Eleventh Hour

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of meeting River Stromfield  in order to interview him for the next 
issue of Tune Magazine. He did reveal some secrets about his crazy life 
as blogger and creator of the new label Eleventh Hour. 
I had to promise him to leave out the scandal parts and affairs that his attorney 
is currently dealing with so....

you guys will have to wait until the magazine comes out....
I m so sorry. But meanwhile you are free to take a look at the mainstore 
and Rivers great furniture :)
 - if ya dare I mean...

bookshelves + table +

"Metro" sofa and chair ~ Eleventh Hour

 hair ~ Aibeard

sweater ~ Ryvolter

building ~ Scarlet creative

see? I risked my life, that beard was scary!

Have a good week,

Hills

Sasha

Ooops, this is the second post for today ;)

But you see, I have to, there`s so much nice news :)

A trip to the Dressing Room Fusion for instance is a great idea at this weekend. 

I stumbeled across this really beautiful skin by The Skinnery called Sasha.

I have been to the Skinnery mainstore a few times to try some demos 

but I never was taken over by them. 

Sasha changed my mind this time and gave me a good reason to go for the pale skintone:

it`s simply beautiful :)

shoes ~ "Helena" by Redgrave
carpet ~ Hills
sofa and build ~ Scarlet Creative

hair ~ "Kaja" by Kik

necklace ~ glow @ TDRF

dress ~ "printed shift dress" by Ison

Have a lovely sunday,

Hills

Kiss in yellow

Just a quick post for this wonderful pose by Del May

and this cute dress by Shi.

pose ~ Del May

on me:

dress  ~ Shi @ Limited Bazaar

hair ~ boon

skin ~ Voga

on Curt:

shirt ~ fruk @ Limited Bazaar

pants ~ Hoorenbeek

Have a nice sunday,

Hills :)

Lumiya for phone and tablet

Only a few weeks ago I read on the Firestorm notices that since the 1st of april there is this new app for android devices,
 blackberrys and windows phones called Lumiya. 
Since I am crazy for both - SL and my android phone - I jumped to the occasion and downloaded from my playstore.

With Lumiya you can do almost everything that you do with your PC.

In contrast to the previous app Mobile Grid Client which was nice for chatting with the friendslist and ppl nearby
Lumiya offers a lot more features. You can for instance access the inventory, interact with objects, activate and communicate with your groups.

 The most fun feature of course is the 3D interface. If you re using one of the newer smartphones with a large screen 
as for instance the Galaxy S III (like me) then it is quite comfortable and fun to use.

3D view on phone  

                          login interface on phone                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

3D view on tablet

The wide variety of functions Lumiya provides is quite impressive. 

Over the 3D view you can manage objects, tp home, edit the media and viewer settings and land tools.

You can create landmarks, create and open folders and notecards. When you open the inventory and mark an objects you can even rez it!

If you have groups to manage you can send group-notices, create notecards and also attach items to those messages.

Its even possible to interact with objects like sitting on nearby objects and opening the content. 

 If you like to get a little more information about Lumiya you might want to take a look at the video on youTube.

Have fun discovering!

Hills :)

Postcards from the poolside

Hmmm .. summerwinds, soft breezes and lemon icetea :)

I m in love with short hair atm. Normaly I prefer long hair but 

since I ve discovered this cute hairdo at the boon store I m all for it. 

And I adore these shoes from Similar! 

shoes ~ "Lucca"/ Similar Footwear

I have had a few requests about the location where I took these pictures. I had came across this very lovely pool when I visited 
the Iconic hair store a few days back and was so amazed. 
The pool can be found behind the store and is part of the 

Iconic club Besos.
Contrary to what you might expect it is not made of mesh at all. 
It s actually made of oldfashioned prims and textures but looks absolutely stunning. 
Jay droppped over and got all excited about the place too. 
So we threw in some poses before falling into the water.

dress ~ Coldlogic

skin ~ Redgrave

For Jay`s outfit please check his fabulous blog!

hair ~ Boon

Hope you re having a lovely week,

Hills

Another meme - when will this stop?

Jesus, she is still doing this weekly meme thingy and my hands start shaking when I try to resist to copy/ paste and refill the questionaire! So for heaven`s sake, guys: go ahead and read this meme as well if you must .... ;)

