Ponies go to Anime North

The Ponies may have gone to Anime North this year, but sadly I was unable to.  However, I was commissioned to create two custom ponies based on the AN mascot.  May I present the Momiji sisters:

The girls were made from a Rarity and a Diamond Rose baits, with eyes and symbols repainted.  Their hair is Dollyhair Tigerlily, Pumpkin Spice, and Satsuma.

I hope all the con-goers enjoy Anime North this weekend!

Elf

Off sick

Apologies, but I won't be updating this week as I am recovering from food poisoning.and just don't feel like pushing myself to get a post done.  Instead, I will share a few pictures of odds and ends in my collections:

My Pretty Pony, an aquisition from last year's MLP Fair

I'm a merch hound, and this mirror is one of my fave pieces right now

My G3 oven mitt, from Etsy, a Christmas gift from a friend

Arguably my favourite MLP set of all time: the original unicorns

I'll be back next week with a custom pony update.

Elf

Guest Blogger: Roomy Author Marie Bilodeau

My Roomate the lovely and talented Marie Bilodeau, most often referred to on this blog as "Roomy" is doing a blog tour to promote her new novel Destiny's Fall.  Most of her posts will be on blogs related to writing and storytelling, but Roomy has been dragged to four My Little Pony Fairs now so she's got something to say on the topic of Ponies too.  This week I interviewed her on what it's like living with a Pony-mad Roommate...

Roomy, in the midst of a writing spree, or something

What’s it like living with a customizer?

At times magical and at times horrifying.  Seriously.  Sometimes, there are sparkling, happy ponies prancing about our living room with their bouncy curls because they’re all purdy and made up.  That’s fun (although, thankfully, the ponies don’t actually prance).

                                             

Other times, however, it’s a veritable house of horrors.  Beheaded ponies line the kitchen sink, their head looking at me imploringly, or I’m sure they would, anyway, if they still had eyes, but they DON’T because they’ve been BURNED off with ACETONE!  I once peaked into a pot of boiling water thinking it was going to be soup, but it wasn’t. It was ponies. Boiling ponies to remove their “glue.”

The memories, they’re horrible, just… horrible… excuse me a moment. I need a drink.

Whatever. You’re exaggerating.  Again.  So… put that bottle down.  Now. Down.  Good.  Discuss your role at the Fair as a booth bunny (as you're so fond of calling yourself).

According to the “MLP Fair Booth Bunny Guide 101,” I’m supposed to sit there cheerfully and sell ponies, preferably while wearing something pink and cute. 

Two years ago, I got through a whole fantasy trilogy, which was awesome, but apparently that impacted our sales.  Go fig. 

It did.

So I’m not supposed to do that anymore.

You’re not.

Do you want me to answer this question or not?  Yes.  Okay.

But even with a book ban, I still love it because the collectors are quite fun to chat with, and I can keep an eye out for two-year-olds trying to make off with Spike (caught one last year!)  

 I also love working on the diorama display.  For Kentucky, it was the Winner’s Circle, which was lots of fun and showcased cellophane windows (!)  Last year it was a merry-go-round, which was cute until it was totally crushed under a luggage on our way back home.  And this year… oh… this year will be AWESOME!  BWA HA HAHA!

Um, yes. 

What did I say about drinking during interviews?  Is that my chocolate milk?  Oh, for the love of...give me that.  Aren’t you lactose intolerant?  Sheesh. Okay, now what’s day-to-day life like with a collector?

Unpredictable. 

“OMG, a garage sale with pink toys, TURN NOW!”

“OMG, your cats broke into my room and licked my award-winning pony all to hell!”

“OMG, TRU has new ponies, we have to go nooooooowwwww, can we go nooooowwwww, pleeeaaassseeeeeee!?!?”

“OMG, Roomy, the Fair is only a 24-hour drive away this year, we go???”

 See?  A veritable emotional roller coaster.

Right.  Well, thanks for coming today.

Wait, I thought I could talk about my books, and my newest one, Destiny’s Fall, and…

You drank my chocolate milk. No deal!

Aw.

The great Pony Room Reorg - volume 14

Finally, one part of the Pony Room is fully and completely organized.  May I proudly present: my G1 Pony collection:

7 shelves of G1 Pony goodness

Elfpony shelf and many, many G1s

Many, many more G1s

The G1s were the generation I grew up with, and so of course they're my favourite gen.  They probably always will be.

Elf