So today I got my first lesson on embroidery and now I'm a pro! Haha, okay not really, but I AM really excited to get to work on more projects! So I started thinking, how many folks here like to embroider? And most importantly, have you have embroidered ponies on anything? If so I'd love to see pictures! But if not, what types of things do you think would be cute to embroider ponies on?

So my memory of the G1 pony show is rather rusty, and I never actually watched G3, so I'm hoping ya'll can help me out. I'm sure most of us are aware of just how studious Twilight Sparkle is in G4, and it made me curious, how many other unicorns are there out there just as dedicated to books and learning as she is? Outside the cartoons you can point out any other unicorns that may have book or learning themed cutie marks too 

So, you know how artists say they look up to great artists to motivate themselves to do better? Well, I've tried to do that, I REALLY have. I admire their work, try to study what I can from their work and apply it to my own, etc. But honestly, more and more lately, when I see their work and I look at my own, it just doesn't motivate me at all. Quite the opposite, I feel like I should just give it all up entirely.

I know it's going to sound stupid, but I have been drawing since I was in preschool, it has always been one of my greatest sources of joy and passion and I've loved trying to get better. But looking at my work and where I am now, it's extremely embarrassing to say that as my work reflects someone who has only picked up a pencil maybe in the last year or so. I have been more and more determined lately to try new things, perspectives, digitally coloring and shading, backgrounds, because I know the only way to get better is to really push myself, but when I turn around and see a 13 year old pull off a masterpiece in Photoshop that I'm sitting here struggling to pull off in months on Sai, it sort of makes me sit back and wonder, why do I bother? Maybe if I never wanted to share my work it wouldn't be a problem, but I DO. Not because I want heaps of praise or mountains of fans, but because I love drawing for my fandoms and I like connecting with others with similar interests.

Sometimes I wonder if I'd have been happier going for an art degree like I had always wanted instead of switching to english. I know there are tons of self taught artists out there who are amazing, but maybe I just was never meant to be one of them and I need to face facts already. Do you guys think it would be less painful to just never share my work again?

So, my mom surprised me yesterday with a pony! G3 Winter Wishes! She's so adorable and comes with all her accessories, including her little antlers <3 Unfortunately, the elastic on the antlers snapped off pretty much the moment I took her out of her box, and unlike other pony hats, she can't really wear the antlers without some kind of elastic holding them on place. Does anyone had any ideas? My sister suggested I glue the antlers straight onto her head, or maybe onto a teeny tiny clip to clip into her hair, but I'm not sure if that will work and I'm afraid of ruining her. Any ideas?

I didn't want to hijack another thread, but I was very curious about the mentioning I've seen about contacting Hasbro in regard to what collectors are hoping to see for future toy releases. I haven't been around the MLP community long enough to really know so I'm very curious, does Hasbri have a record of actually listening to its fans when it comes to what type of merchandise they are willing to put out? Did emails from collectors ever have any sway in the G3 or even G1 line?

It seems we all have our own ideas as to what we'd really like to see, many of which it seems are agreeing on the same things (Minty, Seaponies, more villains, boy pony brushables, etc.), and I wonder if telling the company our hopes is really going to make any difference for such a large brand and how they run their business? Sorry if this comes off as rude, I'm just honestly very curious!

So, I was looking through a MLP wiki at the G1 Baby Ballerinas as I hope to complete my set of them soon, and I was confused when I came across this: http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Baby_Soft_Steps

Baby Soft Steps, here she is shown with a yellow leotard, but if you look down on the right in the catalog photo, she is wearing a dark blue leotard. I really like the way she looks in blue better, since in yellow she looks a lot like Baby Sweet Steps, but I don't know if that was just a mistake? Or was Baby Soft Steps actually released with a blue leotard at one point? I'd love to hunt her down!

Okay, so I never used to be a completist before. But lately I've been collecting the box-art on all my ponies, and it's really starting to annoy me that I missed collecting the art on a couple of my first ponies as I hadn't started collecting them yet. Even though ponies aren't very expensive, I really don't want to just buy doubles when I don't need them, especially since they're really common ponies and won't sell.

So...I was thinking of buying the ponies as a Christmas gift for my niece, and since she doesn't care about the box-art just keeping it for myself. Only problem is, I would have to open the ponies before giving them to her as I don't know if I'll be seeing her in person this year. So, I would just be sending her already opened ponies! I feel like that's just a terrible thing to do, or...is it? I mean, I guess she's only 5 and wouldn't care that much, but do ya'll think maybe there's some cute way to wrap them or present them so it doesn't seem so totally obvious that I opened them beforehand?