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All my houses are there in TSR so i really hope you like them ( for those who downloaded them )

Hello!

I've finally decided to upload here at TSR. I've been pondering this for some time but ever since cutting myself out of MS3B I thought I should try sharing somewhere my work will be appreciated. I have never seen a rude comment here at TSR and that was one of the main reasons I decided to upload.

I hope you enjoy my creations. :P

-Evie-

4 Weeks !!! File Server Issue Resolved !!!

It has taken over 4 weeks and today, i finally managed to upload a Set of Tile Walls via the File Server in the Submission Area Programme! Hopefully it will stay working now :-)

Still Alive

Hey everyone here on TSR.

It is a long time ago, that I was online. In my life has changed a lot, my new school is very stressful and I have less time for me to deal with sims. But  soon there are the Christmas holidays, where I will finally deal more. In future I will continue to create sims and lots.

There also will be a new story, which is kind of a sequel to my last story. I will try to write the stories more complex and larger.The story is again about the life of the family Grimmer. Mara and her sister Alicia will act the leading roles.

Lastly, I want say thank you  all who like to use my downloads, and read my stories!

Have a nice day, Guslucky

Useful stuff 2-Clothing tut 1 pt 1

Here's a first tutorial in series of tutorials that should help you create clothing.I'm planning to do 2 more-"more information about alpha" and "taking better preview:the tips".If you'll find any pic small,open it,all of them are huge actually :D
Before we begin I'll introduce you to the three pictures that you'll see all the time while creating clothing:texture,alpha and bump map.
 Texture is how clothing looks in game,thats obvious =).Alpha is a black-and-white version of texture but sometimes its easier to start with alpha if you're messy at creating texture..Anyway,alpha shows game what to show and what to not show but it cant change shape of clothing for example:if you had top with skirt mesh and would like to create top with jeans instead by editing alpha you would get top with skirt and leggings and some parts of skirt would turn grey.Why?Because mesh has a skirt that you cant remove by editing alpha.(but there are alpha editable meshes-you can change lenght of skirt,remove it,make it more/less transperent).And the last pic is bump map-it allows you to change "depth" of texture from smooth and usual to us to a plastic ,annoying,unrealistic fabric.
 Hope it wasnt annoying :D
Now,time for picture examples:

Now,since we've learned the basics of textures of clothing,lets create something for christmas!
There are 4 main ways of creating texture:

•       hand draw

•       add realism to fabrics

•       photo skinning (fast but everyone are using the same clothing sites to get textures so i dont reccomend it anymore)

•       maxis-match (either mix up textures from game or hand draw them in style of game,well you got the idea-in style of existing in game outfits)

Its totally YOUR choice what way to use more and which ones less.I totally agree that handdrawing is the slowest way-simple outfit may take only 40 minutes to create and "polish",while on more complicated you may work for like 15 hours :( .BUT its the best way to create clothing that noone will create 100 % identically like yours and it will make your creations original!
  Lets start with handdrawing because while it will take  30  small steps to create something for christmas it covers all skills you need for other ways.
  First,open up The Sims 2 Bodyshop.You dont need to download it or install,its already included with game.You can either click Start/All Programs/EA Games/*your latest installed game thought it doesnt actually matter*/The Sims 2 Bodyshop.
Or,you can go to C:\Program Files\The Sims 2\*your latest installed game thought it doesnt actually matter*\CSBin and click on TS2BodyShop file.Now,be patient.Depending on how fast your pc is,how many custom content you've downloaded it may take a various time for it to appear and load,from like 5 minutes-1 hour but just be patient ;)

When its loaded,clcik on buttom create parts that is at the right of the top.Then,pick create clothing (I have a russian version of bodyshop and game so I may be mistaken,but you got for what you need to look for,right?;) ).Since each of us has a base game,search for summer dress that came with base game.

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By default,you're creating for female adults,and thats what we need,dont worry.When you found it,click on it.Something like that should appear

Its always important to name it properly not like abxmnbxeiuyiqunb,its much easier that way.Lets name it "clothingtut"
Now,click on check buttom.You should get this screen now

 
See that bodyshop says that "textures were saved to My Documents/....."?Now go to that adress.

As you can see,we've got texture,alpha and bump map.

