Monday, December 22, 2008

Winter Solstice Ball Tonight at 6 pm SLT

Come on over to Magic of Oz for the Winter Solstice Ball (yes, I know that the solstice was yesterday ;) ) A wonderful excuse to just dress up and dance! Here's the official blurb:

You are invited to the Winter Solstice Ball to be held in Emerald City Monday evening at 6 - 8 pm SLT. Dress is your most frothy and gorgeous ballgowns and elegant evening wear. Masks and jabots, ruffles and cuffs, lace and tailcoats, oh my! Prizes for the Most Elegantly Dressed Male and Female - $1500L each to Silent Sparrow and Evie's Closet, respectively. Special Solstice gift for all Ball attendees :) Dance to classical and holiday music in the Emerald City ballroom on the second floor - don't miss this magical event! Hope to see you there :)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magic%20of%20Oz/110/234/59

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Frolic Starts Today!

Yes, its time for the Oz Winterfest Candy Cane Frolic! What is a Frolic, you ask? Well, it is a super fun event where you frolic about looking for candy canes, of course! Any similarity to a HUNT is purely coincidental. *winks*

The Frolic opens TODAY at 9 am SLT. We will be closing the sim from 7 am to 9 am to prepare all the candy canes for dispersal.

The complete list of designers (in a completely random order):

Silent Sparrow
Rebel X
KessKreations
The Laughing Academy
Sn@tch
Schadenfreude
Loulou & Co.
Violet Voltaire
Risusipo Chipmunk Shop
MnM Design
Penguin Village
Step Up
Guild of Crie
Reve du Crie
Stringer Mausoleum
Wasabi Pills
DoD
Delight-ful
Eye Candy
Treasured Visions

How do you Frolic? Its as easy as one, two, three!

Step 1. Look around. There are candy canes spawning randomly all over the sim. When you see one, click it. It will disappear and you will get a gift tag. (Oooh, you know what gift tags mean, right? Presents!) Red Candy Canes contain unlimited items and Green Candy Canes are limited - only 10 green candy canes will drop per hour.

Step 2. Wear your gift tag. It will appear in your hand and tell you which shop to visit to get your gift. Find that shop in Oz.

Step 3. There will be a green striped gift with ruby slippers somewhere in the shop. You need to be within 2 meters of the gift, then click your tag. You will receive your gift!


Some additional information:

The tags are one use only! Discard the tags after you receive your item, they will not work again.

If the vendor has put more than one package in the gift box, the box will distribute the gifts AT RANDOM. This means that you will need to collect multiple tags to get all of a vendor's gifts and it may take quite a few tries to get them all. This was solely at the vendor's discretion and I invite you to send any "You've Been Naughty!" mail to them and not me ;)

The list of shops that are doing multiple gifts are:

KessKreations
Risusipo Chipmunk Shop
Violet Voltaire
Eye Candy
Schadenfreude

We hope you enjoy the Frolic - happy hu...I mean frolicking!

Stay Shiny,

Candy Cerveau

Monday, December 8, 2008

More details on Winterfest :)

Come join in the fun at Magic of Oz this winter season! We have six WEEKS of fun stuffs to do here in the Land of Oz.

First up is the Winterfest flickr contest. Each week for the next six weeks we will take submissions in our flickr group for winter photos in Oz. The rules are simple. Winter or holiday themed. Use different areas of the sim for extra credit. For super extra credit, look around and utilize the awesome interactive decorations all around the sim. Ther are lots of things to do here - ice skating, sleigh riding, food and drinks to find - ride a carousel! We will be looking for creativity as much as a lovely picture. Photoshopping is allowed but not required. Malk and I will choose a winner each week who receives 500L. The six winners will then go to a public vote for best Winter photo in Oz. The grand prize winner gets $5,000L! Exciting stuffs yes? See the discussion in our flickr group at http://flickr.com/groups/magicofoz/

We are also doing Festivus in the Witch's Castle - a SL holiday for the rest of us! Come visit the Festivus Pole and air your grievances anonymously through our Angry Snowman! Marvel at the display of Feats of Strength and enjoy whatever other rituals we can come up with.

We are also planning a formal Winter Solstice Ball on the 21st at Emerald City. Ballgowns, dancing, prizes and merriment galore =D Do you love beautiful flowing dresses and dashing formalwear? Does the thought of dancing the shortest night of the year away to lovely holiday music spun by a live DJ sound like fun? Then this is an event not to be missed! Prizes for Best Dressed, of course. Times to be announce shortly.

Then we are planning our Candy Cane Frolic - this is a hunt with a twist. (ha!) We will have candy canes (magic ones of course) that spawn randomly throughout the sim, just like the ruby slippers. But in this case, the candy cane gives you a gift tag labeled with a certain store. Inside the store is a present. You wear the tag, touch the present and get a gift! Easy as can be :)

Oh, also new holiday custom fish on the way and fishing in different areas of the sim! Maybe fishing tournaments if I can convince Malk to run some...*grins*

Last but CERTAINLY not least... we have new stores in Munchkin Land! Welcome Alchemy, L & Co., The Laughing Academy, and Reve du Crie/Guild of Crie to Oz. Stop by and visit the newly remodeled section 2 of ML. I think we have one remaining open shop there and we would love to get a hair designer! IM Magic Scribe for more information.

