New Short-Term Vacation Rental Cottages Decorated for Christmas

Looking for the perfect holiday getaway? We have 3 new short-term vacation rental cottages on our Inis Caiseal sim!

• Niamh agus Oisin
• An Teach Cois Farraige
• The Tinker's Cottage

While many folks enjoy long-term residential living in our rustic Celtic community, some just want a quiet place to stay for a day or two, or maybe a week. We've just converted 3 of our cottages to accommodate short-term stays, and have fully furnished them with a seasonal touch. During the month of December you'll find Christmas trees and decorations as part of the cozy decor.

Choose from 1 of 3 full cottages for $500 for a full day (24 hours from the time your stay begins), or stay in 1 of our 2 skyboxes for only $300 for a full day. Want to make a proper holiday of it? Pay for 7 or more days in a single payment and receive a 20% discount on your stay.

Click on the cottage name links above to head over to their respective rental boxes so you can visit and have a look around. Please don't hesitate to IM Alchemy Cyannis if you have any questions at all.

PLEASE NOTE: At the moment we do not have the ability to accept reservations. Cottages are rented on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Looking for Something More Longterm?

We offer a variety of residential rental cottages on our 3 rental sims. We currently host 5 cottages on Inis Caiseal, 3 on Ceangal and 3 on Saerlaith. Each allows you to decorate and landscape as you see fit, with a generous 700 prim allowance. All have incredible views, with many nestled on coves peering across the open ocean, with unfettered channels to sail almost entirely around all 5 of our sims. Prices vary depending on location.

Residential rental tenants also have full access to the public areas of all of our residential sims, as well as our Empress and Hierophant parkland sim, where they can take advantage of our horse and hiking trails, vintage touring cars, and the extensive open waterways for boating, fishing and swimming.

Want to Be One of the First to Know When Cottages Open Up?

Drop by one of our Rental Centres where you'll find a sign that let's you join our Notifier list.

Wondering which rentals are currently available? Take a peek at our "Rentals Finder" below. (If it's empty, that means everything is currently rented.)



To rent one of our available properties, click the link below it's picture. You will be ported to the rental box. (At the time of this posting, the HippoTech Rentals Finder page was still in beta mode, and we're finding that the links to the map locations are broken.)

You can also visit one of our two rental centres to see available properties based on sim location. You can rent a property from our rental vendors there, or by paying the rental mailbox in front of the available property.

• Rental Centre at our main Alchemy Immortalis shop
• Rental Centre at our rezzing stables on Inis Caiseal

We've updated our rental centre systems to correct problems that have been making it difficult for people to find and rent available properties. We apologize for the inconvenience, and think you'll find the new property listings vendors much easier to use.

Want to be notified when a cottage becomes available for rent? There's a sign in each of the rental centres that you can click to subscribe to our rental property alerts.

We hope that you'll find a homestead of your own within our rustic little community. Please don't hesistate to let us know if you need assistance, have questions, or wish to bend our ear about something that you think will make our little community even more welcoming and resilient!

We're looking forward to having you as our neighbour!

"May your troubles be less
And your blessing be more
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door."

-- Alchemy & Immortalis Cyannis.

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Pin it to Win It!

Bet ya didn't know we're on Pinterest, and bet ya didn't know you can pin our stuff to your own boards to WIN your favourite Alchemy Immortalis schwag!

5 lucky people are each going home with their 5 favourite Alchemy Immortalis products on September 29th.

Here's How ...

1. Pin your favourite products from here in our blog, or our SL Marketplace shops (Alchemy Immortalis or Alchemy's Attic), or re-pin them from our Pinterest Boards,
   
   or ...
   
   snap a picture of the thing(s) you crave in one of more of our shops and post it to your own blog, Flickr or your other favourite photo-sharing web site, then Pin it (them)!



2. In the description of the item you've pinned, tell us why you just can't live without it! (Yes, that's right, it's all about the sucking up. More about that below.)



3. Be sure to include the tag "Alchemy Immortalis" in your pin description somewhere.



4. to point us to your pin(s).

Whose Pin Will Win?

