CrazyTulip-Crazy Colors

Update

2011-05-24T21:36:00.002-04:00

Hi Simmers!

It's been a while since I posted and it will be another while as I have uninstalled all my Sims games, SimPE etc. I'm heavily into digital scrapbooking next to my work obviously, plus after playing the game for 10 years I was getting bored with it.

I'm not saying I'll never be back but for now....nada!

I am keeping my Photobucket and Mediafire up so you can come back and download recolors if you like. If you do find a broken link or have another problem, please leave a comment here and I will fix it as soon as I can!

Thanks for stopping by over the years and your online friendship!

Hug, Petra

Paintings and more paintings!

2010-11-29T21:17:00.004-05:00

Jeez it's been months again since last I posted something on this blog! o_O

I've been so busy with my new hobby, digital scrapbooking, that I didn't feel like recoloring much. I did manage to mesh a table, a bowl and a box, but have to make them look better than they do now before even sharing those with you. I personally feel that if I don't want them in my game, I am not bothering you with it LOL.

So let's move on the real important stuff!

I have made 40 recolors of Ella Sims 1-tile painting and since there are too many to post here in preview, I uploaded all the images to my PhotoBucket account in a seperate album so you can preview them there.

There should be some of your liking in there, at least I hope so!

Previews Here

The mesh is included in the zip-file and you can

DOWNLOAD RECOLORS HERE

Enjoy and have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Petra

Nanu Latia Sofa and Chair recolors

2010-06-11T08:54:00.014-04:00

This is definitely my all time favorite sofa and chair mesh in the game and I wanted some more colors and patterns so I made 10 of them but also wanted a nice coffee table to match the wood of the sofa legs and I picked Cassandre's Dentelle coffee table for that. Cassy's mesh is included in the zip per her TOU and policy but Nanu's meshes you will have to get at Garden of Shadows HERE it's the first post on the page by jaccirocker.

I hope you like the recolors! Hug, Petra

DOWNLOAD RECOLORS HERE

More Paintings!

2010-06-09T12:22:00.006-04:00

I have been on a roll this night! I started recoloring paintings around 9 PM and finished at 11 AM this morning (I am a night owl in case you were wondering LOL). The result is a whopping 164 painting recolors. 126 recolors you can download @ Black Pearl Sims in my section there and the last 38 are here. Why split them up? This is a different mesh than the other 126 paintings.
I used OM's mesh of painting 1207 which I got at Avalon and is included in the zip-file.
I have divided the folder by artist which in this case is an artist called the Black Apple and one called Velvet Morning on Etsy.
I especially fell in love with the art work of the latter! I found that this art work would look better on an oil paint painting type mesh hence why they are seperate.
I hope you like these recolors! Of course there would be too many screenshots to post them all here so above you can see 3 examples of each artist and the rest you can see the original pics with which I made these recolors here:
The Black Apple
Velvet Morning

DOWNLOAD RECOLORS HERE

Enjoy these recolors! Hug, Petra

Living Set

2010-06-08T13:07:00.012-04:00

I have made 5 recolors of Huge Lunatic's Sims 3 converted to Sims 2 Colonial Fireplace for you as well as 5 recolors of Exotic Elements Living Chair and added Huge Lunatic's ottoman to it which she slaved to EE's chair. While I was raiding Huge Lunatic's meshes I made recolors of the garnered curtain as well and 3 recolors of Holy Simoly's Sendai painting. All meshes are included in the download. Thanks to the creators for their generosity!

I hope you like them!!

Hug, Petra

DOWNLOAD RECOLORS HERE

Preview....

2010-06-08T05:03:00.006-04:00

Here's a small preview of what's to come: I have to make a few minor adjustments to the fire place recolors and then put some items together to create a set.

I hope you like it so far :)
There are 2 more colors; one black and one white.

Hug, Petra

More coming soon!!

2010-06-07T21:17:00.001-04:00

You are probably thinking I totally forgot about all of you...wrong!! I am currently working on some recolors and hopefully they will be up here in the next day or so! So keep an eye out :)

Big hug, Petra

Update

2010-05-18T18:31:00.003-04:00

Hi lovely people!

