"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