Hello!
It's rare item Monday, and today's expensive rare is...

Yeah. Whatever this is. It's a lasso. Don't the little white parts look a tad bit  strange to you? ;3;

There is also a new blog layout, just in case you're interested. I don't even know what to talk about today. Oh yeah. Snobs.

I will edit this post when I have time, I'M SUPER TIRED! :((

The art studio is forgotten :(

Hello!
I LOVE TODAY'S ITEM. ENOUGH SAID. JUST LOOK AT IT. LOOK.

Isn't it beautiful? So seasonal, and non-member!
Yay!
Speaking of non-members, I'm starting a new blog to stand up for them and hopefully to combat unfairness. Learn more here. It's not just Animal Jam non-members, it's non-members on other sites that I play (or played) too- from Fantage to Club Penguin.
In other news, the art studio is forgotten! Every time I visit it's empty :(

Maybe sometimes except for a person or two, but otherwise- zip. Nobody.
But why? It's an amazing room!

Did you know that the painting function was not always there? There was only the 'colouring' activity.
The art studio is fun and a great spot for hanging out.
You can paint anything, and even send it to AJHQ for a chance to win an Artist Plaque!

Lol bad drawing.

You can colour pottery if you don't want to draw...

You can even print it out!

You can take AJ fun with you anywhere by printing one of those, like this adventure-themed picture!

All in all. I love the art studio. It's awesome ;u;

Bye bye!

-CleverQueen

Crazy People

Hello!
Happy November!
Wow, it feels like January yesterday >.<
Summer doesn't feel distant, yet winter is coming so much closer now...
To celebrate this wonderful month, purchase a topaz birthstone in Epic Wonders... if you're a member, and have 1,500 gems. Which I don't. (I spent all my gems working on my Haunted House, which still isn't finished)

In other news, Hallowe'en will probably come to a close on Thursday, so purchase all your favourite spooky items before they go. Don't leave it until the last minute, because you're going to forget. I just KNOW you will. 

Anyway, in other news, I have been sent Jam-a-grams by some insane person :3

 Honestly, I don't understand people these days. I only have one spike, and I traded for it.

So I just replied asking them to prove I took the spikes in the first place :/

Received no reply xDD

There was at least one crazy Jamagram that got glitched so I couldn't post it here, sorry x3

Anyway, I never took anyone's spike. Okay?

My only spike- I traded for it. I can even tell you how.

Okay so from the Forgotten Desert at the beginning of my membership I got a long black spiked.... wristband. Someone traded me a long purple wristband+random rares (like rhino helmets, beards...) which I accepted. I held on to the purple wristband. As I collected more rares from the Forgotten Desert, I got to the point when I wanted a glitched ring. So, I planned to fill a den with lots of betas and then I wanted to trade that whole den for a ring. I got some den betas from the adventure, some I got from people trading for other rares I got from the Forgotten Desert. Eventually, I had 12 or so den betas I was willing to trade- probably a little more. Anyway, then I figured that it would be better to trade all my den betas for better items, and then those for better items, until I got the ring. So I started trading for spiked wristbands. With luck, I got a blue long wristband for 4 of the den betas, and a red one for another 4. I got an orange one for a short orange wristband I won in a giveaway and I added a little. Eventually, one day I traded all 4 wristbands for a long yellow spiked collar. Then somebody offered me a green one, and that's how I got the green collar I have now.

Anyway, see you all tomorrow! ^-^

Jamaa Journal #130,October 23 2014

Hello Jammers!
I'm really sorry, school has got the better of me. This is the last week before Autumn half-term break, and teachers are giving us more than usual amounts  of homework for us to do. However, to relax during the break (and for the benefit of the blog) I have decided to do all this homework this week, which isn't letting me post because by the time I have an opportunity, I feel too tired and stressed to make a decent post.
Next, a piece of news-- I got myself a 1 month Animal Jam membership. This will benefit both me and my blog, and from now on I decided that sometimes, if I would like to get a membership, then I will OKAY?
Today is update day, which I actually totally forgot about. This is  the last Jamaa Journal of October, and Night of the Phantoms O_O Time flies!
Anyway, it's also very exciting!

