I figured after all the stuff I get from here it was time to make a pitiful offering myself
 
Please meet Carla - she's a shy girl with a big personality just waiting for that special someone to come and take her out of herself and give her a bit more confidence
 
credits:
 
Opaline skin by Enayla
Jet Grey eyes NBv.4 by Ennaedwyn
Hair by XM Sims - you must get the mesh here
Eyebrows, blush and lipstick by Helaene
Eyeshadow by Kathy here at the insim
Freckles for Opaline skin by Enayla
Eyeliner by Barcelonista
Outfit recolour by me but you must get the 'wide jeans' mesh here
 
Hope you enjoy. Please don't redistribute anywhere else without proper credit
 

OK, I've tweaked, twiddled, firkled and fussed and this is the new me!!
 
I've gone blonde (to match my brain!!) and ditched the glasses for contacts and I've found some smashing outfits that are much more relevant to me as a BUW!
 
The hair is a Uni one, if you want to change it (or you don't have Uni) just put on something else blonde and spiky-ish!
 
In real life I'm a capricorn, though I don't know how close Maxis starsigns are to the real thing!!
 
Custom content:
 
eyes - our very own Kathy here
eyebrows - helaene - 827 blonde
blush - Ennaedwyn, shade is Desert Rose
eyeshadow - Ennaedwyn, shade is blush
lips - Ennaedwyn, shade is snowqueen
all Ennaedwyn's makeup can be found here
eyeliner - Barcelonista
outfit - Martaxl must get mesh here and check all the other cool outfits too (though don't put me in a skirt - I don't do skirts much!!) and there's some very nice stuff on MTS2
 
 
edited - damn, I forgot about the skin. It will load up with the maxis one - I have default replacements in my game
 

 

This is my house (well, as close as I could get it)

It's actually a semi-detached in real life but with Maxis' building restirctions I've ended up turning into a detached house

3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, detached garage, garden shed, it comes in at about £36000.

It's furnished in the pictures to give an idea of how the layout should be but actually comes unfurnished, no custom content

EP wise, I have Uni, NL & OFB

Hope you enjoy this slice of Yorkshire!

As requested by Ladyrose, my two teen heartbreakers!!
 
Presenting JT:

 
 
And Ricky:

 
 
Credits for JT:
Skintone by Haelene - 705 light
Eyes by Barcelonista
Hair by Hysterical Paroxysm - must get mesh here
Eyebrows by Enkara
Outfit by Sgoobysnacks29 here
Wristband by Boblishman here
Facial hair - not sure, but if anyone could help me out I'll be more than happy to give the credit
 
Credits for Ricky:
Skintone by Haelene - 705 light
Eyes by Ennaedwynn here - colour is Intuition
Hair by Louis at SimCribbling - must get mesh here
Piercings by Temptress at MTS2
Face makeup by Nouk - healing up mask here
 
Enjoy!!
 
Ali xx

Hey guys
 
I LURVE that mesh you did for the looser t-shirts for the bodybuilder but I don't suppose there's any chance you'd be able to do it for your other body shapes too.........pretty please with cherries on top??
 
Ali xx

This is James. He likes to arse around a bit but he's a commited family man and cute with it.
 
He's a Gemini and his turn ons are fitness and cologne, turn off is stink - so make sure you only put him with clean simmies!!
 
Custom content:
 
Skin (11.11 light), eyebrows (arched) and freckles by Helaene here
Clothing by Sgoobysnacks plus mesh by Rabidangel from here
 
eddited to add.....
 
oopsy
 
sorry, I forgot Ennaedwyn for the gorgeous peepers - coffeebean - from here
 

 
Enjoy!

OK, especially for Yakov - you wanted him hon, so here he is!
 
This is Tomas, my first attempt at an elf-ish type
 
Hair by Seomi - get the mesh here
Eyebrows by Helaene
Skintone by Wirelessguy - get it here you'll also need meshes from here as detailed by Wirelessguy
Eyes by Ennaedwyn here the colour is Lucid (pale amethyst)
Clothing by Wirelessguy here (plus mesh as detailed here) and here (plus mesh as detailed here)
 
Hope you enjoy him
 
Ali xx
 
edited to add....
 
p.s. Yakov, don't forget my foot rub!!!

My first ever hair recolour, I'm so excited I could plotz (I know, I'm very sad!!!)
 
Meet Giselle, hope you like her
 
custom content:
 
Hair recolour ME!!! but you must get the mesh http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/hair/hair08.htm (their readme says don't distribute but on the site it says you can post recolours so long as you link the mesh, so...... duly done!)
Skintone by Lola at sims2sisters
Blush by Nicole107057
Eyes sparkling black by Helaene
Eyeshadow natural beauty 16 by Helaene
Lips super gloss dark pink by Janna
Recolour of top and skirt by me
 
Enjoy

I know a lass called Laura who is obsessed with a pair of green shoes that she has so this is my version of her, hope you enjoy
 
Custom content:
 
eyes - leafy green eyes www.lyran.net
eyeliner - cleopatra eyeliner www.helaene.com
eyeshadow  - Kathy http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=4571
 
Maxis recolour of top and cargo pants by ME!! Yay, I finally managed a proper recolour!!

OK, this is in no way really great stuff, but I did manage a re-colour on the outfit. Don't ask me how, I think it was a lucky fluke.
 
It looks pretty much like me, though I could do with a fatter sim body and ny hair's a bit shorter and a lot spikier, but I wouldn't know where to start with making a mesh.
 
If anyone's got any pointers for improvement, or wants the download file, let me know. I appreciate all comments good and bad!
 
Thanks
 
Ali
 
edited to add.....
 
file added, do with it what you will!! No custom content

.....is his castle, or so they tell me, so if you have sims with notions of grandeur, here's their very own castle to keep up with the Joneses.
 
My last two houses were a bit naf really, so I thought I'd put a bit more effort in this time! There's two gatehouses, two bath houses, three bedrooms, an enormous banqueting room with kitchen area off and another entertainment area, a small garden for quiet contemplation within the castle walls and the obligitary moat. Price is around the £144000/£145000 mark and it's partly furnished - I put in bathroom stuff and some dining tables & chairs
 
Enjoy - and any feedback, good OR bad, would be great
 
Ali xx
 
Sorry, forgot to say, you'll need Uni & NL for this, and there's no hacks, it's all Maxis stuff

Seems I'm on a roll now!!
 
This is what we call a Maisonette here in the UK (although it's usually part of row of houses). It has a double tandem garage, 3 bedrooms - 1 with en-suite - 2 bathrooms (sorry about the colours - I tend to get a bit carried away in bathrooms!), plenty of space on the ground floor for a small rec room/gym, a sun terrace and a pool. It's partly furnished, you'll just need to finish off.
 
No custom content, all Maxis stuff but you will need Uni & NL - sorry but I can't remember what extra decor was added in these from the original.
 
The price, almost forgot, is 49,010

I decided it was about time I gave something back as goodness knows I've downloaded enough!
 
This is fairly boring in terms of content - all Maxis stuff, no recolours or anything like that (I'm not quite that good!!) It's unfurnished and has 3 bedrooms (although 1 is HUGE and you could easily split it), 3 bathrooms, a basement, a double garage and a garage rooftop sun terrace. The terrain is untouched - i tend to leave them plain then just put a few nice sculptures or such, but hey, you can do what you like right. It's around the 45k mark in terms of price
 
Hope you like it, if not, Oh well...try harder next time!