The 4th Annual Sweethearts Prom 2016

This year's theme is Once Upon a Sweethearts... A Fairytale Event!! Sweethearts loves Prom time.! It continues to be one of our biggest events of the year. In the past we've been maxed region, BUT this year we will have prom across TWO regions to accommodate even more of you that would like to attend. We have a custom prom area for less lag and the entertainment ... WOW! It's new, it's bold, but pioneering in the club business is our specialty. Often imitated, never duplicated! Sweethearts Prom will be the event of the season! Make plans now and watch our facebook page, our blog and our groups for dates and times! It's coming!!! Get ready!

Gloriously Unique

People who make a real difference in life both real and Second  Life are few and far between.  Inspirational people come in various guises.  In this particular instance it is the ever so elegantly glamorous Eibhline, she of the Regal Academy.

In RL she lives in the USA.  She works incredibly hard and by that I mean seven days a week in RL as a youth treatment counsellor at a corrections facility for boys ages 13-23. Over and above this she is also in grad school to finish an MBA in Special Education.

The Body Beautiful

Second Life being the wonderland it is, offers people from all walks of life a platform for creative expression.  Come with me down the rabbit hole as I take a look at Lovit Avatars, a valued advertiser at Sweethearts Jazz Club and vendor of a range of bodies beautiful.

The creation of skins and shapes in Second Life is an art.  Creators such as Rockward Waco of Lovit Avatars, spend hours developing complete avatars, tediously creating the perfect illusion for our virtual reality.

A skin and shape creator must skillfully transform the pixels of the Second Life avatar into a desirable character. They will often work with real world images to perfect the physical features of our virtual selves, creating a flawless appearance for our avatars.

To Infinity and beyond ....

Infinity Estates is a cost effective mainland residential estate brought to you by Spicy Braveheart.

In real life she is a busy southern California girl, who not only has a day job, but is a business major at the same time.  This entrepreneurial lady was brought to Second Life by someone she regards as her SL father, to head up his CCS (CoLA Combat System) clan.  They first met through another game that, at the time, she was an administrator on.  Spicy said “I sort of beat him up, lol.  So began a fast friendship that has lasted for the entire duration of my journey in SL.” 

No gummy legs with Utopia Designs

Utopia’s design talent Saby Clary hails from Italy.  She found Second Life quite by accident and immediately fell in love with it. And many of us have definitely fallen in love with her designs.

Queen Shannon - Miss AZUL 2015

I caught up with our very busy Shannon to find out what’s been going on in her Second Life recently.  I’m sure that many of you know that she recently participated in the Miss Azul contest and WON! 

 Not that it comes as a surprise of course, we all know just how lovely and smart she is.

It's Surprise Time at Sweethearts!!!

It's surprise time at Sweethearts Jazz Club!!! Shannon has her hard hat and sledge hammer and you know what that means!!! It's building time!!! A cool surprise is coming! What will it be?? Watch the Sweethearts group notices to find out!! And check out Shannon's cool outfit by -AZUL-  See Here to Read More...

Sweethearts 4th Annual Creations for Parkinson's Event!

Sweethearts Jazz Presents......

The 4th Annual Creations for Parkinson's Event!

Friday, October 16, 2015
8 am - 8 pm SLT
Sweethearts Jazz Club
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Events Begin 8 am
Auction - 1:00 pm
Dinner   - 6:30 pm
DJ's and Contests for all 12 hours
Teleport to Sweethearts
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sweethearts/123/77/27

Charity Dinner Tickets are on Sale Now.*

100% of all proceeds fun The Michael J. Fox Foundation

*Dinner will take place at Sweethearts Select, you must be a member to enter the dinner. Please see the signs outside to become a group member. There is a one time L$499 membership to join Sweethearts Select. 

Click HERE to see our previous charity events. So far, Sweethearts has successfully raised 2.1 million $L's for this cause alone. As seen on the Drax Files..

 Join us Friday the 16th of October for this 12 hour event that touches the lives of so many. Brought to you by Sweethearts Jazz, Creations for Parkinson's and the Evan's Family Catering Company.

Miss Azul 2015 Public Vote - Have Your Say!

