Special post for Alicon 2019!!!

We interrupt your regular programing with a special post about Alicon 2019. Alicon is a gathering of little ponies getting together to have fun!

It was the first Alicon that a pony named Komo Sparkles 🌟 had ever been to and she was wondering what to expect. For a pony from the woods west of Flutter Valley, who hadn’t journeyed far from home in quite a while, it was an adventure. She hadn’t kept in touch with other ponies, except for her dear friend Strawberry 🍓, who was very inspiring and welcoming to a new pony like Komo.

Strawberry 🍓 had invited Komo and another friend to Alicon and while Komo had no idea what was going on in Equestria and Ponyville lately she was keen to go to Alicon and see. Especially since it was in Adelaide, where they could have lots of fun and not just at Alicon. Komo was really excited to get out of her little cabin in the woods and have some fun with her friends. She was so excited to travel on a plane for the first time.

Komo only knew some of the tales of ponies like the Mane Six, but she was inspired by and really liked Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack. Bumble Sweet was also a very…well sweet 😂 pony friend of hers that Komo had luckily met at market and who was also coming with her to Alicon. Strawberry 🍓 had also mentioned other ponies to Komo and how they took the Magic School Bus together.

Komo’s first time meeting a large group of ponies was at the Alicon Pub Trot. She enjoyed meeting new ponies and having some delicious drinks like apple and trying some amazing new ones like a fairy dust shot ⭐- which another pony suggested she try, a fireball shot 🔥 lit passion punch shot ❤️. Komo felt buzzy like a bee 🐝 and had a great time. She danced, chatted and even did an obstacle course with another pony.

Then came the first day of Alicon. Komo painted her hooves bright orange to celebrate and made sure to get all of the leaves out of her mane…or did she? Sadly one of her friends wasn’t feeling well so she and Strawberry 🍓 had to go without her. ☹️

When she arrived at Alicon Komo saw Alope and said “hi!” 😀 before going to collect her magical Alicon necklace and show her invitation to the Alicon ponies. Then she looked around at the treasures at the Rundle Mare, which were being sold by the other ponies and picked a few special treasures for herself. Then she went back downstairs to the Board Manes Room and watched some ponies play Unstable Unicorns while waiting for an audience with Princess Celestia (Nicole Oliver) herself.

Meeting Princess Celestia was amazing, she was beautiful inside and out. She signed a portrait of herself that Komo had found at the Rundle Mare and took a photo with her. She even liked Komo’s gift – a Princess Celestia sticker also from the Rundle Mare. Afterwards Komo went to join Strawberry 🍓 and Rope Ladder in the Fun Hall for Friendship Games. She and Strawberry 🍓 were on opposite teams but Komo thought that made it more fun because they got to have a friendly competition. There were three games – the first was to get a ball through a rainbow hoop 🌈, Komo got one ball in and was so happy. Strawberry 🍓 got the ball in a few times too. The second game was like Rock, Paper, Scissors but was called Biff, Bam, Pow. The third game was a make believe game.

Then Strawberry 🍓and Komo talked about their friends Frengle the half cast human pony in high heels (Komo wondered if saying half cast was politically correct) and Fangs the grumpy pony who were entering a competition for odd ponies. Komo really liked Frengle’s high heel cutie mark and his adorable expression – glancing at his cutie mark. Komo also thought that Fangs scruffy blue tail was funny. Next Strawberry and Komo had a go at karaoke singing Rainbow Dash’s song I’ll Fly. Komo loved that the song was about Rainbow Dash wanting to be with her friend Tank and it was enjoyable to sing with a good friend like Strawberry 🍓… even though Komo is tone deaf 😂. It was also good because it was a song about friendship and Strawberry 🍓 is a wonderful friend who definitely has Komo’s back like Rainbow Dash has Tank’s. Another pony sang Lullaby for a Princess beautifully and Princess Celestia surprised everypony (as ponies say) by coming to sing. 😀🤗

Strawberry 🍓 and Komo 🌟 also did some dancing in the Mane Hall before going home. Komo enjoyed the music, especially the song Handbag.

Komo was so happy, the first day of Alicon was amazing!!! She couldn’t wait for the second day. ❤️

Inspired.