Pet owls are back! Those were the monthly member gift in January 2013, over 1 year ago. Now, anyone who became a club member in February 2013 or later can get their very own pet owl in the diamond shop, for 3 diamonds!
I still have mine from last year's member gift, take a look at the adorable clothes owls have!

I'm not really a fan of most of the new things being in the Diamond Shop now, even last year was better :(

Now, every single new den,animal,pet... you can't get by gems, but by diamonds! It's a bit unfair, don't you think? Sure, diamonds= more money for AJHQ, but it appears they have taken it to the extreme. AJHQ isn't too good at knowing when enough is enough, are they?

Anyway, moving on...

Ah yes, isn't that what we have all been waiting for?
I have been begging AJHQ for over a year now for more inventory, now let's hope for more clothes and also for non-members to also get 100 extra slots- their inventories are also becoming squished!

Some random Hallowe'en themed clothes and furniture items are on sale for 50% off, so take advantage of this!!! Unfortunately, Night of The Phantoms is already coming closer, and this means that it's ending soon :(
Make the most out of it while it lasts!

A new animal! What do you think it is? Why, it's a POLAR BEAR! You can tell by the nose and the snowstorm. I love Polar Bears! However, I predict they will be members-only and in the diamond shop,  but if they are, don't forget that you  can always just turn a panda white c:
Can't wait until they come!
^-^
3 new items today...

Last two photos from the Animal Jam Flash.

Sorry for a slightly rushed post, better posting tomorrow if homework doesn't take up all the time, see you in Jamaa!

10 facts about CleverQueen

Hello!
I'm so exhausted today, I had an extremely difficult maths test today, and then another English essay to complete. On top of that, I had to plan my R.E exam answer for homework, had a bit of Geography homework, had to catch up with my missed Science work... and don't get me started on the preparation I need to do for my music practical next week, and my technology homework... o.e
We have to sing a song and I have no idea what to do. That's what I get for not being a musical person... payback...?
Wow, that was totally unnecessary. But sometimes you need a good excuse T^T
Anyway, there are 2 new items today... one is non-member.
The first item is the Epic Dragon Skull, which can be found in Epic Wonders clothing. Hmm... that's a bit cheap, for an Epic Wonders item...

I'm using far too many ellipses today. Even though I find it annoying when people use them too much.  Anyway, I guess you can now be a dragon skeleton or something. Or you can be a fossil. Be whatever you want, because the weirder the better cx

Hallowe'en- the weirdness appreciation holiday.

The second item is in the Spooky party, furniture shop. Wouldn't it have made more sense to just release all the items at once with the party?

Meh, not too exciting- it's returning. I like this item though, it's quite simple so you can do a lot with it. It's also spooky.

Now, I'm going to try coming up with a side topic. Hmm.

 I don't even know... O_O

Got an idea!

