Peace On Earth Hunt

Here is my gift for the Peace on Earth Hunt. The new Callie skin in a special holiday version in sunkissed with rose eye shadow and deep red lipstick. It is exclusive to this hunt.

Grid Wide Ghost Hunt

Just a note to say that this will be the Samara Studios offering for the Ghost hunt starting this weekend. 111 or so stops along the tour. I am close to the end if you go in systematic and correct order. This armlet comes with rubies, emeralds and diamonds and in two sizes.

Have fun on the hunt! I'm sure we'll see lots of posts on the feed to whet our appetites.

Get those GHOSTS!!!!!

New Fall Items - Presents

I don't know about you, but I am getting a little tired of orange by now and I LOVE rusty colors (wink). So how about a nice super hot pink spiderweb top? It's new on the $10 wall in the Classics section at Samara Studios. Pants not included.


And the new dollarbie is a fun umbrella with leaf emitter. Great for photo shoots. It's low prim so you could even leave it outside your door at the ready.

Also, if you are so inclined, drop by Ivy Falls , click on the Trick or Treat bag by the door even it is a bit early and vote for the Halloween decorations (you can vote for multiple people). I have some free shoes (both guys and gals) hidden in some pumpkins along the walkways and the dollarbie is out there also. There is also a rumor of water sprites leading the way to costume treasure and haunted spirits -- one of them holding a key to some bootie. They apparently are only here at night.

Have fun!

October Specials & Dollarbie

Just out -- three new outfits in Halloween colors sans skeletons and the like so you can wear them AFTER the holiday too.

Outfit one on the left is the dollarbie for October. It includes a satin top, orange flirt skirt and shiny silver belt. Find it in all the shops or just tp to the main Samara Studios store and it is in the usual place.

Right next to the dollarbie, find the other two outfits on the same wall. The rusty orange pants outfit includes charcoal lowriders (for boot) with built in textured belt and a finely knit sweater with optional prim cuffs and neck. $25

The bright and bold cami is reminiscent of Harlequin designs. It comes with a to the waist velvet flirt skirt in black -- perfect for lots of mix and matching. $25


There will be some remodeling going on soon so watch out for falling plaster and such - LOL

The Adventure Begins- FREE STUFF

The bright pink boxes are all out. The adventure begins. Click on any of the posters (above) to get more info or see this post: http://samarastudios.blogspot.com/2008/09/rez-day-gift-adventure.html

Five boxes, five shops and lots of really nice dollarbies to celebrate my 2nd Rez Day. Yeah!

Start at any of the five shops or the main store HERE.

Also for those of you that actually like to SHOP (wink), I have marked down my top sellers in Classic Casuals and in Collections 25%.

Here they are; if you don't already have them, then think about it :) All stores except Ivy Falls have both items.


Now $375 for all pieces shown.


Top only is now $112.

Urban Shopper Sales and Freebies

If you've missed the posts because you were waiting to STOP being a cloud or whatever :) -- Urban Shopper by the Sea is having a weekend grand opening event. Many of the merchants have free items out and many have sales going on.




I have a new tiny shop there and all the items in it are 25 - 3o percent off. You can also get the new blue dollarbie there as well as the last retro dollarbie (still a Linden). Four of my most popular shapes are there as well as the Shearling jackets below and three of the best selling collections -- Uptown, Downtown and Wanderlust.



There is also a party there on Monday morning from 6 - 9 with give aways and a contest!

New Free Use Pose Stands

Many of you know that there is a free use photo studio here in the Collections area of Samara Studios. Today I have added three pose stands with very nice poses from some of the top animators. Some were gifts, some purchased. There are 69 poses to choose from including a "male" pose stand.

There are also switchable backdrops for each one. These are the same design as the photo studio where you click to change the texture. I have adapted them and added additional textures including plain black for Photoshop uses and several neutral light backgrounds. The backdrops are for sale for $100 and are Mod - Copy so you can add your own textures if you like.

There is also a free pose version of the pose stand which now includes all the FREE poses in the gift box. So if you want to keep it simple and have a use for a pose stand this might be what you need. It is $10.

That's part of today's news!