Questions, comments, or flinging snowballs? Im me, Malkavyn Eldritch, or Magic Scribe.

Stay Shiny!

Candy Cerveau
Self-Appointed Queen of Oz
(just call me Ozma ;) )

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Winterfest at Oz!


Magic of Oz is gearing up for the holiday season with events all through the month of December! We will be closing the sim Monday December 1st at 7 am SLt to transform Oz into a magical winter wonderland! We hope it will only take a day, but the flying monkeys don't like their elf outfits so they are working somewhat slower than normal ;)

This is a quick preview with more info to come after we re-open the sim. Stay tuned ;)

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Oz wants your Input!

We've put together a short 10 question survey to help us determine the direction for future expansions and events in the Land of Oz. We would love for you to answer these few questions to help us, and as a special thank you we will send two free (and unreleased!) gifts to you once we compile the results of the survey.

Click Here to take survey!

Friday, October 10, 2008

SLIPPER HUNT ENDS TONIGHT!

Just a gentle reminder that today is the LAST day for the Slipper Hunt. The hunt ends tonight at 10 pm SLT and all the red prizes are gone for good so don't miss out! Thanks again to all the designers who participated and made incredible things for the sim opening. You guys are the best!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

News and Thanks from Oz!

Wow! We are humbled and grateful for the overwhelming positive response to Magic of Oz. I have gotten so many comments on how people have enjoyed the hunt and the sim, and it was truly all I could have hoped for the Grand Opening. Thanks to everyone who came and who continues to come back over and over to visit. In case anyone hasn't heard, we did extend the hunt to Friday at 10 SLT to hopefully give everyone a chance to get all the goodies.

To answer a few questions we are getting - YES, we are planning to expand and YES that does include residential areas. We are very excited about doing the residential sections, especially. Please stay tuned for that - more information coming soon!

I wanted to take a moment to thank some people without whom we could not have had such a wonderful opening. First and foremost among these is our builder, Jenne Dibou. Oz would not be what it is without her work. Jenne brought it to life. She is an extraordinary builder, with amazing talent and vision. We gave her our ideas, showed her some pictures - and she took those and worked her own creative magic to make one of the most beautiful sims I have ever seen in SL. It was as if she plucked exactly what we wanted right out of our heads and made it better than I ever thought it could be. On top of all that, she is SO easy to work with and the sweetest, funniest person you have ever met. The way Oz looks (and the way it performs! Fastest load time on sculpted prims I have EVER seen) is entirely due to her and she is owed all the praise for that. I cannot recommend her highly enough to someone looking for a truly unique build. She also makes all sorts of amazing things besides custom builds - skyboxes, prefab homes, clothing, incredibly detailed accessories, working toy trains, Greek temples, factory buildings, the list goes on and on. Her main store is a wonder and is worth a visit just to see it and take pictures. Careful, there's a creepy clown in there - don't say I didn't warn you! Visit Jenne's store - JD Mechanical Toy Factory here and if you loved our sim, send her a message and let her know.

Her partner in JD Mechanical Toy Factory and kick ass scripter Mandy Marseille was responsible for creating the script that ran the Ruby Slipper Hunt so flawlessly, as well as our other scripted items around the sim. I really believe she can make anything in SL bend to her will - if you need a scripter, I don't think you can do better than Mandy.

Getting the sim ready for the opening was a HUGE task and we had so much help from our friends. We would not have been able to survive that first day without their awesomeness.

Dove Swanson is the owner of Long Awkward Pose (best pose maker evar!) and she helped out in SO many ways. She gave us great advice, made tons of the most adorable poses that are scattered around the sim, donated uber prize packs and stood at the entrance of Oz for goodness knows how long on opening day greeting people and answering questions. I <3 you, you crazy funny chick.

Our friends Winter and Curvy also spent HOURS at the landing point, greeting people and answering questions so that we could keep things running, put out fires and grab a few hours of sleep. To our friends who thought the sim was good enough to post about on their blogs, the ones who donated time or prizes, and the ones who just listened to us complain about stupid shit or how tired we were in chat. I love ALL you bishes and thank you all so much.

To my partner - thank you so much. I don't appreciate you enough.

Ok, now that I've poured sappy sweet love on everyone - some business. We've had a lot of inquiries on store rentals, far more than the few that we have left open. We are planning a store expansion soon so if you could direct all rental inquiries to Magic Scribe, our rental manager - she will add you to the waiting list. We are planning to have regular events that we hope will be as fun as the slipper hunt - some really neat and creative stuff coming down the pipe. Stay tuned and subscribe to our update group (no group slot needed!) to be in on the scoop!

Oh yeah... I make jewelry. Some great new stuff coming that I couldn't get released before the opening - watch this blog for details ;)

Friday, October 3, 2008

Magic of Oz Grand Opening! - Find the Slippers Hunt!