It’s been ages (2 months – can you believe that?) since I last posted. I did start writing a few different post ideas but never finished or uploaded anything. I’m currently reading How To Write Your First Novel by Sophie King, as well as reading Rapture by Jeremy Stanford, which my Mum recommended I read, so she lent my her copy. One is a non-fictional How To and one is a fictional story about a couple whose baby is born with a halo and believed to be some sort of Messiah. It’s been an interesting book so far. HTWYFN (it looks so funny to write just the title intials, they look completely random, but I couldn’t resist) recommends writing at least once a day. So even though it’s nearly one-thirty in the morning – I can’t get to sleep – and my phone is on 16% I’m going to write something and post this just before it goes flat, even if it’s not ‘perfect’ or finished.

We’ve jumped through January…flipped through February and now we’re marching through March? 😂

I don’t know how many people are reading this but thanks for being here, feel free to leave comments. I haven’t been on Pinterest a lot lately but I’ll probably check out all my boards again soon to look for ideas for things to do, quotes to add to my wall and inspiration for some new projects – a vision board and some new journals. I’ve been watching a lot of art videos on YouTube, everything from journaling, scrapbooking, arts and crafts to craft kit testing and doll customisation. Even though I have a YouTube account – and asked for a video camera for my birthday – I don’t think I will start vlogging or uploading videos, I think I’ll stick to the written (or typed) word.

Seeing these projects on YouTube has inspired me – I’m not a great artist but I do have a tendency to doodle – I remember getting in trouble in primary school for doodling in my workbook. I haven’t tried a craft kit in ages and wouldn’t have a clue where to as start with doll customisation. However, I’ve always enjoyed craft – particularly scrapbooking and collage and I excel at collecting things (aka I’m a hoarder) – just ask missgiggles96 about my love for stickers. The different types of journaling and scrapbooking I’ve seen on YouTube include junk journals, scavenger journals, Keri Smith’s ‘activity books’ like The Pocket Scavenger and Wreck This Journal. I’ve seen heaps of ideas for prompts and materials to try. I’ve also seen a lot of D-I-Ys involving rainbows and unicorns (and alicorns!!! The difference is important, I’ve also seen them referred to as pegacorns which is cute, but still they’re ALICORNS!). That’s why when I was op shopping (again) at Vinnie’s I picked up a scrapbook with
a cartoon unicorn on the cover – I’m going to turn it into a scavenger journal and fill it with postage stamps, lolly wrappers, stickers, receipts and tags, photos, decorative tape, magazine and newspaper cuttings, whatever etc., all documenting mementos from this year. I also have another scrapbook with the Frenchie Fries dog on it (pictured below, sorry if it’s a bit blurry), but I don’t know what I’m going to use it for yet, but it will be something amazing – I love Frenchie Fries and have a squishy version of him too (also pictured below) – I only recently discovered squishies even though they’ve been around for ages, but seriously I didn’t see them in shops before but now they’re at Kmart, Typo, Smiggle and $2 shops everywhere. I also bought a pink unicorn Squeezamal from Kmart – it’s like a squishy and a soft toy had a baby – I’ll show a photo in my next post. They are so stress relieving to squish and don’t get ripped, torn or paint cracking, which can happen to squishies. I was tempted to buy another squishy from Smiggle – the popcorn dog (or pup, popcorn pup sounds cooler) and the soft toy version (they’re pictured below), but they were expensive, $7/10/13 – I’ve seen them at different prices – for the squishy and $16 for the soft toy. Although it was cute I couldn’t justify spending that much on one thing.

I just realised I have almost 1,000 (982, but who’s counting?) photos on my phone, not including screenshots. Woah. Also this is turning out to be very stream of consciousness. My phone’s on 9% and it’s almost three in the morning. Is anybody even going to read this? (Pause for brief moment of self doubt) Who cares! (Imagine that said the way Meryl Streep says it in Into The Woods when the Baker and his Wife are arguing and she just pops up) At least I’ve written something today. I can feel my cat brushing against my feet. It’s creepy. I’m currently listening to the song Monster by Dev. Yes, I’m cheating a little by playing music to wear down my phone battery but I’m getting tired and plan on going to craft class/group today, so I need to get some rest. I’m going to upload another picture because for some reason I don’t like the idea of the popcorn pup squishy being the thumbnail for this post. Also I have 1,259 unwatched videos on YouTube plus all the channels I subscribe to. Now my phone is on 2% so I’m going to publish this and then get some sleep. I’ll write more in depth about what I’ve been up to in the past 2 months (usually I despise numbers used instead of the word for but whatever, I’ll let it go this time because it fits in showing how big of a time gap it was). I also like the thumbnail now, it’s of my chocolate milkshake from a place called Bam Bams – best milkshake ever, and looks inspiring. Got to post before my phone goes flat 1% uh oh. It’s been fun. DGxoxo.