First thank you for visiting and for your support! I can't believe there have been more than 2000 visitors to my humble blog in the 3 weeks I put the counter up - thank you!! xoxo
So what am I up to? Well on the Sims-front not much.
I seem to be having recoloring block at the moment; can't find anything that inspires me to recolor it, but of course suggestions are always welcome :)
So lately I have been on a digital scrapbooking craze - cool thing is the papers they use are ideal to use for recoloring as well :)
Anyway, I will try to recolor something soon or once I have my new laptop, which should be in 1 or 2 weeks, maybe I will finally be able to mesh something (keep your fingers crossed!).
See ya soon, hug Petra

Oops...

2010-04-20T05:04:00.001-04:00

Box.net is now back up and running!!! Edited April 25th.

As you may have noticed you will not be able to download anything from my blog right now. Hopefully I will have my Box.net account back up and running by the weekend and the MediaFire the week after. I'm sorry for the inconvenience but they will be back up shortly!!

Hug, Petra

Moar Wall Stickers!!

2010-04-10T22:14:00.012-04:00

Today I have more recolors for you. This time they are 25 wall stickers on Mango Sims' Cannelle Sticker mesh. The mesh is included per their policy and TOU.

5 of the stickers are actually murals and can be used like I did in the pics, behind windows, or on a wall of course. To create the effect behind the window you'll have to use the cheat codes moveobjects on and boolprop snapobjectstogrid false.

I hope you will like these wall stickers! Most of the items are scrapbook embellishments and I can't recall who made them as I have them all in a large folder, but if a creator recognizes her own work, please let me know and I will be happy to give you proper credit for your creation!

Enjoy your weekend everyone! Hug, Petra

Download Recolor HERE

Spring Time!!

2010-04-04T23:03:00.009-04:00

As promised here is finally a new recolor for you! It is a combination of CherryBlossom's AnYe's Spring Set and Simply Styling's Jope's Garden 8. All meshes are included per creators' policies.

Thank you AnYe and Jope!! :)

I hope you will like this set and enjoy your Spring!

Download recolors HERE

What's Going On?

2010-04-03T19:05:00.002-04:00

Well not much going on - I haven't been here or updated in ages! I've been busy recoloring for BPS, making signatures for BPS-members and recently I got addicted to digital scrap booking.
Way too many cute freebies out there which is not good for the memory on my laptop ;P

So to keep the blog going and not just letting it sit I will make recolors for here and blow some new life into this blog.
So check back soon for more recolors!!

Hug, Petra

Update

2009-08-17T17:55:00.001-04:00

Hello Everyone!

You may have noticed this blog hasn't been updated in a while. The reason for that is that I was made a designer at Black Pearl Sims last July and so in the little time off that I have, I don't have much time to recolor for multiple sites so this blog is going to remain like this for a while or maybe forever...
if you like my recolors, you can find me at www.blackpearlsims.com, go to the Designer Section and you can find me there also as CrazyTulip.

Thanks for all your kind comments and your support; it is much appreciated!!

Big hug, Petra

Vita Sims Velo Rack Recolors

2009-06-24T00:55:00.002-04:00

I have a few hours off and Fallon at BPS asked me if I could recolor Vita Sims' Velo Rack for her. So I made 7 (one is a white one and not in the picture) and I hope you will all like it! Don't forget to get the mesh for it, see link below!

Hug, Petra

Mesh HERE you want the zip called Cottage CountryLiving.rar

Recolors HERE

Tea For Two!

2009-06-20T04:56:00.005-04:00

Who wouldn't like to have a nice little corner where you can relax with a cup of tea? So I reckon your Sims would love this little corner!

The original mesh of the table and tray with tea pot are by Sunair and the gorgeous chair is by ANNA at Black Pearl Sims - the links are below and you will need to download those meshes in order for the recolors to show up in your game.

I hope you like them!!

Hugs, Petra

Table and Teaset meshes HERE - you want the file called fofteacornermeshset.zip

Chair Mesh HERE

My Recolors HERE

One more recolor of M.S.F.S. Dining Set

2009-06-15T04:16:00.004-04:00

Yup 1 more in worn white wood (not really visible in the pics unfortunately) and orange as requested by someone on the Black Pearl Sims Forum.

See the post with the other Dining set recolors where to download Will's meshes and you can download my recolor HERE

Hope you like it!!

