Saturday, October 10, 2009

Hairon Blog

Here's a tip...if you feel the ladder wiggle, don't think about it - just grab onto something solid and then carefully GET OFF IT! Thankfully I was sitting on the top step rather than standing on it when one of the side braces decided to buckle otherwise it would have been a lot worse. I estimate it will take my left leg a month or more to heal since it seems to be all internal damage rather than external. The funny thing is...my right knee looks like crap with the large blue, purple, red, green and yellow bruise on it but other than looking bad, it works just fine. The left leg looks fine but doesn't work all that well. It makes you realize all those simple things in life you take forgranted like the ability to go up and downstairs freely, climb into bed or just put on your socks.

Anyway, I'm multitasking again. While I'm in game creating a Halloween freebie I'm also in the process of setting up the Hairoin Blog so this will be the last posting on the Kiss blog. All future postings will be done at

http://hairoinhair.blogspot.com

(The link is also on the left at the top of the page.) I'll get the Subcribe-O-Matic converted over to Hairoin as well.

I'm also in the process of creating a couple of machinima - one I've been dying to make since the idea popped into my head and so far the other one is a half baked idea. We'll let the second one bake awhile longer to see if it actually comes out fully cooked or not.

And on a side note...a thanks to Teagan Blackthorne of Savoir Hair. I try to have a look once a week on the blog to see what's going on. Much to my surprise, Teagan had posted a review of the Sam style with a note that Kiss is in the process of converting to Hairoin. I promise I'll get you some updated info, Teagan. :)

Huggles :)
Elke

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Glamour Expo

Glamour Expo is on right now until October 18th at Vanity Universe. I just had to sift through there...twice...which was really hard on the linden balance. But if I hadn't gone I wouldn't have found some great new designers to visit. Some of my favorites were there like Sn@tch and Earth & Sky but I did find a new one which is LeeZu. Her designs are fantastic. Get a load of this coat!
I'm simply in love with it. She's done a beautiful job with not only the textures but the prim work as well. Of course I just had to visit her store and found a load of other things to spend my lindens on. Her designs are creative, beautiful and well done. (Incidentally, the pants are also by LeeZu but I'm just wearing the base pants - not all the goodies/sculpties that come with it.)


(squeals) I love these shoes!! They're Merle boots by ALB. These were just soooo unique I had to have them as they appeal to my sense of whimsy. These were offered in 4 different colors at expo. I haven't visited the shop yet to see what other goodies are there but it's definitely something I'm going to have to check out.

So there you go. Those are my top two finds at Glamour Expo so if you're bored do a search for either Glamour Expo or Vanity Universe in game and you'll find it. Go have a poke around and I'm sure you'll find something that'll make you squeal. ;)

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Hairoin is Finally Here!

I'm blaming this on listening to too much Velvet Acid Christ and reading a plethora of Laurell K. Hamilton. I wanted to get this store done and out a lot sooner but, as always when I'm intent on getting something done, the universe seems to do everything in it's power to hinder me. There was a span of three weeks where my internet provider decided to take my DSL connection and bust it down to the speed of dial up and when a call was put in to report the problem they insisted nothing was wrong. That was the proverbial straw so the hubby switched providers but it took time for the new one to get hooked up.

Okay...now that my whining is out of the way...there's some points I want to go over.
1) There's starting to be too many stores with "Kiss" popping up which creates confusion thus the rebrand
2) There's more natural packs - 2 browns, 2 reds, 2 blondes and a black n white. The other packs are more on the unnatural side but still a little more tame
3) All the hair is copy, mod, no transfer AND contains resizer scripts. I did this because A) I realize some of my customers have building skills and like to tweak while others are construction challenged :) and B) there's S.F.A. I can do about preventing talentless bottom feeders from copying which is what all honest content creators face. I would just hope someone tells me about it if they see it.
4) Hairoin is what I'm more comfortable doing. I really don't play well in the mainstream - I prefer tributaries :P
5) The existing Kiss styles will eventually reside in their own spot within Hairoin but won't be updated to the new textures. I may have moments of insanity (as my hubby likes to point out) but I'm not too keen on what would be the equivalent of driving over myself repeatedly with a tank.
On to the releases...

The style name of this one is Morgana and is the first in the Vampire clan series which is the Gangrel female. The color shown is Legion found in the Demon Pack.


This one is Sin which is shown in Witchwood found in the Wiccan Pack. The inspiration comes from the well known "Wrath" picture which I just love and couldn't resist the urge to create it.

