Flickr photostream

The observant among you may have noticed that I've added a Flickr slideshow to the side of the blog. Well, cause just having pictures of me there will get boring, I've started up a Flower & Willow Flickr group here. Please feel free to join and add pictures of you in Flower & Willow stuff!

Back on home shores

I'm back in the country after my break overseas, so if anyone has any outstanding enquiries please do feel free to drop me an IM.

Things may still be a little quiet on the ground for a while, with a lot of behind the scenes work going on. Every single one of my kimono is currently undergoing an overhaul, with new and updated prim work, and there are also some new designs in the works.

Group members will be getting a free preview very shortly!

November almost upon us

I'm going away on October 28 and won't be back until around November 19! I do have some exciting things lined up for when I return, but before I left I wanted to get next month's kanzashi out.

And here it is:

I also reworked my maiko hair. It now includes flexi ribbons at the front and scripted colour-change hira kanzashi and bead ribbon accents, with a choice of 12 colours.


While I'm away I'll have limited internet access and no access at all to SL, so if you need me, drop me a notecard or, better still, email me at hatsune@hotmail.co.uk

Second Style Magazine

*falls over in excitement*

I'm in October's Second Style Magazine! My Sakura hikizuri appears in the 'Costume Couples' Halloween feature (page 46)! Seeing as many people view Second Style to be the magazine for fashionistas, I'm pleased as punch!

The magazine is free to download, and you can find it here.

*squees*

So that cheered up my Monday morning a bit ;)

In shop-type news... I made hair! Expect a momoware and wareshinobu to be on sale soon.

I'm still alive!

Phew - long time no releases! Very sorry about that - what with one thing and another it's been a bit hectic. For starters Java Island has been revamped, which meant I had to move all of my stuff into a new building. It's smaller than the old one (boo hiss) and because of the VAT debacle my rent has gone up (double boo hiss!). Ah well, such is life and my landlord has been lovely about it. I completely understand why he's had to take this course of action.

But on the plus side there are some big developments afoot and some new items to boot!

Two more hikizuri - you must be sick of them by now! These have a slightly more silky sheen to them and some bold embroidery.


I'm a little late, but I also now have October's kanzashi in store. Yellow is pictured, but a pale pink version is also included.


In non-design related news, I've been nominated for the SL Fashion Bloggers' Choice Awards, run by SL Fashion Notes - I'll let you know how that goes!

Hikizuri round two

More hikizuri for you today - another five in fact! With their release I am officially out of room at Semple Truth, so if you see things start vanishing from that particular store it's not that I've retired them, it's just that I need the prims!






The hair, in case you're wondering, is a very slightly modified version of FerretHerder Kitsune's Geisha 3 hair, available here (along with some other gorgeous styles).

Geometric Hikizuri now in!

Finally, I hear you say. The first range of my new style of kimono are now in store.

They include a flexi kimono trail (which looks pretty good when dancing if I do say so myself). Also included are an optional 'no trail' kimono skirt, geisha and maiko style obi (with one and two-part versions) and both patterned and plain varieties of the sleeves and top so you can mix and match.