New @ Vitamin Ci-Sasha

Many of my bikinis retired after our 50% off sale so I decided to make some new ones. Solids, Stripes, and Patterns! I love the cut, I hope you do too....Check them out. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store on Hefferoo. Enjoy.

Hefferoo 50% for 500 Sale

To celebrate Vitamin Ci Addicts' group reaching its 500th member, the entire Hefferoo sim is going to celebrate. At first I was going to make it a group only sale but I think it will be beneficial for all if we include EVERYONE in the festivities! Thank you group members and all customers for making Vitamin Ci a success. All Second Life members will save up to 50% (with the exclusion of most new items) from the following stores on the Hefferoo Sim*:

Vitamin Ci
Analog Dog
Alyssa Bijoux
Body Perfect
Dreamers
Gracile
Mystical Designs
Patchworks Maternity
Pennie Lane
::: Pura Vida :::
Spell Bound
Sweet Poison
Tuli

This means clothes, maternity wear, hair, skins, shapes, heels, boots, home decor for EVERYONE... all up to 50% off!

Schedule:
July 27th Sim Closed for Vendors to Set Up
July 28th (12am) Sim Opens for sale
July 30th (11:59pm) Sim Closed for Vendors to Break Down
July 31st (?) Ciera Bergman will announce when Hefferoo is open to the public.

Enjoy,

Ciera Bergman

ps: The following outfits will be discontinued after the sale:
Chee, Bohemian, Tied Down, Ayu, Spanish Remix, Lauren, Censored, Hazzard, Parfait, Regal, Urban Fantasy, Sweetie Kini, and Sun Kissed.


*Store names have been edited since original post.

New @ Vitamin Ci-Jeni v2.0

One of my favorite outfits has always been Vitamin Ci-Jeni. So it's no surprise that when I've decided to discontinue some items due to my increasing abilities, I had to save Jeni. How? A remake with more detail! It comes with two jackets (one sheer and one solid), a top to go underneath, and a pair of slacks. Comes in 5 yummy colors (white shown). If you have the original Jeni outfit in any color and would like to upgrade, I'll let you until Wednesday, July 25th, if you IM me. Available @ Vitamin Ci on the Hefferoo Sim. ENJOY! xoxo

No Trans ITEMS...

You'll see the above notice posted all over the Hefferoo sim, but just in case you've not visited in a while...here ya are! Items will be non trans/copy/prim skirts and selected items (like certain pants) mod. There are several reasons why I'm going this route. Here are a few of them: SL is borked often. I get at least one customer a day saying they didn't receive an outfit they bought. I'd feel a lot more comfortable handing the replacement over if I knew for sure they didn't just give it to a friend and are now expecting me to give them a new one. Most people are NOT doing that, I'm sure....but here's one way to be safe. Also, there are an increasing amount of resellers around, which would not bother me, except some charge more for my items than "I" do. Not cool. Soooo, here's your chance. If you'd like to buy any item while it's still transferable, you have almost two weeks. It also helps me get the word out so there are no surprises. Speaking of surprise...my addicts will get a little treat coming soon. I'll post more on that later ;-)

Tschuess!

Indyra...

New @ Vitamin Ci-Indyra. This cute as can be flex prim dress comes in 7 different colors (red shown). Indian inspired, I hope it tickles your fancy. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store on the Hefferoo Sim. ENJOY! xoxox

Body Lights

New @ Vitamin Ci: Body Lights. No laggy scripts...just attach. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store on the Hefferoo Sim.

Analog Dog Grand Opening

We're celebrating Analog Dog's Grand Opening on the Hefferoo Sim, Thursday @ 7pm SL time! Come join us with a chance to win cash prizes, clothes, and more! IM Kisa Doctorow or Ciera Bergman for a TP or any questions you may have about the event. I am very excited about this expansion and I hope to see you there! xoxo

You're Suspended!!!!

YAY! I love this outfit...but, maybe I'm bias. Check it out for yourself. It comes with two tops (one shirt and one jacket layer), jeans, shorts for prim skirt, flex prim skirt and a loverly star tattoo. Available in 5 yummy colors (Purple/Teal shown) @ Vitamin Ci's main store on Hefferoo. ENJOY!

