1st Place: Jarrod Beck for House 8: Lil Victorian by Painted Pixels
Decorating Contest – House 4
2nd Place: Ororeia Resident & Kyra Nachtigal for House 4: The Skwer by Cain Maven
Decorating Contest – House 5
3rd Place: House 5: Aja Direwytch for Barn House by RVi Design
In addition …
We invited the competitors to submit stories to go with their homes, if they wanted to, and several did. You can read these stories by clicking on the signs by the gates of each house. We were so impressed by the stories that we decided to run a second competition for the best three stories.
Lantern Release, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
These will be judged and the results announced at the Final Lantern Ceremony at 4pmSLT on the roof of the theatre on Hope 3 – when we all ride the Lanterns (more details about that to come).
And that will be followed by a party in the gardens of the Designing Worlds cafe at the Expo (designed by undercoverlady), dj’d by DaveOSaurus.
The Home and Garden Decorating Competition is now finished!
The winners will be announced at 2pm SLT today at the Decorating Street – which will give people a chance to inspect all the houses (and maybe donate a little more to Relay for Life of Second Life!
And to whet your appetite for the announcement of the results … here are the fantastic prizes that stores have generously donated!
Participating Store
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
=EC Designs=
Gift Card – 1000L
Gift Card – 750L
Gift Card – 500L
Ashbourne & Co. Fine Jewellers
L$500 gift card
L$250 Gift Card
L$100 Gift Card
Casa de Bebe
Gift Card L$2500
Gift Card L$1500
Gift Card L$1000
Dench Designs
Raithby Kitchen Collection (Kitchen, Sink & Fridge – All Animated)
Sherwood Collection (Log Seating, Campfire, Tree, Table – All Animated)
Spilsby Collection (Seating, Fountain, BBQ, Prep Table – All animated)
Digitize
1000l Digitize Gift Card
500l Digitize Gift Card
300l Digitize Gift Card
DINKIE DUDS
TEA CUP PLANTER WALL ART
GOLDEN VASE SET
HOME SWEET HOME PICTURE
DLS: Dreamin’ Leaf Studios
DLS Atelier Work Table & Work Stool
DLS Atelier Daybed
DLS Atelier Entrance Rug
Dragonsworn
200 gift card
100 gift card
50 gift card
FaceDesk – Creative Creations
Love Nest Season Tree – ADULT
Kingston Elegance Bedroom Set *PG*
Animesh Penguin Pet
FlyingArts
LL$ 400 Gift Card (can be split into 2 L$200 for a duo win)
Hope and Garden Expo, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
The Home and Garden Expo has been extended! The last full day will be March 22nd, so you all have time to look around and enjoy all the fabulous displays!
Homes in the Home and Garden Decorating Contest
We’ve also extended voting in the Home and Garden Decorating contest. Voting will now close at midnight on Friday 20th March, and there will bea special party in the Designing Worlds cafe on Expo 3 with live singers where the results will be announced on Saturday 21st.
Designing Worlds Cafe at the Home and Garden Expo
So why not come over and register your vote for your favourite home?
And to help you choose, later today we’ll be posting more details of the homes and the stories behind them!
All the fourteen houses have been decorated, and RFL kiosks have been placed outside each home.
Every Linden you pay into the kiosks counts as a vote – you can vote as much and as often as you like, and you can vote for as many houses as you want!
Voting will close at midnight SLT on March 12th.
For information on the individual houses, click on the house name signs outside each home on Hope 3. You’ll find stories, links to pictures and blog posts!
More information about the individual houses will be posted here soon.
Photos of the individual houses by Wildstar Beaumont
The fourteen homes on Hope 3 now all have decorators – and until 26th February, the decorators will be at work. After that you get the chance to vote on their efforts!
Each contestant (or team) can decorate in any style they wish that suits their house, but they MUST include AT LEAST THREE items purchased from RFL vendors at the Home and Garden Expo.
There are fourteen houses in nine different designs.
