Fantasy Faire 2026

 

The mists have cleared once again to reveal this year’s Fantasy Faire.

I truly love this event. I look forward to it all year, feel sad when it’s gone, and then look forward to it with excitement all over again.

In January this year, I felt the need to change things. Laminak, and the furniture I have spent long hours creating over the last six years, are going nowhere. I will, from time to time, create more things for homes, but I needed a new challenge, and I decided to do something I’ve been thinking about for a long, long time.

I guess I should step back a little here and maybe let you know a bit about my personal life.

For most of my working life, from leaving school until 2018, I was a dressmaker, I made costumes for films and theatre. Fantasy is in my blood; historical costumes were a favourite to make when I got the chance. So you’d think the logical step would have been for me to create costumes and clothing when I first joined Second Life in 2007. While I really wanted to have a go, I had no idea how to create the textures. Instead, I concentrated on learning how to make things from prims, then sculpties, and before I left in 2013, the mesh generator tools that had arrived.

Real life took me away from Second Life in 2013, and I didn’t return until 2018, when I lost my mum to cancer.

Laminak helped me to focus through my grief, and over the last six years, I’ve found some truly wonderful friends who never let me forget how magical real life and Second Life can be.

Real life, it seems, likes to throw curveballs at you when you’re not looking, though, and again, in January of this year, I felt the need to change things.

I embarked on a new venture, leaning more into my real-life skills, and forced myself to power through the mind-boggling world of Marvelous Designer and rigging! I also had to do a crash course in using Blender, as I create my mesh in 3ds Max.

With that said… I am so thrilled to show you my first item of clothing for Laminak:

I will still be creating items for homes and décor when I feel the urge, but for now, I feel this is a better path for me to be on, and I truly hope you’ll come with me on this next adventure.

As my mum always used to tell me, “onwards and upwards, babes”.

My 100% donation items this year hark back to my love of the Tudor era and are something I’ve been meaning to make for a while.

I’ve also got the Fantasy Faire book I made last year, with a new cover for this year’s Faire. I quite like the idea of creating a library of them as the years go by. This year’s cover features a photo I took of the décor on the sim that Laminak is on.

Lastly, and this is quite exciting! My best friend and sim partner, Mara, and I were asked to create a worldling for this year’s Faire. We weren’t notified until a few days before the Faire was due to open, and while we knew we wouldn’t have much time, we said yes and did it anyway!

I hope you all have a wonderful time at the Faire, explore, dream, and be mesmerised by the worlds the amazing world builders have created.

More information about Fantasy Faire can be found here:

https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/

Laminak is on Stoneveil Crossing:

Taxi - https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stoneveil%20Crossing/77/161/65

Much love to you all

Casey

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Exclusives at We Love Roleplay and Ostara's Altar

 

It's almost time for Fantasy Faire 2026!

In just 3 weeks' time the Fairelands will open up again, and we'll all be able to go home!

In the mean time, while I prepare my offerings for this years Faire, I'm at We Love Roleplay and Ostara's Altar.

The Antique dresser set, might, just might, match the item I'm making for Fantasy Faire, just saying :) winks.

The Dresser currently comes in 2 wood options, Dark Oak or White. There might be another option available at the faire... watch this space :)

For Ostara's Altar, I've made a range of hanging gem chains and Suncatchers. 

The sets - of which there are eight - come with a 5-chain suncatcher and 2 hanging chains.

Both sets are available now at WLRP and Ostara's Altar.

Sending much love to you all.

Casey

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Wanderlust Weekend - February - New Item

 Greetings Luminaries

We're in this weekend's Wanderlust Weekend with a new set of candles perfect for casting spells.

The set comes with an antique candlestick in old silver, and 13 candles colours.

The set is on sale now at the main store for just 50L this weekend - 20th -24th Feb.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mist%20Valley/194/162/25

Love and many hugs to you all.

Casey

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Wizarding World Faire 2025

 

I’m beyond thrilled to share some magical news, I’ve been accepted as a creator for this year’s Mischief Managed: Wizarding Faire! 

This incredible event, hosted once a year on a Harry Potter-themed roleplay sim, has always been one of my favourite places to visit. This time, I took a leap and applied, and I got in! 

