Yuletide Treats from Herb & Fable

In the spirit of the season and upcoming festivities of Yule and Christmas, Herb & Fable have released some ingredients and produce.

Mulled Wine

This spicy drink is made in the Saucepan and doesn’t even need stirring!

[11:18] HnF_saucepan:
HnF_mulled_wine requires the following ingredients:
HnF_red_wine: 5
HnF_star_anise: 2
HnF_cinnamon: 1
HnF_orange_slices: 1
HnF_cloves: 4
HnF_lemon_zest: 1
HnF_sugar: 1
It will take 15.0 minutes to make

You first need to slice your Oranges however:

[12:23] HnF_simple_chopping_board:
HnF_orange_slices requires the following ingredients:
HnF_oranges: 1
It will take 2.50 minutes to make

Yule Clove Orange

This is made using the Crafting Table and is, I think, quite charming when completed.

[11:18] HnF_craft_table:
HnF_yule_clove_orange requires the following ingredients:
HnF_oranges: 1
HnF_ribbon_red: 1
HnF_cloves: 40
It will take 10.0 minutes to make

Orange String Decor

Also made using the Craft Table is this seasonal decor.

[11:19] HnF_craft_table:
HnF_orange_deco_string requires the following ingredients:
HnF_oranges_dried: 7
HnF_string: 1
It will take 10.0 minutes to make

Which requires some more slicing and then drying the slices in the oven:

[11:31] HnF_primitive_oven:
HnF_oranges_dried requires the following ingredients:
HnF_orange_slices: 7
It will take 120. minutes to make

These tasks all take very little time to complete, except for the drying of the Orange slices, which takes a couple of hours in the oven.

All the ingredients are now in the Herb & Fable store.

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Hucks Office Christmas Party 2025

At the weekend I attended my first virtual Office Christmas Party, hosted by Huckleberry Hax.

Forced Festive Fun season is upon us, and what better way can there be to celebrate than the annual office drunken bash with the very people you can’t wait to get away from over the holidays. That’s right, my friends, it’s time for Huck’s office Christmas party 2025

I don’t think I really need to say more, the Flickr album says enough:

Hax Christmas party_001

Credits:

My outfit is available at the Enchanted Realms: Jingle Bell Bazaar, which runs until 3rd of January.

  • Nala Design – Naya Xmas Outfit – Event Booth

Encahnted Realms Arrival point: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VennaCity/140/13/2001

Enchanted Realms – Jingle Bell Bazaar

The Christmas round of Enchanted Realms is now Open and runs until 3rd of January. Why not come and wander around the frozen lake as you browse the many merchants festive wares?

Credits:

  • Outfit: Nala Design – Mafalda Gown Outfit 4 – Event Booth

Encahnted Realms Arrival point: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VennaCity/140/13/2001

Enchanted Realms is being hosted on the City of Venna Roleplay sim, you can read about it on their website : https://cityofvenna2025.wixsite.com/city-of-venna

Santa’s Saucy Servants?

We’re all familiar with “Santa’s Little helpers”, a group of elves or the like that help Santa get ready for his busy night’s trip around the world delivering presents.

But what about when he gets back, who’s waiting for him? What if it happens to be these ladies? Santa’s Saucy Servants maybe.

I’ll leave that up to your imaginations. If you fancy having a cozy little shack to hang out with your Mr or Mrs Claus, head over to the Christmas Expo!

Credits:

  • Santa Shack: LouChara Cozy Christmas Shack – Event Booth
  • Red Dresses: Via Fulo Natalie Dress – Event Booth

Event Links:

Comfy Christmas Couch from the Christmas Expo

You know what it’s like, it’s mid afternoon, you’ve had your Christmas dinner and you just want a nap or at least to stretch out on a comfy couch. You can pick up this one at the Christmas Expo. It has a number of colours and cushion patterns, with matching rugs, plus a couple of tables and paintings.

Credits:

  • Couch:LE ~ PG Sofa Set Vintage ChristmasEvent Booth
  • Curtains: Ever Green – Tidings Gathered Curtains – Event Booth
  • Dress: Ruxy-Joy – Event Booth
  • Chest Tattoo: Stigmatem String Ornaments Green/Silver – Event Booth

Event Links:

Christmas Expo 2025 is Open!

The Christmas Expo 2025 is now open for your shivery enjoyment. The Expo is an American Cancer Society event whose aim is to bring the Gift of Hope to childre with Cancer, it will run until 7th of December.

I found this sexy skating outfit, but it’s a little chilly in the snow if you’re not whizzing about the shops to keep warm, so I came into one of the many little hot drinks places dotted throughout the Expo to keep warm.

