Hello Everypony!  I joined a couple of weeks ago but have just now gotten around to doing the introduction.

I am a 28 year old graduate student currently living in Atlanta, Georgia and working towards an MA in Art History at Georgia State University.  I am originally from North Carolina.  I have two awesome, beautiful sisters and a wonderful boyfriend who shares my joy of toy collecting (mostly Star Wars and model kits, although he helps out considerably with my pony-collecting efforts).

I have been collecting ponies for about two years.  I bought my first collector's pony at a yard sale in Pennsylvania for a quarter: a Butterscotch with concave feet.  This lucky find piqued my interest in pony collecting.  I collect most G1's, especially regular babies (not Newborns, Beddy-Bye Eyes, or First Tooth's), Sweetheart Sisters, and "traditional" ponies (non So Soft, non Flutter, non Sweet Talking etc).  I also collect G3's, both in and out of the box, G3.5's, and G4's.

My collection is always growing.  Right now, I have a complete set of the US-released G4 ponies with saddles/wagons and animal friends; a complete set of the original Sweetheart Sisters, all with intact earrings; a set of the original Rainbow Haired ponies; several special edition Pony Fair/Comic Con ponies, including the new Pony; and many, many more.  My favorite pony is a Rainbow Curl with perfect ringlets that my boyfriend gave me as a surprise gift (I had bought this pony from a drugstore when I was little and regretted no longer having her).

I also do a bit of 2D pony art, just for fun.  I sometimes do pony versions of characters from tv shows, and I like to invent my own fantasy ponies too.  I don't know how to use computer art software, so I just do pen and colored pencil work.

I am excited about joining the forum and hope to meet new friends!