{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Jon and Angela Conrad (fnordly)'s status on Saturday, 20-Aug-11 19:41:03 UTC","author_name":"Jon and Angela Conrad (fnordly)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/fnordly","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/415918","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2716\" class=\"url\" title=\"James Duncan\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">theowl<\/span><\/a><\/span> Check out the paper-craft ponies on Deviant Art. Plushies are pretty expensive to make, but you could make a prototype or two to get the hang of it and an idea of where to best get the materials, advertise, ... PROFIT! The foam chunks in a sofa can be carved with an electric bread knife. The stuffing and outside need to be clean and safe, but it is really just like making a bean bag. Ooh. Beany-ponies! Find cheap, plastic beads and make them out of sack-cloth. Maybe, plastic shopping bags can be used as stuffing and even an exterior like Macrame or whatever."}