A creative weekend (and Pokemon toys)!

So, I had a really good weekend. 

Reasons.

1. I finally started to get over this super crummy sickness that I've had for over a week.

2. I got LOTS of sewing done (as well as some custom pony making)

3. I got new toys in the mail!

4. I started watching Attack on Titan. Holy deathballs.

Let's start with number 3. 

How amazingly cute are these Pokemon Playsets?! I've been wanting to add these to my collection for a long time (and there are quite a few variations), but only recently bit the bullet and ordered them! They weren't particularly expensive, and they are all complete with the correct Pokemon. And a really cool thing? You can connect all the different playsets with the little bridges that they come with!

I won't embarrass myself by saying how long it took me to figure this out. 

On a more creative front, I finished some fun projects this weekend as well!

 I made my first custom My Little Pony! Yoshi seemed like an easy beginner project (no re-hairing) and I got him done in a Saturday. He was originally a G3 'Breezy' that I found at a thrift shop for a dollar. With a couple bottles of paint and some sculptey, he is MUCH cuter and much more 'me'. 

I also whipped up some envelope backed pillow cases for some friends down the hall. They have a multitude of novelty tees and wanted some of them repurposed. I am also ashamed to say that these are the first things that I have sewn in months. MONTHS. The shame of it all...

Let's hope that this upcoming weekend is just as great!

An Odd Pairing.

 

 

I picked up this My Little Pony set while on a day trip in Asheville, NC. The Toys R Us was pretty sketch, but I was feeling the urge to buy something cute and plastic so I stopped in. They had a decent MLP selection, but since I don't have a Celestia figure I picked this one up! I'm not sure why they chose Pinky Pie to pair with the princess, but oh well.

The paint job is pretty good on these, and the colors on Celestia's wings are just gorgeous. They're almost frosted with a pale pink on the upper feathers.  There is blue tinsel woven into her mane, which is a pretty combination of lilac and ocean blue. Pinkie Pie is, well, your basic Pinkie Pie. Nothing special there. So yay, Celestia!

My Little Pony Toy Haul

While we were out thrifting today, we stopped by a local discount store to check out their toy section. Mostly because it was Saturday and we did NOT want to have to deal with crazy Walmart people on the weekend. I'm very glad that we did, because I found some adorable My Little Pony toys!

The sets that I ended up purchasing the "Elements of Harmony Friends" and "Cake Family Babysitting Fun" Character Collections. From what I can see through the packaging, the paint jobs look really good (something that had kept me from buying previous sets was the horrifically messy coloring). I really like the Elements of Harmony set because, Nightmare Moon (obviously), but there are some neat characters that you don't see often.

 

 

I also picked up some of the Neon Bright blind bags. I only picked up three (whyyyyyyy) and totally wish I had grabbed more. The coloring on these guys is incredibly cool! I like the gradient in the coloring, being more intense at the top of the figure. And I got Big Macintosh (my favorite), so that was a big win. Lemon Hearts looks a little fucked up, but I don't expect blind bags to look super amazing.

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