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TC73 Oasis Dining

TC73 Oasis dining set will be published January 25. It is a recolor of Simtomatic's beach house kitchen and dining, DOT's mug tree and Detimgi's 3x4 river rug. Textures were provided by Svealyn. Hope you like them...

Beach Bedroom

Don't ask me how I did it, but I've managed to delete my beachy recolor of the Ashley Bedroom from ATS. Sometimes I really hate my computer, but don't we all have a love-hate relationship with them? I can't blame it all on my computer since I must have deleted it myself, unless my computer decided to protect you all from a terrible recolor ;-). I'm not sure if I will have another go at this soon, we'll see. So, for now it's back to bedding. I've submitted a new green set(currently pending)and have to take screenshots for a new brown set(isn't as boring as it sounds!)

Good news!

I have a couple of weeks free now, so hopefully will have a set coming up for you all!
I've just started on it, so hopefully it'll be out soon.
Will update this blog entry with pics when I'm done :D

Manor House Update

Right now, I am working on the parlor set of the Manor House Collection. Or, at least I was.

Because sets are a long, tedious process, no matter how awesome you think a set is when you start it, it is inevitable you'll hate it by the time you've finished testing and fixing problems and testing again and fixing more problems.

This is what happened to me after working on the Manor House Parlor. Except, this time I really truly hate the set. Honestly I think it sucks =[

I may go back and create a new parlor set, but for now here's what'll happen:

1.) The good pieces of the set will be redistributed to other sets
2.) The bad pieces will be released on their own under a different set name.

Even though I'm essentially scrapping this set, I will still finish all the pieces. I've only got one more to finish testing before all the pieces are done.

So look for the "bad" set to be released in the next few weeks.

Hardford Mansion

The lot I was working on is finished. It's a residential lot and, as always, it has only Maxis content. It requires all EPs (from Uni to BV) and already includes a few reward objects and crafted items. I left 3 big rooms unfurnished so you can have fun decorating too. Here is the preview, I hope you guys like it!

Who'd have thought it?!

Imagine my surprise when I came online this morning and found gold bits stuck all over my minisite! It's not often I'm completely lost for words but......






Ok, first of all I want to say a huge thank you to all the wonderful friends I've made in the sims community over the years for your continuing support and friendship and I'm sorry for driving you guys batty! I also want to thank Thomas & staff for giving me this great opportunity to represent this fantastic site and I'll try not to let you guys down.

Keep on simming everyone and I'll see you in the forums!

Woohoo! Mini-site!

I have been waiting for a long time to get this! I finally got enough kudos! Welcome, welcome, everyone! ~dancing around all the new space~

What would you most like to see more of?

Talk to me :D - I'd love to hear if you have any particular preferences about what you'd like to see more of.

The latest Lakeside Lodge should be out next week; there's more Eden Village and Little Venice lots in the works... I keep saying I'll do some more modern lots... I have ideas for more cabins (not lakeside ones - perhaps for Sims who can't afford to live on the lake!) Ideas for another BV only set of lots...I'm intending to do some more Tropical lots... I also have plans for a Luxury Lakeside Lodge and perhaps a hotel version, too.

You can see why I might need a bit of help, here. My head is swimming...

Is there a series that you'd like to see more of? Or more starters in any particular series, perhaps? I would love to hear from you! If you'd like to, do leave me a message here or in my forum thread.

Thank you!

~ Tiger :)

Casino Mazhik: Thoughts on Art Deco

The Casino Mazhik series of objects is strongly influenced by the Paris Exhibition of 1925, the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the 1937 Paris Exposition, and the 1939 New York World's Fair, New York City's Broadway & Radio Music Hall, films like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Hellboy", television programmes like "The Adventures of Ellery Queen", "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Mystery!", and books like P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series and the varied works of Evelyn Waugh. Certainly, there are many other sources and places when Style Moderne, or as it has come to be named: Art Deco, had a flourishing. Too many to make a proper list of influences, but I will take a moment to mention the contributions of the French La Soci�t� des artistes d�corateurs and the German Staatliches Bauhaus schools, as well as subsequent movements such as "raygun gothic", "streamline moderne", and "Populuxe" styles. The beauty and multi-cultural look of high Art Deco designs borrows from a number of world cultures past and present, as well as the geodesy of the futurist Norman Bel Geddes and the mechanised Metropolis visions of Antonio Sant'Elia and Angiolo Mazzoni. I am hoping to show the bright and happy side of this era, rather than the "metalisation of man" that represents the darker aspect of the period. In a way, this may tie into my "Lost American Highway" project. Let's hope I can get that one back on the road soon.

Guinevere

This is a set of modern tops with a period feel: simple 3/4 sleeve black top with contrast pleated front panel and empire line beaded straps to add a touch of glamour and emphasise the bust; very flattering and feminine.



The tops use a standard Maxis mesh (base game compatible) and can be worn by adult and young adult females.