Cami Sets - Group Gift - Vacation

Two new cami sets are on the $10 wall. They come with textured system slacks and are copy only. There was a hunt just awhile ago and as I left there was still ONE small "Samara Studios" box left to be found (in shoes).



A new group gift went out a few days ago. Two of my most popular sellers in new colors for Fall.

And speaking of Fall -- I plan to take a few weeks off since August is traditionally a SLOOOOW month in Phil's Place. And the sun is shining in real life. I still get IM messages via email so if something arises -- like that week in April when NOTHING worked, just send me a message. My IMs are never capped!

See you in a few.

Meet Shandra

Shandra is the newest shape at Samara Studios. You can get a review (copy only) copy for $1 until around 11 am tomorrow. Find it with a yellow frame in the shape area. The regular mod-copy version is available also on the top row. Enjoy - she is a cutie.

New Dollarbie & Sale

There is a cute new dollarbie in the shop - a retro print top and light moss lowriders. Find them in the central courtyard by the $10 Linden items.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gembong%20West/233/104/31

Also, my new collection, Neutrality is on sale $100 off for 48 hours. That makes it $395 for ALL those pieces (wink). Enjoy.

Stars: A Gift!

Yes, I admit -- I have perhaps been watching a bit too much of Dancing with the Stars (an American TV show). I just put out a free gift in the special area in the middle of Classic Casuals. It includes, top with sleeves, bikini, leggings and skirt with attached belt.

Have fun!

Bonus Dress Special

To celebrate having a Samara Studios dress in the newest Sexy Seconds Magazine, I will am offering this dress (Twilight Delight White) as a bonus gift for anyone that purchases ANY collection from the collections store at : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gembong%20West/224/69/28

Thank you Dion for being a great customer and thank you Wonder for being a good photographer and letting me link to your Flickr photo!

This will be announced on Fashcon and to the group tomorrow. Offer good until midnight May 7. I will just send them automatically. No need for a notecard. If you purchase a collection and DO NOT receive a bonus dress, please let me know. We know how friendly Phil's Place has been of late :)

Elements - Off the Shoulder Tops

New off the shoulder Spring and Summer tops are just out at Samara Studios. The pack comes with both sleeved and sleeveless styles. The sleeved version comes in jacket and shirt layers while the cami only version comes in shirt and undershirt layers. So there are lots of wearability choices. A discount fat pack of all five colors is available.

These tops fit TO the pant line so appear tucked in if you are wearing full version slacks of any kind. AND for Samara Studios Fashion group members there is a free top to try. Wear your tag and click on the box near this vendor to get yours.





The tops come in five colors: Fire, Ice, Ocean, Sunrise and Sunset. I bet you can figure which is which, but if not -- the vendors are clearly marked.

Monthly Picks Drawing

Starting at the beginning of May (a month from now) I will be awarding a free SS item to someone from the Samara Studios Fashion group that has a Samara Studios store in their picks. It can be Classic Casuals, Collections or Shoes Simply Shoes. Just stand at your favorite spot and in your profile go to Picks. Then choose "new". The spot will appear in your picks. No need to do anything else. Each month a new winner will be chosen.

The random winner will get their choice of ANY Samara Studios Fashion item including fat packs and collection outfits. Currently that is up to $595 in value. The item chosen need not be in the area you have mentioned in your picks. I will keep randomly chosing a group member until I find someone with SS in their picks. If YOU are the only one -- you win! What a deal. LOL.

Sorry, but anyone in my Friends List can't win. Seems only fair. I give you guys stuff anyway from time to time (wink).

Free Lag Free

So -- I was over at the Bewitched Hair Hunt today having a great time with the gals (all 100 of them and some guys too -- at least it seemed that way). We were moving through the muck slowly and falling into the ground as we can on the weekends at "Phil's Place". And we were hunting and yelling out finds and having a great time -- until we couldn't BUY!!!!! So much lag with so many people. And the "old-timers" (I have to assume it was them /us but didn't check) were trying to get some of the folks with hundreds of prims and scripts and such to get a bit more naked to no avail. I eventually left without getting all my finds and will return this eve.

