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Remember this viral post? Wanda and Jamal and her husband Lonnie are the most wholesome people, this story brought tears to my eyes originally and I am crying once more learning from Jamal's social media that Lonnie has sadly passed away.

Pet Request for: Anonymous! 

Anon: Could you make a dog that looks like Winnie the Pooh??? Thanks

Winnie is a Maltese dyed and cut to resemble Winnie the Pooh!  She is Playful, Adventurous and Friendly

CC Used: Eyes

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Tray Files: ♥

Origin: boeybum

paris hair

this is why i need deadlines i’ll take 11 months to upload one (1) cc hair

info:

- base game compatible!

- hat compatible

- all 18 EA colours

- custom thumbnail

- disabled for random

**may be a little clipping with ears**

This man's name is Baekho (Kang Dongho). He is a 23-year-old South Korean singer and songwriter with an incredible voice, who penned multiple hits for his own group and other artists over the years. He also composes and works as a vocal coach/director for other artists under the company he is signed for. A former athlete and a gym enthusiast who can carry all four of his group members at the same time, he showcases time and time again he never heard of toxic masculinity, speaking to his fans about his childhood desire to be a princess, his other hobbies such as eating and decorating yogurt, and his love for cute things. He is a frequent visitor of dog cafes, and a big animal lover. Both small children and small animals love him.

So what is the reason for me writing all of this? Recently, he has been a victim of bodyshaming on stan Twitter from fans of another group, who irationally hate the group he is a part of. As someone who struggled with body image for years and was forced to go on extremely restrictive diets by his company despite always being of healthy weight, it makes me so sad to see the mocking, insulting comments directed at him. He doesn't deserve that whatsoever. Baekho has only recently become confident enough to show his body, which got him noticed by Men's Health Korea and earned him a magazine cover, but somehow these people say he needs to lose weight. Nothing he does is ever enough to haters.

This man is a nice person. He is a kind soul, beautiful inside and out, and although he doesn't fit the so-called "flower boy" beauty standard of the Korean pop industry, he doesn't deserve hate for being his healthy, handsome self. Different is good too, isn't it?

Extended family club: let the cousins get to know each other. The family system is generally pretty weak in sims 4, so having consistent get together of extended family helps a lot. I’ve also done this to ensure that the children of my in game aristocracy grow up together. 

Servant club: have sims in the household cook and clean without having to deal with the maid/butler system. I’ve used it for nannies too. You can manually pay them with the gift system which adds to interesting servant-family relationships sometimes.

Home school club: assign children school tasks. Works great for period appropriate schooling at home. 

Make a wedding club: makes for slightly more function weddings

House upkeep: have 1-2 days a sim week where all the household sims do things like clean, repair, garden, etc to keep the house in shape

Group outings: The outing system is terrible, but if you make a club for four friends to go to the beach or the museum you get pretty good autonomous gameplay.

Challenges: Clubs are fantastic for controlling bachelorette challenges and the like. You can force group socialization in ways that allow for autonomy while still directing the sims to value certain types of actions.

Sooo you’ve arrived at the post where I’m lining up some of the alternatives you can use instead of adfly! Missed my first post? It’s HERE! Let’s get to it shall we? =) before we continue I’d like to express my gratitude to a group of people who helped me out in lots of ways! <333 English is not my first language so their help has been highly appreciated!

Patreon.

In my opinion the best method to monetize CC if you want to be sure you get something in return for your time and effort! Patreon has become a widely accepted way in the community to donate money towards some of their fav creators. As a creator, it does not cost you a dime in advance! Their fees will be extracted from the donations you received. I am very pleased with what you get on their site! You can go all out; upload HD images, video’s, create goals you can reach with you patron’s, etc. The interface is easy to use and the best part is (to me) that you don’t have to spend any time worrying about collecting payments, etc. It’s all taken care of. You have to find a workflow, balance that works best for you and your followers. Some creators release their cc after patreon every week, 2 weeks, and some once per month. This is completely up to you. I personally try to release stuff not later than 2 weeks after Patreon. This is what works best for my personally.

NOTE: Patreon Exclusive CC tends to get re-uploaded by other people since it’s locked behind a paywall then. It's also against EA tou but hey… it’s all up to you! Best way to avoid all this (In my opinion!) is to be transparent about when you will release your work and don’t go exclusive.

