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New 'Little Bedroom' Preview!

Well, I've been rather busy making some more bedroom sets - and playing 'Apartment Life' (Yes, actually playing for once! - My 'Evil Warlock' is so cool!!). Anyway, just thought I'd give you all a quick preview of one of my latest collections: 'My Little Wildlife Bedroom' I have two more bedrooms from the series that are nearly finished, and I will hopefully be uploading 'My Little Unicorn Bedroom Collection' tonight (that's if TSR site is gonna let me - had no end of problems on here last night - wouldn't let me do or access anything!) Hope you like it, and if you feel you need to leave a comment, please do so!! Evil Mad Cow Warlock!!

Retired

Hello, everyone.

It is with a sad and heavy heart that I write this post. Circumstances outside of my control have thrown my personal life into chaos and unfortunately TSR and the Sims in general is no longer a priority. I hope you will understand this decision and perhaps some day down the road I may be able to return with a fresh head and new enthusiasm but for now I need to take care of myself first and foremost.

Best wishes to you all and thank you everyone for all the support and compliments over the years.

Cindy

September 2nd, Vintage Charm Dark

Vintage Charm Dark is scheduled for publication September 2nd. Vintage Charm Dark is a set recolor of my Vintage Charm Bed & Bath sets. VC Dark features, rich, dark, wood tones, a soft mixture of green & blue textures, with a colorful dash of apricot. VC Dark features 4 new meshes: lantern table lamp, 2-post table lamp, end table, and a 1950's alarm clock.

Don't forget to download the complementing wall treatments and carpets sets. They are spectacular sets created by the talented Jsf Designs. Thanks Judi! You are the best! Sneak Peak, a few paintings I created, they might be part of an upcoming set for a little girl....

Burnt Out

I have been soooo burnt out the last few months I have not even played sims 2, never mind created for it. I am awaiting the arrival of the newest expansion (Apartment Life) that my husband ordered for me from Amazon. Hopefully it will bring back a little enthusiasm for the game, fingers crossed.

Yeah, it's me

Yeah, I'm around again.

I left originally because my mother was ill. Ill as in "there is a good chance she'll die" ill. And, when she got over the worst of it, it left her so weak that I was spending all my free time going up and helping my father with her. And the recovery was a very long time.

Finally though, she started making some progress. We celebrated her 81st birthday in November. While we were celebrating, our apartment was robbed. I lost my computer and all my Sims games. Along with a bunch of other stuff. It was a really bad time in our lives, not because of losing the stuff, although that was bad, but my cat Goten, who is a big old friendly doofus, was terrified for weeks whenever there was a noise by any of the windows. Terrified as in running and hiding and when I would drag him out, he'd just shake. Whoever robbed us must have hit him. He probably ran up to see what was going on, like some big, friendly, orange lummox, and they must have hit him. I don't think they yelled at him, because when you're robbing a house, you don't yell. If they'd just pushed him, he would have been fine, he's been pushed a lot. The way he was acting, he must have been hit. We never hit him. We rescued him from the streets and I know people on the street used to kick him, but we never did. It was awful seeing him like that. My whole attitude was, "Okay, it's bad enough you took our stuff, but damn it, you don't mess with my cat!"

In December, I was finally able to hobble a computer together. When I wrote to tell Atwa that I needed an extention on my leave, I found out that they had to remove me from my select artist status because I guess they figured I'd been gone too long.

At that point, I decided that any "hobby" where I can lose my standing because my family is sick and I get robbed, isn't something I'm really into anymore. So, I put it behind me and pretty much stopped doing anything Sims, including playing the game.

I've been playing lately, just playing, and doing a bit of downloading. I never really played the game as much as I wanted to before, because I was all caught up in creating. Now I want to actually play a bit.

Yes, there are times when I have the urge to create, and I've even got some sets of bedding I made that I considered uploading, but eh, I'm not too sure anymore. I mean, Sims 2 has been around for a long enough time that there are tons of things out there. And, there are so many people making stuff that are a zillion times better than I ever was, I don't know if I'd even make Select Artist now, as I did then. I see people who are select artists now that are doing just...breathtaking stuff. Stuff that would have garenteed them Feature Artists status back when I was creating.

Sims 3 will be out soon enough it seems and then will there even be any market for Sims 2 content creators? As for Sims 3, I strongly doubt this old computer will be able to play it. Also, if I'm hearing correctly, being able to change colors of items will be as easy as a couple clicks of the mouse, so I doubt there will be much need for a recolorer. And I don't think I'll ever master meshing. The whole process to mesh was just way too much for this old brain. Not the actual creating a mesh, but all the steps involved in how to just get it into the game, the time it took to again and again check the item, etc. For someone with ADD, it just got to be too much.

So, yeah, I'm around, but I don't know if I'll get back into creating. If I see a need I can fill, I might, but with tens of thousands of walls and floors and recolors of almost every shade and hue, I don't see where I'm really needed anymore in the Sims custom community.

Well, that's my story. In case anyone was curious...

Warmest Wishes
Darqstar

My 1st TSR Anniversary!

Really now, where does time fly? Today I celebrate my first year here with TSR!




Looking back I must say it was a great year. I made many friends whom I love dearly, I learned many new things and improved my skills a lot since my first submissions and I will continue to do so along the way.

THANK YOU! everyone for your feedback and advice. I appreciate them very much. * I know I'm slow at answering comments these days, but I promise I will get to thank everyone. *




Hugs,
Elena

Summer was a busy one!

Hi all who read my blog and visit my site regularly! The summer has been a busy one for me and I haven't gotten to create like I want to, but fall and dreaded winter are around the corner so I'm sure that I will have some new lots on a more regular basis. I do, however have a lot finished and uploaded and getting ready to be published the 1st of Septemeber called Cape Cod Lane, which you can already see a preview of on the upcoming lots download page. I also have one that I finished last night called Lazy River Rd which is another rustic type house: Again, I'm hoping to start creating more as the fall and winter approach with some other new and exciting lots and even some wallpapers and floors. Hope everyone's summer was a great as mine was! Happy Simming!

Update, Vintage Charm Endtable

The Vintage Charm End Table is updated and can now be recolored. The VC end table (cash_vincharm_endtable_mesh.package) is a required update if you want to use future recolors of the mesh. The updated end table's catalog description includes information of the update.

See screen shot below. You can get the updated file here,
Vintage Charm Pink - Endtable Mesh

Here's a sneak peek of a taller version of the VC end table--it is a perfect height for a nightstand or foyer table. The taller end table also has 4 decorative slots for objects. Catalog screenie... Sneak Preview...

Sims 3 In Turkish?

Hey guys!

I saw a new petition for a language support for Sims 3.Some of you know that I am Turkish.There is alot of fansites here.And a lot of us want to play Sims 3 in Turkish.If you want to support us click the link below:

http://imza.sims3.info

At the end of the page, you should enter your name and your surname.An e-mail adress (it is not important if it is not available) . And if you want you can leave a comment.Then click next.A donation page will appear.Close this page and you are done.

IF you want to support us we will be glad.
~~Newtlco

Beatrix Potter

I have now finish the Beatrix Potter bedding set. I have also made a set of co-ordinating wallpapers and carpets.They will be available to download soon.