Strawberry Holiday's Super Special Blog

An Optical Illusion by Strawberry Holiday

2010-01-05T18:33:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Torley for all the useful video tutorials. Experience the illusion for your self in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Marawa/185/240/28

Contest! Horses Grass and Trees!

2009-05-01T20:13:00.001-07:00

Contest! Horses Grass and Trees!
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

A new Strawberry Holiday contest sponsored by the University of Louisville Sim. You have one week to take a picture straight from Second Life, or photo manipulated at this location .

And upload it to this group for a chance to win! Contest entries will be judged on Saturday May 9th! There is no criteria for the photo! The coolest, prettiest, fanciest, funniest, most wonderful photo could be the winner of $2000L!

IM Strawberry Holiday in world with questions.

Paper Tree Sale

2009-04-27T09:36:00.001-07:00

Special 100L Tree
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

TP Now~!!!

NEW** SPECIAL Limited 100L Grass and trees. Modifiable to put in your own textures, and take out the Paper Star texture if you so desire!

I'll see you there!

Free Tree

2009-01-04T17:02:00.001-08:00

Free Tree
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

I am giving away a free sculpty tree with particle leaves only *today*- January 4th at Strawberry @ Bay City. It's a unique tree that is not currently available at my Tree Store in Marawa (TP Here) or in my On Rez Shop (Link Here). The Trees will be available for free for 24 hours only, then they will go to their normal selling price of 750L.

My new boutique "Strawberry" is being built on that lot and is scheduled to open officially: ***soon***.
Any comments or suggestions regarding the layout and setup of the new shop would be greatly appreciated.

Merge The Grids?

2008-12-08T15:37:00.001-08:00

Merge The Grids says TG Residents at TSL Office Hours.
Originally uploaded by Daniel Voyager from TSL

There has been a lot of talk about merging the Teen grid and the Main grid. There was a great article in the Metaverse Messenger article about this issue in the Nov 25th. As a teacher I know that there would be many benefits to the teens by having access to the main grid. Teenage creativity, and chance for future Second Life success would surely blossom. It'll be interesting to see how this develops.

Free Freckle Skins

2008-12-06T22:09:00.001-08:00

Free Freckle Skins
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

Eloh Eliot did Second Life a huge favor a while back by releasing some very high quality skins into the world of Second Life. I made a skin based on these publicly available skins by Eloh

My version is available in world, by donation. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bay%20City%20-%20Tanelorn/48/244/25

Or download the PDF files I used by right clicking here and then clicking "save link as...".

Enjoy!

Trinala @ Disconnected

2008-11-06T22:31:00.001-08:00

trinala
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

Let's Party Trinala style, in a Strawberry Style build!

Yayeah!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Starfish%20Four/94/188/27

"Disconnect" Contest

2008-10-29T17:46:00.001-07:00

"Disconnect" Contest
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

"Disconnected" photo contest official rules!

This contest is sponsored by Strawberry Holiday.

To Enter:

Between October 30th, and November 20th Take a photo @ Strawberry Holiday's "Disconnected" and write a caption then post it in flickr group: http://flickr.com/groups/strawberrycontest .

You may submit only one entry per Flickr account. That's all you have to do! You retain rights to anything you submit, but you could win a prize.

A panel of three judges WendyofNeverland Fussbudget, Savannah Nihilist, and Strawberry Holiday will choose the winners by the closing party for "Disconnected" on Sunday November 30th, where the winner will be announced and prizes awarded!

1st Prize (to be awarded to one avatar on Nov 30, 2008):

5,000L and a full collection of more than 15 Strawberry Holiday Trees including some no longer available for purchase in Second Life.

2nd Prize (to be awarded to one or move avatars on Nov 30, 2008):

A full collection of more than 15 Strawberry Holiday Trees including some no longer available for purchase in Second Life.

Hope

2008-10-28T12:10:00.001-07:00

Hope
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

A new build on Hope, something we need right now, with a scary political situation in the US, climate change, and the US-caused financial recession.

Particle Hope Tree and Grass on sale now!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/223/251/352

The NEW Tree Store

2008-06-20T15:57:00.000-07:00

The NEW Tree Store
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

When I made the switch from focusing on Peachy Accessories to making builds like "A Fishbowl View" and "On Their Journeys" I never planned on making money from that sort of artwork. As I put more time into Second Life, and the Fallopian Fighters, my real life got more and more involved. The man I've been seeing and my workout regimen have become increasingly important and time consuming.

But its the residents of Second Life who have requested this new addition. I get daily requests for trees and build elements, and now they're available in two locations OnRez and in world at Strawberry's Tree Store, Marawa .

I've Registered, Have you?

