(above, my storefront, Celestial Designs, @ Eye Candi)

So here I am writing about my second life experience. A short history.

Over four years ago I logged onto Second Life for the first time... I found that, although I loved the idea of a virtual world, the controls were so clunky and so un-intuitive that it too more work than fun, so my first experience with SL was very short-lived.

In the last few years I have tried other virtual worlds, really enjoying Small Worlds and the mission making and artists communities there. However, even that became boring after a while so, after seeing a relative very involved in SL, I decided to log on again.

And... instantly, I thought, this is great, but what exactly do I do here besides talk to other people and travel to different sims? It seemed there was no way to make money, either.

Then came along clothing design.

I am, after all, an artist at heart, with many artistic people in my family.

And, also, I am a clothing designer, in RL I run the Revwarcostuming group on Yahoo, a costume group for historical re-enactors with a membership of several thousand. I have created dozens of pieces of historical clothing using authentic patterns and fabrics. Reenacting to me is, all about the look.


In SL I find I am able to create beautiful, fanciful clothing without threading a needle or yielding a pair of scissors. And... I like it! I am getting very used to the interface, I have been reading, I have been watching, and I have been creating!

I like it...did I mention that yet?

Next thing you know, I am renting a little storefront in a very sophisticated shopping mall called run by Candi Crystal called Eye Candi. And I am creating....