New flagship store for DCD

DCD has a new home that is bigger cuter and more inspiring on Juicy.

After getting down to only 11 prims at the Dreyfus store I decided it was soon going to be time to move, just as the decision was made Gorgeous Yongho sent a message to say she had a spot on the Juicy sims and after talking it through with my SLister, it was going to be such a huge move as it over doubled possibly tripled the space, jumped at the opportunity and within the week our new home arose.

We couldn't just have the store without a touch of Sway so added the cute beach hut (with a LM giver to her store obviously). I am planning on adding 7Seas fishing at some point in the future and may even hold a few tournaments.

The store currently has 3 rooms, the main room has the gift cards, information, group joiners etc. and will have a discount section added to it later. The second is the main room with all the ladies sets split between regular and goth style, the third room contains the mens and unisex items and also separates i.e. piercings and tiaras/circlets, hopefully all easy to see and find.

I hope everyone likes the store as much as I do and if anyone has any constructive criticism please do IM me inworld, if it's not implemented it's not because I didn't pay attention it would be that it wasn't feasible or didn't work.

The Wash 10L Cart Sale Black Event

It's been quiet here at DCD due to RL getting in the way as it always does but there are four events coming up in November and December. The first is The Wash 10L Cart Sale black themed event, as always there are lots of bargains waiting for you to snap them up at a measly 10L each and lets face it we all love that much of a bargain.

Here are DCD's offerings for the event:

The Wash Cart Sale is here

One Voice Fundraiser

The One Voice fundraiser has been set up to assist Gala Phoenix of Curio skins raise the money to fight an Sler that has taken her to court (see Curio blog for details).

Well over 100 stores are taking part in this event donating either 100% or 50% of sales to the cause. The show of solidarity between the content creators is overwhelming and hopefully sending out a strong message to intellectual property thieves that we will not stand back and let our hard work be stolen unchallenged.

I have made 2 sets for the event both L$295:

This partial mesh necklace and earring set donates 100%.

This necklace and earring set with the triquetra symbol has colour change gems with 6 colours to choose from and donates 50%.

You can also buy both these sets, both donating to the fundraiser, and a donation jar in store.

Texture change Cameo choker

This classic styled choker comes with 5 different velvet textures and 5 different cameo textures to choose from allowing for 25 combinations.

A little dearer at L$245 due to the extra work in creating 10 textures but still a good price.

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Summer by the Sea Gacha festival

I love Gachas so when I heard about the Summer by the Sea Gacha festival I couldn't wait to sign up, it's only on for a week so make sure you run down and take part.

I have made these cute bead bracelets with tinted colours in them and mesh pendants of a butterfly, dolphins and a unicorn.

There are 12 to collect, 9 common and 3 rares.

The Accessories Hunt (TAH)

Sorry to be posting this at the start of the last week but it's been one of those months.

There are 55 stores taking part in the hunt, DCD is number 35. I spent a week on great gifts, one each for male and female and at the last minute it wouldn't go together so I had to scrap the whole lot and start again with only a day before the hunt opened so the gift isn't as great as I had hoped but worked hard all day to get this to look as good as it could be for you.

The item is unisex and mod to size up for you hunky men (as always please make a copy before adjusting).

TAH Starting location

The Wash Retro Swap Meet

Yet another great event from The Wash and as usual all items are for sale for L$10 or less, here are my offerings all at L$10:

World Goth Fair 2012

I had my quota of events for the month already but when I found out about this one I had to do it.  As anyone who knows me will tell you the Sophie Lancaster Foundation is a charity that is close to my heart, as a goth myself I have often been given strange looks and had nasty comments thrown my way so the clothing I love so much has to be worn either with less gothic items or only to goth clubs/events.

'Naenia' Necklace, L$195, 100% to charity also Exclusive item, there will be another version of it in store at some point after the event but not in this colour.

Both 'Esdras' Chokers are L$195, 50% to charity and not exclusive so will be in the store after the event, I do urge you to buy at the fair wherever possible so the charity gets some of the sales.

There are some wonderful items at the event and I'm sure that even if you aren't into goth you will still find something you will like.

DCD at World Goth Fair 2012

World Goth Fair 2012 - Dark Eternity (Moderate)

World Goth Fair 2012 - Cursed (Adult)

Disco Deals May 2012

May Disco Deals is now open with some great designs at amazing prices from:


A.D.D. Andel
Cherry
Clutter
Dark Mouse
Dragon Charm Designs
House of London
Nzuri
Sn@tch
Somnia
Status

For pictures of the other items take a look at the blog or Flikr groups.

Here is my item, you can buy it either as a set or just the necklace by itself, Nzuri has a beautiful chemise out to match this.

Wear Gray 2012

For Wear Gray I have made these bracelets and necklace and earrings set, both will only be available at this event and all sales are 100% donations to the American brain tumor association.

