So I’ve done something new and definitely different for me!  I built a skybox.  No its true!  You can even buy it if you want, been told its seriously cute.  You’ll love it   And I loved it.  Took me weeks and weeks to do but I already have ideas for two more builds.  SL is almost exciting again, now if only RL would actually give me time to indulge.  Ahh well as time permits there will be more.

So now for the sales pitch …

The new Rainforest Skybox from Catt’s Creations!

199 prims
40×40 footprint

Subtle atmospheric sounds throughout that can be manually turned on and off
Rez platform for easy sky placement

The skybox includes a hut, waterfall cave, swing and outdoor firepit.  The massive waterfall and ponds are definitely the focal point of this amazing rainforest hide-a-way, but there is still ample living space.  Hang out on the meditation rock, float in the pond or laze about on the swing.  Bring some friends over to chat around the fire!  The hut has bamboo shades that can be raised or lowered so you don’t even need to make the bed before your friends arrive, just drop the shades!

Amazingly I actually added something new at Catt’s Creations, I guess its impossible to totally stay away

Its definitely something different for me but it was  fun and a nice way to put my toes back in the water so to speak

Injury Pack

As you can see it has a lot in it! Not actually listed in the add is the fact that the upper body injuries includes the option with a field bandage on the back and without.  Also the arm bandages come as a bloodied option and a clean option.

I have a little store in SL at the moment and it can be found at the store or as usual its listed on SLX

OMG it has been an awesome day. I was pretty sure that by the time came for me to go to bed I would be feeling pretty down and emotional knowing that tomorrow it was all coming to a final end. I cannot thank everyone enough who stopped by and took the time to chat and wish me luck. You are all amazing people!

The store is still up and the sale, of course, will continue until the store is gone. I wont be in world before about 10am SL time tomorrow morning so if you missed grabbing something today you still have a few hours! Well actually I guess that’s almost 12 hours – lol – but you know what I mean.

Thank you again for making today something special instead of something sad.

I have made the difficult decision to close Catt’s Creations. The island has been sold and come Monday the store will not longer exist. You’re probably thinking “it took you long enough” lol. Well yes it did. I just have not been able to devote time to the business, have lost the enjoyment of creation and lately haven’t even had time to log onto SL. To me this signals the time to stop being sentimental and move on.

Ahh but its not all bad news. It seems to be the tradition in SL to have a blowout sale just before closing, and not being one to thumb my nose at tradition , I’m doing the same! Less than 24 hours, from right now until the store comes back into inventory sometime Monday morning. Everything has been marked down by at least 50% in some cases more. There is no clothing over L$150 and precious few pieces that expensive. Most is below L$100.

So here’s your last chance! Oh and I put the lucky chair on 10 minute rotation as well

I’m not sure how long I’ve been in SL to be honest. The island says it was claimed in 2004, my account says I was born in 2005 and yet I was mucking about in SL for a while before we purchased the island. So at the very least Catt’s Creations has been in existence for 3 years, possibly longer. Its been a fun ride regardless and its hard to say goodbye. I’ll be in the store most of the day, so even if you dont want to buy something, stop by and chat.

Catt

Its going to be swimsuits for a while I think. I’m not going to move into itty bitty bikini’s, mostly I prefer to make something that provides more coverage but today release is probably as close as I’ll get.

I was trying to create a slight vintage feel to the swimsuit, thus I choose 4 different retro look material patterns. The cut lends a slightly sporty feel to the suit as well. I rather like the look I managed to create with the prim ties on the bottoms, although it took me forever to find the right attachment points.

As usual its on all layers, and because of the layer options, I’ve again gone for the copy/mod perms set.

Bah what does a dumb bird know anyway Yes, despite my earlier protestations I am again releasing new clothing. The reasons are many and totally not worth sharing, but it is your gain dear reader for the doors to the store are open and newness is rushing to the shelves.

To begin my return I have created a tankini set in honour of the damned hot weather we are currently getting RL. That and swimsuits have always been my favourites

So this little piece comes on every available layer, includes a black pair of boyshorts as well and is offered in 6 solid colours. Permissions are copy/mod and sells for only L$95!

