A 1775 wedding dress

I created this Wedding dress for my king's wedding, but in the end the queen wore another dress... My Sims can take their own decisions. Anyway, I share here the dress, with mesh by faeriegurl included

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pics of 1750's

the real Gossip girls

I usualy don't bathe, but when I do, I do it in style!

Music history in the making

1750's ... a bit of history

We are in the time of enlightment and Encyclopedie was published during this era. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopaedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts) was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis Diderot and, until 1759, co-edited by Jean le Rond d'Alembert.(wikipedia)

But it was also the time to take arts a bit lighter. It's the rococo that brought light colours and textures.

Families of 1750

Lots of family portraits of 1725's

...I mean 1725

All families deserve e representation :)

Melodic 1720's

The modern piano (the pianoforte) was developed from the harpsichord around 1720, by Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. His new instrument had a delicate pianissimo (very soft sound), a strong fortissimo (a very loud, forceful sound), and every level in between.

The first upright piano was made around 1780 by Johann Schmidt of Salzburg, Austria. Thomas Loud of London developed an upright piano whose strings ran diagonally (in 1802), saving even more space.

source: enchantedlearning.com

family portraits of 1700

Women in the pirates world

There were two women in the pirates world of 1700's. Mary Read, a tomboy who fell in love with a soldier and after his death took a ship to India. On the way the ship was attacked by pirates and she joined them. In 1720, Mary took king's pardon and sailed to Jamaica with the other one lady pirate, Anne Bonny. Anne had a fiery personality and left her family home early in her teens to become a pirate. Later she became lovers with John Rackham, another pirate and together they continued to steal. She was sentenced to death in Jamaica, but there is no record that the execution happened, because she was pregnant.
In my Sims world, the tomboy of the Guille family became a famous pirate, but she was never captures, or fell in love. At least with anything else than her treasure!

Nun gone wild

Guille family had too many daughters. They married off some but they wanted to add some credits to their family name, and there was one way to do so. They forced the youngest girl, Brunhilde, to become a nun. Not a good choice at all, since Brunhilde was a bright and flirty girl that wanted no rules. Soon she got bored in the monastery and when she learnt that there was a monastery for men nearby, she found the way to visit them at night, just in her underwear, pretending to be a ghost. They never caught her because she was fast too, even though everybody suspected who she was. 

3 1700's dresses

I made these 3 for my Warwickshire project and I thought to share them, since I could nt find many baroque dresses. The mesh is included and is by Sussi

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The woman who was loved by three ranks

Jossiane 's life was filled with three different lovers, two of them were more than inapropriate. In her late teens, she was loved by a monk, and believing that this was the right to do, she slept with him. Then she was forced to marry a peasant who in the end fell for her. Saddly, his poor health cost him his life, leaving alone and pregnant young Jossiane.
That baby was never born, as she miscarried and Jossiane had to start a new life. She found a job as a baker at lord Raye Castan. His story was just as sad ,as the previous year, lord Raye's wife died as she was giving birth. With no wife or child, Raye soon was lost in his world. The same world of sadness where Jossiane lived.
Through mutual understanding they came closer and fell deeply in love. Later in their life, they had a son together, Allen Milagros Biggs.

Create Ye old pharmacy, and more...

With all the diseases and the poor hygiene of the old times, the pharmacies were really useful. So there were at least one of them in the big cities of my country . I bought the shelves and the clutter to decorate the shop. Then I downloaded the ***usable*** potions come with several effects when a sim drinks them. 

links to create your own.
Clutter and shelves 
http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=171&t=4012
http://www.parsimonious.org/furniture2/pages/k8-Oggs_N_Ends.html
http://feydecay.tumblr.com/post/65437006649/the-lovely-lama-has-done-it-again-an-amazing-set
http://zeussims.livejournal.com/7702.html

potions

http://modthesims.info/d/188471
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=211622 (really useful with all this death around)

1600's trivia

The addition of candles on the birthday cakes, and their marketing as a part of birthday celebrations, is attributed to the Germans of 1600's.The custom was to place a candle for each year.

source: hankeringforhistory.com

Art in 1600's - The baroque

Baroque started in Rome with the support of the catholic church and in the century it spread to the rest of Europe. Famous artists ,among others,of that era
-Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
-Paul Rubens
-Rembrandt

Avenging Ameera

The Greyvels used to live in a big manor together. The cousins were growing up, while forging tight bonds to each other. So did Bruce and Ameera. They were not similar. Bruce was spontaneus and loved fights and adventure, while his introvert young cousin stayed in the house. But he loved her so much, because Ameera had a heart of gold.

The years passed by and she got married to a nice man.

Ameera continued her kinds acts and she visited a lot the prisons and the hospitals of the city. In one of her visits she met a noble troublemaker. Earl Roger Stevens was in prison for picking a fight after a card game. He was a charming womanizer and soon set his eyes to Ameera.

The poor woman could not resist. She fell deeply in love with him but his feelings were not the same. After his rejection Ameera died of broken heart.

Bruce could not accept it! 

He would take revenge by destroying the Stevens family. He became friends with Roger and he seduced his beautiful and kind wife Ciara. But unlike Roger, he had true feelings for her. He decided to elope with her and never look back to the past, but the plague of 1666 took both his and Ciara's life.

Facts about 1650

* The word “barbecue” has been around since 1650, and has meant “outdoor meal of roasted meat or fish as a social entertainment” since 1733.

When you live your real life for a bit...

So this is what could go wrong while you answer a call from your little sis. The entire family of Veerham is now burnt to ashes. A tragedy... RIP Veerhams, 1675