#sim by owly-sims

[ktarsims]

Sighing deeply as she left Heather’s house, and feeling her fellow females were sometimes more difficult to get to know than the males, she wandered to the house next door to Heather’s place. After a few moments, the door opened and a girl she’d definitely seen at school stepped out onto the porch to greet her. As she came out, Candace put her bright smile back on and said once again, “Hello! I’m Candace Miranae. I am staying just over there,” she once again turned and pointed to her house across the street, “and I just came over to meet my neighbors and classmates. I think I saw you at school earlier today.”

After a moment of obvious reflection, the girl smiled warmly, “Oh yes, I think I remember seeing you briefly also. My name is Florence. I think Faith mentioned to me she’d run into a late arrival. You’re right across the street? We should get together and share meals sometimes! Oh! But why I am keeping you here talking on the porch? It’s a bit nippy out tonight, isn’t it? Would you like to come in?” She re-opened the door and gestured inside.

Candace stepped in and looked around with genuine appreciation at the cozy interior in black brick and blue carpet with warm wood furniture, and an actual stove-pipe stove in one corner of the room. “Oh, this is lovely! It must be so warm when the nights are cold, too.” Florence smiled back, “Yes, I was lucky to get it. My mom helped me stalk the listings until we managed to rent this place in particular. I love the wood and stone everything is made out of.”

Candace nodded appreciatively. “I can’t really imagine what that must be like,” she stated matter of factly. “My Great Aunt had arranged for my housing far in advance, it seems, and I knew nothing about it until about 3 days ago.” She tilted her head to one side and considered. “I haven’t actually asked, but I think she might actually own the house I’m staying in. Or owned it. I wonder if that means that technically I own it now? Or I will own it?” She trailed off, staring into the distance a bit.

Florence tilted her head inquisitively, and then said, “It sounds very confusing!” She smiled and gave a very soft chuckle, making it clear it was a joke. Candace focused on her once more. “You know, it IS, rather.” Then the two of them laughed together. “I’ll be glad to hear all about it sometime, but you may want to head back home soon. Curfew is at 9pm, and you don’t want to be caught out after curfew.” Candace blinked. “Curfew? There’s a curfew here?” Florence nodded, “Oh yes, for anyone under 18. They say it’s best for youngsters not to be out after-hours, for their own safety.”

Candace thought back over her day. She herself was a witch. At least one fellow classmate was a vampire. She thought she’d caught a glimpse of a werewolf at school as well. And yet, magic was ‘not a fit subject for studies’. What an interesting, odd, and sometimes confusing town. She wondered if there were mysteries to unravel here. She addressed herself to Florence again, “Well, thank you very much for letting me know. I suppose I ought to be going then.” Florence showed her back out and bid her goodnight.

Outside, Candace looked around, and then nonchalantly swiped Florence’s bicycle before heading back across the street. It looked like the lights in the house next to hers were still on. She’d stow the bicycle and then make one last visit before curfew time.

[valerie-bon]

During Chloe's pregnancy Andreas took the responsibility of the gardening to get Gwenny more free time. She used it to take more rest and to help Chloe. The pregnancy went well and the whole family were waiting for a baby soon.

Thanks @owly-sims for those amazing planters!

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[deedee-sims]

3t2 owly-sims‘s Unripped Decades Vest (requested by anon)

I’m not a huge fan of short tops, but this was too cute to decline! For adults and teens, they have the appropriate morphs. I tried to make similar recolors to the ones shown in the original post, now there’s 4 of them, but here’s the PSD for recolorists. As usual, you can choose if you want the TF files repo’d to the AF files, or not :)

Download 3t2 Owly-sims Unripped Decades Vest AF - Alternate

Download 3t2 Owly-sims Unripped Decades Vest TF Repo’d - Alternate

Download 3t2 Owly-sims Unripped Decades Vest TF Standalone - Alternate

[windermeresimblr]

Presenting: The Azalea Top

My sim, Mukuge, needed some modern clothes for something, and so I was trawling through the Conversion Catalog before finding the Pullover Dress. Then I thought, “hey, wasn’t this made into a top by someone a million years ago?”

It was, in fact, separated by Irida, as you can see here. However, it wasn’t morphed, and I really don’t like it when clothes aren’t morphed. 

So I bit the bullet and used the Mesh Toolkit to make it available for fit, fat, and pregnant Sims, not just skinny Sims. 

It is for Young Adult and Adult female Sims, has four recolorable channels (the sweater, the blouse, the collar, and the collar placket), and is valid for Everyday, Career, Random, Makeover, and Maternity.

So, caveats and full disclosure: the way the UV is mapped does lead to texture bleeding on pants with certain kinds of belt buckles, patches, etc. I am not good at UV remapping, so I’m afraid I have not actually fixed this. The mesh works best with narrower skirts and pants; otherwise, the sweater mesh clips the bottom mesh and it looks a little weird, like you have the world’s worst static cling. Also, this requires Pets and will conflict with Irida’s original blouse. 

Aside from cropping the images, I have not edited them in any way; what you see is what you get. 

That being said, if you’d like to download it, grab it here!

