I've recently found that with the summer months upon us, I spending more time outside.  This means that I get to enjoy the blooming roses, breath in the wonderful smell of the orange groves around my home, and really take a good look around the landscape of my home.  In doing so, I've decided to jazz up a few items.  The first of these is a pot that has sat lonely and empty for quite some time.  It's time to bring it some life both with paint and hopefully find something gorgeous to plant in it later.

          

I've always loved arts and crafts.  This poor guy sat in a box with his paint for over 2 years before I got to him.  He is a Christmas Moose!  He is 100% ceramic and I used standard ceramic paint without a finishing clear coat of any kind.  Every portion of him was painted using various brush sizes and in some cases, I even used toothpicks!  lol  This was my second ceramic ever, so my methods are still primitive.  However, I wanted to share my learning experiences.

Ceramics like these are extremely porous.  It takes quite a bit of paint in order to cover the ceramic, unless you spray it down with a clear base coat first.  Also, lighting is very important for all projects.  I highly recommend using a room during the day with a lot of windows.  You can also use a high watt lamp.  Never try to paint in low lit places.  And one last thing:  make sure you are in a well ventilated area!  Don't use paint of any type in a small, enclosed area.

                 

                  

Fire Cat is no longer part of this blog. It's a sad day, but circumstances led to this point and I plan to move forward. While this blog has been on hold for various reasons, I do plan to bring it back to life as my hobbies blog. The ponies are still in the making, but it will not be exclusively for that. Pleas be patient and I will be posting in the near future.

Thank you to those who keep checking back for updates.

We apologize for those who have been waiting to see pictures and the status we have reached since our last post was made. Unfortunately more things have come up that keep preventing any kind of update, or work for that matter, to take place.

The project is still in effect....it's just been put on hold for the time being due to a lot things coming up that has been out of our control. As soon as we can, we will get pictures up.

For those who have been holding your breaths since the last post....we'll call a coroner to come get your bodies. For those who have stopped holding their breaths, good job. You've survived to hopefully see pictures some time in the unknown future.

For those who have been holding their breath, there will be much updating over the next few days. Jenny and I have been busier than expected. However, this weekend seems to show promise for some pony play. We hope to post the first few of several step-by-step blogs pertaining to the dismantling process of our ponies. These steps will show you how to get your ponies ready for customization.

Thank you to those who have made suggestions to either myself or Jenny. Feedback from our readers, whether posted on here or not, is always helpful. Also, if anyone has tips or information pertaining to anything you see here, please share! We are always looking for ways to improve things!

Everyone has a hobby. Some people find solace in bottle cap collections or knitting. Others take a more intense route and spend their time BMX biking, sky diving, base jumping, or rock climbing. No matter how the cookie crumbles, it's safe to say that every single person has something they can deem "a hobby" (even to the point of calling it an obsession).

That leaves room for stereotypes though.

Girls are suppose to collect dolls, knit, cook, and generally adhere to the social construct of that which makes a woman feminine. Boys are suppose to collect Hot Wheels, dismantle electronics, and get as dirty as they possibly can to ensure they build up their masculinity.

I can safely say that Jenny and I fit into the gray area. We're in the small percentage of people considered freaks by nature, because we stand just outside the widely painted boundaries of society.

Color in the lines?

No thanks.

We'd rather attack the whole picture with chaotic glee, smearing and splashing multi-colored paints across the entire expanse until we're satisfied that any order there once was is now distorted in a magnificently abstract way.

What does this mean?

Well, simply stated: We're weird and our hobby is a little off kilter.

We like to play with dolls and ponies. We like to paint and make things pretty. We're very feminine in that regard. However, we also like to rip the heads off toys, and we like using colors like gun metal gray and muscle car reds.

Which brings us to the backbone of this blog.

For a few weeks, Jenny and I did some research into a new hobby. We both needed something to obsess over. Our attention turned to My Little Ponies. The new G3 version of the ponies are perfect for customization. The heads twist and pop off easily. The tails are nicely clamped on the inside and slide out without any trouble. The manes, while annoying at first, are fun to take off as well. Not to mention the fact that you can buy them super cheap and remove all decals with some Goo Off.

So, thus began our slowly growing interest in My Little Pony customization.

This blog will be our sounding board and showcase for the duration of our pony demolition and rebuilding. You'll find updates of every sort as we move along. Pictures will abound and eventually when we've perfected things, we'll throw up some tutorials. Till then, just sit back and enjoy.