Welcome to the June issue of Prim Perfect — and something of a departure for the magazine.
Usually we target a region in each issue — but this month we’re doing things a little differently and have taken a theme. June is, of course, traditionally the month for weddings, so we are taking a look at wedding plans and planners and the different sorts of designs that go into creating the perfect Second Life wedding.
Our Designers of the Month are well-known in the wedding trade: Tricia Aferdita talks with Bastchild Lotus and Paul Lapointe about their creative work — and the real life relationship that grew out of their online collaboration. Scotti Lyle meets wedding planner Monica Weir and finds out how she works with couples to plan the wedding of their dreams.
Linus Lacombe talks to some of the designers who create the amazing elements that make up a traditional wedding, while Eva Bellambi examines some of the possibilities for weddings set in the past—or, indeed, the future. Ceejay Writer looks at how to create your own very special wedding garden, while Annechen Lowey, in her invaluable advice to those lately arrived on the grid, offers sterling guidance on wedding etiquette—for both the couple and their guests.
And then, the wedding safely over, Rowan Derryth has a wealth of suggestions for the perfect place for the happy couple to spend their honeymoon.
The past month has been a busy one for Prim Perfect. The Home and Garden Expo is a highlight of the year for anyone involved in Homes and Gardens and this year we not only had the privilege of hosting a sim—we also were able to host a very successful series of talks by designers. Indeed this was so successful that we will be hosting a whole series of talks at Second Life’s Eighth Birthday celebrations — you can see more about that in our News from the Grid section. Beq Janus has written an account of the Expo… and also brings us up to date with all the latest Relay for Life of Second Life news.
We had a display of Linden Home furnishing by top designers at our Expo stand, and we are continuing our programme to promote high quality, low prim design by top designers with our Linden Home programme. This month’s designer is Cherelle Capra, who has produced a beautiful Oriental home. Ethan Westland has been talking to her about it and about her Second Life career.
We have been keeping our Pathfinders and Trailblazers very busy this month—to say nothing of their programme leader, Qwis Greenwood! Firstly, they all exhibited at the Home and Garden Expo and—as you can read in the magazine—had a great time! Then we held our first, very successful, seminar for the Trailblazers (and many other attendees!) on the subject of social networking, and Cain Maven mentored the Pathfinders about sorting out permissions and setting vendors.
Once again, this month, we have free Prim Perfect gifts for you. Of course, gifts are only available in Second Life through our inworld Intellibook version, but if you are reading this on the web, look at Page 165 to discover how you can get your inworld copy too.
In Charity News, Tricia Aferdita looks at the Garden for the Missing project and catches up on what has been happening there since our last visit in 2008. And Pitsch Parx considers a question that has always baffled me—with so many choices in Second Life, why do we so often settle for homes that resemble our real life dwellings?
Then there’s all the latest from the Designing Worlds and Metaverse Arts shows on treet.tv and news of the most recent bargains from Spruce Up Your Space, while our team of talented photographers, led by PJ Trenton, Judith LeFevre, Tricia Aferdita, Wildstar Beaumont, Raven Haalan and Stephen Venkman, bring you some of the most artistic eye candy from across the metaverse!
All this with News from the Grid and more!
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So how can I get Prim Perfect?
If you prefer to read the magazine online but not inworld, there are choices. Firstly, there’s the wonderful Calaméo system, which allows you to moves smoothly through the pages, giving you the feeling of reading a real magazine. You’ll find Issue 34 here – and please do leave a comment!
But, if you like to download your magazines to read as you commute to work, or in the bath, or wherever, you can also obtain a standard pdf for downloading and printing.
It is available through SL Marketplace (just search on the site for Prim Perfect). This will deliver you a copy in the form of an Intellibook that you can rez and read inworld.
We also have subscribe-o-matic kiosks throughout Second Life (these are taking over from our older vendors) – so you can just click to subscribe. You’ll be sent a copy of the latest issue, and then you’ll receive your issues regularly!
Another inworld option is to buy from our inworld vendors (located at various stores). Sometimes we have had problems with these, but you can help! If you see a vendor still selling an earlier issue, contact primperfect@gmail.com, and we’ll send someone to update it.
Or you can have it delivered to you each month as an IntelliBook, by joining the Prim Perfect Readers group inworld. It costs nothing to join and, apart from delivering the magazine each month, we won’t overload you with chat or messages!
In addition to delivering the Intellibook version of the magazine, you’ll also get a link to the online Calaméo version of the magazine, so you’ll be able to access that too.
How to Join Prim Perfect Readers
- Inworld, open Search.
- Search Groups for Prim Perfect Readers.
- Click to join
So … enjoy! And let us know what you think of our new edition!
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