Credits:

  • Outfit:hizNherz Crimson Nova Skate Outfit – Event Booth
  • Nail appliers: .::LUNA::. Vintage Decorations Nails – Expo Booth
  • Eyeshadow: ALASKAMETRO<3 “Prosecco” eyeshadow 04 FIT X – Event Booth
  • Chest Tattoo: Stigmatem String Ornaments Red/Silver – Event Booth
  • Leg Tattoos: Stigmatem Snowy L/R Leg BOM Tattoo – Event Booth

Non Event Items:

  • Hair: Raven Bell – Azren
  • Lipstick: Malificent Lips from TREND

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Herb & Fable: Poppies and Marigolds

Julula has been very busy lately before and since the Samhain Ritual, so I have plenty to show you.

We have a couple of new plants we can grow and from those some crafting of accessories and produce.

  • New plants: Poppies and Marigolds
  • New Processor: Knife & Chopping board
  • New items & produce: Copper wire, Poppy pin, Poppy hair accessory, Marigold tea and Marigold cleanser (as in one you drink to cleanse your system)

Marigold beds let you grow multiple items, leaves, flowers and roots to create different things, the Poppy bed lets you grow flowers and seed heads.

Image from Gyazo

First the Poppies, you can use the Crafting table to make the hairpiece and the broach pin with some copper wire.

Unlike other plants, when you take the Poppy flowers into your Pouch, the flowers don’t get the red hovertext for composting, they’re too pretty to throw away. They make nice decor instead, like those behind me in the header image.

Note: you get 3 copper wire in a pack and a broach or pin requires 1 each. Grown poppies give you 6 flowers, so you’ll need extra wire to make the most of your Poppy leaves.

Since the Marigold beds let you grow more things, you can do more with them. To make the tea you use the leaves and the flowers in your Teapot, along with some honey.

Image from Gyazo

Making the Cleanser is done by using the new Chopping board & Knife to cut it up, then heat it in the Saucepan with some water.

Note: You get 5 Marigold seeds in a packet, but each product requires 2, so you’ll need 2 packets to make everything described.

Last but not least there’s the Recycling Unit, I’d accumulated an awful lot of “waste” items waiting for this release, when it came to rezzing them out, I realised I actually had more than I thought!

Image from Gyazo

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Herb & Fable: The Samhain Ritual from Jinx

Just in time for All Hallows Eve Jinx has released a Samhain personal Ritual. There is also of course a Herb & Fable version free when you buy the Ritual pack.

This time of year the Veil between the world of the living and the dead becomes thinner, at its thinnest on Halloween. Remember and cherish the memories of loved ones now passed in this powerful ritual.

The HUD guides you through the steps of the ritual with text and audio narration, animating your avatar throughout.

Inviting friendly spirits to visit our sacred space.

Toasting the Dead

Please do read the Trigger Warning at the beginning of the instruction notecard. If you are still grieving for someone recently passed, this ritual could bring to the surface overwhelming emotions.

If you would like to participate in a group Samhain Ritual, Julula ( the owner of Jinx and creator of Herb & Fable) will be holding one on 1st November at 1pm SLT on the Centauria region.

The Samhain Ritual is now available store linked below.

Note on the Herb & Fable version: To perform the ritual requires you to have a carved Jack O Lantern from the Pumpkin Pack I featured previously.

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Enchanted Realms – Ghostly Gala

There’s a week left of the Enchanted Realms “Ghostly Gala”. If you’re still in the spooky mood leading up to Halloween and still haven’t found that perfect outfit for next weekend, you should go check it out. Here’s one of the outfits available there from Nala Designs and some of the poses from Lush Poses.

Credits:

Encahnted Realms Arrival point: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VennaCity/140/13/2001

Enchanted Realms is being hosted on the City of Venna Roleplay sim, you can read about it on their website : https://cityofvenna2025.wixsite.com/city-of-venna

Herb & Fable: More Pumpkin stuff!

In the time it took between me buying the Pumpkin Pack and publishing my last blog post that featured it,a couple of extra activities have been added.

Pumpkin Flower Tea

I mentioned in my last post that the pumpkin growing beds also let you grow pumpkin flowers, now you can make those into tea using the rustic teapot.

When you grow pumpkin flowers and take them into your Pouch, you’ll receive three portions:
HnF_pumpkin_flower: Ava Bloodrose you received 3 of item: HnF_pumpkin_flower

The recipe for Pumpkin Flower Tea is as follows;

HnF_rustic_teapot:
HnF_pumpkin_flower_tea requires the following ingredients:
HnF_hot_water: 1
HnF_pumpkin_flower: 1
HnF_honey: 1
It will take 5.00 minutes to make

Jack O Lantern

It wouldn’t be Spooky Season without Pumpkin carving, would it? So now you can make your own Herb & Fable Jack O Lantern.

HnF_craft_table:
HnF_jack-o-lantern requires the following ingredients:
HnF_pumpkin: 1
It will take 30.0 minutes to make

Obviously you need a knife and a table on which to carve your pumpkin. The Crafting Table is free as part of the Lavendell Quest and the Knife comes with the First Wand pack from the store.

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