Meta Makeover is on today - with a gift from the Galaxy!

Meta Makeover is on today - Sunday, 13th April at the SLCN studios in Northpoint - and everyone is welcome.

This week our designer is Zandi Moe of Organised Confusion, and we’ll be making over a VIP cabin on the fabulous three-sim cruise liner The Galaxy, designed and created by Bill Stirling.

The programme is presented by Saffia Widdershins, the Editor of Prim Perfect Magazine - she’ll be talking to Bill Stirling in the studio about the Galaxy, his other builds and his plans.

And we’ll be showing you something of life on the Galaxy - and a very special Galaxy gift will be given to everyone in the audience for the show.

The show starts at 12 noon SLT, but you should be there by 11.45 to make sure of getting a seat.

We’ll see you there!

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Would you like your home to feature on Meta Makeover? Send an email to us with three or four pictures of your home attached, and stating your reasons why you would like a makeover. Every two weeks, we shall select one lucky owner from our postbag and invite them to be our next Meta Makeover!

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In today’s show, Saffia is wearing Kaja by Ivalde in black, for her exploration of the ship, and Freydis in red by  Ivalde in the studio.

“I have had the Kaja outfits in my inventory for a year now,” says Saffia.  “I bought the full range of colour choices a year ago when we were covering Prim Perfect for the second issue of the magazine because, really, what could be more appropriate than a sailor suit for exploring a cruise liner?  I have always loved the detailing of the sailor suit collar - it reminds me of a Laura Ashley dress that I owned -a good many years ago now!  And I think it’s a real measure of Neferia Abel’s design skills that it doesn’t date at all!”

The second outfit, Freydis, however, comes from the latest release range.  “I adore this dress,” says Saffia.  “I need to wear a system skirt in the studio - I don’t want to lose half my outfit into the cushions!  And this design has a gorgeous neckline, with really sensational sleeves.  Neferia’s styles are always elegant - but this makes me feel downright glamorous!”

An exciting new connection

We’re very pleased to announce an exciting new partnership for Meta Makeover.

Neferia Abel of Ivalde is going to be the designer for the Meta Makeover show presenter, Saffia Widdershins.  Ivalde is one of the most popular stores in Second Life, and Neferia produces a wide range of lovely designs - in fact, you’ve already seen Saffia wearing some of them, like this cute little plaid skirt that made its appearance in Episode 5, when Saffia visited the Orkney Isles.  And the lovely jersey dress she wore in the studio on that show was specially made for her by Neferia!

“I’m very excited about this partnership,” says Saffia.  “The Meta Makeover homes are located in a huge variety of sims, and I like to dress for the sim.  Neferia designs for a really wide range of situations - it will be fun matching the outfit to the sim.

“And even more importantly, Neferia designs in a way that I really like - good quality, elegant clothes that are flattering and a real pleasure to wear!”

So watch out for Saffia’s outfits on Meta Makeover - and check them out for yourselves (along with many more) at the Ivalde store.

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Would you like your home to feature on Meta Makeover? Send an email to us with three or four pictures of your home attached, and stating your reasons why you would like a makeover. Every two weeks, we shall select one lucky owner from our postbag and invite them to be our next Meta Makeover!

Meta Makeover: Episode 5 now live on the web

Our fifth show came from the stunningly beautiful Orkney Islands - and I think everyone involved in the show fell in love with the setting - our production team, the SLCN team, and the designer, Yolanda Hirvi of Metaversal Arts, who is setting up a new sim attached to the islands after doing the meta makeover there!

See the show live on the web (it lasts about forty minutes) as Yolanda give Solanghe Sarlo’s cottage on the harbourside a meta makeover - and meet in the studio Tim Merserau, one of the designers of this stunning place.

And, as a special treat, you can see the film that SLCN made of the Orkney Isles separately too - it lasts about three minutes.

Getting Ready for the Show!

Meta Makeover is on this weekend - Sunday, 6th April at the SLCN studios in Northpoint - and everyone is welcome.

The programme is presented by Saffia Widdershins, the Editor of Prim Perfect Magazine - and this episode we’ll be working with Yolanda Hirvi, of Metaversal Arts.

We’ll be making over a fisherman’s cottage on the fantastically beautiful Orkney Island sims - and we’ll also be showing you something of the fabulous landscape!

