So during the terminal & system maintenance I was given the opportunity to visit all over the estate.  A few places really stuck out to me, this being one of them.  The architectural design, the amazing texture work, and the overall layout is absolutely stunning.  The layout is like stepping foot inside a real life masterpiece brought into Second Life.  A fantastic find for a photo shoot and not to mention some seriously gorgeous skins in the store here as well.  This place is definitely worth a look whether its to snap a few photos for memories sake, a blog posting of your very own or to take your favorite SL guy for a skin update, or even just to treat yourself.

Xiaoduo Abbot is the creator behind such beauty and the founder of Jomo.  Jomo’s products consist of high quality skins, hairbases, prim feet, tattoos, clothing, full avatars, clothing, and specialty wear.  His works can be found In World or Via Marketplace (although MP is not complete with skins and such).  You can demo the Jomo Mesh Men’s Feet – no excuse to have the dreaded noob feet of SL any longer boys!  The product comes complete with five models, color adjustment HUD & ankle colors are transitional, matching is a breeze!

In World Location

Marketplace Store

This avatar pictures above comes in both Male and Female variation.  The avatar comes complete with a Tinting HUD for body, brain, eyelashes,lips and fingernails.  Can be adjusted to any color you want – ready for you with dozens of optional colors or select your very own shade.  Headpiece is also optional – you can leave it open with the brain exposed inside.  Please try Demos of both products prior to purchase.

The ensemble above is perfect for any Military or Combat Roleplay in your Sl – there are several variations of this outfit features different camouflage options and clothing combinations.

Please try the demos prior to purchase – there are 3 types available on Marketplace.

Hello ZoHa Islands!

So…. to kick off the new year right – we’ve got a showcase featuring a wonderful women’s clothing store with some great deals for your ladies out there.  Located in the heart of Business District Indigo, this little gem awaits you!  Come on down and check out Black Wing Designs today 🙂

Business Name:  Black Wing Designs

Store Contact:  Erynlight Resident / owner & designer

SLurl:  Business District Indigo

Website: Black Wing Designs Official Blog

KittyKat Jules:  What does your store sell or what does your business do?
Erynlight Resident: We are a women’s clothing store that sales all from casual to formal gowns.

KittyKat Jules:  How long has your business been established?
Erynlight Resident:  Black Wing Designs was originally established in mid 2011, but I took a break for most of 2012 as other projects were emerging.  Now I am back with new and fresh designs and ready to offer wonderful options for all my customers.

KittyKat Jules:  What made you want to start up your business and what drives you to keep going?
Erynlight Resident:  For me, it’s the creativity and the ability to bring to life (so to speak) a mere thought or idea.

KittyKat Jules:  Any exciting happenings or new items you’d like to show off for us?
Erynlight Resident:  We are a part of the 55L Thursdays and WOMENStuff group.  I have also just joined the It’s On Sale Group as well.  This way I can share with as many as I can on the great items we have to offer.  Here are a couple of examples of the latest releases:

KittyKat Jules:  What would your advice be to the new business owner in Second Life?
Erynlight Resident:  It really takes dedication, and the understanding that as like any real life business, you have to build up over time.

KittyKat Jules:  How did you originally get started in Second Life?
Erynlight Resident:  I was originally invited by a couple of real life friends that are still very dear and close to my heart.

KittyKat Jules:  Any hobbies besides running your business?  What do you like to do in SL?
Erynlight Resident:  I am also a DJ, partial owner of Club~Envy, Landscaper, and builder.

Warm Regards

Kittykat Jules
Assistant Manager & Public Relations/Marketing

Greetings ZoHa Islands Residents! 

This week I bring you a great store specializing in women’s and men’s attire… she’s got some fabulous outfits – mesh with color change HUDs ..you name it.  Definitely worth a look and great for those Christmas gifts!

Store Name: ~ Shadow Moon ~

Store Contacts and Title: Candy Nizna (owner)

SLurl: PRESCOTT

Websites:
– BLOG
– FLICKR

KittyKat Jules: What does your store sell?
Candy Nizna: I sell both women’s and men’s clothing for the everyday person. I have a dark humor side to me so that is what comes out mostly. I also make props and a few furniture pieces. I do monthly hunts so I tend to make random hunt themed pieces or clothing.

KittyKat Jules: How long has your business been established?
Candy Nizna: I actually opened a store 3 months into being in SL. We role-played as Native Americans in the 1900’s – so I made native wear as well as a couple of female settler dresses for my alt. – The store was named after my role-play avatar name “Shadow Moon”. After we moved from there to doing what we do best; “being ourselves”, I started making clothes that my hubby and I wanted to wear. Nothing specific, just what floated my boat that day.