This final one is called Tokyo Doll and was the reason I went to resizer scripts in the first place. After I got done with this one I thought, "If my customers have to try to adjust this one they're going to come looking for me with pitchforks and torches." This was definitely a challenge to get the pieces warped and twisted into the directions I wanted them to go so any of you brave souls that want to tweak this one by hand...take a copy first. The picture on the left is in the color Abyss found in the Dead Pack and the one on the right is Nebula which is found in the Astronomy Pack.

One last thing...if anyone can recommend a good Goth/alternative internet radio station that won't get me kicked off my PG region and land me in Zindra please let me know.

Huggles :)
Elke

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

*Crickets*

I know, I know. I've been pretty quiet lately. There's actually a very good reason for that. Remember in an earlier post when I said 'no more everyday hair'? Yep...that's what I've been up to in a big way. I was toying around with the idea of re-branding but realized it would be an absolutely monumental undertaking (designers that re-brand must have iron constitutions, plenty of vitamins or an endless supply of alcohol...something) so instead I went with the lesser of the evils and have decided to open up a new branch to Kiss. This entails a new store, new store textures, new hair textures and packs as well as new styles.
The inside of the store is done (it just needs a couple of tweaks here and there) - not sure yet what I'll do with the exterior but I'm sure I'll have an ephipany (or an aneurysm) at some point- , the textures are done (now I'm driving myself crazy over hair packs) and I've got a couple of styles done. This store is completely different from what I have been doing but I'm actually a closet goth at heart. I've decided to let the goth out of the closet in some capacity and this is actually the first step to other areas I want to venture into as well.
I'm still a couple of weeks away from opening this new branch at which point I'm sure I'll sit back, relax and say, "I can't believe I did that!"

Friday, July 31, 2009

Let's try this for the third time...

I've been trying to post this for the past three days without much success. We've been breaking records for temperatures this week. It's been so hot that my computer finally decided it had enough Wednesday night. These temperatures got me thinking...if humans ever have to pick a representative to visit Hell, choose a woman that's lived her entire life in the desert and has been through menopause. (I think that would deserve nothing less than a purple heart!)

Anyway...I've put out two new ones (sorta) in the store - Kira and Industrial. Both these were freebies in a limited capacity at my Hair Fair booth. I never would have bothered to put them out in the store had I not received some gentle prodding from a customer.

Kira is one of the styles I had done as a potential Hair Fair entry. The hair is gathered off to one side and is flexi. It's held in place with a metal medallion and embellished with two metal rings and chain.
Skin is by Chai - Celebrity in nutmeg
Glasses - Ricx's
Sweater & Jeans by Dazzle

This one is Industrial (shown in Blueberry Bomb) and is another style I had created as a potential Hair Fair entry. Again, the hair is gathered to the side and held in place by plastic tubing. Plastic tubes are mixed in with the hair and the bangs are held in place with safety pins. The hair at the sides is "shaved" with flexi tendrils.
Skin (which is the only thing I'm wearing) is Galaxia by ND/MD.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Don't keep it in, let it out!

A couple of weeks ago I had an experience in SL that left a bad taste in my mouth. I was not only angry and frustrated but extremely dejected. The stupid thing is, it really wasn't even to do with me. I won't get into specifics because I don't make accusations lightly - I like to have all the facts/proof before I start pointing a finger and naming names. It was this event and several RL incidents that brought me towards the "bottom of the barrel."

Again the universe has a funny way of handing you things. Since that time of the aforementioned events, I met some absolutely beautiful people in SL and have gotten positive feedback about the store - some of it was direct in the form of messages, other feedback I stumbled upon. The feedback has left me speechless and astounded. I'm accustomed to spending most of my time looking at the top of my avatar's head while she's sprawled out over a pose stand. I occasionally wonder if it's worth continuing on with creating styles, then I go back to fighting with prims. So... the point of all this is ...I know I'm not the only designer that goes through this especially if the designer is just starting out. If you find a style you love LET THE DESIGNER KNOW but maybe do it in the form of a notecard. I don't know about anyone else but a lot of messages don't seem to make it to me and I'm not one of the large names by any means. So spread the love and hug a designer. :)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Hair Fair Open 2 Extra Days

Because the opening weekend of Hair Fair saw regions (in particular the Southwest region) going up and down like a sugar fed 9 year old on a pogo stick the closing date of Hair Fair will be July 6th.