• Items must be pinned by midnight (SLT/PST) on Friday, September 28th, 2012 to be eligible to win.



• The 5 people with the most creative pitches are gonna go home with the loot!
  
  (That's right, we did say sucking up! And by sucking up, we mean the people who find a way of letting us know they really, really want that product in a way that's either kitschy, or funny, or touching, or ... <insert other PG/non-pornographic reference here>}



• Each of the 5 winners gets to take home up to 5 of the items they pinned. (Of course they must be items created by and still for sale by the team at Alchemy Immortalis ; )



• On Saturday, September 29th we will announce the winners here in our blog.
  

The Fine Print ...

• By "item" we mean an individual product for sale, not a picture of the entire shop ; )



• Yes, it can be a big item, like our Gatehouse Cottage, or a landscaping fatpack, so long as it's something for sale, with it's own individual price point, either in our inworld shop or one of our 2 shops on Marketplace.



• Can you pin something you already own but want to win for a friend? You bet!



• Can you pin the awesome new stuff we'll be releasing after this posting and before September 28th? Darn straight, Skippy!



• What if you really, really, really can't live without it, and you buy it before September 28th, and then you win? We'll refund your purchase price for that item.

Still have questions? Send Alchemy Cyannis an IM. She'll be happy to help.

Time to get pinning!

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3 Residential Rental Cottages Available on Our Saerlaith Sim

If you've been longing to immerse more completely in our rustic Celtic community, we have three residential rental cottages that have have just opened up on our Saerlaith sim. They have an incredible view, nestled on the cove across from the lighthouse on the headland, peering across the open ocean, with unfettered channels to sail almost entirely around all 5 of our sims. These cottages have lots of privacy as they are the only ones on this rustic island sim.

Our "Inis Emlagh", "Ceol na Mara" and "Cuainin Foghlai Mara" cottages are now available, each renting for L$3,250 per week, unfurnished, with 700 prims free for your personal use to decorate and landscape.

Click on the cottage name links above to head over to their respective rental boxes so you can visit and have a look around. The cottages tend to disappear very quickly, so if you think you might be interested slip down and take a peek before they're gone. Please don't hesitate to IM Alchemy Cyannis if you have any questions at all.

Tenants also have full access to the public areas of all of our residential sims, as well as our Empress and Hierophant parkland sim, where they can take advantage of our horse and hiking trails, vintage touring cars, and the extensive open waterways for boating, fishing and swimming.

Want to Be One of the First to Know When Cottages Open Up?

Drop by one of our Residential Rental Centres where you'll find a sign that let's you join our Notifier list.

In January we opened the doors to our residential rentals program, inviting guests to rent cottages on our 3 Bed & Breakfast sims. We currently host 5 cottages on Inis Caiseal, 3 on Ceangal and 3 on Saerlaith.

In addition we offer 2 short-term vacation stay skyboxes for daily rentals on our Inis Caiseal sim.

These filled up within hours of opening the program, but from time to time one becomes available again, and will show in our "Rentals Finder" below. (If it's empty, that means everything is currently rented.)



To rent one of our available properties, click the link below it's picture. You will be ported to the rental box. (At the time of this posting, the HippoTech Rentals Finder page was still in beta mode, and we're finding that the links to the map locations are broken.)

You can also visit one of our two rental centres to see available properties based on sim location. You can rent a property from our rental vendors there, or by paying the rental mailbox in front of the available property.

• Rental Centre at our main Alchemy Immortalis shop
• Rental Centre at our rezzing stables on Inis Caiseal

We've updated our rental centre systems to correct problems that have been making it difficult for people to find and rent available properties. We apologize for the inconvenience, and think you'll find the new property listings vendors much easier to use.

Want to be notified when a cottage becomes available for rent? There's a sign in each of the rental centres that you can click to subscribe to our rental property alerts.

We hope that you'll find a homestead of your own within our rustic little community. Please don't hesistate to let us know if you need assistance, have questions, or wish to bend our ear about something that you think will make our little community even more welcoming and resilient!

We're looking forward to having you as our neighbour!

