MESH for Woodcutter windows TALL and MEDIUM

I got a comment today on my Woodcutter windows by Kate @ Parsimonious. it seems the poor gal was having trouble finding the mesh as accidently i posted the site URL but not the URL to the exact page of the mesh . My sincerest apologies - i thought i did!! So unfortuantely i was unable to link to that commenters page - that happens alot on here recently!

For anyone else who had trouble finding it on the Parsimonious site ( as it IS a little cluttered and overwhelming in my opinion) here is the EXACT page link:

http://www.parsimonious.org/furniture2/build/k8-Woodcutter_Build.shtml

Hope this helps and thanks so much for downloading my items!

Crazy but TERRIFIC week!

This week has been really hectic work wise and with my 16 yr old having to have surgery on his adnoids in a different city ( 45 mins away form here at a university hospital) but despite the craziness .... I just reached 500,000 ( HALF A MILLION) downloads! Ho*y crap! I am so thrilled and amazed!THANK YOU THANK YOU A GAZILLION THANK YOU's to everyone who has downloaded!

Also i was really honoured last night when i received a pm from incredible creator MOM_OF2BOYZ who asked me to provide the textures for this week Texture Challenge #129! I just started participating in those last week so i was very thrilled at the invitation!

i really enjoy TSR - what a wonderful community it is here!

My first attempt @ clothing

Hey everybody.. happy Sunday! Its snowing here again ( ugh- it has been for 2 days now. Everything had previously melted but now we have got it ALL back!) And so since its snowing I dont want to go outside! LOL And though I should be technically cleaning my house i am sitting on my rear end on my pc. On this mornings agenda- Creating clothing! So I made my first attempt using a terrific tutorial by Rockin Robin. I have a 30 day trial of Adobe photoshop CS4 ( and also last night I got myself a 30 day trial of Corel Paintshop PRO) so i was using Adobe photoshop to walk thru the tutorial step by step. I picked out a pair of ripped jeans and a tiger striped hoodie to make. WOW! its hard.. and though I was doing it .. I had to stop for now as I gave my self a headache LOL. So the clothing isnt finished yet but i will try agai later today - maybe this time I will use paint shop pro instead as Adobe Photoshop is incredibly hard to navigate- and since i have no previous knowledge of this software i think its making the task even more difficult. But i must say Rockin Robin does a great job of explaining with visual examples. I recommend that tutorial.. my problem is with patience! Clothing is way more work than objects , walls , lots etc!

The bottom line: you all WILL see a piece of clothing from me. Now that i have attempted it - i will try again. I think I will just start off making the hoodie NOT the whole outfit..I wont despise small beginnings :)

Last night I was up past midnight uploading some furniture stuff and extras I recently made. SimPE is a breeze now for recoloring. The very fact that I no longer am having problems recoloring Custom meshes tells me that I WILL figure out how to make clothing! 

So on the horizon this week will be some rugs, doormats, new Arizona sofa recolors, Bijoux wicker furniture by holy Simoly and some walls. Oh I also recolored a double front door by macarossi - there is no white recolor of this door ( that i know of anyways) but there is now! :) I wanted to use the door in one of my new lots.

As well i found some great new plants over at Parsimminous for free as i was getting bored with the ones I have now for landscaping my lots. Aslo got some new doors and windows too. I need variety when I am building!

Well thats all for now.. I presently have a massive headache LOL from trying to make clothes- i need to go take some advil and tylenol. Seriously!

Friday night FUN!

So if you are reading this on Friday night then that means you have got about as much a life as I have got !LOL.

Whats on my friday night agenda? Well for the past hour I have been organzing my Sims folders...not just in game folders but also all my fabrics and textures etc. In my Mesh folders for SimPe I have been making plenty of sub-folders. I am up to my EYEBALLS in folders! LOL Talk about time consuming! AHH.. but the end results is that I will be able to find everything !

Tonight I am also uploading some recolors and walls I made last night but was oo tired to upload. And that is my night. I am sure by the time I am done organizing I will be ready for bed! As well i need to go into SimPE and fix some rugs I made .. i didnt totally like the way they turned out!