M.S.F.S. Dining Set Recolors

2009-06-13T21:05:00.007-04:00

Hi Everyone!

These recolors have been 'hanging around' on my laptop for a few weeks so it's about time I finished them and uploaded them here so you can all enjoy them.

The first one I did I went for a modern, chrome look (it's not shiny much but I think it didn't turn out too bad). The second one for a vintage look and the third was requested by Will himself - he wanted a recolor with white chairs, a granite table and granite shelves. I went with a vertazzo counter top texture and bronze-copper for the picture frames and lemon deco and I hope it is what you had in mind Will! Thanks so much for your gorgeous mesh set and for letting us recolorers recolor it (does that sound Double Dutch?).

Anyway you can find the links to the meshes and recolors below and I hope you enjoy them!

Have a great weekend!!

Hug, Petra

Download Meshes HERE

Download Recolors HERE

2 Recolors of Cassandre's White Living!

2009-06-10T13:39:00.009-04:00

Here are 2 recolors of Cassy's amazing White Living for you! I have made these recolors for 2 of my wonderful friends at BPS: the pink one is for sweet Catey and the green/brown one is for wonderful Marsha who can use a little brightness in the cold winter weather of Australia!

Of course you will need to download the meshes in order for the recolors to show up - links below!

Hugs, Petra

Download Meshes HERE

Download Recolors HERE

Steffor Fire Place Recolors

2009-06-10T12:42:00.003-04:00

I did a few recolors of Steffor's Office FirePlace a few months back but never got to upload them so I thought I better get a move on it...LOL

I hope you like these. Have a great day!!

Hug, Petra

Mesh included in zip-file!!

Get my Recolor HERE

Wall Stencils....

2009-06-07T16:20:00.003-04:00

Wow finally I am having some time to do more recolors for all of you!

I have made some more wall tattoos - more to come but I didn't want to

keep you waiting any longer.

You will need to download the Cannelle set at Mango Sims which you can

find under dining rooms.

My recolors can be downloaded HERE

I hope you like them!

Hug, Petra

My wall stencils Part I and II can be found at BPS

Part I

Part II

2 Recolors of Cassandre's Beulah Bedroom

2009-05-24T00:13:00.006-04:00

And who isn't a fan of Cassandre? I absolutely LOVE her meshes, especially all the gorgeous clutter she puts in her sets. A few days ago she came out with a new set: the Beulah Bedroom!! Yay for us! Unfortunately real life had to butt in so I couldn't finish these recolors as fast as I wanted nor could I make more than I wanted without letting you guys wait for more recolors so here are the orange and turquoise/lime recolors of this set. I will probably do some more tomorrow and Monday if I get the chance!

Enjoy your weekend and Happy Memorial Day everyone and many thanks to all who are fighting for our freedom!

Big hug, Petra

Download MESHES here

Download RECOLORS here

What's Coming up?

2009-05-20T22:59:00.005-04:00

Above you can see a small preview of what I am currently recoloring: Cassandre's new fantastic bedroom set "Beulah"! I am going to do some more colors so please be patient but it will be here soon!

Hug, Petra

14 Matching Blankets for Fogerton Pillows

2009-05-08T01:52:00.006-04:00

Hey all!

Well Fallon at BPS made a request for recolors of Bella's Bed cover at SimsCave so I decided to match them to the pillows I uploaded yesterday (which were also her request by the way ;)).

I hope you like them and have a wonderful day!

Hug, Petra

Download Meshes HERE

Download Recolors HERE

14 Recolors Pillows Fogerton Bedroom

2009-05-06T17:49:00.006-04:00

Hi everyone!

I had a few hours off so I made 14 recolors of Lirunchik's Fogerton Bedroom Pillows for you and I hope you like them!

Thanks again also for all your lovely comments!

Have a wonderful day, Petra.

Download Meshes HERE

Download Recolors HERE

Cluttered Teen Studio Recolors

2009-05-03T23:35:00.007-04:00

Hi everyone!

OMG did you all see Cassandre's new Clutter Teen Studio? No? Better go get it - it's gorgeous and a must-have for your downloads folder!

I did a few recolors of this set and unfortunately I don't have time right now to do 50 more but I am sure these won't be the last!

There are 44 recolored files in my recolor zip-file and I hope you will like them!