Houses 1 and 8: Lil Victorian by Painted Pixels
House Numbers 1 and 8: Lil Victorian by Painted Pixels House Number 1 will be decorated by Arween Whitfield House Number 8 will be decorated by Jarrod Beck
Houses 2 and 9: Lauren Valley by Galland Homes
House Numbers 2 and 9: Lauren Valley by Galland Homes House Number 2 will be decorated by Dictatorshop House Number 9 will be decorated by CaraTriple
House 3: The Winter Cabin by Loggin’ Off Homes
House Number 3: The Winter Cabin by Loggin’ Off Homes House Number 3 will be decorated by Dame Roxan
House 4: The Skwer by Cain Maven
House Number 4: The Skwer by Cain Maven House Number 4 will be decorated by Ororeia & Kyra Nachtigal
Houses 5 and 12: Barn House by RVi Design
House Numbers 5 and 12: Barn House by RVi Design House Number 5 will be decorated by Aja Direwytch House Number 5 will be decorated by SeXXXy Bliss (Silent Hope)
Houses 6 and 13: Natane by Glas Houses
House Numbers 6 and 13: Natane by Glas Houses House Number 6 will be decorated by Kaerri Rae House Number 13 will be decorated by DevinVaughn (with assistants Akira Voorhees, and Fullpleasure)
Houses 7 and 14: Martha’s Vineyard Cottage by Little Big Designs (a house for tinies, dinkies or petites)
House Numbers 7 and 14: Martha’s Vineyard Cottage by Little Big Designs (a house for tinies, dinkies or petites) House Number 7 will be decorated by Prokofy Neva House Number 14 will be decorated by Mrs Sterling
House 10: The Palomar by Cain Maven
House Number 10: The Palomar by Cain Maven House Number 10 will be decorated by Gem Henley
House 11: The Beach Cabin by Loggin’ Off Homes
House Number 11: The Beach Cabin by Loggin’ Off Homes House Number 11 will be decorated by Alec Rogue and Roshy Aura
Timetable: February 13th – 19th – people applied for the competition, stating which house they would like to decorate. February 19th – 26th- the competitors decorate their houses and gardens February 27th – March 2nd – visitors to the Expo can vote on which house and garden they like best. March 4th – the winners will be announced at a special party!
We will be posting more details about the house builds as our decorators share them!
To apply for a house, click the Home and Garden Decorating Signs by the houses on Hope 3, and drop your card in complete the notecard below and post it in one of the blue mailboxes at either end of the street.
For the last year two years, we have held our Home and Garden Decorating Competition – and we’ve been blown away by the standard of work you all produced!
House decorated in 2019 – The Casa Blanca
Not only that – last year the competition also raised the amazing sum of 241,000 Lindens, which is about US$975.
So this year it is back, with fourteen homes for our finalists to decorate!
Houses 2 and 9: Lauren Valley by Galland Homes
The houses are a total of nine different builds, ranging from Victorian to ultramodern, with beach cottages and log cabins. There’s even a special home for petites/dinkies/tinies!
Houses 7 and 14: Martha’s Vineyard Cottage by Little Big Designs (a house for tinies, dinkies or petites)
Full details will appear on this page shortly and you are, of course, be able to explore the full range at the Expo on Hope 3!
House 3: The Winter Cabin by Loggin’ Off Homes
These homes and gardens will be decorated by fourteen finalists who will have 400 prims (land impact) to decorate the Home and the surrounding Garden area.
Houses 6 and 13: Natane by Glas Houses
The finalists will be chosen by a raffle draw made by Saffia Widdershins, who will draw the names out of the equivalent of a Second Life hat (a random name generator script).
Houses 1 and 8: Lil Victorian by Painted Pixels
The finalists will be each assigned one of the fourteen houses, based on their preferences. Competitors can work alone or in pairs or in a small team.
House 4: The Skwer by Cain Maven
Each contestant (or team) can decorate in any style they wish that suits their house, but they MUST include AT LEAST THREE items purchased from RFL vendors at the Home and Garden Expo.
House 11: The Beach Cabin by Loggin’ Off Homes
People will vote for the final winner by donating to a kiosk set outside each of the houses. Each Linden donated to Relay for Life in these kiosks will count as a vote.
Houses 5 and 12: Barn House by RVi Design
Timetable:
February 13th – 19th – people apply for the competition, stating which house they would like to decorate.
February 19th – 26th- the competitors decorate their houses and gardens
February 27th – March 2nd – visitors to the Expo can vote on which house and garden they like best.
March 4th – the winners will be announced at a special party!
House 10: The Palomar by Cain Maven
To apply for a house, click the Home and Garden Decorating Signs by the houses on Hope 3, and drop your card in complete the notecard below and post it in one of the blue mailboxes there by the end of Wednesday, February 16th OR fill in the form below.
In this episode of Designing Worlds we’re paying the second of our two visits to Second Life’s amazing Home and Garden Expo, which raises funds in aid of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
In this show, we take the monorail to talk to Reven Rosca about the auction and other entertainment that took place at the Expo, we explore some of the designs on display and talk to undercoverlady, who designed our lovely Rainforest Cafe. We also take a look at the homes that were created for the Decorating Contest (and if you want to find out who the winners were, you can read all about them here: http://bit.ly/2YZksoj)
Casa Miraflores
And once again, we conclude with a short visit to the beautiful Lantern Ceremony.
