I was in a foul mood, today, but I was cheered by some friends and the fact that my FRIGGIN ART IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE MY FIRST CON!

OMFG.

http://furthemore.org/

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I am torn about a few things though... seeing as this will be my first con:
1.) Do you recommend I get a vendor table, or sit the first one out and enjoy the other con parts?
2.) Should I continue making my partial myself (and probably not finish) or commission someone else? (I have made partials, clothes, and stuffed toys successfully before in the past 5 years, but it's not my best skill... on the other hand... you know someone else will never make it the way you were imagining it, right?)

What do you think?

I miss the old ponies. I was going through some old photos and moaning and whining because I'd sent mine away. I was moving and had no space for them, so I shipped them off to a customs-maker. I asked her if sh ever used them and she said she hadn't. They were in storage.

Sheepishly I asked for them back. She says as soon as she can get to get mother's, she'll ship them back. Yay! I'd gladly pay her shipping and then some to have them back with me. I so miss them.

I didn't remember all of their proper names, but I do remember which ones I had. I had to look up the names:
These were MY "mane six" and think I even had them since I was born:
- Blossom
- Bluebell
- Butterscotch
- Cotton Candy
- Minty
- Snuzzle (a favorite of mine... She was always the grandma)
... And others:
- Parasol
- Skydancer (used to call her 'Birdy')
- Starshine
- Sunlight
- Windy (I miss Windy so much!)
- Bowtie (I actually pretended it was the nerdy boy)
- Firefly (my favorite... She was actually played as a boy, also, although "he" was pink!)
- Twilight (loved her. She was a nerd, too, and read all my S. Cosgrove books!)
- Glory (Another favorite... "I wish... I wish!")
- Pinwheel (Very gaudy and loud for a unicorn, I made her obnoxious)
- Posey
- Sundance (she wore the bridal outfit more than Satin did!)
- Baby Sundance (she's so broken now!)
- Powder (shy and serene)
- Skyflier
- Sparkler (In charge of cleaning up all the time [don't ask])
- Sky Rocket (I pretended she was blind)
- Salty (What a hunk! My favorite boy pony!)
- Princess Starburst
- Love Melody (She was always "too pretty" for anyone else)
- Sugarberry (I called her Julie, after my strawberry-lovin' cousin)
- Banana Surprise (she made the rest of the ponies smell like her)
- Sherbet (gosh so pretty)
- Baby Waddles (didn't like him much; made his personality as annoying as possible)
- Twinkler (Don't tell the others, but she may have been the prettiest and my favorite!)
- Merry Treat (I brushed and braided her hair the most, secretly hated her symbol)
- Half Note (I called her Funky or some other name half the time)
- Baby Lucky (favorite baby boy!)
- Chrysanthemum (November Birthflower Pony)
- So-soft Satin and Lace (I rubbed her when I was sad)
... and also my sea ponies... Had them in the tub with me all the time... Some had color-changing hair color, but I bet they don't any more.
- Wave Jumper
- Sand Dollar
- Sea Winkle
- Sealight
- Wave Dancer
- Baby Wavy
- Baby Salty
- Baby Dipper
- Baby Surfy
- Baby Sea Spray
- Baby Sea Breeze

I actually doubt she still has all of them. In fact, Beddy-Bye Eyes Baby Sundance is here, broken and in pieces... Chewed by my sister. I couldn't part with her. I want to fix her, eventually.

I miss them all so much. Come back, babies! D:

Updated 8/10/2012 (prices may change without warning) (all prices in USD)

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Duct Tape Products:

Wallets:
Base (common billfold): $7
+Trifold: $1.00
+Each card pocket: $0.50
+Each ID window: $1.00
+Hardware (i.e. grommets to buckles & snaps): $0.20 to $1.00
+Stitching to each item or addon: $2.00
+Front design, (1-3 colors): $1.00
>>+more than 3 colors, note me.

So the wallet at the top of this submission has a bifold billfold, ID window, 3 card pockets, and a design with more than three colors. I would put its asking price at $11.50. The wallet at the bottom of that submission has a bifold billfold, ID window, 2 pockets, and a design with two colors. Its asking price is $10.

Conbadge Holders:
Base (with clear ID window) 4" by 6" (10 by 15 cm): $4.00
+Per inch added to dimensions: $0.50
+Per grommet: $0.20
+Design on front or back, (1-3 colors): $1.00
>>+more than 3 colors, note me.
+Each card pocket: $0.50
+Stitching to each item or addon: $2.00
+Cord or ribbon lanyard, extra hardware, note me.