Sweethearts Own Shannon Bramlington is participating this year in the Miss Azul Competition. Let's show her how much she means to us and vote for her for Miss Azul 2015!!

Press Release from the Desk of:
-AZUL-
Miss AZUL 2015
September 2015 - Public Vote - Have YOUR say!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

At -AZUL- we deeply respect our loyal customers, fans, supporters and we want to engage them as much as possible in our endeavors. So, once again and as part of the Miss AZUL 2015 Contest we would like to invite you to a 2nd Public Vote.

This Public Vote - however - includes all the Miss AZUL 2015 Finalists and a percentage of the points they will all receive, shall be counted towards the total amount of points they will have gathered until the end of the competition on September 27th, 2015.

Please pay attention to the following points and get the URL below to have YOUR say!

▬ The Public Vote is now OPEN
▬ The Public Vote will close on September 22nd, 2015 at 11:59pm SLT
▬ Only one (1) vote per person is allowed
▬ Links to the Finalists' Brief Biography & Portfolio have been included
▬ The Results will remain visible until September 19th, 2015 at 11:59pm SLT

Link to the Public Vote: http://wp.me/Pkg3l-16Z

Go Team Shannon!!

Razzle dazzle with Razmataz ….

Razmataz is one of Sweethearts Jazz Clubs loyal advertisers.  Melonie Romano brings you custom poses, animations for builders, items with full perms, model poses, HUDs, AOs, walks, group dances, swimming animations, bathtubs with MLP, wedding walks, cuddle rugs, hot tubs with MLP and much more under the brand name of Razmataz.

Melonie has a strong passion for Art, Dance, Music and Fashion.  In real life she enjoys modern dance and ballet.  She received a medal on balance beam and plays guitar for leisure. She came to Second Life for fun, and to make friends.  She decided she didn't like the animations available and so now she am the owner and creator of Razmataz Art, Poses & Animations.

"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."

FlowerDreams by Nile Karas is one of the design houses with a satellite store on the Sweethearts Shopping Plaza.

I personally have a couple of the gowns designed by Nile and when I wear one of them, compliments for the gown abound.

In real life Nile lives in Istanbul, she is educated in journalism and PR and has always had an interest in PC games and virtual worlds.  Her SL journey began in February 2007.  Initially she joined SL to occupy some of her free time.  Over time some the wonders of the creativity SL offers attracted her attention and so began her journey as a builder, starting with simple flowers and plants, over and above this she had a sim with an art gallery and a dance venue, run in conjunction with her partner.

A man's best friend @ Realistek

Dogs and horses don’t generally speaking get along in real life, but in Second Life they get along like a house on fire.

Zed Avedon owner and creator of Realistek, is the man responsible for making these animals get along so well in SL.

The human behind the pixels of Zed, is an artist from Auckland, New Zealand, who has a background in architecture and the fine arts.  Seven years ago, an ex-girlfriend suggested he might like Second Life and he said "what is Second Life?"  …..

Zed started creating dogs and horses when his, as he put it, social grouping dispersed.  They were a role play group in which he was a Centaur.   He said “Trouble was, I didn't really like the way it looked at all. I tried making it better, but noticed it kept reverting back by itself!”  Then he found a freebie horse head by chance, and was he was really excited to think he could be a proper horse.  He added “I needed to wear the head and make myself invisible from the hips up... so I worked hard on just that.”

Don't be left out in the cold

This week’s featured designer on the Sweethearts Plaza has been Snowpaws.  The design talent behind the brand is the gorgeous Carrie Snowpaw.

The human behind the avatar currently lives on the east coast of the United States. Her background is in fine arts and graphic design. She originally came to Second Life after reading an article about it somewhere. She logged in, looked around and left... It held no draw for her. But luckily for the fashionista’s of SL, about six months later she was bored one day and decided to take another look. And she was hooked.

After being in Second Life for several months Carrie became interested in SL clothing. She loved buying clothes but was never quite satisfied with what she had bought. She always thought she would like the outfit better if this part were different or that part was shorter. So that dissatisfaction is what put the idea of designing her own line in her mind.  She said “Why purchase clothes that I want to change? Just make the outfit I really want!”

