MOONTAN

Winter

2009-01-11T14:39:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays

2008-12-22T12:42:00.000-08:00

I wish you all a Merry Christmastime :-)

The power of love

A force from above

Cleaning my soul

Flame on burn desire

Love with tongues of fire

Purge the soul

Make love your goal

The power of love~Frankie goes to Hollywood

Viva la Vida

2008-12-22T12:23:00.000-08:00

My newest is for guys and I named it Viva la Vida. Pjotr, owner of Yoshi studio and my photographer modelled for the pics. He looks more cute than I do ;-)

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning I sleep alone

Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice

Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

Listen as the crowd would sing

"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

Viva la Vida~Coldplay

Camping for boots while exercising ;-)

2008-12-05T04:33:00.001-08:00

Oooh, shopping is so much nicer not spending LL's but having fun instead :)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/KUMAMOTO%20JAPAN/128/159/29

Siuil A Run

2008-12-05T02:33:00.000-08:00

Dragonflies :-)

and a tiny Christmas Teddy

Freebietime- YEAH!!!

2008-11-28T01:38:00.000-08:00

Not even december yet and Christmas freebies are advertised everywhere.

Sl is not that different from RL in this matter. I don't have a christmas feeling at all now, but decided to join the club ;-)

I made a freebie (actually dollarbie) set and there's more to come. I think my next freebie will be a christmas bear. I do like to dress this little one different now and then.

Anyway here's a picture of the set called "boxes". No fantasy for a name on this one. Touch the necklace and you can switch on/ off a tune. The tune is the start of "8 days of Christmas" by Destiny's Child.

And if you come to fetch it, be sure you check Judy's shop MOOI. She set one of her dresses for one dollar for a limited time only.

I'm busy trying to make a snow-emitter. Can't find the off - switch in the script and I don't want to let it snow forever... Ow those scripts are a pain in....

A new release is on it's way as soon as the pictures are taken.

Ni Hao and a little bit more

2008-11-10T15:51:00.000-08:00

Ni Hao is chinese and it means "how are you"or "hello". In fact if you translate this very directly it means "you good" and it's more a fact than a question.

Ni Hao i named my new sets. The texture of the beads I found on taiwanese sites so you might say these pieces are asian orientated. The main beads show a turtle (green) and a womans face(pink).

I also made a line of cute little luckboys and-girls (taiwanees again). Here are some pics to show you what they look like. The bracelet is in my group-notices right now so you can get it for free for a limited time. I enjoyed making these big time!

My freebie is another Teddy-keychain, a panda to stay in theme :-).

MOOI

2008-11-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

This little story is about Judy. Judy is one of my best and earliest friends in secondlife.
Judy and I met in sl a long time ago. We were neighbours in a mall owned by a very nice chap who decided this mall was for starting designers and we didn’t have to pay rent (or maybe 1L per week, can’t remember ).
We started talking and because there wasn’t that much traffic we talked for hours and hours. Judy was the one that first showed me how to make a (very simple) bracelet, at that time I was eh selling secondhands I won in lucky chairs. Still have that bracelet somewhere in my inventory :-).
We had our dreams about making stuff and owning a real shop.
Judy told me her story. She is from Taiwan and a few years before she met a dutch guy and they fell in love. She married him and followed him all the way to the Netherlands to start their future together.
In the Netherlands there’s a rule for newcomers to follow a program, learn the language, learn dutch habits, learn dutch democracy and so on… And you even have to take exams.
Learning dutch is difficult, especially to speak dutch and Judy has no rl-job to make it all a bit easier for her. It’s a bit like me talking english, my tongue gets twisted and it makes me unsure if I use the right words or expressions.
The longer Judy lives in the Netherlands, so very different from her homeland, the more she got homesick, missing her family, friends and the habits and culture she was used to.
A few weeks ago, after a short absence from sl, Judy decided to buy some land and start shop and she offered me space for mine.
Judy decided to build a small mall. The mall includes her shop and mine. And thinking back in time she decided to take in new designers and give them a chance to display and sell their builds. A part of MOOI (mooi = dutch for beautifull) is designed as a place where you can learn about Taiwan, there are many colorfull photo’s to see and some explanation about the many tribes that live in Taiwan.
Judy’s main goal is not commercial but to show- and tell about Taiwanese people and culture. It’s her way to show her love for her homeland and share. I think this is a wonderfull purpose and sl is a very good platform for it.
If you’re interested go and visit. If you want Judy to give you some explanation you’ll have to wait for about two weeks, she’s moving house rl at this moment. And don’t worry Judy’s English is very fine!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ghergie/73/28/28

Found a picture !

