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July Flag Sets

I've been a bit quiet lately - enjoying my holiday. I will, however, try to get back to a more regular creation schedule and to begin with, I've done up the next two flag sets for this month.

First up, new baby flags! I actually had a request for these waaaay back when I first released my garden flag mesh - apologies for it taking so long to get done. You'll find pairs of flags, one for boys and one for girls, some generic baby flags and after a lot of hunting, I also managed a twins flag (with Simlish text).

Then, celebrate your new arrival's growth with the second set, birthday flags! Unlike the party flags I released previously, these flags are specifically for birthdays, with a lot of cakes, candles and everything else a good birthday needs. And don't forget to include granny and grandad in the mix with the fun 'over the hill' flag, too! :P

Fine Portraits

I nice selection of multiple painting to cover that troubling, blank wall. Mesh is by justmoi at MTS2. I just love all her paintings! Now before someone (most likely an art historian), throws up a red flag about these portraits ...not all the paintings are by John Singleton Copley ... I think there are only 2 that cannot be attributed to this artist .... I just liked them and threw them in the batch. Hope someone out there can find a use for these! Here are a couple pix with paintings on different wallcoverings...

Sabbatical Over!

I'm baaaaack! lol I realized it's not much of a sabbatical if I'm still making things on my off-time. So I'm officially coming off of sabbatical to bring you some new stuff. I also want to thank everyone who's left me comments or taken the time to "Thank the Artist". It's what keeps me going and striving to release better and better things for you all!

Today I will be uploading 5 new sets that I hope everyone will enjoy. More to come for sure!

Ps. I've recently been recoloring some sets from a few of the awesome artists out there on other sites. It would really mean a lot to me, if you like my recolors, if you'd stop by the creator's site (linked below all of my recolor sets) and thank them in their guest books. I wouldn't be able to recolor them if it weren't for their beautiful creations, hard work, and generosity. And thank you in advance for your work in showing your appreciation!

Summer Holiday - away until the end of July

We'll be on holiday from tomorrow (Saturday 14 July) until the end of the month. We're away in Cumbria again for a week, taking Lord Tiko with us for his first trip to the seaside this time!

Then we're calling home to leave him (cat-sat by our son and his girlfriend) and to collect our 2 copies of Deathly Hallows via Amazon, then going away to a secret location!!! ;)

The Order of the Phoenix movie

We went to see The Order of the Phoenix movie at a preview showing yesterday, before the crowds starting arriving. We were thrilled and moved to tears by it.

I'm not someone who found the book a mess, or bloated. Because I've experienced the utter crulety of people and organisations who smile and simper while they try to destroy you, I shared Harry's frustration, doubt and anger immediately, and read through the book a second time immediately. So I was thrilled and moved to see how superb an actor Daniel Radcliffe is becoming, and how movingly he conveyed all of this, and how tender his scenes with his godfather and real-life pal Gary Oldman were. Immelda Staunton also increased the visibility of Umbridge's inner darkness step by step, better than the book does.

David Yates and his crew have done a marvellous job of rendering the world a dark, fearful place, full of denial and lies. It was almost Matrix-dark! And we all knew many sub-plots would have to be jettisoned with the bigger books - the only one I really missed here was Jo Rowling's brilliant - nay, profound - exposition of prophecy and how it operates in human lives. This meant the final great scene between Harry and Dumbledore was slightly empty of its full meaning.

But in the absence of many sub-plots, we had a really tightly scripted, fast-paced and subtle drama, where CGI was so well rendered as not to be noticed (Grawp excepted, I suppose). The battles in the Ministry were sensationally well plotted and rendered. Because Yates has only directed TV film dramas before I had expected the CGI and action to be a bit tame - but not at all.

And praise, surely, for Michael Goldenberg's screenplay - re-writing many details and adding visual jokes all over the place that always made sense and simplified the many storylines without diminishing the overall arc of story, like Umbridge torturing many students, not just Harry, or Cho betraying the Army, unwillingly. Wasn't the white cat on the plate running to tell 'mummy' that Harry, Hermione and Ron were about to use her fireplace so brilliant? And without Peeves being mentioned in any of the films, George and Fred couldn't leave while shouting "Give her hell from us, Peeves!" ..... but their exit was still an explosion of joy and liberation.

Loved it.

Some Notes

I have discovered a mistake with the Groovy Stuff Set 2 Bed Mesh. Thus, I have submitted the update for it. The problem was that it could not be recolored, but I have worked out the bugs, so I can now resume work on the Groovy Stuff Set 3.

Also, my first Sims 1 object set has been approved, and is to be published on the fourteenth.

That's it for now.
Happy simming!
~simmyfan2852~

Corpus Noor is almost ready!

Worked pretty hard last week. Hard enough to "finish" Corpus Noor. Even the site is quite updated. Just need to get the progress slideshows their last modifications, and voil�!

So, MacGirlffx and I will be performing the ritual test run next weekend. In other words, Corpus Noor should be expected either at the end of the weekend if the testing reveals itself to be without trouble or next week.

I would dare say that if you are interested, you should be playing Corpus Noor, not this weekend, but next for sure!

http://www.geocities.com/CorpusNoor

Back to work

As of Thursday last week, I am officially back to work. My doctor declared me well enough to work again after more than 8 months on sick leave.

For now I only work part-time and at home, and I found that since the baby is old enough to go to bed at regular hours now, I actually get to play the sims or create a little most nights, so you should still be seing new stuff from me two or three times a month in the future.

Actually I already have one new set ready for submission, but since that is part of a larger event you will have to wait until next week to see what it is ;) .

I also have several half-finished projects lying around but haven't decided which one to finish first. There is some bathroom stuff, an interesting-looking bedroom that unfortunately has tired me with some not-so-nice texture mapping for now (Maxis objects often aren't the most recolour-friendly), a couple of living rooms, and I am still toying with an idea for a kitchen I have had for a while.

Also I was very surprised on all the nice feedback I got for the Summer Garden Livingroom. I had started that set back when I finished the Safari Lounge and had put it on the shelf several times because it just didn't feel as "perfect" as I would liked to have it, so I finally pushed it out, not expecting people to take much notice of it. I guess I was dead wrong there ;) .

Have a nice day everybody, Imme

P.S.: Being "fit enough for work" didn't last all that long after all, I've been put back on sick leave yesterday, but only until the weekend and only because a regular bronchitis that my daughter gave to me. I'm afraid my immune system still isn't working very well, but that was only to be expected.

Harry Potter Collection - Malfoy Manor

The Malfoy family is an old �pure blood� wizarding family. They live in Malfoy Manor, a large comfortable house that has been in the family for generations. There is a secret room under the library room floor where they keep all their Dark Arts items. Now our favorite blond villain family can have there very own little space in your Sims neighborhood. Enjoy!

Meshes Baby!!!

I started to create meshes!! I'm trying to create a teen mesh right now and I will upload it as soon as I recolor it!!