A blog for my Sims 3 and Sims Medieval stories, as well as any CC that I like. I also stream live Sims 3 content on Twitch as gnomeofinvention. (She/her)
Update 9/10/2025: I've started a secondary blog called Erica's Art Adventures to showcase all the different kinds of creative projects I do. If you like variety in your art diet, then you'll probably like my work.
Welcome!
Hi! I'm GnomeOfInvention, and welcome to my Simblr! I create Sims 3 and Sims Medieval content for this platform, as well as for Twitch and YouTube. I've pinned this post to help you with navigating the blog. Enjoy!
Ongoing series:
Everford, a Sims Medieval Let's Play (or click here to watch the livestream archive)
Ravenwood, a Medieval Charter Challenge for Sims 3 (or click here to watch the livestream archive)
The Love Loft, a Let's Play in the style of The Bachelor/Bachelorette (or click here to watch the livestream archive)
Build a City Challenge: Appaloosa Plains
The Shakespeare Chronicles legacy challenge (Blogger site, on-hiatus, but not abandoned)
I've updated my Expanded Active Households mod to a new edition, adding in lots of new features such as stayovers, a new interactive daycare system, custom babysitters and separated bills!
More info in the download link 😊
"Sorry i reported you" scam making it's rounds here.
I'm not even banned.
Vague details.
Doesn't just start with the reason for contact.
You submit help to www.tumblr.com/support or help.tumblr.com. NOT the links provided in the photos.
the proof of email photo is crunchy as hell. Looks old too.
Why do i have to contact them to confirm my innocence. lmao.
What is the scam?
You rush to prove your innocence to the email and they will respond back to you needing to verify your login info and then steal your account. easy. Discord and Steam have a version of this too.
This is less of an update and more of a complete redo of my old toddler bed. The big change is that this operates more like a regular bed, just toddler sized. Honestly, kind of a nightmare and if I could go back in time and not have the idea to do this, I would but anyway, here it is. 😭 Works pretty much like a regular bed, they can sleep and take naps. If they have a stuffed animal, they will sleep with it. Toddlers can jump on the bed and other Sims (Teen+) can read them to sleep.
I would recommend removing the old toddler bed even though this is a separate file but I consider that version now obsolete and it is archived. The localization files from that bed have been added to this one as well so it comes with partial French, Brazilian Portuguese and Korean translations.
In addition to that I've also included a custom dresser that toddlers can use to change clothes on their own. So now my dream of fully independent toddlers that no longer need my attention is complete! *insert evil laugh here*
Requirements: None I believe, everything should be BGC but some audio from Generations but if you don't have that, you simply won't hear anything. Built on ver 1.67, should work with 1.69
Credit/Thanks: Blam’s EA Store for the original bed which I just sized down and edited. @leaf-motif for the dresser and mattress which is from her Keller Bedroom set. Thanks to @zemyna for testing and the photos used throughout! She also found some toddler bed frames that are compatible with the mattress (linked below).
Download HERE
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Details on features after the cut
Bed features:
Toddlers will use the bed autonomously if they are sleepy
If toddlers have a stuffed animal in their inventory, they will sleep or nap holding it.
Teens+ can use to Time for Bed/Nap interaction to send toddlers to bed but depending on their mood and/or traits, toddlers may put up a fuss about it
Teens+ can read toddlers a bedtime story to put them to sleep. If the toddler has a stuffed animal/toy in their inventory, they will hold it while listening to the story. This will also satisfy the want to read them to sleep. You can only read toddler books to them and it will count towards a book they have read. Reading a toddler to sleep will give them good dreams.
Toddlers can jump on the bed for fun but will get scolded if they are caught jumping on the bed by a Teen+.
There's a chance toddlers will fall if jumping and can hurt themselves. They can tell an adult to remove the buff.
Toddlers might wet the bed if their bladder motive is low while sleeping. This chance increases if they're not potty trained. It may wake them up if they do. If they complain about this to an adult, the adult will be pushed to clean them up. Depending on what you have in your home, it will either push the adult to bathe them in a tub if you have the Toddler Interactions mod or changing table if you have the Store item; or just change their diaper if you have neither.
Toddlers can also wake up from a nightmare if their motives are low or if they are light sleepers and won't be able to go back to sleep. Telling an adult (Teen+) will remove the buff so they can go back to sleep.
Child+ can make an unmade toddler bed or change the sheets if it has been soiled. If soiled, it will spawn a laundry pile if you have a washing machine on the lot.
The set includes 1 bed (pictured in the first image) + 1 mattress (pictured below) on its own. Both are CASTable. Feel free to resize any of your favorite EA or cc beds to make your own! However, as I adjusted these beds for the animations, it's best to clone this bed or mattress as your starting point. Given the small size of the toddler bed, regular-sized end tables are too big and can block routing so if making your own beds with matching end tables, I would suggest sizing down the end tables as well.
