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.

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.

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























































https://www.mumsandkisses.com
  

Somewhere between decadence and virtue lies the charms of an angel

Last week’s Sweethearts Jazz Club shopping plaza featured vendor was Jewelry by Jake.  The ever so charming Tjake Kearny let me take a peek into his Second Life.

His human self is Italian born but has been transplanted to the USA.  He said “I LOVE football!  WATCH EVERY GAME... and yes MY GIANTS are going to take it all the way this year!” He came to Second Life with a very beautiful lady he met from another game.  It was nothing like SL but that is what brought them both here. 

I asked him how he got into the SL jewelry design business and he said “When I began in SL.. it was quite a while ago.. we were allowed to gamble.. camping paid a lot more than it does now.. but unfortunately I talk a lot!.. and since I was not making a great living, Sommes told me to go out there and get a job!.. Like real avi's.. I'm kidding!.. Actually Sommes was the inspiration behind me beginning with jewelry design.   I began very small.. Earrings.. necklaces.. bracelets..  and umm.. wait a second that is exactly what I do now...”

Sweethearts Own Shannon Bramlington at the Miss Azul Press Conference

Follow Miss Azul Contest Finalist Shannon Bramlington Backstage and on the runway at the Miss Azul Press Conference on Saturday.. Read More Here

Seen at Sweethearts ...

ShantillyLace - Sweethearts hostess

Just some of the few gorgeous people seen at Sweethearts Jazz Club, showing off their finery and having a fabulous time on ShatillyLace's watch ...

Vika and Littlemissflame

Burton

It's always time to dance and have a good time at Sweethearts Jazz Club.

It's all about elegance

• She’s personable… her down to earth personality is refreshingly authentic.  
• She’s not a quitter… She is doing in SL what she can’t in RL.
• Her designs are stunning… and range from “girl next door” glam to sizzling siren, the choice is all yours.  

Who am I talking about?  This week Sweethearts Jazz Club shines our spotlight on Japanese, SL fashion designer of note, Mami Jewell.  She is the owner and designer for one of the leading fashion houses of Second Life, AZUL.

Those of you who frequent Sweethearts Jazz Club regularly will know that we feature a designer from our shopping plaza every week and last week it was the turn of AZUL, and I undertook to have a chat with the lovely lady herself.

Mami lives in Tokyo. She graduated from the Art University where she studied Graphic Design. She has never worked as a Designer in Real Life.  Here first job was an Architect Designer and the last one was for a trading company.  She was introduced to Second Life by a friend and she decided that it offered her an excellent platform to try her hand at creating.  It was something which she couldn't do in Real Life even though she loved it. She said “Now I am happy that I managed to be a creator in here, in Second Life.”

It's time to celebrate

It's celebration time at Sweetheart's Jazz Club....

Oh and a little bird told me that it is a certain beautiful lady's birthday too, what could be better than birthday cake, fireworks and amazing music - now that's the ingredients for a party second to none.

The Queen of Hearts .... Sweethearts

This weekend I had a chat with the reigning Ms Sweethearts, BroadwayGirl1, to find out what her experience has been like so far.  The interview took place on the Sweethearts Jazz Club, Ballroom floor.

There’s much more to beauty pageants than waving and smiling, or at least there should be. 

Pageant contestants are often derided for being “cookie cut outs.”  They often sport similar looks, recurring hairstyles and predictable dresses.  But the urge to conform is not unique to beauty pageants.  In any endeavour, especially judged competitions, it’s a common trap to fall into what you think is the pre-ordained mould of a winner.   The long and the short of it is just be yourself, whether you are preparing for a pageant or just generally in life.