'F' for Fun

My Lovely Animal Crossing Island Fall Tour

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

My favorite games are all of the “let’s be friends and make our houses and towns cute” variety.

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

Animal Crossing came along right when we all needed it this year, and I’m pretty pleased with my virtual island. Let me show you around!


Dream Address

I updated the Dream Address the same day I took photos all around the island. Come on over to visit! DA-1449-9039-6742

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

I have an Instagram account dedicated to Animal Crossing too: Animal Crossing_LuluLovely. I’ll add a bunch of these photos in huge batches that will overwhelm feeds and hit right as people are looking for winter inspiration. (It’s a case study in what not to do to grow an Instagram account!)


The Entrance

All right, let’s look about. I realized that I forgot to take any photos of the area around my house or inside, but there are still a TON of shots, so it’s probably for the best. Welcome to my Lovely island!

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

The Formal Garden

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

The Post Office

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

Mushroom Fairy Forest

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

The Beaches

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

The Library

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

The Farm and Orchard

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

Around Town

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

I had a dream that I could mod Animal Crossing to make my own flowers and furniture and I woke up very excited about it before I realized it wasn’t real. I miss the exotic and regal series sets! Adding those back in would be step one. Instead, I keep opening up Blender, thinking I should figure it out and expand my Sims modding capabilities, but I’ve been sticking to floors, walls, and recolors for now. And making mods for Stardew Valley, because that’s well within my capabilities (pixel art and coding).

My youngest wants to be “an artist, YouTuber, and modder” when he grows up. (At first I thought he said “model” and I thought that was an interesting, unexpected choice.) Right now I’m in charge of making and/or finding, and then installing mods for all three kids, but I’m trying to encourage them to do more of it on their own. We do a lot of customizing for personal use and I want them to see how math and coding intersects with art in a fun, satisfying way.

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely

OK, Bye!

Lulu Lovely | Animal Crossing New Horizons | Making it Lovely
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  • iLa
    December 9, 2020 at 4:05 am

    What a lovely scenery! I do not know Animal Crossing, but I’d love to hear how you play with and involve your kids when it come to pc games.

    • Making it Lovely
      December 10, 2020 at 11:31 am

      Mostly we’re working on things like naming conventions, understanding true/false statements in coding, making our own sprites — those kinds of things. Nothing from scratch, but looking at existing mods, understanding what different elements of the code refers to, and then tweaking to make them our own.

  • iLa
    December 11, 2020 at 12:52 am

    Cool. I will look at Animal Crossing ;) Thanks!

  • Angie
    December 11, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    My son and I just took a tour – your island is truly LOVELY :)
    We are curious, where did you find the rock and leaf custom designs on your paths?