Swayland Easter Hunt 2012

Swayland has it's annual Easter hunt again and this year I am honoured to be able to take part.  There are 10 eggs hidden on the Sways half of the sim, 3 of which have passwords in them which can be used to claim the great gifts offered by Sways, Nonino and DCD.

Christmas Gatcha

I have added a Gatcha to the Swayland Christmas market for L$25 a go.  If this is popular I will make matching necklaces.

You can find it here

Christmas at Swayland

As some of you may know I have opened a large store on Swayland and have put some items out for the Christmas market.

You can find these items plus lots more at the Swayland Christmas market

B.Unique with DCD

B.Unique is now open and DCD is very proud to be taking part in this wonderful event.

B.Unique is a group of designers who will take turns in creating either a new item or a special colour of a current item and will sell these at the B.Unique location for one week or until 50 have been sold.

Being the opening event the founders of this event have all created an item and they will be on sale for two weeks as there are five items out this time.  I am one of the lucky stores to be in the group of founders and have created an item completely different than anything I have done before.

This shabby chic style bow necklace is on a silver chain and is textured with a purple and flower cotton material.

For more information about B.Unique and to see the other items available please visit the blog: B.Unique Blog
Or visit the Flikr: B.Unique Flikr

Dragon Charm - New Look coming soon

It's time for an update, an overhaul and a shuffle.

Dragon Charm Designs is getting a new look both inside and outside of the store.

Watch This Space.

Something for the weekend

I have recently been accepted to take part in the 60l weekend sale and this is my first offering. The silver swirls have a twist to add extra interest to this necklace that is named after one of my puppies as she was harassing me throughout the build.

There will be a bracelet, earrings and possibly a belly ring to go with this which will be available in next weekends sale or as a set after both weekends.

I hope to see you during the weekend.

Ephe

The world cup is upon us

Yes it's that time again when hundreds of women become widows to the TV while their men are glued to the football.

As this mania sweeps the world goods of all kinds line the shelves to allow people to show their support to their favourite teams, this is why I have released a set of necklaces with the flags of all the countries that qualified for the 2010 world cup.

The one in the ads is the England necklace as I am English. The flag is set in a silver case and on a chunky silver chain.

Ladies version will be available if the demand is there, IM me inworld if you would like one.

Ephe xx

Navajo style for the guys

New at the stall on Spirit Nations sim are these mens armbands based on the chokers for the ladies they have wood and turquoise bands with a silver disc containing individual turquoise and carnelian stones and finished off with 2 Tawny Owl feathers.

American Indian style comes to Dragon Charm Designs

Some of you may know that I spend some of my time with good friends that have adopted me as family on Spirit Nations American Indian themed sim. This has inspired me to create a range of jewellery based on the Navajo style.

These 3 chokers are the first in the new collection and come with Mod and Trans permissions. The wood and turquoise beaded choker has a silver pendant with turquoise and carnelian stones, one set on a black base. Each bead and stone are individual prims hand placed to give the slight unevenness true to hand-made jewellery Dragon Charm Designs is known for.

These are only available at my stall on the Spirit Nations sim:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spirit%20Nations/16/230/23

The return of the worlds worst blogger

Yes I admit I can't blog for toffee but I give it a go. I gave up on this blog back in January due to no followers which gave my pretty much non existent ego a battering, this has been followed by the stores not making any sales in about a month.

I'm a new face in a flooded market and it's hard to break into this when there are so many people taking short cuts and selling crap, it tends to put people off trying new stores when there are so many amazing popular designers out there. I spend a great deal of time on each and every one of my creations making sure I place every prim as precisely as possible and trying to add as much tiny detail as I can within prim linking limits hence the amount of time between releases. The one thing I can be proud of is that the few sales I have made have never had a single complaint and that makes it worthwhile.

So what have I been up to since the last post? Lots of background stuff, mainly attempting to get the name out to the public, with virtually no success I must admit, but with the general guidance of my good friend Tracy Rubble of **Trubble** I am trying a different strategy so fingers crossed.

This was my last release they are Leather chokers with a silver pendant and available in 8 designs which can be brought individually or as a set at a discounted price. They go with so much especially if you have the complete set, there's one for most occasions. There is also one of the chokers in the new Midnight Mania boards and only need 20 people to sign up to get it for free, I'll be changing the item roughly every month so keep visiting to make sure you don't miss out.

So where am I taking Dragon Charm Designs in the future? I'm currently working on a new Navajo Indian collection which will only be available on the Spirit Nations sim, I'm going through the thought processes of a few exclusives and maybe some limited editions. There is also a line of parent and child jewellery in the pipeline inspired by my sister due to give birth to a baby girl very soon and she's planning on taking this to the next level of having a child avi daughter when the time comes. So there is lots going on in the background and more in the design process waiting for me to build....watch this space...

You can find my main store at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ivalde/186/87/25

And my smaller store at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fusion%20Crossing/128/142/23