KittyKat Jules: What made you want to start up your business and what drives you to keep going?
Candy Nizna: As I mentioned before, we started out as role-players, and when we were looking for low-prim items that would keep prim and lag down for role-playing we either couldn’t afford it as we were new to SL or couldn’t find what we needed low prim, so we had to make it ourselves.

KittyKat Jules: Any exciting happenings or new items you’d like to show off for us?
Candy Nizna: I just figured out the Mesh Scripts to allow for multiple color/texture changes without making your inventory blow up… so I have a female dress and a male outfit that are spectacular!

KittyKat Jules: What would your advice be to the new business owner in Second Life?
Candy Nizna: Do what you want, you will never please everyone. It’s a rough go in SL to make Lindens…so if you’re in it to make a fortune, you will be highly disappointed.

KittyKat Jules: How did you originally get started in Second Life?
Candy Nizna: I think I answered this in some of the other questions. 🙂

KittyKat Jules: Any hobbies besides running your business? What do you like to do in SL?
Candy Nizna: I blog for my own store and I have my own Fashion Blog about other people’s items, I love shopping – might as well show off my purchases!
My friends and I (the 3 Biotcheteers) play board games, we decorate, we chat, we avatar watch…..I have made some great RL friends from SL, glad that we had SL to meet each other since we are from all over North America.

Sounds like a great place to get some of that Holiday shopping done!

Warm Regards,

Kittykat Jules
Assistant Manager -Public Relations/Marketing

Today we have a very special showcase just for you…I absolutely love the originality of her building…down to the unique product line.  I’m sure you’ve all come across the little door teleporters somewhere in your SL…well this is the mind behind the madness!  She’s a very creative soul with an incredible talent….defintely worth the look
Store  Name: Curio Obscura

Store/Business Contacts and Title: Pandora Wrigglesworth (Inventor and Proprietress)

SLurl: BUSINESS DISTRICT FOXTROT
Website:  www.curio-obscura.com
Flickr Account:  Flickr Account

KittyKat Jules: What does your store sell or what does your business do?
Pandora Wrigglesworth : Curio Obscura sells a wide variety of strange and wonderful things including unique vehicles, strange hairstyles, fun things to sit on, outlandish avatars, teleporters, gadgets, and more. Some of my best known works are the Anywhere Doors (the animated teleporter), the Oui Coupe (the smallest vehicle in SL), Clockwork Automaton Skins, the Whiteboard Typing Override, the Deluxe Bunnygirl Outfit, and the Rococo Fantastico (the largest hairstyle in all of SL).

KittyKat Jules:  How long has your business been established?
Pandora Wrigglesworth : Since January 2008
A Special note from the creator:
“Visitors to Curio Obscura should please try to tolerate the broken remains of the other three shops which I crushed to make room for my own. While passing through the rubble, please watch your step as all of the weaponry on the front of the shop is interactive so a careless visitor might get crushed by a giant hammer, squeezed by a metal claw, or ground up in the grinder. (No, really, go try them. They’re hilarious.)

KittyKat Jules:  What made you want to start up your business and what drives you to keep going?
Pandora Wrigglesworth : I honestly don’t know how to answer a question like that. It’s just what I do.

KittyKat Jules:  Any exciting happenings or new items you’d like to show off for us?
Pandora Wrigglesworth:  I recently released the Marionette Control and Strings. It’s the first set of marionette strings in SL that uses no particles and no scripts at all. The whole thing is fully mesh-based and the string bend and move with your movements very fluidly. If you come to the shop, you can try out a free demo.

I have started a new line of diary-style typing overrides. The first three are the Diary of a Princess, Diary of a Vampire, and the Journal of a Superhero. With one of these, when you type, you will open a diary and start writing a new entry. The text for the entry changes every time and may include the names of nearby avatars, yourself, and the region in which you are standing.

KittyKat Jules:  What would your advice be to the new business owner in Second Life?
Pandora Wrigglesworth : There are hundreds of other businesses in Second Life. If you want to be noticed, be uniquely yourself.

KittyKat Jules: How did you originally get started in Second Life?
Pandora Wrigglesworth : I was bored and then I saw that Second Life episode of “CSI: NY” and I thought, “Hey, I can do that.”

KittyKat Jules:  Any hobbies besides running your business?  What do you like to do in SL?
Pandora Wrigglesworth :  To be honest, I rarely do anything in SL except make new things. I’m not terribly social.

Hope you all take the time to visit this wonderful shop soon!  I’ve got a wonderful line up of stores just for you coming up…keep them coming and if you’re interested in being featured…send me a Notecard in world titled “Blog Me @ ZI”…and I will contact you to schedule an interview.  Thank you for all for making ZI the place to be!
Warm Regards,

Kittykat Jules,

Assistant Manager & Public Relations/Marketing

Hello ZoHa Islands!

So I was walking around our Business District admiring the Holiday Décor and noticed this little gem of a store.  Another great find for Christmas Shopping and a current flow of hot new releases to suit the shop a holic in you! 

Store/Business Name:  TrampStamp Clothing Co.

Store/Business Contacts and Title: Mona Evans – Owner

SLurl: Business District Delta

Website: Facebook

KittyKat Jules: What does your store sell or what does your business do?</i>
Mona Evans: I make and provide clothing I have always found to fit my style. Or what my friends tell me they like. I also side step into my second hobby of photography. At this current time I mostly make womens clothing. Stuff I feel fits every mood from sexy and cute to comfy and chic at affordable prices.

KittyKat Jules: How long has your business been established?
Mona Evans: I have had many different shops since I have started in SL many moons ago. I began TrampStamp Clothing Co. about 6-7 months ago.

KittyKat Jules: What made you want to start up your business and what drives you to keep going?
Mona Evans: I have always been a clothing junky and love to shop. One day I sat there for hours looking for a certain shirt that I just couldn’t find anywhere. And that day is when I decided I would make the shirt. Little to my suprise people liked that shirt and asked if I would sell it. As for what keeps me going. That is knowing people like my clothing.

KittyKat Jules: Any exciting happenings or new items you’d like to show off for us?
Mona Evans: Atleast once a week I have 2-3 new items out in my store.

KittyKat Jules: What would your advice be to the new business owner in Second Life?
Mona Evans: Don’t give up on your dreams or passion. Because even if it’s just one person that supports you that one person to me is the whole reason I keep on.

KittyKat Jules: How did you originally get started in Second Life?
Mona Evans: I came over with a radio station I dj’d for in The Sim’s Online. That was back in ’06. With many breaks between now and then I still go back to what I love and thats making clothes.

KittyKat Jules: Any hobbies besides running your business?  What do you like to do in SL?
Mona Evans: I like to explore and hang out with friends. It’s how I get a lot of my ideas. I also love doing photo’s. Normally once I take that first shot I know exactally how to set the picture up and what to do to make it pop.

Well there ya have it – another great shop to explore.  Come on down and check out the Business District, lots of wonderful shops and attractions to explore.

Warm Regards,

Kittykat Jules
Assistant Manager & Public Relations/Marketing

Greetings ZoHa Islands!

So for this installment I figured we’d bring you a little something different than we have been showcasing, this place offers some really nice stuff – poses for your pictures, custom photography and pose service too. She’s very good at what she does might I add. Whether it be a profile pic, a business advertisment, modeling portfolio…She’s got ya covered. So stop on down and take a peek!

Store/Business Name: Project Puppet Poses
Store/Business Contacts and Title: Bren Dovgal – Puppet Master

SLurl: BUSINESS DISTRICT ECHO
Website: http://projectpuppetphotography.webs.com/
Flickr Accounts: Poses Group & Photography

KittyKat Jules: What does your store sell or what does your business do?
Bren Dovgal: Project Puppet Poses offers high quality static poses for photography. At this time we have only poses for women but we’re about to begin catering for men too. We have already begun adding couple and friends poses to the collection. We also offer a custom pose service.

KittyKat Jules: How long has your business been established?
Bren Dovgal: The pose store is brand new, but the Project Puppet brand was established a littler a year ago now. New Poses are being added daily though, Its very exciting ♥

KittyKat Jules: What made you want to start up your business and what drives you to keep going?
Bren Dovgal: I’ve been a sl photographer since i started 5 and a half years ago. On occasion I have had to make custom poses for my photo clients so it was an obvious progression for me to open a pose store too. What drives me to keep going…. Its fun to create and to see the results in another photographers images.. I get a kick out of that.

KittyKat Jules: Any exciting happenings or new items you’d like to show off for us?
Bren Dovgal: This is our Group Gift which will be available until the end of December
♥♥ Group Gift! ♥♥

This is our most recent new release ♥

KittyKat Jules: What would your advice be to the new business owner in Second Life?
Bren Dovgal: I would say to be patient and consistent in the quality of your work. Its also most important to do it because you love it.

KittyKat Jules: How did you originally get started in Second Life?
Bren Dovgal: Wow such a long time ago! A friend Bren Dovgal: I had met from another game showed me around and helped me get started….I never looked back

KittyKat Jules: Any hobbies besides running your business? What do you like to do in SL?
Bren Dovgal: Aside from my pose store I have my photography studio. I’m a sl photographer.. I would say that is my hobby. I do that for RL and SL. I do love shopping! And really nothing beats having laughs with my best friend. That’s what SL is for.

So that wraps up this one….time to explore and bring you some more great places!

Warm Regards,

Kittykat Jules
Assistant Manager – Public Relations/Marketing