A few designers were able to set up their booths a day early. When I do my booth, I do it complete which means not only the decorations but gift placement, vendors, etc. I'm kinda anal that way in that I like to know precisely where everything is going. So I find my spot, delete my place holder, plunk down my booth and then have a look around.Above is a picture of my booth at Hair Fair. I flew down the street to the right and when I saw the Mad booth, I immediately wanted my booth back and an extra week to work on it.Nothing like being one of the first few to put down your booth and then see that. It's more than a little intimidating.
As you can see by the above two shots there are some pretty imaginative booths all of which do absolutely nothing to help you if you're on a diet. I visit Hair Fair and start salivating like Pavlov's dog.

The last little tidbit I want to throw in here is my Hair Fair skin.
This is what I wore to Hair Fair. I'm not wearing any clothes...it's all skin and I just love it. Someone had mentioned that Fantasy Fair was going on at the same time so I did a search and found it and came across the above little gem. The skin is Galaxia Cyborg Skin Darkstar Masked and is made by ND/MD.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Various Things in the Works

I have no idea what happened the last five days. Embolism, aneurysm, some new form of psychosis, I'm not sure but something's snapped. Plus life has once again left me laughing in amazement at the irony it can throw at you.
Once things settle down a bit at Hair Fair and I'm finally able to get in there and poke around I'll post some snaps. I shelved the one guy's hair I was going to do. It was just going to require more time than I had and I wanted to get it right. All in all, I had made 8 hair styles - the five that are out at Hair Fair, two became HF gifts and the third was another one that was shelved which I may or may not revisit. At this point I'm thinking 'not'.
I've already started building new hair - I've got 6 new ones on the go - and they probably won't be released until all 6 are finished. These ones are completely different from what I have been doing hair-wise (even my out-of-the-ordinary styles are pretty tame compared to some of these). I don't know what's prompted me to go this direction but I'm excited about the building process.
Skins are something else I've been playing with and I've discovered that nails and feet are a complete b**ch. I'm also having boob issues. For the life of me I just can't get the shading right to make it look like cleavage rather than two spheres plastered to the chest. Once I get the base skins done I can start tweaking them out to be the unusual things I want to create.
Now I just need to clone myself to get all this done. But since this is Second Life it's not cloning but copybot so I'll have to give up on that idea. (goes back to buying lottery tickets)

Friday, June 19, 2009

Hair Fair Auction

Yay! Hair Fair is almost here. Now that the SL asset server seems to be cooperating designers can put the finishing touches on things so they can sit back and have a well deserved moment of peace.
The auction for Hair Fair last year was a group effort - designers were divided to groups where all would contribute to make one-of-a-kind styles. This year, designers are contributing either one-of-a-kind styles or a style in an exclusive texture. Mine is the latter.

The style is Dania and is textured in an unreleased color I've called "Static". It's a type of updo with a side pony. The picture doesn't display it well but sculpted barbed wire "clips" are dispersed through the hair holding it in place.
The auction starts tomorrow, June 20th and completes on July 4th. All the proceeds from the auction go to a worthy cause, Locks of Love, which provides hair pieces to disadvantages kids suffering from hair loss due to illness. So get out there, find your favorite designer/hair and bid on it! You'll not only be helping kids in need but grabbing a unique style for yourself! :)

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Can I pass out now?

This is the question that I'm sure every hair designer is asking right now. I'm pretty amazed I'm actually a bit ahead of the game. Although bandanas are kinda vexing me right now. I'm completely brain dead and very tired. Therefore, this post is going to echo my bandanas - uninspired.
Buuuuut....on to the sneak peek.
The demos are up in the store and they're on Xstreet. The demos are free and remember, they're not out for sale yet. They'll be up for sale only at Hair Fair from June 20th til July 4th. They'll be in the store after that.
Incidentally, that is NOT my avatar with a new look. The model is Seven Paragon. I think she'll be the one gracing the promo shots from now on.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Hair Fair 2009 Flickr Contest

For all of you that don't already know, Hair Fair is holding a photo contest. The contest runs from June 1st to midnight (SL time) June 15th.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/hairfair2009/

You can read the full rules at the above link but to give you a quick run down, the contest is looking for the following:

The pictures have to focus on you and the hair. You can edit the photo however you like but there's to be no store logos, signs, plugs for any particular store. This is just to showcase your creativity and the hair you love. The photos are to be 512 x 512 and must be tagged Hair Fair 2009. You can only enter a photo once and you must have full rights to the photo but you can submit up to 10 entries. In the description of each photo add the following information:
* Your Second Life avatar name
* Model
* Photographer
* Hair Style Name and Store
And finally...keep it decent. No nudity or inappropriate photos.