New Store on Hefferoo: Analog Dog

There's a new store on the Hefferoo Sim, home of Vitamin Ci & Pixel Deep. Please welcome Analog Dog, owned by Queue Marlowe. Not only is Queue one classy lady, she makes some totally awesome hair for men and women! Her Flexi Hair is so fab, especially the curls. Don't miss out! TP to Analog Dog on the Hefferoo sim today. I have a feeling this is the beginning of a beautiful partnership.


This is a picture of both of us (Que's on the left and that's me on the right). Where's Jo? I dunno! But I do miss her and her picture will be put up soon as she comes back...

New @ Vitamin Ci-Thandi

I'm a big fan of re-releasing, since I'm better at Photoshop and believe you deserve MY best. So anyway, I decided to re-do Verlanis (shown above). Verlanis seems to be a crowd favorite, especially with my lovely clubber customers, so I got to "redoin". By time I finished though, It was a different outfit altogether, not worthy of a 2.0 stamp (Verlanis will be soon be discontinued). So now, we have Thandi. It has 6 delicious colors (purple shown), includes a top, thong, leather capris, and little flex bows to hold it all together. Available @ Vitamin Ci on the Hefferoo Sim! Enjoy!

Summer Wear Party

Another party @ Vitamin Ci to celebrate our newest outfit: Thandi! There will be a separate post about the item when it's officially released. As always, besides details below, there will be cash and door prizes throughout the event. IM Kisa Doctorow with any questions about this coming event! See you there!

Jahari...

Jahari is the latest swimwear @ Vitamin Ci. And yes men, I didn't forget you with this outfit. There are matching trunks. It has a fun African Print, with 6 yummy colors: Blue (shown), Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green, and Purple. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store on Hefferoo

Beach Party!!!

Yes, there's another party @ Vitamin Ci! Summers can get slow in SL and to entertain myself AND you, my assistants and I are making sure that you have fun on the Hefferoo Sim! Our last event we had inside the store. Today we'll be having it on the beach, right outside the store. Yes, there is more to the Hefferoo Sim than Vitamin Ci. I hope to see you there!


PS: My latest swimwear for men and ladies will be released at the party :-D

Farrah

Farrah is my 70's inspired outfit. One of my assistants wanted to do a 70's party...and I was like ummmm...I don't have any 70's outfits! So many people were asking for the Swirve top in different patterns and colors so I figured this would make everyone happy....The handkerchief top has a subtle paisley pattern and the bell bottoms have some not so subtle mod prim bells. I especially love the butterfly buckle on the belt as well as the butterfly tattoo that can be worn on the back. It's available in 4 awesome colors (Brown Shown). I hope you love this outfit as much as I do. Available @ Vitamin Ci's Main store in HEFFEROO!

ps: You may notice that my orange logo is different. Yes, yes...I'm changing my little man. Meet Ernge! Expect to see more of Ernge @ Vitamin Ci :-D

That 70's Event

We're having another one of our fab events @ Vitamin Ci. IM Ciera Bergman or Kisa Doctorow for an invite or TP! As always, expect a few surprises. Details are below:

Give it to me Dyna!

Introducing Vitamin Ci-Dyna. It comes in several sheer tank colors as well as short shorts. You can buy separately or as a pack. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Hefferoo. Enjoy! xoxo

Vitamin Ci's Grand Opening Reflection...

Oh, so many changes I've been through in the past few months! New friends, new sim, new chapter in my life. There's only been one constant, and that is my family. Why not? They have to put up with me! Anyway, most of you know that I had my grand opening on Sunday, but what had me all misty was my family! They threw a suprise Vitamin Ci grand opening celebration for me RL. I freaked! Like many other business people in SL I'm sure you've gotten the head scratching and puzzled look when you try to explain what you do on Second Life. My family was the same way until they saw how much work I put into it and what I was producing. Ever since then they've been behind me 110% and their party Sunday night proved it:

Look, they decorated one of our rooms. "Congratulations VCi"

Why? Cause it's good for you!

