The Challenge is a monthly event organized by Bauwerk and L&K Prefabs where participating builders have to create an object to fit a randomly generated theme. The second round theme this month is California Bungalow - not the most exotic, but there are some nice items from the participants that should appeal to many (previews can be seen on the website).

The fashion here features a hunt gift from American Bazaar, an excellent free male shape found on MP, new release jeans from KlubWerK (check out the store for a whole bunch of group gifts) and more from Mens Dept. Also note that some of the furniture blogged below is from the Cookie Jar Spring Festival Hunt, which ends this weekend.

Blue Honey

• Sweater/Shirt: American Bazaar - Spring Shirt Combo XL blue (Spring Has Sprung Hunt #55 until Apr 20, MESH, includes female gift)
• Pants: KlubWerK - Cargo/ Trooper Used M (New Release, MESH)
• Skin: Sparkyle - Bryce Honey (99l at Structure Your Skin Project until Apr 30, includes two tones & shape)
• Shape: Markel Shapes - Kalimako (Free on Marketplace)
  
• Hair: Uw. St - Lenny Honey Beige (150L at Mens Dept until Apr 30)
• Pose: Embody - M Lean 1 (Not Free)

Male in Springtime

• Shirt: Sheep Door - Layered shirts male M Navy (100L at Mens Dept until Apr 30, MESH, includes female sizing & other color combinations available)
• Pants: KlubWerK - Cargo/ Trooper Stonewashed M (New Release, MESH)
• Shoes: Switch - Ryder Slip-On Blue (Not Free)
• Pose: Poise - Male Sit 3 (Not Free)

Decor

• Side Table/lamp & decor items: 22769/bauwerk - California Bungalow Night Stand plain (The Challenge "California Bungalow" Release, 65l, Mesh)
• Painting: Boathouse - Male in Springtime (1l, Cookie Jar Spring Festival Hunt until Apr 20, includes two paintings)
• Guitar: End of Daze - EoD Guitar (Not Free, MESH, included with certain furniture sets)

California Bungalow

• Build: L&K Prefabs - Blue Bungalow (The Challenge "California Bungalow" Release, Mesh)
• Light: floorplan - anchor marquee light (150L at Mens Dept until Apr 30, MESH)
• Welcome Mat/Potted Plants - Cleo Design - Doormat/Flower (included with the 'Veranda' for the Challenge "California Bungalow")
• Couch/Rug: Strawberry Box - Saffron Daybed (1l, Cookie Jar Spring Festival Hunt until Apr 20)
• Framed Prints: Zinnias - Cactus Blossom Prints (85l)
• Table/Stools/Lamp/Bowls etc - Cleo Design - Picnic Set (1l, Cookie Jar Spring Festival Hunt until Apr 20)
• Fireplace: Zinnias - Cute little Easter Chiminea (Free)
• Rug: Zinnias - Navaho Floor Mat (85l)
• Wall Art: Kusshon - Wall Rug (150L at Mens Dept until Apr 30, MESH)

Hints & Slurls for hunts mentioned in this post: Cookie Jar Spring Festival Hunt - Spring Has Sprung Hunt

A short post for you guys today with some gifts you can go grab. The cool T-shirt is from JLB and is a gift for Avenue Magazine Readers (copy this into your viewer to join: secondlife:///app/group/c3e0ee4b-7058-3c9b-bb98-f0f2043d71fe/about). The couch (which I previously blogged here) from End of Daze is now a gift down at the Energy Club, where you can find a ton of good gifts for men & women to mark the club's 3rd anniversary.

The skin here is a recent group gift from LaVie (unfortunately no longer available). However, LaVie has just announced a Sim-wide Easter egg hunt with gifts from the top designers present on their new  urban style shopping area. I haven't had time to do the hunt, but I'm told there are skin gifts for men & women, hair, N-Core shoes etc, although all the gifts may not be out yet. Nice to see LaVie back and bustling - see the pic below for the stores in this hunt.

Update: LaVie Sim is temporarily closed, while they set up the gifts. Sim now reopened.

