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2 new recolors of Sasilias New Port series
To complete the circle I've also recolored Sasilias wonderful New Port bathroom and bedroom. Here are some preview pics:
I hope, you will enjoy it.
Cheers,
Sophia
I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP
To those who are wondering over the very long delay of the fifth installment of the Black Statue, fear not! As I have repeatedly stated over and over again, I WILL FINISH MY STORY. But right now, I am busy with my studies as I am about to go into college, and I will work on it as soon as my load starts to lighten... don't worry... IT WILL BE DONE!Problem Fixed
Hi Sims1 fans; I fixed the problem with the missing mesh for my Huskie pet skins. So now they will show up in your game. Thanx for making me aware of this problem.
Sim-cerely;
Cruella
Pavers 04 Linoleum
Pavers 04 in Peach:
and Pavers 04 in Simple Black:
Enjoy! and have an AMAZING day!
Teko is here
Teko aka murano aka Cedric moves to TSR. I'm working on a Tokyo recolour and really try hard to do my photos as puristic as he does. Here is a preview
Shoukeir Magali should go with Shoukeir Six
I still try to do some reliable Magali sets going with the Shoukeir Six sets I've published. I'm still discontent with what I tried so far. The happy pink is too pink and the TC51 is too odd.
St. Trinian's Chapel
It really isn't a chapel anymore but was converted into a barn by Ma & Pa Kettle (and if you are familiar with these old movie characters, you know this lot is going to be a mess). I believe this dwelling would be considered a real 'fixer-upper', lol! I am having trouble uploading it ... so it could be a few days before you actually see a file for it. Don't know if the upload problem is mine or TSR, but I did send a support request to the powers-that-be. But until then I do have some preview pix for you ....
Last Survey
Oh! Thank you, thank you for taking that last survey on ideal lot/house sizes. It really does help to know what you want. And as I was doing the current survey ... I did have 3 questions ... but at the time I couldn't remember what the third question was (still can't remember) so I put a HP riddle in. The correct answer is: Dudley Dursley, if you want to know. I don't know if the correct answer shows automatically or not(?????) after you take the survey. And remember ... you get 25 kudos for taking surveys ... cool.And I hope you like my new banner & avatar ... and no that is not me (don't I wish) ... I happen to be blonde and blue-eyed ... and not pointy eared (much to my disappointment. . . but I do have 3 piercings in each ear if that counts for anything, lol!).
Never trust a machine!
"Why? - you are thinking - Did you use to trust them?" And the answer is "Yes. I always trusted my PC, because it never betrayed me and never failed to do what I was asking it to".But on a hot and troubled morning a few days ago my laptop decided that it was too tired to stay on. No way to make it recover, so I had to send it on vacation and hope it comes back patched soon.
That's why my work with the sims stuff will slow down a bit in the next days. There's something I can do with another PC, but it's an old retiree which starts hyperventilating when I approach with the sims CD in the hand. I think that it would pass away if I tried to actually install the game.
So you'll have to be patient and wait, as I do, since I won't most likely be able to publish anything new until I have my working machine back.
Luckily, I had just uploaded a couple of sets and the second one, the Round Corner for the Country Modular Stairs, will be published tomorrow. So, hopefully, you won't miss me for too long.
House Building
This week I am submitting on some houses. At the moment, I'm working on a French country home, a contemporary island house, and a contemporary ranch-style house. Previews pics will be posted soon.Island House
Contemporary Ranch *note -- After snapping these pics I decided to remove the 2 atrium wall sections with the doors so it could have more natural light.*
French Country Estate
All My Answers In One Place
I must really love this game if I'm using one of my 15-min-breaks to write this, lmao.When the first few emails came to me, I shrugged them off and gave a quick reply...
When even MORE emails (most repeating the same questions as the first few) came my way, I tried to be more elaborate.
