Tonight I celebrated by making it to the corner and back with Hannah. I still needed my cane but I don't care. It's one of the longest walks I've made since March and I'm going to celebrate it. We went down there in hopes of catching a glimpse of the lanterns going up at midnight from the Buddhist Temple up the road. Think we did manage a glimpse them before coming back where it was warm for a toast of champagne our brothers had brought over for us.

I'm so completely behind on pony releases. Kind of put ponies on hold during the end of G4 regular brushables so I've not seen these new ones. It's great how easily accessible the manes are, I prefer ponies with brushable hair and would need at least a little if I were to customize one.

Happy New Year's everyone! Hope this year brings you all the joy in the world.

How was your 2021 in terms of arts and/or crafts? Especially compared to 2020 or previous years?
This year turned out really weird for me and I spent from mid feb to like may without being able to do much of anything because of my health but as my strength started coming back I've gotten to where I'm able to do a bit more.
A lot of my creativity has been focused on my dolls as they've been where I've turned for my self help therapy when I need an escape.
I've lightly customized an Icy doll named Spunky, face upped and body blushed a Dollzone Arwen named Aiko, made a few doll wigs and a couple of outfits for some of my dolls.

Did you try anything new, like new tools or techniques, new styles or subject matters, or completely new artsy or craftsy hobbies? Maybe you participated in a swap for the very first time, or took on your very first commission?
I've not really tried much new this year, mostly been trying to find my way back to the areas where I was comfortable but I have started carving and sanding a Blythe face plate so we'll have to see how that pans out as I've not had much experience doing that.

Pony art? Non-pony art?
All of it has been non pony other than my Halloween Coloring Contest entry.

What was your favourite medium to work with?
I'm not sure, as much as I loved doing the face up and blushing on Aiko, my favorite things I've made have been some of the clothing I've sewn so I guess I'll go with fabric for favorite medium.

What were your areas of improvement? I feel like my hand sewing is still improving and I'm hoping that in time I can improve on my little sewing machine as well as it would speed up the process by a lot.

Tell us about your worst art-related mishap or biggest disappointment!
I sometimes sleep with my dolls when I need a little extra comfort and I had been sleeping with my 1/3 scale boy "Janus" beside me for a while and I guess I kind of forgot he was there some night and slept on the hard cap wig I had made him, destroying it in the process. I'm not too upset about it though since wigs are something that I know I can make again and have them turn out better most often.

Which 2021 piece are you most proud of?
That would be the lab coat and stethoscope I made for my doll Vish since he has accompanied me to all my appts since my diagnosis.

Show us your 2021 Summary of Art if you've made one! Templates can be found online (dA and elsewhere)
I don't have one of these but some pictures of my doll things can be found on my instagram @zel.graywords if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Have you made any art-related New Year resolutions or set any goals for 2022?
Not entirely but I'm wanting to get a lot of things more in order with the new year and I'm hoping this will work into my creativity as well.

What would you like to try or experiment with?
I'm wanting to try my hand at eye making. I see so many customizers on YouTube making eyes for their dolls with uv resin and I'd like to try myself because some of my dolls would really work best with custom eye designs as well as the fact that designing the eyes has always been one my favorite parts of any kind of character creation.

Are you planning to buy some new art supplies? Show us your wishlist!
I would like to buy the supplies for resin eye making but it's not something I'm looking into til later in the year.

Are you looking to do any art swaps (private/group swaps, on the Arena or off-site)? What kind of swaps would you like?
I'm not in a situation where I could do a swap right now but the idea always sounds wonderful. I'd love sometime to be able to participate in a custom doll or pony swap at some future date but it is a date that currently hangs far in the future.

If you were only able to complete one art piece in 2022, what would it be?
I suppose I will find out if it happens.

Somehow the last rush before holidays got to me and not much of anything got done responsible or not lol.
Now that Christmas is passed and I got a new clear clipboard which will make tracing my patterns easier so I can get some sewing done.

These are looking really great so far. You've captured them well and I can't wait to see how the other four turn out.

Have her and love her. Would love to have an army of the holiday babies.

Not sure if I'll get much chance to fuss with her today. Have a bit of responsible on my plate today so maybe later over the weekend I'll get a chance.
I want to find or make something more suitable to wear.the bottoms aren't bad but her top definitely needs help.