Notes:
For whatever reason the mattress presets can't be changed in CASt, only in the catalog when you're selecting it. Not sure why. It's not that important to me to investigate further since you can still change the presets but if someone knows, I'd be curious!
The bed mirroring (being able to flip the animation depending on what side of the bed you are on) is a tricky thing and the bed animation sometimes gets stuck resulting in the bed not animating if you start using one side instead of the previous side you were using. As a workaround, I have the bed stop its animation in these cases. So if the bed was unmade it will look made but it's still considered unmade and will need to be made.
Here is the list of toddler bed frames (example above) sourced by zemyna that are compatible with the mattress. There may be more but these were the ones she tested. We are grateful to sim in a world where @martassimsbook exists:
A study of a film still from Lord of the Rings, done in HEAVYPAINT for HeavyJan 2025.
Hello! Welcome to my creativity side-blog
I'm Erica, a multi-disciplinary artist with a desire to create and experiment with different mediums. I have a portfolio website that features my fine art pieces, but I wanted another place where I could share the creative projects that don't fit in that category--things like fan art, animations, audiodramas, video games, short stories, etc.
If you're a multi-passionate creative person, I'd love to be mutuals!
I know it's been a while since I've posted here. I've taken a bit of a break from the Sims to delve into other activities, like art. If that's something you're interested in also, you can check out my art sideblog. I experiment with different mediums so there's bound to be at least one thing you might like over there. I'd like for art to be my full-time job, so any support is appreciated, monetarily or not. ✨💖
At the request of my lovely friend @batsheba, here are some paintings by Gustav Klimt that I made a while ago and just haven't uploaded yet. Thank you Bats!
Please keep reading for pictures, requirements, and the download links!
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter, noted for his use of gold in his most famous works. His artwork can most broadly be categorized under the Art Nouveau movement, however, he was a significant member of the smaller Vienna Succession movement. His paintings feature themes of romance, myth, and the female figure. But he also did some cute lil paintings of chickens and flowers that I like too :)
One file containing 3 presets with a different painting for each preset and requires Pets. In order from left to right:
"Adele Bloch-Bauer I" (1907) -- "Portrait of a Lady" (ca 1916-1917) -- "Hygieia" (1900-1907)
"Church in Unterach on the Attersee" (1916) This is a large 3-tile-wide poster and requires Showtime.
The famous painting "The Kiss" (1907-08) This painting requires High End Loft Stuff.
"The Stoclet Friezes" painted for a palace in Brussels from 1905-1911. One preset, 3 panels of the same mesh. Base game mesh (no EP requirement).
"Silhouettes I & II" (1912) This requires Late Night.
"Portrait of Emilie Flöge" (1902) This requires Late Night.
"Farm Garden with Sunflowers" (1912) This requires Late Night.
"Malcesine at the Gardasee" (1913) Base game mesh (no EP requirement).
Different view of the same "Farm Garden with Sunflowers" (1912) above. Base game mesh (no EP requirement).
"Garden Path with Chickens" (1916) Base game mesh (no EP requirement).
"Music I" (1895) Base game mesh (no EP requirement).
Hope everything is clear and you enjoy having these paintings in your game! Please let me know if you have any other art history Sims 3 CC requests :)
Took some posed screenshots of my simself family to use for some custom wall decor. Top left: Casey and Jamantha Plumbob and unborn baby (not our real names, obviously, lol). Lower left: Gabriel (teen). Top right: Sydney, Meg, Clara and Becca.
I got most of the non-EA poses from @poses-by-bee.
Exciting news! I’ve been wanting to play Dungeons and Dragons for several years now, but haven’t had anyone to play with. So you can imagine how excited I am to participate in my first D&D livestream on Twitch this afternoon at 3:30pm MDT/ 5:30 EST. I’ll be playing a gnome wizard, naturally! Come check it out over on the DM’s Twitch channel: http://www.twitch.tv/SebastianPlaysThis
I made a simself of my husband. The sim's name is Casey Plumbob (not my husband's real name, obviously, lol). His traits are Genius, Computer Whiz, Friendly...and I can't remember the other ones. XD
They also have a Scottish Fold cat named Squish (the cat we wish we had IRL).
I finally made a simself! Her name is Jamantha Plumbob (the name is an inside joke, lol). The likeness isn’t exact by any means, but I’m happy with how she turned out. 😍
Her traits are Artistic, Good Sense of Humor, Perfectionist, Loner, and Over-Emotional.
Additional screenshots of the Ravenwoods. Gabriel was a big hit with the Almshouse ladies, in particular with Josselyn Parry, who he became best friends with in the background. The poor thing fainted during his ghost story though (I guess Cowards don't really have a strong enough-constitution for that, lol).
Prosper hit it off with Gladys Owens at Gabriel's Love Day party, but they didn't really get to spend much time together.
