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New Releases, Fallen Gods Decennial Market & Hunt, Store renovating!

At 1pm SLT - Celebrate the Fallen Gods Dicennial with us! The Timeless Hunt and Market will open today!

For the Timeless Hunt - Leafpainter Particle set, Four Seasonal Particle Auras featuring drifts of leaves, maple seed pods and mist.




You can preview the shrubberies inworld here, (In front of the building, on the left wall) they will be available on the Marketplace and in store after the anniversary event ends.



New Releases in Store and on Marketplace this week:

Coral shelf pieces that are easy to layer into your reefs, available in eight colors!

Mad Maudlin shrubs to add texture, color and interest to your landscape!

Is your landscaping missing... SOMETHING? I bet you that it is missing clutter! Two pieces of random fallen sticks and branches in a handy groundcover help break up all that ground texture and lend a more organic feel to your groves and forests.

Sea Fans! Available in eight colors, each set comes with two pieces, allowing you to cluster them up or add a shot of interest to your underwater reefs!


The store will be undergoing some renovations to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for and get back to your busy day! For the time being, pardon the mess. These cluster releases have quickly caused chaos at the inworld store, and its time to change the layout!

What? -    Bombadillys Forest kit!
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    Bombadillys Forest is a set of four different tree clusters.

I don't know about you, but the woods around here have plenty of new growth, lots of tall skinny saplings, often making the woods nearly impossible to walk through in places.  These bits are to help give you some variety in your forests. They will resize larger or smaller using standard building tools, and when you drag copies and rotate them, will help flesh out those forests quite a bit while keeping your prim counts low, and adding lots of variation.

Not just for forests though! You can use them to line pathways and roads, break up long walls of rock, create "wind breaks" in fields or create privacy walls without offending the neighbors! (Unless you have really jerky, nature hating neighbors.)

Where?
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At the main store silly!
On the Marketplace
Birchy
Brown
Mossy
Fatpack

Cemetery Starter Kit - This month @ Swank!

Tomorrow, Swank will open up for October!

For this month, the new Cemetery Start Kit will only be available here at the Swank event.

The set includes 11 pieces:

• 1 Obelisk (that tall pointy thing)
• 2 Monuments (1 has withered greenery, 1 has... green... greenery)
• 1 DIY stone - Thats the pointed one on the left. 
• 1 DIY stone texture (full perm)  - Have your own epitaph ideas?  Slap it on this texture and on the front face of the DIY stone!
• 6 various headstones in different states of weathered legibility
• 1 cross

This kit is great for small cemeteries or for fleshing out your large cemeteries with variety. Mod/copy parts can be tinted or mangled to your hearts desire!

Cobwebs and Fallen Leaf sets!

Cobweb Kit! - 17 pieces of copyable, modifiable creepiness to drape in hallways, tunnels, on walls, and on unsuspecting afk friends! 

Available in store and on the Marketplace!

Currently on display in the store courtyard!

Fallen Leaves Sets!

All colors available on Marketplace and In store EXCEPT for Rust which will be available at SWANK after September 6th until the end of the month!

New Releases!

New this month at the Swank Event!

Last months Swank releases are now in store!

Seaside planters are available in Grey, Blush, Blue and Mint!

Also available in the store again are the Creddylad and Llyr fountains!

New Releases @ Fantasy Faire!

WHAT:
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I built Fairelands Junction @ Fantasy Faire,  (Junction entry point)
And there are new things in my shop there!   (Preview releases @ Flickr)

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WHERE:  Balderdash Store on Junction
More about Fantasy Faire


And personal babble under the jump!~

Spread some joy giveaway!

Balderdash - Spread Some Joy Giveaway!



Happy Holidays to my Ne'erdowells!




    Tis the season to spread some joy and warm fuzzies - the powers that be know that we sure could use some this year!
   
   
   
 Deadline - Midnight SLT 12/23/2014

Read me carefully!  We are spreading JOY and HAPPY here, Damn it!


  Two separate ways to enter!
 
 
 
  First Prize -   Gimme! pack -OR- single tree -or- thing of your choice for you AND a friend!
  How:             Send me a notecard telling me the name of a friend in SL you would like to nominate for this prize and why.
 
Second Prize - Gimme! pack OR Single tree or thing of your choice for YOU!
  How:                 Send me one or more of the following in a notecard:
 
                  - An SL Photo of your favorite spot in Oubliette this winter.
                  - Your favorite memory (RL or SL)
                  - Your favorite holiday tradition
                  - A secret, wish, hope or dream.  (I collect them you see.... and then spin them into Oubliette.)
                 
