Balderdash Bagatelle & Trinketry

Balderdash- Gingerbread Folly Earrings, now at the shop!


Visions of the Otherworld Photography Contest - ONE DAY to go! Get those entries in!

Gaudete Crowns (Unisex) and Twig in Ice!

From the release notes:
Holly and Ivy woven together into circlets for your pretty little heads! :)  Three versions, even one with *gasp* PINK! These actually work well for both men and women! Grab one for your Holly King!

All of the above comes Mod/Trans, but if you want one Copy/Mod instead just give me a yell! :D
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Dont forget about the Balderdash Photography contest! You can find info outside the shop, by the mailbox :)

New Releases at the Armoire!

Have you checked out The Armoire yet? No? Why not???? You have until tomorrow night before we pack it on up and head back to our stores!

First up: The new Releases!

Patience is the one to the left. It has a belt, choker, earrings and a bracelet done in three semi-precious stones. Malachite, Tigereye, and Blue Goldstone.

The disks of stone are all knotted together with black leather, with beaded accents in hematite. The design is the first peice I've done thats based off my rl beadworking, and took -days- longer than the original peice. -eyeroll- I suppose by now I shouldnt be surprised that it takes SO long to do some of these peices.



The other new set is a tip of the hat to the first set of jewelry I ever did (Elora). Starlight, Starbright is done in copper and silver, and comes with a ring, choker, earrings, a barette and a bracelet. The hunt peices at The Armoire go along with this particular set.

Unfortunately, Starlight, Starbright is a bit difficult to take detail shots of without cluttering up your screen with some huge montage of peices, SO! I will show you the vendor and the Treasure close ups instead, and I'll hope that you will forgive me for the screen real estate I'm taking up here.

Now, in the treasure hunt, there are two different chests. The silver chest has this barette in periwinkle. the GOLD chest has a limited edition pair of hoop earrings. BOTH peices go with this set <3 When you land, there are two pillars, on touch they will give you instructions for the hunt. PLEASE, please please read the instructions carefully :) Tomorrow from NOON SLT-2pm SLT we will have live models out and about wearing our peices, so be sure to come check that out :) After The Armoire event, these two new sets will be moving to the main store @ Balderdash.

A whole lot of new stuff!

Where to begin? I've been working working annnnnd working.

Firstly, Whiskey and Sunlight from the Jewelry expo is finally in the main store! There is also a second color scheme available, Whiskey Carnivale.

All the wagons are out again, But this time they are unfurnished... which means.. less prims, more flexibility for you ;) And there is a newwww one too.... The Triskele Bow-Top is all Purples, Teals and Greens.... come by and take a peek....

Also out tonight is another silly little Jackolantern. OoooOOooo is sitting out front with the rest of the pumpkins, playing nice. The name, a silly tip of the hat to UO, for those of you ancient enough in virtual gaming circles to remember :)

Out in Oubliette is also a new wild corn field. Go a wandering to find it! :) Last but not least, are the ladies. Eightish ghostly ladies all sculpted and flexi and sad, spooky or melancholy. Each one seems to have her own story. You can find them out on the porch!

Have a wonderful night!

Balderdash - Bagatelle & Trinketry

New Release- Triskele

The Triskele set.... Earrings and choker bits....
Located at Balderdash in Stern.

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I love Triskeles. I've been in a bit of a race of the clock lately, working on what might be the last customs I ever do without seriously rethinking current policies. It was nice to be able to slow down a little to make something that holds so much meaning to me personally.

What I love about doing custom work, is that it always gives me a new perspective, the opportunity to do something I might never think to do on my own... The bad bits are always that people usually do not value the time or service you are giving them, and in most cases, certainly don't want to pay you for what the time is worth. There is a strange anomoly that goes into SL Wages, and unfortunately its the same thing that drives content theft. Alot of people don't take these things seriously because to them its a game. .... Its not about real work, it's not about having to put food on your table or keeping the lights on to them.

You do after all.. have cable, and a computer.. surely you are well off? A few bucks for three days of work is no skin off your nose yah?
-sighs-
I'd -love- to have that kind of attitude too.

Special project - Collaboration peice with the lovely Hya of Silent Sparrow

I am one lucky girl. I have been a big fan of Hya's gorgeous clothing for some time now, and I've been blessed to find that she is not only talented, but unique, down to earth and a wonderful friend. Hya has been a color for me for a while now, with her distinctive tealy blue signature... and she's also been an inspiration for other projects of mine. When I started trinketing with jewelry, there was no question in my mind that eventually I'd like to do something to go with her lovely pieces.... The question would be How badly would I embarrass myself?

I mentioned something along the lines of maybe doing a set to go with one of her releases sometime.. oh.. last week? Little did I know she would give me the chance to do just that within days.

Last weekend, Hya passed me these lovely confections in gradient stripes and florals... Immediately what sprang to mind was victorian disneyesque gothica. I've been working almost nonstop on this set all week (computer permitting). I'll be releasing this set tomorrow, but theres no reason you cant have a sneaky peek at it.
(Do any of you actually read this thing anyway???) ^^



This dress immediately had me thinking spring, lush rolling meadows and little fat chickadees and bluebirds swarming amongst the butterflies. I wracked my brain wondering what in the world could I make for -this-? It wasn't all that hard. The hard part was getting the cameo I wanted accomplished. Warm iridescent shell, and a lovely victorian lady holding a fat little bird in the palm of her hand. This is the vision that came to mind.... I rather like her.

The set consists of a choker of ribbon with laces that trail down the back from a little bow, the necklace, the earrings.. and a brooch that is meant to nestle betwixt ones cleavage. Now... I wear an awful lot of suits (I really only wear dresses for shock value and out of very random urges... Its very rare that I'll be seen in a skirt.) And I really love this cameo... so the brooch bit doubles as a cravat pin. (You get both the cravat AND the brooch together when you buy them. One attaches at the chest, one attaches to the spine)

The bits come on their own, OR you can buy a Necklace set (necklace/earrings) Choker set (choker, earrings) Or the whole dang kit.. and it comes with.. well... all the pieces at a little bit of a discount :)

OH! All the pieces I sell are now : Copy/mod (on headpieces and neck bits) and Earrings/brooches are copy only.

If you would like to gift someone with a set, just let me know, I"ll give you a mod/trans set... until I get myself a vendor set up for gift purposes. (I don't bite,... much) :)

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to Hya... for being such a lovely muse, and a wonderful friend. :) And thank you to all of you out there for your encouragement and support :)