Cozy up

Heart Homes has released this lush Alpine retreat just in time for the best of the Winter weather. The snowy roof is optional so it could really work for you all year round. Heres the deets:

This house is about 15x 15 meters in size with porch and about 12,2 m meters high with chimney.

2 rooms on the ground floor (one with a sweet little optional 5 LI kitchen (with 11 animations and 8 props), the other with a fireplace, and 2 rooms upstairs, with fireplace made for a bedroom.

Warm woods all around. rear door to put to a hill, front door to the porch. raised construction against cold and high snowfall.

I really enjoyed messing about in the kitchen, you can remove it if you’ve already got your own but give it a try, it has some super animations and wearable props for cooking, cleaning etc.

The wood textures are so warm, upstairs would make for a spacious bedroom and separate bath room for a single pringle or couple. If you need a nursery it could be utilised as that. There is lots of scope for making it your own cosy nest!

Aphrodite store (demo rez area)

Aphrodite market place

Year End.

This year has flown by , seriously! Here we are again, are you ready to party? If you’re looking for props, poses and décor – Aphrodite can fix you right up. A lovely golden table, burgeoning with platters of all sorts of food, candelabras, floral displays and oooodles of balloons! The New Years complete party set is really a steal at $799L, here’s the deets:

– 2016 balloon (copy/mod)
– Glittering stars balloons (copy/mod)
– Happy New Year arch with balloons (copy/mod)
– Happy New Year sign
– Small Happy new year gifts givers (hat, tiara, etc almost a dozen different models to gift away to guests)
– Buffet table, New Year table
– Martha Stewart holiday canapés, appetizers platters, 2 different ones
– Cheeses and crackers platters
– Strawberry & cream tartalettes
– New Year cookies
– New Year fireworks cookies
– Star paper lamps (on/off)
– Big Happy New Year Sign giving out unlimited numbers of 8 different platinum, gold and silver hats & headbands, tiaras.
– Gold & Silver Star Deco centerpieces
– Pineapple stars punch (no alcohol drink option)
– Star sandwiches
– Golden candelabra (on/off)

All the foodies are animated of course, and also the drinks with a nice sipping animation. All foods detaches themselves after some bites, realistically.

Just a few of the foodie options above to give you a “taster”. There are also some brilliant poses for friends, singles & couples, I’m holding one of the signs that come in the couples pose mat , I found it works just a swell for single pringles yay! My dress is a mesh dollarbie I found on the market place, worn with my Slink Physique mesh body, great fit!

Aphrodite Store market place

Aphrodite store shop

Heart Homes market place (for poses)

Dollarbie mesh dress

 

Harvest Time

 

 

I’ve got a new set from Aphrodite for you, its rustic and bang on trend for the season. This is “Harvest time”, I’m not showing all of it as my space was a little limited, but there is stand alone chairs also. The couch is marvellous, stuffed with one hundred and fifty poses ! Theres something for everyone, couples, singles, and activities. Details below:

The chairs have 11 single seats and one prop, the couple sofa gas 17 single poses and 61 cuddly couple poses with 9 props

The fireplace is menu controlled, the lamp is on/off switchable. Finally the rug is colorchangeable, with 9 colors. The whole set comes to 35Li.

Little closer view of some of the finer details, plump cushions and casually scattered throws. Love the glossy red apples and juicy looking pears! For sale in the market place or view it instore.

Heart Homes for Aphrodite shop store

Heart Homes market place

 

 

Bohemian Life

Aphrodite has some totally gorgeous items out for the new round of Tres Chic, including this fantastic tent made entirely of squares of fabric. It’s all knotted together and makes it  fragile and whimsical. The anchor pegs for the tent are old bits of tree wood, dead cute. The prim count is incredibly low for something so complex, I was verrrry surprised ! This is primarily a couples tent, not essentially romantically involved couples though – it would also suit friends (in some poses). Theres eating, drinking, dancing and guitar playing plus of course , plenty of snuggles ! The rugs Ive scattered around on the grass are also new – very vibrant and shabby chic .

Close up look at some points of interest, new lanterns that come in packs of hanging and table varieties, only 1 Li and also turn on and off. The fabrics used for the cushions are varied and eclectic, some with lovely words written across them. All this and much more from Aphrodite make sure to check it out !

Tres Chic

My Sweet Baby Owl

Aphrodite & Heart Homes are in this round of Cosmopolitan yay! Prepare your “awww-ometers” now because this new “my sweet baby owl” nursery is seriously adorable. Not only great to look at but interactive in a big BIG way. As you can see above it’s absolutely gorgeous, low prim and über realistic, not only all that but ohmai – the poses are incredible. I had a whole load of fun playing with it. It’s suitable for prim babies and baby/toddler avatars. Both parents can get in on the nursery time action which is brilliant as sometimes the dads get a bit left out right? One thing I must mention is that although you can use your zooby babies (as I did) with this set, it will NOT change the baby’s stats, it’s for role play purposes only. If you buy the complete set, you will make a huge saving at the event – the total cost will be $3650L, bought at Cosmopolitan its just $2920.

