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I am thrilled to say the least that at least 80 brave souls have downloaded my houses I put up "for sale" on TSR.  Since these were my first submissions I find it quite a success that ANYone would be interested in what I had created.  :-)  I haven't made any new houses for upload only because I have been using a special buildset I downloaded from TSR and I am having lot of fun with it. 

I also downloaded the Sims 3 Create A Pattern tool.  That was fun!  I have made some really nice, bold, "out-doors"-style patterns for your lawn chairs and other patio furniture.  I suppose some of the pattern would be nice as accent to a wall for a bedroom.  As soon as I get my patterns "styled" and have a pretty picture to go with them I will upload them to TSR.

I think I will get motivated over the next few weeks in designing more houses.  I am house-hunting in real life and I love to look at the way people decorate.   I really want to challenge myself  to make cute, functional houses for the new sims in town.  There never seems to be enough of those!  I love the gorgeous houses other artists make, but seriously,  if you don't cheat, who's sim really has THAT much money?  :-)  Nothing against a little "kaching" or a "motherlode" when your desprate!  ;-)

Since I am just typing away, I want to add that I am sad Sims 3 doesn't have the "organizer-thingy" where we can sort by sets.  I hated that feature for Sims 2 until I figured it out!!  Then, I started to rely on the folders when making my sim houses.  I knew I had a special room just for them I had downloaded and I knew exactly where all the pieces were!  Now, I know I have the special room or accessory, but I spend so much time looking for it through all the menus.  :-(  Boo.  Anyone else miss that feature?

Until next time!

Tot Ziens!

A Jump Into the Unknown

Well, I did it.  I finally got the courage to submit something to TSR!  I have been a subscriber and daily visitor for years but never got the courage until now.  The house I submitted was my Marsh Mansion Over-haul.  I just liked the easy playability of the house.  You could see everything going on without contantly rotating the screen.  I like that about houses.  Up or down viewing is the best.  I think that is really my main motivation to submit houses.  I love most people's uploads but it become cumbersome navigating "the house". 

I  didn't decorate the house with furniture.  So much of my decor items are from other people and I always tend to delete other people's furniture arrangements anyways when making my Sim's personal touches!  :-)

My husband was very encouraging for me to submit my houses..."You play it enough!"  :-)