HUGE New releases post..... and other updates

I've been procrastinating on this post for a while now, but figured I'd better toss it out there before a year goes by :)

First, please remember you have two options for release updates. There is a normal, traditional group listed under Balderdash, and then theres the subscribe-o-matic group, which is right outside the door at the shop. Same updates and all that, but I'm not limiting chatter in the normal group. My regular group is pretty quiet, but every once in a while people talk in there and because I like to get to know people, I dont want to be a crazed moderator. SO! If you dont like a little chatter, just use the S.O.M. option ;)

Jewelery first, and then all the other stuff :)

Jazz Funeral Necklace & Earrings set

My first beaded set! :) It occurred to me, not for the first time, while building this and the next release, that for someone who loves, loves, loves making jewelry, that I certainly despise and hate the tedious placing of actual necklace chains.

I know there are rezzers for creating oh so perfect necklace bits (at least for around the throat), I just cant seem to bring myself to use them. Then I sit and think of how much faster it is for me to bead in RL.... which is part of why I try to make my jewelry imperfect I think. Real chains and beads kink, they dont lay absolutely perfectly, yah?

Nightengale Necklace

This choker piece is a partnership betwixt the previously released Meadowlark and Jazz Funeral. The darker side, if you will, of that cameo I did to go along with Hya's purty dresses. I had done this blue cameo shortly after that release, but really had no idea what to do with it until recently. Here it is, nestled in with a mix of hematite, jet and crystal.

Balderdash now sports a lucky chair. It was a complete impulse idea, which caused me to make this little bauble.

Simple black bakelite bracelet. I forget to make bracelets and rings an awful lot, because I get so aggrivated with the wrist into forearm mesh, or the way my AO messes with my hands, so, because I don't often wear rings etc, I just plain old forget to make them. Bad Saiyge, no biscuit.












And then there was mooooore stuff, including a few secret releases you diddnt get spammed with in the groups. (I know, I know, bad bad bad me.)

Hanging Flower baskets :)

Whats a French Quarter inspired build without some flora hanging around and about eh? This basket is available in three sizes, Small, Medium, and OH MY GOD ITS HUGE.

The large ones are for those of you who, like me, have a gigantic balcony and don't want the baskets to get lost in all the space.









Time, Time, Time Ruins....


A while ago, around the time I made the Persistence set, I had made this beat up sculpture. I think it was back when I was in Caledon still, and I couldnt find the prims to toss it all out there, AND I figured... who would want this thing? Apparantly, a few friends wanted it, so here it is, with a few poses thrown in for good measure.






I'm going to have to either forgo pictures here, or split this into another post.... So for now, here's a quick list of other things you may have missed.

The Cajun fog Gaslamps.... All of which fall under 6 prim.
Streetlamps - Found outside the shop
Wall mounted - Found outside on either side of the doors...
Ceiling pendant - Reflects stars on the ceiling! You can find it inside and just look UP :)

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The Old Swamp Willow - I -love- this thing :) I'm a tree hugger, I know. I grew up being a tom boy and climbing trees, hiding in them for hours. This old man is really just a trunk that bends over the water at the shop. There are five poses in it for lazing away the afternoon with your friends ;)

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Fountains! There are two fountains outside the shop in the courtyard. I was so excited on how they turned out. You can see peeeektures on my flickr stream, or, alternatively, you could come see them at the shop :) I am still in love with these so I figure its a good sign yah? :)

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Secrety, not announced stuff....

My first plants were a bunch of herbs that never saw light of day at the store. I've gone and released one, "Saiyge's Rosemary" You can find it by the Old Willow near the water :)

Sculpted votive holders.... I love my jelly jar candles, but wanted to offer a lower prim version. These turned out more frosted in appearance, mostly because they just cant refract light the same way as the multi-primmed out jars. These are tucked in around the store in various colors.

More in the works! Including that spanish moss some of you keep poking me for :)

New Location, New Build, New Stuff!

Balderdash has reopened and is up in the skies for now. Tons of new releases have gone out this week (big post will be made on that for recap purposes soon.)