Ciera Bergman may be cute all day, but RL Calesta looked like she was suprised by this photo and on the computer all day (that white stuff all over me is homemade confetti)...Sorry kids, had to block me out. I have something against showing people my pictures unless I'm looking dead sexy. But you can see the fiance..he's hot :-D

Now, I'm sure you understand why I didn't do a step by step of the account of what happened at the SL Grand Opening when I had THIS to share :-)) I love you guys though...thank you sooooo much for coming! It made me feel so special that so many people love the store and care about my success. CHEERS!

Vitamin Ci-Class

A good friend of mine, Tigerlily Koi, owner of Calla suggested I make an outfit that was a mixture of Kim and Rachel. Vitamin Ci-Class was born! It comes with a top (no mod/no copy/trans, mesh skirt (mod/no copy/trans), and flex prim skirt (mod/no copy/trans) comes in 6 colors (pink shown). Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Hefferoo!

Swirve....

Yeah, so I'm bad at blogging. It amazes me how some can blog like 3 or 4 things at a time. I bow before them! Okay, so what's new? Lots...but let me start off with Swirve (more to come later). It comes with a pucci handkerchief top and hand drawn skinny jeans. Comes in 5 colors. It was one of the two fab outfits that were released during our grand opening (more grand opening info coming later today, too). Available at Vitamin Ci's main store in Hefferoo! I hope you enjoy!

Vitamin Ci Grand Opening

Yes, I finally got my own sim. YAAAAAAY! No more rent paying, no more being dependent on things not going to shiznit! And...Hefferoo...what a fitting name. Come and celebrate with us! Two new outfits will be displayed in several yummy colors. They will be blogged soon...but to get a first look...come to the sim! xoxo

Cayman...

Yay, new items! Cay is the newest addition to Vitamin Ci. Issa Scaggs came up with the name. She said it reminded her of the Cayman Islands. I agree...I need a vacation...It comes with a top, capris, prim capri cuffs, and a flex belt. Colors: Orange, Green, Purple, Pink (shown), and Blue. Stop by the main store to pick up these goodies. ENJOY! xoxo

PS: As of this past Friday, I am officially a Middle Grades Education Teacher...certified to teach Language Arts and Social Studies...That long road to a B.S. is finally over...Masters (and chilluns), here I come :-D

Breezzzzzyyyy

Springtime is here and Breeze is a sexy yet classy way to strutt your stuff. Breeze comes with a top, skirt, and glitch pants. Colors: Blue (shown), Berry, Antique, White, Coral, and Mint. Matching heels (sold seperately) are designed by Keirsten Goode of All Gooie (also on the Vitamin Ci sim)! Check out the "new" section @ the center of Vitamin Ci's main store. Enjoy!

Sup Rachel?

...Yeah, I know. Don't hurt me! It's been a while....BUT...I have some goodies for you...WEEE! Vitamin Ci-Rachel. She's the classy chick that you know has lots of tricks up her sleeve. This outfit comes with a top, flex prim skirt, and a regular skirt that you can wear alone for a more pencil skirt look :-D

Colors: Black/Red (shown), Blue, Brown, and Taupe.

I hope you like...ENJOY! (Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store)

BTW...It's my spring break...no chilluns for a WHOLE week. Can we say yay?

Kim...

Vitamin Ci-Kim is the newest remake...more detail and better colors! This dress comes in Red, White, Blue, Black, Champagne, Copper (shown), Electric (blue), and Pink. If you already own the old Vitamin Ci-Kim White, you may IM me to recieve the new and improved copy for free. I will only be doing free replacements for a week, so IM me within that time. Stop by Vitamin Ci and check out the new items. Why? Cause it's good for you! xoxo

PS: To all that have asked, I'm doing well...just extremely busy...and TIRED. On the up side, I passed both of my teaching exams, meaning I'm one step closer to working for the man...WEEEE. Thank you for all of your well wishes and support!

"Those must have been some strong genes..."

Okay...so if you read my blogs often, you know I'm a big "America's Next Top Model" fan. I pick a model early and I stick with them til the end. AJ was my favorite last season and she didn't win...That sucked....And, although I'm excited about Diana and Whitney (the first plus sized models on the show) this season, I'm more excited about Jael. Jael is from Detroit. She seems a little rough around the edges (I like that) and she's a sweetie pie with a very unique look. When she told the panel she was half black/half german, I was wowed and thought about the possibilities of Jay (he's German)...and our baby looking NOTHING like me...but I digress. I hope she wins, because she's fierce without being a total biatch! Good luck to you. Jael...

