Closed in-world

Due to RL obligations Marrissa and myself have made the very difficult decision to close Raessa Design's in-world.

The store is still present on the Marketplace, though the inventory is not complete. As I am able I will continue to put items in market so they may be available for purchase.

We have high hopes of once more returning to a store in-world however cannot make any sort of guarantee on time-line.

We greatly appreciate those who have chosen to follow Raessa with our hunts and sales.

<3

Rae & Iss

L$10 Raessa Mega Sale!

As of right here right now - Saturday May 25th Raessa is holding a special mega sale. All items in store are ONLY L$10 until 12 PM Midnight SLT

Yes this is a crazy sale for a crazy total of 12 hours however sometimes, a business has just gotta let loose and give the members what they deserve. Not that this is a members only sale by all means ;) it's open to the public of course.

This sale is dedicated as a special thank you to our loyal members and a sincere apology for our not being able to get anything new out for a couple weeks. HOWEVER Along with this sale we do now have several new items!

Visit Raessa Designs In World!

 

Of course with these following items we have variations that are a must have!

Release Your Inner Neko - Teaser Pics!

Here are the Release Your Inner Neko Teaser Pics. Enjoy ;)

 

 

 

 

55L Thursday - Weekend Sale Items

As a SPECIAL Preview of what's going on sale this week for the 55L Thursday - Weekend sale I've opted to post the pics of this weeks theme: Red jewels.

 

This is a very special sale as the Forever Love - Ruby - Set is not normally for sale! This item is ONLY available during these special sale events. As an added bonus ! Elegance - Red a wonderful addition to any red-based outfit.

 

 

 

 

As a bonus: Raessa is offering you the opportunity to choose 3 of your favorite items in store to go on sale! - Granted it's on the L$22 Sale board for now, however you can also send in a completed NC with this information on it and send directly to Araerris Amat.

 



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Item 2:

Item 3:

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::Comments/Questions::

 

SLURL- Click to head in world to drop off this NC and/or to take advantage of this awesome sale: Raessa Design

 



 

Some teaser pics for the PETITE April Showers Bring May Flowers Hunt!

(Sorry to those who's pic didn't make it up! The server is giving me issues for some reason)

 

 

April Showers Bring May Flowers PETITE Hunt

Yep time is drawing near, my version - Published first I might add - is going to begin in a few short days - More specifically this Saturday April 20 th.

So here are the hints!

1.) Raessa Designs: Amongst the jewels you will find -A gift of similar design
2.) *Lok's* Low Prim Furniture: Find me under an itty-bitty rocking chair
3.) ::Mystic Petites:: See Store for hint
4.) Synnful Angel Desings:
5.) {{Imajica's G-Spot}} : Your gift is right in front of you :D
6.) Nomiki's Creations: I'm feeling small yet Lucky!
7.) DemotiK: Hint board in store
8.) A Little Bit Of... : Splish Splash I was taking a bath
9.) Black Petal Designs: Kitty likes to hide things in here... 
10.) Isis Boutique:  Find this flower in the Garden Party.
11.) Dragon Magick Wares: I need to cool off
12.) Steaming Ahead: Feel the weight
13.) Botanica : Find a flower to dress you hair
And you will find a harp
On which to play a Fairy Aire
14.) Clockworks : Kitty likes to hide things in here... 

* Some teaser pics will be updated soon in the Hunts tab ;)

<3 Arae

P.S Apologies to all who have been glancing back here, RL has picked up for both myself and Issa - leaving Issa with no internet for the past couple weeks! I've been doing my best to do both our jobs but some things have fallen behind - the blog being one of them. Never fear though, Issa will be returning hopefully by next week and things will resume some normality!

Sale Groups

Sale groups and programs have been around SL for ages. Allowing shoppers to find high quality products for more often then not - more then 50% less then the original retail price.
 

As a newer business Raessa has been striving to find the most popular sale group with the best deal for our customers. As such when you visit the store, you'll see a long line of signs and subscription boards for various sales that take place on different days of the week.

Now what most shoppers are unaware of, is that these sale groups come as a cost to us merchants. The submission fee's tend to cover associated costs for advertising, organization and the time with which the group organizers must spend to keep things running smoothly.