2008-05-31T18:58:00.001-07:00

Underwater Dream

2008-04-26T14:38:00.001-07:00

Underwater Dream
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

The latest finished thing I've been working on is a small underwater installation at Rezzable 06. The build is completely by myself, in fact you may recognize some elements of it from previous builds. Including the dragon from The Glowing Tree and the mermaid originally created for my first large scale installation, A Fishbowl View. This installation currently has no time frame, no official beginning or end, but I'll update when there is one!

To see it go to Rezzable 06

glowey love

2008-04-21T12:26:00.001-07:00

glowey love
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

The closing event for Throes of Rapture is tonight, Monday April 21, 2008, at 7:00PM SLT.

A collaborative installation by Fallopian Fighter Productions for the Art of The SLacred - "Metamorphosis" project, Throes is a virtual trip to heaven where on your journey you go traverse a fully immersive environment of sound and landscape that recreates dark and light life experiences, feelings, and emotions.

Come celebrate with The Fallopians this last chance to photograph Rapture!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/AngelGate/93/38/22

My Flickr and Twitter need YOU!

2008-03-23T08:54:00.001-07:00

Eg and Annalisa
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

My Flickr and Twitter are becoming integral parts of my Second Life! However, many of my friends and group members from SL are not on my friends list on either site, much less both!

In order to remedy this situation I am offering a prize to anyone who IMs me or leaves a comment on my blog (blog.strawberryholiday.com) with your Flickr name and Twitter name. **You must actually make me a friend on Flickr, and follow me on Twitter, so I can do the same.**

The Prize will be 4 copyable trees (so you can make your own forest of Strawberry Trees) including a tree from "Journey", a pink tree from "Rapture", a green tree from "Rapture", and one of the new "Words" trees. The "Words" trees will be not only copyable, but also modifyable, so you can delete my words out and put your own particles in if you wish!

Here's my info, so you can find me and begin the great SL migration to Flickr and Twitter!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/strawberryh
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberryholiday/

Throes of Rapture

2008-03-01T21:25:00.001-08:00

Throes of Rapture
Originally uploaded by strawberry.holiday

Throes of Rapture

The first work by "Fallopian Fighter Productions" opened today at AngelGate. It seemed to be quite well recieved with press already from two different blogs. ( The Great SL Expedition and NPIRL )

This build is the product of a creative residency at AngelGate, and here is the info from the exhibit:

"The Throes of Rapture"

A collaborative installation by Fallopian Fighter Productions for Art of The SLacred - "Metamorphosis"

"The Throes of Rapture" is an immersive, metaphorical journey highlighting how the opposing forces of life, such as darkness and light, positive and negative, push us in the same direction, with each experience building off of the other.

A "metamorphosis" from avatar to heavenly being will happen as an entire life is symbolized in only a few moments, and the resident finds themselves in heaven.

The installation is a virtual trip to heaven constructed inside of a tube that extends nearly 100 meters up into the sky. Inside you will go through a fully immersive environment of sound and landscape that will recreate dark and light life experiences, feelings, and emotions. Each set of textures and sounds will build on the last, until the final destination, "Heaven" or the "Afterlife" as seen by Strawberry Holiday and Dozzy Biziou, where all the prims react and interact with the resident.

Fallopian Fighter Productions is:

Strawberry Holiday - Prim Design and scripting
Dozzydolly Biziou - Textures
Moongold Munro - Sound
Carbon Chaffe - Scripting
Egidius Eel - Production Photographer
WendyofNeverland Fussbudget - Project Administrator

Additional open source "Reflexive Architecture Scripts" from here.

No Entry

2008-01-27T23:14:00.001-08:00

No Entry
Originally uploaded by strawberry.holiday

My world is like Second Life except instead of being able to go anywhere I'd like, I live in my own sim, with a giant "DO NOT ENTER" texture that prevents anyone from entering my parcel.

Most of the time I don't even realize I'm on a different sim, because I can talk to people, across the sim boundary. There are only subtle hints that alert me that things are off kilter, because the music channel is different, and I can't seem to hear the birds chirping and the other ambient sounds that they seem to hear and comment on.

This weekend, though--I think I found someone who was able to cross the border into my sim. He'd been in his own, until this weekend... but I know we were both hearing the same music.

Perhaps we just both tuned into the same radio station, but perhaps, just perhaps.. he was able to turn on God mode, and cross the Do Not Enter sign.

Wrote a meme for SL artnews, decided to crosspost here ;)

2007-12-13T00:23:00.001-08:00

ME, rocking.
Originally uploaded by strawberry.holiday

1. I don't like things that are flavoured like strawberry. Artifical strawberry flavor, that is. I do like REAL strawberries.
2. I have a weakness for all things Torley. I watch the tip of the week, even if i already know how to do whatever it is just to have a Torley experience.
3. I, like Osprey, have never done a "meme" before. But how can you resist Thea?
4. My hobby is writing Haiku.
"half way through meme
four more fun strawberry facts
bored like prim plywood"
5. I'm morally opposed to making a shape with a smaller butt to wear with skirts. So make your skirts modify people if you want me to buy it.
6. I have two alts, both women. Actually my main name "Strawberry Holiday" started as my alt. My first av is "Strawberry Bommerang" But it annoyed me that it was Bommerang instead of Boomerang so I made a new one.
7. Sometimes I dream I'm in Second Life, when I'm asleep in Real Life.
8. I'd rather be a sniper, than a bomber.