Dream Boss

• Shirt: JLB Apparel - Pop Fashion T-Shirt Brown Man Up Medium (Avenue Magazine Group Gift, MESH)
• Pants: LV - Skinny Pants white/black M (Previously at Mens Dept, MESH)
  
• Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Gold Heart Key Short (Energy Club Anniversary Gift,  MESH, Unisex, includes multiple versions)
• Hat: Avoid - Snapback BOSS Black Leopard (150L at Mens Dept until Mar 31, MESH)
• Skin: LaVie - Massimo Goatie2 Pale (Previous Group Gift)
• Shape: Entropy - Kane Shape (100L at Mens Dept until Mar 31)
  
• Hair: Uw. St - Prince Black (150L at Mens Dept until Mar 31)
• Facial Hair: Nivaro - Tonespatch Dark (Moolto Hunt Gift until Mar 31, includes multiple beards) 
• Pose: Exposeur - Advent Gift 9 Mirror (Previous Gift, now available for purchase)

Decor

• Couch: End of Daze - Special Energy 3rd Anniversary (Energy Club Anniversary Gift,  MESH)
• Lamp: Trompe Loeil - Spotlight Lamp (25l per play at Arcade Gatcha Event until Mar 31)
• Clock: Floorplan - Driftwood clock gatcha sage RARE (25l in Gatcha)
• Wall Art: Urban Style - URBAN pict44 (15l)
  
• Table: Vespertine - Cubistic sidetable/dirty planks (90l at Mens Dept until Mar 31, MESH, includes multiple versions)
• Wooden Eggs: Apple Fall - Collector Eggs (The Nest's Easter Egg Hunt until Mar 30, MESH)
• Bunny Figures: Lame Furniture - Peter Rabbit Figurines (The Nest's Easter Egg Hunt until Mar 30, MESH)

Hints & Slurls for hunts mentioned in this post: Moolto Hunt - Nest's Easter Egg Hunt

The Lavender Hill Hunt from Monochrome Hunts ends tomorrow and like usual there is a great mix of fashion & decor items to be had (note gifts cost 5l). Check the hunt blog for previews of most of the items.

Some of my favorite furniture gifts include [Circa's] coffee table and pouf set. The coffee table comes in two versions and contains a fascinating miniature garden with butterflies. Breno's bunny chair will also make you smile and is perfect for the season. On the fashion side, Epicosity's Mesh suit is a must for men and Immerse has a lovely purple Mesh dress that pairs perfectly with the necklace gift from Sigma Jewels.

My female model here features a very nice combination of a Shape It Up! shape found at the Free*Style store for just 10l and a gift skin from Deesse's. The male is the same Kirk skin from Essences I blogged last time- it's so nice I haven't wanted to take it off- combined with Step Inside's shape from the SYSP anniversary hunt. Note that the SYSP anniversary hunt has lots of good gifts for women (one of the outfits is shown below). Stop by the Structure Your Skin project to get the store list and hint "book" for the hunt.

Lavender Dream

• Pose (right): Sup Poses - Bashful Me 4 (New Release, 40l for 4 poses) 

Decor

• Armchair: Senzafine - "Marguerite" Armchair Moonlit Lavender (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10)
• Framed Art: ionic - monochrome lavender hill hunt (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10, MESH)
• Light Fixture: Breno - Cloud Lamp v2.2 (149l, MESH)
• Coffee Table/Pouf: [CIRCA] - Shadow Box Table Violet Short/ Sit Pouffe Violet (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10, includes larger version of coffee table)
• Flowers/vase:  [CIRCA] - Calla Lillies Formal Vase Display Purple Silk 1 (Not Free)
• Mask: Epic - Showstopper Faded Bunneh Mask Mist (Group Gift, MESH. Attn: 350l Joiner Fee)
• Rug: MM Home - Punchy Rug (75L, Texture Change)
• Wall texture: Daisys Designs - Grunge Texture 6 (10l on MP, includes 40 textures)

Lavender Immersed

• Dress: Immerse - Immerse Cami Lavander M (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10, MESH)
• Necklace: SIGMA Jewels - Deco necklace purple chest (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10)
• Bracelet: Lillou's Designs - Cyclamen Bangles (Moolto Hunt Gift until MAr 31, includes complete outfit)
• Shoes (see top picture): Just Pale - Stardust Boots (Free, Store Opening gift includes complete outfit)
• Leggings: [bubble] - Purple Leggings (Previous Hunt Gift)
  
• Hair: elikatira - Sound Brown 08 (84l sale price for color pack, MESH)
  
• Lipstick/Eyeshadow: Adore & Abhor (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10)
• Skin: Deesse's Skins - Julie (Group Gift. Attn: 50l Joiner Fee)
  
• Shape: Shape It Up! - Ricci (10l at Free*Style store)
• Pose: Diva & Morphine Poses - Diva Store 3 (Free)

Decor

• Chair: Breno - Bunny Chair w anim (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10, MESH)
• Wall Art: Trompe L'oeil - Frame Square Art (Subscriber Gift, MESH, includes various images. Join the subscriber to get gift)
• Lighting Fixture: Mudhoney - Rope Lamp (35l in gacha)
• Masks: Epic - Showstopper Faded Bunneh Mask (Group Gift, MESH. Attn: 350l Joiner Fee)