Tankies for Seperates!

As of late, there have been many customers requesting seperates. I decided to take a stab at it and do some tanks and shorts. The "Tankie" line has 4 set of tank top colors: Romance, Nights (shown), Naturals, and Royals. The jean shorts come in Black, White, Tawny, Brown, and Blue. Stop by and check them out @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Extraordinaire!

Why the 2.0's?

Well, some people think that after making an outfit and getting better, that the old "ugly" ones should go in a vault and never be seen again. I disagree. The idea is still great and with a little more knowledge, you can make an outfit that looked "okay" and turn it into your current fabulous. That's what I've done with Vitamin Ci-Sporty v2.0. I've fixed up some thangs, made them pastel (Cotton Candy, shown), added socks and there you go! Customers are happy about the boycut shorts and I'm happy a good idea that started off with a cut off top and some boyshorts turned into something else...with a little bit of shading here and there! New Vitamin Ci-Sporty v2.0 is available @ my main store in Extraordinaire. Enjoy!

Oh My Neglected Men's Line...

Heyas doods...and all the ladies who shop for their doods...I've made something new for...well yeah, doods! Vitamin Ci-Chris has a mock button up under a sweatervest and jeans :-D Comes in Gray (shown), Blue, Olive, and Red. I know it's been a while since I've actually designed a male outfit but since Lonewolf Mackenzie officially doesn't sell his menswear @ Vitamin Ci anymore (he has his own shop now and it's lovely..check it out)...I wanted to make sure that you all weren't neglected all together! Enjoy! :-D

PS: School is starting back...but it's my last semester...YAY!

Hallow Revisited...

Many of you may already own the dress Vitamin Ci: Hallow...but you do not own it with a flexi prim skirt and scarf...you ALSO don't own the colors blue and black! Yes, I revisited Hallow, made some improvements and I have to say I'm pleased. I hope you are too. If you own Hallow (the brown one) already, IM me and I will trade you for the new version. If not...stop on by Vitamin Ci...ENJOY! xoxo
ps: My messages cap often..so if you don't catch me...IM again...I promise I"m not ignoring you.

Catherine

If you haven't noticed, I've been trying some new things (a different style). Not to say I've perfected anything. For instance with the cut of the top; it does something weird near the straps that wouldn't bug most people but has bugged the heck out of me. Next dress cut like this I'll figure out a solution. Although new techniques will take tweaking--I am taking more risks. Hopefully those risks will produce some beautiful things. Vitamin Ci-Catherine has an old time feel with a modern touch. Sexy, yet classy, Catherine comes in three colors: Gold (shown), Silver, and Red. Each outfit comes with a top, two skirt legnths, and a flexi scarf. Items available @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Extraordinaire. Stop on by!

Correction...No Jolee Blue

So, my addicts and a couple of people who heard by word of mouth this morning got a chance to take advantage of an 1L outfit from my store. Reason being? Well, after staring at the Jolee outfits, I decided that the blue one was just plain ugly. All the rest grew on me and I figured that soon that one would too...but, it never did...and I could not in good conscience have people spending that much money on an outfit of mine that I thought was ugly...sooo, I made another color: Olive. I put it in the pack and sold the blue one for 1L until I finished changing the advert for the outfits. I was surprised at the response for an 1L item. A customer named Candee bought her entire Lucky Chair crew with her; it was funny. At any rate, out with the Blue (except @ Body Perfect in their newbie section), and in with the Olive. It fits much better and now I'm in lurve! Enjoy!

Vitamin Ci-Jolee

Alrighty! So, I tried something different. At first sight you may be like...meh! BUT...I promise you...it grows on you. It grew on me. Desigers...ever try to go one direction with a design and it takes you some place completely different. I was going for modern ...and I got Jolee. Comes in 4 yummy colors (Ginger is shown). Package has, top, shorts for prim skirt, and flex prim skirt. Buy indviduals or buy the pack. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Extraordinaire. Check out the "new" section at the center of the store. Enjoy!