Now, I'm getting a steady trickle that's lead me to believe that I need to basically answer these questions in as public a way as I feel comfortable (not a forum person, especially if it's pro or anti-paysite/freesite--I do not have the patience for bullying, mocking, insensitive words...it's a game everyone...I'm sure that EA Games is none too happy about what their "community" is doing to each other. Claiming that paysites are dividing the community and then proceeding to divide it even more with bullying?...I dunno...
I'm basically now under the impression that unless a sims site allows access to every nook and cranny, and asks bullies for permission on what they can and cannot do that you're subject to being picked on, which nullifies their crusade, and breaks a good cause/fight down to "if we don't like you, screw if you're not in our line of fire, we're attacking anyway." It's hard to respect that.
Ok, let me get this started, before I get back to this damned tradeshow presentation (TGIF).
#1: I'm a freesite now. Don't misunderstand it, don't twist it around, don't analyze it, don't overanalyze it, don't question it...it's clear, it's simple, it's concise...I'm a freesite now. Thank you very much for the donation button idea, but I do not need to go there. The site is now paid for, and that's all I wanted.
#2: I have absolutely no desire to take part in this "war" that's going on--this is not my battle. To put it quite clearly, battles--IMO, are defensive stances that you choose to spend your time partaking in--I'm preparing to return to classes, preparing for my company's tradeshow, preparing to take that crazy relaxing vacation that I need more than I can put into words, not to mention trying to fit time in for friends and family--some people have more time than I do, some people have just as little as I do, but feel this is their battle, and some people are loads more stressed for time than I am, but still choose to partake in this battle. I respect that, but I don't have the time/desire to join them.
#3: Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease stop sending me links to pirate sites, lol. Yes, I know some of you are kindly trying to make me aware of what they're saying about me/my site, but it's come down to this: They have stated in as many ways as possible that their mission, goal and aim is to free paysite downloads. They have firmly stood their ground on the issue of that being their mission, even though some from the group have decided to bully anyone they feel like bullying on any particular day--and no one is reprimanding their actions.
I had never heard of this paysite/freesite battle when I first opened my site, and rather than a representative from this group approaching me respectfully and speaking to me in polite tones, I got threatened. I have been playing the game from the first day it came out, and have been creating for it even BEFORE it was officially released--I am a member of many sims sites out there, find the joy of filesharing when people send me pics of recolors of my meshes, or of a creation of mine that they downloaded and put onto their sims, and I've taken the time to stroll around the community to make sure that I'm not recreating something someone else has, and that an idea I've come up with has not been done already (it doesn't interest me to spend days working on a mesh that's already out there). I've been respectful, and original, not to mention 100% involved in the game and uploads/downloads, so for any group of people to feel that I--above all others who do not contribute to the game, don't own the game, etc, deserve to be picked on, they're basically advertising themselves in their own ill limelight.
I thought it was interesting that this group claims that my creations are not to their liking, but sought to free them when the site was half pay. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't find it even MORE interesting that they're STILL picking on me, now that I'm a freesite. It's hard to state that their mission has nothing to do with bullying when that's what this is all pointing to. I have been quiet on the issue, I have shrugged the majority of it off, and have even made the site free, and they still feel the need to attack me...
#4: No, my site is not closing. It would have been closed already, if that were the case.
#5: I'm not quite understanding why there's a rumbling about no more free downloads being made on Simphany, because I've been adding a little to the site every few days, and it's all been to the free section. I've even added 2 new meshes (free), one for elder females, and one for young adult/adult females, but I guess people will see what they want to see, and believe what they want to believe, which leads me to #6...
#6: Ok, I'm sorry but this one made me laugh. It actually put a much-needed smile on my face this busy morning, when I found the link to the thread sitting in my site's mailbox: Conspiracy theories of secret sims organizations. LMMFAO! Omg, are you guys serious? You took a group of simmers that use the program as their classwork (and use screenshots to enter little contests here and there, make Youtube videos, etc), a small community of students, and made them into an area 54 parody.
