Been a little quiet lately, many of my SL friends know that I lost a very important member of my RL life a few days ago... my very best friend of 12 years, Scooter, my little bichon frise. He had a degnerative nerve in his spine and he was in alot of pain (along with arthritis). Broke my heart that he would fall to the ground and could not get back up. He could not sleep, would start to wander off to dark corners of my home and could not eat and would cry out in pain all the time...I had to make the very hard decision to put him to sleep, I was with him in his final moments. I felt really guilty, like maybe there was something else I could have done, but all my family and friends assure me that it was the best thing I could have done for him...that it would have been selfish on my part to keep him like that (which I agree).

Just very hard for me to know that he won't be coming around the corner anymore ... to greet me when I come home, and he was my little "police man" around my home and would never leave my side and would always lick my cheek whenever I was sick or sad. He was my very best friend and I know I'll never find a little guy quite like him for the rest of my days. He was "my" dog and if there was a place where he was not welcome, I didn't enter either. Love you Scooter ... I know that when the time comes for me to leave this earth, you'll be the first one bounding towards to me doing your little "happy run around". Kisses.

The Winners of Scarlett Niven's Valentine Lingerie Contest Are...

Wooot! Got a nice surprise a few days ago ... I didn't "win", BUT I did place a spot on the Scarlett Niven's Calendar! Here's the link to see all you placed:

http://digitalimagefashion.blogspot.com/2008/02/winners-are.html

I will be in a photoshoot with the famous SL photographer, Carl Crabe, at 1pm SL time today. Yay!!!

Congrats to the winner and to all the gals that will be in the calendar!

~Absinthe~

Absinthe Primrose, January Dark Eden Girl of the Month

It's official! At the Dark Eden Party last night, it was announced that I am the January Dark Eden Girl of the Month! I've been informed that I am now in the running for Dark Eden Girl of the Year 2008! Woooooot!!!

Thanks to Etain, the owner of Dark Eden, to all the folks that voted for me, and thanks to my best buddies: Alexa and Stiehl, and thanks to my family at Firefly's (hugs guys!). Me and the other contestants had a blast at the party and everyone was great!!! See you guys at the next Dark Eden party!

~Absinthe~

Dark Eden Girl of the Month Finalist ... and ASpirRE's "Best Rock Outfit Contest from Sun, Jan 27th!...and my Submission to V-Day Lingerie Contest!

OK, as promised, here's my finalist pic for Dark Eden Girl of the Month for January contest (yep, it's a drow elf!)... I'd sure appreciate it if you folks could come on by and vote for me! Just do a Search for "Dark Eden" at their Dark Eden sim location ... click on my pic you're done!!!

>3 ... thanks!!!

ALSO! This past Sunday, January 27th, ASpiRE hosted a "Best Rock and Roll Outfit" contest at their Skylounge ... and I won!!! WOO HOO!! Here's what I wore:

Now I also sent in my submission for Scarlett Niven's "Best Valentine Lingerie" contest ... here's my submission ... I'm sure there' will be TONS of awesome entries and I'm itching to see not only who wins, but who will be in the calendar:
K, I'll quit boring ya ;) ... I've been working on some new items ... will post as soon as I'm done ... Have a good one!

~Absinthe Primrose~

Ewing Fashion Agency January 2008 Graduation

Woooot! Here's the link to Ewing Fashion Agency website, announcing our graduation!

http://ewingfashionagency.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/efa-elite-model-training-graduation-class-of-january-2008/

Side Note: I'm also a finalist in Dark Eden Girl of the Month for January ... it'll be interesting to see if I win ... The winner is based on number of votes! Come check out Dark Eden, a winner of the 2008 Blogger Choice Awards ... and vote for little 'ol me while you are at it ;).

Just do a search for Dark Eden (located in the Dark Eden sim). I'll post my finalist photo as soon as I have a free minute.

Ciao!