2008-10-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

Hehe, finally found the picture of my new shop. The shop was originally

designed by Josepy Enzo, an elfclanner and great builder (his house is an emerald castle and a yellow brick road is leading to it). I had to change the shop because it had rotating parts, looked real cool but that was causing too much lag :-(

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ghergie/106/44/27

The new jewelry is named "When the lady smiles"after a song by the Golden Earring (old dutch rockers ;-).

New main at MOOI

2008-10-25T02:30:00.000-07:00

My new mainshop is located at MOOI.
MOOI is owned by Judy36 Twine my dutch/ taiwanese friend. Judy and me were once renters in a mall where the owner Ethan LeSabre allowed new designers to rent for free. Judy decided to give some new designers such a chance too. Opening will be 30th octobre 9-10 PDT with a lot of activities: live dj, xploder and a gift-hunt.
Your chance to see and purchase some real good new stuff for reasonable prices. Come and meet Judy, she's nice and real funny.

I'm still filling boxes, they all need a new landmark and a new notecard and necklaces and bracelets I made modify so you can adjust them if you want to.
I made a pic of my new main but i can't find it again in my computer, hahahaha. I will make a new one as soon as possible.
I made some new stuff and a nice freebie and i will release them officialy on octobre 30th.

Moontan is moving again (twice this time)

2008-10-11T23:53:00.000-07:00

I didn't write this blog for ages. I've been busy busy busy and i made some major decisions regarding SL.

First of all I left my spot Moontan's Ridge and moved house to Moontan's Ridge (the second). This was a decision that took me a while for I enjoyed the old place (loved them beavers splashing around). Moontan's ridge 2th I build all over again and that was fun. I added some pics so you can see how it turned out to be.

Second major decision is I stopped my mainshop at Kakaue's. Kakaue relocated her main and build a huge new shop (go check it out!). This was an appropiate moment for me to think things over. I love building and I like making jewelry. But i like to build more than jewelry and I like to build in my own pace. So at this point I'm ready to start my own mainshop and just see how that will turn out. If you're interested be a little patient. The shop is under construction now but I promise you it will look GREAT :) and I'm searching land to put it on. In this blog I will make notes about the progress. That's all for now. New jewelry is on it's way (no pics yet).

Back again

2008-08-31T01:55:00.000-07:00

I'm back. Big kiss from a little friend :-)

Really off now..

2008-08-17T00:08:00.000-07:00

I'm taking a break, even from sl.
Starting now...
I'm off to Aruba and I'll be back in about two weeks.
Have fun :-)

Moontan X

RoundRound

2008-08-15T03:00:00.000-07:00

Round, round baby round, round

Spend the night on me

I don't need no man

Got my kicks for free

Realise the vibe gonna be down low

I don't need nobody got my honeys

When I go

~Round Round ~Sugababes~

I made RoundRound in 3 options~~ elfish ~~flower (with colorchange menu) ~~moonstar.

I Intend to make a charmed bracelet later. It's fun to make these small charms and i have enough ideas to make some more.

And for now...

2008-08-09T06:11:00.000-07:00

No new items yet and maybe not yet for the next few weeks either. In exactly one week I'll be off for holidays :-) Counting the days....

I'm not taking a laptop along with me, no time for that for I'll be swimming, sun-bathing, eating, drinking, snorkling, dancing, cuddling, reading, boating, driving..... in other words I'm taking a rest, lol

This week I went to see how a snailrace works. It was fun again! You can snailrace every saturday 11.00 am slt at this location:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Eternal/226/239/350

Here I am in my snail-avi. It's HUGE (and very cute)!

Fino in fondo

2008-07-29T15:38:00.000-07:00

Fino in fondo, necklace and earrings in bright or dark silver. The centerpart drop of these sets contain a colorchange menu and i added optional bling.

No more words needed, see for yourself ..

Warhammer

2008-07-27T10:33:00.000-07:00

Building is great but having fun in sl is just as good. Yesterday i was at the grand opening of Warhammer located in Elvenmyst. Warhammer is like a lasergame in rl. You're supposed to be armoured or some kind of monster. You can join Imperium or Chaos and fight eachother. I've seen the most spectacular outfits and monsters :-) Being a good girl I joined Imperium ofcourse.

There are three stages. First there's an arena, 1 on 1 fights trying to push your opponent from the stage which is getting smaller along the way. Second stage looks like the familiar lasergame stage and third stage is a battleship with corridors and corners to hide. I had a very good time, it's an exciting game and i had so many laughs my stomach still hurts :-D I'm the tall trooper in red not drinking tea.