Jumping through January aka skinned knees, Big Mac, wishing for Mac and Cheese, ice coffees and parties.

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything, though I have been meaning to write this blog. In my last post, I mentioned a craft class/session that I was going to the next day with missgiggles96, it turned out not to be running that day, so instead we went out to lunch and then went shopping. Lunch and a coffee at Lentil As Anything was great, with friendly service and a delicious meal. Shopping was fun, checking out Vinnie’s, Lincraft and Kmart – I went out again about a week later and window shopped, including looking around Myer. In the past two weeks or so (wow, has it been that long?) since my last blog post I’ve fallen and skinned my knee, had some nasty sunburn – I didn’t realise how hot it was going to get that day but oh, remember to slip, slop, slap everyone. I went to a friend’s birthday party, had my own birthday – I went out for dinner and saw Mary Poppins Returns – I will review the movie in another blog post – had a delicious ice coffee while watching Dance Academy with missgiggles96 and added plenty more projects to my Projects To Try Pinterest board. On a side note I haven’t had macaroni and cheese in ages, although I did have a Big Mac for the first time in a while recently. January is nearly gone and I can’t believe how fast it went by, but it has been a positive start to the year. Pictures included in this blog post include the official introduction of my blog’s mascot – Mr Giggles – named in honour of missgiggles96 who gave him to me as a gift – one of several new friends brought home from Vinnie’s, the amazing ice coffees and the fully coloured in Reptar mentioned in my last post. I have heaps of photos of interesting clothing and things I saw and bought during my shopping trip but I’m going to write a separate post on that, rather than overloading this post with photos. I kind of just want to get this post out into the world, before I forget or put it off for tomorrow. DGxoxo.

A song for riding in a sardine can on the back of an albatross.

https://youtu.be/lvoDOHhgaGY – That should be a link to the song ‘Tomorrow Is Another Day’ from Disney’s The Rescuers, which was one of my favourite movies growing up – and still holds a special place in my heart. R-E-S-C-U-E, Rescue Aid Society, Heads held high, Touch the sky, Our hearts we pledge to thee.

Older Disney movies are so beautifully drawn, it’s like looking at a painting every time you press pause. I have that song in my head, and it is, as the title suggests, a great song to listen to when you’re riding in a sardine can on the back of an albatross. Tomorrow is another day. But how was today?

Since my last entry, I have learned that the “daily feelings meter” I described making in my last entry is actually called a ‘Mood Tracker’ and is a type of bullet journal, or ‘bujo’ which are very popular and very simple ways to keep track of your day and other things. I’ve been on Pinterest a lot lately, and my Projects To Try board has been filling up. I also created a Bitmoji and have been playing a game called Battlelands – it’s similar to Fornite – on my phone, check out the pictures of my avatars below. I’ve been feeding my virtual fish on Fish Tycoon and I’ve also spent time catching up with friends, which has been good. I got a hug from a My Little Pony plush, yay.

Today I enjoyed the sunshine, spent time at the library and took a brief look in a newly opened Op Shop – I didn’t go in intending to buy anything but I couldn’t resist – I love Op Shopping because of the unique clothing, accessories and bits and pieces you can find.

This Op Shop was great, they had a beautiful display right near the front of the store of some gorgeous formal dresses – check out the pictures below of them and my Op Shop finds (apologies about the glare from the light or if they’re a bit blurry). I think the yellow dress in the display looks a little like Belle’s dress from Beauty and the Beast, which is a coincidence because I found a Belle figurine while looking around the shop – I bought it as surprise for my sister, who loves Beauty and the Beast – she has quite a collection of Belle and Beast figurines and Pop Vinyls. She thought it was cool and she’s now added it to her collection.