~Absinthe Primrose~

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Mini Pavillion and Sitting Area

Hi Everyone and a belated Happy New Year to you and yours! Yes, I know I've promised to blog more often, but I've been busy, I swear! Okay, THAT and I've been hitting the ETD hair sale and gearing up for the Last Call Sale later on this week ... not to mention I've been accepted into Ewing Fashion Agency Model Training Program (squee!).

Anyways, I've also been creating some pretty neat things on the side ... and here are a few ...

First off, I've always LOVED some of the Persian/Mid-East textures that I see in builds in SL ... I finally decided to run on over to Textures R Us and buy a set and get to work on what I call a "mini" Persian Pavillion:

It contains a sculpy fountain and 3 "pools" and has running walls of water falling at all sides (except for a section on the back, which gives it an "open" look, but still gives you some privacy). Just add in your favorite poses, add in some cushions / firepit, potted plants or other furniture and you're good to go! OR, add in some couple dance balls and you can have a romantic little dance retreat! If you look, you can see me inside the pavillion ... just to give you an idea of the size! I had alot of fun texturing this, come on by the Skyridge location and check it out before you buy! I think you'll really like the textures! I may even do a bigger version of this in the future with a couple more goodies for you to enjoy in your garden!

Up next is a piece inspired by garden areas that aren't that large, low on prims, but with privacy in mind ... all the while you have the ability to fill up with pretty plants ( used the Lindens low prim ferns as examples), have a soothing fountain, a pretty peacock stained glass window and a seating area!

Add in your favorite poses and maybe some patio lights and you're set! Don't like the texture? No problem! this item is modifiable, so just retexture it to match your build!

Remember, I've got a ton of free plants and flowers at my Skyridge shop (that I collected from my wanderings around SL), so pick up a few!

That's it for now ... I've got to run off to begin my first day of fashion model training (still squealing with delight over that). But when I get a chance, I'll start posting up pics of some of the other little things I've been creating on and off since I last blogged.

Until then, have a good one!

~Absinthe Primrose~

Hi Everyone!!!

Yes, I know ... I've been soooooo bad at keeping up with the blog! The sim I reside on changed it's theme and I had to do a total designing re-haul of my parcel. In RL the company I work for decided to downsize and I was let go. I haven't found another job yet, BUT I've been doing some freelance AND I've been contacted by a RPG company that would like for me to illustrate for them ( :))))) ... WOOOT! Anyways, I had to admit after all the SL and RL events, I was feeling VERY burned out and decided to take a break ... But now I'm BACK!

Now, I found a VERY USEFUL tidbit on Miriel's SL Blog in regards to getting rid of ugly face shadows on your avatar ... I've cut and pasted her post below:

"Aha! Finally! I've figured out how to eliminate environmental shadows on the avatar, and I'm an idiot for not doing so sooner. It's so obvious.Go to World > Environment Settings > Environment Editor (or just hit Ctrl-Alt-E, if you like that kind of thing). Click the Advanced Sky button. Go to the Lighting Tab. Turn the Sun/Moon Color to 0 all the way around to eliminate the shadows. If you don't want to eliminate them entirely, just turn them down until you're happy: the lower you go, the fewer shadows and highlights will be cast by the sun or moon.That's it. You're done.You may want to turn up the Ambient setting to make the scene brighter, or turn up the Scene Gamma. You may also want to go into Atmosphere tab and make sure the Distance Multiplier or Density Multiplier is set to 0 (one or the other, though you can do both if you really want) to keep things from being hazy. Lastly, if you have local lights on, you may want to go back into the Lighting tab and fiddle with the Sun and Moon Position slider, because the sun position determines how bright local lights will be. Local lighting will also add some shadows back onto your avatar.There are a couple downsides to this technique, though. One, the sky itself will look pretty bad. Two, your scene will be pretty desaturated and may look washed out, though I'll experiment more to see if this can be worked around. For me, though, it at least beats the awful shadows cast by the avatar nose."

All I can say is: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!! Thanks Miriel!!!

Okay, I've got to get back to completing a RL freelance assignment ... I will be posting again this Saturday in regards to a couple of new pieces I made for Absinthe Minded and a special announcement for N30 Photo Studio addicts!!!

Hugs,
Absinthe