Garden Update: Black Lotus

Black Lotus has been part of Qbee for over a month now, and over a month have I not updated Qbee's blog! (Shame on me, worst blogger ever! And to think I used to have literally thousands of LiveJournal entries back in 2000...how times have changed!) With KittyCatS and Guild Wars 2 to sidetrack me from blogging, I (finally) present to you Qbee's curviest shape, Black Lotus!

Black Lotus is revered in a plethora of cultures as the epitome of unmarred beauty, and tenuous in her shades of black. The Black Lotus specifically demonstrates tragic romance for future lovers falling in love with a beauty so dangerous yet so bewitching with her shadowed petals. She's a both seductive yet chaotic flower who wishes to shadow others with her beauty.

Throughout the time that Black Lotus has resided on our marketplace and in our in-world store, I've received several inquiries about Black Lotus' origin and the lotus flower overall in regards to Qbee - a black lotus doesn't imply neither a Buddhist nor Hindi reference as the color isn't one represented by either, it's a fantasy flower depicting dangerous beauty and dark magic.

Much thought (and love!) poured into Black Lotus through creating a curvier body due to popular suggestion and constructing a more mature face than some of Qbee's other existing shapes to depict her flower properly, I really hope to discover more flowers to lend a curvier bodies to in the future - curves are lovely and I'm grateful for this chance to fine-tune a curvier body with a suiting flower inspiration. And yes, a true lotus with potentially Hindu or Buddhist influences will one day cultivate itself in our Songbird garden, so stay tuned!

Visit / * qbee's garden to bloom your own Black Lotus and to collect lucky flower chair surprises and group offerings! Make sure to snag these group gifts before the next round of group gifts are released, which will be coming up soon! If you spot one of the Qbee shopkeepers wandering the garden in-world she will surprise you with a special shopkeeper-exclusive treat too. Hugs!

Paisley Pretty group gifts in 3 variations - Unicorn Revenant (left), Cafe Berry (middle), and Peony (right).
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Garden Update: Fresh Round of Summery Group Gifts!

Basking in the summery weather of August, Paisley Pretty embodies the warm, light-heartedness of this season in floral and paisley 3 variations - Unicorn Revenant (left), Cafe Berry (middle), and Peony (right) shown below, all available as group gifts of Qbee including mesh skirt, tanktop, summery flower sunglasses, and hairband. Which Paisley Pretty best suits you? Hugs!(*´・ｖ・)

Paisley Pretty for this summery season in 3 variations - Unicorn Revenant (left), Cafe Berry (middle), and Peony (right).
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Visit / * qbee's garden to cultivate these group gifts. If you spot one of the Qbee shopkeepers she will surprise you with a special shopkeeper-exclusive treat too. Hugs!


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New beginnings: / * qbee has moved!

We are back, and ready for visitors at our new location!

 Just as spring transitions into summer, rivers into oceans, we have finally and fully transitioned onto our new sim. Deer has spent the last 2 months hand decorating everything, terraforming the land, adding tons of scenic locations to make our new garden the best place on Second Life to hang out.

As some of you may know, we had a huge disaster about 2 months ago and lost our entire store to SL. Long story short, Deer decided it was time to move, and we relocated to the lovely sim, Cherry Blossom (84/164/21). We (I sit there, Deer works) have been hustling and scrambling to create an all new garden, that looks even better than the last one, but still has the same feel and style. Deer's work is never over, and she is always adding, removing, and restyling her land, but we are finally ready to "officially" open and welcome everyone to come join us!


View of the Garden from Mt. Deeth. (click to enlarge)

Plenty of locations are available for you to come and discover, take pictures, enjoy with your special someone, or just stop on by and listen to our epic personalized radio station, designed to be soothing, perfect for our cozy garden.


I don't even know what she's doing here.