"May your troubles be less
And your blessing be more
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door."

-- Alchemy & Immortalis Cyannis.

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FLASH SALE: 75% OFF our Landscaping Fatpacks for 24 Hours Only!

The Elements of Empress and Hierophant

A L$1,999 value for only L$500!

Day 2, and the deals continue! Four more great discounts to share ...

For the next 24 hours we'll be offering selected landscaping fat-packs at a 75% discount. This offer will end at 6pm SLT on Friday, August 10th, 2012, and is only available on purchases made through the vendor in our main inworld shop.

Want to take a look at these pieces up close? They were used to create our Empress and Hierophant sim. Why not hop in one of our vintage roadsters and take a tour around the island to check them out? Touch the lamp post to rez a roadster and hop in. It does the driving for you. Just sit back and enjoy : )

Other Landscaping Fat-Packs on Sale

About the Elements of Empress and Hierophant Fat-Pack

• Empress and Hierophant Sim Texture, plus 2 unreleased sim textures (copyable/nm/nt)



• Unreleased Mounded Path Prims



• Unreleased Bridge Arch Prims



• Traditional Irish Dry Stack Walls, plain and grassy to match the sim textures



• 6 Standing Stones



• 12 land prims for those that do not own sims. Sizes are 10x10 and 20x20



• Unreleased ancient tree used currently on the Alchemy Immortalis SIM. (2 sizes)



• Matching "Tree Root" accent walls in 2 sizes.



• 1 Weathered and Rustic Stone Arch Bridge



• Many, many Stone garden walls in plain, grassy, and flowered versions.



• 3 step stairs in plain and grassy to match included sim grass.



• 4 Road Prims and 4 Unreleased Dirt Path Prims to match the included green grass texture.

A Note from Immortalis about the Inspiration Behind the Elements Kit

If you happen to google the sim or search on Flickr, you'll find the SIM has been a photographer's playground for some time. Alchemy and I have been humbled by it's popularity because The Empress and Hierophant SIM was originally created as our private home based on Ireland.
I was born around Dublin and recreated this based on memory for Alchemy. The sim itself was named after us, Alchemy as the Empress and I, the Hierophant.

I've travelled internationally and find myself settled in another country now. Fondly I remember the rain and green. Times I am homesick, Empress and Hierophant has done well easing it. I hope others enjoy the ability now to take a bit of the Emerald Isle home with them.

- Immortalis.

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FLASH SALE: 75% OFF our Gatehouse Cottage for 24 Hours Only!

Gatehouse Cottage

A L$4,725 value for only L$1,182!

ohmahgawd, they've lost their little sheepie minds! (or at least a few digits off our price point ... )

For the next 24 hours we'll be offering our Gatehouse Cottage at a 75% discount. This offer will end at 6pm SLT on Thursday, August 9th, 2012, and is only available on purchases made through the vendor in our main inworld shop.

A preview cottage is on display just outside the front doors of our main shop. (Please note, this flash sale does not include any of the furnishings on display in the preview cottage. The price includes the cottage only. Furnishings sold separately.)

About the Gatehouse Cottage

Based on the original Gatehouse Cottage from the photo-shoot favourite Empress and Hierophant SIM, this is one of the coziest homes you'll ever own in Second Life! Patterned after authentic rustic Irish cottages, from the mossy thatched roof to the beckoning glow and crackle of a truly realistic hearth, you'll feel like you've stepped back in time to a place that is in every way most genuinely home.

With a delicious architectural salvage feel, the Gatehouse Cottage will be a treat to furnish with your favourite rustic treasures, and some of the most fun you've ever had decorating for Christmas! (Watch for our Winter add-on pack to dress the outside for the season too, available later this month.)

The cottage features an easy-to-use controller, offering lots of ways to customize your home both inside and out. Change the floors, the walls, the windows and the curtains with just a few clicks. Shimmering light rays that you can allow to stream through the windows and French Pane glass doors, or turn off. Assign managers who can access the cottage's settings, and guests who you wish to welcome into your home. You can even christen your cottage with it's own special name, embracing a very personal, centuries-old homesteading tradition.

