Free in December

It's the most wonderful time of the year... for gifts in Second Life of course!

Once again, you'll find a series of Advent Calendar gifts at Alice Project. Each day, you'll find a different gift under the tree (there are two gifts, one for group members, and one that anybody can take).  The styles are beautiful, and have a seasonal touch with red and green streaks through the hair.

I picked up a couple of great gifts while on the Peace on Earth hunt. My outfit (gown, hair accessory and armbands) is from Bubblez Style, and skin is from WoW Skins. All the prizes on this hunt are 0L.

Some designers have also put out gifts at Totally Top Shelf - most of these are near the landing point. That's where the wings I'm wearing from, courtesy of Chimeric Fashions.

Other gift locations include the current rounds of We Love Role-Play and The Arcade (I might wear some of these in a future post).

Broke? No problem... here's some free stuff!

Skin:  Glam Affair - Penny - Asia - Autumn Girl (The Seasons Story gift)
Hair: Moon{Hair} - Elastic Heart (group gift, free to join)
Eyes: Poetic Colors - Opal Eyes - Grape Leaves (gift for subscribers of over one month)
Shape: Self-made
Gown: Teriotrope -  Tridea Dress Demo (wearable demo) 
Circlet: Junbug- Crown of the Tuatha-De (The Seasons Story gift) 
Bangles: pr!tty - TSS - Bangles  (The Seasons Story gift)
Pose: Kirin Poses - Momo Pose Pack (The Seasons Story gift)

Hands: Slink - Avatar Enhancement (not free!)

Free stuff!

It's been ages since I did a free post so I thought I would do a quick one for anyone who's feeling the pinch.

The outfit, including jewelry, is from Soedara who have a 'wall of freebies' in the store. (There's also a lucky chair at the main landing point.) Most of the items you will have to pay 1L for, which is then refunded.

FabFree has updated, with lots of new gifts, and seems to be following a rotation system now. There are skins there from Lumae (formerly Aeva/Heartsick) and Seven Deadly S(k)ins, and also eyes from Mayfly, which I'm wearing in the photos.

I'm wearing the latest group gift from Lara Hurley skins - Gervaise in natural, which also includes appliers for Slink hands and feet, PhatAzz, and Lola's Tangos. That's a rare treat, and very generous!

Hair is a group gift from Tameless. It looks like it's a mesh style with embedded flexi pieces, but I'm not sure. You get natural and fantasy colours in the pack, which you can change with the included hud.

Both groups mentioned are free to join.

Free skins!

The 7 Deadly s{K}ins  VIP group is free to join at the moment (usually 99L), and there's a whole year's worth of group gifts out!

Head to the mainstore,  and grab a landmark to the VIP room where you will find some gifts on the walls and some under the tree.

This offer probably won't last very long so take advantage while you can.

Free stuff, group gifts, and a dollarbie

I've been spending a lot of lindens lately (Arcade, Jewelry Expo, C88 etc etc...) so before I splashed out again, I thought I do some economising! Today's post features two looks which altogether cost a total of 1L.  A lot of the items are gifts from free-to-join groups, one is a dollarbie, and some are advent prizes.

The first look (very Merida!) features a dollarbie gown from Creative Chaos. The second look (after the jump) is a slave girl group gift from Delicious, there are a lot more ways to wear it, and the group is free to join, as always.

Hair for both, and the earrings from the second look, are prizes from the Emo-Tions group advent board. (It's just been switched form a current-day-only board to one which will give you all past gifts also. It can be a little laggy though, so you will probably need to wait a little while for delivery. (I'd suggest not slapping all the boards at once - maybe wait a bit in-between. And only slap each once or it will lag the system even more!)

Another cool thing about it - the gifts are either unisex or include female and male gifts.

Skins are group gifts from Al Vulo or YS&YS, and the poses are from the Advent gifts at Picture This. Again, you can also get the older gifts, and not just the current day's, and you don't even need to be a group member.

Free skin at Rozena - last day

Oops, just got round to reading my notecards - today (17th November) is the last day you can pick up this free gift skin from Rozena. As far as I know, you don't need to be a group member. Just buy the skin for 0L!

Slurl to Rozena

Mother of Pterodactyls

Dragons? So last season.

The shoulder pet to have now is a baby pterodactyl, as all the fantastical fashionistas know.

The Mieville Midway fair and gacha festival, featuring steampunk, goth, and alternative designers opens at noon SLT on Tuesday October 15th, and the cute Pteri shoulder pet from Unrepentant is just one of the gacha prizes you can play for.

Free alt gets a new Fall look

Free alt has a whole new look for Fall, courtesy of some generous designers.

The sleek hair is a brand new group gift from EMO-tions and the pretty skin is the current offering for Al Vulo fans.

The outfit, comprising a mesh skirt and floral accessories,  is from Velvet Whip.

Free alt finds treasure in the Elvenbreath attic

Free alt has been out and about again, shopping with 0L, hunting and rummaging through box rooms all over the grid.

The outfit ("Robani") is just one of several tucked away in the attic at Elvenbreath, in boxes labelled gifts for newbies. The good news is anyone can take them though, no avatar creation date seems to apply.

Free alt gets a makeover

Free alt has a whole new look this week, courtesy of Analog Dog, Filthy, Mayfly and The.Plastik.

Analog Dog at Hair Fair have a whole fat pack of colours of the Mono hair waiting for you. Just click each of the colour packs that you like to get the hair for 0L!

