Yula wants to wish you a happy Yule!

Hello Dears,

Some of you may or may not be aware, but today is Yule or maybe more commonly known as the winter solstice. This is the longest night of the year and a common holiday among ancient (and some modern) pagan people. To celebrate the occasion, I'd like to introduce you all to Yula Brightmoon, sister of Bonnie Bell and the winter fawn!

 

Yula is made out of fleece, using an altered version of my usual pony pattern. She wears a little necklace made of felt holly and a cloak made out of the same material I used on Nightmare Moon and Princess Luna's hair. 

 

Her hair and crown are embroidered, but I decided to sew on a piece of fabric for her nose, rather than embroidering it like Bonnie Bell. 

Yula has three beauty marks on her left cheek and one beauty mark just above her right eye. She has nine beauty marks on her back. I purposefully made them uneven -- because nobody's perfect.

As you can see from them pictures below, her cape is removable to better show off her embroidered hair, little tail, and holly necklace.

And as always, Yula can be quite flexible in her poses. She can stand as well as sit comfortably on most surfaces. Like many animals, she does not seem to like to stand on linoleum, glass, or other smooth and shiny surfaces.

And to finish out the post, I managed to get some shots of Lucky in his Yule and Christmas outfits.

Yes, he got many. many treats for this. The pair appear to be conspiring about something..

Lucky was NOT a happy camper in this outfit, more treats were dispensed.

That's all for now dears. Have a safe and happy holiday season, whichever observance you choose to celebrate.

- Ori

Plushie and Comission Schedule 12.2012

Hello Dears,

"I wuv you Cadance!"

So since I've gotten Princess Cadence done, and the holiday season is upon us, I will be making a few more plushies for December, provided my fingers don't fall off. The first one on the list I'm hoping to have done by Yule (December 21st) and that would be, of course, my character Yula, who you might have seen featured in the MLP FiM fic "Cruel as a Mule."

Here is Yula so far and behind her is my pony storage chair...I need to buy a shelf

Once Yula is finished I'm going to be making a Fluttershy with Fluttershed accesories for my cousin, and a large-sized Queen Crystalis for my good friend's 3 year old, who is the coolest, awesome-est, EEEEVIL-est kiddo ever and deserves the "perfect" plushie.

I'm also hoping to get my hiatus Zecora plushie done soon, provided I can get my expert team of knitting-ninjas to finish her bracelets, rings, and earrings. Poor Zecora, I haven't forgotten about you...

Despite my aggressive schedule, I am still open for commissions. Want a pony or other hoofed creature done at a reasonable price? I'm totally there for you. Just send me an email at: oriwhitedeer@gmail.com

Nothing more to report on the plushie front for now. I'll post with project progress in a week or so!

- Ori

Princess Cadence Plushie on Equestria Daily!

Hello Dears,

I have a little blip of exciting news--well exciting to me anyway. My Princess Cadence plushie was featured on Equestria Daily, a really popular site in the Brony community. You can see the listing, chock full of other really amazing plushie art here: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/12/plushie-compilation-95.html

Here is a little screenshot, sorry I couldn't get more of the site or banner, Cadence was a bit far down on the list, but check out that shiny, shiny URL.

Number 38 on the list sure beats not being on the list!

 I've got to say I'm thrilled she got in, especially with so many incredible stuffed ponies in the post, including a life-sized Cadence that would eat all of my other plushies for brunch!

That's all for now dears, I'm off to do a little jig in the corner!

- Ori

Oh Shining Armor, Your Princess is here!

Hello Dears,

So since the "Creating Cadence" posts didn't seem to draw much interest, I decided to jump right to the end, the final product. Here she is, Princess Mi Amore Christina-- I mean Cadenza, Mi Amore Cadenza, otherwise known as Princess Cadence...

"Oh, Shining Armor, I'll be there very sooooooon!"

Cadence was probably the third most complicated pony I've made so far, second only to Nightmare Moon and Princess Luna. Her main was challenging but I'm pretty happy with the result and since she is a bit of an early Yule present to myself, I'm a pretty happy customer.

I'm a little sad that her one eye got covered by all that mane, but the good news is, is that the eyes seem to be getting easier to make even, which will mean even better plushies in the future. Now if only those darn slippers would come out the way I'd like them to...

The front part of her hair had to be reworked once or twice but I likt how it came out even if it isn't 100% accurate to the show.

Unlike many of my other plushies where I only do cutie marks on one side (per the official toy designs since the 1980's) I decided to go the extra mile and not only make them into patches but put them on both sides. I may do patches instead of embroidered cutie marks from now on, to reduce mistakes and pulling. That purple strand of hair can be moved to the outside or the inside of the mane.

Cadence has REALLY huge eyes in the show, so it was a challenge not to make them too big on the plushie.

And, per my usual plushie photo spread, I had to get a shot with the Luckster. Cadence might still be waiting on her Shining Armor, but  Lucky Armor will be there for her in the meantime.

I hope you enjoyed the picutres! My next pony project will be a Fluttershy with Fluttershed accessories for my cousin. That aught to be interesting...that's all for now, dears.

- Ori