Now,lets finallly open texture and work on it :D
Open any graphic editor you fancy,I suggest to download Gimp or buy Photoshop-those 2 have better tools for handdrawing and generally more useful then Paint ;)
*I'll be using Photoshop CS 2 if you're interested*

Select most of the outfit,leaving top part of dress unselected and use bucket fill tool.You should get something like this.Save file (File/Save)

lets go back to bodyshop."Refresh" your outfit,so game will how you how outfit looks right now.

Eww,right?Texture now looks veeeery solid and unrealistic and stuff...Maybe thats how your clothing creations could look and thats why they were rejected by sites you were trying to submit them to.But hey,we only started so stop panicking if you did :D

Lets go back to graphic editor you're using.*Yes,creating of clothing is going back and forth between 2 programs*
Pick smooth brush,its easier to work with smooth and quite small brushes while drawing.
If you're new to program you're using *I'm terribly sorry,but I never-ever used Gimp! =(* :
for photoshop users you'll need to simply pick a brush tool.See on the top of program words "Brush *thumbnail of it* 10 *for example"?Click on that.Scrool down till you'll see smooth brushes,not simply circles.Select any,those are the same brushes just in different size.If you already used ohotoshop,search in basic brushes for smooth brushes.

If you'll create by handdrawing in future-the smaller brush is,the smoother everything looks.But in this tutorial it doesnt matter veery much.Anyway,draw lines on the area that is filled in that solid colour.They should be a bit darker then colour of which area is filled with.But it should be darker enought to see difference between solid colour and lines without changing anything.

Outfit becoming even more ugly?Dont worry,now we're going to make it beautiful.Select Blur tool

And smooth those lines by smothing each one,not all of them.

Now,right-click on blur tool and you'll see those 3 variants that you saw in  the pre-last screenie.We're going to need smudge tool now.Select one of the solid areas and smudge it to make it realistic,or simply move your mouse.If you mess up-go to previous action by clicking on previous action in history (if it isnt open window/history or somehting like that)
I admit that it will take some time to get used to that tool.Anyway,smudge it until something like this,which isnt much a solid area with stripes:

Do the same for another area 

or you may skip it and simply select area you've just smudjed

Click on Edit/Copy (or Ctr+C)

Nw click on file/new
Click ok,we need exactly the same size as is selected and copied area.

Now,paste into this file by edit/paste:

Now I'm going to teach you how to make texture seamless (one of ways).We're simply going to rotate horizontally our image!Thats all =)

Then select the whole image

and copy it

Go to outfit's texture.Paste this rotated pic we've made

Texture seems to be like mirrowed?Thast one of ways to make texture seamless-you wont see where texture of "front" and "back" while looking at sides of outfit.
You may save texture now  and refresh in bodyshop to see difference.

But now we're going to draw the top part of our dress.Click on lasso tool and make sure its magnetic lasso.If not,right-click  on icon of tool and select magnetic lasso.

Now select the unchanged texture of top part of dress by moving your mouse and sometimes clicking by left mouse buttom if you want to make a break or simply make your selection more stable

Now pick the colour in which you would like to draw top part.

To draw with comfort zoom in [ (view/ zoom in) or ctrl and  + ] till you'll see top part more closely.Now draw the top part.You may use the same way that you've used for bottom part but i'll personally draw stripes without any smooth because i picked white colour.If you've picked it too,first draw the "center" part of stripe in light grey and then add dark grey to make stripe more visible

Lets check if we're satisfided with result.Go back to bodyshop and click on refresh buttom.(save texture at first of course)

If you are,lets go back to texture and create the back of top part =) I've drawed the same boring stripes
Refresh buttom again ;)

As you can see,we no longer see pink top part in the back.

Our dress is quite good but boring.Lets add some details..I'll add a classic black belt,just like one Santa has
While we're handdrawing its allowed to photoskin details like that while you can of course hand draw them aswell.
I personally not that good at belts so i used a pic of belt to create one

To make your detail seemless (skip step if you didnt add something meant to be shown at both sides of outfit) use the same mirrowing techique we've used with bottom part of dress.
Now refresh outfit in bodyshop

Way better,isnt it?