Here are 10 things about my Animal Jam life  you probably didn't know before :3

1. The account CleverQueen was made on the 2nd of May 2012, but I was aware of Animal Jam a bit before that.
2. My first account was actually called 'InteligentQueen' (yes wrong spelling har har) But then I was like ''Geez I'm never going to get started on this game'' and felt the need to make a new one.
3. I remember wanting a pink elf tail armour after seeing it in a game of Falling Phantoms. My sister gave me a rare pirate hat as a gift, and I  traded that for my first ever tail armour-- pink. Then I guess I worked my way up from there -u-
4. The first rare I remember really wanting was scary bat wings, because I really loved their appearance. I thought they looked awesome, and at first I actually wanted the wings in the store. When I found out there was a non member version, I immediately wanted that. I actually only got my first pair of scary bat wings in January 2013 (I think!!!) 
5. The best 3  buddies I can think of that I had which I miss now are Lexie1234, infinitymagicheroisback and Kinyonga. I met Lexie1234 at a Wolves only party, where I suggested that fruit bowls were sold there in Summer 2012. We then talked and became great buddies, and I have so many good memories.
6. In Summer 2012 up until late 2013 (I think),  I used to collect pink.Every item I had was pink, from headdresses to party hats. I kept growing my collection, and I guess I had a very pink wardrobe and animals :3 In around late 2013, I gave up on this and switched to blue. Then, when my membership expired in mid 2014, I gave up on this again and now don't have a specific colour. Rather, I focus on more colours which is a bit more challenging, but fun cx
7. The oldest furniture item in my inventory, and probably in my whole account, aside from the sturdy table and blue rug, is the Acacia Pet Tree. The oldest clothing item in my inventory is a rare cupcake hat, since I changed my inventory around a lot. 
8. My first pet was a black and red rather scary snake. I still sometimes use my very first hamster from my first membership in Summer 2012, and have a lot of my original pets.
9. I got my first membership on 16 June 2012, and I was overjoyed. I just remember experimenting with my newly purchased restaurant den, buying all those items I always wanted. That membership expired on 16 June 2013, and soon after I got another one. I had the opportunity to be a beta tester for adventures that way. That one expired, I think in August 2013 or somewhere around that time, and I got another one in December 2013 for 3 months. When that one expired, I purchased my final membership for 3 months, which expired early on in June 2014. 
10. I have been blogging about Animal Jam since June 2012!!! I have been playing since I was 10, and now I'm 13. No game has ever kept me for so long, I just could never quit. The memories formed on this game are so extraordinary, I just simply can't leave!

I'm going to update the token and prize today, don't you worry. I hope you enjoy it!

That's it for today, bye bye! ^U^

The history of the Phantom Vortex, today's clue & prize are the same as yesterday's!

Hello!  ~(^◡^)~
I'm so tired, school is a horrible, horrible thing T^T
Anyway, today we have three new spooky items, unfortunately all are member only but I guess we can still hope for something for all Jammers tomorrow, right?
Right! >:O

Outback Imports. Hmm... I guess it's quite... bendy....crooked...

Bahari Bargains, this one is actually quite scary. Just look at that grin, and those eyes... O.o

Credit to the Animal Jam Flash

Got your costumes sorted yet? I really have to do that, so far my AJ ideas are:

*Evil Vampire princess (HA HA HA. HA!!!! You heard nothing.)

*A ghost :3

* A witch >:D

*I don't really know.

Hopefully, yesterday's prize helped you sort your costume out, or at least gave you some inspiration. There is going to be a new token available today, to add to your collection ^-^

If you missed out on yesterday's token, that's tough, but don't stop collecting as the more you have, the better!

Anyway, a new page has been added to the blog yesterday-- Animal Jam FAQ! The page answers the most common questions I find that are asked around Jamaa, and I will keep updating it. Hopefully, it will help out newer Jammers, and I hope they will find it useful! I know for a fact that I felt very lost on my first day, so I hope to make it easier for all those new to Jamaa right now. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment on the page- you will receive reliable and honest answers so you don't waste your time trying to do a 'cheat' that doesn't even work, or a code that does not exist.

CleverQueen also wants to say that she has a side topic today.

You might find it extremely interesting, or you might find it so dull that you want to exit the tab right now- and that's fine. You can! ^-^

So, there are currently several portals scattered around the lands, that look like this...

Stepping on one will lead you to the Phantom Vortex, an exclusive location only available during the Day of the Phantoms celebrations. It has some pretty funky music too, yes. 

The highlight of the Phantom Vortex is the game you can play in it- Phantoms! It is a game with a pretty simple concept, but it can get quite frustrating and difficult at some points! You need to protect your candy from the light-hating phantoms, by leading them off into the blue parts using your torch.

Once you defeat all the phantoms, you move to the next level. Level 1 has one phantom, Level 2 has two... and I suppose it goes on for a while and stops at a specific number.

The game also awards gems, but the biggest part is the prize that can be earned by completing Level 5!

Every year, there is a different prize up for grabs in this game in October, when the weather cools and the leaves turn into warm shades of brown, red and orange, and that prize is a unique and fun item. It has changed every year so far, and there have been 5 different prizes.

