Believe it or not, I actually made this blog to talk about pixels, so hey, let’s do that, shall we?

Some of you remember I used to have a store called Plenty For Everyone, but I closed it some time ago. At the time, I had just moved to the UK and was doing full-time freelance work building SIMs for schools in England (one of them even got a little shout out on the BBC, ha!) and just couldn’t devote the time to my personal projects that I felt they deserve. I’m kind of a perfectionist sometimes and it really bothers me to think about selling things that aren’t made to the very best of my ability. It bothers me even more to offer things that don’t offer a good value to a shopper. I always want my furniture to do MORE and offer MORE choices, even when it means more work for me.

I have a new store now, called Grindstone. It’s in the sky over beautiful Ursa Major, and you can get to it via this SLURL. I have to confess, I’ve just moved it into the sky and it’s a bit of a mess still! Watch your step!

This bed is my newest release. I used to sell it at PFE but pulled it from my stock when I learned that the builder’s pack of animations I’d bought ages ago probably contained some stolen content. I don’t want to be that person! Full perm animations were harder to find back then, and even now they’re really expensive (about L$1000 each for a single animation) so it’s taken me a while to save up and buy some new ones from reputable animators…. but that’s exactly what I’ve done, and so the bed got a facelift.

I completely gutted the bed and gave it all new animations from VMotional, along with an update to the MLP2 scripts that power it. There are nine animated couple cuddles, and 12 sleeping animations. I have to tell you – the sleeping animations are SO cute. I bought them from Sin Toshi before I even knew what I’d do with them. When you hop on the poseball, your avatar falls asleep (and even closes their eyes without making the Elvis face!) and then rolls over every 30 seconds or so to a new position. I’ve been in SL for close to five years now and they’re the cutest ones I’ve seen. You will love them! I also replaced the headboard with something cuter and added a tintable white texture to the blankets and pillows, all of which contain 25 different textures that change individually on click.

I’ve been thinking about re-doing my older furniture with MLP2 scripts. The reason I really like them is that they’re infinitely customizable and expandable. I know I really like to mod the furniture I buy from other people, and I like to pass that ability on to people who shop with me. You can add your own animations to it, set up sequences of animations (such as rolling over in your sleep!) and even add props that rez with different poses. Some animation creators, like Sin Toshi, even make drop-in packs for the MLP2, which you just open and add to the root prim and instantly get a shiny new button containing all your new poses.

I will probably make a series of tutorials here on how to use the MLP2. I just have to think a bit about what they should contain and if I want them to be videos. It’s absolutely one of the best tools in SL, and it’s free.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the bed! More new releases coming very soon, including a bookshelf, a new sofa set and some really crazy lamps with octopus tentacles oozing out of them. (No, really!) Hope to see you at Grindstone!

PS – If you already own the original bed, just drop me a notecard with your name on it and I’ll shoot you the update.