The cost for these sale groups vary depending on the percentage of sale given, how many items are allowed to go on sale and even based on the organiser themselves.

As such, Raessa has opted to create a sale group specific to Tuesdays. The group: L$22 Tuesdays where we and fellow merchants will showcase a single item every Tuesday for only L$22 as a bonus we have implemented a subscriber system so all you need to do to receive your weekly list of L$22 sale items is click the sign - if you want to stop receiving list updates just click the sign again.

 

*~ Raessa Designs Location ~*

 

 

Newness!

New stuff available instore now!

Take a look at our new items available below. Like what you see? Come and have a look at us inworld ;)

*~ Raessa Designs ~*

Dancing in the Rain Teaser Pics!

Here are some teaser pics from Dancing in the Rain vendor participants! Hint are coming soon and will be posted on "Raessa's Organized Hunts" page!

Raessa Presents: Dancing in the Rain Hunt!

Dancing in the Rain hunt applications have officially CLOSED!

 

 

With that we have a grand total of - Including the starting point - 15 vendors! This is going to be an amazing short hunt where hunters have all the time they need to search for the hunt item and browse the store without pressure to hurry up so they can get to all the stores before the hunt ends!

 

Dancing in the Rain hunt will begin April 1 and end April 30th Hints and pics are due on March 23rd so check back here for a sneak preview of the gifts you will be recieving with this hunt!

 

Starting point is Here at Raessa Designs! Be sure to join the Raessa Hunt group to recieve updates on all the current and upcoming hunts!!

 

Onward Hunters!!

 

The Joys and Frustrations of Mesh

The Joys and Frustrations of Mesh by Araerris Amat

Mesh has been a tool implemented into the world of second life and has a variety of uses – if you know either where to buy your mesh item or how to build mesh items via a third party program. Mesh has ranged from Buildings, Decorations, hair and more importantly – Clothes!

As member of the Pure Contagion group and an amateur blogger we get sent items from designers so that blogging regarding their objects may take place! So as my first official product review I will be looking at mesh products in general with a focus on two outfits by separate designers.

As mesh clothing goes you are almost always provided with a variety of size options so as to best fit your avatars ‘natural’ shape as closely as possible, and with the assistance of alpha layers the fit can either be perfect, or not so perfect.

The first item of business is a mesh dress created by fellow blogger Juliana Jonstone for the store Fab-Fae which can be found in world by clicking *here* Fab Fae is a store that normally advertises for petite mesh avatars however this particular outfit is specifically made for normal sized avatars.

 

As you can see the photo shows off the dress with frills at top and bottom with hour glass-shaped form. The textures along the front of the dress flow across the stomach and towards the back. The ribbed textures along the side provide a much desired realistic appearance as the fabric moves over your avatar body.

Of course I couldn’t resist trying on the outfit for myself and as mesh dresses go – this one fits both the joys and the frustrations of mesh clothing – At least for MY avatar shape it does!

The pros being the joy of mesh in general – the fabric follows your avatar movements beautifully and stays snug to your form. The ribbed textures are placed in the correct setting to add the ‘real feel’ factor and provide a style that is most attractive. The fabric texturing flows beautifully from front to the sides and to the back – until that is, it meets the spine.

 

 

Now for the cons revolving around most all mesh products: I genuinely cannot say I fully comprehend how texturing works in the world of mesh creations as I am not a mesh creator myself. However as you can see in the photo below, the wrap-around textures that cover the body of the dress are not fully wrap around and come to a very noticeable stop along the spine.

Now keep in mind most mesh creations are built to fit an avatars shape as closely as possible and are not a “one size fits all” type of product. This gives some frustration when purchasing mesh products as you always run the risk of your avatar shape not quite fitting into your new mesh look – But wait! What about the provided Alpha layer? Yes this is a savior of most mesh fittings! Simply put on the alpha layer and find the size that fits your avatar best. Perfect fix every time right? Wrong. Not all alpha textures and not all fittings will be a perfect match for your avatar shape especially when skin being shown is involved.