I will no longer be making clothes.  Ohhh its sounds so harsh when put that bluntly.  My store will still be open and I will still be doing full customer support, but I just don’t enjoy making clothes anymore.  To be honest I never really did enjoy it.  Way back in the dark ages when I was new to SL, like most, I had no lindens and the quality free items that you can find in world today just weren’t available then.  So if I wanted to win that “best 50s outfit” at the local club, or just be seen in anything other than what were very well known freebies at that time, I had to make my own.  So I did.  And I gave them out to anyone who wanted em (and some that didn’t but were just being nice – lol ).  On one occasion someone, I really don’t remember who,  gave me I think 50 lindens for one of my 50s outfits.  I was shocked!  After all who would want to pay money for my pitiful stuff?  But I was convinced to put up for sale what I had already made and surprisingly it sold.  So I made more stuff and had spending money!!  Then we purchased an island.  Now it wasn’t spending money anymore it was income to cover the cost of our very expensive sandbox.  So gradually my store became a second job, and one that I did not enjoy.

To successfully run a business in SL requires a lot of time commitment, to successfully run a fashion business in SL requires ungodly amounts of time, constant releases (noooo its not at all true that fashion buyers have the memory span of a gnat) , heh the list goes on, I doubt you want to hear me whine about it.  There are so many talented designers in SL both established and upcoming that I felt I was always running last in a marathon and I just couldn’t keep up.  And on top of all that I really didn’t like the creation process.

So I decided that if I wanted to stay in SL I had to start enjoying it again.  And in order to do that I had to stop designing new clothes.  So I have. But I’m not going away, because there are so many things in SL I do love doing.  I enjoy building but I love texturing the builds my husband makes.  I love creating gardens and ponds/waterfalls. I love exploring.  I love fishing and hang-gliding and sky jumping and water slides!

I also discovered a love for digital scrapbooking when we held several weddings on the island. I thought I would hate making the wedding albums, but its an unbelievable amount of fun!

So I will be offering a scrapbooking service, this time I will get my spending money doing something I truly enjoy

I should put the obligatory sales pitch here – lol – but I’ll just settle for …  if you are interested in getting a scrapbook done check it out at SLX, onrez or shoot me an IM inworld

RL has been a right royal … well you know how that ends So much has happened in my SL world that I have just been too busy to deal with and it sucks! A couple of positives that I have to tell you about first. I got blogged! Which is seriously cool, but I am a horrible horrible person and I didn’t thank Ryker So I’m making this my official, if somewhat late, thankyou ::blows kisses::

The next truly awesome news is that I won the lingerie category of the EFA design awards. Yeah me! And of course RL was so insane at that point I couldn’t even make the awards ceremony

All this nasty RL stuff has also made it seriously difficult to release anything new. I had the following piece finished since before Christmas but have only just managed to get enough time to take photo’s etc recently. And it is only available at my main store until I can find more time somewhere to put it up on SLX etc.

This is something very much out of the norm for me, so hopefully I managed to pull it off

Starz is available in 9 colours and comes as a cute mini dress or you can wear it with the boy shorts as a really daring play suit!

Although I dislike the idea of making yet another sales pic just for this blog, I’m really starting to hate uploading alllll of the pictures now that I’m making so many different colours in my outfits. So here is the new picture look, its big, its really big so I’m not sure if this is the way to go yet. But, here it is anyway, don’t forget to click on the little picture to view the goodness in all its big glory

Oh and I’ve been playing on and off for a few months now with something completely not fashion in SL   SL is exotic art.  You can check it out here, be aware it contains pixelated nudity so probably NSFW.

I had so much fun on my vacation and met some new friends that just had to come home with me. I, of course, use the term friends very loosely because the flu bugs that decided to call me home (and well overstayed their welcome) were anything but friendly. But I finally recovered from their presence (gotta love winter and flu season) and found enough energy to bring to life todays awesome release. It is also my entry to the EFA design awards so if you like what you see, vote with your wallet by visiting on-rez here or the on-rez vendor in my store.

I have called this set Airo and it is huge! 7 colours of goodness and every layer possible. Corset, g-string, boyshorts and stockings. Everything a girls needs for … well for whatever you desire I have thumb nailed the picture below because it is also rather large but do go ahead and click on it to see it in its full glory. I promise it is well worth the effort.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you … Airo