Again, see the flickr group for all the details/rules. Good luck and have fun!!!!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

One door closes, another opens

In light of the impending changes to access and Adult content, I'm getting rid of my store in Arcata. It's in a PG region as is my main store and that's just not going to work for me with what I have in mind. Yes, I plan on expanding into other areas (which I've been working on behind-the-scenes for awhile) but it's something that's going to happen a little down the line.
So, in summary, the main store in Jeolla will remain in operation as will the shop in Kansas City and the Siam City Mall. It will be future projects that are going to require mature land.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

The 2 before Hair Fair

Yes...I've been rather silent lately. I think the term I'm looking for is 'burn out'. The husband was out of town for two weeks which meant I got slide into complete debauchery. Pizza, tacos, diet coke galore and going to bed at 7 am after an all nighter of some project I'd been dying to do. I even replaced the silicone around the tub and scrubbed the nooks and crannies (including the grout) with a toothbrush. Yes, I'm insane. My husband tells me this often.
Everyone is gearing up for Hair Fair. Fortunately this year I have a better understanding of what to expect so the panic shouldn't be as bad. I have one style completed with three more in the works although I'm rather apprehensive about one. The style required a whole new set of textures and will look great...if I can manage to pull it off. That's a big *if*. I may end up putting it on the back burner to devote more time to it if I can't get it to the point where I'm happy with it. With that said, these could be the last two releases out for a little while. It all depends on how far along I get with the Hair Fair stuff.
This one is Angel which is a unisex style. It's shown in Blonde Volcano which is the texture the demo is in. The fringe that encircles the head is flexi.
This one is Gigi. I have no idea why I called it that. (Just roll with it, okay?) I didn't realize it until I went to write a description of it but this one could be called a Victorian style. I've incorporated a few sculpties here and there for fringe. The center picture is shown in Gingersnap while the other two pictures are shown in Burnt Umber which is the color of the demo.
As a final note, I realized I let my own rule be violated - Never interfere with a creative vision. Over the past couple of months I started to listen to the suggestions of others which was in complete opposition with my creative urges. As a result, I was left feeling frustrated and lack luster about the whole creation process. It was something that snuck up on me and I didn't realize it was happening until I made my first style for Hair Fair. The creation process flowed, it was a joy to create and I was completely happy with the results. So, the moral of the story is...(and I'm not trying to be nasty when I say this) keep them to yourself. Instead find a designer that suits your needs and tastes. Otherwise you'll just end up frustrating a creative energy with well meaning advice. And I'm not building anymore 'everyday hair' ...unless I get excited about actually creating it.
(stuffs the soap box back under the bed)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

New Hair

Okay...I'm primed for posting....revved up on diet coke and chocolate. (twitch, twitch) My hubby gets to peel me off the ceiling in an hour to get ready for bed.
I'm still trying to flesh out the clothing, etc list but God help me...my inventory is out of control. There is a modicum of organization but seems to be rapidly being consumed by the invisible hurricane of unorganized creation and purchases. I swear there's content creators in SL that get excited if they see me come in their store. I'm good for quite sometime and then I get something like pent up consumer frustration, start visiting my favorite vendors and leave when I've dropped no less than 2k in Lindens. Just consider me the poster girl for keeping the SL economy alive.
This one was a bit of an experiment in a way. The style is called Satori and the image shows the style in Raspberry, Antique Gold and White Night. The hair is modify, copy, NO transfer. The headpiece is included (and this is where the experiment part comes in) but is copy, NO mod, NO transfer. It's equipped with resizer scripts and is color change. It's an optional piece that attaches to the chin. I would suggest making a copy of the headpiece first and tucking it away for safe keeping (that infamous "safe place" that turns into a black hole where precious things end up, never to be seen again). The color change aspect won't be accessible until you've purged the resizer scripts. Once they're gone, just click anywhere on the headpiece to change the color.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Men's Release

I don't know what it is about this time of year. I think the applicable term is "Cabin Fever". The feeling of being bored out of your skull and restless at the same time. This is usually the time of year I start tearing apart the house and cleaning absolutely everything. The cleaning process is a rather vocal one with lots of ewwww's, ohmygod's, and 'When was the last time we had (fill in the blank) for supper?'
I digress...yet again. Although anyone that actually reads this blog should be used to my inane ramblings by now.

