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Trimming the fat
Before I begin, I would like to explain that I absolutely do NOT advocate 'diets' (read: calorie-counting, 'does-my-bum-look-big-in-this', self-starving type of dieting) at all. No way. Never. No excuses.So, given this, whose fat would I like to trim, exactly?
Well, Andrea (Shakeshaft) nudged me in the direction of my invisible driveway. It was a rather large 600kb. This is because it was made by a complete beginner (me - back in October, when I'd only just learnt to recolour).
After its work-out in SimPE, it is now a much leaner 2.5kb, so if you're a lot builder and would like a little less Cyclonesue bloatware in your lots, download the revised version now.
Visitors
I love to be able to see how many visitors this little mini site has. Moore than I expected! It�s the feedback that gets me going :)Formal & Designer
*Pics added* The next set of skins that I'm submitting from my now defunct Yahoo group will be a mix of formal and designer wear based on Barbie dolls. I will be including both "normal" and "formal" options for the formal wear. For the designer collection, you'll find a classic American jeans look from Ralph Lauren, a sleek black formal from Givenchy, a business suit from Anne Klein, a pink and black formal from Escada, and a simple black turtleneck and skirt combo from Donna Karan for her DKNY line.
And I'm Out!
Well, not really. I'm heading to my brother's wedding. My flight leaves tomorrow, but we're staying over at my great uncle's house tonight because the airport is 3 hours from here. I'll be back middle of next week. I was hoping to have 3 new sets up and ready to go before I left. But alas, it didn't work out that way. So here's a little preview of what I may or may not get uploaded before I leave and/or while I'm there. And then a preview of what's to come when I get back. Sorry for the size of them, but I don't have time to resize.
Skinning Break
Even though skinning is still my favorite,every once in while I fancy a change from skinning mainly object recoloring which I have been these last few days.Sometimes I open bodyshop sit and stare at it, even though the ideas are always there and still flowing in,the urge and excitement to begin the creation just isn't there.That is the time when I need the creative change.Maybe I will manage to get my finger out and upload the skin tones that I have been asked about so many times.I would have uploaded before now, but am not entirely happy with the other ages skintones.
New Eyes Set - Tristar
Hello all and sorry for the lack of updates. I'm really busy so I can't update as much as I'd like to. I've made a new eye colours set called Tristar. I hope you will like it. ;)NL Unlocked Flowers
Due to several request, I have created a slightly smaller version of this flower arrangement that can be placed on all surfaces, including fireplace mantels. Due NOTE (as stated in the download): this file is a slave file of the unlocked floor based mesh and does require that mesh for the textures. It should be published/available for download within a few hours.Update - plastic garden
Some minor changes to plastic shrubs and hedges - I removed the "View" option from them. Now sims will no longer gaze at them dreamily as if they were statues. Made the same change to two terracotta pots. You can re-download all the updated files from this page.Ombre Lipstick Set
Just thought I would share with you a screen of my upcoming lipstick set, "Ombre". This collection of lipstick is duotoned with a metallic finish. Its very dramatic and bold. I hope you will all like it!
Comming soon - bunny ears!
Bunny ears as accessories for all ages. Coming April 15th. Can be used with any hairstyle and can be combined with other accessories. I'm really happy I was able to make toddler bunny ears as well! By default toddlers don't have accessories or glasses in the game. Well, now they will! 
Embroidered Gowns
Over the weekend I've submitted two more sets of Embroidered Gowns: "Ebony & Ivory" and "Fragrant Flowers". The former is self-explanatory. The latter consists of five gowns in floral tones: peach blossom, lilac, primrose, rose and lavender. Again, all these gowns use the Giverny mesh from Pronupsims and were inspired by a gown at www.gownsbysimpleelegance.com. Only 16 more colours to go...
Vintage Victorian Part 3
I hope to have Part 3 of my Vintage Victorian set ready for publication sometime next week. Here's a sneak peek...
So, you think you're all smart now?
You made some stairs, did you? You thought you could take that tutorial and make some modular stairs of your own and you did. Now you're feeling all pompous and self-important, right?Right.
Well, if you think you're THAT good, how would you like to move on to something even EASIER?! Think you're up to the challenge?
