SPIRIT Nominated for a Savvy Award!!!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! SPIRIT's Satine I hairstyle has been nominated for the Savvy Best Rising Star Award!!!!

Okay, all you SPIRIT fans, please please please show your support and pick up a voting ballot in-world before the voting deadine of September 14th, and vote for SPIRIT! Here's the locations where you can pick up a voting ballot in-world starting on August 31st...

LaynieWear - House of Zen

LaynieWear - Luna Eclipse Mall

LaynieWear - One World

LaynieWear - Pamran

SYD: Style Your Destiny - Pamran

SYD: Style Your Destiny/LaynieWear - Kidd

Be sure to check the Savoir Hair blog for full details about placing your votes for each category. You can also see front and back views of each nominated hairstyle in each category. Don't forget, the deadline for voting is September 14th!

New Reviews!

SPIRIT's in the media! Did you see already? If not, take those cute little tushes on over to Fashion Notes to read the first review about our Diva Dogs by Tanya Book!!!!!

Also, I searched the blog, just KNOWING I did a post on this, but couldn't find it anywhere, so I'm posting about it again. Style Disorder's Willow Caldera wrote about the SPIRIT Watches! Check out her awesome comments about these working mechanical watches here!

Thank you for the reviews and kind comments, Tanya and Willow!

New Release: Cheer & Dance Practice Outfit Sets and Spirited II Hairstyle

That's right, TWO releases this week! And for the second release...practice mix 'n match sets with matching hairstyle!

I wanted to give everyone a ton of options for customizing your own dance and cheer practice looks. So I created these sets with a lot of modifiable options, plus a new hairstyle that looks glamorous while perfect for any practice session under the hot summer sun.

First up, the dance practice outfit set: This set features a hand painted Dance Star t-shirt with optional prim tie at the back, a tintable pair of bike shorts with hand painted wrinkles (can be copied and tinted ANY color you choose!), and two pairs of modifiable pants/capris/shorts that can be made to be as baggy, tight, short, or long as you choose!

Next up, the cheer practice outfit set features a tintable sports bra with racer style back with hand painted wrinkles, shadowing, and seam lines (can be copied and tinted to any color you like), a tintable pair of bike shirts with hand painted wrinkles, and a pair of cheer shorts/capris/pants, with flipped down elastic waistband and CHEER!! lettering (on a separate layer) in two color options of white or black. Color your shorts/capris/pants any color you wish on the underpants layer, then leave as-is or add the flipped down waistband and lettering across the butt in white or black.

And finally, to finish off that "gorgeous while practicing" look, we have a new hairstyle, the Spirited II. This has to be my new favorite hairdo, as I LOVE to wear a baseball cap and pull my hair through in a ponytail in rl. This non-flexi style features a textured black and gray baseball cap to coordinate with any outfit, and a long, thick ponytail with flipped up ends. Available in the usual 16 colors, sold in packs of 4. Demo available in-store for a $1.

New Release: Diva Dog Collection, Chihuahua Cutie & Poodle Princess

Stripper...dogs? Yep, that's right! All Diva Dogs now have a new feature...the ability to strip on command!

Okay, minds out of the gutter, lol. When you click on your Diva Dog's command menu, you'll notice the new command "Clothes". Click on this and you can choose to make your Diva Dog's outfit invisible or visible whenever you choose. Now your Diva Dog can "blend in with fellow canines", or stand out as a fashion trend setter!

And now on to the new Diva Dog release!

This week, we introduce two new breeds to the collection with the Chihuahua Cutie and Poodle Princess. The Poodle Princess is a soft white poodle that stands a bit taller than the Scottie Girl, but still features all the great features of the Diva Dog, including the ability to change her collar to any one of 9 gemstone colors whenever you choose, say hello, bark and growl out a warning, chew her squeeky toy, and more. No flexi tail on the Poodle Princess, as her tail has been groomed to a soft ball of fluff perfect for flossing her stuff on the SL streets or winning the next dog show! Currently available in your choice of the Emerald or Sleeping Beauty Ballerina costumes, the BIO I or Claire Cheerleader uniforms, or the SPIRIT uniform.

And now for the tiniest addition to the collection...the Chihuahua Cutie! This tiny Diva Dog might be small, but every tiny prim of her is full of cuteness! Check her out in any of the above 5 outfit choices!

New Release: Diva Dog Collection, Scottie Girl!

Ready for this week's release? It's quite a bit different from anything I've created before, but OH what fun I had making things for this new collection!

Introducing the Diva Dogs Collection...fashionable, interactive dogs you'll never lose!

Diva Dogs are dressed in SPIRIT cheer uniforms and dance costumes (so they can match you!), complete with tops, skirts or tutus, shoes, and a megaphone or ballet slipper chew toy. Their flexi tails "wag" in the slightest wind, giving them a nearly constant look of animation, and because they are worn as attachments (they come with two different attachments to help avoid attachment point conflicts for you), you don't need any build rights to bring them with you wherever you go, they automatically teleport with you, they'll never run away, and they'll never get lost! Plus, they're copy-enabled, so even if a glitch in SL DOES make your attached Diva Dog disappear, you can always reattach from your inventory...AND you can also create copies to stay on your land to pose with the FREE Basic Dog House that comes with every Diva Dog (the Basic Dog House features a scripted door that opens and closes when clicked, plus a comfy pillow bed and a non-animated food and water dish set)!