He also got abducted by aliens in the early morning on Tax Day, but the game crashed before the moodlet timed out, and he didn't get abducted on the second play-through of the day, so no alien baby.
hey guys! i’m emma, i’m 18 and i’m not new to the community but def new to having a simblr haha. i’m a casual sims 3 simmer and am in desperate need of sims tumblrs to follow so give this a like or a reblog and i’ll follow you!
You can watch the livestream replay on my YouTube channel.
First order of business for the season was to hire a live-in servant (butler). Meet Deirdre Murphy. She gets along well with the Ravenwoods and is very dependable with her household tasks. She's not a bad cook either.
Prosper is a very active man, despite his old age. He spent most of his free time exercising or practicing martial arts. He hasn't shown any interest in retiring from his military position any time soon (though part of that may be because he likes to have an excuse to visit all the attractive men at the military barracks).
While Prosper is at work, Gabriel spends his days either playing the lute or hanging out at his fishing venue (or both).
Gabriel's Lifetime Wish is to be Super Popular, so he constantly craves social interaction. He's a very kind and friendly person, so he gets along with pretty much everyone in town...most of the time.
He and Carl Hofstad come to an arrangement where the Hofstads provide him with all the fish they catch at his venue, and in return the Ravenwood estate would pay for their rent. His generosity means that Carl won't owe a late fee at the next tax day.
On Prosper's days off, he enjoyed visiting St. Luna's and giving skill lectures...though not many people seemed to be interested in them, lol.
For Love Day, Gabriel threw a party, which turned out to be a huge hit with the guests. His lute-playing may have had something to do with that, lol.
By the end of the season, Prosper had made enough money from his career to pay gentry-class rent and taxes.
After Thatcher and Shuri Beck's contribution, the Royal Treasury surpassed the next threshold of $8000, unlocking the church and graveyard lots. In the original rules, this is one lot, but I decided to split it into two. The church is zoned as an art gallery.
St. Luna's is an inter-faith chapel, where Sims of both the Jacoban and Peteran faiths can marry, as well as worship and fellowship together. Melinda Cromwell is the priest assigned to the church, and she lives in the rectory next door (not pictured here).
Disclaimer: This household is adapted (with permission) from the Brocas family created by Letsplaywithfir3 on YouTube. You can watch her medieval charter challenge videos here.
Social class: Yeoman
Occupation: Tavern-keeper
Character biographies and house screenshots below the cut.
Dingley grew up in Satbury, working the family's trade as a woodcutter. Fortunately, his father was able to buy the family's entrance into the yeomanry before his death. Dingley saved up enough money to go out on his own and traveled the country for a little while, doing odd jobs and playing his lute for tips. He married a lovely lady on his travels, and they had four boys together.
Being the ambitious sort, Dingley decided to move his family to Ravenwood in order to open a tavern. Unfortunately, his wife got sick and passed away on the journey, leaving him to raise their sons alone.
As a result, some days he is just incapable of feeling happy and sometimes takes it out on those around him.
Phillibert Brocas
Traits: Loves to Swim, Athletic, Grumpy
Phillibert developed a bit of his father's characteristic grumpiness. Not surprising, considering that he picked up most of the slack when it came to taking care of his baby brothers. He likes to go swimming by himself in order to blow off some steam every once in a while.
Thatcher really loves being a dad. He did most of the baby care so Shuri could recover from the birth.
Shuri got along really well with Gladys Owens, one of the Almshouse ladies. Gladys has a really hard time getting people to interact with her, so I'm glad she found someone to click with.
You can watch the livestream replay on my YouTube channel.
Thatcher and Shuri make their living by selling eggs, cheese, and meat from their pigs. They've been engaged for a little while and hope to get married soon.
At the beginning of the spring, Shuri started getting more sore than usual. She first thought that she was just tired from tending the animals, but...
...it turned out that she was pregnant! Yay! (the first baby of the challenge)
She stayed pretty active during her pregnancy. Thatcher, who's a witch in addition to being a former pirate, cast a little luck charm to help things go more smoothly.
When it came time for the baby to arrive, Thatcher brought the midwife over, Carys Pritchard, though she wasn't much help, lol.
Welcome baby girl Nara! She was born with the Brave and Athletic traits.
After Nara aged up into a toddler, Thatcher and Shuri were finally able to take the time to get married. They had a little ceremony at the village green (since there's no church yet), and it seemed like most of the town was in attendance.
The Becks actually did very well with their home business. Marking up the price of their stock (and selling exotic eggs to out-of-town merchants) really helped boost their income and catapulated Thatcher through quite a few career levels. They actually have enough household funds to purchase a rank-up to the Merchant class, but they can't afford an appropriate house and community lot business, so that will have to wait.
Fortunately, though, their tax and rent contribution moved the Royal Treasury to the next threshold! Not only that, but the town has now leveled up to Level 2 Hamlet. That means more community lots and new families are coming to town!