This 2-storey pastoral jewel has been created from sculpts and textures crafted completely in-house, with elaborate shading, lighting and colours, and an intimately unparalleled attention to detail on every single prim.

Add some of our rustic Irish grasses to complete the landscaping of your cozy new home, shown in the related products section below.

• 190 base prims / 54 optional (244)

(base rezzables: cottage - 173 / roof - 9 / doors - 8)
(optional rezzables: light rays - 17 / curtains - 28 / fire - 9)


• Free, automated updates.



• Modifiable so you can truly make it your own! (Please note, some of the rezzables are not directly modifiable, but can be updated through the controller; for instance: curtains, the fire in the hearth and the doors.)



• Ability to set security on door access



• Ability to assign managers who can access the cottage's settings



• Changeable wall, floor, and window textures



• Optional curtains (colour-changing)



• Optional fire in hearth



• Optional light rays shining through doors and windows

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Get Everything in this Scene for Less than the Cost of the Daybed and the Chandelier

SCENE PACK: Daybed, Chandelier and Room Props

A L$1,265 value for only L$795!

Scene Pack contains:

• Satis House Ticking and Toil Daybed - (L$575 value )


• Regaelia Orchid Wreath Chandelier [C] - (L$245 value)


• Garden Party Teapot [C] - (L$125 value)


• China Teacup on a Stacks of Books [C] - (L$95 value)


• China Teacup on Stacked Grimoires [C] - (L$75 value)


• A Spray of Pink and Dusky Rose Petals [C] - (L$50 value)


• A Spray of Cream Rose Petals (tintable) [C] - (L$50 value)


• Navid Persian Rug [C] - (L$50 value)

NOTE:

• stage shown in picture not included


• pieces also sold separately

Want to Know More About the Two Starring Pieces?

Read our blog posts about them here ...

• Satis House Ticking and Toil Daybed


• Regaelia Orchid Wreath Chandelier

The full Scene Pack is available in our shop inworld, and also on the Marketplace website.

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NEW! Satis House Ticking and Toil Daybed -- The Ultimate Social Hub!

A good piece of furniture lights up a room.

A great piece of furniture fuels adventures.

The Satis House Ticking and Toil Daybed is an elegant shape-shifter, morphing from the Victorian charm of warm wood and textiles and a genteel quilt, to a darker masculine aesthetic, complete with lush fur throws.

It's also the launchpad for great conversations, intimate cuddles and a heady set of aether salon style indulgences, from pipes, tea and brandy to books that read themselves to you.

With 105 different social interaction presets installed, you won't have any trouble finding the perfect way to kick-start great conversations and hours of deep, personal connecting between friends and lovers. (See a full list of the categories available below).

This isn't just a place to sit. It's a place to connect. You won't find the same old boring sit poses in this sofa that you find in other furniture. We spent months combing the grid for the very best animation sets to add to our own, ensuring this sofa will become one of the most valuable lifestyle launch pads you own.
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THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL HUB!

• 105 different social presets, including:
  
  • 21 solo feminine
  
  
  • 19 solo masculine
  
  
  • 7 couples
  
  
  • friend combos: 20 m-f, 20 f-f, 18 m-m


• 11 fabrics & 2 different woods


• 6 optional throws (knotted quilt or draped fur)


• dispenses animated tea, wine, brandy, pipe, cigarettes & a book that reads itself to you

PRICE ...

COPY/MODIFY/no transfer - L$575 each

YOU THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING!

That's what we were hoping you'd say when you added this special piece to your own virtual life. We tried to imagine every possible combination of social interaction when we created our animation base, from casual chats to decadent indulgences. Then we took that a step further and made it easy for you to dream up and install more combinations of your own through a simple notecard system. Touch the sofa to rez a placement guide to make seating choices fit you perfectly. Mix up the animations we've included to create new social combinations, or toss in a few of your own to really make it fit.

YOUR LOOK AND FEEL ...