Perfect example: When I first heard about this pirating site, I honestly thought it was a joke. I couldn't imagine people who paid so much for the game and all of its expansion packs wasting their time henpecking about paysites vs. freesites, but it opened my eyes to the fact that there does--indeed--exist different simming communities. To believe that sims2.com, or MTS2.com, or TSR, or any other well-known site is the alpha and omega of the sims--and that none other exist outside of it is pretty conceited.
Did anyone know that in some junior high/high schools, they have replaced the caretaking of eggs, or flour bags with the caretaking of sim infants, toddlers and kids? I thought that was so great (what a better way to show a kid how freakin' hard it is to handle a family than to control when they can allow their sims to age, disallow cheats, and give them surprise checkups during the term to see how their families are doing?), and wished it had been around when I was a kid in these classes.
I made a small annoucement of a group of students forming a simple private group that used the content they have a few people submitting here and there as their own (from what I understand, before this policy was put into place, a student had used several clothing recolors from a public sims site, uploaded their video to youtube, and got their azz chewed out for not giving credit for the content, and not asking permission to feature it, etc. The video was removed, and to ensure that there would be no repeat cases of people getting very sensitive and edgy about how/when/where their creations were to be used (which is the creator's choice, I believe, so in a way I can understand the creator's frustration) they just made their own little archive of downloads that the other students in the group can choose from.
There's no money being exchanged there, they're not recruiting an army, they're not in ranks with TSR from what I know, and their reason for not wanting a public link posted or a site name given pretty much goes without saying--if my teeny site is being picked on, and criticized...even though it is now free, can you imagine the hatemail, and bullcrap these site owners would have to go through everyday? Angry people claiming they have no right to have their own community (bull), threatening them just because there are no open memberships, etc. The only reason they would need to obtain permission from EA Games would be if they were planning on publically advertising the Sims 2 in a way that infringed on the copyright/EULA, which "having a private group that shares files amongst themselves" does not.
Am I their best creator? Oh please, lol. I make simple stuff, they have creators that kick my azz without even trying, but I do cater to children and toddlers, which none of the other creators in the group really do--in terms of clothing, they cater more to teens and YA/Adults. I just bring something new to the table, no biggie, and I'm really happy they even asked, let alone accepted me and my creations.
That's it! lol.
It's a simple little section of a simming community that chooses to keep their downloads amongst themselves, which I'm finding hard to believe has been turned into an alien conspiracy theory.
There are plenty of other private groups within the simming community (I can remember asking loads of people where they got the object/clothing/animations they previewed in a pic or video, and either being told that it was only available to select group/site members, or just getting no reply at all).
Personally, I think this battle grows funnier by the day, and am quite content to distance myself from it, and laugh at the snatches of info that float around the community.
I paid enough for these games and all their add-ons, excuse me if I choose to play it and have fun with it, rather than joining in on battles whose rules change to suit individual particpant's sides.
If you're against paysites, and are picking on freesites, then that's where the conspiracy lies, no? How do you justify that? It's bullying. I've made the site free, and you're still attacking? Hm...
Ok, I gotta go--my boss just asked me why I was typing and chuckling (this is too funny to me, I can't help it! The thought of these bullies being older than me is so unbelievable--come on, I have to laugh...)
I'll end off by saying:
#7: I'm only under one name on TSR, have no desire to create another, and only go by Simphany on the newer sites I'll join because of my site. I still submit to TSR here and there, and anyone who wasn't looking for secret theories would plainly see that. I'm being mocked for stating that TSR is no longer my main submission site? So, basically, I shouldnt be proud to announce that I've secured my own little corner to upload files for those who choose to use them? So now, not only do I have to ask permission on WHAT to put onto my site, I have to ask permission to section off parts of my site, and FINALLY ask permission to be proud that I'm spending my time making rather than fighting? Riiiiight. If you claim to be fighting a cause, make sure there are no catch 22's, because all it takes is one wrong step to take a worthy fight and turn it into a massacre.
and...
#8: Simphany in ranks with TSR? I'm not sure what that means...