Her design style is creating for herself. When she is am making a dress, she makes something that she wants to wear, and that she thinks is pretty. Her design aesthetic is feminine, elegant and sexy but not overly so. She thinks the flood of club wear and slut wear in Second Life is really is what helped to make her store successful in the beginning.  Back in 2009 when she opened her store sexy clothing was everywhere. She said “I think elegant feminine clothing was a little difficult to find. So when I started offering outfits that were different from every other mall store women noticed.”

Τα ελληνικά νησιά σας καλωσορίσω - The Greek Islands welcome you

Mykonos Greece

In RL Greece is a country in South Eastern Europe consisting of 2 mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. It's often called the birthplace of Western civilization, and Athens, its capital, retains ancient landmarks including the 5th-century-B.C.E. Acropolis citadel and Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from the black sands of Santorini to the party resorts of Mykonos.

And in SL we have the Greek Islands, run by Edemon and  Frederikia Gausman. Sweethearts Jazz Club is proud to feature The Greek Islands as one of our loyal advertisers.

Edemon is Greek and lives in Greece. He graduated from an American College in Greece and he runs his own computer related business. A good friend of his recommended that he join SL as a way of expressing his creativity with building in particular.

He started the Greek Islands with one region at the end of 2013. His rationale for starting the estate was, and still is, to present Greece in SL as Edemon said “To show the spirit of our white and blue.” The estate currently consists of 13 regions, Greece, Santorini Island, Myconos, Zakynthos, Ios Island, Parthenon, Dionysus Symposium, Yakynthos, Dilos, Super Paradise, Euboea, Frederika, Strofades, all named for RL Greek Islands or locations, apart from Frederika which is named for his partner.

Mischief is as Mischief does

This week the featured designer at the Sweethearts Jazz Club Plaza is Miss Mischief by Cerridwen Melody.

In the real world Cerri lives in the UK and works in a leading Cancer treatment Hospital.  Second Life has always been a fun and interesting way to let off steam and meet people from around the world for her.

She went into fashion designing when in her first few weeks In SL she met a lovely Avatar named Phoebe, who introduced her to building and creating clothing using prims. Cerri said “She had the patience to teach me how to use Photoshop and to create Images of the items I had made. 5 years later I'm still designing and creating and loving every moment of it.  Phoebe has my eternal thanks.”

Miss Mischief clothing is bright, fun, energetic and affordable.  Cerri uses beautiful, high quality textures from some fantastic texture creators in SL and some of her own too. 

Not the same old same old....

Last weeks Sweethearts Plaza featured vendor was Rejuve's Raggs.  Raggs is a bit of a misnomer for the amazing outfits and gowns that can be found in this store.  I set out to find out a bit more about the creative talent behind the brand.

She goes by the name Christiane Armanii.  This avatar’s human is resident in Ontario Canada.  She has extensive life experience which has stood her in good stead in tackling all that SL has thrown her way.  Initially a stay at home mom until her chicks were old enough, she then went on to be a bartender and offered private housekeeping services.  In her spare time she came up with various creations to stimulate her creativity.

Are You in....?

Are You In?...The -AZUL- Group That Is... because if you are there are presents for YOU!
There are 6 for 2015 alone! Make sure to have that shiny new tag on and you'll see where you can click to get your very own, FREE!

Now to take a look at the primo gifts from -AZUL- Read More Here























































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Gorgeous in -AZUL- Nayomi

No other words to describe, Gorgeous in -AZUL- Nayomi by Mami Jewell. This gorgeous creation comes in 12 Colours + 1 SL Marketplace Limited Colour + 1 "100 Pieces" Limited Colour. It was made for Nayomi Garner, Miss Brazil for the Miss SL Pageant 2015. Read More Here

-Azul- stuns the fashion world!

-Azul- stuns the fashion world with a creation by Mami Jewell entitled -AZUL- Ohana. This masterpiece is available in a multitude of colors. A stunner of a gown, it is mesh with skirt attachments.

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Water Fantasy in -AZUL- Anais

Water can be a fantasy especially in a gown like Anais by -AZUL-  A collection by Mami Jewell. Stunning is the only way to describe the exquisite work. Read more about how YOU can wear this and more by -AZUL- Read More