So have a great night...back to "work"!

Slower submissions

Yipee! Its Thursday - which you KNOW what that means! That its almost Friday! LOL . Soon I am off to work but i wanted to post a quick blog post to let y'all know that my submissions will be slowing down a tad. The reason: 1. Recoloring Custom meshes takes a little longer as i figure out how to make things look good 2. I need to work on my website. Of course this doesnt mean my submissions are going to completely stop - heck no! Just not 30 at a time!

I have been on a Holy Simoly Arizona sofa set kick since discovering how to recolor CC meshes on SimPE. For the LOOONGEST time I had wanted to recolor those and now that i can i have many ideas!For anyone who downloaded my Big white flowers on black bedding and Big white flowers on black shower curtain - you will be thrilled to know the Arizona sofa set with that pattern has been created and is pending approval as i write this!

As well i am currently working on the TC128 - and if what i make turns out well i will submit it for you  to download ( that is if YOu also like it!) The patterns are really lovely this week and they gotten my creativity flowing! The texture Challenges are certainly great practice to try stuff out and experiment a  little. So far I am thoroughly enjoying it!

So on the horizon i will still be making some more beddings and walls... i have some ideas for modern and retro walls. Some of the patterns are pretty far out! I dont necessary like them enough to play in MY game but I am sure somebody out there would like them. You see.. when i create.. some things are things that I LIKE ( and would use in my game ) and then others are what I totally dont like but I figure someone else would like. Everyone has different tastes so I try to be flexible.

Anyways the sun is shining here today and so off i go- have a great day!

My funny little secret revealed

Just for the heck of it i have decided to divulge a little secret i have to all of you. I do not own any photo editing programs ( though i am going to go purchase a better one) and so up until today I have been using MS Paint. LMAO- yes you read it right, the basic paint program that comes with the computer. A lady in the forums told me 2 years ago when i was looking into recoloring that i would never be able to recolor ANYTHING using MS Paint. LOL- hmmm.. I have created over 1250 items using it so far!  I do have the GIMP on my pc but i dont use it becaus ei dont really know how- i suppose i could read some tutorials they offer on their website.. but i thought i would share this cuz i think its a little comical. I do plan on investing in a better photo editing program shortly as now i have graduated to recoloring Custom meshes and well i want my creatiosn to look clearer and sharper!

Anyways off to work i go now! Happy Simming and have a great Day!

This months poll - Website Help - results

Here are the stats of my last poll:

Question: If I had my own free site, would you help me keep it running thru donation?

1. YES! | 31.82% (7)
2. NO WAY | 9.09% (2)
3. Depends if your creations were any good | 59.09% (13)

Thanks to everyone who voted on it! it is great to get feedback and find out what people are thinking! :) i have a new poll now so be sure to come vote and get your kudos points!

WOOO HOOO! Finally I can recolor custom meshes!

HURRAY FOR ME!! < patting myself on the back with hugs and kisses!>

Finally i figured out how to recolor Custom content meshes on SimPE. I had been missing a tiny little step.. i was renaming a file when i shouldnt of. How stupid!!All this time and it was one stupid little thing i was missing! ( or rather I was screwing up!) So i have recolored and uploaded my first one tonight .. Holy Simoly's Arizona sofa set. It should be out in a few days. I cannot tell you all how absolutely thrilled and relieved I am that i have conquered that danged mountain! I felt so ridiculously stupid for the longest time cuz i just couldnt understand why it wouldnt work for me! A huge SHOUT OUT OF THANKS to tlaska and her tutorial Create Like a Pro from the Get Go - part 2. It was very straighforward and simple. As well I sincerely thank the recolorers in the forums who offered tonight to walk me thru on messenger if I still didnt get it to work. Your offers touched my heart. Thanks so much for your care! But thankfully now you dont need to!

Now this opens the doors for my creativity in a seriously massive way. Say good bye to Maxis stuff folks ! ha HA! No I shouldnt say that as I do like recoloring some maxis stuff and I am sure I will still do it but not so much now! I have some amazing ideas floating around for various stuff!

Next steps: get my website up and running!, making clothing and then eventually - maybe by summer?? on to understanding and mastering 3D meshing and making my own meshes. That is MUCH more difficult but the fact that others have done it and are doing it means that i TOO can learn.

Sweet dreams downloaders!

Texture Challenge 127

Well after so many years here at TSR I have  FINALLY got around to participating in the Texture Challenges. I normally dont put sets in a Zip file .. I use batch upload instead but in order to upload the room set i did for this weeks TC i had to put in a zip. Really.. it is continuous learning with sims2 ..LOL.. as I am always learning something new! So I did a room theme... i had a scad of different things i could of done with the available textures .. but only did one. Hope somebody out there likes what i came up with. And of course i used maxis objects.. i mean geesh! I really gottas figure of CC meshes and SimPE. I did another attempt last week and after two trys with two different meshes it STILL didnt turn out. I have NO IDEA what i am doing wrong .. and I even followed a tutorial step by step. LOOL.. there has got to be a resaon WHY it is not working .. higher forces working against me? LOL As there is absolutely no other explaination.. unless of course its because i am just dumb ( ha HA).. but i dont think that is why !

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.. this is the first time I have been able to sit down today.. and its 5 pm! ( almost time to start cooking supper for petes sake!) Before I know it it will be back to work again! Sigh. The weekends are just too short.

So off I go to upload ( it seems that I spend an awful lot of time uploading ..lol) I have tonnes of stuff to upload besides the TC 127 stuff. Caio for now!

50th post

Well this blog post is my 50th post. Gee I just dont shut up eh? LOL

Hope everyone's week has gone well.. mine started out rough but is getting better. TGIF 2-morrow! Cant wait.. its been a busy week - work wise! I had two houses today and somehow I ended up really hurting my left shoulder again! ( for those of you who dont know - i have my own cleaning biz. I used to have employees but they were a royal pain so i downsized to just moi. I prefer to work alone without having to worry about whether people are gonna show up for work or not! I dont make as much money doing it alone .. but I do have at least one house everyday and so I make a decent living. I make as much as i would if i worked 40 hours a week for a cleaning company.. but i only work 4 hours a day MAX.So it surely works for me!) Anyways i am in pain.. but i will live! LOL

Tonight I have been making shower curtains... I have a whole whack of bedding coming out and soon shower curtains.. as I made 15 so far. This time I opted for the expensive Colonial Tub as I have previously made a tonne of cheap shower curtains. Figured this time I would let the rich Sims have some nice curtains to choose from. So i hope you all like them.. some are fancy , others are just plain fun. By all means if anyone would like to see more expensive shower curtains then just write in my GB or something. I personally like the variety of beddings and shower curtains etc.  That is why I make them!!- i figure others would like the same variety! When I play Sims i also like variety in my clothing so no two sims in the neighborhood are wearing the same outfit ( as wouldnt THAT be embarrassing !?LOL)

Oh I also made some recolors for the Majestic Medieval bed frame from university. You know the curtained ones.. well I recolored the curtains in plain shades so people could match them to their specific beddings!

I havent worked on my Website in 2 days ..lol.. last night I was SOOO tired i was falling asleep here at my computer sitting up so i hit the sack at 9:30! Tonight I have been doing something else..making shower curtains.. and am already starting to yawn and its only 8:39! Geesh - i am getting old?? i will go back and attempt the website on the weekend.. first I want to do some reading on HTML coding and I also have Websites for Dummies checked out from the library .. I am on Chapter 2 so i need to keep reading before i go and try anything else. Of course I have this  vision in my head of what i would like the website to look like .. however it involves CSS and i am not sure how to do that. If it ends up my first website isnt as fancy.. as long as its functional and easy to navigate then thats okay. Once I start my web design night courses and get more knowledgable about HTML i can always upgrade and fix up the site. Right? right... My problem is always that I want everything to be absolutely perfect and well that aint gonna happen if I want to have the site up and running by next month.

Well thats all i think for this post.. need a hot shower and then off to Simsland to take ingame screenshots of the shower curtains and then of course uploading them before bed! Nite