                 
                 
  -Rules and whatnots-
 
  - Send all entries to Saiyge Lotus
  -Gimme! pack, singles, or THINGS refer to objects created by Saiyge Lotus:  Balderdash  and Saiygewood items only.
  - Winners will be contacted before the New Year begins, *knock on wood* barring calamity or things going awry in some way  for Saiyges, which would prevent the contacting/sending etceteras. in a timely fashion.
- Deadline is Midnight, Christmas eve eve. 12/23/2014 SLT..              
 - Have fun, be sentimental, feel something good. Spread some random kindness. <3   

Thanks for all the fish.... Sort of.

I will be going on a quasi-hiatus. Sort of.

Computer issues have struck again, and currently I am being hit with blue screens and can only hop into SL on super low draw distance, low settings and on low populated sims in order to do anything. Getting cheeky and turning settings up in order to build anything larger than.. my avatar say, causes some nasty artifacts, green screens, cream colored screens, and freezes my machine completely. On the back up machine, I can see beautifully, but can't move.

Second Life on medium settings

So - I can log in on one machine, take a snapshot for an ad that will take me 15 minutes to a half hour, and then I can log onto this one where- I can send a notecard. I can stare at the screen in frustration.  I can probably do a release or two for the holidays, as the building and texture work is pretty much done on the new garlands. (coming soon!.... ish.)

But I cannot do any custom work. No real building, I cannot do any terraforming and/or landscaping for anyone else.  At least not until I either throw money (replacement memory, motherboard, Graphics card) at this machine, or replace it. (Because replacing those things one at a time only to figure out its not the thing I just replaced? Expensive.)

I have no current ETA on when the situation will change.

Sooner if the entire grid decides it needs a tree or five.

I have been very bad at updating the blog so.... some things that you may have missed:

Most of the trees/plants currently available have been switched to 2.0, and now are seasonal changing using one little script and a hud. Prices have been slashed. REALLY slashed.

Some products are now available in Moss at Dusk, a new mossy and purple foliaged combo. The Enchanted groves now come in two sizes - normal and ... really tall...  They look TOO tall when they are just sitting on the platform, but the old groves are kind of difficult to resize for height after a certain point and would break in a rather nasty way. I got tired of having to rebuild them for my own uses so figured it would behoove me to make them available in a taller version. So much easier and way less fiddly.

Visit the store inworld here and follow the arrows to the trees or use the teleporters. Be sure to play with the little store models! (I probably think its more fun than it actually IS.)

If you need to get a hold of me, you can TRY to offline, you can find me on skype (saiyge), You can comment here. <3 or find me via Plurk.

Vale of Remembrance alcove walls

Available at the ground level Balderdash Main Store and Saiygewood!

They are finally OUT! The mesh walls featured at the Fantasy Faire Junction sim in the Vale of Remembrance are out! YAY!

Forgive me for being overly excited, but I've been working on these for months! \o/

Two different types!  Candle Alcoves and Seating Alcoves in three texture types, Info after the jump!

Wintery and Holiday Goodness!

So much stuff... I cant even.

Please forgive the lack of formal vendor picture previews, If you had to wait for them, I'm afraid I would be a blubbering, drooling mass of slush somewhere and you would be getting this in January. (You know, when most of us go back to spring? Yeah.. that would not be very helpful.)

On to the stuff!
PS - There are tons of things. All of them are located at the store in the sky, and some will be on the ground below as well.  I am exhausted from setting up all of the things and I might forget to mention something, please to forgive. Tired Saiyge is Tired. - Thank you for being patient and Thank you for looking!

TLDR:  Dreaming tree in winter, Winter Fairy arbor, Winter vine,  Wreaths, AWESOME Garlands, Indoor holiday trees, Outdoor winter trees, Enchanted grove in winter,  Twisty tree (winter)... and I might be forgetting something.  If you don't mind walking around the store and windowshopping, you can find it all here

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Balderdash-Saiygewood - Enchanted Grove - Wintery
Avail in : C/m and M/t


Balderdash - Gemdrop Winter trees (16 prim)
Snowkissed Evergreens with: Hot Pink, Pink, Dusk (purply blue shift),  Red& Green, Blue lights


Balderdash - Saiygewood- Frostkissed Evergreen   (Outdoor lightly frosted Evergreen)
Balderdash - Saiygewood- Snowkissed Evergreen   (Outdoor snowy white Evergreen)
(9 prim)


Balderdash - Cool Yule Trees! (Previous release)
Lit (16 prim)  - - - Decorated (56/57 prim)
Indoor Christmas Trees with lights!  DIY for decorating! Ornaments here!
Also: Two decorated trees, one large, one reg size, already tricked out for those of you who just want it DONE already.

Garlands and Wreaths!
A mix of old and new, but mostly NEW!
I am so excited about these!   The older garlands are out, theres four of them but The NEW garlands and wreaths are lovely and LOW prim!
The Old garlands are 10 prim, available copy or in a trans only 10 pack.