Since i'll show you how to edit the rest 2 pics aswell,lets make those straps more "heavy" because those that we have are too  "light" for winter party dress ;)
Open alpha file
(if you closed it,open My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Projects/*your project name,i've picked clothingtut* )
It should look exactly like this

Few things you need to know:
white in pic tells the game "show me up"
black in pic tells the game "hide me"

If you'll edit something like alpha editable meshes or siply would like to add gloves,stockings,transperent sleeves-use grey.The lighter grey-less transperent,the darker grey-more transperent


now,simply use that shape tool that is upper colour picker.Pick white colour and make straps heavier.Go to background layer (
if you dont have layers window mak it appear via windows/layers) and by brush tool paint out crossed straps at the back.Save the file.You should get this:

Now lets go back to bodyshop.Especially its important to not see difference between straps (can be checked by lifting camera up,use F3 for free camera mode).If there isnt one-great!

See that we can still see old straps?Its bump map file still tells them to show up.But more important is to see if there are any glitches with texture like this:

Its because we've painted our texture based on old alpha,not new.Open texture file again and simply paint more over straps area (thats why its good to simply use a solid colour for straps)

Now open bump map file,close alpha file if its still open and reopen (because shapes are layers and blah,blah,blah xd)

See its still has grey version of old texture without that annoying print?Simply paste aplha file over it and paint in black shoes area-we'll change shoes soon.Save file

Refresh outfit at bodyshop

*i edited bump map only when taking this pic*.See?No old straps anymore,YAY!

So after editing texture and bump map we should get this:

Look at those shoes...Arent they ruining our dress?! =(
Download alpha and textures of pretty ballet shoes (taken from nightlife outfit)

open both of files and just paste that fab alpha onto alpha we have,same must be done with texture.Select only bottom of it or via magic wand delete the black (you need to double click on background first).

You should get this:

Isnt this dress unique and gorgeous?If you think you've finished creating it click on " import to game" buttom
If you would want to upload it somewhere go to My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/SavedSims/*randomlettersandnumbers*_*projectname*.package.For example,I've got 5fba1ca3_clothingtut.package

As a reward for completing this tutorial you may download it here,i've included alpha and texture of shoes again just in case.

 Hope to write part 2 soon,where i'll show you other ways of creating clothing =)
Hope tutorial was easy to read and follow,it took 4 hours of my gorgeous sleep to make it which leaded to insomnia:D
If you have questions-ask in comments,i'm not biting and will be glad to help!
~Happy simming and great new clothing creations,Ksenia

Oh and if you think you totally failed..Maybe you're simply good at other ways of creating textures?;)

Troubles!

Hi! Sorry if I suddenly disappeared! Experiencing problems in real life as of the moment, so I am not sure if I will be able to be back here for some time. Too bad though, since I have a lot of unfinished stuff waiting to be finished. But real life calls, and I can't ignore it! So, til next time, I guess! :D

Tutorial about creating clothing coming out tomorrow =)

Hi!Juist want to tell you that I'll post DETAILED tutorial about creating clothing tomorrow =)

I'll try to coverr all 3 main ways of creating textures xD

And here's sneak-peak of one of the goodies you'll get as a reward for completing it(contast is low on purpose)

Time To Flush

Something is starting to stink  , and its time to clean house.... I've been downloading CC for so long and have acquired quite a collection of great items. But lets face it, some of it is just to old and we have all seem them and used them, colored and recolored over and over and over.. Not to mention those nasty little floaters that just cause problems within the game such as making children wear boots and have them all out of whack.. and so on and so on.. blah blah blah.. So its time to FLUSH out the old and bring in the new. I've seen some absolutely gorgeous new clothes, shoes, makeup, and so much more created here on TSR and so that seems to be a great starting place for filling up the Sim Closets. Let them strut in style "as every Sim Star" should. How could I let my little stars be so out dated, they were a laughing stock of gossip.. But NO MORE... they will now be stepping out in style and be the trend setters they were born to be. So look out my simmies the Stars are about to shine with a new wardrobe stuffed with all the FABULOUS new creations from the Fashion Gurus featured on TSR.. Sims everywhere will see the model sims running the cat walk in the finest quality items and be the envy of every sim dreaming of becoming famous and having such a collection of their own. 

Now with all this being said, I will be clearing out ALL cc from my system and starting new.. There are a few favorites that will be left ( some items are just timeless) Not to mention it will improve the speed of the game and open up memory and so on. OH and one other thing, I'm seriously thinking of not using ANYTHING that is not in a simspackage rather then standard package files so that when someone downloads from any of my postings they will get what they see and not just portions of it. Have tried really hard to avoid this already but with the cleaning it should make it much easier to do so.

