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My next submissions!

I am planning to submit the valentines collection.

Adult, Teenage and Child-Valentine Clothes only.

Just wait for this month!

Some of them are meshes, I think?

Working stacked stairs

Did you ever wonder why a downloaded lot with stacked stairs didn't work when you placed it? Why your sims couldn't access the upper floor, just turned at the end of the stairs and went down again? Did you ever want to kick that game because you had built for hours and hours and then - when your sim moved in - your sims couldn't access ... (see above).

It was driving me mad! Well it's not because you did something wrong - it's the game and the somewhat odd stairs behaviour as I found out some early morning at about 5am when I was looking on many sims-sites for a solution. And so I came to Pescado who not only knew the problem but had some solution, too: Stackable stairs work only in one direction: north-south. Stackable stairs placed in east-west direction won’t let your sim go to the upper floor. Don't ask me why - ask EA. And if you're like me, you won't see at first sight what's the north-south or the east-west direction. And there are those lots too, which have a north-east to south-west direction.

Well, I think the most of you knew that - as for me - I didn't.

So I tried again, built a lot with stacked stairs in both directions and the poor Martinez' had to test it. It worked so well and was such an easy test, that I thought it might be of some interest for a few other simmers, too.

So this afternoon I uploaded a test-lot ("Test your Lot!") which will show you in a minute in which direction a lot has to be placed on a chosen spot to "work" / or in which direction you have to plan and build your stairs on a special lot.

You know I love the small stairs and I hate to have my lots cluttered with stairs only because I didn't know when or when not the stacked stairs would work. Clutter - YES! But nice little clutter or rusty clutter. But not those ugly stairs. (And I couldn't upload another lot before giving a hint to those who like it how to place it.)

And it's always the same - 16-step-stairs just placed in one direction behave the same as 8+8-u-shaped stairs or 4+4+4+4-circled-stairs.

If this is useful for anyone else I'm glad.

Feel free to give any comment or perhaps another solution that's even easier. 

Re: Screen

Awe but Dot I like licking the screen!  :-)

What about... sequin?

I'm happy that I recovered from my illness (wheee), and I can create again. So... I've found so many sequin detailed dresses, tops, swimsuits, leggins and etc. and next I will upload that ones. I love sequin detailed things cause you can make beautiful textures in Create-a-Sim. I've also found printed T-shirts and skinny jeans.

I've updated my mini-site. Dark colors are boring, so I've chosen one of my fave-purple. And it keeps a word which means brave and desire-CAN. You must only say can, and you'll see the world in other colors, like me. And by the way, did you see my gallery? I updated it, and now there's photos with me, my friends and my country (oui, I am a crazzzy patriot).

With crazzzzy L,

Screen

Stop licking the screen!  

New Black and White Paintings

It's been awhile since I submitted anything so here are more paintings for you and your sims once the are published.  No publish date as of yet but when I have a date I will make sure to put it in the Upcoming section of my minisite.  I hope that you like these new paintings.

Second Submission: Medjai Face Tattoo

For the Egpytian theme I wanted to do a group like the cast of The Mummy. One of my challenges has been the tattoos on Ardeth Bay's face. With the help of TSR Workshop and a great tutorial by Billabong, I was able to finally create the Medjai Face Tattoo. Now I just have to find the right hair mesh for him. :sigh:

Hope you like it.

It's been a while!

I know I haven't been around much, but now I am back with a heap of great new stuff.

Last night I submitted two new sims, a new lot (the first one I have made since getting the new 'Stuff' pack) and I also submitted a new set of (Lady GaGa) art for your walls!

I have just finished and submitted a new story as well. Look out for it sometime soon :) It's called 'Walking For Miles' and it was something that had been planned by bess before her passing.

Lastly, I have spent sometime reading every tutorial I can find about Create A World and I am ready to download it today and get started on a new neighbourhood for everyone to enjoy. I want to get as much done as possible before uni starts in a month. I will keep you updated on progress or if I have given up on it entirely, lol.

Hope everyone is well :)

Mae xoxox

The Stone Family

I hesitated to post this one because this family is undergoing a bit of change and transformation.  But, the Stone family being one of the first I ever created (even if it wasn't as complete as it is now), it would be unfair to let only the "younger" families dominate.  So, here we go!