It's been awhile since I've put out any men's hair...generally because I think I suck at it and it's best left to someone else but there are actually some men in the update group so, on occasion, I must do something right.
This one is Ender and is shown in Black Thunder which is from the Black Meld pack. My brain is in neutral right now because I can't think of anything to say other than the obvious which is it's short and parted off center.This one is simply named "Sam". It's shown in Raven which is in the Black Pack. Both are out in the store so if you're looking for something to do, come try a demo at the store. They're free. :)

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Items used in Promo Shots

I figured I should give credit where credit is due so I've started a list of content creators whose items I've used in my promo shots. I'll flesh out the list as I go. In some cases, as in Death Undertone and Beauty Marks, the stores can be hard to find. Death Undertone's shoe place (Feet to Die For) can be found at DeathDealerz Mall and Beauty Marks can be found on the Southern Comfort island with Cherry Blossom Designs.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Women's New Release

This week has been...uh....interesting to say the least. At this point I'm willing to entertain the idea that that the sleeplessness I experienced last Sunday night actually managed to somehow slip me into an alternate dimension. (holds out her hand for an aspirin) I think the aspirin may stave off the embolism that's developing long enough for me to finish this post. (Yeah, I know...I can hear the world's smallest violin playing just for me.)
The new release is Chelsea. This one is two long flexi ponies and incorporates some sculpties for the bangs around the face and at the top of the ponies. It's available in 17 colors packs (119 colors) and demos are free.

Friday, February 13, 2009

SLURL

It occurred to me that maybe I should post a teleport to the store - there's a link at the top right hand side of the page.

New Hair - Luna

This one has actually been out for a few days - I just haven't had the time to update the blog. I didn't even get to announce it in the groups since SL was being a complete cow and wouldn't let me save a notecard. At that point I gave up.
Luna is shown in Cocoa Mocha and White Sunset. As you can see, the hair is parted slightly off center and has 3 ponies bound with hair strands. Again, the chopsticks are optional and color change.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

In the Works & Shop on Rez Disappears

There's nothing more intimidating than a blank page and a blinking cursor, especially when it's still early and you're still working on your first cup of coffee. You know what you want to say but as soon as you see that blank page your fingers go numb and your brain freezes. At some point you realize you've been staring at the screen for the past several minutes with what I'm sure is a glazed expression.
So I guess the big news is that after February 11th Shop On Rez will cease to be leaving only the website formerly known as SLXchange. Of course, being the subconscious masochist that I am, I just had to list items on Shop On Rez. (I have come to the conclusion that I am the Schleprock of the Universe - if you don't know who Schleprock is, spend some time watching the Flintstones. Somehow I always manage to gravitate to and fall in love with the product that either becomes difficult to find or is discontinued altogether.) After much reading, a few questions, repackaging and much uploading I am finally moved over to XStreet (SLX...whatever) and I didn't have all that much listed on Shop On Rez. This really made me feel sorry for the people who have a few pages worth of items to be moved...if they're not listing in both places.
All the style demos (at least in the main store at the moment) are now free. I'll get around to changing the other locations shortly. The one thing I have been toying with for awhile is 'Exclusives'. I've been playing around with texture creation for the past several months (when time allows) and have come up with some interesting ones. They really don't belong together in a pack and some of the textures wouldn't be appropriate for every hairstyle. There would only be 5 available of each color I chose to release it in. After that, no more would be released for that hairstyle in that color.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

New Style


No ramblings this time. Probably because I'm still working on my first cup of coffee. Besides, it's still early and have yet to be driven batty by the days events...which is one of the main causes of my ramblings on here.
I've called this one Katt. I had started work on this style about a month ago and then stopped. I started out trying to create it one way which I found wasn't working so I stopped, thought about it for awhile and then dove in and tried it again. It took a lot of playing around, especially with the bangs, before I was happy with the results. As you can see, it's a short style that's curly in the back and a smooth look in the front. The colors shown in the picture are Chili (Red Pack2), Black Mandarin (Black Meld Pack), Midnight (Black Pack) and Gin & Tonic (White Pack).