It’s the last day of the Home and Garden Expo, the last day to check out all that Shopping!
But there are still events you don’t want to miss as well.
The Grand Auction There’s the main auction today, starting at 1pm in the Main Theatre with some fantastic OOAK (One of a Kind) artefacts and offerings – including:
Bryn Oh’s The Rabbicorn and Daughter of Gears
An original artwork – The Rabbicorn and Daughter of Gears by Bryn Oh
A product photo session with Kess Crystal
4 hours decor with consultant Tahiti Rae
20.000 L$ Gift Card – Reina Photography
Artworks by Marcel Mosswood, Artemis Corner, illicit Sculpture and more
Your own episode of the TV series Desigining Worlds (on a place, event or organisation of your choice)
The Winter Palace of Altheim by Cassie Writer
House 6 – Casa Miraflores
Before the auction itself starts in the Main Theatre, we will be announcing the results of the Home and Garden Expo Decorating Contest!
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Music Theatre
Today’s Entertainment at the Home Expo Music Theatre!
10am: Home & Garden Brought to Life by L’Amour Productions! Come and enjoy this fabulous runway production! L’Amour Productions is bringing the fabulous ‘fashion meets home & garden’ show, Home & Garden Brought to Life! This annual show is an eye catcher and one not to miss!
1-3pm: DJ Gem Sunkiller 3-4pm: Nuala Maracas or Madelyn Majestic 5-7pm: T1 Radio Time Machine with Trader Whiplash
Later on in the day, grab that dance partner and head over for some fun entertainment at the stage again with DJ’s Gem Sunkiller, Nuala Maracas (or Madelyn Majestic) and Trader Whiplash. Good times and good tunes all in support of Relay For Life of Secondlife at the Home Expo! It doesn’t get much better than that, as we wrap up the Entertainment at the 2019 Home & Garden Expo!
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4pm SLT: Last Lantern Release Ceremony
Every day at 4pm, there is a special lantern release ceremony from the roof of the Main Theatre at the Expo.
Lantern Release, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
Often the event takes place in comparative silence – a break from the busyness (and the business) of the Expo – a time to reflect, remember and mourn.
But the LAST Lantern Release is very different – a time to celebrate the Expo and all we’ve achieved. And we RIDE those lanterns into the heavens!
There has been a fantastic response to the Decorating Contest, and we’ve raised nearly a quarter of a million Lindens! That’s the equivalent of over 1,000 US dollars.
To reach that total, we’ve decided to extend the voting by 12 hours until mid-day on Saturday 6th April.
House 14 – Atlantis Lava Beach Cottage
Please, come along and take a look at the houses for yourselves – and vote on the (1 Linden into the kiosks outside each house will represent one vote).
There are fascinating back stories or engaging social media attached to many of the houses too – you can get links by clicking on the house signs, or read the web page: https://slhomegardenexpo.com/decorating-contest/
We’re getting ready for the last weekend of the Expo – and things are already starting to come to a head.
Firstly – some of the Silent Auction boards are closing TODAY, so get down to Hope 7 and put your bids in – there are some fantastic bargains still to be had.
There are two Live Auctions planned – the Nita10 Greywolf Memorial Auction which will be for breedables, and will be held on Saturday 6th April at 12 noon SLT
Then there will be the OOAK (One of a Kind) Live Auction on Sunday 7th April at 1pm SLT. Highlights includean original artwork by Bryn Oh, two unique Teager animesh horses, and your own Designing Worlds show on the subject of your choice.
Talks and Discussions 2pm SLT: Sandie Slate
Sandie will be talking about the programs & services from the American Cancer Society available within Second Life. Voice
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4pm SLT: Lantern Release Ceremony
Every day at 4pm, there is a special lantern release ceremony from the roof of the Main Theatre at the Expo.
Lantern Release, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
Sometimes people speak, but often the event takes place in comparative silence – a break from the busyness (and the business) of the Expo – a time to reflect, remember and mourn. Set your windlight to midnight and join us – or watch from afar.
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hope%202/120/188/50
Linden Homes: Houseboats – photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
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Home and Garden Expo Decorating Competition
House 7 – The Treehouse
Now is the time to vote in the Home and Garden Decorating Contest!
RFL kiosks have been placed outside each home. Every Linden you pay into the kiosks counts as a vote – you can vote as much and as often as you like, and you can vote for as many houses as you want!
