THE LITTLE THINGS

The Home and Garden Expo is still out there, fundraising for Relay For Life, through this Sunday, June 2, and you know you should shake your tail feathers and get over there if you haven't been already. I think I'm going to wind up my coverage of this event a little early, if you don't mind, before Gacha madness starts tomorrow, by showing you my favorite purchase at the Expo, this lovely little gem from Zigana. Why is it my favorite thing? Why not? Thinking about my buying habits, I am attracted to quirky, eclectic, meticulously crafted, mostly useless furnishings. Some people are realists, but I am not the least interested in my home having a toilet or a kitchen sink. If I set up a bed, it is usually out of doors under my tree. I would rather have chairs, lots of chairs, and a telescope, and this abacus.

Zigana "Antique Abacus" (at the Home and Garden Expo)

Love,
Serene

ON THE SIDEWALK

The Home and Garden Expo this week also has many furnishings of the sort you might need to build an urban sim. I picked a few things to show you, which you might see out on a sidewalk in town, or perhaps outside a restaurant.

I set out a pad of Barnesworth Anubis' pavers, suitable for an outdoor café or for your patio at home. Dysfunctional Designs made us a pretty little Grape Trellis in three shades of wood, and I set out the plain pine version of this Garden Café Table and Chair from What Next. It comes in several cute pastel shades too.



This Mailbox is a functional notecard box your shop can use to receive messages. It was put out as one of two charity benefit items by JD Creations. What I love is that this maker does not even have an in world shop but is still stepping up to help us raise funds for cancer research.



Finally a more conservative arrangement, featuring Tranquil Homes' Bistro Patio set with three of Barnesworth Anubis' neatly clipped Stone Planters.

Love,
Serene

WEEDING DAY

What, you were expecting a fluffy white dress? No, this is really weeding day. Anything with thorns has got to go. But the sweet wildflowers are staying. I planted these purples I found at the Forest Feast booth at the Expo. The Expo has a few stores that specialize in outdoor landscaping supplies rather than the ubiquitous home furnishings.



My helper is a talented gardener. (Dwarfins are interactive breedables, but this is an Avatar that is their Expo Hunt prize.) But it's a warm day, and after work there is nothing like cool water. The Atelier Visconti fountain has several playful animations for singles, and some couples animations I haven't tried yet. :D



Avatar: Dwarfins "Rigged Mesh Female Gardener" (Expo Hunt Prize)
Tree: Forest Feast "Sweet Memory Tree" (Home and Garden Expo)
Flowers: Forest Feast "Spring Field Grass Purple" (Home and Garden Expo)
Fountain: Atelier Visconti "Fountain Octagonal" (Home and Garden Expo)
Grass: Forest Feast Store Gift
Horses: by Awesome Breed Creations

Love,
Serene

ROCKIN' ROBIN

I have to just say that these lovelies make my eyeballs happy and my heart dance. They are all mesh and low land impact. The little Birdhouse has some happy bird sounds wedged inside. It and the Quilt Rack are charity fundraiser items. And if you participate in the Expo Hunt *nudge nudge* there is also a very beautiful craftsman-style stool with a quilt draped over the top. Don't miss!

showing:
Robin Wood's "Folding Quilt Rack - Hope Quilt" (charity benefit item)
Robin Wood's "Birdhouse - RFL" (charity benefit item)(also a version on a pole)
Robin Wood's "Potting Bench - shabby"
Robin Wood's "Flowerpot Birdbath"

Love,
Serene

BULL

Well you didn't think I could hang all my trophies on the walls, did you?



If you stop by the Bauwerk shop at the Home and Garden Expo, you too can delight your inner toreador. And yes, I already had the costume hanging in my closet.

Fabulous Chair: Bauwerk "Taurus Chair" (other colors available)
Outfit: Bare Rose "Luchador del Ruedo"
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui "Embroidered Boots"
Hair: Truth "Diana" (vintage)
Skin: Essences "Indy - tan"

Love,
Serene

SQUEEE!

This is a squeak-worthy snapshot of the Awesome Breed Creations booth at the Home and Garden expo! ABC horses are not only breedable, but also raceable, and coming soon there will be Jousting and Quests! I have been breeding their Clydesdales and Drum horses for about five months now, and love the whole knight-in-armor fantasy genre, so you know I'll be going to the jousting tournaments!

I'm prejudiced; I love my herd so much that I don't have prims to spare for a house these days. Every year the folks at ABC have a couple of charity benefit horses so let's see the latest at the Expo:



The two breedables sims are having a treasure hunt, go see the pirate and start the hunt for fun gifts from all the breedables booths. I shouldn't give too much away Shhhh  XD

Read more about the Home and Garden Expo HERE.
Read more about ABC horses HERE.

Love,
Serene

MUZIKAL TALENT PROVIDED BY IONIC

Yay the Home and Garden Expo got started yesterday and I am all hyped by all the fun things I saw there! If you need a reason to shop, every store there has at least one item set in a charity vendor to benefit Relay for Life. But I don't really need an excuse to shop right? This year not only are there eight sims of shopping, and one sim for events and live entertainment, they have added two sims for breedable pets. And there is a Hunt going on with some nice prizes. And I heard a rumor that some runway models are walking around in bikinis.



One of the reasons I love this kind of venue shopping events is to become acquainted with new work from shops I have never before seen. Today I am showing one of these, a store called Ionic. Yup they do make cute mainstream furnishings like the Alison bed and the Cosmia chair, both available in various colors and textures. But also ...



Also they like to do musical accessories. The old drum set registered a 8.7 on my So-Cool-o-meter. And the Amplifier-with-Throw-Pillows seating is their store's charity benefit item. Love it!

Bed: ionic "Alison bed - turquoise"
Chair: ionic "Cosmia chair -blue birds-"
Drum Kit: ionic "[Engrama] drums"
Amp Seating: ionic "amp-pillows seat" (RFL benefit item)

Love,
Serene