Enough of my ramblings, Happy simming everyone
I will soon be testing my hand at creating clothes and such so I hope soon to be part of the fashion group.. not sure that I'd fit into the guru section though.

HUGS

Bedside

Bedside Lighting, smaller than Table Lamps

It's My Birthday!!! :D

So today is my birthday, and even more excitingly, my first day of a MONTH-long Winter Break. :D

I hope to get a lot done during this vacation, and today I've started learning how to mesh hair. Well, I've tried during Thanksgiving break, but it obviously didn't go too well. Hopefully this time around I can get some nice things done.

Other than that, you might notice that I've started making more celebrity sims, and less model/fashion sims. I think this happened because in the process of making some of my sims (Sasha Pivovarova, Chanel Iman, etc) I notice that they start to resemble celebs(Madonna, Beyonce, etc), and so I've created even more projects from that. But, I really want to focus on learning how to make clothes and hair, maybe makeup too, so that the sims I make will look even better, and truly my own. I do, however, want to thank all the creators for all the wonderful things they make, and hopefully I'll be one soon! ;)

Lastly, here's a list of things I've started, and things I hope to do soon!

Started

Britney Spears

Kim and Khloe Kardashian

Anna Wintour

Hope to do:

Shakira

Michael Jackson

1980s Madonna

Kourtney Kardashian

Kanye West

Rihanna done

Katy Perry

Miley Cyrus

Lady Gaga

and maybe some famous athletes and actors

Really want someone made, let me know in the comments :)

Quick Update~

Hey everyone, This is just a quick update. Okay, so I have been working on some paintings, (and houses). The paintings are mainly animals. For example, bears, dogs and cats ^_^ Cartoon ones. You could say tha paintings are sort of based around kids, as they are that sort of style. :) Oh, and also, I HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO PUBLISH THINGS. Remind me! :( I will probably remember later on though ^^ I'm just very tired at the moment. :P I'm sleep deprived! =P

100.000 Downloads!

Another milestone: you have 100.000 times downloaded my creations! Thank you all for your support! Hope you and your sims are enjoying these things!

Sneak-peak on next dedication set =)

It will be submitted tomorrow if I'll take all preview pics today

getting caught up.

so I took a little break from playing sims2 and am messing around with sim city 3000.  :)  just doing that till I get caught up with writing everything.  I've been getting busier at work as they are giving me more to do and I almost have a full case load.  so I have been exausted when I get home.  plus with the holidays the younger two kids (High schoolers though) have rehearsals, a concert, a parade and a gift wrapping fund raiser...a lot for this week.   not to mention the shopping and trying to track down a gift card for my oldest...everyone has been sold out..??  got one though.   ;) 

I do have my story, "Life With a Pleasantview" up dated.  that the stories that were here.  I just up dated it tonight over at the forums under novel ideas.  hope you enjoy.  :) 

and as always, thanks for reading. 

MY BLOG!

Hello. I have a Blogspot if anyone is interested in seeing more of my screen shots. The link is  http://simplisticworld-kyro.blogspot.com   Please check me out and follow me if you want. I need the help,LOL!

New curtains set

I just wanted to show you want I'm working on right now.

It is a set of new curtains but with 3 variations on each one off them.

First one is with curtains and sheers, second one only curtain and the last one only sheers.

Hope you like them

Retirement

Real life is just too much sometimes, isn't it? ;) I have therefore decided that it's time for me to step down as an "official" artist, and just create when I can. No pressure, or anything like that. I'll be around from time to time, and will occasionally upload something I'm sure, but for the most part I just need to take care of my son and myself right now. I wish you all a happy holiday no matter what you celebrate, and pray for peace!

Love to all -
Illiana

Brand New Paintings

Sometime today or tomorrow, I will be uploading some new paintings ^_^ There's going to be plenty of Christmas-related paintings and posters (hopefully posters, anyway) as it's Christmas, and I want to do some Christmas stuff. :) BUT there will be some very cute and modern paintings coming up as well! Whether or not they will be suitable for the kiddie-room, I don't know, but I will try and provide a wide range of paintings. :)

Useful stuff 1-10 new hair textures! =)

If you like to create natural recolours of hairs those textures may be very handy for you ;)

Before i'll give you a link i want to say something important ;)

• Those textures were created by me via photoshop so please credit me when you'll use them.If you'll use them here,at TSR,simply write my nickname at Credits.If you'll use them at other site credit me by writing "textures by theangeliquemonte" and make those words link to my minisite =) .Please do it even if you'll add this oh-so-popular shine to textures,okeys?
  
