HOLOGRAM BIKINI by Yeti Voom

Some weeks ago I sat with my darling by the sea on the rocks, one of the first warm days of spring in Sweden, when he asked me if I ever thought of SL things IRL. “What do you mean?” I said. “You of all know how much I think about Boingo and all things I have to do in SL when I get home from RL work.” This was not what he meant at all. “No, I mean… do you ever wish you could fly or put an AO on or do you ever wake up and get confused when you are not in your house at Voomderland?” he said. I had to think for a few minutes meantime I zipped on my coffee and rolled my hair between my fingers and then I answered… “No, not anymore but in the beginning about 2 years ago I did a lot. I kind of mixed the worlds up a bit”

I got a mail from an SL friend where he told me that one day when he was talking to his boss in her office he suddenly found himself walking around in her room just like his avatar does! He laughed!! And all of you who have seen the AO from AKEYO know what I mean.

Do we really get into our roles as the avatars so much that we become like them?
There is a saying in SL that SL is SL and RL is RL. Now is that really so? Do you ever mix the worlds? Or look for the pink/blue ball before you sit or go to bed? Hahaha…

I never got that far but what I do miss in RL is my huge inventory!!! Just think about all the clothes I got from Boingo. Not to mention all the skins!! All 342 of them or do we have more? Just click on pink lips and I’m ready to go. Or my favourite…ANU Mithrill!! I wish Jeela could make that in our natural series with the small beauty mark.

Well summer is just around the corner, at least on the north hemisphere, and soon it will be time for Beach 2009! Then I wish I had the Boingo HOLOGRAM BIKINI! Hmmm… what to wear at the beach today? The red one? But… the blue one is great and the black shows my butt best and the violet is cool with this sun tan and the white is glowing in the sun and… and… and… Nahhh, I’ll take the orange one to show off!!! Anyhow… the small strings won’t leave these gross white marks on my body cos they are so thin. Ohhhh… just think about all these contests I’m going to win in RL!! Bummer… SL I mean!!

TIME TO GO GRAB HOLOGRAMS!!!

//Yeti, the Boingo Beach Bitch 2009!!

Boingo @ Xstreet

We have been busy here...

We now have the entire Boingo inventory on Xstreetsl.com so you can use that to send gifts to your secret lovers!

Does the love never end!
No it doesnt...

-Jeela & Yeti

SHEER THRILLS DRESS by Yeti Voom

In one of our regular Tuesday meetings Jeela told me she made a dress. I called it sheer thrills dress she said and put it on. Yep! It was really sheer and amazing!

One thing I learned these past years in SL and with Jeela is how different we see things her and me. It could be culture, our family values or just something else I really don’t know. But when it comes to nudity she is really American and I am really Swedish. To be really honest I might be a bit more open minded than Swedes are generally and Jeela is more open minded than most Americans. Jeela even laughs and say “You are sooo Swedish Yeti!” when we speak about these things. Where I think, hey lets make it skimpier, she holds back and then sometimes it’s just the opposite. In a country where so many movies are made with nude scenes, and “little brother Sweden” follows the great US, you think you should meet a lot of free thinkers about nudity… no? Jeela is not prude but she has to explain to me from time to time how the Americans think. Does it sound like the Swedes are running naked on the streets all the time? We are certainly not but in a way maybe not as prude as other parts of the world.

I can see all the IM’s I’m going to get now from people in SL. LOL
Well it’s my experience… RIGHT?

We talked about if we needed this dress in variants of translucency and decided to make 4 different dresses. For those who like it really sheer but don’t dare to wear it with nothing underneath Jeela made a gorgeous bra and panties and she also made stockings. All the details that look like lace is hand painted. Yes every single little dot. No photos here! She also made it tintable and modifiable so you can change it over and over in any colour you like for the evening. Pst… wanna know a secret?? The darker you make it the more sheer it gets!

I personally like the white solid with the bra, panties, gloves and stockings. It makes me think of a wedding underneath the cherry trees in full bloom a warm evening in the sunset. But… all sheer in black with nothing underneath in a hot steamy club at 3 pm is cool too.












As usual I went out in SL to see if I got any reaction on this dress and I can tell you I did! I was wearing the white dress not too sheer and with the underwear. Some of you think I got reactions from men huh? Not in this case. This was a totally unexpected reaction from my side. LOL! I’m not going to tell you where I was but I can tell you I was in a store. I knew what I came for and went straight in to grab what I needed. When I came there I said Hi to the shop assistant. It’s important for me to do that. So many days I have been standing at Boingo rearranging things or adding a vendor with my tag on and people come in and don’t even say hi. How hard can it be?