Fences. They're so easy you'll wonder why you hadn't thought it up all by yourselves. Well, probably because you needed a guided thump from me, that's why. So, here we are: a new tutorial for you. How to recolour fences...
Well, get on with it, then!
Back injury
Hi everyone! This is my first day back at my desk. I damaged my back in a fall on 24 March.No spinal damage. The torn muscles have healed OK, and I had more concussion than we realised - as dippy as ever!! :lol:
I'll be getting back on stream in stages from now on.
Easy flowers - update
The Easy Flowers will require Open For Business expansion pack. Maxis has changed some internal coding with the release of Nightlife, the flowers will not work with anything less than NL. But to be safe I will mark them as OFB required. For those without that expansion pack I will release the new flowers I made in a base game format. They will require gardening but still look as pretty as the ones for OFB
. To make it up to you I will include plastic version of the flowers as well.
Four Seasons
My current project is an embroidered gown in silk/velvet and chiffon which I've actually managed to make in 27 different colours! The gown was inspired by a prom dress I saw at www.gownsbysimpleelegance.com which has a huge number of gorgeous dresses. I've reverted to my old favourite mesh, Giverny, by Rosemat, available from www.pronupsims.net. I notice Rosemat has created some new hairstyles, which is very exciting.The first set of embroidered gowns I've submitted consists of four dresses inspired by the Four Seasons of the year: spring leaves, summer sky, autumn foliage and winter snow. The other 23 variations will follow shortly!
What's New!
Well, I'm still stuck in the Victorian Era. This hooped skirt is really HOT, and uncomfortable, LOL. Part III of the Vintage Victorian Bath sets is mainly recolors of existing set meshes and some NEW meshes.The set features dark mahogany hues that will match the dark wood pieces from the two previous sets. Will soon share a few preview pics of the set. Stay Tuned!
Happy F-Art Day To Me!
Today is the day, precisely one year ago, that TSR was duped into making me a Featured Artist (F-Art for short - just don't use this in MY presence, especially not preceding this abbreviation with 'old').Since that woeful (for you) day, I have cluttered the TSR servers with the worst of creations and foisted upon you the contents of my gutter-worthy imagination. Admittedly, I have made one or two Nice Things too, but that was under threat and duress. My natural talent aspires towards stupid things, like "The Four Miseries" painting collection queueing in my "Coming Soon" list.
Now, who's going to bake me a party-revelling cake with which to celebrate my TSR antiquity?
On track for business success at last?
THIS is my latest cash cow: the Orient Express. Except it's not really from the Orient and, in its permanently stationary way, it's no express either.But, I wanted to make cash whilst sitting on my butt. You see: my Sims are like me. They want to sit on THEIR butts too. So here we are: people PAYING just to be on the Orient Express. People come in to dine, to watch TV, to chat. There's even a small toy shop (read: bad souvenirs, if you will). Oh, and the never-fails-to-earn set of swings.
I'm chortling heartily as the cash rolls in! And as a single toy has yet to be sold, I have no restocking to do either!
I apologise to anyone who has already been on the Orient Express and laments the lack of resemblance to the real thing.
Nostalgic Globe Lights
I just started a new series of lights: Nostalgic globe lights. The park globe lights I just uploaded offer similar combo possibilites as my Schinkel park gas lanterns and will be published on April 11th.
Casual & Sporty
The first set of skins that I'm submitting from my closed Yahoo group will be a mix of casual and sporty. And since I am a Barbie collector, as with a lot of stuff you'll see from me, these are based on Barbie dolls. I'll be adding preview pics here throughout the day.
New Walls and Revamped Floors!
Hi Everyone, Some of you may remember my set of "Natural Stone Floors":
my most popular floor set ever. Well I have been working on them and made a whole new set.This new set is all revamped into diamonds:
and I made a bunch of new walls to match the new floors AND the old floor colors!! Some people may recognize these new floors as being the same exact colors as the original floors, with the exception of no.s 26, 38, 39, 40 and 41. Floors 38 - 41 are all new and 26 is a little more charcoal.
Here are a couple pix of some of the new walls:
So that's what I am busy doing today and tomorrow: uploading all of these walls (310) and floors (41), which should keep me very busy and out of trouble.
Happy Simming!!!
