Haiti Relief Efforts ...

This week's release is being brought to you on a serious note. As everyone knows, there is a big call for humanitarian aid to go to Haiti to help vicitims of the devastating earthquake there. In SL, there are many designers and builders participating in an in-world effort to raise money that will go to the Red Cross and all the good work they are doing for the men, women in children in Haiti.

Chippie and I have combined our efforts to bring to you two men's, and two women's items this week, with 100% of the proceeds on the sales of all these items set to go to the Red Cross. We decided on using the theme of 2010's Chinese zodiac sign, the tiger, along with the colors red, white and blue for the shirts we made. The tiger symbolizes strength and courage, and red white and blue are found in the Haitian flag. We also used the Chinese character for 'tiger' in the men's and women's necklaces we made.

The shirts and necklaces are available seperately, but we also offered an option where we packaged them together, and discounted the combined price of both by 15%.

If you're not in the mood for one more shirt or one more accessory, there is also a donation kiosk set up by the vendors. Please donate whatever you can, as it all is good and helpful. I want to thank those who already showed their support for this campaign, and thank everyone else in advance for their generosity.

On a lighter note, I also wanted to let you know that we are in the Shoes and Accessories Hunt. This hunt is the first of its kind, and I was so extremely honored to be invited to be in this hunt! It was by invite only, which was so flattering. Be sure to take part, there are some amazing designers in it, including Hoorenbeek (which is the starting point), Iren, and many many more amazing designers. The shoes and accessories you are hunting for are for men and women, and some designers have included prizes for each, or a unisex one. The link to the blog site for the hunt is on the right of this page ;)

You can see that RGK's prize for this hunt is a women's item. Sorry guys! We just couldn't get it together in time to have one of each, as we usually like to do. I promise we'll make it up to you soon!!!!

So that's our news for this week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and have a great time on all these hunts!

X-RATED!

Well it's just like I promised, LOL, X-rated prize for the Hunt For the Forbidden Fruit. Before I get to that though, wanna make sure I write up a bit about the new release for the week too, and RGK's other big news! CHIPPIE!

Chippie Waffle is stepping in to help me run RGK. It's not that RGK is this huge operation LOL, just that I have a hard time saying 'No', so my plate got overloaded. Chippie will be handling all customer service questions, issues with hunts (applications, problems with them etc.), mall invites (receiving them, scoping them out etc.), and designing as well. Please make sure you give her a quick 'hello' if you do see her around!

This weekend, I finally released a set of camis I started a loooong time ago but never got around to finishing. Chippie found some time to finish them off for me and set them out for sale. YAY CHIPPIE! They're fun camis, 35L each, and come in black, grey, red, pink, and teal. I know, I know, it's not cami time ... but isn't it ALWAYS cami time in SL? LOL

Last, but not least, the Hunt for the Forbidden Fruit prize that RGK is offering up. When RGK was still brand new, one of our friends thought it would be HILARIOUS to send in a 'gag' custom work order. Here's what it said:

"Dear Mrs. Raffi,

I'm wondering if I could make a request for an item. I'm sure that you have already made something like this before. I would like a necklace for my cock ... a cocklace if you will. I want it to hang to about ankle-length ... too long and I'll trip over it. That would be embarrassing. I would like to have the piercing part have a gold skull attached with large heart-shaped pink gemstones for the eyes, and also along the length of the chain ... ooooh make sure they bling, with a colored bling control menu if you have such a thing available. Also, it would be great if one could click the skull and it say sexy random phrases like, 'Click me again bish, and I'll toss you over my shoulder like a sack of taters and haul you off to bed.'

Thanks in advance, I look forward to hearing from you."

Once I realized who this 'request' came from, I laughed hysterically for about an hour. Then, I thought ... Why not? They asked for it, I'll make them sorry they asked.

So I set off to work and a few days later, after much laboring on my part, they were the proud owners of -- as far as I know -- SL and maybe the world's only Cocklace.

While RGK does not usually create Adult-themed items, we DO take custom work of all kinds! And as you see, by all kinds, we really mean, OF ALL KINDS. We've made everything from custom tails, necklaces, T-shirts, furniture and more.

This cocklace HAS been updated from its original -- The chat menu has been removed because it interfered with the color change/re-size/reposition menu that is in it.

Hope you have fun with this hunt! And have a great weekend.

This weekend's release and New Picks Prize!

Well I hope everyone's having a great New Year so far! My resolution is to stay more on top of this blogging business :P





Anywhoo, this weekend, I released what I'm calling a "Tincan Shanty." Basically, it's a 'homeless shelter' I created with the furry purry nekos in mind ;) It's loaded with 6 animated poses, and one static lying-down pose for naptime, hehehe. There's also a TV set on it that can be loaded up with your own pics, as many as you want! There's a demo version of the shanty on the main store's roof ... TP over to my location at Thunderstruck Radio Land, and you can either fly up, or use the TP function I put up next to the vendor in my store. Whichever you choose!





Also, we've updated the Monthly Picks Raffle prize for January! The drawing will take place on Jan. 31. I'll announce the exact time as the date draws nearer.





This month's prize is being generously offered by Karfields Shapes, which is the shop located right next door to mine. If you haven't checked out what she has to offer yet, I highly suggest you do so. Designer Vivian Karfield has THREE FLOORS worth of men's and women's shapes ... all of them fantastic. The shape she has offered to give away to one lucky winner is one she calls "Steph." I won't try to describe it, just drool at the picture you find here hehehehe.





