http://phoenixchapman.com/blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The uber-talented designer behind Jaywalk, Lyra Muse, is branching out from shoes and teeny tiny prim jewelry to clothes, and let me just say, YAY! I got a bit of a sneak peek before tomorrow's release, and I just had to share pics of what I've seen thus far. The ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/21/jaywalk-does-clothes/ Nora Bodyskins is closing, but before they do, there's a massive sale down there. Cat took me down so we could try on skins, and the Toffee tone in the Samantha series got my attention. I got most of them before I ran outta money, and here is ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/20/quick-dirty-post-1-nora-bodyskins/ So by now, everyone who will read this blog post has surely read the first installment of SL®secret on SCD, right? I thought I'd post my thoughts on it, since, well, I can, and I actually have something to say. First, I am an avid reader of PostSecret, the blog on which ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/17/there-are-no-secrets-in-sl%c2%ae/ Insolence has always been my first stop when I am looking for sexy lingerie. How could it not be? Designer Camilla Yosuke has everything from sweet & virginal bride to Dominatrix Phoe, and everything in between. And everything is hand-drawn, which is just amazing considering the detail ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/13/insolence/ There are some bloggers, like myself, who are not creative geniuses, and thus spend hours looking for stuff to buy and enjoy and sometimes share with others, and then there are bloggers like Milla Michinaga, Shir Dryke and Ana Lutetia who somehow manage to hide their talents until one day, ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/12/bloggers-turned-designers/ Stop crying about yourselves already! Blahbity Blah Blah....so a lot of you got taken by Hart Larsson's PXL skins, which now have a DMCA filed against them by Laqroki's Mallory Cowen...big deal. it's not the first time someone has blogged raving about something that turns out to have been stolen, and it ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/10/enough-already/ After a lot of hype and some waiting and delays, Stiletto Moody released her new shoes and boots, for Generation 2. I'm not sure what exactly makes them Generation 2, but that's not the point. When I heard what the prices were for these, my jaw dropped and ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/08/beautiful-shoes-do-not-have-to-cost-over-l1000/ Luth Brodie of Reel Expression has long been regarded as the queen of poses for models. I use her poses often on this blog and she has so many different sets and different themes that you can pretty much find anything you want to fit any outfit you want. The ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/07/animations-day-7-reel-expression/ When I think of Maitreya, I usually think shoes. I can't help myself; Maitreya makes some really beautiful shoes. But the ultra-talented duo behind Maitreya can do way more than just shoes, and one of the things they excel at are poses and animations. You've long been able ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/05/animations-day-6-maitreya/ Surrealia Anatine, the gifted creator behind ANA_Mations, has been my friend a very long time, probably the oldest friend I have in SL. We've had our ups and downs, but we're always there for each other in good times and in bad. With that slightly cliched but very true statement ... http://phoenixchapman.com/blog/2008/08/04/animations-day-5-ana_mations/