Enjoying a waterfront stroll in the SINUS region of my amazing home grid, Craft-The Friendly World. In the shops behind me , Craft´s vibrant art community is in the process of filling the shelves with oodles of beautiful, unusual freebies. My home grid rocks! Come on, let´s take a look!
Hello my dearest dears! I am back and blogging! How marvelous; here we are all again, ready for another whirwind adventure on OpenSim, the software platform that hosts hundreds of independant grids. Many of these grids are connected by an amped up teleportation system called the Hypergrid, that allows you to travel from world to world exploring, snagging freebies,and making friends until you are just dizzy. If you have never been on OpenSim, here is the link to my home grids very informative CRAFT HOMEPAGE where you can sign up , register an avatar and join the great OpenSim experience! Craft grid owners Licu Rau and Tao Quan offer the best Newbie support on on the Hypergrid, and you can also read my OpenSim posts for plenty of easy to understand info and tips; and don´t forget my Newbie glossary page! You CAN do this! If you are already registered on another grid, here craft-world.org:8002 is the upper region hypergrid address,which will land you in Craft´s welcome region, Hydra! Now, let´s go snag some great freebies!
When you get to Hydra, you can just open your world map, run a search for Sinus, and teleport!
As you can see, there is a courtyard over my right shoulder- you can reach it through the first two shops below my feet. We´ll go there in a minute. But for now, let´s start on the outer row, my right to left, along the pretty waterfront!
Our first stop is Faire Belle, whose shelves are stacked high with MULTI award winning artist Tosha Tyran´s very,very chic fashion offerings.
Next door to Tosha, is Charley´s Art Collection, three rooms of beautiful paintings sculpture, and glasswork .
In Setty Shop, Settima Sideshow offers Linda Kelly Fashions plus her very own stylish line of accessories.
I could tell immediately that Arboria belonged to my Fairy neighbor, Aria Aira.
Aria always manages to bypass the tackiness I normally associate with the fairy scene, and create a sparkling atmosphere of wit and wild forest magic.
This will be my buddy GeR Orsini´s men´s clothing line. There is still very little in it; this is his first foray into men´s fashion, and ,as usual, he is trying to get everything just so. He is a wonderful designer who already has an impressive freebie region here in Craft (UPTOWN), so keep dropping by!
The last shop on the row is Maison Noir, belonging to the one and only Lumiere Noir, legendary Second Life builder and designer, who now makes Craft his home. Although it seems he is just starting to get things going, the table and chairs in the center are freebies.Yeah, I know; you have an inventory full of chairs and tables. Trust me, you don´t have these.
The table top is an actual representation of the planets rotation. Oh come on, would I make that up?
Now let´s go back to Tyra´s Faire Belle shop, and walk through the shop, up the stairs to the main courtyard!
From the lovely square, we can see two more shops are up and running! Let´s try the one next door to Charley´s Art Collection!
This is Luci´s Lifestyle, award winning artist Lucitania Titanic´s …
unbelivably tasteful and unique home furnishings shop.
I have seen her stuff before. My favorites are the marvelously “painted” teapots. Pictures do not do this justice.
Now, let´s go back to the square, and cross the pathway to The Everlasting Spring, Museo del Metaverso architect Nicola Reinerman´s flower shop.
Check out the vivid, miniscule patterns! Hey, there´s an upstairs-come on!
The plants are getting bigger, without losingany of their sumptuous detail. If you haven´t already, you have got to come check out the Museo; it was brought here from Second Life, is about seven stories with an exterior that changes- Ooh look! A terrace!
Look at all these great potted trees and bushes! Dear Lord, I think my inventory is audibly creaking. Now I want to show you something over the terrace wall, to my right. Don´t worry, you can´t take it with you.
This is the foundation of the Rainbow region, which Tao Quan told me is going to have RENT FREE shops for, well, whoever, has wares they would like to offer. Things happen fast in Craft, so if you´re interested, contact Licu or Tao soon.
Just messing around in the little public garden next to Nicola´s charming flower shop.
And that, my dearest dears, concludes this OpenSim freebie post. I hope you found it helpful, and if it piqued your interest about the Craft Grid and it´s community, please read my Craft Geography Post Part One; and don´t forget my Craft Freebie Post for the rest of this grid´s BIG honkin freebie regions.There´s no place like home! Until next time, my beloved readers, Adieu!
