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2016 - Day 365: This completes my 365 day challenge, and I have to say that I'm relieved. Thank you so much to everyone who has followed along, liked my work, commented, reblogged, reposted, or even just dropping in to take a glance every once in a while. I truly appreciate the support and cannot thank you guys enough! <33 This year long challenge has been a difficult one, and at the end of the year, even though I accomplished my goal, I'm kind of... looking back and feeling unhappy about it. I feel like a lot of the days I rushed through work just to have something to share with you guys and that it didn't really benefit me or you in the end. So, with that being said, I am ending this challenge here, and setting myself a new goal. I want to work on less pieces at a time, to give each one more love and attention, and more specifically to complete 1 fully rendered piece (in any style) every month that I am proud of. I think this will allow me to not only work on finetuning my skills in the areas I want to improve, but I think it will also make me happier with my own work. We are our own worst critics, and I am trying to get out of that self-depricating rut because whenever I fall in my work suffers. So that's just no good. Gotta stop that. And your support, and my lovely husband's constant encouragement, is what helps me get out of that state of mind and looking forward to providing you guys with more content to enjoy. So thank you thank you thank you. Onwards and forwards into the new year!

Today's Furniture Spotlight brings us a closer look at the very last basic furniture items, and they are Tiger Eye Peak's 'Miscellaneous' Items! TEP's potted plant was obvious, really. I mean, for the most basic form of potted plant this town would possess, it had to be an evergreen tree. As for the lighting, I actually went through a different initial concept and then realized that it was very similar to a mix between Oceandome's & Dragon's Maw Manor's lighting and so I moved it in this entirely other direction: crystals. Everyone can love and appreciate the beautiful asymmetrical growth of crystals, so why not bring that natural phenomenon into this world of magic and wonder. While the mirror was initially also just going to be a pane of ice I wanted to include more crystals into the set, so it also ended up going through 2 forms until they ended up as you see them now.  And that wraps up all of the Furniture Items I've done for Furvilla.com so far. If the feature does well, there may be more sets released in the future! I would be thrilled to bring you guys some more items, in fact I have my hopes set on a few particular themes, but I cannot say what the future will bring, only that should there be more of this, you will definitely find more information about it here, and will be able to gather some insight into my creative process just as you have over the last few weeks as we went over the details of these sets.  Thank you so much for following along! Tomorrow we will have a special personal update blog post!

What I think of when I say the words 'cooking' and 'tundra' together, is cast iron. Cast iron was the overall theme I wanted to put across for the appliances that TEP would use because it's a sturdy metal and seems so much more practical in the cold climate of this village. I imagine that there is a very 'this is what's practical' sort of attitude to living in this place, and I think that same mentality is what would bring the villagers to work together and share what they have in times of need, as is the case in the most successful dire-climate societies.  Hope you guys like them! Tomorrow we will take a look at the very last of the basic furniture items, TEP's 'Miscellaneous'!

Today's Furniture Spotlight brings us a closer look at Tiger Eye Peak's 'Storage' Items! The overall theme for this town's items is cold, so seeing as the furniture is mostly made of sturdy ice they are naturally very low to the ground and heavy pieces. Shelves are generall very thick and table legs are sometimes even a few slabs stacked on top of one another. You definitely wouldn't want to be caught under one of these items! Hope you guys like them! Tomorrow we will take a look at TEP's 'Appliances'!

Today's Furniture Spotlight brings us a closer look at Tiger Eye Peak's 'Soft' Items! Tiger Eye Peak is a town based around snow, ice and dangerous mountains. Staying warm in this town is definitely a priority and whether the pelts in your house are hunted, farmed or faux, they are definitely what's stylish in these parts!  Hope you guys like them! Tomorrow we will take a look at TEP's 'Storage' Items!

Today's Furniture Spotlight brings us a closer look at Quetzal Palace's last few 'Miscellaneous' items! Stars, suns, clouds, glossy surfaces, and finally also some fairy-winged flowers tie up the last few items for Quetzal Palace. I like how peppy and comfortable all of the items looked for Quetzal Palace, and I know that pink is always a sought-after colour for customization features, so there had to be a set of lovely pink furniture somewhere, and this town suited it perfectly.  Hope you guys like them! Tomorrow we will begin on the very last town's furniture!

Today's Furniture Spotlight brings us a closer look at Quetzal Palace's 'Appliances'! I imagine that the appliances in Quetzal Palace are mostly run on the energy of captured stars, or maybe even engineered mini-suns that have been developed to be a little more controlled and reliable. I was also very happy to find that the cloud theme suited the french-press so neatly because I was hoping to fit one into one of the towns as their coffee maker. I really enjoyed trying to make all the furniture items suit their theme and yet stand apart from the other towns to keep them truly unique to each location.  Hope you guys like them! Tomorrow will wrap up the Quetzal Palace items!

Today's Furniture Spotlight brings us a closer look at Quetzal Palace's 'Storage' Items! In the storage items you can really see the glossy glass-like substance shine through that was used to supplement the cloud-structure. The big rounded cupboard doors and drawers also help showcase the very faint shimmering patterns in the stormy set. Afterall, not everyone can work with pink & purple even if they do live up in the clouds! Hope you guys like them! Tomorrow we will take a closer look at QP's Appliances!