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Decades Challenge Lookbook - Maternity

Hey - what's up? I am super duper pregnant myself, so here is a lookbook of maternity fashion through the decades that I was inspired to create while I wait for this baby to arrive.

Maternity fashion over the last 100+ years oscilated between 'don't let them see you're pregnant, gross' to 'show off that bump, populate or perish!'.

The last look is inspired by how I currently look 🫠

I will reblog with all the relevant links over the next few days, so stay tuned!

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Decades Challenge Lookbook - Maternity

Hey - what's up? I am super duper pregnant myself, so here is a lookbook of maternity fashion through the decades that I was inspired to create while I wait for this baby to arrive.

Maternity fashion over the last 100+ years oscilated between 'don't let them see you're pregnant, gross' to 'show off that bump, populate or perish!'.

The last look is inspired by how I currently look 🫠

I will reblog with all the relevant links over the next few days, so stay tuned!

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Whoa lol I totally lied about number 3 - big shout out to random respiratory illness for ruining that plan.

Anyway. I finish work at the end of this week for a whole year (!!!) of maternity leave. So I’ll get my act together and queue these 30-ish posts to start hitting your dash in July!

Brain dump:

Sims TikTok seems to be where it’s at these days? Tumblr is dying? Debate.

There are so many game glitches going on right now that I literally cannot progress my gameplay in order to progress story. Like height sliders, raining indoors, livestock stuck in family inventory etc. I open the game and close it after getting fed up.

First post of new Legacy up tonight!

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Brain dump:

Sims TikTok seems to be where it’s at these days? Tumblr is dying? Debate.

There are so many game glitches going on right now that I literally cannot progress my gameplay in order to progress story. Like height sliders, raining indoors, livestock stuck in family inventory etc. I open the game and close it after getting fed up.

First post of new Legacy up tonight!

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lil update

I have 21 drafts saved and ready to go for my new decades challenge. It's been a labour of love, but I've developed the story enough that now I need to release her into the world! A scary thought.

Since finishing the Langston Legacy I've felt a huge void in my life, a lack of purpose and isolation from this community I used to feel so apart of. It's been harder than I thought it would be. I miss being part of simblr.

Life hasn't been great lately, which is why it's taken me a while to post here. I've felt pretty sad about a lot of things and didn't want to emo-dump on tumblr like it's 2013. But 2025 has been such a crappy year. I'm counting down the weeks until I can leave my shitty job and take a whole year of leave with my little family. Spend time at home, slow down, work on creative projects (sims included) and figure out what the heck I am doing with my life.

Anyway, that's me! Keep your eyes peeled for the first posts of this new Legacy...

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would u ever consider sharing your mods folder for older decades cc? so much of what is still available to download out there doesn’t work or links are broken and you seem to have such a nice consistent folder ☺️ I know a lot of ppl aren’t comfy w that though so im just wondering

Ahhh I’m sorry nonny but I don’t think I can! There are so many creators out there who are still creating, and for me to re-upload their work would go against their t&c’s.

I know it’s frustrating when content is no longer available, but there is so much new content that has come out in the years since I’ve been playing historically - I’m actually trying to focus on using newer-cc this time around, and if you have any specific WCIF I’m open to answering these requests!

Also… my mods folder is not nice 😅 it’s a hot damn mess that I haven’t organised for months and it is 20GB+! Nobody needs to see that chaos.

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The way I screamed at your newest post!!!! Gorgeous ❤️

Eeeeppp I’m so glad!! This lil project of mine has been brewing along for so, so long and to put even just a teaser of it out into the world was nerve wracking so I’m glad you are excited! I’m determined to make this a really good, sharp and punchy little Legacy that does justice to its inspiration 🦘

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Trying to name my Decades Challenge - a challenge in itself when this is the source material.

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The Australian exchange rate sucks.

How are we all justifying the cost for the re-releases if we paid full-price for every content pack when they were originally released?

👉👈

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What’s up?

I thought I’d share an update on what I’ve been up to/where I’m at now that the Langston Legacy is over.

Tbh I’ve felt a bit lost without the drive to forge forward with a Legacy! I miss just playing the game for the sake of playing. I haven’t bought Life and Death yet but have considered it just for a reason to play the damn game.

But to cope with the end of something so big, I’ve thrown myself into new projects - both sims and non-sims.

In dot point form, here is what I got going on:

I got a new PC! My partner surprised me with a proper gaming PC for Christmas and it is beautiful. Incredible speeds and quality, and I can’t believe how much my poor laptop was suffering by comparison - honestly it was off putting to play on because of the load times and lag.

Since getting new PC, I have finally started work on my long-planned project of an Australian decades challenge. I’ve built the world, all the lots, and created the population and main family. I might share some images soon because I’m super proud of how they’ve turned out. I’ve already got the prologue mapped out and have been working on shooting! But still tweaking how I want to story-tell this new Legacy and how I want the format of it to work between imagery and dialogue. Bit of a WIP still.

I’ve created my own custom ReShade preset just for my new Legacy. It was a labour of love but I really learnt a lot. I wanted something that really looks like the setting of my Legacy, southern rural Australia in all its barren, dusty, ochre glory.

In saying all that, if they re-release the Sims 1 or 2 as part of the 25yr anniversary I’ll be yeeting myself into the void to play those for a while and pretend I’m a kid again.

Outside of sims, I’m working on finding new outlets for creativity in my own personal life and seeing where that takes me. I’ve come to realise that creativity is necessary for my sanity, and I have so many ideas I want to work on but instead I’m stuck in the rat race of life working a full time job that I don’t like. I’m going into this year with the mentality that it’s time to be brave and take some big steps to live the life I want to live, one that allows me to be creative on a daily basis and spend more wholesome time with the people I love.

And to top it all off, I’m also baking another real life nooboo 🐣 just one this time, not two!

Anyway what was the point of this dump? Just to let you all know where I’m at, what you can expect from me, my desire to stay here in simblr and still be a part of this community.

If you’re new around here, please feel send me a message and I’ll check out your stuff - I feel very out of the loop these days with fellow simmers and a bit lost at sea, but I’m still very much a historical simmer at heart who loves the cosy vibes of creating historical drama with friends ❤️

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And because you're all so kind, here are some outtakes from the family photo in detail of all of your favourite Langstons.

Thank you for reading the Langston Legacy

To all my dear followers and friends - it took me some time to post this final post for the Langston Legacy, because it is so hard to say goodbye to this group of sims that has been part of my life and many of yours for nearly 5 years.

But we made it. All the way to the modern day! This Decades Challenge is complete ⌛️

I hope you all enjoyed the final walk with Mac through the Langston family back to their origins. I really loved revisiting where they came from and seeing old faces. It felt like the fitting way to round this Legacy out.

This is the end for the Langstons. Above you will see all the characters we met over 12 decades - and I have the wonderful @goldoradove to thank for helping to create a 51 sim pose that was so unique to this particular family and all of its individuals. The thing I love most about this community is the people I have met through telling my sims story, and collaborating on this pose to say farewell has been truly heartwarming. I have endless, endless thank-yous, Rilla 💖✨

Ew I’m crying now as I write this, how dare sims make me feel this kind of emotion?! But seriously. Thank you everyone who has ever been invested in this sims story. 5000 followers later (excuse me 😳), and I want you all to know that every comment and like and message has been so meaningful. You are the reason I was able to keep this going for so long, pick it back up after long hiatuses, and finally finish it in my own slightly-protracted way as my life outside of simblr has changed. What started as a pandemic hobby in lockdown turned into a huge project that has sustained me creatively and I feel a bit lost now that it’s complete.

So… what’s next? Stay tuned and I’ll update in a few days on where I’m at with my future plans on simblr. But in the meantime, go discover and read and follow and support all your fellow historical simmers and above all, create your own characters and worlds of your choosing without shame or inhibition 💕🥹

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Thank you for reading the Langston Legacy

To all my dear followers and friends - it took me some time to post this final post for the Langston Legacy, because it is so hard to say goodbye to this group of sims that has been part of my life and many of yours for nearly 5 years.

But we made it. All the way to the modern day! This Decades Challenge is complete ⌛️

I hope you all enjoyed the final walk with Mac through the Langston family back to their origins. I really loved revisiting where they came from and seeing old faces. It felt like the fitting way to round this Legacy out.

This is the end for the Langstons. Above you will see all the characters we met over 12 decades - and I have the wonderful @goldoradove to thank for helping to create a 51 sim pose that was so unique to this particular family and all of its individuals. The thing I love most about this community is the people I have met through telling my sims story, and collaborating on this pose to say farewell has been truly heartwarming. I have endless, endless thank-yous, Rilla 💖✨

Ew I’m crying now as I write this, how dare sims make me feel this kind of emotion?! But seriously. Thank you everyone who has ever been invested in this sims story. 5000 followers later (excuse me 😳), and I want you all to know that every comment and like and message has been so meaningful. You are the reason I was able to keep this going for so long, pick it back up after long hiatuses, and finally finish it in my own slightly-protracted way as my life outside of simblr has changed. What started as a pandemic hobby in lockdown turned into a huge project that has sustained me creatively and I feel a bit lost now that it’s complete.

So… what’s next? Stay tuned and I’ll update in a few days on where I’m at with my future plans on simblr. But in the meantime, go discover and read and follow and support all your fellow historical simmers and above all, create your own characters and worlds of your choosing without shame or inhibition 💕🥹

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Mac and Hugo had made their way to the seaside town of Brindleton Bay. It was the birthplace of Charles Langston II and the place where he married his wife Madeleine.

Mac felt like they had been lucky, to find yet another famous figure in their family tree whose lineage they could trace back one step further. But they were also very aware that they may be nearing the end. Unless another notable figure came up, it was going to be almost impossible for them to trace the family tree back further given how far they had already come. They couldn’t believe their luck so far that they had managed to trace back into the 1890s - and hoped that perhaps there was one more mystery left for them to uncover.

Mac and Hugo traipsed along the Brindleton dockland markets, pondering where they should start. Both agreed that a cemetery may hold some clues if they could find the name Langston.

They approached a man at a stall and asked him whereabouts the cemetery was.

‘We’re doing a family history project,’ explained Mac. ‘Looking for the name Langston. Apparently they lived here way back in the 1890s at least.’

‘Oh yeah,’ said the man. ‘The cemetery is up at the lighthouse. Langston you say? There’s an old farm called Langston Farm up the back of town, too. Maybe that’s what you’re looking for?’

Mac was ecstatic. Another stroke of luck! They headed off for the cemetery at the Lighthouse, where they found several old, crumbling headstones bearing the surname Langston.

There was a young boy aged eight - Oliver Langston, whose parents were Charles and Charlotte. And not too far from his headstone were those very people - Charles and Charlotte Langston, whose headstones noted that they were survived by their five children - Agnes, Charles, Juniper, Frank and Sybil.

This was it, Mac thought. Charles Langston II - here was his mother and father. He had siblings too. And they lived here in Brindleton Bay. The old farmhouse must have been their home, and Mac and Hugo eagerly made their way there.

Traipsing through the forest up an old dirt track, Mac didn’t know what they would find. A hopeful part of them hoped maybe there would be descendants still living there for them to meet.

But they knew realistically that it was wishful thinking. And when they came upon the old farmhouse, it was sad but unsurprising to them that it was old, decrepit and abandoned.

Mac felt a deep foreboding feeling that they had reached the end. There were no more leads to follow. They would never know what life was like here on this farm in 1890, or how its inhabitants came to be there.

‘I… don’t know what else we can do,’ they confessed to Hugo. ‘It feels like there are no more stones that can be turned over here. It’s an old abandoned farm. I thought maybe someone would still be here…’

‘Hey now,’ said Hugo softly. ‘This is ok. You have traced your family history into the 1890s. Mac, you’ve uncovered 12 generations of people who came before you - they lived such diverse lives. We got stuck so many times and we still got here. Maybe this is the end, but that’s not a bad thing. Think of everything you can share with your family when you go home.’

Mac felt sad, thinking about going home. They had so enjoyed spending this time with Hugo, having a companion to share this journey through history with, to motivate them to keep going even when they got stuck.

‘It’ll suck though to go home… and leave you,’ they confessed to Hugo.

‘I’ll miss you too,’ said Hugo, wrapping Mac in a big hug.

In the quiet moment under the sunset, in the forest next to the abandoned old building, something passed between the two of them. A mutual agreement that while this was the end of their search for their family history, this wasn’t the end for them. Their story was only just beginning.

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Mac had nearly given up in their quest to trace their family history. The trail had gone cold several times, but with a bit of digging they had managed to trace back 10 generations. Their expedition to Windenburg had unearthed so much more information, and they were determined to push back as far as possible before the trail ended once and for all.

They were honing in on the name Langston now. It was the maiden name of Marigold and her sister Primrose. So perhaps it would tell them something about where they came from.

Fortunately their first search for a Langston produced a result, which led them back to Britechester once more to explore the University. Charles Ernest Langston II, a noted archaeologist and historical academic of the University, had an entire wing named after him in the archaeology department. Though internet searches had brought up fragments of his history, Mac had learned that this Mr Langston was a notable figure in academia in the 1900s. Perhaps, he was the next link in the chain.

Upon exploring the archaeology building, Mac was thrilled to find their first piece of information - a photograph. Hanging on the wall, as captioned below, was Charles Ernest Langston II, immortalised in black and white. A face they could put to the name.

Further searching on the library computers of Britechester brought up more nuggets of information. Mac and Hugo searched through images and old pages, finding a photograph of what appeared to be Mr Langston and his family - two sons, and one daughter who resembled the sisters Marigold and Primrose. Though it didn't entirely make sense to Mac... weren't there two daughters?

The births and marriages records confirmed further to them that Charles Ernest Langston II married Madeleine Jane Eldridge, whose family name had roots in Brindleton Bay. Mac was ecstatic - they knew where they would be going next.

'It's like a second wind!' they exclaimed to Hugo as they walked through the town. 'The universe is giving me some kind of sign not to give up.' They threw their arms around their new friend, excited to share these revelations with somebody else.

'Hopefully Brindleton Bay will shed something more on where old Mr Langston came from,' said Hugo with a grin. 'Maybe this isn't the end just yet.'

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Mac and Hugo sat out the front of a cafe in Windenburg, sipping their coffee. Their investigation into Schiller had come up short - they still didn't know who Daisy was, or have any lead to another member of the family. They were both disheartened - it felt like they had come here for nothing.

'It feels like the trail has gone cold,' sighed Mac. 'I guess this is as far back as my family history goes.'

'You're retracing your family history?' Mac and Hugo looked up to find the cafe waitress standing next to their table.

'Yeah,' said Mac. 'But I don't think there's anything more for me here in Windenburg.'

'Have you tried checking out the Harrington Museum?' asked the waitress. 'It's got heaps of local history, it's this old mansion up the hill that used to be owned by the Harrington family who were these big rich aristocrats. They pretty much originated with Windenburg.'

Mac had no other leads, and so they and Hugo decided to check out the small history museum. Maybe it would unearth some niche local history relevant to their cause.

They arrived at Harrington Manor, a big beautiful old house that had been restored into a museum. The first foyers were filled with photographs of the historical Harrington family.

'Welcome to the Harrington Museum,' said a woman. 'I'm the current caretaker and curator of the Museum and a direct descendant from the Harrington family. Feel free to ask me any questions!'

'Who were the Harringtons?' asked Hugo.

'The Harringtons were a wealthy family who owned much of the land that is now modern day Windenburg. Back then they managed majority of the landholding in the Windenburg estate and built Windenburg into what it is today. The family had to sell off parts of the estate during the Great Depression, and eventually went bankrupt due to inept management. Even the surname eventually died out. Let me know if you have any more questions!'

Mac and Hugo began to peruse the pictures on the walls. There were handpainted portraits and old, faded photographs. Mac approached one set of photographs, and noted the captions beneath them.

The first photograph they noted was of a young couple. The caption below read:

Wedding of Patrick Thomas Harrington and Marigold Joy Langston, circa 1916

Langston. There was that surname again. How was it connected to it all?

On the left side were some photographs of groups of people. The first photograph showed the same married couple, Patrick and Marigold. The second photograph read:

Wedding of Walter Andrew Harrington and Sybil Helena Langston, circa 1919

Langston, again. But there was no information on who any of the other people in the images were.

Mac traipsed around the room, reading the captions eagerly, searching for more photos of the Harrington men who married Langston women. The next photograph they came across was of a young family in the 1920s. The capton below read:

Walter Harrington, Sybil Harrington, Walter Harrington II and Ruth Langston.

Mac couldn't believe their eyes. There, in the photograph, was a girl named Ruth Langston. The same Ruth Langston whose gravestone they had found in the Henford cemetary with her husband Theodore. The daughter of Daisy. What was she doing in this photograph? How had she come to be here?

And yet, next to the photograph of Ruth was another family photo, this time of Patrick and Marigold again. The caption below read:

James Harrington, Marigold Harrington, Thomas Harrington with Primrose Weston and Daisy Weston.

Here it was. The golden nugget that Mac had been searching for. Daisy Weston, a young girl, immortalised in a faded photograph. She was somehow related to this Harrington family. Primrose was her mother.

But who was Marigold? Why was Ruth a Langston and not a Weston? Why was she with the Harrington family? Mac thought about it long and hard, and soaked in the faces from all the photographs. They thought about what it all must mean.

Leaving the museum with Hugo, feeling like they had at last had a breakthrough, Mac revealed their theories.

'What we know is that Ruth was the daughter of Daisy... and that Daisy was daughter of Primrose. I think Primrose and Marigold are sisters - Langston sisters. If you look at their faces, they seem so alike. So maybe they continued living together - there was no husband in those photos of Primrose's, so she must've been a Great War widow.'

'It makes sense,' said Hugo encouragingly. 'Althought I still don't understand why Ruth was a Langston, living with the Harrington family.'

'Ok ok... hear me out... what if, Ruth was born out of wedlock? And was hidden in secret with the Harringtons? These women were all Langstons, who married Harringtons... they must have used their maiden name to protect her.'

Hugo laughed. 'How salacious,' they smiled. 'Talk about family drama.'

Mac smiled contentedly. 'Yeah it's dramatic but... I dunno, I have a good feeling about this theory.'

As they walked on past the old country houses, Mac knew where their search needed to go next.

'Now we need to figure out who the Langstons were.'