Below are the prizes for the past years, ever since the first prize was awarded in 2010!

Do you have the full set? How many do you have? Which ones do you like, and which ones don't you like as much?

2010- Scarecrow

This original, spooky den item based on a tiger gives a spooky feel to any den, and is quite a useful item for trading now. This is not just an excellent decoration for Day of the Phantoms- it is quite useful all year round! You can also decorate those a bit, and it doesn't look out of place in a Summer den. This is a very universal item. 

2011- Tall Phantom Statue

This spooky den item comes in 5 different variations. It is a tall, grey statue of a phantom that can also be seen in Jamaa Township instead of Mira during the Day of the Phantoms celebrations. Around it, is a bright, coloured glow. This item, as I said, comes in 5 different types- each a different colour. They are- Red,Yellow,Green, Blue and Pink. Did you know that by putting two of those directly on top of each other, you can make a new colour? For example, try putting green and blue together on top of each other, and you get a beautiful turquoise! This technique also works for 2013's heavy phantom statues.

2012- Phantom Fountain

Ah, I still remember winning mine. 

This fountain is a great decoration, and can also be used in non-spooky dens. It shows a phantom that appears to be made of metal in a sitting position, with a sword, on a chair. Below that fountain is water flowing down a ... well... cube. It can be quite a soothing den item at times, and compliments many dens well! This also makes spooky dens even more spooky, and looks amazing outdoors anywhere.

It's also a very original item!

2013- Heavy Phantom Statue

Very similar to 2011's tall phantom statue, this item looks great in spooky dens. It is however shorter and wider than the tall phantom statue, but comes in the same 5 colours- blue,green, red, yellow and pink. It is a rather large item, and looks quite nice with the tall phantom statue too. However, it looks just as great alone. A fantastic decoration!

2014- Phantom Scarecrow

Quite similar to 2010's original scarecrow, this is a more spooky version and based on a phantom. It is less universal and more suited to spooky dens, but still looks amazing. It is great for Day of the Phantoms parties, and also gives off an aura of fright. It is quite dark, and very seasonal! 

Unfortunately, I really do apologise but I have to keep the prize and clue for yesterday's prize the same today due to a lack of time. I will update it tomorrow, but it means that you can get yesterday's prize if you missed out : ]

Sorry!

Here's the clue again: Questions.

Two bonus hints:

*It's a page

*CQ

If you know what CQ stands for, you will probably be dashing off to the relevant page now ^-^

So... the prize for today...

Questions, CQ, and it's a page!

Bye bye!

New Candy Hunt!

Hello!  <⎨•◡•⎬>--✶*•・∙
We have two new items today- one is the rare item Monday and another is an addition to the Spooky Party. (^o^)
The rare item Monday item can be found in Jam-Mart clothing, on the 8th page.

Those wings were originally Friendship Festival items, and they do actually look like they are made out of balloons. However... I love the colour, and it's a very good item for making costumes! Have you got your AJ Hallowe'en costume sorted? I haven't yet, but I will do so in the very near future >o<

I haven't got my real life costume sorted either yet, but I'm bound to come up with something :P

The new item at the spooky party is ...

Never was a big fan of this item, but it would compliment a haunted mansion extremely well. I hope there's a non-member item any time soon :O

And to finish off... don't forget about my plushie and toy stores and my graphics & banners service, which is still running! 

In celebration of Hallowe'en, I have a candy hunt on the blog. It has been running since yesterday, but I made yesterday's prize very tiny because I haven't officially announced the hunt in a post yet and I wanted to keep it fair.

The picture on the right hand side >>> of the blog will direct you to a page with more details when clicked. 

Now, the hunt works like this.

Every day, a picture of a candy is hidden in a different location on the blog. It can be anywhere- on any page, any post... 

To save you frantically searching every single post on the blog, a clue which helps you to find the candy of the day is published on the page which you can reach by clicking the candy hunt picture >>>.

When you find it, there will be a link which directs you to the prize page!

On a usual day, there are 2 prizes available.

