The Sandbox is the official Second Life® newsletter, which is sent monthly to all residents of SL™ via email. For the month of June there is a “Second Life 8th Birthday Party” theme.

Last month, I was contacted by the very sweet Gabrielle Linden to do the “Look of the Month” for this special birthday issue. I was requested to style a party look using balloons and hats and all. I was totally excited to be asked to do this!

Well I had done my look and then kind of forgot about it until just a bit ago when a friend messaged me and said “congrats I just saw you on Look of the Month!”

For some reason I haven’t received the email yet myself but luckily it is available to view on the web so I got to see it! The pictures you see here are just screenshots of the newsletter because I wanted to keep a copy of it for myself. If you haven’t received the newsletter as of yet either, check it out on the web at this link. All the style credits are listed and linked to each item on the marketplace.

On June 23rd Second Life turns 8 years old and although I only discovered SL about 4 years ago, it has enriched my life so much. I feel very fortunate and thankful for everything that has happened in my SL and all the wonderful people that I have met and learned from. SL has done so much for me and I’m very happy to be a part of this wonderful community.

A big thank you to Gabrielle Linden for asking me to do this, and Happy Birthday to Second Life, here’s lookin at more years!

Now check out the following links and join all of the SL8B festivities:

The Official Second Life Newsletter: The Sandbox – SL8B Issue
SL8B Blog
SL8B Wiki
SL8B Destination Guide
SL8B Flickr Group
SL8B Facebook Group
SL8B on Twitter

Catero Revolution as Mr. Schuester and Strawberry Singh as April Rhodes.

Lately it seems that almost everyone is obsessed with Fox’s musical comedy, Glee. The show revolves around a highschool glee club and all the crazy adventures they get themselves into. I must admit I wasn’t that interested in watching it at first, however Mr. Revolution threatened me with divorce if I didn’t give it a chance. So I looked it up on Hulu and have been a fan ever since.

A couple of weeks ago, talented photographer and blogger, Makenzie Irling came up with the idea of creating and photographing the Glee cast in Second Life. She plurked about it and immediately had a bunch of volunteers for the different characters involved in the show.

I think the person that was most excited about Kenzie’s project was none other than Mr. Catero Revolution himself. He couldn’t wait to transform himself into the adorable Mr. Schuester. I think it’s definitely a job well done. After that he made me transform myself into April Rhodes, hence the photo above. I can’t help but to laugh at myself but it was all good fun.

See the rest of the SL-Glee cast on Kenzie’s flickr stream.

Aren’t we all just dorktastic? LOL I ♥ it!

Credits:
What Mr. Schuester is wearing:
Skin: -Belleza- Ewan v2 Pale 0
Hair: **Pocket Mirrors** Clarke Curly Brown
Eyes: m.fox-iballs- set 3-gayishbluishgreenish- shine *No longer available
Shirt & Vest: *REDGRAVE* SUIT Elegance -Black-
Tie: [Kyoot] – Kitschy Neck Tie – Oh Noes *Modified
Pants: [W&B] Boyd Dress Trousers NEUTRAL
Shoes: COURU white_blue_brown
Pose: Long Awkward Pose by Dove Swanson

What April Rhodes is wearing:
Skin: Tuli Bella by Tuli Asturias
*Hair: Truth Farrah by Truth Hawks
*Tank: 5th&Oxford by Roslin Petion
*Skirt: 5th&Oxford Rebel Mini – *INKY* by Roslin Petion
Bracelets: [MANDALA]TAKARA Bangle Pink / Nail&Ring by kikunosuke Eel
Necklace: Gems & Kisses World – Unisex Necklace by Deliziosa Vendetta
*Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel

*Review items and/or gifts.

I know what you’re thinking! You’re thinking that Berry has no idea that she is all dressed up as a baseball playing princess while standing in a soccer field (or football for you perhaps :P). Trust me, I know I am in a soccer field and I know all the differences between those two sports (I think) No really, I do! :/

Anyhow here’s the story behind these pictures. I’ve been wanting to shoot pictures in this gorgeous soccer stadium for about 2 weeks now ever since the owner, John Zelnik, contacted me to start an advertising campaign on my site. The sim immediately caught my attention because it is so unique. The name of the sim is Virtual Bosphorus & FC Inter SL and it is the first and only Turkish Linden Lab Community Gateway. They have orientation information in both the Turkish and English languages for the SL Turkish and other communities. They have been around for over 2 years and have created a fully functional stadium where matches are actually played. They also have a virtual soccer academy where they teach residents how to play soccer in SL. The sim is quite big and has great traffic so it’s also a great place to rent a satellite store since they have a mall surrounding the stadium. If you are looking for a great rental spot or more information about the soccer academy, club that can be rented for parties or anything at all, feel free to contact John Zelnik for further information. Him and his wife, Princess Dikes, are the owners and are very friendly and helpful.

