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New Computer

Well, you haven't seen me in a while. But I have a new pc and I am almost ready with a new set for you. Just wanted to let you know that I'm still working.

Slowing down (temporarily!)

I hope everyone had a great holiday season, mine was very busy and fun! Real life is taking over for me right now, so my submissions might slow down for several weeks while I try to catch my breath. I have taken on additional responsibilities at my job which will require extra hours and my son's basketball season has started, which takes up time as well. But I've got several projects in the works and a new one that I've just started. There will be several more installments in the "Bed in a Bag" series and I haven't forgotten about the "Just Color" series, next up is the dining room and kitchen for Just Color Three. And my new project is called "Bel Muro Art Gallery". I do not feel that any room is properly decorated until there's stuff on the wall, so I'm recoloring lots of paintings and will begin publishing those in the coming months. Below is a preview.

January. New York. 68 degrees F, 20C.

I've experienced January thaws before here in beautiful upstate New York, but this is phenomenal. For the second straight day, the thermometer has registered nearly 70 degrees. For all you Celsius fans out there, that's around 20.

All the snow has melted away except for a few stubborn little icy chunks here and there in shady spots. It feels like an early April day here and Spring fever is bubbling. So what am I doing sitting inside typing this blog entry???

Beds updated

Simply to let you know I've updated the Cube beds. They come now with a 7 points comfort and 8 points energy ;)

Retired

As you have probably all seen by now I am officially retired. I have truly enjoyed my time here at TSR and as an FA, and who knows one day I may start submitting again.Meanwhile I would like to thank all those who downloaded my creations and took the time to give me some great feedback without that, it would not been as much fun as it was.

I hope you continue to enjoy what I have done and have lots of fun with your Sims.:)

Two Announcements!!

#1-With the holiday season over, I thought the threat of people posting glittery, blinky animations into my guestbook was over with. I was wrong.

Someone sent me a very nice guestbook message. Unfortunately they used one of these graphics in the message and I was forced to delete it. I really, really, REALLY don't want to be deleting the message people leave for me in my guestbook. I LOVE seeing my guestbook signed (hint hint), but as a designer, those blinky animations are hideous to me in ways that I cannot even begin to describe.

I just...I HATE them. I'm sorry. PLEASE don't make me delete your messages! Just lay off the blinkies =[

#2-The Georgian add-on set will be coming soon. Unfortunately I borked some of the files and I didn't catch it until a round of last-minute in-game testing. That's why they haven't been uploaded yet.

I should be done with that in the last couple of days. =]

Dora the Explorer Nursery

Available to download from 8th January...

First Clothing Project.

I've been toying with the idea of trying my hand at skinning for a while now & last week I finally plucked up the courage to give it a go. Needless to say I've made a few disasters, but am now (fingers crossed) slowly getting the hang of it. My first project has turned into a huge one & I'm now begining to wonder why I ever started, I've been recolouring Maxis Cubbie Paws Kids Pj's from FFs, I really like the textures Maxis used but have always been really disappointed with the lack of colours, for me one colour in each texture just wasn't enough. So I've done 4 more recolours for each of the Maxis textures, that's 16 PJ's in total. Then I thought 'hey why not do the hats too'.....big mistake, I quickly realised I would have to recolour a hat for every hair colour, that's 64 hats, now my little experiment has turned into a huge huge huge project. Anyway to cut a long story short, I've done them all, I'm now in the middle of sorting out screenshots for them (that's taken me a day so far) & when they're all done I have the big dilema of how I'm gonna upload it all, still I'll cross that bridge when i come to it. Here's a sneak preview of a couple for you. All hats are in the correct hair colour bins & the hats & Pj's are all unisex.

Hiedi's house!

Hiedi made a house for me not too long ago ( Mellow Yellow! ) and I'm posting some pictures of the family that I have moved in. It's the Openbachs - Rolf, Lola and their twins - Tim and Tom along with their cat Mieow. I love all of Hiedi's houses because my families manage to fit right in!

Karie's house!

Karie has a house soon to be uploaded to TSR and it's great! I loved it the minute I saw it (especially the view from the kitchen table to that wonderful mini lake and that hammok!) The Jenkins, Bob and Petra, Kyle(Bob's son from a previous marriage),Serene, little George and their dog Husky, moved in and are having a great time in their new home!