I also brought home a beautifully detailed compact mirror – only $1 – a ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ postcard and butterfly page marker/ornament – only 50c each. Are they called page markers or just bookmarks? However, instead of using it as a bookmark, I’m going to put this one in my terrarium – which is a kind of minature garden for all you folks at home, or you know, Google it, you might find something interesting. I also bought my Mum a book, Speaking Out: A 21st Century Handbook For Women and Girls (2016) by Tara Moss. My Mum likes her book series, the Makedde Vanderwall series, so I thought she’d enjoy it. I might try giving it a read as well. Tara Moss was a model, but is now an author and a UNICEF national ambassador. Her book sounds thought provoking – has anybody in the audience read this book? Anyone? If you answered yes, what did you think of it? Don’t be shy about leaving comments people. I can appreciate some good, honest feedback. — This post will continue after these images —

The above picture of a dinosaur was a not drawn by me, I found it on the table at the library and decided to save it from being thrown away. I’m now colouring it in to look like Reptar from Rugrats, just for nostalgia. Today was a great day, and I’m looking forward to tomorrow. Tomorrow I’m going to a craft class/session with a friend, she’s on WordPress as missgiggles96, and as I mentioned in my first post, she’s one of the friends who inspired me to write a blog, and who inspires me in life ❤

Seriously, I’m dedicating this post to my friends and family, who have been so great to spend time with. I’ve had a really positive start to 2019! Let’s hope the positivity shines on! 🤣😄😂 – DGxoxo.

2019! Blank Pages.

So, what do I write? 2019 is here, yay! Better make this year count, next stop the big 2020. I read somewhere that ‘life is a train ride, you’re going by one stop at a time’ (not the exact quote) but where is my train going? Everything seems full of blank pages waiting to be filled, from this blog, to the notebooks I write in, to my calendar for this year.

Speaking of this year, I saw this really cool art project on Pinterest and decided to create one myself, it’s sort of a daily feelings-meter (see the pictures below, sorry if they’re a bit blurry) – using a piece of graph paper, you chart 12 boxes across and 31 down – one for each month and day of the year, then label each box with a month or day (JFMAMJJASOND + 1-31), fill in the extra squares in months with less than 31 days and then decide on a colour scheme to rank the days from ‘amazing day’, ‘great day’, ‘good day’, ‘eh’, ‘bad day’ and ‘worst ever’ to easily keep track of how you’re feeling each day by filling in each box with whichever colour symbolises how your day was. It looked pretty easy and pretty cool, so I decided to try it out, and if any of my readers decide to give it a try, let me know in the comments section.

I really appreciate hearing from readers (is there anybody out there?)

“The truth is I am not your cure but I can help you… Find a way to reconcile the dark…

Don’t hold back… Is there anybody out there feeling something?” – Don’t Hold Back, The Potbelleez.

So, this blog post, originally about me being unsure what to write about, now includes details of an art project I began, and a musical interlude. I consider that a success. I could include more random things I find on Pinterest in the future, because what am I doing in 2019??? As I mentioned earlier, where is my train 🚆 even going? (I couldn’t resist adding the train emoji)

What could I do, and write about, next? It’s all a blank page, which is both nerve-wracking and awesome… Yogalates? 😛 Sewing? Art? Book reviews? Fitness? Fashion? I have no idea where we’re going, but I’m gonna enjoy the ride – DGxoxo.

Starting a blog!!! Feat. Cute Christmas Gifts (yes, that phrase needs capital letters).

I’ve been inspired to write a blog thanks to some friends who are on WordPress and have mentioned how awesome it is and how they find it useful for getting their ideas out there. Special mention to my bestie missgiggles96 – check out the awesome squirrel Christmas card and little reindeer candycane jar she gave me. This blog is supposed to help me be more social and give me something to do. So here goes…

Hello

Hi, this is the girl with the dinosaur glasses – DinoGlasses 👓. My pen name was inspired by the film Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) where the main character, Rebecca, uses the pen name The Girl in the Green Scarf when writing her column. I have a pair of novelty glasses – tea shades with holographic T-Rexes on the lenses, so I’ve chosen to make them my very own ‘Green Scarf’. This blog is 1/4 fashion and accessories, 1/4 social commentary, and 2/4 (=1/2) whatever I feel like writing. I love writing and I’m a definite chatterbox, so expect the unexpected and if you’re interested, check out this blog, straight from my brain to the page (unless otherwise quoted) 😉 😛 – DGxoxo.

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! This was a default message, but I think it fits. – DGxoxo.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton.