Sunday, April 25, 2010

Draw Winners so far . . .

Okay so part of the Birthday Bonanza is the daily Draws. So here is the updated List, so far:

Inworld Group Draws:

Monday April 19th-Stormy Hastings

You have won a Single Hair Pack of your choice(any colour you want) for any of the hair actually in the store.

Tuesday April 20th-Crank Magic

You have won any one Pack of Eyes of your choice for any of the eyes actually in the store.

Wednesday April 21st-anathema Xeltentat

You have won any single Skin of your choice for of the Aine Mermaid Skins.

Thursday April 22nd-Bedlamie Thunders

You have won a Single Hair Pack of your choice(any colour you want) for any of the hair actually in the store.

Friday April 23rd-DJPiper Steampunk

You have won a Single Hair Pack of your choice(any colour you want) for any of the hair actually in the store.

Saturday April 24th-Coco Sharpesworth

You have won a Single Hair Pack of your choice(any colour you want) for any of the hair actually in the store.

Sunday April 25th-Chroma Pennell

You have won any single Skin of your choice for of the Aine Mermaid Skins.

Monday April 26th-TBA
Tuesday April 27th-TBA
Wednesday April 28th-TBA
Thursday April 29th-TBA
Friday April 30th-TBA
Saturday May 1st-TBA
Sunday May 2nd-TBA

All Winners must contact me, I wont be contacting you.

HippoGroup Draws:

Monday April 19th-Dragonia DeCuir, Pearla Batista, Acid Mathilde
Tuesday April 20th-Unda Xue, Eveliina Glas, Genesis Halsey
Wednesday April 21st-Arisia Ashmoot, Astrid Kiranov, Spirit Calamity
Thursday April 22nd-Morgan Hush, Cyn Firecaster, Kharma Popstar
Friday April 23rd-Wren Scribe, quill Silverweb, Calliope Sweetwater
Saturday April 24th-Foxx Demonia, Lillian Shippe, Silkie Magic
Sunday April 25th-Hanah Fhang, Skyler OHare, Ulaa Coronet

you all have won a Single Hair Pack of your choice(any colour you want) for any of the hair actually in the store.

Monday April 26th-TBA
Tuesday April 27th-TBA
Wednesday April 28th-TBA
Thursday April 29th-TBA
Friday April 30th-TBA
Saturday May 1st-TBA
Sunday May 2nd-TBA

All Winners must contact me, I wont be contacting you.

***I will only be giving draw items out until May 8th, so make sure you contact me before then.***

Friday, April 23, 2010

Limited Edition Mini Hunt-April Week 4



Hey guys!

Yes, as you can see I'm finally bring back an old favorite event here to The Stringer Mausoleum. I personally love Limited Edition stuff, and I love hunting. Over a year and a half ago, I had started to do limited edition mini hunts for new releases, that had limited edition hair textures, or if another type of product, it's have it's own special colours not to be released.

They were hugely fun, and people really enjoyed them. Now due to my failing health, I hadn't managed to do any in a very VERY long time. But had always planned on bring the event back.

Well it's finally here, and if for any reason a new release happens and I can't do the hunt, I'll have some other way for you to get the limited editions.

This week I'm introducing some new limited edition colours. Last week there were a few complaints that 1) I didn't have any normalish colours and 2) there wasn't enough in the hunt, people were picking too much, so others were being left out.

