping for hours in front of a mirror, so tend to have hair that is kind of messy, and care free LOL and this style is soooooo me. Kalli has nailed the way hair falls, how it goes just a little bit flat at the center top of your head and how the tendrils of hair that didn't quite make it into the ponytail fall...LOVE it, attention to detail like that gets me every time!

I'm also showing some of the pose prop laptops made by new comer Milli Santos, Milli has been around SL for a bit, but her store No Strings Attached is a new comer to the pose making arena. I REALLY like these poses. Very natural, there are a whole selection to choose from with all the every day annoyances, hilarity and quirky humour that life with a PC will bring you :) No Strings Attached is now part of the Oubliette crew, so go check her store out! :)

I'm also showing a the bracelet from the awesome Flipside prize babydoll outfit which was blogged here by TearSong Vaughan.

For more information about WILD.Released please visit the blog and join the Flickr group to keep up to date with all the great prizes!



Credits:

Hunt Prizes:
::FlipSide:: Babydoll Dress - bracelet - From Flipside's fantastic babydoll outfit!
Hair: -dDx- Katherine (Black) From Discord Designs' awesome fat pack!
Lap Top pose props from the 'NSA' - "Computer Says" (for Wild) Collection from No Strings Attached!

Rest of the look:
Vest: (oh deer!) Fenris Leather Vest (stumblebum) ~silentsparrow~
Earrings: *~*Orinthia Puro - Illusions
Necklace: [Gauze] Dragonfly Necklace (Chest)
Pants: CONCRETE FLOWERS-PATCH PANTS 1
Feet: SLink Jolie Pied Flat Bare Fin
Skin: LS Katie Tan - Cover Girl
Eyes: EyeFidelity RealEyes - Sharbat Bright (i) - SbZ

Once Upon a Time...

There was a woman by the name of Snow White, and she had a bit of mishap involving a wicked witch and a poisonous apple... as you do when you eat stuff given to you by randoms on the street... just saying :P

Luckily for Snow white she was a bit of a looker (Aussie slang for someone who is attractive) & was packed up in a glass coffin and put on display. Had she been somewhat less easy on the eye she might well have been buried straight away, and the tale would have ended pretty much there.

Snow White had a fella, who was a handsome prince... handy. Where is my handsome prince? Bastard Fates! *shakes fist*... oh oops, yeah right, this story is not actually about me, so moving right along... Prince charming hears the news, finishes his beer and then rushes to be by the side of his beloved Snow White... okay everyone...1, 2, 3... AWWWWWWWWWWW!

And THAT's where WE begin our part of the tale!:D



This is a VERY special pose prop, it's been MONTHS in the making (seriously; MONTHS), the glass coffin is scripted to take you and your other half/mate/person who just happened to be available, to jump on the other pose ball... through the three scenes shown above :) These are sweetly emotive and tell the story of how it all ended for Prince Charming and Snow White... You can have your happy ending OR if like me, you like an ending with a twist in the tale (which you may have gathered from the first part of this post...) there is an alternate ending for you :D So four scenes in all!

I would like to say a special thank you to Ted Cornell, the scripting genius who created the scene builder scripts necessary to bring this pose prop into reality. Ted is amazing, we first worked together on the texture change version of the Music Box that I released a few months ago.

This pose prop is a prize for the WILD.Released hunt starting on the 20th of March, 2010 it will only be available for the duration of the hunt which ends on the 18th of April.

So what is WILD.Released? I'm sure you've been hearing people mention it by now or seen the ads for the other prizes on flickr here. This is event will showcase the work of these participants shown below:



The participants are, I think you'll agree, some of SL's most creative and brilliant creators who's success in SL has been due to their creativity, skills and most importantly their passion. Creators who dared to be wild; and bring you... WILD.Released!

Until next time, have fun,

~Faery~