Heres my Aurora taking her pre bed bath – you can do allll sorts of things at the changing station, nappies, baths, lotions and powder to name a few. Some props need permission to attach to you, so look out for those menu prompts ! Oh btw, when you sit on the furniture, it does ask you “who you are” – hard to explain here but hop on and give it a whirl, you need to say if you’re the mother, daddy or baby – it’s really simple.

All gussied up and in her pj’s time for a bed time story no? (Daddy can also read the story)  The stuffed owls are arranged inside the cot, you don’t have to have them all out as they aren’t hard linked – nice touch. The mobile above works and little pink & blue notes pop out the top as it twirls around.

How can any baby not be happy in such a terrific cot ! The owls look SO real and soft and cuddly awww.

Dont worry if you’ve not had your little one yet – there are also poses for the mum-to-be. I tried out knitting (a sock!) reading and relaxing in this rocking chair, it also contains poses for feeding, cuddling and reading to your baby and lots more. There is a lovely video of the set here, worth a watch for sure !

Cosmopolitan event

cassidy dress & shirt by coldLogic

Shoes by ArisAris to be blogged later !

 

Warming things up

I was cheered up immensely when I saw this sauna and shower set from  Heart Homes @Aphrodite. I simply adore sitting in a sauna, so relaxing and peaceful. (Dont like it when someone comes in and tosses stinky oils on the coals though!) This set is brilliant for around a pool or out in your garden, lovely swedish styled wood finish makes it sooper pretty too. Aphrodite dont stint on the finishing touches either, plenty of baskets of treats, towels and robes scattered about to give it a genuinely realistic feel. Both pieces have squillions of poses for singletons, couples, males & females.

The sauna also has some rather unique animations included, stoking the coals, dabbing your face with a towel. Plussss some totally naughty adult things ! (infact LOTS of naughtiness woot!) What I really appreciate is the fact that the whole set comes in a single rez box – meaning you rez the box, touch and voilà . You can move it all into place just by dragging the rez box around – SO simple and easy. Also it’s not hard linked – so you have out as much or as little as you wish.

The wood used is lush, its got depth and with the metal bands round the barrel styled sauna cabin – it has such a fantastic appeal in any number of settings. I think I might leave mine out beside the pool – a quick trot from the patio into the steam will make my SL mornings zingy.

Heart Homes @ Aphrodite

Heart Homes rez area

Heart Homes for Aphrodite market place

I’m having sweet dreams

Heart Homes (for the Aphrodite Shop) have released a new bed. You might wonder what’s so special about that, plenty of choice of beds in Second Life huh? Wellllll, you might want to look a little closer at this one, its über amazing . I don’t change beds often in SL, infact I’ve had my Dutchie bed out for almost a year. However, once I tried this little baby out I knew it was a keeper. Its got an incredible amount of personal choice built right in, and I so love that. Its got 172 self made and hand picked animations, anything from relaxing, eating, drinking, cuddles, kisses, solo and adult . What I really like about it, is that instead of having to look at your inventory to find objects given for certain poses, it just rezzes them, right in the correct place – you just have to hit the “yes” button that pops up, et voilà.  I also noticed that terrific shading and shadows. The bed posts onto the sheets, it’s a neat effect and just adds that extra dash of realism.

Heres the killer deal, not only is there a vast amount you can get up too on and in the bed, you get an enormous array of texture choices. Not just bland colours , but totally gorgeous to-die-for bedding! The texturing is SO well done, I felt that if I reach out I cold actually plump up the cushions scattered all over the bed.

There is something for everyone, and its so obviously made by someone who uhm…REALLY  enjoys their time in bed *wink*. Go try it out, you will adore the sleeping poses that actually snuggle you up in a thick duvet, something that I’ve really missed with other beds I own. I was especially pleased with the solo poses, not often you get such good quality interesting animations for one . Drawing, applying lotion, on the phone and more! I spoke to Jaylin Whitewood (the designer) about this new release last week, and quite simply he said “we wanted a bed that WE would enjoy”, well BINGO – he’s created one that heaps will enjoy, it really is one of the most natural , erotic and sensual pieces I’ve owned. Btw it does come in two versions, a PG one and the adult. So if you’re not into the sexual side of things, grab one to snuggle up on ! Thanks Jaylin ❤

Heart Homes (for Aphrodite Store) market place

Heart Homes main store

Heart Homes blog