Back!

I had a rather long post all written out and in progress when out of nowhere... Blue screen of death.
-sigh-

My computer is very unstable for reasons beyond my understanding. These are new parts, it should NOT be behaving this way at all, but I digress.... for now. Forgive me, I'm making this as cut and dry as I can lest I get shut down somehow while writing it again.

Yesterday was my first day back on the internet. This is a bit of a culture shock for me as it were, I have been living in alot of silence for the last few months. Its going to take me some time to reacclimate to SL, IM's, typing, and sorting through the insane amount of bundled prim in my lost and found folder.

SL was very selective in what it allowed me to receive while I was gone. I have notifications in email that are different than things I actually got in SL and vice versa.... if you havent heard from me and you tried to get a hold of me, please try again.

The store WILL reopen, I just dont quite know when/how/where.

Thats the shorthand ;) For now, please be patient with me. My computer is freezing up, restarting, trying to reformat itself, and in general, is driving me insane. I am baffled.
A solution should hopefully be on the way soon :)

In the meantime, Thank you for hanging out while I was gone, and for your patience both then and now :)

-S

Saiyge Update

**posted by Elizabeth Tinsley on behalf of Saiyge Lotus**

Saiyge had her Internet access cut off at the end of May and then briefly lost her electricity. Though the electricity has been turned back on the cable is still unavailable and does not look to be turned back on in the near future. Furthermore the location that Balderdash was occupying has reinvented itself so as of now the store is offline indefinitely as well.

Saiyge would like to extend her deep appreciate to Milli Santos who allowed her space for Balderdash for many months. It was an incredibly generous offer and one she felt honored to receive. Saiyge also wishes to thank all her loyal customers who continued to patronize Balderdash through out this very difficult spring. Saiyge tried very hard to continue to stay online but in the end the odds against her were just too great.

On an encouraging note, although I don't know when Saiyge will be back, I know she WILL be back so please keep an occasional eye to this blog for further updates. She can receive email but she cannot respond to it so if you could take a moment or two to send her some words of encouragement I am sure it would mean a lot to her.

If you need to reach Saiyge you are welcome to contact me, Elizabeth Tinsley, and I will pass along all messages to her.

And just when you thought it was safe.....

I have new problems with the computer... and frankly, I am exhausted with having computer issues. Seriously :(

The fan on my motherboard chip is dead. I have the good old housefan propped and blowing directly on my board but my temps have been skyrocketing in the last week or so.

This comp has more 'new' parts in it than I can fathom, and still, things happen and things break, and I just dont have the resources to keep replacing things.

IF there is ever a next time, where I am in a position to get a new comp, which is not likely as this computer was built under the pretense that I was not going to be able to afford a new one for several years.... But should there be a next time, I'll just go back to good old prepackaged, prebuilt, extended warranty blah blah blah out of the box models.

This has been a horrible experience. The parts are all highly rated and highly reccomended to be reliable. We did 6 months of homework on every part that went into this machine.

So... right now, I"m paring down on all responsiblities I currently have in SL, my machine, and my life, have become far too unstable for me to make any sort of commitments.
I'm just posting here in case I'm unable to actually get inworld to let people know that yet again, I have issues.

Perhaps this is some wierd kind of divine intervention to get me out of SL ... blah.

When does this sale end anyway???

I've been hit with the plague. I'm thinking it might be the flu... we aren't sure, only that it hit us hard on Saturday and my husband and I are slammed with fever, chills, aches, coughing blah blah blah. On top of this, I pulled a bunch of muscles in my back the other night, so its fun here all around.

I have, as a result, been a little scarce and only coming in here and there to handle things for short periods of time. (See what I mean, by bad luck?)

Anyway, I'm in no condition to come in there and reset prices, so I'm thinking the sale goes on until this coming weekend. (29/30th)

Thank you for your continued support!

More Sale info- All Jewelry knocked down

All Jewelry has now been knocked down in price.
Sale items are at the main store location in Stern only.