Supposedly, these very same people claim that TSR is trying to make themselves a planet onto the sims, and is pulling artists from their own sites to join theirs...but now, the story conveniently changes to suit the new tale, of TSR funding my site. If you make up a theory, stick to it. TSR has never offered me money of any kind, and I am not leaving my site to run to anyone else's. I might not have billions of creations on Simphany, but I do love my uploads (as do the visitors who send me emails), and have fun making things, and learning new creative trades of the game.
And being that there's always been a few pictures of cats somewhere in the links to the threads I'm sent, I think the group will appreciate this one =)
glitter-graphics.com
Have a great weekend.
P.S. Any questions I'm emailed that have been answered here will get this blog link in response--it's just easier.
Bon Voyage For Me :)
I'll be gone until 15th of august.. Since most of you would like to see teen & child clothing, I uploaded one more set and I hope you'll enjoy it ;)Upcoming Stories and Sets
I am nearly finished with the next Extreme Sim Homemakeover. It is my favorite of all the Extreme Sim Homemakeovers I've written. It's also probably the longest, and creepiest (hint hint :) ).Episode 9 will be my last for a while. I'm starting to run out of ideas, so I'm going to take a short break from writing.
As for next sets, as you have probably seen I have several floor sets coming soon. I also have several wall sets that I will be submitting. They're all ready to submit, but it's going to take some time to actually submit them.
That's it for now!
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~
Grrrrrrrr internet
I am having major problems with my internet company have been off line for almost 3 weeks now and they are talking about 23rd August to reconnect me I am at my daughters house at the momentwill be back bearing gifts as soon as I can
Luv Dawn
and Kitchen 08 in Pale Sun:
Enjoy! and have an AMAZING day!
Pedimentary, My Dear! Pt II Coming Soon
Part 2 of the Pedimentary, My Dear! Door Collection will be uploaded soon. Probably next week.In the meantime, I have posted screenshot previews of the 2 doors: the broken triangle pediment and the cornice pediment.
Harry Potter poll results
Hi everyone,Here are the results of my Harry Potter poll from before the release of Deathly Hallows.
Favorite Harry Potter book?
Philosophers's Stone 23.81%
Chamber of Secrets 16.67%
Prisoner of Azkban 23.81%
Goblet of Fire 9.52%
Order of the Phoenix 14.29%
Half-Blood Prince 28.57%
Favorite Harry Potter game?
Philosopher's Stone 19.05%
Chamber of Secrets 9.52%
Prisoner of Azkaban 16.67%
Goblet of Fire 23.81%
Order of the Phoenix 16.67%
Favorite Harry Potter movie to date?
Philosopher's Stone 26.19%
Chamber of Secrets 14.29%
Prisoner of Azkaban 28.57%
Goblet of Fire 9.52%
Order of the Phoenix 19.05%
Which character do you think will die at the end of Deathly Hallows?
Voldemort 59.52%
Harry Potter 11.9%
Both of them 28.57%
I must say the only result that surprised me was the amount of votes given to the Prisoner of Azkaban movie as that was my least favorite due to all the 'mistakes'. I kind of got the feeling the director had never even heard of Harry Potter before making the movie.
Prisoner of Azkaban movie 'mistakes'
The wearwolf - in the movie he had a half human form whereas in the books we find that it is difficult to tell the difference between a real wolf and wearwolf. The students have to write an essay on this topic for Prof Snape when he takes over Lupin's lessons.
Snuffles at the quidditch cup - in the book Harry actually sees Sirius in the form of a big black dog (he thinks its the Grim) sitting at the top of the stands during his quiditch match where as in the movie he only sees an image in the clouds. The fact that Harry sees Sirius at the match is actually important to the story line.
I also did not like the big clock pendulum in the background all the time during the movie, I could see the symbolism in it but did not feel that it was appropriate for a Harry Potter movie.
Anyway, these are just my views and as I'm a huge fan of the books I can get a little testy about the movies :-)
Thank you to everyone who took part in this months poll.