We gave you 11 different textiles sets, 6 different throws and 2 different wood styles to choose from. You can turn the throws off completely, or have the sofa's smart mode display them only when no one is sitting.

Like the quilt/throw, an optional pair of gentle blush tulips can be displayed when no one is sitting (again, the sofa's smart mode automatically manages them), or not at all.

Still not happy with the choices? The sofa is modifiable so that you can add your own favourite textiles and touches, and it's copyable in case you accidentally muck something up and need to replace it.

INTERACTIVE PROPS ...

"Indulge" animations sets include a variety of dispensable, animated drinks and smoking props, including tea, wine, brandy, cigarettes and a pipe.

There are also newspapers, and even book props that read themselves to you in a number of the animation sets.

EASY SHARED MANAGEMENT ...

The sofa's owner can share the management of settings if they choose, offering the following modes:

✔ owner only
✔ group
✔ anyone, or ...
✔ a specific list of people (store names in a simple guest notecard)

WHERE?

Available in our shop inworld, and also on the Marketplace website.

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NEW! Regaelia Orchid Wreath Chandelier

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Regaelia Orchid Wreath Chandelier

Brimming with southern charm, this accent will add an elegant touch to your favourite spaces while bathing them with a warm, gentle glow.

Donning 6 different metals and 9 delicious summer pastel and metallic waxes, you'll be able to create a look and feel that fits your other favourite furnishings perfectly.

Not happy with the preset choices? The chandelier is modifiable so that you can add your own favourite textiles and touches.

The Regaelia is a wonderful companion piece to our "Satis House Ticking and Toil Daybed" and an excellent showpiece to add to our Aether Salons.

• light and extinguish realistic candle flames on touch



• 9 different candle waxes, including:
  cream, cool white, bright white, gold pewter, silver, blush, mint and lavender



• 6 different metals, including:
  silver, bright gold, dark gold, pewter, patina and copper



• easy shared management



• modifiable so you can truly make it your own

PRICE ...

TRANSFER/MODIFY/no copy - L$245 each

COPY/MODIFY/no transfer - L$245 each

EASY SHARED MANAGEMENT ...

The chandelier's owner can share the management of settings if they choose, offering the following modes:

✔ owner only
✔ group
✔ anyone, or ...
✔ a specific list of people (store names in a simple guest notecard)

WHERE?

Available in our shop inworld, and also on the Marketplace website, in both COPY and TRANSFER formats.

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Time for a handful of Egyptian-inspired baubles, and one that you can take home for free!

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"Khepri's Sun Talismanic Ring" Collection

Khepri one of the most notable Egyptian gods, was hailed for his ceaseless pushing of the sun across the sky each day. Characterized as a god with a human shape bearing the head of the revered scarab beetle, Khepri is often associated with the themes of "new beginnings" and "rebirth".

This ring has been designed with metallic scarab-inspired accents, embracing gems with the brilliance of Khepri's sun. The gems were chosen for their significance in ancient Egyptian culture, each having specific healing and talismanic powers, and found adorning some of the most exquisite pieces of historic jewelry and antiquities.

Our "intentional jewelry" is invested with a great deal of care in the craftsmanship, and made to embrace meaningful celebrations of daily life, making the pieces excellent gifts for special people.

• unisex ring is available in 6 different gemstone settings


• highly detailed hand-painted oxidized hammered silver and cabochon gemstone textures


• realistic glow and natural shine


• exquisitely detailed custom sculpts


• simple resizing and pose-system to help with fitting


• arrives in a gorgeous gilt ring box with opening/closing lid

The ring is available with 6 different gemstone settings.

PRICE:

TRANSFER/MODIFY/no copy - L$375 each
COPY/MODIFY/no transfer - L$375 each

Available in our shop inworld, and also on the Marketplace website, in both COPY and TRANSFER formats.


Click the pictures or links below them to purchase the corresponding pieces on Marketplace, or visit us inworld.

And, yes, we did say you could take one home for free! Pop out to the SL9B birthday bash and join the Egyptian Hunt. Today's clue will lead you straight to a dig that contains the Carnelian version of our new ring, in copy/no transfer format. (If you want the transferable version for gift giving you can still pick it up in our shop, or on the Marketplace web site).