And look at this pic from my sl cat Pits. Often when i'm working he's trying to get my attention bumping my legs or looking at me this way. I know he's not but he looks quit real, lol

Oh yes that too; made some new jewelry but no pics yet. I'll show them later.

Ahum ;-)

2008-07-19T10:18:00.001-07:00

I searched my beadbox and found the perfect beads to match this left-over organzas i have.
Kidding, for as you know my jewelry is made of prim-pixels.
And you know, when i start something it's hard for me to not keep adding stuff ;-) So the first results had three bows on them. Two people with good taste convinced me that less is more so i removed one bow...two bows. Now the necklace wasn't in balance anymore and hey it's summer, I can be excessive, eh? So I allowed myself to ad a flower (ahum).
Summer Breeze is made in organza and silver and comes in 3 colors. And again it matches Voda's-Voda's boutique- perfectly. That's because most of the time I wear her gowns, they're my favourites!

Tried to laugh here (why does it always somehow look like i'm being electrocuted?)

The pic failed, looks bad inworld.
Have to shoot all over again grrr&*%^#!!!!!

Aruba

2008-07-07T10:53:00.000-07:00

Someone close to my heart is in Aruba right now.

that's why these new sets are all named in Papiamento.

Bon Dia = good day

Bon Tardi = good afternoon

Bon nochi = good night

Dushi = sweet

Pa Sèmper = for ever

MOONTAN jewelry moved...

2008-06-29T04:55:00.001-07:00

MOONTAN jewelry moved to a new shop so Starfish is no more.

The new shop is located in Clothing. It's a huge shop and it all looks so nice there :-)

So come and have a look at it.

I bough a new couch for the shop. The funny thing is, everyone can play with it and change texture and colors. So everytime i see it it's new to me :-D

Stand My Ground

2008-06-29T04:25:00.000-07:00

I can see
when you stay low nothing happens
Does it feel right ?

Late at night
things I thought I put behind me
haunt my mind

I just know there's no escape now
once it sets it's eyes on you
but I won't run, have to stare it in the eye

Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground

Stand my ground ~Within Temptation

In France

2008-06-09T05:16:00.000-07:00

I'm in France :-) Weather is nice but could be better, it's a bit cold here in the mountains (can still see snow on the tops). The laptop works but the videocart is too simple for sl. I'm inworld now and then but can hardly move or see. So inworld I clean inventory and chat with friends a bit. Can't work so new jewelry will have to wait till next week.

Listening music: Coldplay, Violet Hill

Aztek

2008-06-05T22:17:00.000-07:00

Here's Aztek. The Aztek set is a freebie right now but it will only be for a limited time.

It doesn't show maybe but it's very very primmy. Come and get it in Starfish while it's still there :-) Aztek looks great with casual clothes. Next week is holiday time. I'm taking the laptop with me, don't know if it works there and there will be not much time for building.

new Lady Love - not yet released

2008-06-01T14:05:00.000-07:00

I was working on the new jewelry and normally all you see are these tiny tiny prims but i turned the camara and there it was , proof Moontan works ;-)

My newest is called Lady Love. It can take days to find a fitting name but this one I didn't need to search for, it came along while dancing on dj Lucky's music ;-) Remember this song?
Lady love, your love is peaceful
Like the summer's breeze
lalalalalala...
~Lou Rawls~

AND there will be a new freebie. Pic comes later for this one is too primmy to rezz at my place.
But it's a nice one, promise!

Kryptonite

2008-05-27T09:37:00.000-07:00

My favourite movies (sidelist) are because.....
* Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon - well, its a chinese fairytale
* Finding Nemo - Dorie's short memory problems and she can talk on and on and on .. ;-) Best part Dorie talking to the whales
* Kill Bill 1 and 2 - Ah, strong- woman- Uma- Thurman (and i like all movies of Quentin Tarantino)
* Terms of endearment: for a good cry; the part in hospital where Shirley MacLaine wants help for her daughter who's in pain..
* LOTR part 1,2,3- because of 1. Aragorn and 2. Aragorn and 3. Aragorn
* Shawshank redemption: Best ending ever!