As a proud Potterhead (not even a little bit ashamed!), I’ve always had a soft spot for Professor Moody, especially his epic broom. While this isn’t my usual style, I felt inspired to create a tribute piece in his honor.

Moody-Inspired Broom Features: 

Single sit animation 

Modifiable handle and foot bars to fit your avatar 

6 colour options: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Black, and Purple 

Speed booster 

Toggleable light and wind sound 

6 different smoke colours

The Wizarding Faire is now officially open! Come by, test it out, and take one home if it suits your style.

Taxi to the Faire: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mischief%20Roses/101/165/33

Happy flying, and see you at the Faire!
Hugs!  

Casey

 

Changes Are a Good Thing! New Store 2025

In November of 2019, I created a blog post entitled: The One for Nostalgia, you can read the full post here:

https://laminaksl.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-one-for-nostalgia.html

In it, I showcase a new store, the start of my return to creating in Second Life, following a gap of around 6-7 years. At the time I thought I was being silly, there was practically nothing on sale! I'd spent an entire year, following my return in October of 2018, learning how to create mesh, and if I'm honest, all these years later, I'm still learning! Although it is a heck of a lot easier now, I still have days when I think of something to make and wonder how I'll do it!

Over the last week or so I've been painstakingly moving my store from a sim I'd been on for almost 2 years, to a new sim, joining forces with a wonderful lady called Mara, who manages to create the most wonderful landscapes. 

Mara is also creating a new, safe space, for witches and wizards alike to assemble, but I'll create a post about that when she's finished working her magic, at the moment it's a work in progress, but I digress! ...

This morning, I opened the new store for people to come and see, and realised I needed to update the the landmarks for my various social media outposts, and of course here.

I suddenly remembered the post from 2019, opened it up, and oh my, I had a flashback to the day I wrote the post, how amazed I was at myself that after a whole year I'd managed to craft something I felt was ok to put out on sale! I had 2 items! The decorative lanterns and the writer's desk set.

That store didn't last long, it felt cramped, claustrophobic, and far too dark! it was also in the sky, and I don't really like being in the clouds.

I changed it for a new store, but again, it was too dark and I decided I really did want to be on the ground.

In June 2020 I bought some land, and a new chapter for Laminak began!

I at least had more items by this point, but as time moved along (and I ran out of space) I needed another change! And so, in the December of that year, I moved again, this time to a homestead with another creator. 

Going back through my posts I'm a little surprised at how quickly I expanded! Because by the April of 2021, I had moved again. This time to a homestead of my own. I kind of liked this next move! With the store on rafts!

If you know anything about land in Second Life, you'll know that a homestead only provides capacity for 5000 Li, and I quickly outgrew it.

And so, in the September of 2022 I created my current castle to house Laminak, moved to a full half sim (10,000Li thank you very much) and I stayed put for a while. Filling up the store as the years rolled on.

By June of 2024 I started to wonder if I could maybe, just maybe, buy my own sim again. Ultimately, I knew I couldn't afford it, no matter how much I'd love to go to that next level, Laminak (you might be surprised to hear) remains a hobby, not something I can earn a living from or rely on to pay the tiers a full sim would cost, but then, in December of 2024, during a random chat with a wonderful friend, a lady who has created some of the most magical sims/projects/homes for people I've ever seen in SL, asked if I would like to join her on her sim. It was, I think, a passing comment on her behalf, and maybe not something she'd have thought I'd say yes to, but it made complete sense!

And so, here I am today! 5 years on, with a store that is almost, almost! the vision I had in my mind all those years ago, I hope one day to fully reveal that vision, but I feel truly blessed to be where I am now. 

Mara is creating the most wonderful landscaping around Laminak Castle, there are plans this year, between us, to create a place that is not only magical to walk around (thanks to Mara) where witches and wizards can roam, at peace, safe, and conjure up the odd spell (again thanks to Mara), but where, if I can do it, you'll find a magic project sits comfortably in its surroundings, but that will have to wait for another blog. 

If you've made it this far, thank you for taking this nostalgia trip with me. I hope it shows any budding creators out there how far you can go in the wonderful world that is Second Life. 

I hope to be more active on this blog this year.

I hope you all have fun exploring Mist Valley, the new home of Laminak.

I hope you all have a blessed 2025!

Much love and many hugs, as always.

