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Well, I've mostly been slacking lately - RL is of course kind of crazy with the holidays, so SL has been an escape lately, rather than work. But! I did get something done, and you might find this kind of exciting :) Firstly, I got the Cassiopeia eyes all loaded up and set for sale again. ... but this time there's an added surprise - They now also have MESH contacts. The textures for the Cassiopeia eyes weren't intended for mesh originally, so they aren't as high-def as they should be, be even so, there is a bit more clarity to them. There are some in the demo too, so you can try them to see if the difference matters to you. And if you bought them before and want an update, let me know. I don't have an easy way to send out updates, but I'm happy to figure out a proof of purchase method with you so I can give you the goods :) Second - facepaints! These two (DreamWarrior and Moth) are now both loaded up and set for sale also. The DreamWarrior makeup...

Alright, a couple hurdles down: New logo, new ads, new horns set up! First, the new logo: New ads: I'm really quite please with these. :) New Horns Setup: Click through to Flickr to look at bigger sizes where you can read the tiny print EDIT: the aqua color pack is supposed to be "Siren" lol Observe: "new" colors on offer! I use quotes because they aren't actually new. Some are from previous packs that I've broken up - Nymph colors have been split between the new Pixie pack and the new Salamander pack, Seraph pack lost a few colors and has been renamed Seraphim (to denote the difference), and the old Hobgoblin set has lost a color and become the Hob pack. I've also put out the Siren pack, which was previously reserved for 7 seas fishing. All of which means there are now TEN color packs to get your horn fix in, and the fatpack has all 100 horns! I've also decided to drop the price a tad, permanently  Colorpacks are now L$1...

Shockingly, I have some news!  .{Rue}. is in Skin Addiction's Black Friday Weekend Sale event this year. I wasn't able to make special new skins in time, alas. So instead I've put out some iconically Christmas and Winter colors of the Anima and Pneuma skins for 50% off! Available colors, left to right: Yuki-onna, Ares, Savitr, Silvia, Asteria, and Tsukuyomi So this is how it works: You have to be in the Skin Addiction group to get the discount. When you purchase the skins, you pay full price, and then the vendor automatically refunds you 50% of the purchase price! HOWEVER! I have a small SNAFU. My Skin Addiction joiner keeps mysteriously disappearing, and I didn't have time to snag Voshie for a new one before Thanksgiving. SO. If you are not in the Skin Addiction group, this process is going to be a tad bit more complicated. Here's what you'll need to do: Go to this location  (it's the Skin Addiction HQ) ... then click on this group jo...

Slurl to the mainstore (if you'd like to join my subscriber) link to my inworld group   (normally there is a group fee, but it's waived until I get a handle on the shitstorm of crap luck and bad planning and start releasing things again)

Well. I have lost a huge amount of computer files for the second time. Included in this recent loss were all of my ad and product templates, as well as a lot of collected resources (both free and purchased). So, you know, that sucks. I am nothing if not fairly resilient, however. So, I'm going to use this opportunity to clean house, organize, and start from scratch. Which means a lot of behind the scenes work that will likely take a lot of time in which you will see nothing from me. But I am not giving up. So have no fear - I may be quiet, but I am not gone. It will also mean a few changes to my stuff, some of which probably doesn't matter that much to you, but I'm gonna tell you anyway because I'm weird and honest like that. So! The stuff that doesn't matter: New ads. And since I'm making a new template, I'm gonna redo all my old ads. Because I like visual consistency. New logo, probably. I'm probably going to stick with the same basic idea,...

Had to change the hunt object that I've hidden around the Release Party venue! So what you're looking for is this: 

It is SUNDAY at last! Cassiopeia can shine in all her glory! This lovely set of alien eyes have three white pupils to match the constellation of their namesake, Cassiopeia. Presented in my standard 102 colors, each system eye comes with a matching pair of prim eyes. But WAIT . Before you rush down to the .{Rue}. mainstore - this first appearance of Cassiopeia's eyes is actually at The Eldergoth Macabre's September Release Party ... which just so happens to coincide with the end of the Lovecraft Fest on the Innsmouth sim. SO! Just for the event, I'm marking down the Mythos set of eyes to L$55:  Take note! Once the eyes go back to the mainshop, that set will be regular price ! IN ADDITION! There's also a little hunt for the duration of the Release party - I've put some extra colors of eyes and a few extras of my Hungry Deep hairs in 3 objects hidden around the market area. The object is flat and looks like this: Well now, after all that I guess...