I like all comic movies Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Ironman, the incredibles...
Freebie of this week is called Kryptonite (yay, love that song, it's my ringtone)

If I go crazy then will you still
call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
there holding my hand I'll keep you by my side with
my superhuman might
Kryptonite

~Kryptonite- 3 Doors Down

Stars stars and some more stars

2008-05-24T23:57:00.000-07:00

Katties Frolic was originally designed as a custom job ...for Kattie offcourse. It needed to be a sweet simple set a 13-year old would like to wear. Ah 13, that age between napkin and tablecloth :-). Hmm translated this from dutch, is this an english saying too?

I got the permission to sell the set in store so i made a second one some more mature, glittering and with optional bling. These sets contain all: Necklace, bangles, studs, hairclip, bellypiercing and anklestrap. Could i have made up more? (Aaaah forgot to make a belt ^^)

These large number of items in a set show that i reilly liked working on them, didn't bore me at all.

Come What May

2008-05-24T23:43:00.000-07:00

Worked my ass to finish this set in time for a bridal expo.
I needed a romantic name ;-) and one of my favourite romantic movies is Moulin Rouge. Come What May is Satin's and Christian's lovetheme. Words are over-sweet but easy to sing along ;-)
I will love you...until my dy.....ing....day (hahaha)

Ojos Asi

2008-05-24T23:29:00.000-07:00

Ojos Asi (eyes of those) is a Shakira song. Strong passionate and very dansable ;-)
Originally made this set to match a flower-power dress (Voda's) but i think wearing it with this dress it looks more gypsy-like. The dress is a still a freebie at Voda's check her shop. And as you save money on the dress buy the Ojos Asi to complete it ^^. Another combination of colors? Just ask me.

Long since...

2008-05-24T22:53:00.000-07:00

Long time ago since i wrote in this blog. Well what's new? Sl is as usuall, some days are boring and other days exciting :-) I still like to be here though. I build a garden on Moontan's ridge and it had to be a small one for i saved prims to be able to build. So now my jewelry is created in a garden and I'm getting more visitors then before :-). I'ts a welcome distraction from work.

Created a lot since the last time.

How you move, how you move me

with your beauty's potency

You give me life, please don't let me go

you touch the lily in my soul

Moving ~Kate Bush

Lief

2008-04-16T07:54:00.000-07:00

It's been busy in rl and sl. Did a lot of nice things , met a lot of nice people. I rented a place and build me a house. It's a small house but i like it and the spot is lovely too. I can watch the sea and the stars and dance on my roof :-). My avi cat resembles my rl cat, he sleeps all the time.

Never thought it would be this nice, having my own place, surrounded by things I like only. Its a good place to start and end sl days ;-)

I made a new set, finally. It's called "Lief". Lief is a dutch word and maybe one of the best, most friendly words in my language.

I thought of that name while driving in my car and singing along with this song :-)

Ik heb je lief

wat moet ik zonder jou

het zijn vier hele kleine woordjes

en al maakt je dat een beetje bang

ik heb je lief vier jaargetijden lang

Ik heb je lief~Paul de Leeuw

Faith Hope and Love

2008-03-28T12:45:00.000-07:00

This week I went to Voda's birthdayparty. Missed most of it because of the rl birthday of my best friend but got in time to drink a bottle of wodka, dance real silly and enjoy the great fireworks :-)

My friend Jadee named one of her lovely dresses after me! And I will model it for the add. This made me very happy :-)

My new sets and a new freebie are to be released today (if sl lets me). The set is called Faith Hope Love. It's a bit of a cliche theme but still so very strong. I wish all of you a lot of faith, hope and love, especially the ones that need it so much for having bad times.

Listening Coldplay today:

Where do we go nobody knows
Don’t ever say you’re on your way down, when
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T15:38:00.001-07:00

Moontan is having a smoke :-D

2008-03-19T15:47:00.001-07:00

I had my fashcon mail out yesterday and have made good sales :-). My freebie was blogged 2 times on fabfree and freestyle. I met a lot of nice people in store who complimented me on my jewelry. Thats very nice so come on girls buy buy, lol.
My new release is called SPRING though its not very springy in the Netherlands. Its still so cold here. The pics of SPRING were taken by Pjotr Yoshikawa and he edited them lovely. He showed me the castle where he lives and works and i had a cool flight there on the back of an eagle.