YAY! It's finally here! The Magic of Oz is opening to the public TODAY at 9am SLT!

We've got a ton of things going on for the sim opening Friday and Saturday. An Epic Hunt - Find the Slippers Hunt has some extraordinary EXCLUSIVE prizes from designers like Silent Sparrow, Miriel, Schadenfreude, Long Awkward Pose, The Stringer Mausoleum, Juicy, MnM Design, Designs of Darkness, and the list goes on and on! Follow the Yellow Brick Road at 9AM SLT today! The hunt runs all weekend long :)

A CLARIFICATION on the hunt! There are TWO types of hunt items - ruby slippers, which spawn RANDOMLY around the sim. Touch them to receive the prize. They will disappear and come back in another place on the sim. There are also green slippers that will be permanently placed around the sim. Those you need to RIGHT CLICK and buy to receive the prize. IM Candy Cerveau or Malkavyn Eldritch with any questions :)

Katat0nik has an exclusive Dorothy dress at her location at Magic of Oz, Violet Voltaire has marked her Lollipop Guild jewelry sets at half off, and Risusipo Jun, a fantastic Japanese designer has a Special Edition Wizard of Oz chipmunk hat that will blow you away! You can win it at the gumball machine in the Town Center of Munchkin Land, just $10L and each time you get an adorable chipmunk!

Our other vendors are Sn@tch, JD Mechanical Toy Factory, Treasured Visions, Eye Candy, Draconic Kiss, The Laughing Academy, KO Designs, and more...

Tonight we have a Wicked party at the Witch's Castle with a Spooky/Goth theme with DJ December Dollinger from 6-9 SLT. Come dressed like you belong with the Flying Monkeys, mwahahaha! Prizes for Creepiest Outfit and Best Witch!

Saturday the hunt continues all day and then at 6 pm SLT meet us at the Emerald City for a Masquerade Ball! The Theme is the Sim itself, so come Green and Sparkly, Dark and Spooky, or Bright and Colorful! Wear masks for prizes! Prizes given for Best Costume - Male and Female.

Sunday we still have the hunt all day - and Sunday night at 6 pm SLT is the Dead Wizard party, because your gracious hosts will probably be nearly dead by that point ;) Come in your fashionable best, or a potato sack, we don't care! More free gifts randomly distributed - and a special surprise event at 7 SLT!

Here's a checklist of the hunt items:

[LAP] - Magic of Oz - Poses Inspired by the Sim #1
[LAP] - Magic of Oz - Poses Inspired by the Sim #2
[LAP] - Magic of Oz - Poses Inspired by the Sim #3

The Stringer Mausoleum gift #1
The Stringer Mausoleum gift #2
The Stringer Mausoleum gift #3

Schadenfreude Down the yellow brick road

Schadenfreude Oz earrings
Schadenfreude Green Spectacles (copper)
Schadenfreude Green Spectacles (gold)
Schadenfreude Green Spectacles (silver)

~silentsparrow~ (oz) swimmy fishie (wear me)
~silentsparrow~ Gift#1 Luxe Corset and Mania Vest

~EC~ Magic of Oz Exclusive Bracelet
~EC~ Magic of Oz Exclusive Choker
~EC~ Magic of Oz Exclusive Ring

~JD~ MTF Shoulder Buddy Swamp Tree
~JD~ MTF Sitting Scarecrow
~JD~ MTF Sitting Flying Monkey

Witch's Castle by Malkavyn [small]
Witch's Castle by Malkavyn [large]
Munchkin Land by Malkavyn [small]
Munchkin Land by Malkavyn [large]
Emerald City by Malkavyn [large]
Emerald City by Malkavyn [small]

(Miriel) Bird of Paradise Headdress - Gold/White/Morganite

JUICY { Chunky Red Magnolia Bracelet }

Come see the magic! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magic%20of%20Oz/132/117/24

Thursday, September 18, 2008

The Magic is Almost Here...

Things are getting pretty exciting on our sim, we have an opening date! October 3rd, huzzah :) We did a stress test a few days ago and the response was really positive... we had several nice folks blog about us and lots of people came out just on word of mouth - since we didn't publicize the test at all. We have SO many stunning pictures on our flickr group that people took (http://www.flickr.com/groups/magicofoz/pool/) but our friend Berry did a spectacular picture of the whole sim I wanted to share... (click picture for full view)

Magic of Oz

Here's some links to the blog posts about the sim:

http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2008/09/off-to-see-the.html

http://juicybomb.com/2008/09/15/magic-of-oz/

http://reflectionsplaza.blogspot.com/2008/09/exclusive-preview.html

http://jdmtf.blogspot.com/2008/09/magic-of-oz.html

That last link is from our FANTASTIC builder's blog. She rox my sox. <3.

We are putting the final touches on the build, setting up our stores, and adding people left and right into our rental areas including Katat0nik, Sn@tch, Juicy, Step Up Poses, and The Laughing Academy. If you are interested in renting a space, contact Candy Cerveau or Malkavyn Eldritch in world or email me at eyecandydesigner@gmail.com. More details on the treasure hunt with exclusive prizes coming up soon =D