I was also very excited about downloading sims 3 goodies, but I have not been able to get packages to show up in my game. I have created the Mods folder, and created a packages one within it - I also downloaded the resource CFG file which I place in my main sims 3 folder in my program files. I am sure I must have done something wrong!
I have been able to install houses etc through the game's installer.
If anyone could explain what I need to do I would be most grateful as I really want some of those new patterns!
Thanks