So I was on the hunt for a cute soccer outfit to shoot on the sim when Eboni Khan dropped this latest SLDD exclusive baseball princess uniform. I tried to look for a baseball sim but I couldn’t find one. How the heck does SL not have a baseball sim??? Srsly people?? Or perhaps I missed it, I dunno. Anyhow, I just thought this outfit was totally adorable and it comes with the baseball bat and three cute poses from Glitterati. Talk about an awesome deal! So if you haven’t signed up for SLDD this month, I suggest you do, so you can get your hands on this baby that is already available in the store right now.

Check out the Calendar for SLDD during the month of May. Lots of talented content creators have already signed up and have stuff available on discount. Don’t miss your chance!

Oh btw, I totally messed up the prims on the skirt because I’m so brilliant and didn’t notice until after I had finished photoshopping. There is supposed to be a very pretty white belt that should be visible above the prim skirt, but I had my prims too high when I snapped the pics.

Happy shopping and soccer playing in your new baseball uniform! :P

Credits:
*Skin: -Belleza- Elle Dark Mocha by Tricky Boucher
*Hair: >TRUTH< Riley - espresso by Truth Hawks
*Outfit + Baseball Bat: ::HH:: Hucci Baseball Princess – SLDD Exclusive by Eboni Khan
*Poses: Glitterati by Katey Coppola (They come with the Hucci Baseball Princess Outfit)
Socks: ~Shabby Cat tube socks~ pink by Sophia Foulsbane
Shoes: SOREAL Superstars PINK/White (SSP005) by Kwamey Pinion
Necklace & Earrings: -Luc- Butterfly Frolic Necklace & Earrings Silver by Lucas Lameth
Location: Virtual Bosphorus & FC Inter SL

*Review items and/or gifts.

It’s MY BIRTHDAY \o/ …..and here’s my look of the day until I change into my fighting gear and kick everyone’s butt (you wouldn’t kill me on my birthday right? :().

Doncha just <3 my cupcake? :D

Credits:
Skin: :: DUTCH TOUCH ::CleO:: Coffee – EB1 Natural Shaved (Iki Ikarus)
Hair: >TRUTH< Voshie – treacle (Truth Hawks)
Dress: Barcode – BowSkirt Pink (Makenzie Irling)
Necklace: [MANDALA] Luck Necklace/Brown/unisex (kikunosuke Eel)
Bracelet: {CreamShop} Glam bangle 1 Light pink (SAZAE Yoshikawa)
Poses: Long Awkward Pose (Dove Swanson)
Cupcake Hat <3: Cupcakes & PoetryGalleria di Capalini – Birthday Cupcakes: Hats (Elise Capalini)

/me is listening to Forever by Chris Brown! <3

When I saw my good friend (and fellow RPer) Chaddi Masala’s new samurai outfit, I just *KNEW* that I had to get one of my own. Once I found the perfect one we decided to duke it out in Zaara’s backyard (beside the Nasha Lounge) while Zaara Kohime was of course asleep so we don’t get in trouble. :D

And of course victory was MINE! (Although I must admit he was AFK when I achieved this victory. LOL!!! :D)

Which of course brings me to the reason of this blog post. Tuesday, September 22nd is my RL birthday and I want to spend it similar to the way I did last year, kicking the grid’s ass! But this year I want more victims. So I am hereby announcing that on Tuesday, September 22 @ the {Zaara} Nasha Lounge there will be Berry’s Birthday Battle from 7pm to 8pm slt. Bring your swords to have your asses kicked by me. I might request you to go AFK to assist me in doing so though! kthxbai :P

Credits:
On Berry:
Skin::: DUTCH TOUCH :: ::CleO:: Olive – PUNk2 (Iki Ikarus)
Hair: TRUTH Jess – espresso (Truth Hawks)
Tattoo: HUZ Tats – Kanji Krazy (Hunain Bellic)
Shoes: – Tesla – (bag) Kensington *10PACK* Tall Boots *black* (Tesla Miles)
Female Samurai outfit: !!HUSKY GFX!! Nanashi female samurai (Karigan Ducatillon)
Swords: ** Musashi Blades Sizuka naru Shi V4.3 -by- ** (Ayame Musashi)

On Chad:
Skin: Minnu MMS Madrid Suntan (Face 4L w/scalp hair ) (Lelutka)
Armor: Hanzo Blades Kenshin Armor (Loki Dancer)
Shoes: Hanzo Blades Samurai Geta Footwear (Loki Dancer)