Well I addressed both of these issues this time around. I have more limited edition colour packs, 3 more to be exact, and added some reuglar colours in the mix.

~~~The Basics~~~

For hair I have Currently 6 packs of Limited Edition Colours.

Camos Pack
Colour Bleeds Pack
Roboshines Pack
Naturals Tipped Pack
Castoffs Pack
Palace Pack

Each single will be priced at no higher then L$25, for every so many out, I'll price one at L$1. If it's a full pack, it'll be price acording to my mood, based on how many textures is in the pack, or how generous I'm feeling. Some will be L$10, some will go up to L$100.

ALWAYS for hair it'll be one of 5, so one of olny 5 EVER sold on the grid. In the items name, at the end you will see a number like this:

(2/5)

This lets you know which Limited edition you managed to get.

Hairs will be Copy/Mod/No Trans.

The little prims you hunt for will show what texture or what pack you have found clearly. They are set to original, so please pick them up after you have found them, and bought them.

AGAIN, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PICK UP YOUR PRIMS, YOU CONFUSE OTHER HUNTERS AND I GET 20 BAGILLION IM'S.

"Why can't I get this pack"
"Someone left a pack, and it was my fav colour, can I have it?"
"This person left 20 packs, greedy peoples"

And so on . . . .

As for other items, they will have no set colour range. It'll just be whatever limited colour I make for that thing, also there could be more, say for eyes it could be one of 10, instead of one of 5. Each week I'll let you know what items are in the hunt, and have more info if it's something sort of different. These items could possibly be Transferable.

I set the items out in rounds, over a period of time, as the first round starts to run out, the second round goes out. I let my group know when new rounds are out.

Stringer's Followers-Info Group(can also find it in my profile)

Items will also be hidden both inside the store, and in my cemetery. NOWHERE else, unless I say so for that week.

You may also find, now that these have started, that there might be a left over hunt item or 2 from the last hunt. I leave them out, so if you want them, nab them!

***IMPORTANT***

I will not give refunds on these. I also will not give money back if you bought 2 of the same Item in the same limited edition colours, so please make sure you are paying attention when hunting.

on to the goodies!

April Week 4
Limited Edition Mini Hunt Items

New Releases in Mini Hunt
Junglejammer-Singles to find
Primal Catcher-Singles to Find

Alternative Fair New Release items in this hunt:
Rundown Creeper-2 Limited Edition versions(Not the colours in this picture) 25 of each will be hidden for L$50 each! Transferable too!
Nipple Peek-9 Limited Edition versions(Not the colours in this picture) 25 of each will be hidden for L$30 each! Transferable too!
Swamp Thang Eyes-8 Limited Edition versions(not the colours in this picture) 10 of each will be hidden for L$10 each! Transferable too!

I hope you all enjoy yourselfs and have fun with your limited edition hairs!

Helena Stringer
Designers/Owner of The Stringer Mausoleum

Alternative Fair New Release!

Hey guys,

So there is an Alternative Fair, full of sexy goodness for those who walk on the other side of sl. I have a booth at it. Duuuuuuuuuuur!

Kidding, but I do have a booth!

More details HERE!

My booth is on the pulse sim, right near the tp point.

My Shop Slurl
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pulse/211/40/29

Now due to a misread on my part, my whole darn booth is full of new stuff. Thats right, all new!

I've got 2 unisex hairs, New skins, an outfit, a stringerized smexy shirt and some new eyes!

Now this like most fairs and big events in sl, has a charity, so I thus have charity items! I did 2 packs of Limited Edition stuff, you can only get these at the fair, and then they will poof!




A 4 pack of me new outfit, in Limited Edition Colours just for this event. It's at a super discounted price, you basically get 2 outfits for free. They are transferable too, like all my clothing items. So if there is a colour you don't like, you can share it =) 50% of this item goes to the Charity.



When I first started to play with the idea of my transition skins, I made them in light versions first. They didn't work out that awesome, only 4 of the 8 actually worked to my satisfaction(the other 4 are in the hunt currently at my store, figured you guys could still do "something" with them). So this pack is made up of the 4 that passed my inspection. You get 4 skins, ffor the wonderful price of L$600, which is actually just a little over paying for a single, so it's a super deal. These are Limited Editions, will poof after the fair, and 100% of this pack goes to the Charity!

The Hairs! Oh the hairs!

These unintentionally go sort of with the theme of the event.



I was making this, and for some reason got it in my head to try some braids with it, and liked the results.



This one sort of happened out of the blue, was trying to make a mohawk for someone with a finger in a light socket, but it ended up looking too much like Tonic and Allegory. I already have the hair almost done, and wanted to save it, so I decided to see if I could dread it somehow. This is how my efforts turned out =)

Skins-Transitonal Searies

Shadowthinger
These are the darker cousins to the Sunchaser skins. They are for creatures who lurk in the corners of allies or various similar low light envirionments. They have a string shadowing, to further enhance the fact that they do not live in the light. Not your typical skin you'll find out there. And they make me super happy, like drug enduced happy. I really made them for me, and wasn't going to share, but enough of you bugged me so here they are!

*Grudgingly lets go of her prizes*

















I have demos for you all, so check them out =)

EYES! wouldn't be a swampy event with out some Swamp Thang eyes now would it. These little buggers are part of my creature series. They have an off pupil and very big iris shape, more so then I normally do with my eyes. Again part of my rendering experiments.



I attempted more clothing. This first set is an outfit, you get it on all possible layers, and it is transferable like all my clothing items. And I went colour crazy, as always, can't help it, hehe. There are 12 colours to choose from.

The top is partly seethrough. If you double it up with another layer, it turns into a solid shirt.



This top sort of just happened out of random experimenting. and yes you can see nipples thru it, no they are not included in the design =) you has to get your own nips, leave mine alone!



That is it for now guys! I think I might have to go shopping myself, with all these various things going on, so I might just see you all on the grid, you never know!

Oh almost forgot, I did up a set of swampy like demon parts as a gift at the fair!

H

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Helena's 3rd Annual Birthday Bonanza

It's that time of the year again, when I get older. To celebrate this I tend to do some big crazy things at my store. This year is no different, other then the fact that as I started to set up, I got attacked by hunt harpies! those darn things are everywhere now . . .

Hunt Harpie-A creature not of myth in sl. You will see them all over, following unexpected victims, ready to snatch hunt prizes from said victim's grasp. One of the only deterrents is to bash yourself randomly against the wall, to make them think you are slightly noobish, they don't like the noobs.

So here I was, on my own sim, in my own store, when a crowd of hunt harpies swoop in! Now obviously I was not on a hunt, dude it's my own store. But they don't notice names, they just go "oh there is someone, lets follow them around and see if they find the treasure". This has always been an agrivation for me. When finally after 20 minutes they figure out I'm not doing much of anything, they IM me and ask if I was on the hunt, and if the could get hints? Ermmmmm NO!

Then the whining begins, oh how hunt harpies whine!

Well I was slightly famished, so I put on my best smile, then set out for a bit of harpie flesh. Not the tastiest meat, but hey, it's shuts up their traps right?

A few minutes later, after catching the last one, and plucking each feather from it's body, I notice a slight glimmer to the feathers. Picking one up out pops a trinket of sorts? hmmmm what is this?

Seems like the hunt harpies hide their many stolen treasures in amongst their feathers!

So what is a girl to do, I have left feathers from my mad rampage of plucking all over the store and sim.

Will you help find them all?

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~~~The Festivities~~~

All events will take place between the time frame listed below
April 19th Noon slt-May 2nd 11:59pm slt

~~~The Stringer Mausoleum~~~

All hair packs down to L$50
All Megapacks of hair down to L$600
Various other items in the store down to 1/2 off

*Items released at the Alternative Fair and any new store releases during this time will not be discounted. You'll know if it is new due to the "New" sign in the upper corner of the vendors.

~~~Helena's Birthday Sale~~~
April 19th Noon slt-One Day Only, Ends at 11:59pm slt

This is my actualy Birthday, and to celebrate my oldness, I'm setting for the first day of festivities only, all hair packs to L$27, even the new stuffs! All Megapacks will be down to L$270, which is just crazy! This will be for the hair only. And if you hadn't guessed, I'm turning 27. XP

~~~New Release Mini Hunt~~~
April 22nd Noon slt-Till Quantities Last

Collection of Monday's Release Items and Alternative Fair Items, in Limited Edition Colours and Limited Quantities. Info on Specific items will be provided throughout the store at that time.

~~~Group Members only Mini Hunt~~~
April 25th Noon slt-One Day Only, Ends at 11:59pm slt

A special hunt for my inworld group members. 2 dresses will be up for grabs. Must have group tag on to get the items. Info will be provided throughout the store at that time.

~~~Special Limited Edition Mini Hunt-Search for the Forest Sprites-A preview of a new skin set~~~
April 26th Noon slt-Till Quantities Last

A Preview of a new skin series, the mini hunt will have all tones, with a very special masked make-up. Info on Specific items will be provided throughout the store at that time.

~~~Special Limited Edition Mini Hunt-Blast into the Past-A hunt for 6 retroesque Dresses~~~
April 29th Noon slt-Till Quantities Last

Part of my Shrine collection, a dress that never got released due to there being no Shrine store. No reason to waste it tho! in Limited Edition Colours and Limited Quantities. Info on Specific items will be provided throughout the store at that time.

~~~Giftcard, Trading Card and Bunny Dash!~~~
May 2nd Noon slt-Till Quantities Last

To celebrate the last day of my Birthday Bonanza, I'll be setting out around the whole sim some Giftcards, Trading Cards(for my Trading Card Program) and Ozimals Bunny Nests, for grabs. For tracking purposes they will be set to L$1. These Items will be set to Original, so please pick them up after you purchase them. Limit of one Item per person, as you will have to exchange something to get your prize. I will be there and watching, so please be kind and not a hog!

~~~Group Member Daily Draws~~~

Each day I will pick someone out of my inworld group to select a random gift =) I will post the winner in group, I will *NOT* contact you, you must contact me! It's my Birthday, to busy to hunt you all down. Also look to the blog, I'll list the full list of winners at the end of the 2 weeks, as a reminder.

~~~Hippogroup Daily Draws~~~

Each day I will pick 3 people out of my Hippo group to select a random gift =) I will post the winners in group, I will *NOT* contact you, you must contact me! It's my Birthday, to busy to hunt you all down. Also look to the blog, I'll list the full list of winners at the end of the 2 weeks, as a reminder.

~~~The Sim~~~

~~~Harpie Hunt~~~
April 19th Noon slt-May 2nd 11:59pm slt

Womens, Mens and Unisex items hidden all over the sim, other stores on the sim will have some goodies too. You are looking for feathers, red for womens, green for unisex and blue for mens. Examples will be in the store for you to see, for sizing. Some will be L$0 and some will be L$1.

Any you never know, this is just what I have planned, I might get crazy and put in something else here and there, so keep a watch out!

Helena Stringer
Designer/Owner of The Stringer Mausoleum

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Limited Edition Mini Hunt-April Week 2

Limited Edition Mini Hunt-April Week 2

Hey guys!

Yes, as you can see I'm finally bring back an old favorite event here to The Stringer Mausoleum. I personally love Limited Edition stuff, and I love hunting. Over a year and a half ago, I had started to do limited edition mini hunts for new releases, that had limited edition hair textures, or if another type of product, it's have it's own special colours not to be released.

They were hugely fun, and people really enjoyed them. Now due to my failing health, I hadn't managed to do any in a very VERY long time. But had always planned on bring the event back.