Modern Kitchen
O.k. I have made two recolours of 4esf latest kitchen set. They will come soon. I'm still in progress with making object recolours. So I hope, you'll like them.... Regards Sophia :)Adventures in misadventure
What a time I have had lately! I have been on a bit of an unintended hiatus thanks to some unfortunate computer problems. I seem to have the worst kind of luck with these machines.On and off for about six months I have had some strange problems with my computer, and things got really bad about 6 weeks or so ago. As always, my good friend Fionn (chivalrous gent, he is) came to my rescue, and offered to poke around inside, and see if he could figure out the problem. I quickly sent it along to him and he was able to find and fix the problem. he went ahead and sent it off to me, so I could finally get back to work, but when I recieved the package, it was a mess! Not only was the hard drive damaged, but the case was falling apart on the outside, and bent in some crucial places on the inside, among other problems. It took some to to get the computer to boot up, but it did, and I am able to do certain things on the computer, albeit with a fair amount of difficulty. I am not sure if the damage is more severe than is visibly obvious, but I am in the process of finding out. Until then, I will doing my best to work with the computer as it is, and submit some long overdue updates.
Just wanted to let everyone know why I have been absent, and assure you I will be back on track soon. I would also like to kindly suggest that all of you folks avoid using FedEx for your more delicate shipping needs if you can manage. They have certainly given me my fair share of headaches lately.
Work in progress - easy flowers
I'm making a replacement for my plastic flowers, the new kind of flowers that doesn't require gardening but this time they will come with butterflies. There will be Maxis default flowers (daisies, poppies, etc) plus new flowers like the ones in the picture.
Stripes U Like
I love Waverly's Contempo Bedroom Set, so I decided to recolour it and at the moment I am into stripes...so I hope you won't mind my over indulgance of stripes in this set...I think it's bright and cheerful....coming soon..!!
Cityside Sofa's
I had a go at recolouring the Zecutime Cityside sofa's, it took me a while to figure out how to get the metal frame to match the fabric, but with a little help from 2 fellow FA's I managed to do it, so I have 7 different fabrics and matching frames...coming soon.
Avalon Manor
Oooooooh! This was a big one. I am sorry that I had to submit it 'unfurnished' ... but it was way too big with all the goodies in it (over 13MB). If anyone would like to know where I picked up any particular item pictured in the house ... just PM me and I will send you the link.Closed a Yahoo group
Because my Featured Artist position here takes up most of my Sims creating time, I have decided to scale down some of my other Sims commitments. So, as of today, I have closed one of my Yahoo groups, Sam's Sims 3, which housed skins based on Barbie dolls.(I collect Barbie dolls, so they provide me with lots of inspiration!) I am in the process of moving those files over here to TSR. So be on the lookout over the next few weeks for those. I wil post blog entries with preview pics as I submit them.The World Of Science according to Cyclonesue...
Okay, I'm thoroughly bored of being nice already, so I thought I'd make something else. But first, a test!What do you think THIS is?�
It's the LAST one, silly! Wait one moment whilst I pause here to roll eyes and sigh in a very dramatic way... [ cyclonesue rolls eyes and sighs in very dramatic way ]
Now, PLEASE don't ask me what a U-Rod Perplexor actually DOES; you know that will only make me angry. Suffice to say that you can liken it to a floor lamp and be happy.
But don't feel bad if you picked one of the other answers, because ALL these highly radioactive THINGS are in a brand new set of neon artefacts. That will give you ample opportunity to learn the names properly before I come back to test you again!
Another thing that won't do anything...
In ploughing ALL my efforts into making Nice Things, I was unable to reserve any energy for also trying to make something that was actually useful too. So, no changes there, I'm afraid. Therefore, bearing this in mind, I bring to you from my new 'Nice Camp'.... a ladder!Ooh! Exciting, eh? AND.... It DOESN'T work!!! How about that?!
[ insert modest applause here ]
BitzyBus Recolor
At the moment I'm working on a dark wood recolour of BitzyBus Pentago Bathroom. I hope you will like it. Also I have made some clothing sets which based on Sunairs fantastic meshes!Uppdated
I uppdated the Swedish summer set today. Less polygons, proper description and some texture shanges. Should have done this long ago :)
April Fools
Happy April Fool's Day!Here are the walls I've been working on for the FA Spring theme. They have been compressed by 60%, so some of the detail is lost in this image.
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