IMPORTANT! - Serious Problems with my Lot 1019 Hanalei Blvd

Hey Simmers,

I want to address to any downloaders of my Lots.. that there has been reports of problems with my latest published lot 1019 Hanalei Blvd.

In MY Game it tested fine.. so after some complaints of windows and doors not showing up and also furniture not showing I had a friend of mine ( a fellow creator here at TSR) test in her game.. and sure enough she sent me pics of what is happening. It is showing up as an unfinished lot almost.

I have NO IDEA why this is happening. I have never had this happen before even with the several hundred lots I built for Sims 2. I have contacted TSR Submission Staff asking to pull the Lot  and unpublish it... until i can figure out WHAT on earth is happening!

IF you have downloaded this lot and HAVENT experienced problems could you Comment below or PM me. I would like to know feedback so that I can determine what is going on.

I apologize profusely to all the downloaders as well. It is impossible to know this would happen.. especially when it has tested fine in game before publishing. 

Sincerely,

Jackie

Finally making headway with my TSR Uni first mesh item! Yipee

Hey Simmers

Ahahaha I thought I would share a screenie of my little coffee table mesh I am working on in Wings 3D for TSR University. It isnt much right now.. but trust me.. i have had to overcome ALOT of challenges just to get this far! LOL

Meshing is not for the faint of heart .. boy o boy.. it takes alot of patience and repetition as well doing things over and over and over.. and getting things wrong OFTEN. LOL. 

But i am very proud of myself! hehe... I wont despise small beginnings. All the fab meshers started off at Square one just like me.. just like this. I dont know if i will be a great mesher or not.. but I will try to learn this and master it! It has been a dream of mine for so many yrs.. to MESH!

Anyhoo.. Happy Sunday and Happy Simming!

Yet another lot I just built... 1142 Fairweather Place

Happy Monday Simmers!

By now most of you know ... I love to Build! It is my passion and my hobby. Creating in general really!

Over the weekend I worked hard off and on ..on this lot . I was trying do do something more modern 

practicing my building skills..

I dont know if people will like it or not but I sure hope they do! I only sparingly furnished it as the file

was getting big and the last thing I want is for my lots to crash peoples games.

Most people will jus decorate furnishings , walls etc when they move their Sims in anyways. 

Please let me know what you think! I value feedback so that I can improve! I will be submitting this later today so hopefully it will get approved and be published by next week.

I may be taking a break ( short break) from building to concentrate on meshing.. but I have said this

several times LOL and haven't yet. I have been getting stuck with the meshing tutorials.. and when I

have gotten stuck to many times and my eyes start to cross and my head hurts .. I gravitate back to

building ( and recently doing paintings) :P

Happy Simming!

Newest lot Im working on in Hidden Springs

Hey Simmers! TGIF!

So I spoiled myself the other night and got Hidden Springs. Its not as good as I thought but the view is terrific.

So I have been working on my first house in this new world.. here are some screenies so far. Hope to be finished all the final touches on this beauty by tommorrow and get it submitted. 

Then time to try ( I stress TRY) to take a break from creating. I have been making some headway in my TSR Uni tutorial homework.. and if I stop getting distracted by creative ideas I may just be able to get my beginners coffee table submitted to Riccinmbrs and Angela et al by next week! Keeping my fingers AND toes crossed on that one. It seems each time I sit down to continue .. i get interrupted .. by phone.. by teens asking for something or fighting LOL.. by the dog looking at me with those big brown "please feed me/walk me/pet me" eyes LOL.

Anyways I am rambling. Here is 85 Mountainside Path 

THANK YOU TSR.. as I approach my 8th anniversary here.

Feb 5th 2005 was the day I joined TSR. Wow.. 8 yrs!

I wrote this on Thomas GB today.. and I thought.. you know what I want to blog this sentiment..

T o make a very long story short.. i stumbled across this site back in 2004 when looking for something new for my Sims2 game. Little did i know where it would lead me .. but 7 yr later and 1700 creations later ( not to mention a new addiction to Sims3 LOL) here I am! I am so thankful for TSR.. not just for great content but also for friends i have made.. a community.. things I have learned!! but also for the creativity I have been able to express and let out ( something that I didnt even know I had so many yrs ago when I first clicked on the website(

Thank you for allowing that to happen for me  TSR. And not even one Llama was harmed in all these yrs either! 

