.. sneaking a peek in the workshop ..

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Every child that celebrates Santa’s visit always wants to take a peek into his workshop, right?  To see the magical place where all the toys are put together and bagged up to be delivered on Christmas Eve to all the good little (and big) boys and girls.  It’s tradition… and it has provided many fun film bits over the years too.  We watch those movies about the holidays and about the North Pole just waiting to see just where Santa works.  For the December round of The Arcade Gacha Event, Scarlet Chandrayaan of Alouette has created Santa’s Workshop.  You will have to play for all the stuffs with the house and the fireplace shelf unit as rares, everything is just adorable.  The chair offers assorted animations including Santa lap sits!  On the mantle, I have hung the cute monogrammed stockings that Emery Milneaux of Commoner created for this event.  In addition, I had fun playing with the Frostivus skating diorama from Sienia Trevellion of Lark.  This cute display has multiple skating animal characters that skate around on the ice.  While there is a skating base free for all, the Christmas option seen here is a rare prize.  The cute penguin putting the star on the tree is from Aime Takaaki for MishMash.  Her little animals are awesome and in the Gacha machine, you can also try for an adorable penguin avatar!  Zen Zarco for BoOgErS brings some all-time favorite toys to the gacha machines with a beaming red firetruck and a number train only two of the prize options.  Katharine McGinnis of Intrigue Co. offers her very popular Plushie Pals this round with the little owl and his forest friends.  While Hyasynth Tiramisu of SilentSparrow has created cute Elemen-Tails – stuffed animals that you can hold or display such as the Smoke colored Fire Foxy here.

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Along with all the gifty goodies, we have some awesome items from Marisa Kira from D!va bringing us the beautiful Daisy hair.  The version with the long side pony tails, Type B, is the rare version…and it is worth playing the gacha many times to get the favored prize!  The awesome coat that I am wearing is from Kelly Iwish of Elate!  You can play for several colors including some lovely two-tone versions.  I am also wearing the Blair skin in peach tone from Nina Helix of Birdy Skins.  Each prize comes with appliers for Slink hands and feet and different brow colors too!  And those cute heels on my toes are from Betty Doyle of Ingenue – the Noella Heels in Pond.  And to top…er, tip.. it all off, the nail appliers are from Lynaja Bade for KOSH which are offered in cute holiday and other patterns for both fingers and toes!

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There is so much to find at The Arcade Gacha Event December round, and it all starts tomorrow – December 1st.  So check out The Arcade Shopping Guide today, buy your linden and get ready to head over and play gacha to your heart’s content!

Credits:

Clothes/Avatar Accessories:
Blair Peaches Skin from Birdy by Nina Helix (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Deep Sky Eyes from Mayfly by Arkesh Baral
Dainty Black Lashes from Beetlebones by Suetabulous Yootz
Freckles from Glam Affair by Aida Ewing
Daisy Hair (Type B) in Rhodolite from D!va by Marisa Kira (The Arcade Gacha Event)
AvEnhance Hands – Casual – from Slink by Siddean Munro
AvEnhance Hand Appliers in Peaches from Birdy by Nina Helix (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Nail Enhancements – Winter Sweater Finger/Toe Nails from KOSH by Lynaja Bade (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Willow Coat in Solid Camel from Elate! by Kellie Iwish (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Turtle Neck Basic Sweater Pink from Tee*fy by Azure Electricteeth (past Collabor88)
Hipster Bootcut Jeans Vintage 2 from !APHORISM! by Rucy Byron
Female Feet (AvEnhance) – Mid from Slink by Siddean Munro
Feet skin appliers from Birdy by Nina Helix (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Noella Heels in Pond from Ingenue by Betty Doyle (The Arcade Gacha Event)
 
 
Awesome Stuff:
Santa’s Workshop – Full Set from Alouette by Scarlet Chandrayaan (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Holding Foxy (Smoke) Fire Elemen-Tails! by SilentSparrow by Hyasynth Tiramisu (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Plushie Pals: Oswald the Owl from Intrigue Co. by Katharine McGinnis (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Number Train Arcade Toy from BoOgErS by Zen Zarco (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Firetruck Arcade Toy from BoOgErs by Zen Zarco (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Frostivus Christmas Base and Animal Skaters from Lark by Seinia Trevellion (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Ready for Christmas Penguin Gacha from *MishMash* by Aime Takaaki (The Arcade Gacha Event)
Monogram Stocking in A and B from Commoner by Emery Milneaux (The Arcade Gacha Event)

.. yuki no yume ~ dream of snow ..