Lavenderosity

• Blazer/shirt & Pants: Epicosity - Casual Blazer/Shirt M Lavender/Casual Chinos Lavender (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10, MESH)
• Shoes: Kapone - Chuck Leather (rotating Midnight Mania gift)
  
• Glasses: Glow Studio - I say NO glasses - spikes, silver (50l per play at Arcade Gatcha Event until Mar 31)
• Boutonierre: Jewelery by Zuri - NSP Deep Fushia Rose Boutonniere (New Release)
• Hair: Uw.st - Seth-Hair Black (150L at Mens Dept until Mar 31)
  
• Skin/facial hair: Essences - Kirk light rose/ Goatee 01 (New Release)
  
• Shape: Step Inside - Hugo shape (SYSP Anniversary Hunt Gift until Mar 31, includes female shape gift)
• Pose: Sup Poses - Man O War 4 (50l for 5 poses)
  

Decor

• Cans: Commoner - Brash Cans (50l per play at Arcade Gatcha Event until Mar 31)

Lavender Bunnehs

• Complete Outfit: Hollyhood - Black Sateen Body Suit/ Black Head Scarf  (SYSP Anniversary Hunt Gift until Mar 31, MESH)
• Boots: Glow Studio - TDR Fusion Must Have Special Boots Violet M (100l at TDR Fusion, MESH, includes five colors)
• Mask: Epic - Showstopper Faded Bunneh Mask Mist (Group Gift, MESH. Attn: 350l Joiner Fee)
• Pose: Ma Vie - January Free 5 (Previous Group Gift)

Decor

• Chair: Breno - Bunny Chair w anim (5l, Monochrome Hunt Gift until March 10, MESH)

Lavender Diva in Black

• Complete Outfit: 22769 - Slim Leather Pants Black M/ Body Scarf Black M (160l at the Gallery Gift Shop until Mar 15, MESH. Also available as separates...Pls try the demo)
• Boots: Duh! - Black Suede Ankle Boots (1l at Free*Style Store)
• Bracelet: Pure Poison - Wicki Spikes Bracelets (10L group price)
• Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Wild Honey Bee Purple (50l per play at Arcade Gatcha Event until Mar 31)
• Pose: Diva & Morphine Poses - Diva Store 4 (Free)

Decor

• Wall Art: Trompe L'oeil - Frame Square Art (Subscriber Gift, MESH, includes various images. Join the subscriber to get gift)

Build

• Abiss - Studio Apt (Not Free, MESH)

Hints & Slurls for hunts mentioned in this post: Lavender Hill Hunt - Moolto Hunt

Here are some pics mixing fashion and decor using a Baffle build as a backdrop (unfortunately the store is closed so the build is no longer available). The clothing includes hunt gifts, items from the latest Mens Dept round and a new release or two. Note that I think today may be the last day to get the Uw. St hair I've used for free. Join their group and check notices for the free gift.

Le petit reve

• Sweater/shirt: Havok - Pilot Cardigan Khaki R (150l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH)
• Pants: Credo - Chino Pants Khaki S (200l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH)
• Shoes: Adore & Abhor - Valence Suede Loafers FLF edition (Previous Sale Item)
• Pose: La Petite Morte - Clifford Pose 5 (Check with owner for availability)
  

Decor

• Table/Rug/Lamp/Mirror: Silent Woods - Berin Autumn Decor Set (Antique Grid Show Hunt #19 until Nov 30, also includes wall art)
  
• Chair: Bloodsmoore - Prince Armchair Williamsburg/Walnut (Antique Grid Show Hunt #15 until Nov 30, also includes wall art)
  
• Trunk: Lithium - Trunk Brown (150l)
  
• Pot: Before Sleep - Thankful Tree (Giving Thanks Hunt #22 until Nov 30)
• Violin: Baffle - Symphony (Not currently available)

Breathe

• Jacket/shirt/scarf: Shadow Moon - Mariner Jacket w/ Scorpion Shirt XS (Mr. Hunter #24 until Nov 30, MESH, also includes jeans & boots)
• Pants: Go - Mads pants S (149l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH)
• Skin: Filthy - Alex Pale Shaved (50l, August Group Gift, includes multiple tones & shape)
  
• Shape: Stakey - Fox Male Shape (75l at XY Room until Nov 30)
  
• Hair: Uw. St - Halloween Gift S Dark Brown (Group Gift, in Group Notices until Nov 13, gift includes 3 styles)
• Pose: Bent - James Dean 3 (100l for 6 pose set)

Decor

• Cabinet, Breathe Sign, Letters: Vespertine - Sorting Shelf Worn Wood (125l at Mens Dept until Nov 1, MESH)
• Mirrors: Floorplan - porthole mirror silver (125l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH)