Aside from that, check out my flickr! I've added a couple more pictures there -- mainly the hunt signs that I've been commissioned to create. Been way too much fun making those things, hahaha.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! I hope the holiday season brings to all of you happiness and health.

I have released some sweaters today, which have three sculpted collar options, and has sculpted sleeve cuffs. There's a variety of color choices available, including pink, purple, light blue and regular blue, aqua and green.

If you've swung by Thunderstruck Radio Land to get my Xmas gift for you, you've already gotten a preview of these sweaters :)

AND, my main store has gotten a visit from some naughty elves ... they marked down the Knitty Gritty neko tail and ears as well as the Kiss My Ass set of tail and ears to 25L! ZOMG! I just don't have any time at all to fix that right now, so take advantage of it while you can :)

Truly, all, have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. My best wishes go out to you all.

XOXO Raff

Playing some catch-up!

Like everyone (so I'll try not to sound like I'm whining LOL), RL has been keeping me busy, so falling behind on this blog! Woops LOL. Oddly, as RL has gotten busy, so has SL. Crazy!

Well here are this week's release, last week's release, and the fun event of this month for December going on at Thunderstruck Radio Land!

This week's release is "Knitty Kitty," a set of neko tail and ears that has all the important kitty parts wrapped up against the cold. The little hats over the ears are texture-change by menu, as is the scarf on the tail. I tossed in a pair of sculpty mittens and a scarf as well, which are also texture-change, loaded with the same textures so you can have everything match! As with all other tails, chat menu is original and specific to this tail.

Last week's release is the "Kiss My Ass" set of tail and ears. This one was uhm, a more smartass take on an Xmas-themed tail LOL. Mistletoe on the tail branches out over each butt cheek, and well, I think that's all that need to be said. The chat menu is definitely smart-assed, and hopefully will make you smile.

Finally, this week, we started the "Gifts Under The Tree" gift-giving event at Thunderstruck Radio Land. Alpha-Delta Designs, Adlerblick Shapes, Karfield's Shapes, Rebel Fairey and RGK (meeee) have all placed presents under the tree that is right by the landing area. If you go out of the RGK main store, you'll see a Xmas tree that has a shining star on it and lights. Right under that tree is a bunch of gifts from all of us, to everyone who visits us! There's some great stuff there, so please take advantage!

Have fun!

GLBT Stamp Out HIV/AIDS Hunt Prize

It's been about a month since the last gridwide hunt I've participated in, so I'm ready for another one now ;) This one starts on Tuesday, December 1st, and runs until the 31st. It's a hunt with a great cause in mind: HIV/AIDS awareness. The hunt is called GLBT World Stamp Out AIDS hunt. There are many, MANY amazing designers participating in this hunt. I encourage everyone to show support for this cause by participating in this hunt, AND by making a donation of however much you are able to.

At each of the locations, you will be hunting for a red ribbon with a spinning globe on it, and we will have prizes for you right in there. As with other hunts, within the prize item will be an LM that leads you to the next shop in line. Also at each location, you'll see a donation kiosk -- a big version of the hunt item with the unmistakable hover text "Donation Kiosk" over it. PLEASE consider donating as you go on this hunt. 1L, 5L, 100L, whatever you feel you are able to donate.

This is such an important cause, and a personal one for many of us. For me, my cousin contracted HIV/AIDS, and unwittingly passed it on to her son while pregnant with him. They both live with this reality every day. Many millions around the world do.

My hunt prize item includes a unisex fedora hat, with a matching neck bow for the ladies'(similar to the one I released earlier this week), and for the men, a brand-new creation: A sculpted tie with a gold and silver tie-pin. Both the neck bow and tie pin have a prim into which you can drop a picture of an SL/RL loved one you wish to keep close to your heart.

I've chosen to stick with red ad the prize colors as it represents the color of the cause.

I hope you enjoy this prize, and the many prizes of all the participating designers. Be sure to check out the link to the GLBT World Stamp Out AIDS blog to check out the shops and other announcements (there are other events planned connected to this fund-raiser).

Velvet Lush

That's the name of the new release :) Used my friend Velvety's (Alpha-Delta Designs owner) grunge line of textures in this, and it actually came out looking like a rich, velvety kind of texture on the big bow choker and matching fedora hat that I made. Releasing this set today, as the rest of the week I'll be running around like crazy for Thanksgiving hehehe, as I'm sure many of you will be as well (happy Thanksgiving, btw!)

The hat and choker are both texture-change, resize and re-position by menu. The choker features a little locket hanging from the laced gem that you can drop a pic into.

This is kind of a preview for the hunt gift that I'll be featureing in the Stamp Out Aids hunt that starts on December 1, not long from now! In that hunt, I'll be offering a version of this release, with the hat, and an little addition for the guys as well ;) My theme for the Stam Out AIDS hunt is going to be red, and I'm making the point of making sure there's a 'locket feature' to my prizes in this hunt, as I want my gifts to you to offer you a way of commemorationg anyone in your life who might be living with the realities of HIV/AIDS.

Take a look at the links to blogs that's off to the right of this blogpost. You'll find the link to the AIDS hunt there. Be sure to check it out, it's a lengthy list of some top-notch designers. Don't miss out on it!