If any of you have ever downloaded any of my lots, I thank you personally and I really hope you enjoyed them - or at least snorted in that "I could do better!" way!

But if anyone is thinking of thanking ME in return, I'm not really the one to be thanked. You see: I would have stopped making lots a LONG while ago had it not been for ONE THING...

The TSR Artists Alliance (TSRAA)

Back in those olden days (okay - a year ago), many artists were twitchy about allowing their creations to be used in uploaded lots. And it was difficult to find willing creators and so we lot builders had to keep regurgitating the same old used-a-zillion-times-before sofas, kitchens, non-matching windows and doors, etc etc - and it was beginning to pall. If you were there to remember it, it was a dark moment in the history of Sims architecture.

The TSRAA was formed with just a few artists at first who were all happy for their work to be used in uploaded lots. But since that time, the list has grown hugely and we now have the very best tools in the world for our lot designs. You can use the creations of all these creators in the lots you share at TSR, and it's wonderful. I too am a proud TSRAA member and enjoy huge pleasure (read: pompous, over-inflated indulgent self-importance) whenever I see anything of mine appearing in someone else's lot.

So, if you create anything (anything at all: objects, walls, floors, paints - whatever) and would be happy for lot builders to use your creations in their lots submitted at TSR, please, PLEASE join us! Sign up in this thread.