Casey

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What's New At Laminak? WLRP - Wanderlust - Enchantment

 

Greetings Everyone ;-)

Hope you're all ok.

I'm kind of wondering where this years is disappearing to! 

I've been busy, as always, but realised today I haven't updated this since June! 

So, what have I been doing? Well, in a previous blog I mentioned I was going to take a little break from the big events to concentrate on a couple of new things and whilst I have been concentrating on these new things I haven't managed to get as far ahead with it I thought I might, so I'll have to keep this under my hat for a little longer O.O

I did submit a new item for the 'We Love Role-play' event in July.

A rustic garden set in 3 main textures with 22 cushion textures and I created a new beech wood texture option for the Opera Beds for a Wanderlust Weekend event - pics below.

Apart from that I kept my head down to learn new things O.O.

I promise I'll divulge in time what I've been doing but for now, my little 'event' hiatus has come to an end, tier still needs to be paid, and I've got a lot of events coming up, some pretty big ones in September and a few booked in for October so far. I'll still continue to learn new skills but can't devote as much time to them as I have been doing, I guess it's a case of slow and steady from now on and I need to chill out that things take me such a long time to learn hahaha. 

As for August events, I'm in the middle of making something for Wanderlust weekend, next weekend, and I'm currently at Redeux and Enchantment.

Redeux, is a sort of bye bye to Gatcha for Laminak (and all Gatcha's in Second Life with Linden Labs new ruling), I only have the one, and I've set it out with 30L per play and 50% off the sofas that match it.

And, for Enchantment, which started out with a theme of 'The Witcher' and is now 'Vally of Plenty', I've created a bath Medieval bathtub set. It comes in 3 different wood packs, each having gold and wrought iron band versions included and a host of other goodies to go with it. 

There are demos at the event and at Laminak Main Store for you to try out, taxi's to both are below ;-)

I think that's it, looking forward to creating a lot more things for Laminak over the next few months, but for now, that's all the news I have ;-)

Sending love and huge hugs to you all.

Casey

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Enchantment Taxi:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/203/130/3110

Laminak Taxi:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Queens%20Lake/127/134/22

June Event Exclusives - Honey Collection - Medieval and Viking Drink, Food & Decor

 

Greetings Everyone ;-)

I'm behind again with posting information on here ;-( So I thought it might be better to create a single post about all the items (actually, almost all, there's another event coming up that I'm still making the item for O.O) into one post instead of individual posts, and as these items were created to match each other it makes more sense to explain what's new for June as a whole ;-).

Firstly there's an addition to the Midsummer Fruits Collection, a bowl of juicy oranges and lemons and a tray with a glass decanter full of refreshing orange and lemon juice.

The decanter comes in a pack with a vendor 2Li and a decor only version 1Li. 

The Bowl is decor only and 1Li at the size provided.

Available now at We Love Roleplay Event:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Riverhunt/129/130/1503

Next, there's Honey Bread and Honey Pudding.

The bread is decor only and 2Li at the size provided.

The Honey and Oat Pudding comes in a pack with a vendor 2Li and a decor only version 1Li, at the sizes provided.

The Vendor offers Male and Female bowls of puddings and spoons to wear, auto attach, and detach after 4-5 minutes.

Available at the Vintage Fair:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Black%20Mamba/24/209/29

And finally, at least for now, there's a Bienstich Cake, Roman Libum Cakes, and Honey Mead vendors, available at Redeux from the 14th June - 21st June.

The Bienstich Cake (German Bee Sting Cake) comes in a pack of two, one on a pewter stand, and one on a rustic wood stand. Just 1Li each at the size provided and offers Male and Female slices of cake on a plate with a spoon. 

The Honey Mead comes on a rustic tray with pewter goblets filled with honey mead. Also a vendor, it offers male and female goblets. Just 1Li at the size provided.

And lastly, Roman Libum Cakes, a traditional honey cake intended as offerings to the spirits in ancient Roman times. Male and Female cakes provided with auto attach and detach.

Redeux Landmark:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Unbroken%20Isle/192/193/2482

Phew ;-) I think that's it for now. We're in Wanderlust Weekend next weekend (19th-20th June) with the last of the Viking/Medieval items and then there's one final event this month but that's not connected to this range, again more information on that very soon! ;-)

Hope you like it all, stay safe, and have fun.

Love and hugs

Casey

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