HUNT TIP: The Egyptian Hunt is centred around the Egyptian Stage across 2 sims: Shindig and KittyCatS SL9B Party Time. There will be seven gifts to find, one per day. Hints are offered through explorer David Abbot's journal in the SL9B blog, showing a picture offering a directional hint, and a photo of the object in situ. Good luck!

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Residential Rental Cottage Available on Our Inis Caiseal Sim

It doesn't happen often, but from time to time one of our residential rental cottages becomes available again.

We have one that has just opened up on our Inis sim. It's got an incredible view, nestled on a cove peering across the open ocean, with unfettered channels to sail almost entirely around all 5 of our sims.

Our "Niamh agus Oisin" cottage is now available for L$2,750 per week, unfurnished, with 700 prims free for your personal use to decorate and landscape.

Click here to head over to the rental box so you can take a peek. The cottages tend to disappear very quickly, so if you think you might be interested slip down and take a peek before it's gone. Please don't hesitate to IM Alchemy Cyannis if you have any questions at all.

Want to Be One of the First to Know When Cottages Open Up?

Drop by one of our Residential Rental Centres where you'll find a sign that let's you join our Notifier list.

In January we opened the doors to our new residential rentals program, inviting guests to rent cottages on our 3 Bed & Breakfast sims. We currently host 5 cottages on Inis Caiseal, 3 on Ceangal and 3 on Saerlaith.

In addition we offer 2 short-term vacation stay skyboxes for daily rentals on our Inis Caiseal sim.

These filled up within hours of opening the program, but from time to time one becomes available again, and will show in our "Rentals Finder" below. (If it's empty, that means everything is currently rented.)



To rent one of our available properties, click the link below it's picture. You will be ported to the rental box. (At the time of this posting, the HippoTech Rentals Finder page was still in beta mode, and we're finding that the links to the map locations are broken.)

You can also visit one of our two rental centres to see available properties based on sim location. You can rent a property from our rental vendors there, or by paying the rental mailbox in front of the available property.

• Rental Centre at our main Alchemy Immortalis shop
• Rental Centre at our rezzing stables on Inis Caiseal

We've updated our rental centre systems to correct problems that have been making it difficult for people to find and rent available properties. We apologize for the inconvenience, and think you'll find the new property listings vendors much easier to use.

Want to be notified when a cottage becomes available for rent? There's a sign in each of the rental centres that you can click to subscribe to our rental property alerts.

We hope that you'll find a homestead of your own within our rustic little community. Please don't hesistate to let us know if you need assistance, have questions, or wish to bend our ear about something that you think will make our little community even more welcoming and resilient!

We're looking forward to having you as our neighbour!

"May your troubles be less
And your blessing be more
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door."

-- Alchemy & Immortalis Cyannis.

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The Sanctuary of Lost Books, a solo project by Immortalis Cyannis

Not a lot of people know that when I was 13 I took a class in school named "Commercial Art and Graphic Design." It was one of the first classes that I -wanted- to take. My end project for the semester was a folding paper book based on a box template, that, when you unwrapped it and spread out, became a page inspired by the Book of Kells. I was taught how to recreate my own anthropomorphic animals that twisted around the capital letters. I was careful to keep scale and learnt calligraphy with a nib pen. I did all of the shading with professional art markers. It was the first time, as a native Dubliner, that I ever gave a fuck about the Book of Kells.

Well from there I remembered a field trip to Glendalough (pronounced "glen-da-lock") in County Wicklow. I remembered the monks there from the 12th century that used to run into the tower there to escape the Vikings and if they were still around, how would that order remain profitable in modern society. Well...every lad of 13 knows that chocolate is a strong cottage industry. So in my head, these monks would sit there, medieval style, creating works of art to wrap bars of chocolate with.

