Boglily: First HoF house on Stormhold

  Boglily of Homes and Tomes on Antonia Bayle, and Better Homes and Dungeons on Stormhold, is the first person to enter the Hall of Fame on Stormhold. Not only is she the first, but that means she discovered the Hall of Fame trophy on Stormhold!

  Congratulations Boglily, on a wonderful job with your Hopsalong Cottage!

  This is the video Niboota did:

  A link to Boglily's consolidated homes thread can be found here. And if you'd prefer to be taken directly to the post about her home, you can go here.

Sacred Spaces Video Tours Update!

  The Sacred Spaces Video Tours thread has been updated with the three most recent videos.

  I highly recommend stopping by the various homes in person. The videos don't do them justice at all, and stopping by means that you'll be able to show your appreciation via the leaderboards.

  As I am on vacation, I will be unable to do video tours of the remainder of the contestant entries until I am back home. Don't worry, they'll be done, it'll just take a bit longer.

  I wish the best of luck to all the contestants,

~ Jazabelle

Sacred Spaces: Reminder

  Ladies and gentlemen, there are only a little under 30 hours left to publish your Sacred Space!

August 9, 11:59 PM PST: Homes must be completed with all requirements met, and posted on the Leaderboards with "SS2015" somewhere in the name.

August 10, 12:00 AM PST: Judging begins.

August 16, 11:59 PM PST: Judging ends.

August 17, sometime during the morning or afternoon PST: Winners announced

August 24, 11:59 PM PST: All prizes to winners should be sent out. If prizes have not been sent out for some reason, winners will be emailed with an explanation and update.

  Please keep in mind that participation prizes are granted after confirmation that your home is published, so it may take a bit longer for them to go out, especially if you haven't yet published your home.

  We look forward to seeing everyone's work over the next eight days as we work hard to judge your entries.

  Remember that the winners are not the "best" homes, just the ones that our judges liked the best--and there's no guarantee that all of the judges agreed, either.

  We wish everyone the best of luck with the judging.

~ Jazabelle

New Commission Request!!

Hellos again! We gots another commission rounding out the month!  This time it's a bit on the smaller scale, and nature-y to boot! Auna is looking for someone to help her turn her Glacial Villa into something any worshiper of Tunare would love to own! If you're interested, please go to http://bit.ly/hat-commissions and check out the bottom of the second page! Also note that we still have some other requests open as well!

If you are interested in taking on a commission, please CONTACT MEEBA about the commissions, NOT the homeowner. This is to ensure that multiple people don't contact the homeowner, AND to allow me to keep track of which commissions are still open.

Once I has informed you that you are the decorator on a commission project, THEN feel free to contact the homeowner. Remember, just because you have talked to the client and toured the home DOES NOT mean that you are obligated to take on the request! If you feel this is not a match for you then go ahead and decline, just make sure to let me know that the job is still open and also let the client know that Meeba will still be looking for someone to match them with.  Also, if I seems to be MIA from Norrath for a bits (and I can be as the demon called Real Life has me by the tail at the moment!!!) feel free to attach a note to the Jazabelle or another HaT officer and throw thems at me.  Or you can just contact me via the website or the Facebooks. :P

As always, we appreciates your time and creative energies and I looks forward to what you makes!

Cheers and Cheeses!!!

~ Meeba

Sacred Spaces video tours!

The most recent Sacred Spaces contest entry tours are up and available for your viewing pleasure!

The thread on the Homeshow forums is here.

If you'd like to watch the videos all together in a playlist, check out my (Jazabelle's) Sacred Spaces playlist here.

Jazabelle is AFK 7/31 - 8/10

  Jazabelle will be away from the keyboard from July 31st to August 10th.

  While I will have some internet access, it won't be regular, and most of will probably be through my phone. Please don't burn down the guild hall while I'm gone!

  If you need to reach me, ping me on Facebook (not a good way, I check it maybe once every few days when not at the computer), send me an email (jazabelle dot wraeth at gmail dot com), prod me via Hangouts (same info as email), or wait until I get back! Please try to keep the prodding to true emergencies.