The drawings in black and white and the Disney drawings in the red recolor are by BPS' Lottie and her mother, also the drawing on the notepad in the lime recolor is Lottie's - so thanks again Lottie for letting me use them!!

I hope you will all have a fantastic week and until next time!

Hug, Petra

Download Meshes HERE

Download Recolors HERE

Alternate Download Link for Recolors HERE

Especially for Linda and Tara! ;)

2009-05-01T20:04:00.010-04:00

Hi again everyone!

First of all thanks so much to everyone who left me comments! They are all so nice and kind and sure makes me feel good to read them! They are much appreciated!

Well most people know my regular 'hang-out' in the Sims Community is Black Pearl Sims or BPS for short as there are such wonderful people there and I met many great friends there.

Anyway, BPS has the Designer of the Year contest also known as DOTY. I've made it until round 3 which was more than I expected and I had great fun participating. So even though I didn't make it to round 4 I did make a For Fun entry in my personal album I have on BPS which you can find HERE (the link will take you straight to page 61 in my album where you can find my JFF pics!).

I did get a few requests there and through PM's if I could please upload the recolors I made for that round so here they are! Most especially for Linda and Tara!!

There is a shopping list attached to it as you need the meshes in order for the recolors to show up in your game.

Shopping List:

Mao Bedroom by Nanu/David at the Booty HERE (this is a link to 5 more recolors I did of this set but it has the instructions in it to where to get the meshes for free)
Cannelle set by Mango Sims HERE (go to Salles de Manger and then page 3!)
Painting by Mango Sims HERE (click on Recolorables and scroll down page 1 you want the 4th mesh with the painting of an African woman)
Divine Bedroom set by AngelamvEliza HERE (you want the file called DivineBedroom.zip) - you can also find Angela's meshes on her mini-site at TSR (link will be added later as I can't get on TSR right now)

When you are done shopping you can download my Recolors HERE

I hope you enjoy the recolors - more to come this weekend!

Hug, Petra

Moar Clutter I say!

2009-04-28T04:05:00.005-04:00

Hi guys!

Yes I finally had an unexpected day off so I had a major recoloring spree today!

Part of the recolors I did you can see above in the pics.

The meshes are by Leehee and you can get them at Black Pearl Sims; I will add the link below this post together with the others for your convenience.

I am also working, still, on recoloring Chrissy1's (Serenity Sims) Nuvola Kitchen

but that has to wait until my next day off.

If you like you can see a preview of it in my album at BPS.

I hope you like these last recolors, because one can never have enough

recolors of clutter I say!

Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by!!

Hug, Petra

Download Meshes HERE

Download Recolor HERE

Alternative Recolor Download Link HERE

Let's Get Funky!!

2009-04-21T18:33:00.008-04:00

Today I have made 5 recolors for you! They are recolors of Stylist Sims ' Living Room 07 sofa and Black Pearl Sims' ANNA's Tropical Twist Bedroom curtains.

At BPS I am in the Designer of the Year contest and in round 2 we had the choice of different themes to decorate our living room in. One of them was 70's retro. Now I have to admit I wasn't a 70's fan as I thought the colors were ugly etc. but they kinda started growing on me, so I recolored a few more objects in the same style which you can see in the pic and download at the provided link.

Before you go enjoy these recolors please make sure to download the meshes first at Stylist Sims and BPS; links provided below.

Have fun and thanks for your support!!

Big hug, Petra

Stylist Sims Meshes HERE (2nd download from top of page) LINK UPDATED 9/4/2011

BPS ANNA's meshes HERE

My Recolors HERE

3 Recolors of ANNA's PB Bedroom Dora

2009-04-20T06:06:00.006-04:00

Here are 3 more recolors of ANNA's PB Bedroom for you! I just love this bedroom set!

I have also recolored a few Maxis paintings and they are included as well. You can find those under Maxis' Bella painting.

For the recolors to show up of course you need ANNA's meshes - you can find the link for those in the post below with the other recolors.

You can download my recolors HERE (includes the other 2 recolors!!)

I hope you like them and have a great Monday everyone!