PayPal / Ko-Fi.

a completely different way of trying to get something back for your time and effort since it’s an optional donation. I used (still use) PayPal a lot in the past / present and it’s a very safe way of getting something back. Ko-Fi is very similar and friends tell me lots of positive things about it.I use both of them a lot to donate to creators I love! I really hope I can expand my donating ways to Patreon as well! I know that it is a non-committal way of monetizing CC which can make it less attractive for some creators to use but the donations I got from when I started with it (when I was a smaller simblr) till this day far exceed the $0,02485 dollars you get per click (highest payout rate, USA) on Adfly.

I personally do not donate to a creator that uses adfly-only links. My mindset behind that is; you’re apparently satisfied with the funds you raise with Adfly. I’m not going to support you on that. What I mean with this sentence is; creating goodwill towards your followers is sooo much more valuable! It has definitely paid off for me, from when I was a smaller simblr, till now.

Adsense.

Last but most definitely not least! Adsense can have 2 scenario’s depending on your tech levels I will explain both of them;

You’re unable to code your own website (me too!). I mean, I know html a little but I’m far from able to create my own website! If you’re like me, you most likely have to purchase a package at one of these companies; Wix, Wordpress. There could be more options out there but i’m only talking these about 2 since I have experience with those. You need to purchase a paid package to be able to run Adsense on your website, the free packages do not allow you to do that. The fees are very different between Wix and Wordpress! I believe that Wordpress is cheaper(!) than Wix. I’ve been at Wix from the beginning and moving a website out of their company is made really hard for customers (to prevent them from leaving of course) + I would loose my URL. That being said; Wix has a drag and drop html editor that lets you customize your site endlessly. Wordpress however provides better care for wordpress sites via plugins etc. Pro’s and con’s you have to decide whats best for you!

NOTE: Blogger is also an option. I have no personal experience with it unfortunately but loooong ago I looked into it and i thought it also has a free option + running Adsense? This is speculation at best! I’m not sure about this! Though it’s worth mentioning it. Google is your friend in this case =) Add-on infoby Jennie, thank you! <3 Adsense for Blogger is free, but you need to fit the criterias set by Google to be able to use it (Blogger is owned by Google).

You’re a solid coder that can code your own website. I’ve looked into this in the past and to me it seems that you only have to purchase a domain in that case. With Adobe Dreamweaver or other coding softwares for websites you then create your own website and include the main code for Adsense. Along with the codes for the ads itself (where you want them, which size, which sort of ads, etc)

From this point it’s the same for both scenarios! To be eligible for the program your site needs to be around for a few months and have generated some traffic (visitors)! I don’t know the exact numbers Adsense expect to see before letting you into their program. I also read on their forums back then it depends on more factors than just pageviews. It depends on what kind of website you have, what kind of content it hosts, etc. But when I started I had maybe 2000 followers on Tumblr? So its definitely not 100,000 pageviews in a month or something like that. Sucks that I installed my Analytics account only a year ago otherwise I could look up what my monthly traffic was back in the days. Bottom line of Adsense; In the long term this will generate income even if you’re not releasing stuff everyday. Which is why I am so fond of Adsense. You need to put in so time and effort + money in my case but it has paid me back every penny I put into it! some months I generate 50 bucks and sometimes more or less. It depends on your own activity and factors you can’t always control. For example; I just saw (in Analytics) that my Chablis Coat Product Page has spiked yesterday. This can be due to; Tumblr picking up on my Chablis Coat post or someone on youtube doing a CC haul video. These are estimated guesses tho! In 99% of the cases I have no clue why something gets flooded with visitors.

Some perks of NOT using Adfly / Short.e / Shorteners

Create sustainable bond with you followers for the long term.

Increase chances of people donating / supporting your work.

Increase your download count.

Increase site visitation levels & possible Adsense revenues.

Indirectly; increase you’re followers count.

which leads to; more people who will likely support you / donate.

this upwards cycle does not have an end to it if you make the right choices! points 2. till 7. can repeat itself endlessly.