Voda, Guinan and me were making some plans for Voda's SL-birthday next tuesday. Voda and I smoked some pot being tinies, lol. We had great fun. Its good to relax after hard work! I'm the red one with the green eyes ^^

I'm listening Rammstein at the moment. I'm in a "heavy" mood. Nice dark tekst.
Ein kleiner mensch stirbt nuhr zum schein
wollte ganz alleine sein
dass kleiner herz stand still fur stunden
so hat mann es fur tot befunden
es wurd verschart im nassen sand
mit einer spieluhr in der hand

Saturday = busy day

2008-03-15T03:23:00.000-07:00

Hey you know what? I had some visitors on this blog :-) Write me a message peops so I know this blog exists, lol.
I had a busy week (rl too) so my new release will be out this sunday or monday. Its ready but still has to be taken pics. I rented a new shop at Yoshi's mall (Pjotr Yoshikawa, another nice Yoshikawa ;-)). This mall is for designers only and there is no rent. The catch is : Pjotr makes you one add a week, at a price yes, but very reasonable. So its mutual benefit here.
I met a very nice girl too this week, her name is Jadee Pera and she makes awefull good clothes. So check her shop, LM is in the sidebar of this blog.
I made you all a new freebie and you know what? It started a necklace and ended up being a keychain. Thats me.... I start an idea and see what comes out of it.
I'm not releasing it yet but I will give you a preview. I tried out a new texture on this one - stainless steel -.

My little boycat Indy is no boy anymore since yesterday. He was quit sick the first few hours but he's his playfull and happy self again today. Cat's don't have long memories :-)
So for him and all the cats who once owned me, some lines:
You make me smile when I'm just about to cry
You bring me hope, you make me laugh - and I like it
You get away with murder, so innocent
But when you throw a moody you're all claws and you bite
-That's alright !

(Queen- Delilah)

Playfull in SL

2008-03-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

What did I do in SL the past few days? I went to a rockconcert (but didn't like the howling guitars), met a nice Teddybear and went pose-searching with a friend. Not that much. The rest of my time here I spend making a new set and a new freebie. I tried to make the ads in PSP but that didn't work out very well so I used my old Picture It!

Well there's another weekend coming to learn more about PSP.

I'm listening to Mika. Great popsongs, they make me happy :-)

Do I attract you?

Do I repulse you with my greasy smile?

Am I too dirty?

Am I too flirty?

Do I like what you like?

I could be wholesome

I could be loathsome

I guess I'm a little bit shy

Why don't you like me?

Why don't you like me

Without making me try?

And now tadaaaa!!!.....release is tomorrow

Another lazy sunday and Sweet Memory release

2008-03-02T08:05:00.000-08:00

This morning I rearranged furniture in rl. Shift things to another place made me discover a lot of dust, lol and some playstuff like little mouses from my junior cat Indy. But looking around now makes me real satisfied, the place seems bigger and more in harmony.

I'm creating another necklace, earrings and other stuff usually follow later. This thing gives me a headache so I decided to give it a rest for a while.

I 've installed psp newest version and there's a lot to discover and try out. My boxes are finally attached to the pc so now I have music again :-). I'm listening to my old playlist and oh its still so good to hear my favourite music off all times. Whats on my playlist? A huge pile, but I tell you some off the artists: Anastacia, Evanescence, Elvis Costello, U2, Nickleback, Nelly Furtado, Di-rect, Within Temptation. My favourite song for a long time is Kryptonite from Three Doors Down.

I released a new set this Friday. I had to rush because sl didn't allow me to take pics for a while. I wrote a note to fashcon and forgot the LM (embarrassed) so I had to send one more. Got a warning from fashcon today so next time I take my time. The new sets are called Sweet Memory and come in pearl and granate. They turned out quit nice and I'm proud off them :-D. On the pics you see Moontan in blonde, not my color but pretty eh? ^^

Moontan joined fashcon and new release

2008-02-23T01:14:00.000-08:00

I joined fashcon and made my first announcement yesterday. I've never seen this much people in one of my shops ever en i enjoyed it so much.

To celebrate I placed a gift in store. It's a set called "A fine mess" containing a necklace and bracelet in silver.

A new release is the feathered sets wich i called "Owl", "Sparrow" en "Parrot". These sets are decorated with feathers and tiny beads made of jade, turquois and onyx. These are examples of what is possible. At request i can make these sets in a stone in my collection of your choise. Just ask me.

Diamond Drops

2008-02-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

Diamond Drops sets in gold or silver contain necklace, earrings and a ring. These sets are carefully designed to fit perfectly and have optional bling.

First blog

2008-02-16T03:50:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my blog :-)

This blog is ment to promote my secondlife shop and show you my new items.
If you like what you see please visit my shop at Starfish. My main shop is located in K&K Fine Quality, a shop owned bye Kakaue Yoshikawa. Kakaue sells awesome goods as shoes and boots, scripted beds and a fully equiped photostudio. Take your time to examine his shop as well.
See you in Starfish!