  Happy decorating!

Jazabelle

John Smedley steps down

John Smedley is stepping down from Daybreak. Read more here.

Important Sacred Spaces Update

  Due to the recent days when Everquest II was unplayable, and to the schedules of several judges, the Sacred Spaces competition dates have been changed. We are extending the competition by several weeks. If you have already posted your Sacred Space on the leaderboards, you are welcome to remove it and make any changes you deem appropriate. Do not forget to republish! All homes must be published in order to be considered for judging.

• New end date for decorating: August 9th, 11:59 PM PST
• New start date for judging: August 10th, 12:00 AM PST
• New end date for judging: August 16th, 11:59 PM PST

All prizes should (barring real life conflicts) be sent out by August 24th. We will update the contestants if something happens to prevent their items from being presented by that date.

Happy decorating!

The Norrathian Punkocalypse Challenge

  Niboota Bloodyeyes (the woman behind the Evertour Entries) is hosting a decorating contest! Imagine a Norrath in which the gnomes and their technology have overrun Norrath... and then it all goes KABLOOEY! It's called the Norrathian Punkocalypse Challenge, and you can read more about it here.

  I highly encourage people to sign up. It looks like a lot of fun. (Plus the more people who sign up, the more neat houses we get to see!)

  Important dates:

• Started on: July 7th at 12 AM CST
• Runs until: September 7th at 11:59 PM CST (Please note that there is no deadline for entering the contest. You can enter your home on September 7th at 11:59 PM CST exactly, and still participate! Just make sure your home is done by then.)
• Appraisals (her term for the judging): However long it takes! No firm dates, since the appraisers have "real life."

Winners get:

The Grand Challengee

• Any giftable Daybreak Store items up to 2000DC.
• Your very own category on The Evertour Entries, and a video for every house you ever design from your winning moment on, as soon as it's complete.

The Efficiency Flanker

• One giftable Daybreak Store item up to 500DC.

The Presentation Princess or Prince

• One giftable Daybreak Store item up to 500DC.

The Feel Good Furnisher

• One giftable Daybreak Store item up to 500DC.

So what are you waiting for? Go go go!

Opening Commission Services to Antonia Bayle

  Good news! Homes and Tomes' very own Meeba has decided that it's time to open our commissions up to all of the Antonia Bayle decorators!

  Homes and Tomes is constantly receiving commission requests (you must be a member of our webpage to see the form, sadly). Unfortunately, we do not have enough decorators to cover them all, and commissions sometimes sit there waiting for months before one of our members has time.

  Because we've found our commission process to be easy on both the decorator and the homeowner, we're offering our service to the decorators of Antonia Bayle. (This service will remain for Antonia Bayle for the foreseeable future. Sorry, other servers, but Antonia Bayle is where Homes and Tomes is located.)

  The process is simple: You will submit your name and email address via email to homesandtomes at gmail dot com. Your name will be added to our commissions mailing list, and when we receive a new commission request, we will send out an email informing you of that fact. It will be your responsibility to check the Open Commissions for H&T! thread for commission details.

  Do not contact the homeowner directly! Meeba will coordinate with the homeowner. This way, we know which commissions are taken, and which are still available.

  We are happy to provide this service to you, free of charge. We're simply overwhelmed by the sheer number of commission requests we receive, and would like to ensure that people wanting gorgeous homes can have them built in a timely manner. Any platinum or Daybreak Cash items or codes you receive in the course of a commission taken through Homes and Tomes is entirely yours.

  With that said, we will not turn down donations. Platinum on our guild hall door (Homes and Tomes, Commonlands, High Keep T3) helps us to keep our crafting circle open to the public. If you prefer a real world donation, help us keep our website running! Simply go to http://homesandtomes.com/ and scroll down on the lefthand side. There you will see two links, to donate towards the Enjin upkeep and the domain name fee.