That little boy, fascinated by books, is still inside of me. (and I still love chocolate)

I tell this story to illustrate there are fascinations, passions, niggling obsessions that are inside of us all and date back to our early years. They represent the things we REALLY love, and cannot get enough of. For me, it is books and adventure. Over time other things have attached to me: a sense of magic, and story. Through my youth I wanted to be a tomb raider like Indiana Jones, or an explorer like the characters in the PC games Zork, Myst or Riven. So even prior to the computer games of Myst and Riven was Xanth, a series of books written by Piers Anthony that appealed to every boy at that time. In those books there was a magician that one could seek out when you were in dire need. Before you were allowed to see him, you had to be tested by trials to weed out those that were not serious. He was a recluse and didn't enjoy being bothered you see. If you failed the trials you died, but winning awarded you an audience.

My point being that I know and have experienced the power of books as a vehicle for adventure. It is this search for adventure I have always held close and motivates me today when I build.

Over the years, one lesson I have learnt is that what you create is not necessarily created out of nothing. Rather it is discovered, because all of these wonderful creatures and places really exist. You just have to find them again.

I welcome you to come along with me, on a journey of exploration.

It is the very beginning, and there is much to be done!

• Click here for the Project Blog



• Teleport to the Group Signup Area (best viewed on midnight)



• Teleport to the Cavern System Entrance (if you want to find the secret Sanctuary door entrance yourself) (best viewed on midnight)



• the future entrance of The Sanctuary (door is locked) (best viewed on midnight)

-Immortalis Cyannis.

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Launching Lanterns on Alchemy Immortalis (with a little help from our friends)

Someone recently approached us about having an area where they could donate to show support for the various things we do on the SIMS. In the past, I have always said no, we do not accept donations. In my head, donations were charity and we don't feel we need charity. We've always preferred earning money that supports the sims by creating items for retail, which in turn supports our various projects and tiers.

Recently I (Immortalis) had a chat with several people that changed my perception.

Over the years, the sims have been places people have found their significant other. They may have met there, proposed, or even married on the sims. There are people that come to the sims simply to sit in the quiet and be inspired. Perhaps there are experiences that have changed your life in some way and you want to give back. Through talking with some of our fans in greater detail about these experiences we have come to understand these requests and have built an area that we hope is a beautiful way to donate by using our peace lantern launching set up that we had out at the 2012 Home and Garden Expo. The lanterns, we feel are appropriate because they are traditionally used as ways to celebrate across the world, and if you are donating, we hope it is because there has been something we have built that is beautiful and enriched your life in some way.


You can take the journey through our caverns, starting at the entrance, or go directly to the lantern launch platform.
(Don't forget to go to midnight.  The lighting is magical.)

Click here to read our original posting about the Lanterns.

-Immortalis Cyannis.

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All "Blue Willow" Themed Items Now Available in Our Shop and On Marketplace

While the Home and Garden Expo benefiting the American Cancer Society through SL Relay for Life is now closed, you can now find our "Blue Willow" themed items and our "Stone Forest Build Kit" both in our main shop, and on the Marketplace web site. Here are the items you might have missed, and where you can find them:

Floating Chinese Peace Lanterns

The peace lanterns are once again available to celebrate your life and the lives of people you love through weddings, memorials, birthdays, and other meaningful milestones! Intentions are powerful things, and infusing your launch with thoughtful intentions creates a visually stirring and powerful experience.

The lanterns can be seen and purchased in our main shop, and also on the Marketplace web site.

Click here to read our original posting with more information and additional pictures.

Emperor's Throne - Blue Willow Edition

The inspiration behind the Emperor's Throne was directly taken from the love story surrounding Blue Willow china. (You can read more about the Blue Willow story here). The young lovers are represented by the two birds. The fresh, coordinated textiles have a light feel, grounded and balanced by the gentle curves of a black incised wooden frame. It's regal, well made, and priced attractively.

The chair can be seen and purchased in our main shop, and also on the Marketplace web site.

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"Blue Willow" Throw Pillows and Plush Rugs

All of the accessories were designed to showcase, in more detail the events of the Blue Willow love story. Rugs and pillows may help ground a room or frame your decor, but they normally are not star players. These accessories tell a story. Every piece is intentional...and pays respect to the tradition of being intentional in Chinese art, whether it's a garden, music, architecture or poetry. Even the smallest aspect plays a role, so don't be deceived by these small accessories. They can bring much cohesion to your design vision!

