#wintergifts

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[Winter Gifts] a tub full of plants  |   "you need to shower your plant babies once in a while as well you know"

back in November when I shared some shower curtains with you, that were based on the ones I own that have a jungle pattern, I talked about how I always shower my precious tropical plant babies in my tub as they like the 'rain' once in a while. my dear patreon Abby requested for this to be possible in game as well, and it was one of my first ideas to make as a gift to say thank you for all your mythical people's awesome support.

It's a frankenmesh of different plants and pots from the game together, I resized them to fit in the tub and look realistic in size as house plants. the plants are 1 object and float so they sit on the floor of the tub and won't stick out underneath the clawfoot tubs. you will have to place it with bb.moveobjects on, but your sims will still be able to use the tub without any problems, meaning you can just continue your game play as normal.

they come in 3 colours: vibrant, realistic and turning brown. should fit in almost every EA tub, fits the best in those that don't have a extremely thick rim because of the hanging plant.

I'm definitely making more plants again in the future, I love them 🌞🌿

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4/ts3]   ♦   poly; 3468

[the-dewofthesea]

[Winter Gifts] model cars with tree   |   "no idea why it's so popular to have mini cars with mini trees on them as decoration, as transporting a tree on your roof is a nightmare, but hé it looks cute"

ever since I first saw the toy pick up truck in TS4 I wanted to make this. my mom used to collect xmas themed cars, including a lot with trees on top. I come from a long line of car enthusiasts, but I don't even have a drivers license... my mother used to work for a lorry/truck manufacturing company, my dad used to be a car mechanic and afterwards a taxi driver, his father was a bus driver and my great-grandfather was one of the first delivery drivers in the early 1900's. I suppose they might be disappointed, I hope they do like my cute cars.

I made 2 versions: one using the TS4 toy pick up truck and another using a conversion of the 'rockability hot rod truck' from TS3 Fast Lane, needless to say that mesh is super high poly. I added a small xmas tree and a rope as if it was attached to it. they are just a bit smaller in game then the original toy truck.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]   ♦   poly; modern truck, 1029 / old truck, 5667

[the-dewofthesea]

[Winter Gifts] toboggan sled from home alone  |   "a traditional sled made famous by a boy going down stairs while being home alone"

one of my patreons requested me to make this famous sled as part of my winter gifts to thank my patreons. I absolutely loved the idea as I've already made another type of sled recently, the Davos sledge, but they are so different from each other.          they mostly come in wood colours in real life, including the very nice alternating wood tones, but as this is the sims I also wanted to add painted swatches for a more colourful experience. comes in a version on the floor and one standing against the wall.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]   ♦   poly; 652 

[the-dewofthesea]

[Winter Gifts] pine & cones traditional deco   |   "some of the most traditional decoration to ever exist, pine branches and pine cones."

the last set of traditional winter themed decorations is finally here! this time it's one of my favourites: pine cones and pine branches. I added lots of options, went a bit crazy. I also added a bonus cone that fits on top of the branches for extra possibilities.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]  

♦   poly pine;  vertical, 147 /  garland, 244 / garland longer, 364 / wreath, 236   ♦ ♦   poly cones;  vertical, 192 /  garland, 202 / garland longer, 332 / wreath, 1202 / star, 146  / single, 58 / for branch, 26  ♦

[the-dewofthesea]

[Winter Gifts] paper snow flakes   |   “ take a square piece of paper, fold it diagonally until it looks like a paper plane, take off the end and cut out your pattern. perfect paper snow flakes every single time. ”

this was the second highest out come of the poll I made about which winter items you all would like to see. I guess you really enjoyed the idea of these, so I made them right around mid-winter to bring some festive atmosphere into your sims' homes.

comes in 3 options, completely flat, V-shape and 3D. all have 4 sizes and 5 shapes, I made the different sizes different shades of grey in the catalogue so it's easier to see what is what. all snow flakes are white in game.         doors still work when placed on top, they just float in mid-air when the door is opened.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]   ♦   poly; 8 / 3D, 16  

[the-dewofthesea]

[Winter Gifts] dried oranges traditional deco   |   "oranges & spices were seen as a exotic luxury back in the day, decorating your house with them became a tradition later on."

together with my holly edits, I was working on a large set of other traditional types of festive decorations and finally got to finish them. first up orange slices & spices, one of my favourite combinations in real life. they used to be extremely valuable, oranges were first given as gifts and at some point they started using them as decorations as well.        they come in a variety of shapes to decorate your walls with, different citrus and wood swatches and are combinable with the other sets. the spice ones are higher poly, as I wanted them to be visible from the side I made them 3D.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]   ♦   poly;  vertical, 312 / vertical spices, 912 /  star anise, 2374 / wreath, 490 / curved, 434 / curved longer, 796 / curved spices, 1954

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[Winter Gifts] separated presents   |   "an abundance of perfectly wrapped gifts, no-one knows if there is really something inside it or if it's just a cardboard box."

the first item of the poll I made for everyone to vote on, it's not the top voted item, but I found that simple presents were lacking in the game while I was trying to take screenshots of my winter gift items. yes we there are some, but you know me I live different sizes, combinations and colour options.

I did not just add christmas or winter gift themed colours, but also added as much as possible of my other colours so that they can also be used for birthdays and other gift giving events.            I also added separated ribbons and added slots so you can stack the presents, and use them with and without ribbons.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]   ♦   poly; 102 /  ribbon, 190  

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[Winter Gifts] hanging xmas baubles

I made a version of the christmas bauble hanging from the ceiling as I wanted this for shop window displays, they might there for not be super useful to everyone... but you could also use them hanging in a livingroom, or in a mansions staircase for example.

they come in single baubles in 3 sizes and 4 heights to fit every ceiling height in game. I named every height by the numbers below, I would recommend using the search bar and look for: 'baubles' when you want to use these so you will most likely only see these. I also marked where the floors are on the different wall heights.

download:  patreon *always free* [ts4]   ♦   poly; 474