This isn't meant to be a self promotion [well, it kinda is, but it's more so we can all point and laugh at with me].

About a month ago, I received invitation to be apart of a promotion bundle. I was really excited because I've been asked to be in them before and things simply didn't pan out for one reason or another [usually because the group just wasn't organized or knowledgeable enough about promo bundles]. So when Groovyloopylou asked, I said "Yes! Absolutely."

I've made hints here and there to people that I was going to be in a promo bundle. I even mentioned that my Sweet Candy Girl Set had a lot to do with it. I made that set because I knew I was in a bundle that had something to do with a "Sweet Factory". I never actually saw the pieces anyone else made. Color schemes weren't really discussed with me. I was told "Make this chair look like a sweetie" and so I did. I'm quite proud of the chair actually as it's the first piece of furniture I've done since I was a noob. I was told the chair was perfect and that it looked good. I did everything I needed to do, turned it in and gave permission for its use in a bundle. And then I waited.

Today, Nola messages me and let's me know all about Big Willy's Sexy Sweet Factory and I groaned. "Oh no... is that my bundle?" I open the page with angst and I immediately laughed until I couldn't breathe. I didn't know it was an AP bundle and I didn't really know it was that kind of bundle. Nothing wrong with it. In fact, It's a fantastic bundle that I am proud to be apart of. It's a great team of nice people and I hope to work with them again in the future.

You don't really get a good look at my chair in the marketing [although someone was kind enough to snag my Sweet Resolution Skin from my catalog and my Pink iDolly Eyes from my other catalog for one of the avatars]. In fact, you only see this very tiny glimpse of my poor, lonely chair.

It's probably because my chair doesn't really match. It's probably because my poor chair sucks. haha Whatever the reason, I'm kind of glad it's so hidden. It's a little embarrassing. Still proud of it!

Surprisingly, the bundle is selling well [I think? I mean, how would I know?] despite my sad chair. You should really check it out [hopefully to buy it and not just because you want to point and laugh at my chair].

Special thanks to my fellow bundle creators: Chickieepooh2u, Darkideas, Sean, Kimi, Elysiane, SiNafay, MarkyDM, Spirit, Alliekitten, Tidy

Today until 11:59pm PST, you can create your very own widget badge for 25% off! That means for regular members, it only costs 75,000 credits and 67,500 credits if you have a VIP membership.

As taken from the Sales Page and then edited by me:

The price of badges is relatively high to help make badges special, collectible, and valuable. When you get a badge, you know it was created by someone who really loves IMVU, and who wanted you to have something special to show off in your profile [or because they caved into peer pressure and wanted a shiny like everyone else].

Here are the steps required to create your own custom badge.

1. Decide your badge size
2. Create your image (JPG, BMP, and PNG file formats are supported) [And here is where I interject and tell you to create the badge as a GIF and upload it as a GIF because that is the ONLY format it actually supports since the badges are converted to that format after upload. You'll get some pretty yucky graphics that way so just make it a GIF first!]
   
3. Import your image
4. Cry over the amount of money you just spent on a pixelated picture.
   

There are two three methods to give badges to your friends.

1. Manually give the badge to your friend
   a. Click on "Manage Badges" in your account settings page
   b. Click on "Grant/Revoke" Option
   c. Type in avatar name that you and hit the "Grant Button"
   
2. Automatically give badges to profile page visitors who requests them.
   a. Click on "Manage Badges" in your account accounts page
   b. Click on the "Edit Settings"
   c. Click on the "Badges Auto Grant" box
   d. If you want to restrict who can get your badges, use the Panel Visibility Settings
   on your account settings page to choose a sub-set of visitors, e.g. your buddy
3. Use an automatic badge script. Several people offer one. Just browse around the forums for it.
   

IMVUStylez.net is celebrating it's second birthday! For two years they have been offering you fantastic codes, tweaks and information regarding your IMVU Home page. IMVUStylez is home of the original and TOS friendly product page generator (now defunct thanks to IMVU), the operator of the well-known Bling Directory and the all too amazing Jspunkette.

Of course, there is nothing like a new look to celebrate another completed year of excellence. Yours truly got the chance to participate in the look and fabrication of the new and improved design - including being the artist behind the banner [sorry, had to brag a little there]. Of course one need thank the lovely Mercuria for her drawing of the new IMVUStylez mascot (hmm, who doesn't have a name!). Jspunkette is a true visionary and coding expert. The new site looks great and best of all - it still offers you all of those important odds & ends of coding that you need.

On a more personal note, I've had the honor and pleasure of chatting with Jspunkette a lot in the last few weeks. Not only is she the mastermind coder behind IMVUStylez, but she's the brains behind the operation of my homepage and new product pages [not to mention one of the people behind the script for Digital Dish advertising]. Jspunkette is a total sweetheart and a pleasure to work with.

Happy birthday IMVUStylez and congratulations Jspunkette! May you have more more birthdays to celebrate!

I finally got around to downloading Version 418.6 today, which you can download here. It took longer to download than updates of past - or maybe my computer is just feeling feisty. I heard some things about it thanks to the Latest News & Release Forums so I was a bit hesitant to upgrade.

The only new thing that comes with this update are a bunch of new bugs and a pallet to use to change the background color of the dressing room (not to be confused with the Shopping Dressing Room). Well la-dee-da. Too bad IMVU has still ignored my pleadings and they have yet to remove that horrid shadowing from the dressing room. I will give them small props, however. It does look as if they toned it down slightly - or maybe my eyes are just getting old.

Unfortunately, the dressing room for your 2.0 shopping experience does not have the new color changer. Figures.

Picture time! Just a few of the colors. I don't think you all really care to see EVERY color. (Click image to see full size).


In case you're remotely interested in the outfit I'm wearing, I took a Save Outfit Picture and you can Check it out here.

Yours truly is having herself a birthday contest! I am notorious for having sucky birthdays. So this year, I thought I'd do something different and FUN! I've never held a contest like this before, so this is all very new to me. The object of this contest is to create a Birthday Inspired textured product using ONLY my derivable products.

For more information, rules and prizes, please Go Here

Ah can you smell the immaturity in the air? It's almost not worth mentioning... but I will anyways [cut a lady some slack - I'm bored].

Looks like I have a new friend! Her [or potentially his?] name is Guest_KimiIsaBitch. I applaud you for stating the obvious and giving me entertainment.

Oh, and thanks for the messages on my home page. :)

Some comments in reference to my last post have gotten me thinking. Maybe people have missed the point about this blog. Maybe it's not what they thought it was. I can't imagine what people thought a blog called "Digital Dish IMVU News and Gossip" would be about if not the obvious [or what I thought was the obvious].

On several occasions since I started this blog on June 30th, I have made a lot of very personal references to several developers. I've talked about people like Thovarex, DarkAngel5, Hot4Krissy, Lollirot and some others - some of it good, some bad. I make a point of making sure that if I am going to say something negative, I'm fair about it. I state only the facts of what happened and I always post exact quotes. I made a promise to myself when I started this and I have kept to that promise. I also always make sure that if I am going to say something not especially kind, I'm sure to say something positive as well.

My last post is no exception. I had plenty of kind words to put in the post. But this is also a gossip column about things going on in our community. I was bound to post something that specifically happened to me at some point. It interests me that people were outraged that I'd post something personal to myself. But that's okay. I don't understand it, but I'll accept it.

To quote an Anonymous poster, "I think you should stop bashing people on here. Or people will mistake you for Perez Hilton."

Sorry. I hate to break it to you, but this blog was started with Perez Hilton very much in mind. I'm not gay. I don't have orange hair. I didn't get punched by Will I Am's body guards... but I am a very open minded [and open-mouthed] person. Do I plan to be as ruthless? Goodness no. I'd like to think I'm not that mean. Unlike Perez Hilton, I have a soul. Unlike him, I don't just make jabs at people and things because I can. I make exact references. I post the quoted words spewed forth by the community. I don't just throw stuff up here and call it journalism.

Since all of the negative comments were left anonymously, I have no idea who all is hurt by my last post. So, I can't speak with any of you about it or apologize on a more personal level. So this is all I can offer: I apologize to those of you who were either shocked, outraged, upset or anything else negative because of my last post. I thought I'd made it clear what this blog was about. If I didn't, then that's my own fault.

I'm not sorry for the post itself. I stated the facts. Did I let myself be a little biased? Well, yes. But I thought I'd made it clear that that's what this blog was about. Wait... I know I did. Check out the About section directly to your right and read it [or just read below].

Welcome to my IMVU News Blog. Get up to date and totally biased news on what's happening in our IMVU community from me! I dish it out - from the community wide changes to the small time drama.

One again, I apologize to those I hurt - including Terror. But I stand by my decision to make the post as well as my point of view.