So this badgeholder, with a measure of 4.25" square, one pocket, a design with more than 3 colors, and 8 grommets, would come to $8.10.

Collars, Belts, Leashes:
Duct Tape 1"/2.5 cm Strap Base (per foot/per 30.5 cm): $2.00
+Other-width sizes (per inch/2.5 cm): $1.00
+Buckles (based on 1"/2.5 cm width):
>>+Metal (nickel) Buckle: $1.50
>>+Specialty Metal (brushed/brass) Buckle: $3.50
>>+Plastic Parachute Buckle (black): $1.00
>>+Plastic Parachute Buckle (other colors): $1.25
>>+Archadia's "Slide-lock" Duct Tape Buckle: $0.25
>>+Other sized buckles: note me
+Designs:
>>+Up to 3 colors: $1.00
>>+Printed/Chrome/Gold Tape: $2.00
>>+Design more than 3 colors: note me
+Hardware (based on 1"/2.5 cm size width):
>>+D-rings/O-rings (nickel): $0.50
>>+Studs, Spikes, Pyramids, and Grommets (each): $0.20
>>+Rhinestones (each): $0.75
>>+Hardware in other colors: note me.
+Interior Lining (based on 1"/2.5 cm width):
>>+Ribbon/Cloth (per foot/30.5 cm): $1.00
>>+Faux Fur/Leather (per foot/30.5 cm): $1.50
>>+Glued: $0.00
>>+Sewn (per foot/30.5 cm): $2.00
+Stitching, decorative, per foot/30.5 cm: $2.00
+Other Embroidery, beading, chains, bells, and whistles: note me

So, this collar, which is 18", has a 3-color design, 1 nickel buckle, 1 nickel D-ring, 6 nickel studs, and 4 nickel grommets, would come to around $8.00.

(coming soon) Reusable Shopping Bags

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Textile Products:

(coming soon) Bags:
(coming soon) Jointed Animal Dolls:

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3710259/

In fact, please look at 's gallery. You will flip. :D

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/...../#cid:27922754

... But I might do trades for one of these... Or a few...
http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details......DEDD04A9:en_US

Or maybe I'd paint a custom one for you if I have a double... You know.

c.c

--Edit--

Okay, okay!!
So how have I found myself in possession of
Pink Wave:
#01 Pinkie Pie
#02 Applejack
#03 Rainbow Dash
#04 Rarity
#05 Twilight Sparkle
#06 Fluttershy
#07 Sugar Grape
#08 Lily Blossom
#09 Minty
#10 Bumblesweet
#11 Fizzypop (2)
#12 Flower Wishes
#13 Roseluck
#14 Sweetie Blue
#15 Pepperdance
#16 Lemon Hearts
#17 Cherry Spices
#18 Sweetie Swirl
#19 Lucky Swirl
#20 Sweetcream Scoops
#21 Firecracker Burst
#22 Special Edition Pinkie Pie
#23 Special Edition Twilight Sparkle
#24 Special Edition Rainbow Dash (2)

Purple "Suitcase" Wave:
#01 Twilight Sparkle
#02 Rarity
#03 Bitta Luck
#04 Rainbowshine
#05 Goldengrape
#06 Glow-in-the-Dark Pinkie Pie
#07 Rainbowdash
#08 Golden Harvest
#09 Sprinklestripe
#10 Sea Swirl
#11 Big McIntosh
#12 Glow-in-the-Dark Twilight Sparkle
#13 Pinkie Pie
#14 Apple Dazzle
#15 Lovestruck
#16 Berryshine
#17 Meadowsong
#18 Glow-in-the-Dark Rarity
#19 Applejack
#20 Fluttershy
#21 Cherry Berry
#22 Lyra Heartstrings
#23 Noteworthy
#24 Lucky Dreams

and also... the Blue "Crystal" Wave:
#01
#02 Sparkly Fluttershy
#03
#04 Sparkly Crimson Gala
#05 Sparkly Minuette
#06 Sparkly Royal Riff
#07
#08 Sparkly Merry May
#09 Sparkly Electric Sky
#10 Sparkly Chance-A-Lot
#11 Sparkly Berry Green
#12 Metallic Rarity
#13
#14 Sparkly Rarity
#15 Sparkly Sassaflash
#16 Sparkly Peachy Sweet
#17 Sparkly Twilight Sky
#18 Metallic Applejack
#19 Sparkly Rainbowdash
#20 Sparkly Mosely Orange
#21 Sparkly Amethyst Star
#22 Sparkly Twilight Velvet
#23 Sparkly Shoeshine (2)
#24 Sparkly Pinkie Pie

