One of the first things I did when I came back in-world, after discovering the remains of my old ribbon, bow, and furnishings store, was to set it back up again on my mainland plot in Namhae.
Since then I've realized that everything I made and sold back then is terribly antiquated. I have bows that use 11 prims when other residents are selling sculpted 1 prim bows. It's just not going to work.
The other night I decided that my mainland property would serve in a much more useful capacity as my own private sandbox, so I packed up my store and put it away. It was a lot of fun to be in business, but that time has passed. I'm sure I will create more things, some of which I'll be very proud, and will eventually put a few things up for sale. My primary interest in Second Life isn't to sell things though, so maybe it won't be anytime soon. I'll just see how it goes.
So here's to moving forward! Huzzah!
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Ribbons and Bows!
Many years ago, when I was yet a youngster on the grid, I created some fabulous ribbons and bows, the kind you put on gift boxes. I was already selling household wares - furniture and the like -- so I set up a new store just to sell my ribbons and bows. It turned out to be the biggest earner for me. (Which wasn't significant, but at least they did much better than my other creations. )
I was prepared for disappointment when I re-entered SL this week because I knew I had lost my entire inventory some years ago. That is one of the reasons I waited so long to go back in-world. It's frustrating to know that everything you had done in your second life is gone. I suppose a real-world example would be losing a hard drive filled with files you'd worked hard on, projects representing your creativity, pictures of adventures, letters from friends, and all the rest. It's fairly devastating.
In any case, I had a small 512 m2 property for a number of years that I eventually realized still had a small shop on it, and that it had some of my creations still for sale. When I logged in this week expecting to find it, I found instead that the property had been reclaimed. And here is where I sing the praises of the Lost and Found folder -- everything had been sent back to me.
For the last couple of days I've been pouring through everything that I've been able to salvage from my old second life. All told, I think I was only able to recover about 10% of my previous inventory, but there is just enough left for me to be satisfied.
The point of this far-too-long post is that I've now set up shop again in my old mainland region of Namhae, where I repurchased a small piece of land. I've also gotten all of my ribbons and bows up on the SL Marketplace. (Wow, if that isn't different than the old SLX / XStreet...)
Please pay me a visit!
Ribbons and Bows / Zizka, in Namhae
I was prepared for disappointment when I re-entered SL this week because I knew I had lost my entire inventory some years ago. That is one of the reasons I waited so long to go back in-world. It's frustrating to know that everything you had done in your second life is gone. I suppose a real-world example would be losing a hard drive filled with files you'd worked hard on, projects representing your creativity, pictures of adventures, letters from friends, and all the rest. It's fairly devastating.
In any case, I had a small 512 m2 property for a number of years that I eventually realized still had a small shop on it, and that it had some of my creations still for sale. When I logged in this week expecting to find it, I found instead that the property had been reclaimed. And here is where I sing the praises of the Lost and Found folder -- everything had been sent back to me.
The point of this far-too-long post is that I've now set up shop again in my old mainland region of Namhae, where I repurchased a small piece of land. I've also gotten all of my ribbons and bows up on the SL Marketplace. (Wow, if that isn't different than the old SLX / XStreet...)
Please pay me a visit!
Ribbons and Bows / Zizka, in Namhae
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