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Looking for more Harry Potter content?

Here is a list of the Harry Potter CC on offer by other Select Artists here on TSR.

LadyMinion - a stunning Phoenix bird to keep as a pet.

Tabbylou - a selection of HP bedding, furniture, walls and floors.

Nikki041498 - realistic floating candles, perfect for the great hall.

Galilea - great selection of various HP inspired painting.

Wildstar - new updated photo realistic dark green eyes for Harry Potter and a slicked back platinum blonde men's hairstyle for Draco Malfoy.


Happy simming everyone,
Regards
Strawbz

Hurricane lamp

Since I didn't get an overwhelming "I hate candles and I hate you" response so far on the poll, I went ahead and got Part II of the candle set up. It will be published on Saturday. Seven candle colors and two bases complete the set.

Here is a preview pic!

Kitchen 02

Another simple, clean wall design with chrome trim accent. Perfect for your sims kitchen. Kitchen 02 in Sagebrush: and Kitchen 02 in Vanilla: Have an AMAZING day!

Malfunction

Just a rant here...my game crashed (I think there was an overload of downloads, I was up to over 18,000!) four days ago and I'm having to start over with everything. :( I couldn't get to the neighborhood screen when loading no matter what I tried. (yes, I tried removing all downloads to no avail) This is especially disappointing because I have only backed up my own creations for preview shots, etc. and I had downloaded and played 2 custom neighborhoods. :(

Grrrr! If anyone's had to start over with their game, you know what I mean. It's incredibly disappointing. All the saved families, neighborhoods, lots, screen shots, stories/albums, mods... I just want to cry thinking about it!

So, it's back to square one, trying to re-download everything I once had and nabbing some newer things in the process. Which isn't all bad because there's been a ton of great stuff recently and I'm finding a lot of older stuff I hadn't seen before. Who knew there was so much??

I think I'm going to have to be pickier with future downloads and just take it easy. I've been a download freak in the past and I have to admit to going on a mad downloading spree immediately following re-installation. hehe

The plus side is I'm starting with a fresh pallet. I've had a lot of great friends recommend some fantastic creations and I'm getting a lot of sympathy for my game crashing woes.

Have a game crashing rant? Feel free to respond to mine, you'll definitely have a sympathetic ear!

I'd appreciate your recommendations too! Downloading some of your favorites should help take away my game crashing woes. Right now I'm looking for just about everything except lots. (I always save lots for last & I do love building!)

On a sidenote, just to let everyone know I've been on my creating sabbatical for about a week now and given the situation with my game, I'll definitely be taking the full 2 weeks. I have made a few sets out of general boredom (and there were some textures that were just too good to let go to waste!) so you'll see those very soon. :)

I hope you all are having a great time here on TSR and playing your games!

Take care!
Stace

NAME CHANGE

You may have noticed that my name in your bookmarks and in the forum has been changed to cathee from cat3cm. It's still me, so don't get confused! lol

Cute Boots

This is the first set I've made for little girls in ages. There are some very nice Maxis meshes hiding away in Bodyshop waiting to be made over, and I was delighted to discover this little gem. The only problem was that it didn't have a bump map originally but I added one (see excellent tutorial by Morague at MTS2) which allowed me to create a textured sweater, lace, ribbed woollen tights and textured boots. The boots really are so cute! I didn't change the boots much from the Maxis originals, just fiddled with the colours a bit. The rest of the outfit I changed completely, borrowing the skirt, sweater and tights from previous recolours of mine. I had initially made all the outfits with bare legs and then wondered how the outfits would look with tights. I think both versions work. So now there are eight to choose from in total.



These are complete outfits and are for little girls. The mesh is a standard Maxis mesh and the outfits are base game compatible, requiring neither expansion packs nor mesh downloads.

Working on Chapter 15

Yes, I'm plugging away at chapter 15. It's a really difficult chapter because it explains everything about the Real Bella. I have to go back to previous chapters and make sure that everything matches up and makes sense. I'm sure I may have forgotten something. The story has evolved since I originally began. The goal was the same but the reasons and the road there definately changed. I just hope no one will be disapointed with my view of Bella and why she left Pleasantview.

I have a cooking class tonight and my brother is in town for 10 days and I would like to see him before he goes back to the Marines. Also hoorah, I can't wait to see Harry Potter 5 movie and unfortunately I'll be away again next weekend celebrating my one year anniversary!

I promise I'll get chapter 15 done before my next vacation.

Long time gone

Well, I haven't created anything in about 18 months. It's a long story which is of no interest. However, this week I've begun to start on a living room set. I hope to have submitted it within the next few days. I hope you enjoy, as it's been awhile!

Break...

I'm going to take a short break from submitting for a couple of weeks. I've spent most of my free time making recolors that I haven't played The Sims in almost 3 months. I moved everything to a computer with more space since my game has grown and it severly needs to be sorted and organized. When I get back I'll have tons of stuff to add and everything (for the most part) will be in sets since a lot of people prefer that.

Hope you're having a great summer!

Hair Set

Hi Everyone-

Just wanted to let people know that my Hair set will be coming out tomorrow. It is the Celebrations bun without the veil. Enjoy! :)