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Each day you can admire the moon, the snow and the flowers.
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As winter arrives in the Northern Hemisphere in our real world, so it does in Second Life.  Winter sims are popping up all over and the joy of the holidays are stirring up events and parties and fund raisers.  In the midst of it all, a beautiful sim has opened.  “Yuki No Yume.. Dream of Snow” is Jac Mornington’s latest development.  Jac has always admired the Japanese winter scenes that he has found in images online, around creations in Second Life and has toyed with opening such a sim to the public for a few years.  When his partner, Rie Silverfall, told him she would love to have a Japanese winter sim, Jac knew he could make it happen.  He set out to find some very awesome landscaping pieces from Alex Bader, Kriss Lehmann, Nadine Reverie, Tobias Novi, Kendra Zaurak, and others.  He then started setting things out.  Playing with the design, looking up images online to help him set his vision of the Japanese landscape.  He picked up some gorgeous builds from Van Auster and Ryusho Ort to bring the little homestead together.  A waterfall falls into a stream which runs through the setting into a creek eddy turning in to a frozen lake where the beautiful Japanese red-crowned cranes play.  The setting is serene, peaceful and beautifully put together.  As you walk along the paths, you will see the movement of the water, the birds, and the other animals… and yes, you will feel that you have fallen in to truly natural existence of winter.  Be sure to visit, the sim is open now and it is not to be missed.

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One kind word can warm three winter months.
(Japanese proverb)

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Credits:
Amberly Petal Edition – Butterfly skin from Glam Affair by Aida Ewing
Anime Eyes – Flower from Dead Apples by Soleil Reid
Dainty Black Lashes from Beetlebones by Suetabulous Yootz
Lili Hair in Onyx from D!va by Marisa Kira
Hairbase Tattoo from D!va by Marisa Kira
AvEnhance Hands – Casual – from Slink by Siddean Munro
Nail Enhancement – Musical Noir from Sol Existence by Sunshine Zhangsun
Furisode/Yashoubi (kimono) from Sweetaholic by Asalt Eames
 
Poses: 
Adorkable by Adorkable Peapod
Flowey by Flutter Memel
Marukin by Valencia Southard

 

Location:  “Yuki No Yume” .. A Dream of Snow  

 

°•♫•°Listening to..°•♫•°

.. i drive fast, i am alone in the night ..

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Credits:

Candy America 02 skin from Glam Affair by Aida Ewing
Deep Sky Eyes from Mayfly by Arkesh Baral
Minimalist Lashes from Beetlebones by Suetabulous Yootz
Ethereal Tattoo from Collisions by Guenevere Decuir
Aida hair from Wasabi Pills by MissAllSunday Lemon
Hairbase Tattoo from Wasabi Pills by MissAllSunday Lemon
AvEnhance Hands – Casual – from Slink by Siddean Munro
Nail Enhancement – Musical Noir from Sol Existence by Sunshine Zhangsun
Simple Ears Hutuu from Mandala by kikunosuke Eel
“Classic” Leather Jacket Black Multi from Lapointe and Bastchild S’wear by Paul Lapointe
Leather Pants Skinny Zip – Plain Blk from Lapointe and Bastchild S’wear by Paul Lapointe
Metal Plate Bootie – Black – from ISON by Harry Hyx  (Shoetopia 2013)
 
Poses:
Del May by Del May
Bang!  by Luna Jubilee
Prop – +RCC+ Widow Chopper from Mandali Resident

 

Location:  The Sideroads Blues – Route 66 Shopping Town 

 

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