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I posted too soon! This little train was in pieces in the box, and now that I have successfully reassembled it I've decided they are going on an adventure together. I don't know where they're going, but they're going in style.

The previously mentioned tiny wolf and Donkey leaning out the window of a two and a half inch tall old school steam train, also made of brass.

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Tae and Mid are now best friends and they live on my desk. Look how wee! That's a standard die there, about 3/4" tall. 🧵 3/3

Two tiny brass statues of a howling wolf and a donkey, standing side by side

Two tiny brass statues sitting next to a standard six-sided die, showing that both of them are less than an inch tall

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Today I got another lot of small brass things, and it included this delightful little surprise. I have named her Mid, which stands for most itty bitty donkey. 🧵 2/

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 24/07/2026

So my most recent way to reward myself for getting stuff done is to shop for inexpensive lots of miniature stuff on shopgoodwill.com. Sometimes not everything is pictured so I get fun surprises, like this we fellow that I have named Tae (tiniest awoo ever) 🧵 1/

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Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud. (first image is one I took, second a screenshot)

For small plastic babies from Mardi Gras cakes hooked together using chainmail links into some kind of Unholy baby mail sampler

✨ Sorry✨
⚠️ Black hole sucks all Rewards

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And here's a 2x2, proof of concept. The one you see in the video is missing its back stabilizer ring so it almost twists apart, but I've now stabilized it and these little guys are sturdy as hell especially if you only let them hang from the top.

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My first attempt at attaching two baby mails together, and I kind of make it look like they're holding hands inside another ring. I pretty quickly figured out this was not stable enough, and needed Rings attaching their feet together as well, as well as stabilizers front and back.

A single unit of baby mail. Kind of looks like a little plastic baby with a metal ring backpack on. Pictures are front and back

I've got to remember to go into the 'religious items' section of this site more often. I think I know several people that'd adore this incredibly cute menorah. shopgoodwill.com/item/268987837

A menorah that looks like a construction zone, with little brass cps for the candles on a sandy bank behind the cartoon-y/little-people-like construction workers, trucks, etc in front.

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shopgoodwill.com/item/269226970 Fascinating collection of "traditional/religious items" A bible and a book of catechism, a talit, a saint's shrine, some pyramids with pharaoh imagry, a small open wooden mystery box, a brass praying hands plaque, a crucifix, and some kind of plate.

A collection of items on a white table, including a bell, a saint's icon, two pyramids with pharaoh images on the, a book of catholic catechism and a bible, a talit, a coin, and a few other decorative items.

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 03/07/2026

I had a 4 foot tall box delivered to me today. I thought it was some rolls of wallpaper that I'd also ordered recently, so I didn't take a picture of the box before I basically tore it apart (it's been raining lately, so everything was damp). And I pulled out.. this.

A 38 inch sword leaning up against a roll of fiberglass insulation on my porch steps.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 03/07/2026

This was the picture I saw! I thought the blade was either well-polished wood, or had a cool paint job. The $17 for shipping and handling didn't even make me blink. Lots of these folks use FedEx. $15 to ship a 12" square box with good padding seemed super reasonable to me.

Picture from Goodwilll Central Iowa, from Shopgoodwill.com, of a browinsh-toned sword with a decorative, serrated blade.

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 03/07/2026

I've been doing a lot of shopping on shopgoodwill.com lately. Zero regrets about that, btw. I've gotten some great stuff! But I saw this listing, I've been looking for miniature swords for a wall display. I thought it said "Wood and Brass Decorative sword, 8 in." It... did not.

Item: Spanish Style Brass Stainless & Wood Decorative Sword Serrated Blade 38 in.

Price: $14.99

Shipping: $13.58+ $3.00 Handling.

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 18/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 13/06/2026

That was hella fun. Final score 46446, which I think is not bad for my first try. I'm pretty good on at least catching which continent something's from. Got to get a lot better at figuring out when.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 13/06/2026

Soutache in Chicago is a marvelous little button and Trim Store that I got to visit today. Everything's a little pricey but in that way where you can trust it's actually linen or silk or metal or wood, and well made. Not pictured, their whole wall of ribbons and sparkly trim, and silk flowers.

The front window of the store with tons of little glass containers of various colors and sizes of buttons

A little man made out of buttons that stands on one of the shelves with jars of red and yellow buttons behind him.

A big wall of glass containers with tags, full of pretty much every color and size of button you can imagine.

A couple of beautiful wooden glass fronted drawer units full of silk flowers and cards of vintage buttons

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 26/05/2026

Hey nerds! My birthday is 6/2, and as usual I have a request. Please do something artistic. It really doesn't have to be special, it really doesn't have to be what you think of as good. It just has to be. Doodle me a cat! Work on some writing that you've been putting off! Sing your favorite song!

A picture of me in a make bad art t-shirt. That T-shirt has a bunch of fuzzies and strings from some sewing I was doing earlier.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 24/05/2026

New favorite shirt? New favorite shirt.

Me wearing my delightful new "more teeth 💜" t-shirt

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 07/05/2026

Query if anyone has any expertise, can you identify this? This came in a collection of miniatures that I got from the Goodwill website. My searches are 50/50 that it might be racist bullshit and that might be indigenous art, maybe Maori? Going to mark as graphic in case it's the former.

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 25/04/2026

Got myself a new D&D Mini at the thrift store

My hand holding a 3-in tall plastic gazebo. It has a thatched roof and the entrance is facing you

Another view of the miniature gazebo, showing the flowers and other bric-a-brac around the base.

