SPIRIT Now the Official Costumer for SL Ballet!

That's right, you read that correctly, lol. SPIRIT has recently been honored to become the official costumer for SL's one and only SL Ballet! This company produces amazing ballets that are held twice a week. Admittance to a SL Ballet production is free, and all donations to the company go to charity. These ladies and gentlemen work hard on a completely volunteer basis. Perhaps most impressive of all is that they aren't simply playing one animation for the entire performance...just like real dancers, the members of this ballet corpe have to time their dance steps to the music and each other, as well as go through several costume changes in just one performance!

SL Ballet proves that the emotional journey produced by real ballets can also be produced in Second Life, and SPIRIT is extremely honored to have the opportunity to help costume these talented individuals for their performances. Don't miss the upcoming holiday ballet for a look at some of SPIRIT's latest creations in beautiful, graceful action!

Spirit City Grand Opening Pushed Back

I'm sorry, everyone, but the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. and the hectic rush of rl events that will be coming with it for me and my family forces me to have to push back the grand opening of Spirit City and SPIRIT's new store. Instead of opening this coming Friday, Spirit City will open in 3 weeks. This gives me time to get all the releases ready that I have planned, as well as the freebies and fun gala events.

The good news is that you can add a LOT more new items to the list that will be released at the grand opening! I'm also working behind-the-scenes to bring you some exciting events to help make the grand opening even more fun for everyone. Stay tuned for more info soon!

The New SPIRIT Main Store...Opening This Friday!!!

The new SPIRIT main store will be opening along with all of Spirit City on this coming Friday, November 16th, early in the wee hours of the morning (because that's when I do my best SL work! lol). To celebrate the grand opening, I will be giving away a few new freebies, as well as releasing a new cheer clothing line, a ballroom dress in two colors, and possibly a new ballet costume or two!

Stay tuned here for the landmark to the new main store and pics of the new releases coming SOON!

New Review!

Work continues at Spirit City, and the new location for the SPIRIT store will open in two weeks. Also, Spirit City now has a blog of its own where you can find all the latest news about the opening day date, time, events, vendors, and more!

In the meantime, here's a link to a review at Fashion Notes of the Bring It On cheer uniform collection! Thank you Tanya for the review!!

SPIRIT Has Moved!

SPIRIT is expanding in a HUGE way, and has moved to Spirit City, a soon-to-open small city full of nothing but cheer, dance, and ballroom dance vendors, events, sights to see, and more. Check back soon for updates...SPIRIT shouldn't be closed for long, and when it reopens at Spirit City, I think you'll find that the new location will more than make up for the wait. ;D

New Review at Fashion Victim!

In honor of the upcoming Halloween occasion, I created a torn, dirty, and blood stained version of the Heroes Cheerleader Claire uniform, called (what else?) the Battle Bloodied Cheerleader Claire Uniform. It's available without poms or shoes at the SPIRIT shop. :D

And Furiae Blackthorne reviewed it at Fashion Victim! Check out her review here (scroll to the bottom to see her picture wearing it and its review following the pic).

Thank you for the review, Furiae!

New Release: SPIRIT U Animations!

A new line has come to SPIRIT...SPIRIT U Animations! And I've started it off with a bang.

In the cheer room (which is becoming quite crowded, so look for a second floor or something here soon!), you'll find 28 poses and animations, all created with the utmost attention to authentic detail. Want to look like a real cheerleader? Here's how!

15 Basic Standing Poses let you perform cheers and chants any way you want. Sold individually or as a set with a convenient HUD (more about that shortly), each pose holds until you tell it to stop, so they're also perfect for photo shoots. Modify and copy enabled so you can put them into poseballs.

8 Stunting Poses add to your cheer move repertoire. Sold individually or as a set with a HUD, you won't need a stunting group or partner to hit these poses! Each pose holds until you end it, so they're also good for photo shoots. They're modify and copy enabled so you can put them into poseballs too.

Also available (but not pictured in this post) are three sitting poses (including one splits pose), a standing pom shaking animation, and a toe touch jump. These are all sold individually, but look for them to eventually become parts of new sets with their own custom HUDs.

And now for the details on the SPIRIT U Animations HUDs!

See that small gold and black rectangle in the upper right corner of the above screen shot? That's one of the SPIRIT U Animations HUDs!

I wanted a really fast and convenient way for you to be able to hit your cheer poses and animations for performances and photo shoots. And I think the new SPIRIT U Animations HUDs do the trick! They're small so they don't take up much room on your screen (for anyone unfamiliar with HUDs, they attach to your screen so only you can see them and you don't need build rights to wear them while travelling around SL). Unlike most HUDs with those pop up blue dialog menus that require you to know the name of the pose you want to use, SPIRIT U Animations HUDs use pictures on the buttons. Simply click on the picture of the pose or animation you want to use, and it'll animate you! It also doesn't ask for permission to animate you each time, so no additional delays there. Each pose or animation continues until you click on the SPIRIT U logo to make it stop. And these HUD's are NOT animation overriders...they only animate you when you tell them to. Otherwise, the script isn't running, so there's less lag than using an AO!

Best of all, every SPIRIT U Animations HUD is FREE with the purchase of a complete SPIRIT U Animations set! You'll get a new version with each set, customized to fit that set's poses and animations.

And I have even MORE news coming up in a new post, so stay tuned!