Weekly Photo Challenge: Change – Stepping Out & Stepping Up

The Weekly Photo Challenge this week is about Change. It’s the perfect opportunity to introduce my new showroom and studio!

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I originally set up a showroom on a ballroom sim. It didn’t generate any traffic, so I opened one at Breaking The Rules, the club where I work. I began to get more referrals from that location, in addition to the continued recommendations from my friends. While I have my work on display there, I did my photo shoots at home.

With the increase in work, I decided it was time to turn my little cottage industry into a full-fledged business. I found a parcel of land where I can set up a full showroom in addition to having my photo studio at that location. I still have the showroom at BTR, but this is now my main place of business.

I’m still in the process of decorating it, but it’s open to the public and I invite you all to come check out the new Pics by Peep showroom.

Change in Second Life is to be expected. Friendships and relationships grow and falter, businesses open, then move or close. I’ve learned a lot about embracing change from my time there. As Heraclitus said, “Nothing is permanent but change.”

Here’s to stepping out and stepping up!

Be sure to check out the other entries this week in the comments section of the Weekly Photo Challenge: Change post.

Single Frame Stories – Hero

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How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country’s wishes blest! . . . . By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
William Collins Quotes , Source: Ode, written in 1746

Thanks to all who have given their service – and their lives – for our freedom. This is my entry for this week’s Single Frame Stories Blog. The prompt is “Hero.”

This photo was taken at the Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial in Second Life. Please visit this memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives in Afghanistan. It is focused on American soldiers, but I consider it a commemoration for all who have fought and died there.

Special thanks to my sweetheart, who not only served, but helped me choose a fitting image for this entry.

Feeling All Girly

Sometimes a woman just wants to feel like a girl.

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Delicate, feminine, pretty in pastels.

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And just because this song makes me feel all girly 🙂

What I’m wearing:
Top: Tee*fy Rachel Ruffle Sweater Pink Floral Short (Collabor88)
Pants: Maitreya Zipper-Skinny Pastel * Yellow
Shoes: [Gos] Boutique – Mae Platform – Nude
Skin: Skin: [:T:] Helena / powder (red) :: 09
Hair: Magika [Hair M] Tomorrow
Lips: [:T:] Helena / powder :: Lips :: Sheer Champagne (gloss)
Eyes: Amacci Gaze Eyes – Ocean Blue
Lashes: Eyelashes -41- Hollywood *REDGRAVE*

Poses: Glitterati – Shuttered