Good morning, everyone. :)

I am here to announce that we've a wonderful tutorial on board (literally) courtesy of our artistically-gifted Mister Xylax!



He's created a post for everyone on Alacrity in how to better fit the style of the site, as well as imparting his own secret knowledge of the arts for everyone's benefit as well.

Be sure to drop by and thank him for all of his efforts, and his care for this site by far.

You can find the thread here in the admin updates, and we've stickied one for you in the art forum under "Graphic display" in case you ever need to find it on hand quickly. :)

Happy drawing to all!

Happy August, everyone!

I hope you've all had a chance to peruse the monthly shop and admire the beautiful Norse themed items! Please also note that the donation page has also been updated to reflect your two new donation items. The donation items this month do stack, so if you donate to receive the Lightning Bolt, you will also receive a Skoll and Hati!


Skoll and Hati is available with $40 or more. These beautiful beasts will chase the sun and the moon across the sky of your pup's scene and grant +6 energy while doing it!


The Lightning Bolt is this month's bundle item and is available for donations of $65 or more! When thrown, this item will give you one copy of everything this month's theme is offering!


Now, let's see which artists we can thank for our favorite items this month :>
Xylax:
Valhalla Background
Yggdrasil Background
Niflheim Background
Hel Background
Nidhogg
Yggdrasil Sprout
Niflheim Ice
Niflheim Icicles
Hel Rocks
Glacier Background (cash boutique)
Lion (cash boutique)
Lioness (cash boutique)


Nyctra:
Huminn & Muninn
Sleipnir
Mjolnir
Thor's Lightning
Bengal Tiger Dye (main shops)
Thor's Helmet
Loki's Helmet

Cord:
VIking Helmet
Viking Spear
Viking Shield
Jormungandr
Viking Cloak

Carni:
Fenrir
Geri
Freki
Ratatoskr

Geist:
Monthly Banner

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Good evening, lovelies!

As most of you may know, July is drawing to a close. This means that you all have scant hours to pick up your July monthly items, as well make last minute donations to get the wonderful July prizes; Thylacine and Australian Boomerang. The donation prizes will be changed out at some point in the early morning hours of August first. All of the monthly items will be swapped at some point tomorrow, so please make sure to get your purchases in! After they are swapped, you will have to wait until our summer sale in 2013 to get any monthly items you missed out on!

Also, please don’t neglect to notice that The Riddler has updated his question. He was a day late and we apologize for the confusion! The Riddler is getting up there in age and he sometimes forgets to remind us when a new riddle is due XD

You can all expect another update tomorrow about the new monthly items. The staff are all SO excited for August’s theme and I hope you will be, too! I hate to keep you all waiting in suspense, but I promise that it will be well worth the wait :>

Until then, sweet dreams and happy playing!
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P.S., the first person who can post a comment to this news post about what this news title is from and why it is important today will win a Magical Rubber Ball!
Tigress (#14135) is the first person to answer both parts of the question correctly! They win a Magical Rubber Ball!

In case anyone was wondering, today is Harry Potter's birthday, and it was part of the prophecy by Professor Trelawney that a child of parents who had thrice thwarted The Dark Lord would be born "as the seventh month dies". Neville Longbottom, the other potential child of said prophecy, celebrated his birthday yesterday. An interesting tidbit: Harry Potter turned 32 today :>