Der's gonna be a hunt for Mommies and Daughters starting September 1. It starts here and goes all ober da pwace. Mommy telled me der was a preview party and telled me to go gets the gifties for da girls and to show dem to yews, so here dey is:

Mommy CATCH! Dis is fwom Adorkable Poses. Dere's anudder one dat Mommy posted in her entry.

I can haz Kimono! Dis is fwom Chaos Sun

Dis is aktualy from 4 gifts. Da jeans is fwom Another World, Da Shirt is fwom Alexohol (yes, I AM da pwincess!), da eyes is fwom Clover and da cute kitty is fwom Puppy Dog Tails.

Outfit and shewz fwom Evaki

Ballerina dwesses and pwetty necklace fwom Kissed by Lithium. Now I haz a pwoper dwess do to ballets wiv.

Dis is one of Mommy's hunt gifts fwom her shop ~LilyPads~. Mommy won't blog her stuffs cuz she sayz it's not ethikal. But no one told me I couldn't do it *giggles* Der is a matching outfit for da mommies too.

Vewy pwetty dwess fwom Little Ones Couture. Has da shews too, plus hair bows.

Dis is fwom Evie's Closet. Mommy was a little disappointed dat dere isn't a mommy pwesent. I bet she can make it fit her 

I LUFF dis buggy bean bag fwom Purely Kids! It's gots 3 different poses on it and is just SOOO cute!

I luff to read, now I can read to a teddy bear! Dis is fwom Slumber Kidz

My vewy own vanity set. I forgetted to touch for a hair bwush, but yew can sits and bwush yew hairs and look in da mirror. Da outfit I is wearing is Mommy's second gift fwom ~LilyPads~ (boff her shops is in da hunt). Dis one has a Mommy version too.

I can't WAIT to do this hunt ... lots of prezzies for ME!!!!

The Mother/Daughter Hunt was created to celebrate the special bond between mothers and daughters. The hunt has been set up so that every other stop features a gift for a mom then a gift for the daughter. Bloggers were invited to a special preview party last night. I'm previewing the mother gifts (see Jendra's entry coming up soon for the daughter gifts), and some that are for both mother AND daughter as well. I must say these gifts are incredible, and if the rest of the gifts (not all vendors had gifts out when I was there) are as fantastic this hunt will be well worth the time and effort. Now for a sneak peak:

The pose is one of two from Adorkable (Jendra will show the second). The outfits are mother/daughter matching from Another World

Kimono from Chaos Sun

Outfit from KK's Designs

Kissed by Lithium ... matching Mother/Daughter set (Jendra has a shot that better shows the daughter dress) ... when we were taking this picture, The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy popped into my head. The picture does no justice to the texturing on this set.

Mum in Plaid from Magia. Love the scarf, it was hard to get a good pose to show off the top (plain black) AND the scarf.

From Rogue Designs - Red Sparkly Gown

Veronica high waisted pants and tank from Swank

Chardonay gown from Papillon

Shiny Glam top and pants from [vitage]

Adorable Mother/Daughter kitty set from Zanzibar. Jendra especially liked the swishy tail

One you won't see on the other blogs! Call it a Jenneh exclusive preview lol ... Audra and Ikonn of Shapely Designs weren't ready before the party but sent me the finished product last night. These sneakers are script resizeable and will fit both mom and daughter.

 The hunt starts September first from this location. I myself cannot wait to get on it!

Photo-Op on SLDiscovery.com is a semi-regular feature that puts the spotlight on a Second Life spot that makes for a cool place at which to take photos inworld. Not an entire sim, not even a complete parcel, but just a single specific location - a spot.
Flickr members: join the SL Discovery Photo-Op group and add your pictures taken at Photo-Op spots to the group pool.

Today's Photo-Op spot is Lamppost & Fence in the HarajukuTakeshita sim. There are several sculpties in this area so when you arrive, give things plenty of time to rez. The lamppost here is quite photogenic, and the fence provides visual interest for the background. The challenge is to find an angle that includes most of the lamppost and yourself in a pleasing manner; it may not come quickly, so make sure you have time to play.

I found it more aesthetically pleasing in this spot to turn off my view of water (Advanced > Rendering > Types > uncheck Water) which removed the water-line otherwise seen through the fence. If you give this a try, remember to turn water back on again when your photoshoot is finished, or else the world looks rather odd!

Take lots of pictures from many angles, try out several poses, and play with your Windlight settings. When you get the shot you really like, you might want to play with it further in your favorite paint/graphics program. That's how I happily arrived at my "Harajuku Lamplighter" image:

From Japan to Korea

One Photo-Op Spot at a time should be enough, but as fate would have it... when I was teleporting after the Lamppost & Fence photo-shoot, SL hung up longer than usual, then landed me at the Korea1 telehub instead of my destination. I stepped aside from the growing crowd (apparently it was the hot spot for mid-teleport peeps to be redirected to at that time) and spied something very cool in the next sim over: the suspension bridge of Korea4.

I came, I snapped, I declared it a really neat Spot! There are numerous angles possible and large expanses of curbing and cables to catch a variety of lighting. Lots of opportunity here for playing with abstract lines, plus there are overhanging streetlamps and an entire city within view. Don't miss it!

I always knew I'd need my harajuku outfit some day, and it was a perfect fit with these two Spots!

Style Card--
shape: Heaven's Skin&Shape (Shirou B), lucky board
skin: Heaven's Skin&Shape (Shirou B1 FL), lucky board
eyes: Sterling Artistry (SpringtimeEyes, Jumpup), L$50
hair: Acedia (EmoHair Men), L$580
pants: SF Design ('Dante' hose), (from the full Dante package, L$300)
jacket: IBizarre (Black Bomber Leatherjacket), L$0 August gift bag
scarf: Bitter Beauty (Purple Stripes Scarf), L$30
boots: Kitten'z Korner (Neko boots), lucky board?, don't seem to be available anymore
tail: Psychotic Neko (Black Fluffy Tail), SLD hunt gift
jewelry, feather, armbands: my own
Poses: Dare, Ana-Nations