• I wont be happy if you'll use them for creating pay stuff-if you want to create some pay hairs you should create textures by yourself,dont you think? ;)

Here's a preview pic featuring all 10 textures: (its huge,so right click at it and select view in actual size or something like that if you need a closeup)

And here's finally ..THE LINK! :D

Have fun creating =)

Tree

A tree made out of wood

Hey Everybody (: It's me...

starting

hi!! everbody

Party

I thought great for outside partys on the deck  

Lanvin Spring/Summer 2011 coming soon

I absolutely fell in love with the Lanvin Spring/Summer 2011 collection and I'm really really excited to make a little bunch of the dresses from the stunning creator Alber Elbaz.

 COMING SOON....

All the Single Ladies!!!!

So as you can see I've been posting to my heart's content ;) and I've really improved with some goals that I had in the start(Photoshop, making sims, etc). But, I have to say my biggest feat is pictured below. Although I'm unhappy with the turnout of this picture because I feel like she looks jjust like her in-game(over-photoshopped, perhaps ;) ). But, since the Sims 2, I rarely see that many Beyonce sims, and at that good ones, or ones without masks ;) so I decided I would try to tackle that problem. Actually when I was attempting my Tyra sim for the first time, I copied her and realized she was looking more Beyonce than Tyra. Unfortunately, I was going slide-happy with the sliders and she didn't make the cut :P

     I decided to try again this week, and after two attempts and several hours(ugh I need to study), I think I got it right. Again, I feel like somethings off in the pictures I've uploaded, because she looks much better in-game, but I guess you'd have to find out for yourself :P  Actually, after pasting it, I just realized that the lighting effects/contrast are too dark.

Change of plans due to the big C!

Hi all,

I wanted to explain my lack of creations and general absence just lately. To cut a long story short, I haven't been well for a while and I am currently still in the UK because of this.

I was diagnosed about a month ago with pre-cervical cancer cells and started having treatment. But on the 25th of last month, my Consultant called to tell me that they have recieved further lab results. I do actually have Cancer of the lining of the womb, as the cancer cells are in lots of tiny patches. I am now on more treatment and am looking at possible surgery in the next few months.

I just wanted to thank all of the people who have constantly mailed me on here, Facebook and in email messages. Even though many of you did not know about what was wrong, it was lovely to know that I was missed and so many of you had noticed my absence. For this, I am truly grateful.

I also wanted to apologise for some of my patterns not working with some of the later games like Ambitions. I need to update them and hopefully I will start working on this soon.

I am also thankful to everyone who has left thankyou messages in the last month on various creations. I promise i will catch up and thank you all in your own guestbooks.

I really do appreciate your comments and it really does inspire me to carry on creating.

Hugs

Simonetta.xxx

After Dark Readers

Due to the hectic holiday season and trouble with screenshots I can't seem to find any longer on my computer (might have accidentally deleted them) I can't continue the story here. I have written up to chapter 17 on the offical sims 3 site, you can find and read all the chapters from my story forum HERE

Or from my sims 3 page HERE

I apologize that I can't continue it here but hope that you will follow the link and continue to read. If you want to comment you can post comments here or on that forum.

Kim Kardashian for Download

What up ya'll!

I hope everyone is doing great... and if not, then I hope you will, after I tell you that we have a new download.

Your not even going to guess who it is so I'll just tell you... It's Kim Kardashian!!! she was all over my browser\web\enews\ so I decided to give it a try, plus I like Reggie Bush... wait did they break up...?? Anyways now you can have her in your game! Don't be shy to let me know what you think!

xo RQ

Happy Downloading!

Time for natural recolours ;)

While working on dedication set for Irene i'm also creating natural recolours,party because my brain needs at least few days of rest from creating clothing :D

sneak-peak on natural recolours set 4: (set 3 is shown at sweetness set :D)

Lanterns

Lanterns on the wire

Aw, don't be like that...

Another weekend gone. Lately I've been feeling like I haven't had weekends. I think I have just had my fill of family gatherings and performances. My kid has another concert tomorrow night. And the snow dumping we got Friday night/Saturday isn't helping my mood any either. I don't mind the cold at all. I LOVE wearing snuggly clothes and lighting candles and curling up in blankets. It's the heaps of dirty snow everywhere that bum me out. Freshly fallen, untouched snow is pretty. But that lasts for about 5 seconds. Then you have kids tromping through it, dogs peeing in it, trucks shoving it around along with last year's sodding attempt, and just anything and everything to make it dirty, ugly, and rock hard. And anything you don't get cleared freezes and becomes your next hospital visit.