I posted this to my groups a couple of days ago, but to complete the trifecta I figured I'd post here too: .{Rue}. has a new mainstore at the Netherfeild sim ! We got some great neighbors, including Favole, run by our fearless leader Themis Enzo. So drop on by, get your .{Rue}. fix, and check out the other folks here. I hear rumors there might be a little Halloween action around the corner, too, so keep your eyes peeled :D See you there! Love & Monsters Ruina "Sunshine Tentacles" Kessel

At long last, I have managed to get some new things done! I can't promise any regularity in releases in the upcoming months as my Real Life is getting busy and weird, but I have lots of stuff boiling on many back-burners, so don't lose hope my pretties! ONWARD! Firstly, as some of you may recall, I've made a foray into hair making, which resulted in this odd little number that I made for the Crazy Hair Hunt: TheHungryDeep. Well, I promised I'd put it out in the rest of the horn colors, and sure enough, I have! (I felt this hair deserved some brooding, clearly) I do plan to make some proper hair with proper hair texture, but seeing as how this hair is really more tentacle than hair, I made it in my horn textures which really made it pleasingly unsettling. As an added bonus, I've put out the Hobgoblin pack (once upon a time made for Moody Mondays) out for $L55 as a release day special for the next couple of days! After that, it'll go up to my typical 6-co...

Hello my dears! As is often the case with my new releases, I powered through these and so now I am exhausted and out of it. So please pardon my lack of eloquence haha! Anyway, check what I got in store for ya- NEW EYES .{Rue}. has got some New eyes! I was missing having some good feline-esque eyes, and while Felid (from way back in my House of Ruin days) was good, I always knew I could do better. And I think I did ... Introducing Grimalkin! 108 colors total, divided up into 18 sets (6 eyes per set). Each color comes with matching prims, of course :) Check out the colorchart below: The sets are L$150 each, like all my other eyesets, and the fatpack is L$1080 (a more-than 50% savings). And following in my release-day-special tradition, one of the sets (Mythos, my personal fave) is only L$55 for the next 24-48 hours! After that it'll go up to the regular 150L, so get it now while it's cheap! Other News I've updated my policy - no huge changes, really,...

I've put a special color of horns in a gacha to benefit Owly Indigo's Indigo Aviary! It's only 10L per play and you can get any one of these prizes: The horns are copy/mod, but they're contained in special boxes that allow you to trade with your friends. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS before you do anything with them! And have fun! Go get yerself some pretty horns!

I am *proud* to say that you guys donated L$30,900 to the American Brain Tumor Association JUST through my skins! And the final total numbers for the whole market?   L$572,032 ! Amazing job, guys! BRAVO! For all the official info, screenshots and things, remember to check out the official website here: http://weargrayforaday.wordpress.com/

So, I'm a little late on the first one and a little early on the second, but they both last for the month, so I think you can forgive me :P This year I was excited to be invited to the Crazy Hair Hunt run by Treebee Withnail! I've been wanting to make hair for a while, and I think this is an excellent reason to start. And, of course, it's gotta be quirky. Introducing TheHungryDeep: Yep, those are fish in the hair LOL, but have no fear, there's a fishless version too. For the hunt, I've put out the hair in my 7seas Siren set of horn textures (they make good tentacle textures too!). Afterwards, siren will be added to the 7seas custom prizes you can get at the lake, and I'll release all the rest of the colors for regular consumption :) You can get all the details about the hunt from any of the posters you'll find at the participating shops, but here's the starting point to give you somewhere to start: The U-neek . There's a group t...

Hello my darling monsters! This is just a quick note to tell you: There is a SALE at the mainshop! Wanna ride? Jump on!

Hey, I made some horns! Here they are! If you did the tainted hunt, you might recognize these as "Matchmaker", only without hearts. I think they're purty :D Like with all Horn'd releases, the Seraph pack is also available at my Ctrl Shift H location ! And since Moody Monday has closed, I've turned the Hobgoblin pack into a release day special. SO! From now on, when I release some horns, for the first day of the release the Hobgoblin pack will be available for 55L ... and then 24 (or so) hours later it will go away FOREVER. That means it's out NOW. Hurry hurry, the clock is ticking! <3 Ruina "Sunshine Tentacles" Kessel

I've been wanting to make compound eyes for a while, and I finally got around to doing it. Introducing Khepri: Instead of making them in sizes, I organized them into color sets, so each set has 5 shades of that color type. Like all my eyes for ages and ages, they have matching prim versions, and new with this release I've included a funky little think called "Luminous Eye Effects" - they're eyeball attachments that will add some different levels of glow at 2 different sizes. Each set is L$150, and of course there's a free wearable demo for L$0 called "FreeLove". It's the single rainbow eye. There's a fatpack too (50% off of the set prices), if you just can't decide which color to get! They are currently out at my main location , and also at my newest satellite on the lovely Mon Cheri sim ! And, of course, let's not forget it is Moody Monday! I've put together a special, gorgeous set of Khepri eyes just for today at the very low pr...