Pony Project 2012

Pony Project 2012 - I'll be there, will you? 

Hasbro's MY LITTLE PONY Project returns in 2012 with a year-long global celebration of MY LITTLE PONY: Friendship Is Magic, a charitable art exhibition inspired by MY LITTLE PONY. 2012 marks the first world tour of the MY LITTLE PONY Project, engaging talents in Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo, Japan.

This special exhibition launches in Los Angeles on May 5, 2012 at Toy Art Gallery and will showcase the MY LITTLE PONY Project charity ponies, 18" MY LITTLE PONY figures designed by international fine artists, and MY LITTLE PONY pop-up shop by WeLoveFine. Select shops from Toy Art Gallery to JapanLA, Joyrich, Munky King, and more will host secret pony items, turning Melrose Avenue into "MY LITTLE PONY Avenue". Please join us in celebrating the world of MY LITTLE PONY.

MY LITTLE PONY Project 2012 Los Angeles A charitable art exhibition inspired by MY LITTLE PONY. Exhibition runs: May 5 - May 26, 2012 Opening night: May 5th, 7pm - 11pm  @ Toy Art Gallery 7571 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 http://www.toyartgallery.com/ Participating shops: Munky King 7308 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 http://www.munkyking.com/ JapanLA 7320 1/2 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 http://www.japanla.com/ Joyrich 7700 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 http://www.joyrich.com/ De La Barracuda 7769 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 http://barracudashop.com/ Curated by: Sweet Streets: http://www.sweetstreetsla.com/ Sponsored by: Hasbro http://www.hasbro.com/ MY LITTLE PONY http://www.mylittlepony.com/ Mighty Fine Clothing http://www.welovefine.com/ For all event updates: LIKE Mighty Fine on facebook to get event updates and related news first! http://www.facebook.com/welovefine MY LITTLE PONY and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro. ©2012 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

Wondercon 2012

Wondercon is fastly approaching... for others it may not be fast enough, but for me who's working at the show, it's just not slowing down at all! So much still to do for it and I've got 1 day!

If you're into comics, and other stuff similar to it, you should totally go! http://www.comic-con.org/wc/ 

Tickets are less expensive than Comic-con (which I'll be working on that soon enough!) and it'll be just as fun!  Come by the WeLoveFine / Mighty Fine booth to say hi to me and my friends!  We'll have all the goods of My Little Pony, Marvel, Star Wars, Adventure Time, Invader Zim, Disney, Hello Kitty and so much more.  

We're selling our tees, bags, posters, hoodies, etc... and, with EVERY SINGLE PURCHASE, you get a smile =)  Oh, and one of the humongo bags we have too!  It's huge.  I can fit inside of it.  Don't believe me?  Go to the show and you'll see!  There's a picture of me in it.  No joke.  

Okay people, that's all and I will SEE YOU THERE! If not, I'll have a sad face.  =(


** UPDATE! **
Found out where our booth is!  See below! click it to enlarge... 

Thriftin....

When I was younger, my dad would make it a ritual that on Sundays, after church, we'd go to a thrift store to "look around".  I hated it.  It smelled funny and there was never anything I liked.  My dad, on the other hand LOVED it.  He loved seeing what other people thought was trash and could make it his little treasure.  I usually just went to the books and fiddle through them while I waited for my dad to find whatever he needed to find.  

Now that I've grown up and seen what people do throw out to donate, I'm amazed by what they don't find beautiful anymore! Now I understand why my dad loved going to thrift stores! 

Whenever I walk in, I usually go straight to the dishware area.  I always look to see if they have funky vases or glass decanters.  Then go to the furniture.  Now, people might re-think themselves wanting to buy furniture from a thrift store, but if you see one with really good lines, and still in really good condition, you could always buy that, and have it re-upholstered.  I think people have the same idea that I have though, because the ones I do like, almost always have a "SOLD" sign on it.  Darn it.  

The picture here is of what I found at the local thrift store.  Just the white vase and that white dish thing I got for $5 for both!  I should take a better picture.  The terrarium next to it was something I made for $20.  =) I LOVE making terrariums.  They are actually a lot of fun and super cute to have in the house. 

After mosy-ing around there, I'll head to the clothing.  Here, you must have a patient mind to go through clothing.  And I usually go through it twice. You never know! You might have missed something.  I came in trying to find something, and my eyes would just glance over everything, then I had to stop, be more patient and I ended up buying: 1 leather biker jacket, a black asymmetrical blazer, a black pencil skirt, 1 cream pleated midi skirt, 1 navy pleated midi skirt, a gold lurex top, and a slouchy grey hand knit sweater... all for $43.  WAHOOS! 

I had to grab a basket, it was too much to hold... so then I went BACK to the furniture area, and I can't believe my eyes passed this table, but it was too beautiful to not buy.  It was a long rectangle coffee table, with a mid century modern look.  I thought something might be wrong with it, so I took a closer look and nope, it was in really good shape, solid wood, and only $45.  I carried it (sorta dragged... it was really heavy!) to the front and since I already had spent $43 on the clothes, the girl gave it to me for $30 bucks instead.  AND they helped me carry it to my car.  So now, it's sitting in my garage waiting for the primer to dry.  Here's a picture of it, but I'll do a little blog later with what I did to it =)