Now Open!

I did it! I got both stores open tonight!

First I finished putting up all of the vendor boxes in the Caledon Tamrannoch store.





Then I went to the [Everglow] store and put up all of the vendor boxes there.





Before making the vendor boxes live and for sale, I ran into Hu and Kira at her shapes store across the street. She showed me her progress on making her first skin. She's really come a long was since her last version that she showed me. I was really impressed. I think if she keeps the work up, she'll be designing saleable skins in no time!



So Hu and Kira walked over to my store with me and we worked out pricing together. Kira thinks I am selling myself short with the prices, but I think that for the Caledon market, they are fair. She said she bought a gown the other day for $800L and wedding dresses run $1500L to $2000L. I was amazed.



So we went to a yard sale and were playing on all the furniture for a while. I didn't stay there with them for long since I wanted to make the vendors in the Tamrannoch store live and for sale as well.



I went back to Caledon and proceeded to make all of the vendors live. Then I invited Jasmyn over. I promised her a dress in exchange for the building she made for me, so I thought I would let her choose, but also test the vendors as well. I gave her the money to buy the dress of her choice and she bought "Promenade in Maroon" (a persoanl favorite of mine) and we concluded that the vendors worked perfectly.

She put the dress on and it fit perfectly. She looked gorgeous!



And after a long few days and a lot of hard work, I said goodnight to Jasmyn and retired for the night. I will notify other individuals tomorrow of the opening.

A new Laurel Crown building

So many accomplishments tongiht.

First, I finished my vendor cards for the most recent dress for the store. I got them affixed to the vendor boxes on the wall.



Then, I spent a lot of time adjusting the permissions for all of the dresses to make them Mod/Copy/No Transfer. That finished, I spend a good deal more time stuffing each vendor box with its corresponding dress items and LMs. As I completed those, I took them all back into my inventory for storage.

Next, I walked around the backyard and caged all of the squirrels so they wouldn't get hurt during demolition and construction.

I then removed the existing store building.

When that was done, I put out the new store building that Jasmyn had made for me. She siad it was just good fun and practice to make the building, but whatever she calls it, I am glad she did it, because it is a wonderful spacious room for the store with a very pretty exterior! As I was working on it, Jasmyn came by to help me with the finishing touches.



We got everything in place and I went back to the backyard to let the squirrels out of their cages. I re-estabished their fencelines so that they wouldn't run out of the yard or into the pond.

I moved back into the store to start setting up the vendor boxes int he new space. Several people dropped by to see what we were up to. It was nice to see community interested in my work.



Just before I was to head off to bed, Hu and Kira dropped by to see the new building and my progress. They were very impressed.



My day was full, but very, very rewarding. I should have the store open tomorrow (I hope).

An evening with Jasmyn

Tonight I worked the vendor cards for the new dress and spent time arranging for them to go into the store. Jasmyn stopped by to chat while I worked.



In the midst of our discussion, Desmond invited me to his mansion to look at land int he next sim. I have been on the waiting list for another parcel for a branch store. Unfortunately parcels in the the sim being offered right now are to be woodsy, and more likely to lend themselves to residential as opposed to commercial.



Upon conclusion of our meeting with Desmond, Jasmyn and I met up with Hu and Kira. We discussed a few things, then went off to the Dogglounge for a bit of dancing.





When Hu and Kira left for issues with one of her stores, Jasmyn and I moved to her house to change our clothes. She had this wonderful place to show me - one of her favorite places in S: Avilion Garden.





We moved from the front garden into the grand ballroom danced together for a bit. The floor was glass and slick under my shoes, but the music was romantic and everything was so beautiful!. I vowed to go back to Avilion Garden again sometime.



But little did I know that Jasmyn was saving the best for last! She took me outside and down a flowered path.



And we ended up at one of the pretiest wedding ceremony spots I have ever seen!



Definitely a beautiful end to an evening well spent with a good friend!

Dance the night away

After finishing my most recent Victorian dress, I went to Coughton Court and danced to "GenX with Gabi". It started off with only a few of us, but as time passed, the crowd picked up the and the hall filled quickly.





My friend Dilbert then invited me to the 2nd anniversary celebrations at the Blue Note tonight, so I quickly found something more suitable to wear and joined him for some wonderful live rockin' jazz music.



Soon, however, Dilbert had to head out, so I went home and photographed my new dresses.



I got them photographed and started working on the vendor cards when I went to visit Kira and Hu and Bagnaria in Neutralia for a bit.



The good news is that I booked the date and time for the Grand Opening Party for the store:

Where: Laurel Crown Store, Caledon Tamrannoch
When: Sunday, September 16, 2007, 2:00pm-4:00pm SLT

I am making really good progress!

Dogglounge dancer

Tonight I danced at the Dogglounge. That's about it.

EMMA - Caledon on the Sea

Today, I went sailing with Jasmyn. She bought a boat and called it EMMA. It was the best boat I have ever been on. She said it takes a lot not to capsize it, and I am glad we didn't turn over. We decided we needed to get a group together and go sailing. What a lovely day that would be!

Vendors and a new store location!

I started renting a small space at [The Everglow] in Chelonia. It is a corner store kitty corner to Kira's shapes store. The sim and the shopping center is new, but Kira and I think it will take off once people get wind of the camping abilities here. The shopping center is well done and looks like a strip mall. I was pleased with the look of it so I thought I would try my luck at selling Victorian Fashions in a "modern" sim. The sim owner thinks it will do well, but I guess we'll see. If it doesn't I am not bound to anything and can leave once my rent runs out.

So, to begin setting up my store in Chelonia, Hu and I worked for several hours last night to get the vendor boxes to work right. Somehow something so simple seemed so complex. We ran through a lot of different options before we found the right combination that made it work the way I wanted it to. But now that we know which options to select to make it work right, I can go in and start setting up in the main store.