Well I got in said Hi and went for the things. The girl was very kind to me and talked in open chat. Suddenly I got an IM from her. She told me I looked lovely in my… hmmm… underwear… but asked me to think about the other customers and then kindly asked me to put clothes on. I must have sounded like a nutcase when I answered her. “Its not underwear it’s a dress”. Then I started laughing in front of my computer. I didn’t laugh at her but at my own reaction. What Jeela and I discussed was a dress. It never struck my mind it looked like I was out shopping only in my underwear! I grabbed the stuff, apologized, gave her an LM to our store and left. I still haven’t even told Jeela about this cos I felt like a fool. I never see my avatar Yeti as myself, I mean as the woman behind Yeti. For me Yeti is pixels and only that and I am never shy or embarrassed even if Yeti naked. She is my creation and I only use her as a tool in SL and in her you meet my personality. But I see it as a compliment that Jeela made such great skins it looks real even if she didn’t use any photos but hand painted it all from scratch.

If you want to use this dress as a petticoat, bustier or chemise under your evening gown please do. It comes in all layers.













I’ll say it again. Click on this picture and look at all the details. Jeela painted it all and don’t it look great?!























//Yeti, the demure shopoholic…

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- Jeela & Yeti

BOINGO LEATHER BIKINI by Yeti Voom

Here follows the exact conversation between Jeela and I before the leather bikinis were made.

J: Hi Yeti! We need more bikinis.
Y: Ok! What u have in mind?
J: I was thinking of leather bikinis in burnt and midnight and in black. What do you think?
Y: Sounds great! Cool! Let’s make them.
J: Anything else?
Y: Yeah… make them in the Fiero Bikini style.
J: Ok! TPD!
Y: BB

TPD means Tack Puss Doink…
Jeela’s way of saying bye to me. LOL

Some times are faster than others…

All this time I asked Jeela for a pink leather outfit.
She refuses every time.
NO YETI I WILL NOT MAKE LEATHER IN PINK!

I have changed my mind….

How about a dark wine-colored collection?!!

I will haunt her to make it.. or at least all in black…

//Yeti, Tack Puss Doink!

LORD, HERE COMES THE HOOD by Yeti Voom

When the HOOD calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there's only you and me.

Lord, here comes the HOOD
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.

Peter Gabriel made a song about our hoods… cool huh?

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Jeela wanted to make hoods for Boingo in our leather style and was looking for a sculptor to make it for us. We wanted a really good one that kept the same quality as Jeela’s creations so she sent her sketches to a few ppl and we were hoping for someone to help us out.



We didn’t speak about them for a while and one day she said… “I found the sculptor for the hoods, JanderSunStar Vendetta and Kallisti Burns at Discord Designs are going to make the hair to go with it”. I was thrilled and wanted to see them as soon as they were done.

I liked them the second I saw them! Yeti has rather large breasts so to fit the hair I had to move the hood forward and then I saw the edge of the hood. Jeela said she had a little something for that and told me to wait ‘til they were finished. So we discussed textures instead and Jeela had an idea about blending the midnight and the burnt textures on the hoods. I thought she was joking at first but the more she spoke about it I realized she wasn’t. I don’t think they match and in my eyes that looked… not so good. Jeela was sad and mumbled about how much she worked so they would fit together. I told her to do both so ppl could choose. “That would be an awful bunch of vendors in the stores”, Jeela said and so the hoods were only made in one texture each.

I have tried to get used to it and in this blog I am mixing them. I am glad to be proven wrong so if you find it irresistible I’m sure Jeela will make a special hood just for you!

Kallisti made 5 great different hair styles in so many different colours. If you click on the hood you will get a menu for resizing and textures for the hair. I also know that you can buy these hair styles at Discord Design if you want to wear them without the hood.
http://discorddesigns.blogspot.com/2009/03/revolution-has-not-been-televised.html

Here’s a picture of all the colours.

I think our store should have the look of many different faces and styles on the vendors. When Jeela makes a vendor it’s easier for her to use her own avatar just as it is for me when I take the photos for this blog. But we want the store to look alive so after a meeting when she did the Hair color matrix picture she sent me this mail.

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From: "Jeela Juran" Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:32 PM

To: "Yeti" <yeti.voom@live.se>

Subject: Boingo Hood Hair color selector poster

Yeti,

This sign will go next to the hood vendors to show people all the hair colors and get them excited.

I followed your directions and changed the face shape and skins and eyes on each one.
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It's great Jeela!!!I love this pic!!

Puss Yeti
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And as no surprise I think the men can wear this too. And do you remember the little something Jeela asked me to wait for? See the collar? Mmm… Yeti like!!

This is the text from the notecard that follows when you buy a hood.

You are now the proud owner of a BOINGO Scripted Hood! How cool is that!

There are a number of features built into this hood and they are easy to access.

CLICK ONCE on the HOOD to access the MENU.

YOU have 2 options:

APPEARANCE & SIZE

APPEARANCE allows you to choose the hair texture you desire. There are 12 choices. Try them all till you find the one you like.