(NB watch out for the scam group invites at Hair Fair. Do not accidentally accept anything, read everything carefully! More info here.)

Someone of your own

After I put together this latest look, starring Junbug's new Stellata mesh gown, I figured it reminded me of Cersei Lannister... can only be the red dress and green eyes, I suppose!

Stellata is a lush new mesh creation which comes in a few variations. The red gown featured is Stellata in silk, a posher version of the Stellata peasant gown. The chief difference I can see is in the texturing - silk features a shinier texture for the main part, and the contrast panel at the bottom is a floral print.

The black gown, pictured at the end, is the Stellata maternity style, ideal for any free-companioned Gorean ladies who might be raising a family! It includes three sizes of bump for the different stages of your pregnancy.

Free gift skin at Rozena

There is a summer gift skin out at Rozena, and I believe it's only out until Friday (19 July). So if you want it, get down there nowwwwwww!

Thank you, Lindsay!

Slurl to Rozena

My free alt goes shopping

I know I haven't posted much free stuff lately (though you can always check my frees page if you're feeling strapped for cash) so I thought I'd send my alt on my mission and prep a very quick post.

She currently has 6L to her name (she had 8L, but I let her buy two recent dollarbie skins at Mother Goose) but came home with a sackful of stuff, so I should be able to put together another couple of posts.

The main part of this outfit is a group gift from Delicious - it's copy and mod, so you can tint it to any colour you like.

Tunic & Belt: Delicious - Lei tintable tunic (group gift, includes necklace not shown)
Necklace & earrings: **RE** LUX Celeste - (free on marketplace)
Skin: {TaRget} Eva Skin - Tan  [Makeup 3] -C-  ('subscribo' gift, limited time)
Hair: (red)Mint Hair(Msh) No.10 ~ gG 03'13 (group gift)
Eyes: IKON Ascension Eyes - Sahara (group gift, available till 7 July)
Pose: Flash Friendly Poses - Seraphim Turns Two 2 (join Seraphim group, gifts available till 19 July)
Shape: Old group gift from Filthy. No longer available. Why not make your own!

Fantasy Faire 2013 is open! (with free gifts to combat lag)

Fantasy Faire is now open! Get down there and get shopping in aid of Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.

Don't forget to be considerate towards others and do yourself a favour in terms of limiting lag. Ditch any huds or scripted items, and deprim as much as possible.

To help you do just that, The,Plastik have put out two fabulous gifts for Fairegoers, with options for male and female. At any of the landing points, you'll find these outfits, consisting of a low-lag skin (all naughty bits covered, no need for additional clothing layers and textures) and a matching mesh hair.

Emo-Tions at Fashion for Life

Tomorrow is the last day of Fashion for Life, so if you haven't had a chance to explore yet, better hurry!  So far, I've only managed to check out stores on a couple of the nine sims, and the gacha. The builds are amazing though, so if I managed to get all my shopping done, I'll also be trying to take some photos!

If you're a fan of Emo-Tions, make a special effort to get down before FFL closes, as everything they're featuring at the event has been reduced to 99L. This includes their donation items, such as the Semiramis hair in the photos.

More gifts from The Plastik (and ellabella too!)

As if the pre-Christmas gift givers weren't enough bounty, a couple of gift packages were sent out recently to Plastik group members. Ellabella sent out a non-scripted version of a new release, while the Plastik box was full of goodies...

The.Plastik - Ataciara skin in Retro Chic plus makeup layer; Vae Collection eyes in Beauty;
Daunting Fate corset in Beauty; Annamalie armwarmers; Azrael pants

Vanafindiel, the white-haired girl

This ethereal gown ('Vanafindiel *white as snow*') from K a s h i e is available free as part of Atooly's Hunting for Winter hunt. It's very cute so I thought I'd style it up to show you. Most of the other items in the pic are free or on sale, so even if Lindens are tight, you might find something worth investigating!

Details after the jump.

Christmas gifts at The Plastik

If you haven't been down to The Plastik lately, you might want to check out their Christmas gift giver which is doling out presents to group members every hour (there's a gift giver for non-groupies too, if you haven't any group spaces left).

Lots of clothes and cute mouthies to be given out, plus the occasional holiday-themed skin.

Fable Skin in HollyJolly; Bordello dress in Company Party

Free camisks from Sirens at Port Haifa

Omgah, more freebies!  This time, it's a couple of camisks from Sirens, Draelle Chandler's line, previously known as Silks of the Siren.

Sirens are featured merchant at Port Haifa, and they've put out these camisks as gifts. I've no idea how much longer they'll be out for - they're merchant of the week, but I don't know when the week started. Better not take a chance if you want them...

Oh, even though they're camisks, I couldn't resist dressing up as a fae. (Skin and wings are free too.)

Sirens - Tempered camisk set in violet (mesh)

Creative Angel Hunt: Some prizes

When I saw the poster for CAH4 up at Shack, I knew I'd have to check this hunt out.. and it's got lots for roleplayers along its trail.

As well as the aformentioned Shack, Silks Girl favourites Floor Candy and Slave Dressing Room are on the list.

It's a hud-controlled hunt, so the very first thing you'll need to do is stop off at the hunt HQ to grab your CAH hud (otherwise you won't be able to take any of prizes you do find!). It includes all the hunt locations and hints - I haven't found a hints webpage. The hud is free, as are the prizes. Yay!

CAH #07 Ziva's Underground Footwear
CAH #17 Destiny's Designs
CAH #35 Suki's Silken Fashions