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Hi everybody and hope this week brings you feeling well and on top of the world. Our new preview gift is out and will be available until April 17th 2011 SL time

Belinda pantset comes with a scarf, multiple layers, unbelted and belt textured tops, sleeve cuffs and Ballet Flats. Lovely spring colours this is a sweet design.

Please enjoy and have fun

Nikki and Georg xxxxx

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/17344

That is right, Spring is all about colour and pastels are no exception. I have had a feast of colours included into my designs these past couple of weeks and feel really refreshed from using them. I even doodles away with some of the textures and was pretty happy with what I came up with. The 5 designs below are new and available now inworld and the marketplace.

Jasmina is a simple but elegant straightline dress which comes with a sculpty breast bandana. Of course the dress is done so it can be worn without this piece. The shoes are also included and did you know, as they are modify you can select the sculpty feet and toes and nails seperately and color pick a colour to match your skin. Simple! I will look to doing a small tutorial on this very soon. You can also modify the shoe colour. This is the good thing about having modify items.

Satina is a pretty empire style summer dress. Frilly sleeves add to the appeal of this flowy dress and featured are pretty floral appliques. Again a lovely colour for spring and summer.

Shari Jeans set gives a nice airy fresh look. This colourful top wears well with the plain white jeans. A frilled tummy ruffle and slip on heels add to the complete outfit. All layers included making this a versatile addition to your wardrobe.

2 Katy sets below come with Pants and a skirt. A colourful cardigan which can be worn with or without a modesty top that is included. Textured belt making this a one size fits all, sleeve cuffs and slip on shoes are included.

So as you can see we have been quite busy and all this can be found at

G&N Quality Design

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pepita/26/137/22

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/17344

Cheers and take care

Nikki and Georg xxx

Hi everybody and hope all is well.

Georg commented to me the other day that my thread I wrote a couple of weeks might sound contradictory now with these new dresses I have made :-) I was talking before about not making many designs with different colours available. Believe me, I still feel that way if the design doesn't warrant it but this is just one dress i could have played with colouring for hours and hours and hours! I had so much fun making this set that I really am not sure that I have finished with the colour options :P

If you would like to feel like Cinderella at the ball then one of these has to be perfect for you. The colours look so gorgeous together, although I did do two in more staple colours of black and red to suit the customer who doesnt like too much "pretty" As I have often said, IN SL we can wear things we would love to have in RL or even what we would never wear in RL. This gown is no exception and is a perfect buy. As always the layers are all in flexible layers and modify and transfer are the only way.

Once again I do thankyou for taking an interest in our designs and blog. Take care and happy days

Nikki and Georg xxxx

Available now at

For a while now I have been playing with the idea of whether or not to offer single items for sale. Jeans, tops or pants etc. As we have always specialised in pant sets and full outfits mostly I decided ok, maybe the customer may just like to buy a pair of jeans rather than a whole outfit. So we have started out with only 3 pairs of Jeans and the style is cute. In Light Blue, Indigo and Grey they have embellishments printed to them and a tiny unopened fly. nothing too revealing but fashionable. Priced at only L$60 a pair they are a terrific little snap up.

These are available now at our store in world at Pepita

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pepita/26/137/22

or at our marketplace store

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/17344

Cheers and Happy Days

Nikki and Georg xxxx

Our new preview gift is out (on time :-)) and is from one of our new designs (see below) in a colour yet to be released for sale. So you get the chance to own it for free until Sunday 3rd April 2010 SL time. Hat, Cuffs and ballet flats are included as are all possible layers making this a flexible outfit.

JES 1 CAPRI SET

We are also participating in an event called "Its on Sale" this coming week, Monday 21st until Sunday the 27th where we shall place a design on sale for half price. Our choice was the beautiful formal Gown Grace which really is quite elegant. This can be snapped up for only $60 for this week only so dont miss out.

Take care and have fun

Nikki and Georg xxx

Hi there, hope your all well. We have some new designs in store.
They are all perfect for Spring and Summer.

The Cameron Skirt Set is perfect for your Spring Wardrobe and comes with a pretty flexi prim skirt, cardigan which has a sculpty collar and cuffs. The textured belt means this is a one size fits all belt :-)

The Jes Capri Sets consist of a Pretty Checked feature to the top, a Floppy Butterfly style Hat, Denim Ballet Flats and Cuffs for the Capri Jeans.
All layers are included for flexibility and the belt is a textured one, so again, no problem with fitting :-)

These are now available instore or at the marketplace

G&N Quality Design

Cheers and Happy Days

Nikki and Georg xxx

Trying to find a happy medium between RL and SL can be hard sometimes. I love to design and really could sit all day long designing but of course that is just not going to happen. After having a break from SL for a week it was lovely to come online to find two beautiful and kind notes awaiting me. I have to copy them as I am very proud of both Georg and I and where our shop is atm 

Hello Ms Heron, thank you for taking the time to read this.

If you look at my profile you will see that I am pretty new to SL, but I happened across one of your skins on a Valentine's day gift..