This all started because of you, ! *fistshake!* Blast you and your adorable, thoughtful gifts of sparkly Rainbowdash! D:

Aka funny stuff my husband says.
I posted that my husband muttered "Bronies before honies" while I was at the Walmart earlier (yes, I was picking out grab-bag ponies... No, I'm... I'm not a brony... I'm an 80's MLP girl, I swear! But I got another sparkly Rainbowdash and a Fluttershy and a Rarity!!! I mean ._.' )
...
In an hour it already has 7 retweets and two favorites, which is more than anything I ever tweeted EVER, like, WOW! :D

Why am I so tickled by this?

♪ ♫ And if it takes forever...
Forever it will be... ♪ ♫

Awww... You guys are too nice. I really expected my last journal to be a rant journal, and give me an opportunity to vent about my whore mother (I love her but she really is a whore!), but you guys instead called and texted and messaged me asking about where I would go and if I had my meds and offering to drive great distances to pick me up and take me home! I'm not going to forget that and I love you!

I had a blast at the Carroll County meet! My husband dropped me off before he drove 4 hours to go to a vacation with his family. I thought I was late, but I wasn't.

Mom said "wen wil u b done?"
I said "7/8"
She said "ok txt me wen u r done"
I said "ok"

I said "It's 7:30, we're done... Am I good or what? :D"
She said "o shit they just start how long can u stay ther?"
I sighed out loud and said "I'll go to the Walmart, pick me up there."

Then I went to the Michaels. It closed. I went to the Walmart. No word for an hour. An hour and a half. Two hours.

I said "When are you coming? I am tired and need to take my meds and get a shower... I have been up since 5:30 and I'm flaring up pretty bad in the joints."
She said "wen dose it clos?"
I groaned. "Midnight... Are you going to make me wait here until midnight?"
She said "no it will b b4 that"

10:57
I said "If you are not here by midnight, I am walking back to Baltimore!"
She said "we r comin"

I'm pretty sure she was fucking someone at this point. Why do I ask her favors? Why? Other than the fact she owes me so many?

11:13
She calls: she's just leaving now.

I'm pretty sure she was in Thurmont.

It's 11:43 now. My sister is in NC. My husband is in Western MD stranded, and there is no one I can call. I may be sleeping on a park bench tonight. Or a graveyard.

My joints are killing me. My stomach is killing me. I need my meds and I need water. Why, oh WHY did I depend on her for ANYTHING?!

FML.
FML.

EDIT: 11:57 She pulls up all happy to see me. Blaring country music from the radio with smoke from her new boyfriend or whatever pouring out the window. Terrific.

FML. I'm not going home tonight. I guess I'm breathing in smoke all night. Can someone just....

Stolen from

1.) If your fursona had to be a primate, it'd be: Lemur, I guess

2.) If your fursona had to be a feline, it'd be: Domestic Ragdoll

3.) If your fursona had to be a canine, it'd be: Domestic Mixed-Breed

4.) If your fursona had to be a hoofed animal, it'd be: Chestnut Mare

5.) If your fursona had to be a rodent, it'd be: Lop-eared Rabbit

6.) If your fursona had to be reptile, it'd be: Albino Boa

7.) If your fursona had to be a marsupial, it'd be:  Sugar Glider

8.) If your fursona had to be a fish, it'd be: Seahorse

9.) If your fursona had to be an amphibian, it'd be: Newt

10.) If your fursona had to be an avian/bird, it'd be: Raven or Vulture

11.) If your fursona had to be a creepy crawly, it'd be: Orb-weaving Spider

12.) If your fursona had to be a hybrid, it'd be: Canine/Lapine

13.) If your fursona had to be a different mythical creature, it'd be: Unicorn

14.) If your fursona had to be a Pokémon, it'd be: Palkia

15.) If your fursona had to be a plant, it'd be: Willow

So tired of being sick. 10 minutes until my alarm goes off. So sick. No sick days.

What's wrong with me?

Lady at Starbucks caught me crying in the corner and had to ask what was wrong.

Reminding myself that she's probably a nice person, I told her, "Someone, somewhere's dying and no one will miss them, so I'm crying for them."

