@Laebeth and @Corwim thank you both so much for your comments and ideas. <3
@Laebeth such a great idea to use your Showcase as a journey log of learning to build. I love that idea and will do that! I will check out your gallery soon.
@Corwim I really appreciate the time you took to answer in detail about the sim poses and everything else. I had a look at the first link you recommended and was blown away -- not just by the poses but by the lots and CAS. This is like professional-level simming! So beautiful. Thank you so much for your tech help with this. I'm going to give this a shot. Thanks for ideas on how to organize and for your views about sims + builds. Thank you so much.
To @Rosemow @Laebeth and @Corwim thank you for your comments and help since i joined! It really helped me feel welcome.
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Today is my granddaughter's 4th birthday and I'm making her a birthday video card using TS4 to illustrate a song I wrote for her when she was born. So I want to get really good at building sims and sim lots to continue to make videos for my her and her baby sis in the future. She loves her dollhouse so some day she may really enjoy the Sims too. Funny when I was a little girl I hated dolls and loved Hot Wheels. I had to grow up to enjoy "doll houses." =) I always find it interesting that "The Sims" was originally slated to be marketed as the title "Doll House." I'm glad they changed it! I don't think it would have gone over as well. ^_^