Twins

(Photographer: Miss Matilda)

You know when you find a friend you can talk to that does not judge? You can be yourself in a way that is really special. Sometimes you go shopping or to a party, or you might do some sim snooping together. But a lot of the times you both just work on your own stuff, and let the other work on theirs, and you share that time. Well this lady is like that to me. My Best Puss, Miss Matilda. We wanted to do a twin post. As you can see we do not need to look like clones to feel connected. I can not think of a better way to explain it. I just love her. This is her post: Girls Around Town.

Details:

Miss Matilda:

Her Blog

Pants: Izzie's: Twinnie Jeggings Appliers
Shoes: Tetra: Double Wrap Bootie, Pebble, FLF
Jacket: Tetra: Leather Jacket with Hoodie, Pebble, FLF
Skin: Glam Affair: Cute Zoella Applier, Catwa, Jamaica, FLF
Jewelry: Amala: The Scarlet Necklace, FLF
Skin: Glam Affair: Cute Zoella Applier, Catwa, Jamaica, FLF
Hair: Magika: Amuse Me 01
Eyes: Song: Mao Eyes, Hazel
Makeup: Naughty Princess Smokey Eyeshadow Hud for Catwa, Izzie's Catwa Dark Lip Tint, Kaunis Aino Shape for Catwa Bento Heads and as Always, All the Ugly and Beautiful Neko'Neko Bento Fluffy Tail and Ears

Pieni:

Nails: Alaskametro: Pastel Hearts, Free Dove hunt #7
Hair: Mello: Touch Of Magic Updo 08, Enchantment
Necklace: Velvet Whip: Coquette, Colors, 30L7
Pants: Izzie's: Twinnie Jeggings Appliers
Shoes: Tetra: Double Wrap Bootie, Pebble, FLF
Jacket: Tetra: Leather Jacket with Hoodie, Pebble, FLF
Skin: Glam Affair: Cute Zoella Applier, Catwa, Jamaica, FLF
Eyes: Song: Aimi, Pale Blue Eyes, Kawaii Project
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Kitty:

Avatar: Tiny Inc: Dinkie Black Cat avatar
Outfit: Kamasa: Dinkie Shabby Chic Collection, Roses on Sky 1

Fox:

Body: Tiny Inc: Dinkie Black Cat avatar
Head: CABS: Tiny Black Fox avatar
Outfit: Designs by Isaura: Dinkies Noblewoman
Mask: Luas: Anya Mask
Hair: Amacci: Desire, Black

Brr It's Cold

I saw Butter post this awesome picture of herself wearing one of the versions of the new Peeps knit outfits, on Facebook. I got her permission to post it here, thanks so much, Butter!

Both our avatars are modified versions of dinkies by Tiny Inc. The heads are from tiny avatars by CABS. I wrote a guide to becoming a tiny or a dinkie recently. Dinkies are mesh and use mainly rigged mesh outfits, so the fashion is avatar specific. Original dinkies come as cats or bunnies, and the Peeps outfits will work on both of those.

These outfits are so great!
Here is a regular dinkie cat wearing each piece with different colors, so you can see how much variety just one outfit has. But you can of course mix and match between sets too. (Have plain boots with ribbed sweater for example)

Pose: Black Cats: Balance 3, Pose Lovers & Friends Event

Peeps Dinkies Brr It's Cold Knit Outfits:

An outfit comes with boots, pants, sweater and hat (with or without a pompom).
There is a hud for each clothing piece with different color options:
- Three pant options
- Eight sweater options
- Eight boot options
- Eight hat options

There are several sets to choose from: Plain, Striped, Rib, Mixed, Argyle

I hear Jennylynn is going to be doing more outfits like these, which I am very happy about!

Petite Village

Details:

Outfit: Dinkie Boutique: Dinkies roll neck sweater and pants, blush (thanks Lycia!)
Shoes: Dinkie Boutique: Dinkies knit booties, pink
Hat: Dinkie Boutique: Hipster beanie, pink
Avatar: Tiny Inc: Dinkies black kitty mesh avatar v1.2

Pose: Rust Republic: Static poses, 1, 2n Level gift

Location: Petite Village, where Dinkie Boutique is located, is a really beautiful place for dinkie fashion shopping and hanging out. Remember to check out all the buildings, and the upstairs, because there are several departments already. The picturesque village has a cafe down the hill and a lovely spot for relaxing by the water. (Can you spot the cat? She was not super keen on posing with me, lol).