Bunny Girls Part 4
Recently, I received a request to create a set of Bunny Girl costumes in deep colours in the style of my Festive Bunny Girls set, as opposed to the pastel colours used in my original Bunny Girls set and matching ears. My third set of Bunny Girls, created for Valentine's Day, contains one pastel pink and one deep red bunny girl outfit: Valentine Bunny Girls set.So I have created my fourth set of Bunny Girl costumes, in vivid colours, as requested. I've made costumes in eight vibrant colours: claret, tangerine, deep purple, chartreuse, hot pink, teal, indigo and copper.
Each costume comprises a smart satin suit, cottontail, cuffs with Playboy cuff links, collar with bow tie, name medallion, sexy black heels & black seamed tights. The Bunny Girl body mesh was created by Aardvarkams at MTS2. Matching ears are available for each costume but must be downloaded separately. The bunny ears mesh was created by Windkeeper here at TSR.
The Bunny Girl costumes can be worn by adult and young adult females. The ears are available for all Sims.
Thank you & Preview
Hello all!Thank you so much for your nice comments on the downloads and taking the time to sign my guestbook! I'm so glad to be here at TSR!
I also have brought a little preview with me for you to show what I'm working on. My intention was to create another dog house which doesn't look so odd like the ones that already exist in the game. ;) I've also done many recolors of it. I think it will be released here in a few days.
See you!
Murano
Stuart Legacy
Hey there people!Now that Corpus Noor is done, I've gone back to my legacy ;) So there is an update available today. The concerning screenies are to come tonight or this weekend, but for now, there is 3 more correspondances in Chapter 1.
http://www.freewebs.com/nanamouskoury/
Poll
Today I finally got around to sorting out how to add a poll and so now I have a poll going.I'm not sure if I'll get many people to vote but I'm an optimist so let's see what happensNew Upload: Dark wood Recolor of Tekos Mono Kitchen
I'm in love with the Mono kitchen from the great artist Teko also known as Murano. Because of that I've made a dark wood recolor. You can download it tomorrow. Here some pics.
Thanks all for the participation!
Regards,
Sophia
Regarding "The Rock" Modern Home
I am afraid that I decided to put the last home in my series in a very long hold... seems like my game got annoyed with it, or maybe I ran out of patience... But as I was making good progress on the lot... I committed a very serious error.......................... and, well... I decided to stop it for a while...In the meantime, I am making some houses of a different genre similar to my "Elizabeth" home just to remove the frustration... *sigh*...
and Pavers 01 in Vanilla:
Enjoy! and have an AMAZING day!
Birthday
OK, so today is my birthday. I try to keep them in perspective by telling myself that birthdays are actually just the number of planetary cycles that have happened since I was born. It doesn't really mean anything. Right? I think I need to post a poll about it.I cannot believe how many people HATE Harry Potter. What is up with that? I am not a sheep and I resisted reading them for a long time. Then I got talked into reading the first one by my sister-in-law. I got hooked. Sometimes (not often, though) people actually can recoginize something good. This is one of those sometimes.
Beforehand apologies!!
hey guys!As the title says I'd like to apologize beforehand for something funny I've done. The apology is because when I was making Serenity dolls' previews, I accidently typed 'Serenty' instead of 'Serenity'. After making the previews and saving them, I realized what a big mess I'd made, but I liked the previews so much and didn't want to redo all of them. So please just pretend it's SERENITY!
thankyou
Faranak
Belle Briar Cottage
Excellent cottage for a growing family. 3 bedrooms plus room to add on if needed. On this lot, I did not leave room for a driveway. I know I usually do ... but I started building and by the time I remembered to place the driveway ... it was too late. I would have had to tear down half the house. Sorry! And one last thing ... the exterior walls texture matches Farmer Thompson's Wall in the Seasons EP. I know in the photos the wall texture appears not to match ... but in the game ... it is right on. Pix for you ...
And I am still working on that large community lot for Bannoch Village ... maybe by this weekend I will have it complete and ready for upload ...
1,000,000+ and counting...
