  Suddenly one day there was snow everywhere! Okay, not everywhere.. but in a section of newly opened sims. I don't read the forums too often, so if it was announced anywhere I had no clue. The only reason I even knew it had happened was I went to the website for something, and saw a picture advertising that it had opened... dated that day.
Fun! Like many others, I rushed to the south east to see what it was all about. What the Lindens have added is definitely very cool, no pun intended. And it's very refreshing in the heat of July to escape to the "snowy" hills in SL! Inspired by this wintery landscape, I decided it was time to try my hand at designing, so I dug out the templates and made a line of winter wear. It didn't take too long to create, but it did take a while... but the longest part was getting the pictures and getting it all boxed and into a vendor.
Really late Monday night (or rather, 3am Tuesday morning) I had the first wave ready to go. I set it up, put up an event for the next day and off I went. The following day I logged in long after the event because it was a no-host deal, and was shocked when I saw my in-world money balance. I couldn't believe how well it did!! And people kept visiting all day long, even after the event was over.
Spurred on by the success, I quickly went off to do a few more designs and make a line of menswear, then got those up that night. Now I have my property listed as a shop in the "Find" listings, and I have a booth at a popular mall. It's so much fun! I have to quote my favorite comment so far about it... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Your stuff is pimpin'! " :) 