1. How long have you been blogging? Since march 2011
2. Why did you start blogging? I have been doing several things in sl. From building houses and furniture to clubbing and managing I turned to photography and developed some skills there. I did build a gallery at some point and had a constant exhibition going on but that didn’t fill my days completely so I decided that since I have always been caught up in the consuming aspects of sl and also needed a new challenge I turned to blogging.
3. How many times a week do you post an entry? That depends on how many new releases I receive or whatever I discover on flickr or happen to run into in world. At times there are 3-4 posts on high peek but normally its around 1-2 posts a week. I could though do the multiple amount of post if I look at my picture material. haha
4. How many different blogs do you read on a regular basis? Not too many fashion blogs I admit. I am a somewhat critical person (due to my virgo ascendant - lol) and always see the flaw in things so I spare myself that experience haha. The few blogs I do read are  a great inspiration to develop my own style - lol. Ok ok, that was a jooooke!
5. Do you comment on other people’s blogs? Sometimes but not regularly.
6. Do you keep track of how many visitors you have? I do because I suck the attention - haha. Well I like to keep track of the countries that visit my blog and I am always amazed to see how easy it is to get recognitzed in Russia and the US, Chile and Europe all at the same time. I think its fascinating and exciting and I have always loved this aspect of SL. I have met and talked to ppl via SL who I  never ever would have met otherwise and I am grateful for that. Very.
7. Did you ever regret a post that you wrote? Yes one but not really ;) I am quite an emotional person. It happens that I feel like the whole blog is crap and I almost hit the delete button. But of course I won’t! As I do find a lot of inspiration from ppl inworld and the talks I have.there are a lot of memories behind some posts that I treasure and like looking at from time to time. I don’t think there is much I should  regret.
8. Do you think your readers have a true sense of who you are based on your blog? Maybe. Only when I reread some of my posts I ask myself: “ I wrote that?”
9. Do you blog under your real name? On Hills n Chills I use my SL name only.
10. Are there topics that you would never blog about? I only blog about SL related things of course and maybe once or twice I included personal statements  about things that were going on that I needed to get out of my system. So I see this blog as a medium that merges my SL and my personal connection to it only. I once got approached to feature  an article for a fellow blog but  I didn’t feel I had a connection to that so it didn’t feel right to post about it.
11.  What is the theme/topic of your blog? Mainly fashion and stories that happen to me while inworld. But since I am no roleplayer in SL and am pretty much the same person inword as I am in real life I cannot keep both world separate at all times. But I don’t want to be seen as a fashion blogger only as I see myself as a photographer and  fashiondoll at the same time.I am actually Hillany Scofield who does photography in sl, who wears nice clothes while doing that and who makes it from one day to he next ;)
12. Do you have more than one blog? If so, why? I have two  SL blogs (Hills n  Chills and Tune Magazine) but time doesn t allow it to do both equally well. I m always behind with one. I do have one RL blog related to my RL profession and the Journal I work for but sometimes the SL blog is more work!
13. What have you found to be the benefits of blogging? It has given me confidence for sure  like all challenges I take up and  manage to go through with. I think that s how life works in general. You re curious about new things, you feel challenged and want to know how far it can take you. It also helped me connect with various people in SL and to work with creators and my friends form Tune Magazine which I find very rewarding in many aspects.
14. So, why do you continue to blog? The reason is actually in the answer above. I love the experience and feedback I get and I love the freedom to be creative. As I don’t work freelance in RL and have to be creative for others I enjoy playing around here on Hills n Chills.

Happy friday everyone!

Hills :)

It all starts with a smile

It all starts with a smile is a charming sentence. But its also the name of the lovely sim I visited a few days ago after Leda Carter had recommended it to me. I spend a lovely afternoon in this beautifuly created sim by Kaelyn Alecto and discovered some nice details, inspirations and landscaping ideas. Dont miss out on this lovely sim :)

The dress I m wearing is the new release "Audrey" by Kunglers and the boots are from Hucci. the come with a cute colour-change hud. The hair is from Magika and it s my fave hairdo these days as it also comes with a hud to change the colour with a simple click. I love this and hope more creators will pick up this concept as it really makes life  tremendously easy :)

Redgrave have always been known and famous for their realistic skins and textures. Creations by Redgrave have always been filling my inventory and I have been wearing the skins a lot in my early sl days. 

I still regard them as the ultimo when it comes to realistic skins. 

Liv is one more example for this. Liv is simply amazing.

Have fun exploring,

yours Hills

Agnetha by VOGA

Voga is a new label that has only recently opened its doors. I am very happy to show you Agnetha, 
the  stunning first release which Khoris Coy created so very beautifully.
I fell in love with the wonderful make-ups she individually made for each of the 8 (!) skintones.
Included is a freckle option, two open mouth alphas and eyelashes, skinmarks and four eyebrow colours for each makeup. What I especially like is the mouth-shadow you can wear with the aphas, it gives a more realistic lip-shape. I haven t seen this with other skin-designers so far so this is something new :)

pose ~ Voga

eyes ~ Voga

Above I am showing three of the available 8 skintones which I thought look best on my avi but for for your demos visit the
Voga mainstore

ok, now I really need to say something about my favorite mesh feet. 
When you have been a customer of stores like PXL creations or League you may have noticed that these brands have begun to include skin appliers for mesh hands and feet by sLink which of course is a wonderful idea which makes life a lot easier The only thing you might not like about this is, that you have to buy sLink.
The mesh feet I am wearing in the picture above are from Noya and they are the best ones I have come across so far. Of course it takes a little longer to adjust the skintones via hud but the result is worth it in my view. 
You can find them on marketplace and they re on promo-sale for 150 L and totally worth it!
Okies, that s about it for today. I let you gasp for some air and go try the demos for this awesome skin 
...before I m going go rub the next thing under your noses in my next post - lol :)

pants ~ Molichino
shirt ~ Ryvolter
eyelashes ~ Redgrave
mesh feet ~ Noya

Happy sunday,
Hills :)