Jonathan and Steven Stone moved into Old Town prior to incorporation.  They had no family in town, they knew no one...they came to town simply to find someplace quiet to live.  However, as things turned out, their own families followed them...sort of.

Jonathan is unemployed and quite happy about it.  With his family's growth, their combined income is more than enough to let him stay at home and do nothing.  Well, not exactly nothing...he's the one in charge of cooking meals and cleaning dishes, of watering the flowers (and there are a LOT of flowers--they live in the big house on the hill, the one with the island in the middle of the pool from Neighborhood 1), all the home duties.  He does everything he can to make life easier for his housemates--all seven of them.  Of course, only one of them--Steven--is his significant other.  Jonathan's sister is Rachel Generic, the Exorcist living in the house with six other women, a man, and his daughter.

Steven Stone is Jonathan's most beloved.  A Coach, he can often be found swimming in the pool, when he isn't putting his athletic prowess to better use elsewhere in the house.  He and Jonathan have been a couple for a long, long time.  His sister is Alicia Green, wife of Theo Green.

Shortly after settling down with Steven, Jonathan's college roommate, James Trenton, moved into town with his boyfriend, Miles.  Needing a place to stay, the two men moved in with Steven and Jonathan, and haven't left since.  Both men are Exorcists, though they both started out as Coaches like Steven.  Actually, James moved in with Miles after he caught his then boyfriend, Kyle Jones (previously Dylans) cheating on him--or trying to--with Bella Goth.  That broke their relationship--though it had always been a one-sided platonic relationship anyway--and James let himself be courted by Miles.  James has one brother, also living in town.  Miles has no relatives living nearby.

Due to a series of moving and resettling, the Stones' bank account isn't as flush as it could have been.  Indeed, most of their money stayed with James' brother when they were living with him--we're talking like almost 1,000,000 Simoleons here.  And moving into that big house on the hill killed the rest of their budget.  So, the Stones opened their house to boarders...and as a result they're tied to more houses in the neighborhood than simply marriage or siblings.

Cordelia Dylans is Kyle Jones' younger sister.  After losing her job, she visited Kyle for advice, and wound up staying with the Stones.  After a little relaxing and retraining, she was ready to begin a new career...and opted, surprisingly, for the Circus.  She's quite fearless as a Lion Tamer.  However, with her own passions leaning towards performance and music, she's ready for a career change.

Gloria moved in after returning from Europe to find her father remarried and living with her brother and his son, all of them living with Ginia Kat, her father's new wife.  Satisfied at least that her father was happy, she settled into her career as a Fashion Columnist and watches out for her family from afar (or a-near, as the case may be).  Her girlfriend, Vivian also moved in at that time.  Vivian sometimes handles the cooking in place of Jonathan...as a Celebrity Chef, she's as skilled as he is in the kitchen.

Amelia Farmer is Monty Farmer's younger half-sister.  Seeing as how she's only a couple of years older than her niece Lisa and her nephew Chad, she doesn't really relate well to her older sibling.  With the Stones, however, no one really notices her age (they're all more or less the same age anyway).  Although she had a career as a Rock Star, the late hours took their toll on her.  Now she's happy working on a daytime schedule, working in the Business field.  The hours aren't spectacular, but at least she's not working 9 hours a night anymore--just 7 during the day.  So she's happy.

And the rest of the household is happy too.  So that's all that matters, right?

Abandoned Elf dwelling is now ready!

I decided to do something different in cottages and not be so traditional. I started to make my house with the Asian roofs at different pitches and I "sort of" knew what I wanted it to look like and who would live there, Elves of course lol! I wanted to capture some fantasy. The reason why this lot is abandoned is because the Orcs came through what else lol.

I also wanted this lot to be a flip for who ever downloaded it and if they wanted to fix it up to it's once splendor when the Elves lived there. There is a over grown garden with real veggies planted, but you'll have to hurry before the weeds take over.  I also made what looks to be a shrine? The ground is in tiers with a lovely statue atop.

I'm not sure exactly how much longer I have to finish this lot but I still have alot of landscaping to do and will be working on it this weekend since I won't have the workers over to do work in my apartment since it is being renovated.  I am posting some pics but keep in mind this lot is not finished and may look a little desolet. Thanks for reading :) I am finished finally and will be published Monday Feb. 8th Yippy!