Even though I left for 3 yrs ( oh I checked in from time to time to check comments and GB and mail) I am so glad I came back... and I really look forward with excitement to what the future will hold for me on TSR!

Happy Simming!

~ Jackie

New House I just uploaded.. 99 OceanView Place..

Hey Simmers!

Just wanted to share a new house I upoaded today ( and pending Approval) . Comments are appreciated! I tried really hard to do something different then I normally do.. and I am pleased with this house. It actually looks so much better in game! ( Playing a single professional female Sim in it right now hehe- a lot of house for just one sim!!) Full basement as well! You never know.. if she meets the Mr Right Sim .. this house may end up filled with bambinos in no time LOL. 

Latest build in Monte Vista

Hey Simmers,

Just wanted to upload some screenies of my latest edition to Monte Vista.. this old world style villa called 2 Via Isabella!

I had a lot of fun trying to make it look "old world".. but of course it has some modern updates like bathrooms.. main floor laundry, kitchen.

No pool or fountains though! A well in the backyard.. too ponds for catching those beloved anchovies! and a garden :)

Let me know what you think! and I sure hope downloaders will like it!

What is on the horizon for me - Jan 2013

Happy Wednesday Simmers!

I wanted to let you all know what is up on the horizon for me - in terms of creations- for the Upcoming month!

I have started TSR University- a very slow start I will add - I am currently at the beginning stages of it and in the starter steps of reading the "required reading" which are excellent tutorials by Angela,Cyclonesue and Riccinumbers. Presently I must read both Wings 3D & Milkshape tutes and go step bystep through each one so that I can figure out which program suits me best! This is a long ardous task that will definitely take some time! Not only am I totally "green" with both programs.. I am also unfamiliar with all the "gobbldygoop" language! LOL ( It isn't goggdygoop to those who understand but it might as well be in French to me! Ohmy! eventually I will learn the language! LOL)

I have been battling some kind of weird sinus / allergy thing this past week ( it isnt even allergy season here in Canada! ) so my progress is again really slow. ( And of course Real Life keeps getting in the way of my Simming !! LOL)

Totally difficult to learn new tings when my head feels 200 pounds! LOL 

Usually the way I work when learning new things.. is I will take a crack at something.. get totally stumped and cross eyed LOL.. leave it for a bit ( until my head stops hurting!) - maybe a few hours.. days.. weeks.. it depends.. give myself sometime for the new info to settle somewhere in my brain.. then go back in when I have "digested it" and tackle it again . Sometimes I then "get it".. other times it will take several attempts and digestion periods before the proverbial light bulb goes off.

I suspect meshing is going to be the latter!

But on the bright side... I have learned how to recolor paintings in TSR Workshop. That is a victory forme! So I have some base game mesh paintings getting ready for upload as well as some Custom Content painting meshes that Ziggy28 so graciously allowed me to use! I have a painting series starting that I hope players Scientific nerdy Sims will enjoy! Part one will hopefully be uploaded shortly.

I also have had some ideas floating around in my head for Community lots and villa types lots in Monte Vista. Have some ideas of something different then I usually build.. but yet still player friendly and easy to play. We shall see what I come up with!

So on the horizon for the remainder of this long month is the meshing.. the paintings.. some more buildings... maybe patterns? .. 

Well that is it folks.. Thanks for reading my mid week rant and Happy Simming! 

~ Jackie

Preview of the awesome new Banner my daughter made for me for my Mini site!

Props to my Awesome 14 ( almost 15!) yr old daughter Mia ( TSR name - saltedteabag ) for this terrific new banner for my mini site here! 

It is better then anything I had done so far! 

Here is a preview while staff approves the change! Awesomesauce!

Mia is one of my #1 fans and supporters! She is a Sims 2 and 3 lover and player herself ! 

THANK YOU BABY GURL! 

Woo Hoo! Made my first painting in TSR Workshop!

Props to my 14 yr old Mia who has been helping me with Gimp 2.0 ! 

Made my first painting recolor for Sims3 ! The future is so bright I gotta wear shades LOL