Windlight: TOR, Midday, Cheery cyan

How to become a tiny or a dinkie?

How to become a tiny or a dinkie?
Since I am posting a lot of pictures from tiny/dinkie events and some of their fashions, I thought I would get back to the basics and show you how one usually starts off.

The classic experience for a tiny is walking into the Wynx store and beholding the big wall of tinies. It is almost a sacred feeling to be picking your new you. But of course one can pick as many looks as one likes. The avatar comes with a basic Tinymatic ao, but you can buy a special 2,5 version with more features.

I really like CABS too for tinies. There is a lot of character in these avatars.

Dinkies are becoming more and more popular. Currently the originals are cats or bunnies. You can replace the head and tail, though. If you look in the picture above, you can see there is a fox in the vendor on blue background. That is the mod kit Tiny Inc has to help you make your own dinkie look. You could get a tiny avatar and use the head with the dinkie body, use a tail from a furry avatar maybe. There are endless possibilities.

Suzume Zuki has some mod looks for sale, too.

The most important thing to remember is that tinies use special poses and animations. They are made by folding up a regular avatar. So for example in a regular chair they look stretched and a regular avatar looks folded in a tiny chair. This is due to how tinies were made when it all started. Now we have more choices in how to do avatars. Older tinies are made of prims and sculpties, but CABS now does mesh ones, too.

Dinkies can use regular poses and are all mesh. They just might be at the wrong hover height because of avatar sizing. You should always try poses and animations, and anything using them, before you buy. Or use the adjust options that many products these days have. Dinkie designers of course make their items to work with dinkies in mind.

A lot of the times people want to decorate both for regular and for small avatars. There are ways to get around the pose and animation difference. You can get a Wynxlock for your tiny avatar. It keeps your tiny from stretching when using regular items. And many designers now take this issue into account and either sell separate tiny and dinkie versions of their items, or combine both in the same menu. Just make sure to pick the right set.

Get the Wynxlock  for free at the Raglan Shire welcome center, or ask someone for it, tinies are usually very happy to help. The welcome center has other useful and fun freebies, too, such as the low lag tinymatic ao, safety pin fp for clothing creators and a lot of gestures popular in the tiny community. Plus a ton of information. And the library is upstairs.

To buy animations and poses for tinies, some really nice dances for example, I recommend Abranimations. Many like the small avatar aos at Kuso (pictured) for dinkies, just try demos first. Kami-hitoe has many different ao's and animation sets, too. These are just to name a few places.

Clothing is avatar specific and you need to pick things that work with your avatar's body. Many people use the same avatar head with tiny and dinkie bodies, though, to get to use both types of items. Tinies look cute and round. Dinkies are a bit skinnier, with an adorable round belly. You can get fullperm dinkie fashion kits at Tiny Inc if you are a creator. Tiny clothes can be built with prims, sculpties and mesh. I recommend rezzing the tiny avatar pieces and using them to size your project.

I will blog more about the different tiny sims, my favorite fashions, decor, vehicles, buildings, tools etc later. But you should probably join Friends of Raglan Shire and Smalltalk groups to keep up to date with the tiny world. And if you like games, you can meet up with tinies, dinkies, hatchies and a lot of other types of avatars at the Isle of Wyrms game area.

Darling Xmas Princess

Lycia Quintessa has amazing new stuff for dinkies again at Petite Village. I loved her designs soon as I first saw them, and was so happy to hear there is more.

Details:

Dress & bow: Dinkie Boutique: Xmas Dress (Thanks Lycia)
Hair: Designs by Isaura: Dinkies Galactic Princess Black
Shoes from the Peeps Dinkies Country Darling outfit
Necklace: Cae: Promise
Avatar body: Tiny Inc: Dinkies black kitty
Head: CABS: Tiny Fox Head Mesh, black
(I use this Sinful Needs tail, which does not show in the picture)

Location: The Outer Garden
Windlight: region