It's been a loooooooong time since I posted something here...
I have had so many changes in my life recently! I am going to put them down in list form:
- Graduated from college with a degree in General Biology
- Moved from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA
- Took 8 commissions for plush ponies and finished them
- Started working on perler bead creations
- Gave two presentations in college, one about bivalves and the other about secretary birds
- Said goodbye to my husband at the beginning of last summer so he could go on an internship
- Welcomed him back when he passed the internship with flying colors
- Was diagnosed with clinical depression and sought treatment
And many more things than just this small list!
Anyway, I'm going to work on posting regularly now. It'll be fun!
ARVO
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Thursday's Notes
Well, nothing really exciting has happened since Tuesday.
Except for this awesome project I've been working on!
As a precursor, I've been watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic since the end of last July. I'm a Brony and proud of it! :)
This last Sunday my husband and I finished making pony plushies from Voodoo-Tiki on DeviantArt. The links are:
Page 1: http://voodoo-tiki.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-pattern-1-291118373?q=gallery%3Avoodoo-tiki%2F32978441&qo=0
Page 2: http://voodoo-tiki.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-pattern-2-291118651?q=gallery%3Avoodoo-tiki%2F32978441&qo=1
And the instructions are linked on both pages.
I did the traditional hand-sewing while my husband, ever the innovator, made his seams with hot glue. That's right, we used polar fleece as fabric, and he used hot glue to put the pieces together. 3 hours after starting he was done with his... Mine took a little bit longer than that.
We decided that making a bigger plushie would be interesting, so I projected the patterns via a PDF reader at the same zoom and drew the pieces on 3 2'x3' posterboards that were taped together. I've been working on a pony that is going to be about 2-3 feet tall. I'll have to measure it when it is done.
This is the largest toy I've tried yet. I've got lots of stuff to do on it! I'm excited!
Anyway, I think this is the biggest adventure I have right now. We'll see how it turns out.
Thanks for reading,
ARVO
Except for this awesome project I've been working on!
As a precursor, I've been watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic since the end of last July. I'm a Brony and proud of it! :)
This last Sunday my husband and I finished making pony plushies from Voodoo-Tiki on DeviantArt. The links are:
Page 1: http://voodoo-tiki.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-pattern-1-291118373?q=gallery%3Avoodoo-tiki%2F32978441&qo=0
Page 2: http://voodoo-tiki.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-pattern-2-291118651?q=gallery%3Avoodoo-tiki%2F32978441&qo=1
And the instructions are linked on both pages.
I did the traditional hand-sewing while my husband, ever the innovator, made his seams with hot glue. That's right, we used polar fleece as fabric, and he used hot glue to put the pieces together. 3 hours after starting he was done with his... Mine took a little bit longer than that.
We decided that making a bigger plushie would be interesting, so I projected the patterns via a PDF reader at the same zoom and drew the pieces on 3 2'x3' posterboards that were taped together. I've been working on a pony that is going to be about 2-3 feet tall. I'll have to measure it when it is done.
This is the largest toy I've tried yet. I've got lots of stuff to do on it! I'm excited!
Anyway, I think this is the biggest adventure I have right now. We'll see how it turns out.
Thanks for reading,
ARVO
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Introduction
Hello to everyone!
My nickname is ARVO. I won't share my full name, even though it's probably on the Internet somewhere... actually lots of places...
Anyway, this is my new blog! It's also my first blog. We'll see how this goes.
Basically, this blog is going to be a place for me to post random ideas I have, cool doodles I make (when I'm supposed to be paying attention in lecture...), and other things like that.
I hope whoever reads this will like what I have to say!
As a disclaimer: I do not intend to hurt, harm, or offend anyone. If I do, I didn't mean it. Promise.
Signing off,
ARVO
My nickname is ARVO. I won't share my full name, even though it's probably on the Internet somewhere... actually lots of places...
Anyway, this is my new blog! It's also my first blog. We'll see how this goes.
Basically, this blog is going to be a place for me to post random ideas I have, cool doodles I make (when I'm supposed to be paying attention in lecture...), and other things like that.
I hope whoever reads this will like what I have to say!
As a disclaimer: I do not intend to hurt, harm, or offend anyone. If I do, I didn't mean it. Promise.
Signing off,
ARVO
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