Plus, Diva Dogs aren't just cute and fashionable...they're interactive! Each Diva Dog comes with an owner-only menu of commands that include...

** "Change Collar" to one of 9 gemstone colors (Diamond, Topaz, Citrine, Emerald, Peridot, Ruby, Opal, Sapphire, and Amethyst)

** "Say Hello"...barks polite greeting to nearby people on the public chat channel

** "Give Treat" and "Pat Head" both create a shower of diamond and gold pave hearts to show your Diva Dog's love for you

** "Chew Toy" creates a squeek sound from your Diva Dog's permanently attached chew toy

** "Protect"...your Diva Dog will bark and growl at anyone nearby, a GREAT way to warn away scary strangers who get too close in the sandbox! :)

At only $400L for two attachment versions and a free Basic Dog House (all copy-enabled), that's quite a bargain!

The first Diva Dog release features the Scottie Girl, based upon my rl black Scottie dog, in your choice of one of five SPIRIT outfits...

--Cheerleader Claire Uniform

--Sleeping Beauty Ballerina

--Bring It On Cheerleader Uniform

--Emerald Ballerina

--Spirit Uniform

Also available in this first Diva Dog Collection release is the Deluxe Dog House, a larger version of the free Basic Dog House, but this one features a silk draped canopy bed for your Diva Dog, a tiny pewter and glass chandelier overhead, a rug featuring the official Diva Dog logo, and animated food and water bowls that actually refill and slowly empty individually when clicked!

Check out the Diva Dog Collection display at the SPIRIT main store, where you can try out a giant display version of the Deluxe Dog House's animated food and water bowl set, plus see demos of the diamond and gold pave heart shower that every Diva Dog emits (click on either of the display Diva Dogs to see this demo).

And look for MORE Diva Dog breeds, species, and even possibly some new outfits and male counterparts for this fun new collection...coming soon!

The NEW SPIRIT Main Store and New Release!

It's finally ready! After much wrestling with SL issues, custom scripts for the new menu-based vendors, a ton of setup for the new release, and more, the new, official SPIRIT main store is ready and open for business!


Don't forget to update your landmarks, click here to visit it in-world!

Here are pics of the new location, with this week's HUGE release of poms and working mechanical ballet and cheer watches to follow...

Now each area of the store is more easy to find with the use of signs...New Cheer Items, New Dance Items, Dancers' Dressing Room (upstairs) and Cheerleaders' Locker Room (downstairs).

Which brings us to this week's mega release! In center front of the above picture, you'll see the jewelry case with the new menu-based vendors and two giant working examples of...the new SPIRIT Watches! In this release, we have 104 watches (that number isn't a typo, lol), with...

** Cheerleader Claire in Blonde, Brunette, or Redhead featuring Cheerleader Claire with the Claire Hairstyle in your choice of one of three hair colors, and red poms in her hands that mark the time! Available in No Mod/Copy/No Transfer or No Mod/No Copy/Transfer for gift giving. The watchband is made up of a single row of pave prims shaped like mini megaphones (available in one of 9 gemstones).

** Sleeping Beauty Ballerina with Rose, Green, or Rainbow background featuring a ballerina wearing the SPIRIT Sleeping Beauty Ballet Costume and Ballet Pointe Shoes in Sugarplum Pink, which mark the time. Available in Copy or Transfer versions. The watchband features a double row of tiny gold prims shaped like ballet shoes, and ties into the watch with pave prims shaped like bows (available in one of 9 gemstones).



The 9 gemstones available to choose from are...Diamond, Emerald, Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Opal, Yellow Citrine, and Peridot.




And to compliment every SPIRIT cheerleader uniform, we now have our first set of SPIRIT Poms! These non-flexi, metallic poms come in two sizes (large or small) and in 15 different colors (Black, Silver, Gold, Bright Red, Dark Red, Dark Blue, Blue, Teal, Sky Blue, Hot Pink, Pale Pink, Dark Green, Bright Green, Purple, and Orange. Sold in pairs, no mod/copy/no transfer.

Pictures from the Runway

Got pictures from the Ambergris Fashion Show runway to share with ya...finally. :) Been so busy trying to get the new main store up and going and this week's release out that I've fallen behind on my blogging! Sorry about that, updates to follow now.

The show began with the SPIRIT Ballet Class Outfit in Lavendar, matching Ballet Pointe Shoes in Lavendar, and the Graceful II Hairstyle with color scripted ribbon set to (what else?) Lavendar. :)
Next came the Moulin Rouge Collection: Sparkling Diamond I outfit.

Then came the Emerald Ballet Costume. The model, Smokie Signals, has some of the best ballet animations! They were so graceful and a pure delight to watch her perform.

Then came the Cheerleader Claire Uniform with the Spirit Sneakers with color scripted sculptie letter S inserts set to match in red and gold, and the brand new SPIRIT Poms in dark red and gold.

And later in the show, Smokie Signals also chose to wear the SPIRIT Ballet Pointe Shoes in Black Swan to compliment Ambergris' fabulous Black Swan dress! The texture work on this dress was simply amazing, and the flow of the skirt looked fabulous with the ballet dances Smokie performed on the runway.

Thank you to Ambergris and all the lovely models who made my first fashion show such a wonderful event to be a part of!