Even with this particular outfit one can see along the top line the clear gap from skin to dress caused by the alpha layer. On top of this – this particular dress does not match my avatars particular shape, giving it a bit thicker appearance then how it truly is.

In the instance of MY avatar shape, this dress is not for me, as you can see even with the alpha texturing and the correct size that fits me best there is still some empty invisible-ness going on that for me is not acceptable.

Despite this however, I would definitely recommend this product for the right avatar shape, the expertise in the ribbed texturing along the legs alone shows the quality of the product and if you can get past the non-meeting textures along the spine then you’re golden!

 

Here is another example of a product also sent out for Blog Review by the SL designer kokoscloset; this is another example of a mesh item that just doesn’t fit me quite well. However in this instance the alpha layer is just too extensive over the chest and does not allow my avatar to properly fill the outfit as it was designed – even with the smaller sizes.

For this particular outfit I would recommend a hair style that flows down over the front of the shoulders that will hide the alpha gap. Unfortunately I tried on another mesh outfit by this creator and still had the same issue with the extensive alpha layer. Ideally this is an issue with only my avatar form however as mesh products go, I find myself disspaointed that I am unable to wear these creations.

I hope you enjoy my unique blogging style of ‘Designer product review’ and ‘Generalized Product Overview’ if you have a product you would like me to specifically blog about please do not hesitate to contact me in-world or via e-mail.

<3 Arae

SL Screen Name: Araerris Amat

E-Mail: wintersrae@gmail.com

 

 

Woo La La!

Woo La La I say! For we have rolled out so many new and beautiful jewlery items and FINALLY the long awaited male tattoos!

As a new business co-owner I (Arae) am finding that there is much to learn about the world of quality. Through trial and error I am constantly striving to achieve the most top quality product that I am able to while reaching out to individual interestes and styles, as such this often times means extending outside of my realm of personal likes. Which I have found to be one of the top challenges since diving into this world of business.

So here I am reaching out to all current and new customers who have reviewed our products and perhaps purchased some as well: What would you like to see? I would very much love the opportunity to recieve requests unique to YOUR style and see what Issa and I can do.

As such I also remind all that we do more then just jewellry and tattoos, we are also photographers and portrait designers! And on top of that, we also have our business solutions department where we offer many options to the aspiring business owner.

Enough of words though! Here for your viewing pleasure are two of the most recent tattoos that have been created: One by yours truly the other by Issa!

 

Jewellery, tattoos and face paints. Oh My!

Wow, it's been a busy week at Raessa. We have hunt applications pouring in and we have been working on some really exciting new items of jewellery and tattoos! We even managed to squeaze in time to come up with some face paints for kid avatars!.

Photos and further announcements will follow very soon, but a cup of coffee is in order before either Arae or myself are up to it!

Release Your Inner Neko Hunt!

Raessa Presents: Release Your Inner Neko Hunt

A hunt for both Adult AND Child avatars. Please Apply In World : Raessa Marketing and Design : Click the sign for information and application.

 

* The hunt sign will double as a hint provider, it is encouraged to set the hint the day before the hunt, when you place your hunt object.
* This will be a grid-wide hunt, unlimited stores.
* There will be 10 Sponsor positions available for $L 200
    - You will receive a position within the top 20 stores - organized as payment is        received 
    - Your store logo will be added to the Raessa Blog as well as in-world on our        sponsor board beginning from time of sponsor application acceptance until the    end of the hunt.
Requirements for this hunt:
* You must join the Raessa Hunt Group
* Objects must be created specifically for this hunt and created by your store to show the high quality of the products you provide.
* Do NOT box your gift.
* Do NOT make the hunt object smaller. It can be made larger and the color may be changed.
* Do NOT hide the hunt object within or behind another object - these hunts are meant to be fun not an impossible challenge.

Application Deadline: April 28th  - Any applications received after this date will not be accepted.
Sponsor Application Deadline: May 5 th
Hunt Gift Texture (FULL PERMISSIONS) and Hint Due: May 13th
Hunt Sign Check: May 14 th
Hunt Item sent: May 15 th
Hunt Item and Hint Check: May 18 th ; May 19th
Hunt Begins: May 20th
Hunt Ends: June 20 th