Peter Stone Collection

About 90% of my collection consists of OF Breyer models. 

The majority of them are special runs, retired, or harder to find model, but still OF.

I do have a couple resins... 

And a good collection of customs.

But I will most likely always be mainly an OF Breyer collector.

Anyway, I've spoken about my customs, my resins, and of course about my Breyers, but I don't think I've said much about my Peter Stone Collection.

This is partially because I have beef against them... But they do make some nice models.

The first Stone I got was Pandora. I bought her my first Breyerfest at the kids auction. I believe I paid about $50 for her.

I was excited to get her, and she was handed to me wrapped up so I just put her in my bag and went home.

This model is not good quality.

She has crap all over her chest and shoulder. as well as dark spots in her roaning.

Those are fixable, though. My biggest issue was her hooves aren't completely painted. What the heck?

This really turned my off towards Stones. The fact that they would sell basically factory seconds to CHILDREN who are probably getting their first model from them is not OK. They imprinted me to this day to not expect great quality, and I know other collectors feel the same.

Looking back I don't regret buying her, though. Every collection needs a Stone Arab and I'm happy to have one. She's a nice shelf sitter, but I wanted to show her.

Moving ahead two years, Maddy gifted me Toasted Coconut, a Stone Ponys website special run! :)

This started my wealing addiction. At Breyerfest this year I picked up two DAHs for $35 each(!).

First is a little cremello QH filly. I really like her, but she has flaws in her finish. >.<

Probably my favorite Stone would have to be this guy. He's been customized to a colt, turned head, and has a redone forelock. He's a very shaded black (which won't show up -_-). He almost always places at shows for me!

I also have a FQH. I showed him in performance for a while but he didn't 'click' for that. He's great in halter and has a nice color.

My most recent buy is this dude.

I drank the kool-aid and ordered a DAH on Thursday during the big sale. Models were around 40% off, so I got him for less than $100 bucks! He'll be a grulla with a blue and a brown eye, a wide blaze, and some socks.

The future of my Stone collection will really depend on how my DAH turns out. If he's terrible, no more... But if he turns out nice... Well, we'll see!

Thankful

I'm extremely thankful for the obvious things; family, shelter, etc... But I wanted to mention some things that I don't say often enough.

First of all, I'm thankful for my hobby family. This includes every person who reads this blog, follows my Instagram, likes my facebook page... You all make my life so much better. Thank you.

I'm also thankful for my best hobby friends, who are also my best friends ever. I don't know where I'd be without them. 

Also, those who hold and judge live shows. You, my friends, are awesome. I know I couldn't hold a show. It makes the hobby so much more fun, especially when they are done well! <3

Of course I love real horses. Even though I don't own them, they own a bit of my heart. Even when they throw you off and you almost break a leg. 

Also to all the trainers and instructors out there! :D Thank you for fixing my crap equitation and putting up with me.

There are so many more things I can say, but I could never list them all.

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! <3 And don't die tomorrow morning! :)

Things Model Horse People Say

I had way to much fun making this post. Thanks to everyone from Blab for helping me come up with these! :D I also included some unseen show photos to break up the space a bit. Enjoy!

"Can't talk now, I'm soaking a horse in oven cleaner" -Ghost_Wolf_Ranch

"Don't forget to strip the body before dismembering it." -JuliaCodeMan

"Anything that includes the CHIN" -Mary

"FSOT for ARs: CM RRH MOW NAN'd" -Dizzyriss

"Go ahead and chop his head off. It'll make you feel better. ---- said to me when I was reluctant to customize an SM." -Brenda

"I'll be bringing my body bag." -SylvanTrails

"All that work and I still had to cut off that foal's leg because it was longer than the other one..."  -EvieJean

"That's the most unrealistic horse color I've seen yet!" with this being said while driving past a *real* horse -Aidan's Toy Trove

"Looks like a Stone horse," while looking at a picture of a real but very unusual pinto/appy/roan horse. -DooWiki

Heard on Haynet once - from Sue Stewart - "Oh, that's my Heart of Darkness!" AIR, the mailman she said that to was v. disturbed -Tinngg

"I've got to call my dealer and see if he has any of the new stuff in yet." That one made one of my non-hobby friends raise their eyebrows hahaha, that and anything that has to do with "bodies." "Body box" in particular lol -pennylanestables

"Hey showers! I'm knocking down horses that have dust on them!" -Mary

"I've got bodies stashed everywhere" -Tinngg

"I lost a box of 8 humans"!! -Sparkle Susan

"Now where am I going to put you??" -Drenarrow

Fish scale or chainlink "crapples." Which...makes me think of roadapples. XD -LupineLeighs

"This post about our Kuchis." -Night Elf

If you don't stop falling over I'm going to chop someone's leg off! -Whysome

"Can I have that wrapped and bagged?" The CHIN is one of the few places where you might get looked at with anything from panic to a dirty look for wanting your purchases bagged! It's also one of the few places where someone yelling "free bubble wrap!" is likely to get swarmed and trampled! -Truson

Almost Wordless Wednesday

I think all us hobbyists are guilty of pulling a horse of the shelf and realizing 'wow, you are prettier then I remember!" Here's a few of mine. 

Breyer Travis

Breyer Elska

Breyer Dun Pinto Samba Surprise

Breyer Ethereal Earth

Breyer Christmas Horse 2015

Breyer Wapiti

Hungry Hungry Horses

First of all, sorry for the silence the last week! I've been in general kind of avoiding social media and the internet since Tuesday. It's not the end of the world, people... -_-

Anyway, I felt inspired by being at a feed store (inspiration comes from the weirdest places, doesn't it?) to make some food for the horses. I don't have a traditional scale barn but I want one in the future. When I was about nine I had a 'barn' made of the wooden orange boxes and cardboard, complete with hand-drawn feed bags and nameplates.

All I've made so far is two supplement containers and a feed bag.

The supplement containers have a detailed front and back. On the back, there is a nutrition fact area and a serving calculator. The container is a plastic paint storage cup. I also filled them with rice for some weight. 

I made a smaller container with senior feed. Honestly, it took longer to make the labels in Photoshop then to assemble them. It took around 45 minutes to make the label and less then 15 to assemble. >.<

My favorite is the feed bag. It is custom made and I am looking forward to making several different types for all the different ponies.

On one side there is a nutrition label and on the other there is an ingredient list. 

On the very back there is a serving chart. I also used a

 gloss mod podge to give it that 'feed bag shine.'

These will be up on my Etsy and Facebook shops in the next couple days. I haven't completely decided on a price yet, but it will probably be $8 for all three. Custom prices will be case-by-case.

Week two of the photo challenge will be posted tomorrow. :)