Saturday, March 20, 2010

Spring brings new site, new dress


Yesterday I established *~s0c~* Enterprises website! It's a template (UGH, I hate those) but for the sake of just getting the site up and running so something would be there, I would NEVER use a template for a website!

http://s0c-enterprises.com/

I've dabbled in web design, so this isn't new for me. I just hope I can spend a little time crafting this site with so many irons in the fire. I know that it's a necessity especially after the expansion into residential rental. That's still very very iffy with the launch of Linden Homes. Conventional Wisdom among the Learned says that Linden Homes has negatively affected realty in SL. I predicted that. *sigh* More waiting, then.

My reproduction red carpet Marchesa dress made for Sandra Bullock premiers Sunday, March 21, first full day of spring! I should have named the blue one Crocus ;) Well, knowing me and names, of course, I'll probably do just that....

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

SL Merchant Guild

I can hardly believe this since I've only been participating a short while but in a conversation recently, some merchants in a Linden group I belong to were chatting about traffic concerns, getting enough marketing exposure, etc. One of my friends, Summer Windlow (fantastic, positive, upbeat person!) suggested a Market Day where one day per week, merchants could rez their things for a short span and do something like a Wednesday Market Day the French have, or a grocery market on Fridays like many other countries do. A huge commerce area only for a day.

Of course, there were nay-sayers in the lot, bashing LL and describing the myriad ways it could not work, but Summer kept offering refutation :) What struck me, though, and an idea I've been tossing around since I became a merchant is that there is no organized solidarity among us. There is plenty of feedback and help to be had just chatting within my own group--well, when a few aren't complaining how that's spam--and I've given as well as received which is why I think Summer tossed me right in the fire skipping the frying pan altogether.

As we discussed, I offered my ideas (still under development), and as people listened, more volunteered. We have a very key player who is willing to give us space to test out this idea, and if it's successful, we have investors! No names or concrete ideas just yet. All is still in the works, so more to follow.

At any rate, it seemed I was the one with the flow of ideas going and Summer nominated me to start the group. I did, but I have an agenda a mile long for this mercantile association, one goal being to provide support, leadership, and training to those who join. A secondary goal is to be independently competitive of LL if they're more interested in feeding off merchants as opposed to viewing us as fellow content developers and creators. So, I saw this coming from a distance.

In the coming weeks it will be interesting to see what this group morphs into as several have suggested it stay closed for now. I deferred since they know their fellow merchants better than I, but apparently, since they volunteered me to run this thing, they must believe as I do....

Stay tuned on this!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Sautereau Sky Ballroom GRAND OPENING

Since I first caught a glimpse of that gorgeous build on Xstreet, I had a vision of what this day might be like, but the build was actually hovering a bit above the ground in the center of a beautiful waterway with aquatic landscaping on a full island sim.

Linden Homes has kind of put that dream on hold for now. It's simply unwise to invest in a full sim until we know how LL giving away homes to premium account members will shake out. I have guru friends, veterans of SL, who say both ways in favor and against this move by LL. It's a controversy that could go on endlessly. Despite it, the point of any purchase of realty in SL is to establish oneself for some longevity, otherwise, why waste the cash, right?

Sautereau Sky Ballroom will open officially on March 7, 2009 when a series of three days of events celebrating its opening will begin with a Silent Auction. Three of my own red carpet gowns will go up: the best-selling PARIS HILTON MTV AWARDS GOWN, the second best-selling NELLY FURTADO MTV AWARDS GOWN, and the one of a kind ROLAND MOURET for HEIDI KLUM OSCARS GOWN.

In addition to these three, I will also auction off a pair of my new Signature *~sOc~* Stilettos which are full foot-to-toe sculpted shoes with an amazing menu of options including the now-standard features for foot sculpted shoes of sizing, placement, and pedicure color and style options, sexy walk, and sound, but additionally some fun features like footprints! What I'm most proud to release, however, ladies, is that most full-foot sculpt shoes simply are never an exact color match for your skin. My shoes will always be a full color match to whatever skin you wear with EXACT color matching! Your Signature *~sOc~* Stilettos will come with instructions on how to determine your skin's exact color so you can use the color matching system to get that exact match. The Signature *~s0c~* Stilettos will be available March 5!

Not necessarily saving the best for last, but the three-day event also includes a L$500 formalwear contest on Monday when we do blues music, and then Cranston Yordstorm will headline the Grand Opening Party on the Sautereau Sky Garden Terrace. He's relatively newer to SL but has found a secure niche in top-notch ballrooms and clubs such as Frank's Place, Bogart's, and Midnight Romance. Come see him at 5 pm SLT. Landmarks, times, and Ballroom News sign up at the terminal in the Sautereau Sky Galleria. Hope to see you there!