Hug, Petra

2 Recolors of ANNA's Dora Bedroom

2009-04-19T04:22:00.005-04:00

Yes I am on a roll now! I realize I have this blog now but when you come here to visit I am sure you would like something to take with you, like some recolors ;P

I have 2 recolors of ANNA's Dora Bedroom for you and 2 recolors of ANNA's curtains (part of the Twist Bedroom). You will have to download the meshes HERE (bedroom set) and HERE (curtains) if you do not have them yet or the recolors won't show up in your game!

You can download the recolors HERE (this download includes the other 3 recolors as well - link fixed Nov. 27 2010)

I hope you like em!

Recolor of Cassandre's My Patio set

2009-04-18T22:45:00.009-04:00

Well here it is! The first recolor on my blog! As I hang out on Black Pearl Sims all the time and I added a poll to one of my recolors there, I found out that a lot of people would like to see more recolors of Cassandre's objects.

So I started off with Cassy's My Patio set (this recolor does NOT include the Easter bonus addition of this set - yet).

As it is spring I decided to go for a fresh, bold color being lime green.

I am adding 2 links where you can download my recolors, in case one of them doesn't work you have an alternative to go to. Please let me know if one of them stops working so I can fix it.

First download the meshes by Cassandre at Black Pearl Sims HERE

My recolors can be downloaded HERE or HERE

I hope you enjoy the recolor and I am off to the next one!

Hug, Petra

Tips for Newbie Sims 2 Players

2009-04-18T01:22:00.003-04:00

Are you new to The Sims 2 or maybe not so experienced with it? I will try and give you some tips that might be useful to you.

Do you see the picture above? Did you ever wonder why some people can place multiple objects on a surface but yet you are only able to put 1 on there?
It is because we use cheat codes and OMSPs (also known as One More Slot Package). I will give you some links to where you can download some OMSPs after explaining a little bit more.

First, when you are in a lot you want to decorate, hold down the CTRL+Shift+C buttons on your key board. On top of your screen you will see a small rectangular box appear. If you click in this box you will see a cursor appear in there.
Now type (they can all be lower letters I only put capital letters in to make it easier to read)
MoveObjects On. MoveObjects On allows you to place multiple objects in the same 1-tile grid.

Next type BoolProp SnapObjectsToGrid False. You will notice you can now freely move your objects around without being hindered by grids! Keep in mind though that chairs under desks and/or dining room tables will not be usable by your Sims as they have to be exactly lined up! So do those before or after using this cheat.

Then type BoolProp Allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation True - this allows you to turn your object into a 45 degree angle.

When you are done with what you wanted to do, make sure to turn off all the cheats by typing:
MoveObjects Off
Boolprop SnapObjectsToGrid True
Boolprop Allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation False

You will notice your game has returned to how it was when you started it up.

So how do you use OMSPs? OMSPs are column-looking surfaces which allows you to place more than 1 object on a grid (normally with this game you can place only e.g. 1 table with 1 object on top of it - looks very unnatural).
After you download OMSPs and put them in your Downloads Folder, they will show up in your game under Miscellaneous Surfaces. OMSPs come in different heights making it possible to place objects on pretty much anything in the game - neat right?
What you do is, type in the above cheat codes to move your objects around freely. Select an OMSP that has the required height for whichever surface you would like to place an object on.
Say you have a vase with flowers and you want to place it on a kitchen counter. Find an OMSP with the same height as the kitchen counter.
Place the OMSP somewhere in the middle of the kitchen so you can place your vase on it (click the vase and kind of move it in the area of the OMSP and you will see it 'jump up' once it is on the OMSP. Place the vase there.
Then with the design tool (it's a little icon to the bottom left - go over it with your mouse it will tell you the names of the various tools) click on the OMSP. You will see a pop-up window with 2 pictures usually: 1 with your OMSP and one is invisible. Click on the invisible pic and click the check button in the same window to accept this choice. You will now see your OMSP under your vase has 'disappeared'!

No worries: it is still there! Click somewhere below the vase to select the OMSP and move it (you will only see the vase move!). Move it to where you would like your vase to be placed and voila! You keep repeating with other objects with as many as you like to create something like in my picture above.
Some items can't be placed on OMSPs, mainly electronics and appliances. Some sites do have Custom Content that will let you place the objects on OMSPs but for the most part it's not possible - decoration items only.

You can find and download some OMSPs at ModTheSims2 for free HERE

Happy Decorating!!