We will be continuing in qbee tradition very soon, releasing our monthly group gifts, hunts, and various other things Deer loves to do (she's crazy, sometimes she just rides bikes in the rivers for no reason). I don't want to ruin any surprises, but next month should be interesting. Our skin shop will be opening very soon as well, as we attempt to make our garden a place for everyone to cultivate and personalize their own unique look for their Second Life. So stop on by, say hello, and come enjoy the lovely views, unique landscapes, as well as meet some of our animal friends that have wandered into the garden.


One of the lovely cottages we have constructed around the garden.

Have a nice day everyone, and I hope to see you all very soon!

Garden Update: Cactus

To symbolize the sultriness that summer evokes and often both wilts and withers the flora struggling to survive this season, Cactus remains the vitality. The most enduring plant, Cactus represents survival whether within the heat or in rain showers. Boldly beautiful in brilliant colors bursting from her hair, Cactus signifies eternity, stunning in any season and the Songbird garden now has both this radiant plant complete with her special Cactus Wren skin available to withstand every season.

Visit / * qbee's garden to cultivate your own Cactus and to collect group offerings! Make sure to snag these group gifts before the next round of group gifts are released, which will be coming up quite soon! If you spot one of the Qbee shopkeepers she will surprise you with a special shopkeeper-exclusive treat too. Hugs!



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Garden Update: Sweet Pea

April, considered the month of Aphrodite, arrives in the garden with our celebration of spring in brighter, fun colors in / * qbee's group gifts along with April's traditional flower, Sweet Pea. An ambrosial floweret, celebrated for its pink, red, white, and purple dainty petals, lauds winter transforming into spring at last and represents feminine bliss and gaiety arriving with the spring season. The Songbird garden now bestows this blossom with her skin Diamond Dove (free group gift edition for April).

Visit / * qbee's garden to cultivate your own Sweet Pea and to collect April group offerings sometime soon! If you spot one of the Qbee shopkeepers she will surprise you with a special shopkeeper-exclusive treat too. Hugs!


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Garden Update: April Group Gifts

As the wintry season metamorphoses into the bright, fun colors of spring, / * qbee too reflects on the beauty of the changing environment throughout our garden with several surprises for group members:

❀ Diamond Dove * April Gift Edition Skin - we wanted group members to sample the first of our future skin line, Diamond Dove also complements the garden's newest shape and flower of the month, Sweet Pea.

❀ A Splash of Springtime wardrobe set highlighting the colorful spring essence

❀ Silly April Fools gestures!

Skin: qbee - Diamond Dove * April Group Gift Edition (Free! - April Group Gift)
Shape: qbee - Sweet Pea
Hair: D!va - Ema2 (Amber)
Top: qbee - A Splash of Hot Pink Top (Free! - April Group Gift)
Bikini Set: qbee - Yummy Dotted Bikini - Grape (Free! - April Group Gift)
Skirt: qbee - Springtime Lovers Skirt (Free! - April Group Gift)
Ring: qbee - Stylish Pearl Flower Ring (Shape Exclusive)
Shoes: ::HH:: - Hucci Vintage Wedge - Moonglow (Collabor88)

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Penitent Hunt: Lily of the Valley

While the March month remains relatively quiet for / * qbee Main Store, we're very much active and working on plenty of surprises for you as you can see from wandering into our work cottage on the outskirts of the garden, most of them for hunts or prizes of some sort. One of these lovely gifts is the blessed flower Lily of the Valley.

The most fragile flower of all, the pallid Lily of the Valley only unveils her enigmatic location and penitent lore those seeking this blossom during the Penitent Hunt (From February 22 to April 2) using the hint relevant to this spiritual hunt's theme:

"In sorrow He's my comfort, in trouble He's my stay,
He tells me every care on Him to roll;
He's the LILY OF THE VALLEY, the Bright and Morning Star,
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul."
With this pure woodland blossom resides a rose-entwined, wooden music box featuring two songs from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Judge Claude Frollo's "Hellfire" versus Esmerelda's "God Help the Outcasts," two songs of penitence. Wander into the garden and try to unveil this dainty flower and box of rueful songs.


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