Meaning; every positive change you make affects the next step in this cycle. Same as it works for a downwards spiral I guess. One thing for sure; Adfly users won’t experience the perks above to its full extend than users that don’t use it. Adfly stagnates blog growth in general.

Sorry for the long post but I really hope I was able to give you guys some insights on other alternatives for Adfly / Short.e / Shorteners in general. Most importantly; it’s all up to you! Do as you see fit. All I wanted to say with these 2 posts is, try to be mindful to your followers when you make a decision. Only they made it possible for you to monetize your CC in the first place!

Hey guys, don't be like game changer MartinesSimblr

She doesn't care about your PC, she cares about that fat half a cent your click gains her.

They say 'oh just use an adblocker and you'll be fine', no? we aren't? There are plenty of times where adblockers don't do anything. There's been a new one that says 'Click here to allow notifications!' Hell no, I'm not clicking on anything on that site. But then it never actually progresses further and takes me to the download. And not all link skippers work either! Sometimes you can be stuck on a waiting page for ages with no chance of it redirecting.

let’s say you’re here and it’s telling you to press allow; but who the fuck is going to allow that? not me, and hopefully not you! on windows, press ctrl + u!

you’ll be here! press ctrl+f and type in decode:

you’ll now find the link to the download for your cc! copy and paste that link into your search bar, press enter...

and you’ll now have your download! 

Rarmai Catherine Dress​

Long skirt with formal vest for female teen~elder

base game+EP03 mesh edit, 8 swatches

Do not reupload or include my meshes in your recolors or claim them as your own.

Hello there! I made another variation of the 50′s dress, different collar and with a cardigan. I named it Valentine Dress because i was planning to release it on valentine’s day, oh well… we dont celebrate that weird day here anyways :P 12 recolors All in one .package Stand alone item New Mesh

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Room for 2 Nightgown (or dress, that’s up to you)

So I should be studying for my finals but I’m procrastinating a little bit so I decided to do something. It’s been so looong since I created something, like more than a year? I really want to upload stuff more often, so I’m gonna try. 

I kinda have an obsession with sheer clothing as you can see, the bad thing is that uv mapping this kind of stuff is a pain in the ass cause of the limited space and I didn’t want to compromise the sharpness of the sheer part, so this will conflict with some shoes (and possibly some accessories) that are uv mapped in the extra section. Anyway I hope you find some pretty shoes that go well with this and don’t hate me. I’m thinking about doing a v2 of this so stay tuned.

Remember to tag “ikarisims” or @ mention me if you use them so I can see your wonderful pics

Hope you enjoy it  (ノ・◡・)ノ♥

7 swatches.

Around 7k+ polys.

All LODs.

Custom mesh.

Works with body sliders.

Guys can wear it too! (Actually I didn’t tested how it looks on male sims but I’m sure they look gorg too)

Custom thumbnail.

Base game compatible.

Recolors/retextures are always welcome.

Download & support my work or…

x (don’t support my work :c)

Kinda felt like makin’ this, dunno why. Enjoy!

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Take a break from the city and buy your very own farm! Decorate in vintage fabrics, care for your farm animals, recycle, and open your own stall in the farmers market!

Own a farm: care for pigs, cows, chickens, sheep and horses! Sell their produce, craft clothing, or use it in home cooking!

Train your Horse: Train your horse to be best in show! Earn medals, achievements and more by having the fastest horse in the business!

Decorate in Style: From plaid to dusty rose, new vintage furniture to fill the needs of grandma and grandpa. Fill up your shelves with knick-knacks and old-timey clocks!

More plants: Grow all you can eat! Tons of new plants for your sims to grow, sell and cook with!

TS4 CORSET

7 swatches

found under ‘brassieres’ in ‘tops’

base swimsuit mesh

based on 1860s-1890s corsets

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cassia blouse •

this one threw me in for a whirl. but here’s an eyelet blouse based on this one here, with a sweetheart neckline and using an edited version of the sleeves from my juliette blouse. A HUGE thank you to @viiavi for the technique she used on her gorgeous magnolia top and letting me use it for this! 💖 hope you guys enjoy!

21 swatches from @nhflora & @lakemizu‘s lovechild palette

teen-elder; includes all lods + morphs, custom shadow, bump, spec map & thumbnail

base game compatible

let me know if you have any issues!