Onwards & upwards

Well my friends it would seem the dust that was kicked up a few back still hasn’t quite settled but we’re getting there. In the meantime Miz Slocombe moves onwards & upwards. 

I’ve been distracted from completing the Hero Collection because I have been given my first Custom Order. I can’t go into detail about it right now as it’s not yet delivered and is intended as a “one-off” but I’m quite proud of what I have there and I hope it will lead to further business in that area.  When it is delivered I will ask my customer if I can post a pic of the house here.  I’m slightly saddened that I won’t be able to sell it seperately … but I expect I’ll be able to modify it enough to make it “different” and sell that instead.

Other News.  We had the official grand opening 3 days ago.  Thanks to SL throwing a rolling restart into the middle of the event it didn’t turn out so successful but my wonderful friends from Club Elysium who came along as well as some other friends and neighbours and my sweetie Monty all made it worthwhile.  Note to self: Do not bother taking an afternoon off RL work to set up for an event … something WILL happen to make it all seem rather pointless.  LOL!

More other news, I’ve decided to focus on my main store .. and maybe one or two mini-outlets. I’m letting my lease run out on the rest. I think while I’m focusing on prefabs this is the best strategy as people need to be able to see them easily which they can do from my Main Store.

I’ve made some contacts over hte past couple of weeks which I hope will be very useful.  One, the lovely Simone Barsov, a talented builder in her own right who was the first customer to buy the Hero Mansion.  She is a sim owner as well as a builder and I’m hoping we will be doing some business together.  Also, a very sweet guy by the name of Cullen Munro, who has been camping at the plaza almost since it opened. He became such a feature of the place, almost always playing the guitar, being cheerful and helpful that store owners were giving him clothes for free to demo and  over the weeks he and I have become good friends. Turns out he’s a graphic designer … now I KNOW I could use of those LOL.  In the meantime I’ve offered him a legitimate job at the plaza as a Greeter & Assistant. He’s still finding his feet, learning how to build and trying to make some money along the way and I already know he’ll be an asset to the business in many ways.

I’m also going to be investing some of my time to a job again (I know i just quit one LOL but this one offers good perks) I am a store assistant and the fabulous Textures R Us.  I’m still in my one month probabtionary period but if I am asked to continue I will be offered lessons in texture creation and other perks such as discounted textures … worth a few hours a week right now while things are a bit tight.

So busier than ever. Sadly less time with my wonderful friends but I hope they always know I will be there for them if they ever needed me as they were there for me on Friday … it won’t be forgotton guys & girls. I love you all.