SIZE allows you to resize the HOOD without having to EDIT. Using these buttons keeps the HOOD centered on your head.

The Hood also has been designed to cast a soft shadow over the upper part of the face to look more realistic.

The SHOULDER DRAPE comes in 2 styles: Hood Down, & FULL. The Hood Down style looks like the hood is pulled back behind you. The FULL style is a drape that wraps all around your shoulders giving the hood a nice base.

ENJOY this exciting BOINGO accessory. And please let us know what you think!

Send notecards to Yeti Voom or Jeela Juran!

Big Love to you!
Yeti and Jeela

CREDITS:
Design: Jeela Juran & Yeti Voom
Sculpting: Jandersunstar Vendetta
Hair : Kallisti Burns

// Yeti, singing... LORD, HERE COMES THE HOOD...

BUCCANEER LEGGINGS AND LEATHER SHORTS by Yeti Voom

I have been trying to get Jeela to make me a skirt forever! She refuses ‘til SL gets a better shape for skirts and I can definitely understand her. Who wants a butt that looks like a continent? She made some tries with prims and so on and it turned out pretty good but we haven’t got any in our stores yet. So when I started to talk about a burnt leather skirt she just sighed. I pushed her ‘cos Boingo need a skirt to go with all this leather. We talked about putting it on a jacket layer so it followed the body lines better. She came back to me the day after with a skirt so short we just laughed both of us. Trial and error… back to the drawing tablet again. Without another word she just sent me the ad and then came the folder with the Buccaneer leggings in ALL layers (even as stockings) and a version of the original skirt as burnt leather shorts.

As usual I try everything on the male shapes we have. I think it works and let the pictures speak for themselves.

//Yeti, the mutineer @ Boingo…

BURNT LEATHER VEST by Yeti Voom

The time had come… I had been waiting for almost 2 years and now it was finally time to go. We had been talking about it many times and it felt so strange but there I was, calling Jeela to say… “Guess what I got in my hand?” Jeela was busy with making something in Photoshop and I said “Concentrate! You know this”. She stopped for a second and then said… “Sounds like paper… Hmmm… OMG!!! IT’S A PLANE TICKET!!!!!” Yes! I held the ticket for San Francisco in my hand. I was going to meet Jeela in RL!

Now you think, wasn’t this blog about fashion? Yes it is but this leather vest story started in San Fran. If you are interested in reading about when Jeela and I met you can read all about in my blog http://yetivoom.blogspot.com/2009/02/yeti-is-back-alive-and-kickin.html

I think I walked all over SF! My eyes rolled in my head every evening when I went to bed. I really wanted to see how Jeela did when she made our clothes and I was looking for something special to show her that she could make as a memory from this trip. I can’t do sketches so I had to find something that I could photograph. One day I found these boots. Jeela knows how much I hate leopard texture! Only women over 40 wear it in Sweden. We call them “The Jurassic league”! Hahaha! Yes I know I’m 43 and?























Well one rainy day we strolled up on Haight Ashbury. I wanted to see the old hippie district and I can tell you I wasn’t disappointed. I wanted to buy a t-shirt with a psychedelic rainbow like batik pattern and my hubby looked at me and said “When are you going to use that… IN SWEDEN?” He was right of cos so I put it back and swore to buy a touristic t-shirt at the airport with a huge printing of San Francisco, for him! We passed many stores and suddenly there it was the new Boingo vest. I immediately saw this in our burnt leather and how good Yeti would look in it. I took a picture and hoped Jeela would like it too.






















Later that evening I told her how much I wanted to see her work and showed her the vest. She liked it and after dinner we started. She opened a template, put the texture on and there it was. She made a dark line here and a brighter there and made some clicking and then we had a trim and wrinkles. Then she started on the cool patterns and seams. She opened another window and started making the back. Finally I could see and ask all those questions I wanted to ask for months. She drew some lines and then some more and when I thought we were done she added even more and it looked better and better for every little dot she added. When she was happy I asked her for the buttons. “Oh I forgot those” she said. She made a circle and filled it with bronze, put a dark colour on and finished with a white line. She put it on the vest and it looked like it had been there for ages. “We need a press stud” (is this the proper word for it?) “I never made one before” she said. I called my hubby to come and look and he was just as surprised as I was. How could some dots and lines be a button? I looked at her and my eyes were filled with tears when I gently took her hand and kissed it, afraid to hurt her tool. For the first time I really understood what an amazing gift she has and how blessed I am to work with such an artist.

So for all of you who buy this… This vest has a story and it’s mine and Jeela’s gift for you from our first meeting in RL. It’s made out of an amazing journey towards a very special friendship. We hope you like it as much as we do!

Please take a moment to look at the details.

//Yeti, with flowers in her hair...