Do you use lot traits?

I do! I'm one of those people who likes to make my sims as happy as I possibly can, so I put in traits that fit both the sims as well as give them a better environment to be in. I have an artist teen who paints all the time so I gave his house the trait that's good for painting and it makes me soso happy every time he gets that extra happy moodlet as he paints! ^U^

I also actually like the sparkles! I think they're really pretty and the first time I saw them, I was hoping that they would show up in the screenshot because I thought it was cute and pretty! >w< I've never been bothered by it. I actually find myself more irritated by the plumbob in screenshots that I am of the sparkles!