The first is a 'token', and although it might seem puzzling now, I have a bit of advice for you-- save each and every one of those tokens because you will need them!

You can screenshot or download the tokens, whichever works best for you.Also, to keep things fair, the token will change once every two days. 

So, this means that yesterday's token will also be in today's prize, but it will change tomorrow. This hopefully makes it easier to collect them all.

Another piece of advice- if you miss a token, do not give up! Get the rest before it gets worse! :o

The second prize is actually something different, and it can range from a wide variety of things.

For example, yesterday's prize was a random plushie from the plushie stores (tiny, yes, because yesterday was the first day of the hunt and not everyone was aware of it).

Alright, so those are the rules for the candy hunt. Don't forget, to keep it fun- don't comment or tell anyone else where the candy of the day is, and if you don't find the day's candy, don't fret!

Next, please vote on the poll! Your views mean a lot to me, it's so cool finding out about my viewers.

Next, do you have any of the Summer Carnival hats below? If you do, don't hesitate to let me know- we can arrange a trade... I'm a fair trader! ^-^' I don't bite.

okay that was a huge lie haha

No, don't worry, that was just another rather pathetic attempt to be a bit more... entertaining, I suppose.

Anyway, here's the list!

Moon Hats

*Pink

*Purple

*White

*Brown

*Teal-ish

*Black

Sun Hats

*Black

Beanies

*Brown

*Pink

*Purple

Umbrella Hats

*Blue

*White

*Black

*Purple

Make a bunny's day? :3 Come on, too much of this can get really tiring...

CAN YOU SEE HOW THAT ARCTIC WOLF JUST... STEPPED OVER MY TAG? D:

Right, that's all I have for today-- good luck with the candy hunt! I'm hoping to update this blog today. Paws crossed!

Surprising Trades+WootMoo is definitely a hacker

Hello! ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀

Ouch, I'm quite achy today, and probably will be for a while {(>○<)}

Today we have four spooky new items, which are...

The Spooky table in Outback Imports. Matches the spooky rug well, and I actually like this as a Hallowe'en item!

The Scary Mask in the Spooky Party clothing shop. Another fairly nice item!

The angry Jack-o'-Lantern in Treetop Gardens. Doesn't look too angry to me...

Finally, a skeleton mask in Bahari Bargains! This is quite neat. 

I'm going to give this blog a Hallowe'en make-over, so hopefully that is something to look forward to ^o^

I am also working on some new pages, but for the sake of keeping this blog exciting I won't reveal what they are yet.

As a side topic, rarity of some items has shifted so much over the history of Jamaa, so in this post I'm going to feature pretty much some of the most surprising trades that were perfectly fair not too long ago!

Of course, everyone has varying degrees of knowledge about Animal Jam and I can't guarantee you will be gasping at all of them, but I'm quite sure at least some of those will surprise you ^o^

This was fair in around Summer 2012,and I'm quite sure it remained so a bit earlier and later, too.

This is how I got a long blue spiked wristband in autumn 2012- I traded a silver bow and arrows for it.

More or less a fair trade in Summer 2012.

This was fair, before Viking Hats came back as a rare item Monday.

                                               

I did this in Summer 2013 and they accepted, so I can only assume it  was fair back then O-o

Before the Forgotten Desert, when beards were super rare, this was a perfectly good trade.

There are plenty more trades like this, and I will probably do more at a later date, but I'm a bit too tired to make any more today.

...The part about WootMoo...

When I was taking item pictures for the side topic above, I was in Aldan's Crystal Sands and spotted WootMoo using incredibly bad language.

As you know, it is not possible for an ordinary player to do this. The only way would be to hack the AJHQ systems and disable chat filters, but whatever method-- it has a 99% chance of being illegal.

Anyway, the screenshots are all legit and taken today. I just noticed someone use bad language, clicked the tag and was quite shocked to see WootMoo.

Even more evidence to support the theory he is a hacker.

Note: The screenshots below have very inappropriate language, you have been warned.  

Please be wary of people like WootMoo, stay safe and Jam on!