Music of My life

I stole this from Elika's Blog...who stole it from Trinitee's Blog who stole it from Willow's Blog who got it from ...who knows...but yeah, I'm bored...sl is down...here goes:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)2. Put it on shuffle3. Press play4. For every question, type the song that's playing5. When you go to a new question, press the next button6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool..

Opening Credits: Om Mani Padme Hum (Buddist Mantra) - Ravi Shankar

Waking Up: Maria-Guano Apes

First Day At School: Take it Easy-The Fugees (like I ever take anything easy)

Falling In Love: Browneyed Girl-Steel Drums

Breaking Up:Love Song for No one-John Mayer (that's just creepy)

Prom: Amazon-M.I.A.

Life's Ok: Distractions -Zero 7

Driving: In Your Eyes-Ben Harper (Um, this mentions driving a car...This the Devil's game?)

Flashback: I Want You to Want Me-Avril Lavigne (yeah, that's highschool all over again)

Getting Back Together: Pull Up the People- M.I.A.

Wedding Scene: Pachebel Canon-George Winston (Okay...I kid you not! So weird!)

Birth of Child: Sugar Skin-Guano Apes (Let's Hope NOT!!)

Final Battle: Dead Skin-Crossfade

Death Scene: Galang-M.I.A. (Fun Song! I'm gangsta!)

Funeral Song: Deeper-Delirious (the song starts off "I wanna go deeper"...lol)

End Credits: All Good Things Come to an End-Nelly Furtado (Yeah, this is a game from Satan fo sho)

You GOTTA try this!

Argyle's not just for Grandpa

Okay, so it's been 48 hours, I've not slept and all I do is pretty much turn in research papers and lesson plans...My days as of late really really suck....so um...I had to make myself feel better and take some time out to make summin....wha summin? ARGYLE...one of my addicts came into the store about a month ago and pitched a minor fit that we didn't have any...well guess what? Now we do. Imma keep this badboy short so I can sleep. comes with short sweater, long sweater, shorts for prim skirt, prim skirt, and socks. Available at Vitamin Ci's main store. Nite!

Bundle Up v2.0

If you're a designer, I'm sure you've made something where at the time you thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, but then realized months later there are much needed improvements. It's not against the law to go back and revisit your designs to make them your best--especially if you've gotten better with technique. First, with this outfit, all I was going to do is change the skirt to flex. Then I thought about all the custom requests I recieved on this outfit when it first came out: sweater covering entire belly, pants and skirt options, more plaid please (Minx is always asking for plaid). So, instead of just flexatizing it--I redid the whole thing! Now each Bundle Up color includes two turtlenecks: one cutoff and the other long, a pair of slacks, shorts, and a flex prim skirt. There is also an additional pack of turtlenecks in bright colors as well. Check them out @ Vitamin Ci's main store on Ocean Drive. They're in the "new" section in the center of the store! ENJOY!

Unless it's slutwear, it wont sell...

What do you think about that? No exposed belly or T&A...does that make for a sales disaster? Lots of people seem to think so. In a world full of slutwear and attatchable genetalia, a small population of people complain that they cannot find anything to wear. I remember when I first started Vitamin Ci...it was to cater to those people. The people who wanted more clothes on than not. A few days ago...a new person stopped by the store and asked...."Are there any clothes around that...covers up stuff?" Of course than was insulting to me because she was standing in MY store...and I don't sell slutwear...there are a few naughty things here and there but slutwear, NUT UH! After I made a few suggestions though, I got to looking around in my store. Sure, the quality of my designs have gotten better, but my skirts have gotten shorter, tops skimpier, and pants as low as they can go. Why? Because I started to cater to the bigger crowd, than the crowd my line was intended for. Here's an outfit for you all that wonder where the old Vitamin Ci went...Liz...comes in 3 colors (cocoa shown)available @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Extraordinaire.

I'm Miffed!