MEANTIME the point of this story is that EVEN though another hunter and I had on only TWO textures (pants and a top for me), we could have had on EVEN LESS if our clothes were in with our skins! What an idea! I imagine someone else has already done this, but I haven't ever seen it mentioned. So, you can get my Lag Free outfit (a version of some Samara Studios classics) in Classic Casuals in the "specials" area in the middle.

Please remember that in a laggy environment, AOs (you need to DETACH them, not just turn off) and HAIR as well as obviously things like multi-prim jewelry and the like are killers. So if you really don't want to go bald, you can make up some hair in the appearance editor. I had forgotten all that and had a time getting my "bald base" to become hair. It was fun though and a walk down memory lane.


And if you want to wear the jeans as jeans and the skin as skin -- hey that's fine. I added some of my new hair from Bewitched and it makes a pretty snazzy outfit.

Have fun. Shop responsibly and ALMOST NAKED if needed. And guys you can wear this too if you aren't too put off by the makeup (wink).

New Group and Welcome Gift

So I have finally started a group! If you decide to join in and be included in future product updates, group hunts, gifts and the like, please drop by Samara Studios -- the fashion side of the plaza. You can join via the SL group functions of course, but you need to come to the shop to pick up your free gifts (shown above).

Just click on any of the large signs with your SAMARA STUDIOS FASHION tag activated and you will receive a gift box with 3 tops, 2 pant, tied sweater, shoes and earrings. Various layers are included.

There is a $10 Linden charge to join. This is not to make me rich, but to deter come and go spammers (one of the main reasons I haven't made a group before). I notice that Icing has changed her group policy to reflect a charge and I am in total agreement, both as a retailer and a group participant. So in making this great gift pack, I hope to keep you smiling.

Cheers.

St. Pat's Gifts & Specials

And a Happy St. Paddie's Day to ya!

I am part Irish in RL and actually probably Irish in SL from my looks - LOL. Still, I get a bit overwhelmed with the GREEN of it all -- especially the give aways. So, I decided to make something that was in keeping with the holiday that people could ALSO wear the rest of the year.

The tank is FREE and comes in all three top layers. Copy Only. Find it in the middle of Classic Casuals by the new pillar posts and other specials.

The No Back Pocket signature jeans in Loden Green (well to MATCH of course) are on special for 50 linden. You get both slacks version and pants for boots. These are Mod - Copy - No Transfer.

Right next to these two deals are four mark downs for 10 Linden each including some sets of pants and sweaters.

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On a side note, I have changed ALL the clothes to No Transfer. People were losing too many things due to database errors. Since Copy items seem to disappear MUCH less often (I have actually never lost a copy item, but several no copy things disappeared and NEVER returned) this seems like a good plan. I can (and will up to 30 days) also replace any items that never arrived due to "SL issues".

Most items are available for gift giving through OnRez. So I think this will work out well for everyone.

February Freebie at Samara Studios

Free from now until .... I choose the next free item I guess, but most likely towards the end of February ... pink star undies. Other colors (blue, white and dark smoke) are on sale until "then" also. Find them on the wall in the main area of Classic Casuals at Samara Studios with a big white FREE TODAY sign (wink). And for those of you on the fashion network at fashion.iheartsl.com, the new Spring items are just out, so come visit!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gembong%20West/244/115/31

FREE Holiday Outfit!

It's the holidays and time to celebrate! How better than with something cheerfully FREE?

This first quality holiday gift comes with low-rider pants for boots as well as slacks (belt as texture). The sweater has snowflake details that will carry you through the wintry months with some sassy style.

Find it at the main entrance to the clothing store.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gembong%20West/244/115/31

Free Jewelry for Peace

Come get some absolutely LOVELY jewelry for free. This is "Jewelry for Peace" and includes a necklace, earring (one), bracelet and maybe more (honestly I am wearing the necklace and forgot about the rest but they are all based on the same design).

"Take a Copy" of this poster and then open when you get home. Share with others. That's the point. Poster locations are at the main home store entry point, the shoe store patio and at Charlie's sculpture shop (Charles Hera Fine Arts) at the far west end.

I hope you love it as much as I do!