OK, enough whining about my crummy mood and winter. I didn't get to starting a new lot this weekend. I was too busy. I do have the build bug though so I plan to start one tonight, if I have time. Three loads of laundry and a sink full of dirty dishes are calling my name. Ugh. What little time I did spend with the game was loading families and figuring out what the update fixed and what it broke. Well, the only thing I can find that it fixed was the opportunities finally getting linked to the right spots and not some place in Sunset Valley. (for Bridgeport opportunities that is) The butler still leaves the dang car on the road. One of my families is missing their butler but her car is there. Oi. Another family has the butler right where I left her and the car is still there. Oh, wait, something else is fixed. The puking. I started a new Bridgeport to get a new vampire to play. So far no puking at all. I am relieved. I hope my hood stays puke-free.

So you might be wondering why I need a new vampire when I already have a vampire family going. Just because. My first vampire ended up married and now has 6 kids so I never really got to be a baddie of the night with him. He's perfectly happy to stay home with the kids, skinny dip, and woohoo whenever the wife walks by. LOL But their lot has always been buggy. New stuff pops up every time I play it seems. And now that the update deleted their butler yet left her car and the game still thinks she's there, I can't fire her and hire a new one. I'm stuck in butlerless limbo and have a useless vehicle on my lot. So I think it's time to move them out and into a fresh lot and see if that helps. The oldest is a young adult now and my vamp's wife just had a set of twin girls. Oh lucky me. So they have a total of 6 kids all under one roof and plenty of glitches. And, by the way, out of those 6 kids and a normal/vampire sim breed mix, all the kids are vampires. I'm pretty sure the twins are. They're still babies but they have the odd shading that all the other kids had. For a couple that isn't family-oriented at all they sure wanted a lot of kids. They only got a kid when they both had the want. The house is full now but I know if I moved a few out they'd want even more. Thankfully the kids aren't fugly so it's not a bad thing to populate Bridgeport with young vampires. Bridgeport just really isn't a family neighborhood. There isn't room to expand and most of the lots are small. The apartment buildings are annoying. But, whatever, I made a family anyway. So there. Anyway, I'll move this family to a fresh lot and see if their glitches go. If not, they'll probably meet the trash bin. I'll work on keeping my new vampire (have to get him turned first) single for a bit longer and play the darker side of things. I do love my vampires. They're a lot of fun.

My new Bridgeport is coming along. My to-be vampire has a nice place and is seeking a willing vamp to turn him. He's already had a couple romances though and I've only played him for less than a sim week. The game keeps stealing his women on him. Just when I get the relationship to max and am ready to invite them over for the move in opportunity the game assigns them a partner. Seriously. I had this girl prepped and called her over so I could move her in. She says she'll be over in a bit and then another message pops up immediately saying something suddenly came up and she can't come. I check her profile and now she has Alexy as a partner (I checked before I called and she was still single). WHAT? This was the first sim day I played the guy. I took him out on the first day to buy stuff and meet people. He hit it off with her really well. He took her to dinner and dancing. I asked the questions, she was single and unemployed. The NEXT morning I invited her over and got the stupid message. Was that really necessary? The game needs to stop meddling with my relationships. It does this a lot. What? I just wasn't moving fast enough for it? I should just pop the question after greeting someone? What?! Ridiculous. She didn't even have a chance to meet anyone else. She was with my sim the whole first day. He snagged her when she got out of a taxi in the morning. They talked all day on the sidewalk and then went to dinner and both went home in the red for sleep. They never ever met anyone named Alexy the whole time. In fact, she never talked to another sim the whole time. So unfair! Stupid game!

