Spring4Sims – The Best Finds, Downloads & Hints for Your Sims

I would like to thank everyone who’s donated so far, you guys are really awesome! I’m sure you’ve noticed the donation drive is almost halfway up, as for today we have raised $57.00 out of $121.00. The Sims community has never failed to amaze me in so many ways and this is one of them. You can’t possibly understand how grateful I am for helping me pay for the hosting. I promise to bring a lot of good finds to you!

Also, I’ve listed all the donators in the original post and included the sum of money they donated and their country (no names, of course). Thank you so much again!

P.S.: In case you’re considering donating, find out why to donate and how you can help Spring4Sims in this post.

Yes, it’s that time of year when I’m asking for your help. In fact, I haven’t asked for it in the past one and half year. I thought I would take the bills in my hands and just not bother anyone. Unfortunately, things are no longer the same and I need to pay the bills for Spring4Sims’ hosting and domain.

As much as I don’t like it, I’ve decided to start a donation drive for year 2012. The bed news is I need to pay $121.00 for hosting and domain. The good news is that a one year payment is cheaper than monthly fees ($9.59 / month + $11.99 domain). Asking for money has never been my thing and I hope my readers know that I would not compromise the donations for my personal expenses. (I have no proof, just a solid conscience.)

If you’d like to donate, you can use the Donate button in the left sidebar. However, I encourage you not to donate more than $10.00. Why? Simply because I don’t see the reason why anyone should pay a big sum of money as long as more people can donate smaller amounts.

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Do your Sims do this too?

Holly Alto (now Jacquet): “OMG, a head of garlic. Like my husband likes to say: c’est très magnifique! I’m so going to eat it right now!”

And that stare on her face. My Sims never fail to amaze me.

We have some new drama in our community: the boycott of The Sims 3.

So, apparently some folks have become full of the glitches in The Sims 3 and have decided to boycott the game. They won’t buy any expansion packs or stuff packs, they won’t support the game in any way and they want EA Games to act–now! They also encourage others to write a few nice words to EA Games about how their games are full of crap.

Honestly, I get the point but it seems somewhat meaningless to me. Don’t get me wrong, I get a lot of bugs, too, but I don’t think that this kind of attitude will change something–if anything–for better.

As for me, I’m not joining. Are you?

I’m so proud of the new bedroom I’ve made for Wolff’s. Well, it’s not really new–I was redecorating their house quite a few weeks ago, but it finally doesn’t look empty. I was inspired by Morgana’s adventures in Egypt. That’s why I used objects such as the pushable statue, big palm tree, maps on the wall and the Eyes of Horus. Some objects truly accentuate the Wolff’s luxury lifestyle. Pearls, emerald cut pink diamond and the bottle of champagne are there to show their wealth.

The walls are painted in moss shade of green which makes the room appear a lot smaller or perhaps a lot cozier. In this case it’s a good thing, because the bedroom is very large. Sofa and curtains tone down some of the more colorful decorations. They also create the perfect balance between the dark furniture and walls.

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Yesterday I had so much free time (yes, that was sarcasm) that I’ve decided it was the right time to make the categories on the blog a little more organized. Yes, I hate when things are messy and the categories an Spring4Sims were far behind this state, so some has been merged, some renamed and some were deleted or added.

I’m sure you’ll like the new categories Pet Essentials, Cars & Transportation and Study Rooms & Hobbies. All these were previously all in one category and I think it didn’t make much sense. I also created a category Bugs & Solutions, just to make it easier to find fixes for our messed games. There are a few more, but I don’t think it’s necessary to name them all.

I still wish the left column with categories was organized in tree instead of alphabetically. It would make much more sense, but I can’t do much about right now… Also, in case you find any typo in the names of the categories, please, let me know.

That’s all for now, I hope you’ll enjoy. Also, thanks for all your lovely and kind words in the past year. You’re my heroes, guys–I love you all!

My dearest fellow Simmers,

I would like to wish you Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope this magical season will fill you with love and joy and bring peace to you and your family.

I hope you’ll share these precious moments with your friends and fulfill all your dreams with their help next year.

Last but not least, I hope you’ll enjoy playing with your Sims even more and keep coming to my site for more inspiration and fun.

Happy Holidays, guys!

P.S.: I might take a few days off during the holidays, but definitely stop by to see what’s new–I won’t stop updating completely.

On the left is the new pony featured in The Sims 3 Pets, on the right is the “original” from The Sims 2 Bon Voyage. I think the smaller one looks better… what do you think?

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I really love that EA featured the NYAN CAT on one of the paintings.

Read the new issue now!