Billy Beaverhausen

Ready for some Christmas gifts and/or bargains? OK, let’s go! 
In episode three I already mentioned Love To Decorate and how a bunch of Second Life creators have contributed a gift especially for members of the LTD group. My information was somewhat flawed. I thought all gifts were released simultaneously, but instead it’s one gift per day up to December 21s and you have until January 15th to pick up these gifts. I already received the winter bench and blanket basket from my sponsor Shutter Field, but let’s take a look at some of the other gifts that are out right now.

First up is a sweat little rocking chair with a throw from Goose. The scene I put together for it really makes me wish I had a fireplace in my real life apartment. I’ve tried building a camp fire, but the neighbours really don’t like it. Oh well.
From Junk Food we get a full set containing a table, logs, a wooden Christmas tree and a plate of cookies, which dispenses cookies. Nom nom nom. Zero calories… Zero taste.
People have been taking bits of nature indoors with them round this time of year for a very long time. This habit long predates Christmas, so naturally you need some of that in SL. There’s a Christmas tree of course, but then there are also some nice winter arrangements like the one from Bygone.

No Christmas is complete without a log, so thank you What Next for catering to this particular need. This virtual version makes me want to hoover up a real life chocolate log with my face.
And after such a rich snack, I’m going to need a nap. Enter the outdoor sleigh bed (or you can put it indoors of course) by Bee Design.
If you enjoy creating a winter wonderland, you’ll like the little cuddle area by TM Creation, featuring snow covered rocks, a tree stump, winter foliage, a bunny and a decorative pillow.

Greetings loyal followers and other Christmas freebies and bargains craving people. It’s the second advent Sunday and Christmas is rushing towards us like nobody’s business. Meanwhile I keep wandering the grid, visiting winter wonderland situations and grabbing goodies.

My first stop was Meva to pick up the 9 December gift from their advent calendar. You need to be a group member and the group joining fee is 100 L$. Each gift is available for one day only. Today the gift is layered, as you get a long shirt and a tank top which can be worn separately or together. The tank top comes with a colour hud and both items com in Signature Gianni and Belleza Jake size.
Next I opened up a few more doors of the Madpea Chrismas Calendar. You can purchase this calendar for 500 L$ and rez it at your home as a nice decoration piece or attach it as hud and open doors whenever you feel like it. I rather like that silly snowman hat. 

Also in the Madpea Christmas Calendar are a wearable lantern, cookies and milk to leave out for Santa (let’s hope he hasn’t gone gluten / lactose intolerant), a Certificate of Good Behaviour (you can fill in your own name… cheaters!), a beautifully shimmering little winter wonderland dome, and a little naive painting on planks of wood.

At this point the Firestorm just shut down on me without any warning and I’m going to take this as a sign that I need to wrap this blog post up and head outside into the real world. See you soon for more goodies.

‘Tis the season to be jolly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la and to load lots of free toys and goodies on your sleigh. We’re 7 days into December and 5 episodes into my series in which I’m exploring all what Second Life Christmas has to offer in terms of freebies, bargains and whatever else I may find worth mentioning. Hop on my sleigh and join me on my treasure trail.

7 Deadly S(k)ins has an advent calendar that runs till 24th December with a male and female gift for each day. If you’ve missed a day, you can purchase the box at a discounted price. The “bad news” is that for the month of December the group joining fee has been raised to 1000 L$, the good news is that if you like their skins, there are 18 gifts left to grab in the coming days and that comes down to +/- 55 L$ per box. Well worth it if you like the 7DS skins and don’t have many of them yet. Today’s male gift is the Roland omega face and body applier in caramel tone, shown here on the Signature Geralt body and head.

There are some boxes under the Christmas tree at Fameshed. Some are just decoration, some contain a gift. You need to join the Fameshed update group, but there is no joining fee. I had a quick look at the gifts and saw some beautiful hair and shoes for female avatars. Some usable items for me personally are a set of cookie cutters, a rustic inspirational sign and an interesting wall box with stools named “modern tête-a-tête… All what’s missing there are the smart phones.

After yesterday’s heavy duty post, I’m going to keep this one nice an light, so this is it for now. The weekend should be good for some more hunting and advent calendar collecting.