Strawberry's World.

2007-11-12T21:48:00.001-08:00

Well guys, It finally happened. I'm pleased to announce that "On Their Journeys", my newest art installation, officially opened on November 11 (yesterday) to what seemed like much fanfare. This build is is a 3d immersion installation based on two paintings of mine called "Certainty" and "Reality" when combined, they're called "On Their Journeys".

On Their Journeys
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

The beginning represents reality in a lot of ways for me. It's a symbolic woman just beginning to find her way. When you reach the end of a build, you find a confidant woman in her element: where I want to be. I don't know how much of this translates to the audience, though I'm not really sure it matters. People like the interactive elements, and once they're on the journey, it's archetypal elements, stairs, paths, clocks, trees, buildings resonate with anyone, reminding them of the journey that they're on. It doesn't all have to be about me, me, me. (though that's fun too!)

On Their Journeys
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

Most of the elements of "On Their Journeys" are available for purchase either by purchasing the object directly, or by visiting the gift shop located at the landing point in "Strawberry's World". There's also a little donation station this time, as my tier on the land is 30k, and I'm trying to raise that this time, so I can keep the pieces alive, without diving into my real life pocketbook.

Savannah Nihilist
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

This is the first time I've ever dedicated any piece of art to anyone (I think, if I'm wrong, correct me, please). And as I say in the exhibit info at "On Their Journey's", "This build is dedicated to Savannah Nihilist. She's the sweetest, most generous person I know in real life, Second Life and all the places between. Without her generosity, this build would not have been possible. In kindness and goodness, I strive to be like her."

That's all true. Savannah loaned me a computer that is what made this new build possible. Also she and WendyofNeverland encouraged me to explore SL, checking out cool builds like Straylight, The new Light Waves build and the other Rezzable Sims, Burning Life, and the Sculptie Competitions in Luna. If I hadn't been pulled out of my shell, I would never have become aware of what Second Life was really capable of Art Wise, and I may never have started building Fishbowl, which is what lead to all this!

My Wendy
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

WendyofNeverland Fussbudget has also made an impact in my second life. Savannah used to always remind me in real life that Wendy was real, and not just a cartoon, and recently Wendy's role has, as I said in the exhibit info "grown from that of a muse to that of a friend." Our friendship is deeper than cartoons, for sure!
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Torley in Strawberry's World
Originally uploaded by Strawberry Holiday

Last but not least, I want to thank Torley. His bright colors, tips of the day, flickrifficness, and general creativity are an inspiration to me, and many other SL avs, but specifically I want to thank Torley for the generous use of his music in the build, which adds the perfect ambiance and feel! He rocks my socks.

Please come to see On their Journeys in world.

SL Art News Blogger.

2007-10-28T08:02:00.000-07:00

The weeks since my installation opened have been pretty exciting and a bit overwhelming. I've met a long list of fantastic avatars, and have realized that I have something important to contribute to the SL Art community. There are so many people and places that get overlooked and need to be noticed in the SL Art world! I can help get them the attention they deserve, while showing readers the places and things that they have always hoped SL was capable of, but have never seen. Art pieces that bring thoughts and concept as well as beauty into the mind’s eye, need to be shared! So, I’m going to do that along with the great team at (hopefully, at least that’s the goal). So keep watch at SL Art News for my posts and updates.

Intro to Strawberry Holiday

2007-10-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

My name is Strawberry Holiday! After the opening of my Second Life Art Installation “A Fishbowl View ,” there has been an increased interest in my Second Life work. In response, I’ve decided to start this blog as a way to communicate with a broader range of people, as my IM window is constantly getting busier and busier.

I am a plus-size woman who is an advocate for size acceptance in Second Life. In Second life include I have a plus-size store Peachy Accessories and my art is featured in several places in Second Life, including The Second Louvre Museum, S&S Gallery as well as my own Winged Strawberry Gallery in Da Boom.

Here are a few snapshots of my installation.

Places "A Fishbowl View" has been featured:

A machinima at Shiny Life, Vlad Bjornsons Blog
Torley Linden's Flickr
Ravenelle Zugzwang's Flickr
Lyanis Sin's Flickr
Second Life Insider
Micalita Writer's Blog (In Italian)
Jade Serdyuk/Exposed Studios Flickr
Second Life News and Photos
Second Life Newspaper