Credits:

Poses by @iliketodissectsims | Pants by @sentate (x), Plumb-Barb, and @owly-sims (x) | Shoes by aa6x7 (x and x)

Model 1 (plus): Tehani Afaitu by @ninjaofthepurplethings 

Model 2 (fit): Christy Adeyemi by @ice-creamforbreakfast

Model 3 (pregnant, at +/- 56 hours): Molly by @iliketodissectsims​

[simstationdance]

Hey look! I figured out how to recolor clothes AND repository them! Or... at least I think I did? I mean, they seem to be working fine, and actually look decent enough to share.

So, here’s two tops for adults and teens, with all meshes included. They come in 3 recolors each, as shown above, using/editing colors from Poppet’s Lonesome palette.

They’re compressed, they’re tooltipped, etc. And as I mentioned above, just like the originals, you can choose to have the teen recolors repositoried to the adult files, or not.

Keep in mind, these are my Very First (Real) Clothing Recolors, so please let me know if there are any issues, thank you :)

DOWNLOAD INSPIRED SOPH: REPO | STANDALONE

DOWNLOAD UNRIPPED VEST: REPO | STANDALONE

CREDITS: @deedee-sims, owly-sims, poppet-sims, EAxis

[mosneakers]

Questions for Starling: 8, 13, 22, and 41. 😊

Thank goodness someone asked Starling some questions! She was about to have a MELTDOWN, GIRL. Sorry it took so long to answer. Since we're talking Starling here, it's obligatory to be a bit more... extra 😅

8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child?

As the oldest child of 10, Starling took it upon herself to boss her siblings around pretty often. There was no need for this, since Birdie and Ginovan were active parents, and hired plenty of help when needed. So of course her parents would often have to ask her to stop this behavior. Even to this day, she loves to employ her siblings to do tasks for her. (for example, her little sister Owlie is her assistant)

13. What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

When reached for questioning, Starling responded to this question with "Pink. All shades of pink. I definitely look better than anyone else does in pink." ...I think she may have misunderstood the question. Starling was raised by Birdie, who definitely followed a very pastel, doll-house color palette her entire life, consisting of baby-blues, powder-pinks and white. Starling, being the most like her mother, definitely adopted these colors into her wardrobe herself with the overall understanding that these colors fit her and her family's appearance the best.

However! As an actress,Starling has gotten her colors analyzed professionally many times (yes this is a real thing) And most color theory analysts agree that while her color combinations are quite an enigma, they say that her skin tone is neutral-to-cool leaning, suggesting that she can really pull off anything if she wanted to (obviously) but looks best in saturated cool tones. She really struggled emotionally with this at first, but after therapy, started experimenting with gemstone color palettes, such as rubies, teals, jades, and even black. I think these colors look absolutely striking on her and give her a more adult appearance, but the debate continues on forums dedicated to Starling Darling. She'll have to find balance in her wardrobe for sure, but what do you, the readers, all think?

22.How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 

I think we've all seen plenty of instances where the way Starling presented her jealousy was less than ideal. One could definitely see it as possessive, yes. She really struggles with the possibility of being upstaged, and will go to rather theatrical lengths to one-up a sim who has wronged her.

41. How do they feel about children? 

Starling isn't super thrilled about other sims' children. They've often got snotty noses and sticky fingers, and she doesn't believe that everyone should have them. She believes straight people should have to take an evaluation before having them. However, growing up in a large family is all she's ever known and she wants the same for herself. Mira can be heard taking a sigh of relief and she specifies that she doesn't want quite as many kids as her parents had though. Also, Starling and Mira are both very busy working women. They've talked about children in the near future, but are both hesitant when it comes to pregnancy. Starling isn't so much afraid of losing her figure, she just isn't sure if her petite frame could bear a child well, and will probably seek out the service of a sturdy surrogate, with bovine-like hips that are perfect for childbearing, such as her cousin, Coraleye.

[sweetdevil-sims]

I was wondering if you knew any other active sims 3 creators? I’m getting back into sims 3 and most cc I’m finding is alpha, which isn’t my type of cc.

Hi! I’m afraid I haven’t been keeping up with CC finds blogs and the likes, so the people I’ll name here are those I follow directly or are on my radar (in a “check their tumblrs once in awhile” way):

aa6x7 (objects, CAS content)

AroundTheSims (objects)

Crowkeeper (lots, worlds)

Danjaley (CAS content)

Deniisu-Sims (CAS content, patterns, objects)

Enable--Llamas (objects)

GrandeLama (objects)

Greenie/Lyralei (CAS content, mods, objects)

HeavenSims (CAS content, mods, objects)

JulietSims (posters)

KentConverts (CAS content)

LazyDuchess (mods)

Mspoodle1 (objects, mods, lots, CAS content)

Murfeelee (build, CAS, you name it)

Nectar-Cellar (CAS content)

Nornities (worlds)

NY-Sims (objects)

OmedaPixel (objects, lots)

OneEuroMutt (sliders, CAS content)

Owly-Sims (CAS content)

ParyStrange (CAS content, lots, objects)

PixelFrogsLegs (objects, CAS content)

QuizicalGin (objects, CAS content)

SimAddix (flora)

Simlicious (CAS content, patterns)

Simtanico (CAS content, sliders)

StudioK2Sims (poses, CAS content, mods)

TechnicallySwagPizza (worlds, flora)

TwinSimming (objects)

VågenSims (CAS content)

Xiasimla (4to3 clothing conversions)

Zoeoe (mods and objects)

Note: I consider TS4 conversions MM if they’re, well, EA content. Also, I’m interpreting “active” as “has posted in the last year or so”. And I’m not including hair retexturers/converters since most work with alpha hair.