***The NEW Garlands are available in  m/c  or a m/t 10 pack.  (Snowkissed or Evergreen)
There are 3 types:  Plain - 1 prim and 2 light variations at ***3 prim*** a piece. THREE PRIMS!

WREATHS! - Trans only, there are 8 9 of them!
(White and red is currently only out on the ground)
4-6 prims each!!!

Autumn Madness!

As written in the inworld notice:

☠ Fairy Gazebo in Autumn- Both Large and Petite versions☠

There are also Fairy arbors in a few assorted autumn colors

☠ Dia de los Muertos -  Marigold Madness Extravaganza!!!!!!☠

☠ Autumn Vine, wall climber ☠

★Because the gazebo's, arbors and the vine are pretty self explanatory - let me explain the MADNESS of marigolds I have going on here.


   Marigolds are used as offering and decoration, paths of their petals are strewn along the ground, great piles of flower heads sit on tables, in vases, garlands, and wreaths as it is said that the fragrance of them will help lead a spirit home or to the other offerings set out for them. They are often referred to as "Flores de Muerto", Flowers of the Dead.

   If you would like to learn more about this holiday and the rich history that goes with it, I encourage you to flex your googlefu, there is some fantastic information out there if you are so inclined. (Because... Yay learning!) And- if nothing else, you can find some amazing inspiration out there on how to use these in your own displays. (Because - Yay creativity!)


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★ The main store is still being tweaked. In fact, things are kind of a mess. I have things up on the tree platform, I have things in the new store on the ground... I have things in my inventory, I have things that I am discontinuing or remaking. ... I don't really know where some of the things are, so if you are looking for something, please let me know, I might have thrown it in the lake in a pique.

★  Dont forget the gourd lights and jackolanterns! They are out on the ground at the new store... and hopefully more is coming as time, inspiration etc permit. I'll try to keep up with notices, I promise. :)  There may even be jewelry coming. -whistles-

Thank you so much for your time, patience, sense of humor and support!

-Saiyge <3
-Resident and primary Sim destroyer @ Oubliette

Trees and Creepers, Creepers and Trees? Creeper Trees?

Hi!
--Details for impatient people not inclined to listen to Saiygeblather--

Find me everywhere here: http://about.me/saiygelotus
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What:  Creepers now available (finally!) in Dusk and Red!
Where: Right here!

What: Wee little Groves of Autumn Trees!
Where?: Here! Birch
That other one with darker trunks

What:  Fabulous prefab Enchanted Forests!
Where?


-----------------------Saiyge Blather ----------------------------

Phew!  Did you know that I hate making vendors?
No? Well - I hate making vendors.
Did you know that I LOVE Autumn? Maybe?  Well... I've told myself that
"No, Saiyge, you cannot put anything autumnal down on the sim until you package the
trees and OMG those creepers you haven't vendored."
Do you remember when the other green creepers were released? Yeah. I made
these at the same time, and honestly, I've been so overwhelmed with the idea
of vendoring them that... I ... just.. haven't.
Until now!  Yay NOW!
And now I can get trees down on the sim. Everyone wins. Yay! Well, maybe just
-I- win. I'm okay with that. But it did not seem fair to have trees that you couldn't ALSO have considering other people also like fall and whatnot, and the falling starts.. well RIGHT-THIS-SECOND. (Or earlier.)

Anyway - YAY TREEEEEESSSSSS WOOOOO! We so excited and they hey-hey.
Or not.
<.<

Temporary castles in the sky

Just a note -  I broke things and demolished them.

I think I managed to grab the store - If you are looking for something, It is up on the Saiygewood platform here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oubliette/138/135/4001


If something is missing, or you are having a hard time finding something (This is entirely likely, I picked up random things and have no idea what they were)  Just IM or notecard and I'll gladly help you if I can. :)

Sticks and Stones....

Sarah: Ow! It bit me!
Hoggle: What'd you expect fairies to do?
Sarah: I thought they did nice things, like granting wishes!
Hoggle: Shows what you know, don't it?
Labyrinth


New *Unisex* bits in both Full size avatar sizes and Petites sizes - All of the bits work together, so you can wear one or *add* them (you know - if you are like me and want to resemble a pokey bramble.)

Sticks & Stones headpiece
(like Draoi - without flowers)

Waldgeist headpiece

Sticks, crystals and oak leaves, This one is a bit kinder to those of you who don't want to wear wild tangled hair. It curls around the head from just above the temples and around the sides. 

Oakling mask

All parts available at Balderdash!
And at the Petite Avatar Kingdom (petite bits only)  >>>> note 3/23 -I have yanked the vendors for these from the Petite kingdom for now because of prim greed. (mine! lol)  I'll throw them back up when I can deprim the vendors)