Why, you may ask? ...and so what if you don't. My blog, my rants, k? My girl A.J. got sent home on America's next top model! What is that about?! She had a kickass runway walk AND she takes fabulous pictures. Okay, so she messed up in ONE challenge. Jada on the other hand hasn't had a great photoshoot YET. Why are they keeping her around? I don't hate Jada...I just love A.J. What were they thinking? She even won Top Model’s cover girl of the week the day she was cut. I guess the producers didn't want A.J. to win for whatever reason and wanted to axe her out while they had a chance. I think it was between her and Melrose all along. I would have loved to see those two opposites hash it out.... Now the heffer has no competition! Okay, maybe CariDee. We'll see. *Sighs* Bye A.J....believe me, you can still be a supermodel if it's something you want to pursue.

O...M...G! Hair Touching NO NO!

I saw this video and I wanted to slap Barabra myself. I admired the class Brandy and Tanika Ray had in this incident. In most cases that could have turned ugly! Look at both of these women's faces when she initially touches their head. People...generally, have their personal space and I suspect hair pulling is a little too much for EVERYONE...but just in cas e it isn't.... A: Never put your hands in an African-American woman's hair unless she says "Touch my hair, please." (by the way, that's never going to happen unless you're a professional hair stylist). B: Never ask "Is that your real hair?" WTF? There's so many things wrong with that. Barbara Walters doesn't live in a bubble somewhere in Connecticut. She's a journalist that has been all over the world and encountered many cultures. She knows--she was just being....rude. Not cute Barabra...not cute at all!

The Wear and Terry of Wrinkles

Um, yeah....I don't know what I'm talking about in that title either. But yeah! So....this is my new favorite outfit for a few reasons: it's simple, something I'd actually wear in real life, and...and...AND I successfully drew wrinkles. Yes, I know you're just as excited as I am...because these wrinkles are not scary...no no...they look nice...this would all be thanks to Starley's article in the current issue of Second Style. I'm not perfect at it yet BUT I've come a long way...and just think, during a time...where I have no time. Yes kids, I'm still in school...teaching my little rear off...yay! Speaking of teaching...We come to the dress name: Vitamin Ci-Terry. I named it after one of my loverly professors. Not because she's my favorite...not because she isn't...but just because I was thinking about an assignment in her class while making me creation. It comes in 6 lovely colors...and blue (I'll give you the blue one free if you IM me...I'm not going to sell it...I didn't like it so much). Stop by me store...today!

Fall Flava!

Okay, so...I've not been making many things. RL though? A BLAST...yes, I'm extremely busy with lesson plans, crazy advisors, and even crazier chilluns....but it's a roller coaster ride I'm more than happy to be on. Why? SENIOR YEAR BABY!!! Err...yeah, okay so to outfit. Tried to make something "fall like" and came up with this yummy goodness, Vitamin Ci: Uptown....for the classy chick who loves casual...comes in many yummy colors...so stop by Vitamin Ci's main store on Ocean Drive and check it out :-D

Cheetahlicious

Jackal Ennui, of Lassitude & Ennui, made these really hot high heeled sandals called Feral a few weeks ago and they were a must have. Even though I had nothing in a cheetah pattern I HAD TO HAVE these sandals...so I bought them, in hopes that I would have time to make something to match. Yesterday, my thoughts became a reality with Chee. Vitamin Ci-Chee comes in the Feral color as well as Red, Purple, and Black. It's quite a simple dress but as Nali put it "It's not your usual but it still manages to be sexy and classy". It's already recieved several thumbs up! Feel free to stop by the Extraordinaire sim on Ocean Drive and check out Vitamin Ci's "new" section. There you'll find me cats meow! ENJOY! xoxo

Lots of Thangs...

...have been going on. Some of you may have noticed my abscence but most of you have not. I can tell by the large number of offlines wondering how I am (no, really I can't) :-))

Anyway, I've not been on SL so no designing...BUT...I have been enjoying myself RL. I threw a suprise birthday party for my mother last Saturday and that bought me to my parents home. I've not left since. Although they do have the internet, none of their computers have the capability to do SL (suprise, they're not big gamers), which is good for me, cause that means I haven't sat on me arse a lot-- but bad because I've not had a chance to create anything. Either way, the store has been doing great so I thank my customers for their continued support (especially with all the horrid updates I've heard about). If by some chance I didn't get a message from you concerning a purchase because of all the capped messages I recieved (again, not really) please let me know. I've responded to all the offlines that reached my yahoo mail so hopefully, I got to all of you :-D

Another great announcment is that my neice is okay--not that any of you knew she wasn't....Yesterday she choked on something, had to be taken to the emergency room, and it was quite hectic for all of our family. She's my ace! Thankfully, whatever she was choking on either was plastic, passed or she threw up (it didn't show up on x-ray), and all is well. She's back to being my little Yama (my nickname for her), avoiding my kisses, and using the "point and laugh" method when I pretend to cry about it. I have to give God a big thumbs up for working this out for me. Life wouldn't be the same without my Bri.