The Peacock

• Jacket/shirt: 22769 - Dandy Jacket Peacock XS (Not Free, MESH, includes multiple shirt options)
• Pants: CheerNo - CowboyStar Zebra/Yellow/Black S (155l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH)
• Glasses: Balaclava - Kip Glasses black (75l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH, includes multiple versions. Different color available as subscriber gift.)
• Pipe: SLTA - Smoking Pipe Multi Camo (Mr. Hunter #20 until Nov 30, includes complete outfit)
• Pose: Nani - Bare 4 (5l for 6 poses)
  

 Decor

• Chair: Sabotian - Lempicka Chair dark red (Not free)
  
• Coffee Table: Sabotian - Lempicka couch table big (Previous Hunt Gift)
• Ashtray: Kusshon - Ashtray brown alu with cig (included with various furniture sets)

Kitchenalia

• Sweater: Fashion Emergency - Luxury Cardigan (Not Free, MESH)
• Shirt: Cracked Mirror - Messy Shirt white w/ red tie XSmall (150l, MESH, includes multiple tie options)
  
• Pants: Sleepy Eddy - Corduroy Bush Pants Off White M.male (150l at Mens Dept until Dec 1, MESH, includes female sizing)
• Shoes: Duh - White Canvas Slip Ons (Lucky Board gift)
• Pose: Stakey - Handmade 02 (Mr. Hunter #6 until Nov 30, includes 12 poses)
  

 Decor

• Cabinet (Center): %Percent - 1930's Vintage Enamel Cabinet (Not Free)
• Cabinet w/decor (Right): %Percent - %1930'sVintage Thin Enamel Cabinet (Not Free)
• Cart & Bread: Nadeau Shoppe - Baker's Cart (Antique Grid Show Hunt #1 until Nov 30, also includes various decor items)
  
• Range: Hiruneya - Gasdai kitchen stove (5l)
• Coffee Pot: Teawood - Black magic coffee pot (Not Free)
• Coffee Cup: Kusshon - K Coffee Mug (included with various furniture sets)
  
• Poster: Tatty Soup - Vintage Frame Bertozzi (30l)

Midnight Blue

• Jacket: Shiki - Coat Midnight Blue (Mr. Hunter #11 until Nov 30)
• Pants: Ashmoot - Bond Tie Trousers S (Shaken Not Stirred Hunt #61 until Nov 30, includes complete outfit & female gift, MESH) 
• Scarf: Ronsem - Neck Warmer (Group Gift)
• Shoes: Tyler Park - Broadways Cheetah Edition  (Previous Sale Item, Availability Unknown)
  

Decor

• Couch: Tatty Soup - Rene 2 Seater (20l)
  
• Table & Vase: Post - Haarlem Deco Occasional Table & Lilies (Not Free)
  
• Lamp: Glimmer Moon - Autumn Globe Lamp (Antique Grid Show Hunt #22 until Nov 30)
  
• Rug: NTG Design - Rug (25l, Texture Change)

A Table

• Pose: Nani - Bare 6 (5l for 6 poses)

 Decor

• Table: Zigana - Tiled table (Group Gift)
  
• Chairs: Kowloon - kowloon chair3 (20l)
  
• Lamps: Zigana - Hanging Oil Lamp Light (75l)
  
• Chest: Kowloon - kowloon chinese chest (30l)
  
• Telephone Stand: Post - Latour Antique Telephone Stand (Free)
  
• Telephone: LISP Bazaar - Ctrl-Alt-Del Phone (10l) 
• Rug: NTGDesign - Rug (25l, Texture Change)
• Picture: Tatty Soup - Vintage Frame Cachou (30l)
  
• Vase (Roses): Clutter - Vintage Roses (No longer available)
  
• Vase (Bouquet): Designer Prims - Tuscany Vase of Daisies (Free, texture change)
  
• Candles: Noctis - Medieval Candlestick (Previous Hunt Gift)
• Place Settings, Wine: Spargel & Shine - Place Setting Gold Trim Doily, Decanter Red Wine (Antique Grid Show Hunt #2 until Nov 30, includes complete Thanksgiving Dinner Set)
  
• Soup, Bread, Water Pitcher: MaMia Antiques - Veloute de butternut fruite et epice/ corbeille a pain / water pitcher (Antique Grid Show Hunt #3 until Nov 30, includes complete Dining Room Set & place settings & decor)
  
• Seltzer Bottle: %Percent - %SeltzerBottle (Not Free)
  
• Champagne Bottle: Noctis - le pact champers bottle (Previous Hunt Gift)
  

 Build

• Skybox: Baffle - Le Petit Reve (Not currently available)

Hints & Slurls for hunts mentioned in this post: Antique Grid Show - Giving Thanks Hunt - Mr. Hunter - Shaken Not Stirred Hunt