Hi there loyal Beaver Reader or if you’re new here: what took you so long? This is episode 5 of my blog series about Christmas related finds, freebies, goodies and bargains in Second Life and you better braise yourself cause it’s gonna be a big one.

We’re going to take a look at The Snowbound Hunt. This hunt runs until 12 December and has many contributors. All the hunt prizes can be found on the Snowbound sim, which is quite a lovely place for wandering around. Each contributor has specific baubles you need to look for. Very few prizes are free, some are 10 L$ and others are 25 L$. Of course if you know what the prize is and you really want it, than these are all bargains. The little cat-like creature with the sign will give you an overview of contributing stores, their specific baubles and prizes. The hunt also has a facebook page that can proof useful. There are a lot of baubles as all the participating stores have contributed several items. One way to get a better idea of what’s in a bauble is to right click it, go in edit mode and have a look in the contents tab. Once you have either bought the item or have decided you don’t want it, you may want to derender the bauble, unless you have one of those perfect recall memories, in which case I do hate you ever so slightly. There aren’t an awful lot of male items here, but if you have a female avatar you can really clean this place out. Here’s a selection of the goodies I grabbed. I’ve put the type of bauble you need to look for with each of the prizes.

First up is a pair of fluffy ear warmers with golden cat ears by Quirky.
Next you can indulge your sweet tooth with a snowman ice cream cone by SugarBun.
Everybody needs at least one pair of antlers in their wardrobe and there are lots of these in this hunt. If I’m not mistaken, it’s the hunt’s organiser, Toxxic Rhiannyer, who’s supplying these antlers. You’ll find them in beige/gold striped baubles.

If you like an industrial touch, then you will appreciate the bent nail bracelet by Nova.
Make sure your guests have something to nibble on, with the cupcakes and candy canes by The Artist shed.
Of course guests can come in tiny sizes, like this little chinchilla by Sweet Thing.

Riot has several pairs of thigh high boots hidden in this hunt and they come in a bunch of sizes, even for male avatars like Signature Gianni, Belleza Jake, Slink and Adam. Admittedly, as far as male attire goes it’s “out there”, but the texturing is great and it’s nice to see creators are thinking outside the box. Riot also contributed some tamer options, like the oversized sweater and the white and green biker pants.
Now I get back to a bit of decor with this festive red bike by THOR. It’s christmassy because of the colour and the cans of hot milky drinks. Great! Now the chinchilla has something to wash the candy canes down with.

Tiller put in a jacket, a pair of trousers and a set of differently coloured baseball caps that like a young urban look.
If you don’t like full-on Christmas decoration or simply haven’t got the time to put it all together, but like to scatter about some small seasonal items, then you may like this basket of ornaments and cup with candy canes by Moss & Mink.
After all that bauble hunting you’re going to need a rest so it’s good to know you can find a pair of PJ bottoms by [QE] in this hunt. Unfortunately there’s no Belleza size included. You get Aesthetic, Signature Gianni and classic sizes.

If you’re making some memories this Christmas, perhaps you can put them in the winter themed picture frames by Moon Tea.
Having a lazy day between the holidays? Just wrap yourself in the blanket by Lagom. If you have a female avi it gets much better, cause there are socks and a baggy sweater for you. I had to blank out my arms and hands to wear this blanket, but I think that was to be expected.
If you’re nuts about shoes, maybe you’ll wet your pants at the idea of having high-healed shoes as Christmas tree ornaments. That’s one of the things you can get from Garbaggio in this hunt. There are some stylishly fun wearable shoes for female avatars as well.

Nutmeg is sure to please plenty of people with their carefully crafted rustic ornaments.
You can get inked with Letis. Tattoos have become so mainstream!
Finally I’m finishing off with this round winter rug by [QE].

Good luck with finding all these hunt prizes in The Snowbound Hunt. Remember, you only have until 12 December, so you better get going now!

PS: In all the images with the red head I’m using the Catwa Stanley head on the Belleza Jake body and Vango Zack hair. The blond guy is the Signature Gianni body & head with Dagon hair by Tableau Vivant. In both cases I used a skin by Stray Dog in their No. 4  skin tone (buttermilk).