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retirement from sims 2

Hi .. I have had to retire from being a Select Artist for Sims 2. I was finding it difficult to make time for both sims 2 and sims 3. There are many talented Sims 2 builders still about and I will still build a house or 2 when I get the time. Thank you to all those who supported me :)

Where I'm at........

I haven't "given up" making the (Quilts by Aunt Alonna SeasonsCollection HB75); I've gotten SPRING & SUMMER published, & still need to finish AUTUMN & WINTER.  I have however gotten a bit tired of writting over & over again "My Aunt Alonna makes the most beautiful quilts to give as gifts & to cheer people up.  Since I am NOT that good at sewing, I made some beautiful walls inspired by some of the quilts my Aunt Alonna has made & the $2 price tag should cheer your Sims up.  Happy SIM-ing from hiedibear75 (TSRAA).".....wow if ONLY copy & paste would work in HomeCrafter OR with packaging the wall files up it would make their creating a lot faster.  Although on 1 hand all that extra "bio" on the wall does take a lot of extra time.....BUT....on the other hand it gives it a more.....I dunno.....PERSONAL touch?

So since I figured it was high time a got some more tile walls made I started messing around looking for "the right texture".  Well I found a WONDERFUL tile blend to use + an fantastic seashell pattern.  So instead of "SIMPLE tile set" like I was thinking......oh no!  SUPER INTRICATE TILE SET!

Seashell Melody: Along with the full tile wall it will have a wide variety of tile/paint/wallpaper + even paneling!  the paint will come in choice of colors possibly 10 but I'll decide for SURE when I see each color used in a bathroom.

I have NEVER uploaded a lot, pet, or wall/floor without 1st playing with it in my own game!  If I can't stand to see it used in a room (too loud, color/pattern doesn't blend properly, etc.) than why bother to upload it?

While working on this Seashell Melody set I was just looking to see that the fully tiled wall looked AOK IN GAME aswell......so I'm decorating this bathroom & what do ya know....yet ANOTHER "light bulb" goes off (I'm starting to have mixed feelings about these light-bulbs) in my head...."It'd be nice to have the tile meet the top of the counters & the top of the toilet & the top of the tub......so now I've got a # of different tile/wallpaper-tile/paint walls. 

I know there are not nearly as many people downloading for TS2 as there USED TO BE.....but I'm still having fun creating for & playing with TS2, so I'm not so worried about "how many" download this set.....I just hope that maybe a few who do might be nice enough to leave a thanks or upload a screenshot of them IN use. 

OK enough rambeling for 1 evening......I need to go sleep of the latest dose of pain meds.  Hopefully waking up "bright eyed & bush tailed" to make WALLS! :D

Blog 16

I am still having computer difficulties even though we have replaced the hard drive. It could still be the hard drive itself since a friend of ours handed this one to us... I don't know. But it's acting up and making gameplay impossible. (Or anything else for that matter.) It's looking like we might have to suck it up and buy a new computer soon, and we really do not have the money for such things at this time. It is so frustrating! This computer is NOT that old, it should still have plenty of time before it would need to "be replaced". All of the problems started with a rain storm and a power surge early last year. Yes, when the storm hit I was already heading for the computer to power it off, it just happened too quick. And yes, we had a surge protector. A very expensive surge protector, as a matter of fact. The type that has a battery backup and other bells and whistles. BAH! I should have saved my money and bought a piece of crap at the dollar store. That's what my kids had on their computer. Their computer was just fine. Ours has not been the same since. Oh, it wasn't so bad at first. A few ports didn't work and every once in a blue moon we would have some lag with games. That was about it. But it has been getting steadily worse over time with new problems cropping up every so often. Since my husband is a computer tech he has been keeping it going pretty well with minimal fuss but the recent problems have been leaving him baffled.

 I know, I'm whining. When the computer doesn't work properly I get a little nuts. Probably because I am so isolated up here on this mountian and have only two forms of contact with the outside world, one of them being the computer. The other is the phone, which is ironically  dependent on said computer to work... well, you can see the problam I'm sure.

Oh well. I am sure that this will eventually work itself out one way or another. In the meantime everybody play an hour of the sims for me. :)

Tuscany Neighborhood

I am currently building some more lots for the Tuscany neighborhood.

One is comming up shortly 

This is my new Tuscany lot for the neighborhood A small Villa for 3 or 4 persons.

I am currently workin on 2 larger houses for the neighborhood for the bigger families. I will upload some pictures shortly about the work in progress.

Working!

Currently working on getting the hang of making things for the Sims 3! :) Very happy about that.

- Love, Gabby.

Collection Folder, Sweet Dreams Bedroom

The Sweet Dreams collection folder can be downloaded here at MediaFire. Happy Simming and Sweet Dreams!

Carolyn

http://deadoralivesims3.blogspot.com/

Hi visitors!

This is my new site and it will be updated, as I forget my old username for the old site and also it looks now crappy. So I did a new one, http://deadoralivesims3.blogspot.com/!

Visit it cause there you gonna be updated!

Lots of comments!

Goodness! Imagine my surprise when I pop on the computer and see that I have been granted SA status again and that there are about a gazillion comments to answer in my comments section! (Have I mentioned you guys and gals are the best? Have I?) Anyhoo, I just finished 3 new TS2 lots, and am trying to shake the rust off me to relearn how to make sets for them. I am also knee deep in another group of lots for TS3 that (hopefully) will be coming out soon as well. So if you could be patient and wait a little longer I will have lots of time to personally answer each comment as it deserves. Right now, I really need to focus on finishing these durned lots so they'll stop beating around my head. LOL! Thank you all! I sure missed it around here! (((Hugs!)))

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I am a select artist!

Wow guys, I just became a select artist and I am sooooooo very thrilled about this! But it's all thanks to you, you are downloading my lots and I owe it all to you!

THANK YOU SO MUCH and I hope you will keep on downloading my stuff, there is plenty more to come!