I meant it to be snarky, not "poetic".

Sarcasm fail. What I meant to say was, "I came here for tea, not impromptu therapy".

But, really, if you would miss some certain someones, let them know you care. Maybe none of us will be here tomorrow.

Those of you who know me well, if you picked an MLP "cutie mark" for me, what would it be?

(Like if someone offered to draw me as an MLP, what should I tell them it is?)

Just for fun, what's yours?

Congratulations to the newly-wedded and and may many happy years await them in their future, starting with their present.

Also... Iri... If you wouldn't mind snagging a pic of the throw bouquet and your bouquet? This Derp forgot! ^,^

Also... We all... We demand photos. PHOTOS!

Done with the wedding crafts... you can see them accordingly:
fortune cookie guest favors,
matron/maid posies,
mothers' wristlets,
dad boutonnière,
best men boutonnières,groom boutonnière.

Can you believe I forgot to take a picture of the toss bouquet and bride bouquet?! Derp. In any case, that's a big to-do taken off. Now I have these:

[COMPLETE] generallii will be receiving a rainbow-magic duct-tape wallet with an ID window and 2 card slots.
 zekulapdragon will be receiving a follow-me paper dragon sculpture of himself. =3
[COMPLETE] sparkysparkxxthetiger will be receiving a 7.5" beaded bracelet. Black with a pink pawprint.
Then I will ink and color the trade I started so long ago with  luckycoon.

I also have a gift art for  Goldkin.

Then I get to start on holiday gifts! *^_^*

>>♩ ♪ ♫<<
You call and I come running.
I can sense the flood before it breaks
And I'd do anything to dry your tears,
To let you know you're safe...

... Won't be very long...
You will look for me
... and I'll be gone.

I'll be gone...


(Moby)

On top of all this... I can't even describe how much pain I am in right now.

Alarm... Y U NO GO OFF?!
Bus... Y U BLOW RIGHT BY?!?!

This is a bad, bad start to today!

 irime and  kitdrago's wedding gifts are coming along nicely, you might have seen, if you saw my last submission. The contest was SO much fun. My family even got in on it! 981 cranes in that picture. Mmmm... whoosh!

 generallii will be receiving a rainbow-magic duct-tape wallet with an ID window and 2 card slots.
 zekulapdragon will be receiving a follow-me paper dragon sculpture of himself. =3
 sparkysparkxxthetiger will be receiving a gift as well.

All 3 of them guessed the right number at the SAME TIME. Unreal.

Anyhow I will first finish up  irime and  kitdrago's wedding florals, and their surprise guest favors. They will need them before next week and I am excited about this new painted paper!

Then I will ink and color the trade I started so long ago with  luckycoon.

I also have a gift art for  Goldkin.

Then I get to start on holiday gifts! *^_^*

10 views away. I'll make you something nice if you're the first to get me a screenshot of it.

I asked Chris what his favorite side dish was that I made, and he said "Ricotta-Veggie Tarts". They'd work; they're vegetarian (though not vegan), and I could bring a few dozen mini-tarts... I also got a vote for dreamy pie. I can do about anything though... But I figured I'd ask you guys what *you* might like to see me bring to the NJ FurBQ.

What do you think?

Shut up. No one wants to mate with you at 2 in the morning. Shut. Up. No one is encroaching on your territory. You are the only loud ass bird still singing this time of morning. Girl birds hate that. Plus, I will find you and turn you into a dish of fine squab.
Shut. Up.
From,
The Carnivore on the Other Side of the Glass

When I came home today, I found Daxter relaxed on his side in his cage. He had no marks on him, had a clean nose and mouth, a belly full of food and drink. He looked asleep, but rabbit mommies know that rabbits don't sleep on their sides. (but he showed no obvious signs of poisoning or seizure or anemia).

I took him out of the cage and pet his coat a while. I love him. I had to tell Chris. Chris is still sobbing the phrase "our little boy" over and over. To be honest, though, he was our little senior citizen bunny. He was likely 9 or even 10.

He was our smartest rabbit. He would come when I called and was forever devising a way to get into the refrigerators (mostly by begging upon a pants leg). He would dance and "walk" for treats. His guilty pleasure was pita chips. His favorite veggie was a baby carrot pile. His favorite greens came from outside.

He loved the backyard here. I hope it was what he was dreaming about when he died.

I am one.

It feels like everything is over. I'm even too tired and dead to hate everything.