The pillows can be seen and purchased in our main shop, and also on the Marketplace web site.

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The rugs can be seen and purchased in our main shop, and also on the Marketplace web site.

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Blue Willow Pendant Lantern

As much as one might enjoy launching the peace lanterns, sometimes we just want to curl up at home. This is a lovely way to always remember the milestones you have celebrated, by softly lighting your personal spaces, with the same warm light, and softly crackling fire.

The pendant lamp can be seen and purchased in our main shop.

It's also available on the Marketplace web site in both it's original COPY format, and also in a TRANSFER version.

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The Stone Forest Building Kit

This is the kit that I had never intended to be released. I built a mountain only to frame the experience of launching and lighting the peace lanterns. It was to only be a temporary build that represented a soul journey from the entrance to the top of the mountain. But it quickly became apparent that I needed to package it due to requests. So I did so quickly during the Expo. -Immortalis

Each of the 14 pieces of this building kit was designed to recreate the dramatic large stone formations of the world's original 1st of 7 wonders of the world, China's Stone Forest. The stone forest itself has a love story surrounding it that parallels in many ways, the love story of the Blue Willow. As the expo, is now over, the AI store has a display of another way this adaptable building kit may be used. This time, the build has a more magical flavour. Paths inside the cavern system lead to an ocean view landing where the lanterns may be launched again or an area connected to the side project "The Sanctuary of Lost Books."

The building kit can can be seen and purchased in our main shop, and also on the Marketplace web site where it's available at a special promo price of only L$99!

PLEASE NOTE: The pagodas shown in the picture above from our Home and Garden Expo build are NOT included in this kit. They are the work of talented RL architect and SL designer Ryusho Ort.

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-Immortalis Cyannis.

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YOU Helped Us Raise L$44,476 for the American Cancer Society!

The SL Relay for Life is something Alchemy and I hold dear to our hearts, because we both have lost loved ones to cancer. At the Home and Garden Expo, we wanted to build something that would help anyone looking for a little reflection, healing and celebration.

Thanks to the generosity of visitors to the Home & Garden Expo, we were able to contribute L$44,476 to the American Cancer Society through SL Relay for Life:

Lanterns sold on Expo stage - L$4,050
Lanterns sold at AI Expo site - L$9,450
Chair sold at AI Expo site - L$10,500

Donations made through Lanterns launched from mountain top - L$20,476

TOTAL RAISED:  L$44,476

Great job!

-Alchemy & Immortalis Cyannis.

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Blue Willow Pendant Lantern Only L$99

Inspired by the Chinese Peace Lanterns we're launching from the top of our mountain at the Home and Garden Expo, these pendant lanterns not only add a subtle lighting to your favourite zen space, but a gentle crackling fire from the burning element within them.
They're copyable so you can tuck them into all of your favorite nooks and crannies, in doors and out, and at only L$99 each are a very affordable way to turn a ho-hum space into something really special.

Looks great suspended above the new "Emperor's Throne" chair.

Currently available only at the "Home and Garden Expo 2012".

Available in the following format: COPY / MODIFY / no transfer

Come on out and visit us at the Expo to take a closer look at this high-quality, low-prim, low-priced treasure for yourself.

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Blue Willow Rugs: Low-Prim, High-Detail & Only L$35 Each!

Looking for accents to coordinate with your new "Emperor's Throne" chair? Grab these low-prim, high-detail and very inexpensive throw rugs at the "Home and Garden Expo"!

They're only L$35 each and come with a shape changers that allows you to shift from a rectangular to oval style.

Like the other rugs in our collections, these actually have the pile built into the shape of the sculpt, not the texture, making them authentically plush and very unique.

Currently available only at the "Home and Garden Expo 2012".

Available in the following format: COPY / MODIFY / no transfer

Come on out and visit us at the Expo to take a closer look at these high-quality, low-prim, low-priced treasures for yourself.

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