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I absolutely adore all of you, your kind comments, and the fact that you like my creations enough to download them! Have fun with them and have an absolutely AMAZING day!Resized Diver Sculptures
Right. So you might remember that about a month ago, we had a marine and nautical theme week going. Well, I had every intention of participating, as I normally do with theme weeks - I had tons of ideas and even started a few projects. Unfortunately, these projects ground to a halt when they suddenly seemed to start boycotting my editing work and I was forced to set them aside. I've only just now come back to them and finally wrangled them into submission.So, if you still have the urge to build wonderful nautical themed lots or decorate your Sims' homes with curious marine stuff, here is a set of diver sculptures resized from the original giant OFB versions; a Sim-sized and desktop-sized version is included, plus three recolours and all base game compatible. Publish date is set to this coming Friday, Aug. 3'07.
NOTE: In an effort to cut down on file bloatage, I have made the small version a texture slave file to the medium version - you will absolutely need the medium-sized version in order for the small one to work properly.
More new stuff coming soon!
Today I have submitted The Summertime Living Room Set and Metal Bedframe Set!Also, tomorrow the Modern End Table Set will be published.
I plan on beginning work soon on the Summertime Bedroom Set, Summertime Entrance Set, and another end table set (just a recolor set this time).
Within the next few days, I will begin work on my ninth episode of Extreme Sim Homemakeover! Let's just say the ninth episode is going to be a lot different then the previous episodes :). I also submitted the second part of Episode 8 today, so it should be published tomorrow.
That's it for now!
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~
1 MILLION DOWNLOADS!!!
I can't believe it! I finally hit 1 million downloads! How amazing.It's taken nearly 4 years to get here, but I did it!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to anyone and everyone who ever downloaded any of the crap I made. Especially the ones who left messages of encouragement along the way =]
and Kitchen 07 in Light Mocha:
Enjoy! and have an AMAZING day!
Bathroom weirdness
Just wanted to explain a bit about the bathroom I'm releasing. I wanted to do something of Sunair's because I never had and chose the Hexagon bathroom. I have these colorful tiles that I've been trying to use forever and they sort of looked acceptable with it, so I asked the ladies in the TC forum what they thought. Half of them loved the tiles and half of them hated them. So I did another wall and floor and thought that was still a bit too busy. But some people liked it. Then I did another wall and a couple more floors and other people liked that. The end result is that I couldn't make a decision as often happens with me, so there will be all these different looks possible with this bathroom. I'd also like to see any examples anyone might come up with where these tiles look like they really belong there. I like them by themselves but still haven't found anything I'm totally happy with using them with. So if you come up with something, please let me know. Or if you're one of the ones who hate them, then you can skip those and get the others. Either way, there should be something for everyone. Hope you like it!Away for a few weeks!
Hi all,I have received some bad news about my Father and I have to return home for a little while until thing settle down again. I'm hoping to return back to my place for the weekend so I will be able to upload the rest of the Eliabeth Rose Bridal Collection. But I cant make any promises.
Sorry to keep you's all waiting! but its only just for a little bit longer.
Take Care,
Katherine
I'm On Vacation...
As of Thursday I am saying 'Bon Voyage' to Australia and heading to the USA on holidays for 3 weeks but don't worry, I have plenty of new stuff ready for upload over the next few days including eyeshadows, eye colours, lipsticks and even some paintings! Watch this space!!!Stephen King - On Writing
I've been reading "On Writing" by Stephen King. The first half is more of an autobiography but the second half that I just began is about the style of writing. See I always loved to write when I was litte, probably til I was 14. But somewhere I got this idea that I was not any good and just continued to read A LOT. I found that I was good in art and focused my attention there. Mind you, I didn't own a computer til I was in my senior year, took out a loan and bought it myself.Anyways I noticed as per Stephen King I've been doing things wrong. Well next chapter I'll improve upon that. And also through all your kind support and comments, I'm playing with the idea of working on a novel. Not on Bella and Cassandra though! That would be funny, and I'm sure Maxis own the rights to all those characters. Plus I am sure any person who does not play Sims would never understand.
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