💬 Hi friends! I’m so happy to finally introduce my first forever save. You can follow along right here! I'm new to sharing my Sims stories, so please feel free to ask questions or make suggestions.
Everyone in Willow Creek has a secret.
Some magical, some messy. ✨
Welcome to Willow Creek, a sleepy little town where the grass is green, the neighbors are curious, and the line between ordinary life and something stranger gets thinner every day.
Our story begins with a seedling of an epic love triangle:
🌿 Nathan, a single dad trying to build a more sustainable future.
🧚♀️ Lark, the fairy who hides her wings but not her heart.
🌕 Adam, the mysterious loner who’s better with wolves than people.
But they’re just the first chapter.
Willow Creek is full of makers, wanderers, dreamers, and ghosts tangled in stories of love, loyalty, and bad timing.
The Fairy · The Idealist · The Lone Wolf · The Ghost
The Maker · The Trendsetter · The Adventurer · The Protector
The Wanderer · The Homemaker · The Fixer · The Researcher
The Perfectionist · The Professor · The Socialite · The Artist
We made it to the 1900s and we finally have a male heir: Oliver Thornwood. 🍼
Are there any Sims challenge rules that you tend to.... challenge?
I have played the Decades Challenge before. I studied Art History in college, so this challenge always draws me back in.
For this run, I'm focusing less on replicating oppression and more on world-building, legacy, and lore.
So... what does that look like? Dracula was first published in the Spring of 1897. I'm thinking of using the Vampires pack to create a Vampire Sim and a Gothic house that capture how people in the 1890s imagined vampires to be. 🧛🏻
"The early 20th century was an era of business expansion and progressive reform in the United States. The progressives, as they called themselves, worked to make American society a better and safer place in which to live. They tried to make big business more responsible through regulations of various kinds. They worked to clean up corrupt city governments, to improve working conditions in factories, and to better living conditions for those who lived in slum areas, a large number of whom were recent immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. Many progressives were also concerned with the environment and conservation of resources." - Library of Congress
For each Decade Guide in my Notion template for The Sims 4: Decades Challenge, I use a painting from that decade as a cover photo. Help me choose a painting for the 1900s!
🎨 Choose a painting
1: "Eastern Point" by Winslow Homer
2: "On the Southern Plains" by Frederic Remington
3: "A Disturber of the Peace" by Edward Lamson Henry
4: "Upland Pasture" by J. Alden Weir
Voting ended onJun 30, 2025
Preview the main page of the Decades Challenge Notion template here.
I was born & raised in hot & humid South Carolina (& I'm still here!)
I'm married to my best friend & we have 3 dogs: Beez, Finn, & Milly.
In college, I studied:
🖼️ Art History
🎨 Graphic Design
🥖 French Language & Literature
Outside of business hours, you will probably find me:
🎮 locked in to a cozy video game,
🪑 combing through an estate sale,
reading about an unsolved mystery,
🐕 re-watching Jenna Marbles videos, or
✨ scrolling Pinterest for ideas & inspiration
I've tried to transition from live-streaming on Twitch to recording videos for YouTube a couple of times in the past few years, but I think I'm just a Twitch girl at heart! After a ~2 month hiatus, I'm so ready to come back to Twitch, but this time I want to take a more thoughtful, meaningful approach. 🧐
I've been working on a Notion template for The Sims 4: Decades Challenge for quite a while. I'm still building & beta-testing for now, but please let me know if this is something you might be interested in! Feel free to suggest other Sims 4 challenges that might benefit from a Notion spread, too. ☺️
Designed for the Sims 4: Decades Challenge
✧ 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom + large basement
✧ 30x30 lot (Canter Cottage in Chestnut Ridge)
✧ Base Game, Cottage Living, & Horse Ranch
✧ Includes a thriving garden, oversized crops, & fruit trees
🔍 Search for 1890s Rustic Family Ranch by lauralofi in the Gallery.
My husband created this super simple (but super fun) Sims build challenge for me & I had to share! I've been thinking of adding a third Wildcard roll with options like Abandoned or Under $20k. 👀