This weekend I'm heading to Florida to enjoy a little before "back to school" fun. I'm sure there will be plenty of excitment. I'll be staying at my grandmother's home that is haunted. Don't believe me? IM me sometime and I'll tell you the stories :-)) Alot of my family lives in Florida so I'm sure I'll get to see them at some point. If you see me online before Monday afternoon, it's either Lonewolf Mackenzie or Lollypop Extraordinaire. Both of them will be checking my sales and offlines periodically so I can keep the customers happy. See you all Monday! :-D

Who's Martha?

She's sexy, classy, and a little on the preppy side. She's a nerd, she's the star, she's got spunk...she's you! Introducing, Vitamin Ci-Martha... I'm actaully quite pleased with how this turned out and it didnt' consist of me sweating over prims, thank GOD! The top and the skirt have the sweater pattern on it so you get the whole sweater-vest and button down shirt underneath, look. There's a little paisley detail on the cuffs of the sleeves and socks. Then you have argyle socks with that same argyle trim on the hem of the skirt. I lubs eet! I hope you do too...it's available in so many colors, you're bound to find one you like: slate, pink/green (shown), purple/mint, burgundy/pink, teal/tan, and red/berry. Available @ Vitamin Ci's main store in Extraordinaire. YAY :-D

Thank You, Shelley

Shelley Pinkney was one of my first shop assistants. My store was half the size it is now, blue, and had a big ass orange in the center, waving at everyone. It looked like it was right off of a video game. Shelley would hold events such as treasure hunts, meet and greets, chat & coffee mornings, plus your run of the mill best in black club stuff. Those were the days: small, comfortable, and fun. We'd butt heads....OFTEN but we needed eachother. It's funny when I think back on all the petty arguments we used to have. She told me once "You don't thank me enough!" I rolled my eyes, sighed, and vowed to thank her EVERYDAY she was in the store. I did. I kept my promise. Right before our new store was underway, Shelley took some time off of SL, she hadn't been feeling well. She'd come on sometimes with an occasional hello, but she wasn't the 24 hour, Vitamin Ci Shelley I once knew. I couldn't wait for her to feel better and come back.

The day she'd come back and be my #1 never happened. She passed away July 15th of Lymphoma. Of course it took me a while deal with it. I'm not the type of person who talks a lot about death. I guess because the unknowns of it scare me. At first you feel a lot of regret...what you could have said/done differently. But, hopefully you get past that, and realize all the fun times you had...and we did have fun. She was so dedicated to me, my co-owner @ the time, Lone...and our store. I appreciated her so much! Today I put out a fountain in my store in rememberance of her (Thanks to Dyna Diller, Alyssa Bijoux, and Pennie Strauss). It's nothing grand...just very simple--something I can look at and smile. Thank you Shelley for being such a great person! You will be missed, but I'm sure heaven is a lot more fun than VCi! Aloha...my prayers are with your friends and family always. xoxo -Ci

It's Been a Minute

Yeah, so with no outfit last week, I had to make up for it. I hope you all can forgive me...and if not...so what ho! Here's Flora...simple, flirty, and versatile. I give my models their outfits before they tp to my portable photobooth...seems to help with rezzing *shrugs*. One of my models, Zoey Pinkdot, showed up with her zillion piercings, dark makeup, with my prissy pink dress on....I was like...hmmm...put on some boots and I wont fuss about that...lol. The picture for it came out great (shown). Then you have the classy look and somewhere in between. Whatever works. I love me models! Also available in blue, red, gray, and white :-D Enjoy!

