The sim I'm on turned snowy for December, and I did up my land for winter because my usual landscaping looked totally out of place. Took these pictures ages ago but was so lazy about blogging!
The pond got iced over for the winter. When I was trying to do this, I realised I hadn't any idea what a frozen pond looks like, because heck Malaysia is next to the equator and I wouldn't know what it is like to have weather under 22ºC. Actually most of the time it's more like 27-30ºC, all year round!
So Peter came over and helped me choose the texture to use for the pond, and adjust the transparency and repeats, because living in Germany, he'd have a lot better idea of what a frozen pond is supposed to look like than I do :p
I needed some seating for people who come to visit, and added a snowman, my favourite snowman out of the many that I have. He's copiable and he's soooo cute! The trees and rainbow are a staple. Those trees are one of my favourite things in SL, although I wish Lilith Heart would update them now that there are one-prim 8-plane sculpts :p
Next to the pond I made a little snow mound and put fir trees from Organica to block out the palm trees from the beach behind. No way was I going to mess with the beach after putting so much effort into getting it just right, but the palms didn't mesh with winter so I had to camouflage them, lol!
I love Organica's stuff, it's all copy/mod so it's worth it to buy, even though this set of fir trees cost L$750 (that's a lot in my book!).
More camouflaging... I made snow mountains to block out the palm trees -- not entirely successfully, as you can see, but I didn't want my mountains to be like Everest. Those ornament balls were a hunt gift from MudHoney last year and are still one of my favourite winter decor. Each of them has a fun pose inside! The bell changes colour slowly and is very pretty if you see it in person.
I saw a nativity set on Xstreet and decided I wanted one, but then ran out of prims so I could only put out Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus :) The snowglobe is from Xstreet also, I love the background, makes it different from other snowglobes I've seen. One day I'm going to try to make one ;)
More snow mountains to block out green trees in the background, and also more seating for visitors. But I needed flowers -- can't survive without them. Wasn't sure what would pass as winter flowers, so went for something fantasy-like. So pretty ‹3
And finally, the pièce de résistance!
I got a bee in my bonnet about wanting a teddy bear to sit on. I told Heidi, "For some reason I want to put it on my land because it'll make me feel warmer in the midst of all the snow, does that make sense?" and she replied, "Cuddly teddy is the next best thing to a cuddly guy," which actually summed things up for me. Like I've said, I was feeling a li'l blue and that's exactly what I wanted, a warm cuddle.
Didn't feel like having a "normal" tree this year, because that's what everybody else has. So when I saw this tree I thought it was perfect, and added some mushrooms because, for some reason I can't explain, I just love mushrooms; and then some other seasonal decorations, and to top things off, the gift box pose prop from Sugar Mill. I thought that was singularly appropriate for this time of the year ;)
You're all welcome to visit and take photos or just hang out. Come on over!
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Picture 1:
Snowman: Christmas Snowkid 1 from Cyanic via Xstreet
Bench: Bench - wood from Lear via Xstreet
Rocks: Sculpted rocks from AG-Styles via Xstreet
Trees: Ash Illuminated from Heart Garden Center
Rainbow: Bought on Xstreet a long time ago
Ice pond: Made by me with texture from Katerina Lytton via Xstreet (Snow & Ice pack)
Picture 2:
Trees: Spruce 2 - Snowy from Organica (Spruce 2 pack)
Snow mound: Made by me with sculptmap from Pixel Labs - Reef n' Islands pack
Ice sleigh with horse: Romantic Ice Sleigh & Horse from Lilian Laville via Xstreet
Picture 3:
Christmas tree: Christmas Deco Tree Patina Gold from Mabe Pearl via
Round ornaments: MudHoney Designs [last year's hunt gift, no longer available]
Bell: Giant Bell - Colour Change from Christmas Market by Lainy Voom/Pandora Popstar
Snow mountain: Made by me with sculptmap from Pixel Labs - Reef n' Islands pack
Picture 4:
Bench: Garden Bench from Supplee
Flowers: Scattered Ferry 4 by sva Michalak
Snowglobe: Medium Snow Globe by AeoNik McMahon via Xstreet
Nativity set in snowglobe: Nativity Set from Flowers & Petals (display is only part of set)
Trees in snowglobe: Snowy from Organica (Spruce 2 pack)
Picture 5:
Candy Canes: Candy Cane Sculptie from Sculpties Up In Here [full perm, FREE]
Nutcracker man: Nutcracker Ornie from =SzD= via Xstreet
Gingerbread men: Part of set from Yummy Christmas House by Love Littleboots via Xstreet
Tree: Gingerbread Tree from N~Chanted Holiday Store
Mushrooms -
Teddy bear: Christmas Teddy from Scottie's Room
Snowflake: Made by me with sculptmap from Talin's Workshop (Sculptie Snowflakes pack)
Large open gift box: It's My Party! by Sugar Mill [no longer available]
Rug: Horn Rug from Heavenly Treasures via Xstreet
Snow mountain: Made by me with sculptmap from Pixel Labs (Reef n' Islands pack)
It's so lovely! I love the fanciful fun of it. :)
Knowing how much time and energy you have spent into decorating your land, it's almost a shame it has to go so soon again. You created an amazingly lovely place. Well done!