OH MY GOD.I was totally blown away by its quality and style.  Since joining SL I have gathered literally over 900 skins and I sat down to try them on..I came on yours about 750 skins in (if only I had started from the top instead of the bottom! laughs)

I was SO stunned by the detail and quality, NOTHING else I had come across came close to matching this FREE skin!

Popping into your store was an even bigger surprise you are definitely one of the best designers I have seen so far in SL, and I had to take a moment to say thank you for your quality of work.  I now own 5 more of your skin packs beides the valentine's day freebie, and everyone that has seen me so far in your skins LOVE it and I tell em where to go to buy one of their own!

Thank you SO much for being the biggest and best surprise I have yet seen on SL..I thank you also for your time, and hope you have a great day!

Sincerely,
KS

Hi Nikki,
I've thoroughly enjoyed my time in your shop. You have some very cool outfits and so very reasonably priced. I brought my first outfit from you on xstreet, so glad I came to check out your shop. Looking forward to seeing your future designs.
By the way:  You have an excellent fashion department store, so easy to walk around, so easy to see everything on display. Loved the music too :) Beautiful shopping in such classy surroundings. Thank you :)
Keep up the great designs,  T :)

It takes time and dedication to keep a shop running in SL and with so much competition on the rise its actually a bit of a triumph to have a shop running for more than 2 years for most nowadays. In some of the groups I belong to I get to observe many conversations and notices and I always feel a little sad when i see a "closing down" shop sale because I wonder if its been because of the competition in SL fashion or something in RL that has happened to take them from this commitment. And it really is a commitment because as you get more popular it is expected you will have a good change over of clothing designs etc so your loyal customer isnt seeing the same old thing each time she/he visits. Sure, I could do what many designers do and offer many of the same design in lots of different colours to make the shop look refreshed and full but that is one thing I dont like to do so much with my designs. Some are offered in a few colour options if it will suit the line, others are unique enough to stay as a one off colour and I think this is what sets us apart from most of the other designers because what we do have to offer is a huge range of different styles without the need to bring every one of them out in a Red, black, white or pink, and we work with colours well enough to make our designs quite colourful enough :-) 

So, onto the Free gift first, our Shannon Skirt set is a lovely intro to Spring not so far off. The main material is Broderie Anglais which helps set the skirt off into a lovely Boho or Gypsy girl styling. A floral Headband is included and as I see in another blog already about this outfit, you could quite easily add a pretty veil and bouquet to this outfit and have a gorgeous wedding dress in this style. The Slip on Heels are included as well as the necklace and as all of our items, it is modify.

Shannon is available until the 6th March 2011 SL time.

Two new designs are also available and are seasons apart but who cares in SL :-)

Judee Leggings set is a colourful outfit for winter or autumn, heck even a cold spring day :-) Lots of accessories included in this one inc boots and hat.

Keesha is a pretty Spring/Summer babydoll arrangement with complimenting Ballet Flat shoes. The Light blue and mint go well together dont you think?

All of these are available now at our super store in Pepita at

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pepita/26/137/22

Have fun, take care and Happy Days

Nikki and Georg xxxx

So, its that time of the week again and I hope it finds you well. Our new free preview gift is perfect for all of those Valentine occasions coming up. Again we strayed from your Red's and Pink's but did go super formal. Our gown was inspired to me after watching a Sarah Brightman DVD where the gowns she wore were absolutely gorgeous. Thus the design is called "Sarah B" :-)

We are no Jewellery designers by far but when we do try something it doesnt turn out too bad at all. Georg put his sculpty making to work and came out with a lovely set for me to add to this gown. Its very regal looking and I love it. So included in this outfit you will also receive a diamond Tiara, diamond Necklace and matching Diamond earrings. Also included are some pretty slip on heels. I intend to make this gown available in a few other colours but for now this gorgeous one is free for you until February 20th, 2011 SL time.

Please enjoy and happy days

Nikki and Georg xxx

Hi everybody, Its hunt time again :-)

This year for Valentines we are participating in the V for Valentine's Hunt. http://vforvalentinebyvalhallaclubsgames.blogspot.com/ You have to seek out the letter V in the stores to find your gift. Ours is simple enough to find and a clue is its near the preview gift :-)

This year we have broke away from the trend of reds and pinks as even though its a traditional enough colour for Valentines Day by the time the hunter gets to our gift they may already be tired of the same old colours. We wont be doing lingerie either, we think that will also be a trend that will be saturating the hunt. What we have gone for is something that is chic, stylish and can be worn on many occasions. Its a cocktail style dress complete with Hat, shoes, underchest sash, ruffle prim to the edge of the skirt and a sculpty necklace. The shoes come with a hud to change the skin colours and nail colours and also to resize, it however does not change the shoe colouring or texture.

So here is a preview of our gift which shall be available to hunt for from the 1st February until the 28th.

Please enjoy and have lots of fun at this hunt

Georg and Nikki xxxxx