I haven't really explained my title yet. LOL Another one of this sim's romances is with Sugar Bijou. Usually she's dancing on tables with him. They hit it off outside the diner and then the next morning I called her over. Considered moving her in. He wanted to cuddle in the hot tub with her, skinny dip with her, hug her, what not. So since she's a party animal I figured I try the skinny dip thing for fun. Sims are so cute when they skinny dip. They get so excited. The pixelation must tickle. LOL Anyway, he asked her to go skinny dipping and she was all fine, well, and good with it. Just before she enters the house she turns around and leaves with a message of "someone in this group has some unresolved issues to deal with" and then she goes on to tell him how much she really, really, really likes hanging out with him and would he please, please call her again. What? Issues? You get invited to skinny dip with your main squeeze and get cold feet? My sim got the rude guest negative moodlet from it. I'd say so. How rude! Fine, just leave. I didn't want to move you in anyway. Why don't you go find Alexy while you're dealing with your issues! It was just... weird. I guess I'll just get on with his life and go find that vampire to bite him. Sheesh.

I've had this relationship stealing happen with all my sims. I'm getting quite tired of the game's meddling. It's especially annoying when you know that sim hasn't met anyone else and you've got a max relationship with the little heart and everything. Then it just assigns them some random yahoo? Jerks. I've actually started seeding my hoods with 6 or more singles so my sims have a bigger chance of finding someone before the game steals them. They usually give them someone they never even met before too, which is just BS.

Bah, I'm still grumpy.

Requested Screenshots For Pictures

Here is the first requested screenshot 'Bridgeport Awakenings' taken by fredbrenny:-

And here is the screenshot transformed into a picture for TS3:-

If you would like one of your screenshots turned into a picture for TS3 please read my previous blog. All the info is in there :-)

Lorraine xx

I Love sims 3

:D

1000 Downloads!!!

Whoo hoo! Taylor Swift has been downloaded 1000 times in just a little over a week! Big thank you's to everyone that downloaded her, and commented, it's a great feat, I'm really happy, so thank you again everyone!

Rolfy Q.

... Go on, Get some Talor up in your game! :rah:!

New TS3 Castle!

I thought a winter castle would be fun to create...er, so I did! :D Coming up on December 9th is Winterheim Castle for the Ice Queen (or King) in your sims!

TS3 - World Adventures (WA) required
Fully Patched Game
Custom Content - (1) Snow Ground by Sasilia

3 Bed
3 Bath
3 Playable Stories

Included: Parking w/2 Cars, Bicycle Parking, Fountains, Stocked fishing spots (4), Apple and lime tree orchard with room to add garden, formal living room, formal dining room w/bar, stocked bookshelves, multiple fireproofed fireplaces, multiple decks/verandas, upstairs family room, and lots of other areas for your sims to explore! All electrical/plumbing items have been upgraded for unbreakable/self cleaning/item specific upgrades.

You can see more pictures here.

I do hope you and your sims enjoy Winterheim Castle! Thank you for taking a peek at her. :)

Love and hugs -
Illiana

Screenshots

I have noticed that there are some very wonderfull screenshots being uploaded lately. I have myself recently used some of my own screenshots to make pictures for TS3 and I thought they looked great made into pictures, so I thought maybe you would like your screenshots of landscapes and various locations in TS3 made into pictures for the game. If you would like one of your screenshots that you have submitted here on TSR turned into a picture for yours and other members games I am now taking requests till the end of the year :-)

Please post the link to your screenie in the comments section below if you would like me to make your screenie into a picture for TS3. The shape and size of the picture will depend on the shape of your screenie ;-) I have a wide screen monitor and in game my dimensions are 1360 x 768 for my screen settings. Below you can see an example of a screenshot I took and made into a picture for TS3. You will be credited for all screenshots that I use :-)

Lorraine xxx

Second dedication set is coming up =)

as you may already know,i decided to make december month of dedications  :)
So today i've submitted dedication set for topaz27,here's the pic:

Now all we need to do is to wait for wednesday :D

i especially like this dress:

and this one :D

which makes me think that I must do another set for ByzantineGirl since this set looks better in my opinion ;)

Making Brand new Clothes for The Sims 3

I am currently making some patterns and clothes for the Sims 3. They should be either up today or tomorrow, so please keep looking ^_^ What type of clothes they'll be, I don't know :S But either way, I hope you'll like them. :)

File Fix - Old World Windows & Doors - Part 2

Found out today that the "OW Part 2 - Window Smaller - S" from my Old World Windows & Doors - Part 2 had the wrong file attached - oops! I've uploaded the correct file and it should be available for download shortly. I'm also making the set free for a month so people who previously downloaded it, but no longer have a subscription, can get the fix.

Tutorial Submitting

Anyone know how to submit a tutorial? I honestly don't know how! :P

Let me knoooooooooowwwwww! Thankies!