The Orkney sims are owned by Draco Jun and Tim Mersereau, and Tim will be in the studio to tell us all about the wonderful fishing village with a fascinating history that they’ve created.

The show starts at 12 noon SLT, but you should be there by 11.45 to make sure of getting a seat.

We’ll see you there!

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Would you like your home to feature on Meta Makeover? Send an email to us with three or four pictures of your home attached, and stating your reasons why you would like a makeover. Every two weeks, we shall select one lucky owner from our postbag and invite them to be our next Meta Makeover!

Meta Makeover: Episode 4 Photos Posted on Flickr

Photos from the fourth episode of Meta Makeover are now available for viewing on Flickr.

These photos take you on a room-by-room tour of the makeover home, allowing you to study in detail the magic performed by the designers.

While you are visiting the Meta Makeover Flickr site, you can also browse photos from previous episodes. Enjoy the photos and be sure to add your comments.

See the show live on the web (it lasts about an hour) as Sofia Standish of Sofia’s Furniture and Soliel Snook of Snook’s Garden Centre give Amber’s Castle a meta makeover!

Meta Makeover: Episode 4 now live on the web

Our fourth show came from a new sim of Estonia - and was the result of a competition held by Qabalah Quintus of Castles by Q.In association with the programme, he offered a Meta Makeover as a prize in a draw open to anyone who bought a new castle from his store, or who upgraded their existing castle.

The winner was Amber Selentiak, and she sited a gorgeous castle from Castles by Q’s wide range on her new sim of Estonia.

See the show live on the web (it lasts about an hour) as Sofia Standish of Sofia’s Furniture and Soliel Snook of Snook’s Garden Centre give Amber’s Castle a meta makeover!

We have a Flickr Group!

Meta Makeover now has a Flickr group! You can see it at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/metamakeover/

The group contains pictures of our makeovers - and we’d also like fans of the programme to add their own photos from the show, or perhaps pieces they own by featured designers.

Tag your picture “Meta Makeover” and, if you can, add a note saying why you are submitting it.

And see you at the next show!

Meta Makeover Episode 4 is being filmed today!

Meta Makeover is on, today - Sunday, 23rd March at the SLCN studios in Northpoint - and everyone is welcome. The show starts at 12 noon SLT, but you should be there by 11.45 to make sure of getting a seat.The programme is presented by Saffia Widdershins, the Editor of Prim Perfect Magazine - and this week we’ll be working with Soleil Snook of Snook’s Garden Centre and Sofia Standish of Sofia’s Furniture, to make over a castle (yes, a whole castle!) for Amber Selentiak. The castle is one of the range offered by Qabalah Quintus of Castles by Q, and he’ll be on hand to tell us all about the competition he ran to allow someone to win a meta makeover.

We’ll see you there!

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Would you like your home to feature on Meta Makeover? Send an email to us with three or four pictures of your home attached, and stating your reasons why you would like a makeover. Every two weeks, we shall select one lucky owner from our postbag and invite them to be our next Meta Makeover!

Episode 3: The Loft on the Beach

This week, we took a beautiful beach home and as those three talented designers at The Loft³ (Colleen Desmoulins, Bethany Heart and Kingston Augustus) to make it over for us.

And, as you can see on the show - now available as a podcast from iTunes and here on the web - they did an absolutely fantastic job. Skate Foss, the home owner, tells us how pleased she is that her lovely home has now become a showcase, while Bethany Heart takes Saffia Widdershins on a guided tour of all the changes.

And we learn some fascinating things about Linden plants, where you can buy books and low prim plants for your home and also why it is so very important that your position your home so that it is aligned to the grid!

Meta Makeover is being filmed today!

Meta Makeover is on, today - Sunday, 9th March at the SLCN studios in Northpoint - and everyone is welcome. The show starts at 12 noon SLT, but you should be there by 11.45 to make sure of getting a seat.

The programme is presented by Saffia Widdershins, the Editor of Prim Perfect Magazine and Kymbah Spicer of La!Ti~Da! Furniture - and this week we’ll be working with The Loft, who have done a makeover for a gorgeous beach house in Matanzas owned by Skate Foss.

We’ll see you there!

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Would you like your home to feature on Meta Makeover? Send an email to us with three or four pictures of your home attached, and stating your reasons why you would like a makeover. Every two weeks, we shall select one lucky owner from our postbag and invite them to be our next Meta Makeover!