Well it's finally here, and if for any reason a new release happens and I can't do the hunt, I'll have some other way for you to get the limited editions.

~~~The Basics~~~

For hair I have Currently 3 packs of Limited Edition Colours.

Camos Pack
Colour Bleeds Pack
Roboshines Pack

This could change at any time, as who knows, I might just get crazy and make more packs, cause I'm a colour whore =)

Each single will be priced at no higher then L$25, for every so many out, I'll price one at L$1. If it's a full pack, it'll be price acording to my mood, based on how many textures is in the pack, or how generous I'm feeling. Some will be L$10, some will go up to L$100.

ALWAYS for hair it'll be one of 5, so one of olny 5 EVER sold on the grid. In the items name, at the end you will see a number like this:

(2/5)

This lets you know which Limited edition you managed to get.

Hairs will be Copy/Mod/No Trans.

The little prims you hunt for will show what texture or what pack you have found clearly. They are set to original, so please pick them up after you have found them, and bought them.

As for other items, they will have no set colour range. It'll just be whatever limited colour I make for that thing, also there could be more, say for eyes it could be one of 10, instead of one of 5. Each week I'll let you know what items are in the hunt, and have more info if it's something sort of different. These items could possibly be Transferable.

I set the items out in rounds, over a period of time, as the first round starts to run out, the second round goes out. I let my group know when new rounds are out.

Stringer's Followers-Info Group(can also find it in my profile)

Items will also be hidden both inside the store, and in my cemetery. NOWHERE else, unless I say so for that week.

***IMPORTANT***

I will not give refunds on these. I also will not give money back if you bought 2 of the same Item in the same limited edition colours, so please make sure you are paying attention when hunting.

on to the goodies!

April Week 2
Limited Edition Mini Hunt Items

New Releases in Mini Hunt

Cerdwin

Singles to find

Assassin

Singles to Find

Fingers

Packs to find

Peanut Flower

Packs to find

Older Releases in Mini Hunt

Duster

Packs to find

In the Rain

Packs to find

Tank Master Flex

Packs to find

Tenta

Packs to find

I hope you all enjoy yourselfs and have fun with your limited edition hairs!

Helena Stringer
Designers/Owner of The Stringer Mausoleum

Saturday, April 10, 2010

The Stringer Mausoleum Says more Hair Please!

Hey guys got lots for you today!

There is all sorts of stuff coming up for you guys, straight from me to The Stringer Mausoleum. I have tried a few more attempts at clothing, the alternative fair is on it's way, I've got another event at the end of the month. But do you know what the biggest thing is?

HELENA'S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BONANZA!

Ya it's that time of the year again, I get old and shit XP

But before all this can take place, I had to get hair out!

New Releases:

Womens

Assassin

This is actually a redo, sans the daggers it use to have. I'll make new spiffy ones sometime and set them for L$10 or something. This hair is a good classic staple, I don't make many so enjoy it.

Unisex

Cerdwin

This lovely piece was inspired by an sl artist. You can view some of her works here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cerdwin/. It's been a long time coming, but it's finally been made, hope you like it!

Fingers

One of my many weird experiments, sort of reminds me of a helmet.

Peanut Flower

Another oddball hair, a friend said it looks very cool on nekos. So you can be like alien neko or something. I'm sure you'll figure it out.

As always new releases for the first little while(normally a few days unless I forget), have 3 packs priced down to 75% off. So nab some deals while you can.

Back by popular demand:

Thunderdrome

Keep getting this one asked about, so I dug it out, and it's uber cheap for the whole MEGApack. L$25!

Infusion

Same here, so because you want it, here it is. This is a MEGApack aswell, and it's just L$50.

New Savoir Hair Samplers:

Amure

Flang

Savoir Hair has a newhome, and I was asked back after not being there for a long time. New to this location is the ability to have both a mens and womens style. Bigger, better and more desginers, what more cold you ask for to start a nice hair collection. Tell all your new player friends!

Here is the Slurl
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hairspray%202/125/72/27

I am also in the Crazy Arse Hair Hunt, and made something sort of alien and organic at the same time, so find the weird arse doll globe and claim your prize! Hint in my "Hint cube of HELL!"

And Lastly, I'm reintroducing my Limited Edition Mini Hunts for new releases. Some of my oldies will remember them, some of you new people will not, but they were always mega fun, and it's nice knowing you have one of only 5 on the grid, sitting right there in inventory!

Detailed info will be in my next Post.

Okay I think I'm done now, I can't see anymore new product, so I don't think I missed anything!

Enjoy!

H