The bottom of the Mini gazebo, showing a price tag of $2.97

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 06/04/2026

Hansen called to request naming of 2 new craters, 1st named Integrity (for the Artemis II capsule) and 2nd Carroll (in honor of Astronaut Reid Wisemans wife who passed during the Artemis II training). Afterwards Reid hugged Jeremy, and the whole team joined. 🥹 gif via tehnakki on tumblr

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 03/04/2026

Welp, looks like we know who's gonna be mysteriously evil in this episode @ladyemily.nebula.tv @nora.zone

Two side by side posts -- @ladyemily.nebula.tv: "The loss of 22 episode seasons means we're losing out on the time honored tradition of 'episode in which recurring character is suddenly turned evil via MacGuffin and now the actor gets to have fun'
followed by @nora.zone: "I could just start casually wearing wizard robes."

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 28/03/2026

It is honestly unfathomable how much I want this pocket phonograph from 1924. You unfolded, you power it by crank, you play some music, you put it away.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 14/03/2026

Finally got around to hanging up the shelves in my laundry room!

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 12/03/2026

Quite the statement I think. I plan on wearing it over a black turtleneck. I can't wait to show you guys this entire outfit, it is capital w wild.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 12/03/2026

This may be the final version of my tooth, fang, and skull necklace. Seven different thrifted necklaces were cannibalized for this, plus the molars and big fangs made out of translucent polymer and the small fangs made out of glow in the dark polymer clay. The center pendant is both kinds of clay.

A huge statement necklace with eight Columns of melon shaped mint green beads, and five rows of other beads starting with one at choker size. Each row of pale blue and gold beads is interspersed with skull beads, handmade polymer clay teeth, and pearls.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 12/03/2026

"The turtle said 'tell me: do you want to fuck around some more, or do you want me to get you across this fucking river?'" "A frog. It's usually... a frog when I've heard that story." The Harbingers by @gabrielurbina.com is incredible. I painted a quote from ep 1 during tonight's livestream.

A two inch tall acrylic painting leaning against a recipe box. A scorpion sits on the back of a turtle. the turtle is looking back at the scorpion. Around them is painted the phrase you want to fuck around some more? Or do you want me to get you across the fucking river?

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 09/03/2026

Progress! Hoping to have it done tomorrow after work.

The same large statement necklace as the previous posts, with green Barrel beads forming the outward radial strands of a web-like structure. In between those, narrow bands of small blue and white beads support dangling skulls and fake human teeth made of polymer clay. It is clearly in progress, as loose beads and tools are sitting around it.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 09/03/2026

So this is definitely a safe thing for a ghoul to wear to elysium, right? #larp #vtm

A statement necklace that will be huge, with Barrel shaped mint green and gold beads at a choker length around the neck and hung down in eight 4 inch strings. In between those strings are Skull beads interspersed with handmade teeth wrapped in wire, both molars and fangs. At the bottom are two cartoonishly large 2-in tall fangs and a circular pendant, all handmade out of polymer clay

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 05/03/2026

Found a burned CD buried in a box that just says Russian pop on it. I'm like 80% sure I burned this in like 1999. Should be interesting to try to play it later.

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 03/03/2026

Hey fandom nerds, what's your favorite absolutely impossible to prove headcanon? Mine is that Eliot Spencer is a direct descendant or possible reincarnation of Xena.

Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer from Leverage

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 28/02/2026

Found this little guy buried deep within the Goodwill bins. I just couldn't leave her behind. Now I just got to figure out a name.

A handmade crocheted little hedgehog with button eyes. Facing the camera looking straight at you.

3/4 view of the little crochet hedgehog from behind. You can see the dark brown little nubbins that make it spikes and two little light brown ears

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 28/02/2026

New to me type of book binding. I feel like this could be really good for miniature books. I'll have to experiment. Descriptions and more images here: www.tumblr.com/knitmeapony/...

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 28/02/2026

Guess who has a new pumpkin shaped medication dispenser courtesy of Goodwill? $1 and it's dishwasher safe, or at least it survived the dishwasher.

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 27/02/2026

Take a girl who is so enthusiastic and joyful and odd and warm that she startles people. A girl who is not only barely a young adult like her peers, but never had a childhood (literally) & is saddled with a huge responsibility she is struggling to navigate. Give her trauma. (spoilers in next post)

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Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 27/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

A picture of the ginkgo tree that the city planned in front of my house a couple months ago. It was a warm fall day, the grass is green, the tree is perfectly positioned with my living room window behind it, and you can see my shadow on the grass in the foreground

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 25/02/2026

"I still think that a key function of the way we think of the concepts "adult" and "child" is to separate the human population into "people who deserve autonomy but no protection" and "people who deserve protection but no autonomy" and in the process dehumanize both groups of people..." (see img)

Two Tumblr posts from discodeerdiary

I still think that a key function of the way we think of the concepts "adult" and "child" is to separate the human population into "people who deserve autonomy but no protection" and "people who deserve protection but no autonomy" and in the process dehumanize both groups of people. We ignore the fact that all people need both autonomy and protection, and that our society could easily be set up to provide everyone a healthy mix of both.

And to be honest much of what we label as "protection" for children and "autonomy" for adults is merely the appearance of such. We act as if dictating what children are allowed to say, think, or feel is a form of care, and as if cutting away all social safety nets for adults is a form of empowerment.

Eljay/knitmeapony @knitmeapony.com · 25/02/2026

There's a post on Tumblr going around about how versatile a rice cooker is, and this book was recommended in the notes. I found it dirt cheap on thriftbook so of course I had to have it. I love me a specialized cookbook and I love me some Roger Ebert.

Me holding a copy of a book titled the pot and how to use it, the mystery and Romance of the rice cooker, by Rodger Ebert