[satellite-sims]

Sim World Tag Game 🌎

Rules: List your top 5 favourite Sims 3 worlds

Thank you for tagging me @descendantdragfi @you-will-never-find-me-anymore @joojconverts 💚

My Top 5 Sims 3 Worlds:

1. Sunset Valley (my childhood bae)

2. Starlight Shores

3. Aurora Skies

4. Lunar Lakes

5. Bridgeport

I tag: @iwatzuka​ @rollo-rolls​ @tau1tvec​ @sim-songs​ @owly-sims @omedapixel​ @pancakebobs​ @oxytosim​ @vigmons​ @johziii​ @hiddenspriings​ @thesimperiuscurse​ and everyone who wants to be tagged 🧡

[treason-and-plot]

I just finished catching up with your story and I'm super-duper enjoying it; I really appreciate that I have mixed feelings about a lot of the characters but can usually see their point of view even when they're "wrong." That said, I HATE Liam with the fire of a thousand suns; I think he's gross and unethical. I'm interested in hearing what you or others find good or likeable about him?

Thank you so much for investing so much time and energy in catching up- I'm beyond flattered! It’s been so lovely seeing you in my activity again and I’m loving your new legacy too! You were sorely missed during your hiatus. As for Liam...hmmmm. I don’t think anyone would ever miss Liam! But he doesn't fill me with hatred, he fills me with pity. He's a weak, spineless and pathetic excuse of a man but I do have some sympathy for him. I hoped the scene where his wife threatens to throw herself off the balcony would shed some further light on their relationship and his reason for staying in what is obviously a terribly dysfunctional and unhealthy marriage, but of course it doesn’t excuse his unethical behaviour. Saffron is flattered by the fact he is a teacher (it makes her feel important and sophisticated) and by the poetry he writes in her honour, but she is too lacking in experience and wisdom to properly understand the risks involved in the situation. Liam of course should not have allowed himself to cross such professional boundaries in the first place, but I see him as someone who is more sad and desperate than gross. I would be stretched to find anything good or likeable about him, though. Maybe the fact that he adores his cat and writes poetry means he can’t be all bad? Thank you for the great ask!

[studiok2sims]

Uninspired Replies

Hey @aisquaredchoco​, @grim-dreamer​, @owly-sims​ !  Gosh it sucks that we all experience this!  I managed to plow through my own fizzled enthusiasm. Hopefully you all found your inspirations again too!

[ktarsims]

[simsoes]

Breakfast..

I love the bathtub and toilet planters by @owly-sims 👌

[deedee-sims]

Hey, DeeDee! Would you consider converting this sims 3 top to sims 2, and maybe the original recolors from the 70s 80s 90s sutff pack too, please? owly-sims tumblr com/post/681469816054398976/heres-a-simple-edit-of-two-pieces-of-clothing

Hi! I'm not a huge fan of crop tops, but this is kinda cute, so I added it to the list! Although I won't be able to add the recolors from the original, because they would require a different mesh.

[owly-sims]

Fenrir’s birthday progresses uninterrupted, save for inappropriate laughter from his adopted sister.

“That hair,” Raven gasps, “I can’t--I just can’t!”

“What’s wrong with my hair?” Fenrir frowns. His voice reverbs deeply, surprising even him.

Only seven more birthdays to go, and Dominic and Lark will have an empty nest.

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[mosneakers]

Please ffs take your seats

[nocturnalazure]

owly-sims replied to your post “AFATWG Character Page!”

This is amazing! I appreciate this so much--I need to do something like this too

ultroslovesyou replied to your post “AFATWG Character Page!”

ermahgerd!! ❤️

Thank you lovelies! I hope you will find it useful!

satureja13 replied to your post “AFATWG Character Page!”

this is fantastic! are you going to link to this page in your story posts? oh i want this too :D is there a tutorial how to do this?

Thank you! :) (and I just realize now that I don’t follow you, and I’m pretty sure I did, because I have some of your lots in my game, so it must be Tumblr shenanigans again -_- Anyway, fixed now!)

I didn’t follow a tutorial, and I don’t mind telling you how I did it. :) I used this character page theme code and then simply edited my own theme to add a new page with a custom layout. The explanations on how to use that theme are right in the coding and they are very straightforward. See below:

So you see, you only have to follow the instructions, really. :) The hardest part for me was figuring out how I could have a custom layout in the first place, which is in fact a very easy option in a drop-down menu, visible in the above screenshot at the top left of the page. Yeah, I’d never noticed before...

I hope this helps? :)