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Something Different

Marco, a friend that has a widely read humor blog in SL, read my last post and got a chuckle out of my comments about marriage. (I was actually happy I was able to give him a laugh for a change.) Marco writes about a wide variety of things... I write about what I know. Marriage. So I thought 'why not'. I'll do a post here and there on my blog about marriage. It is after all my blog. Muwwwaahahaha *cough* So here's the first post....

If you're a young, wide-eyed girl thinking that the wedding is going to be your day as Princess, you're marrying Prince Charming and you'll live happily ever after, I got news for you, honey. Let's start with the wedding, shall we?

Fantasy Clashes with Reality
The Fantasy
You're radiant as you gracefully traverse the distance down the aisle to your waiting Prince Charming. The kindly, smiling minister guides the ceremony to it's inevitable conclusion of the kiss as husband and wife. The sun is shining as you exit the church arm in arm with your beloved while precious, pristine children toss flower petals at your feet while still others attend your cathedral length train. You enter a limousine that whisks you to the reception where you eat, drink and dance the night away in bliss. Around midnight you and your soulmate retire to your honeymoon suite to consummate the marriage with wild abandon.

The Reality
You've spent months planning and organizing and now you just want to get it over with. You walk down the aisle with bags under your eyes because you've been up all night having a panic about last minute things you forgot to do. The minister launches on a tirade about the sins of living together before you're married and almost refuses to marry you. The weather has crapped out and what had started off looking like a beautiful day has now clouded over and is threatening rain. Your over-zealous nephew gets a hold of a bag of confetti, grabs the closed end of the bag and with a swing of the arm that would rival a G-Force of 3, flings the entire bag at you. Still reeling from the clobbering you got from the confetti, you stagger into the back of your uncle's 1975 Ford LTD clawing at the 20 yards of fabric that make up your train to haul it into the car with you. You look like you've grown a third boob from all the confetti in your bra and discreetly try to empty it on the way to the reception.
You arrive at the reception thinking you can now relax and begin to enjoy yourself somewhat. Family and friends have other ideas. You find that not only do your mother and his mother have nothing in common, they don't get along. Various family members take turns in the coat room restraining one of the mothers while you ponder how much electricity is too much for the fence you'll need to erect to keep these two apart. As the bride, you'll get to see more of your new family. Too much. Your brother-in-law decides to present you with body parts only his wife and mother have seen up to this point. You'll now spend the rest of your life trying to replace the mental image of the body part with the picture of his face.
Things begin to wind down and you finally leave the reception. Sex? Yeah right. If you get 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep, a massage, some peace and quiet and a hot bath, you'll think about it. Besides, while you were at the reception you come home to find you've been betrayed by your friends. Condoms are strung in the most creative places and you're not sure what the substance is in the bathroom sink but you're convinced you will have to call a biohazard team with bunny suits to have it removed. The bed has been short sheeted and you keep wondering what that hideous smell is coming from the kitchen but you're too tired to do anything about it. (After some diligent hunting the next day with wads of toilet paper shoved up your nose to combat the stench you find the culprit. You then spend the next several years wondering how a piece of raw octopus managed to get lodged in the cavity of top of your stove between the burners.) For several weeks supper time will be a continual surprise since all the labels were removed off the cans in your pantry. Your husband learns not to question the fact he's being served Alpo for supper.

Friday, January 9, 2009

It's 2009!

Happy New Year to everyone. Now that all the gifts are opened and all the celebrations are done the next thing we have to look forward to is spring. If the last three weeks of horrendous weather is Mother Nature's way of telling me spring is going to be a long time in coming I could end up being nuttier than grandma's Christmas pudding. I mean I could get on a soapbox on here to rant and rave but that's what I have a husband for. (Any woman that's married will know the sympathetic nod and occasional "uh huh" while he's reading the paper or watching TV which means he's on marriage auto-pilot and not paying any attention at all. Incidentally, if you want him to actually look at you once in awhile try punctuating your rant with wild arm gesticulations. I guarantee he will occasionally look up even if it is just to have a peek at the floor show to make sure his survival isn't threatened.) I digress....at least I'm entertaining. I hope.
Okay...I'm kicking 2009 off with the hairstyle I call Rave.
The color shown is Strawberry Kiss. The main photo is the basic hair while the insets at the side are the options that come with it. (Click on the picture to get the larger image.) The second photo at the side is the style with full options - bangs and goggles. There's three goggle options and these attach to the chin. The bangs attach to the mouth. Of course any of these attachment positions can be changed but you will have to maneuver the item into place if you change attachment points.