Conflict Diamonds

What is a conflict diamond? Conflict diamonds are diamonds that are sold to fund the unlawful and illegal operations of rebel, military and terrorist groups. The countries most affected by conflict diamonds are Sierra Leone, Angola, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo--all places where citizens have been terrorized, mutilated and killed by groups in control of the local diamond trade. Recently, some participating countries have started something called the Kimberly Process. The Kimberly Process accounts for more than 99% of their diamonds and insures they are non-conflict.

It's a topic that really concerns me because many conflict diamonds still find themselves in jewelry stores all over the world. Forget non-existent weapons of mass distruction. How about our funding terrorism by purchasing conflict diamonds? There are many comapanies around the world that cannot account for where their diamonds come from, according to a British based report by Global Witness: Bulgari, Cartier, and Harry Winston--failed to respond to Global Witness in writing about their policies on conflict diamonds and how they ensure that none are sold by their stores. U.S. jewelry chains, including Littman Jewelers, Whitehall Jewelers and U.S. department stores like Bloomingdales, Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue, also failed to respond.

I hope this disturbs you and makes you want to take some sort of action, even if it's as simple as buying your diamonds from non-conflict diamond retailers, who also have documentation as to where their diamonds come from. Here's a buyers guide on how to purchase a non-conflict diamond. Information can also easily be found on google.

Not Quite A Kimono

Vitamin Ci-Kim was one of those outfits where I set out to make something completely different and then, tah dah. Needless to say, I'm not disapointed. We have the vibrant japanese floral for the daring and white for the mild! Available in 4 colors @ Vitamin Ci's main store on Ocean Drive in Extraordinaire! Come visit us....Now, time to study for yet another test... GAH!

Addiction Over...

I just got out of class today after having a freaking AWESOME 4th of July vacation. I got to see a lot of my family and.... the little niece entertained me like always. She's so fabulous! She does this little dance now, with one hand on the table, the other in the air...and she hops up and down when you sing a song. Every once in a while she uses her pacifier to hit on the table to make a beat. It's sooooo funny...and amazing. Everyone must see the Bri dance! She also can stand in place...no walking yet, but it's coming!She really makes you want to have kids...or at least, she makes ME want to!
I also got to see a lot of my cousins...some that I've not seen in ages. Two of them are totally grown up now...well, they're 12. They look like mini Beyonce and Kelly...too cute. I've always been an advocate for surrounding yourself with positive things and people and MAN...that has paid off for me.
So, what addiction am I talking about? S freaking L. Didn't even think about it much, besides selling my linden. Had no desire to log on at all! Why? A few reasons. When Brianna is dancing, who has time for SL? Also, the negativity that goes along with being there. I'm generally very quiet and to myself, yet blunt... RL and that flows over to SL as well. Some days I can be uber social but most days, not so much...some people take that as I don't like them, although I generally "like" most people. They're interesting creatures and what makes them tick is facinating. If I didn't LIKE people I wouldn't want to teach kids...to then turn them into SUCCESSFUL people. Think of it this way....I'm like, that kid that sits in the back of the class and no one really knows what they're thinking....and this kid is thinking a lot...I'm thinking, why ask people to retract their claws when you've scratched them? Why be evil to people you barely know? Why me, them or anyone? Yanno? ...the he said she said gossip going on in SL, who'd really want to hang out there when you have a GOOD life? These people who start crap don't want to solve anything. They're all to their friends "Why can't we all get along" and in the same breath downing people they don't know one thing about....I've approached my gossipers head on, to only be ignored or lied to while they continue to be evil. I'd pretty much gotten over that...what can you do? But now, the texture theives....BLAH!...It's just gotten sad. Hurting me is one thing...hurting others, I take a lot hader. I try not to pay attention to it but it still manages to poke at me now and again because I LIKE people. Good hearts are sometimes overlooked when there's no ass kissing involved...but believe me, I notice all of the positive people in my life...SL and RL...I thank you for making things enjoyable for me! Anyway, it was quite theraputic to hang with a buncha characters RL that like me back, including my neice (shown)....LOL...this is no parting letter from SL or anything, just some thoughts, that are going to require me to make a lot of changes on how I do things when in world. Maybe then I'll get my addiction back :-D