Thursday, 30 May 2013

Dubbo Live


I unfortunately will not be attending Dubbo Live in June/July ( I don't know when it is). 



To be honest I'm thinking of leaving the hobby… 
I have a lot of real horse things I'm doing at the moment and they're much more important to me than plastic ponies, especially when real horse things clash with model show dates. 
I just don't have the time to show anymore, especially not when I like making all my own tack and props for performance. 

I may or may not be selling my show string i will have to see how i feel about it, i'm sitting on the fence at the moment as they're worth quite a small fortune which would help me fund things but i think i'm still just a little attached to them for the moment. 

Working at a small barn again 3-4  times a week in return for lessons has sparked this all of a sudden change of heart, I've come to realise how much more the real kind mean to me than the plastic kind, especially when i see and care for peoples horses more than they do and they own them. 
It's quite sad really, to own a horse a just go and see them once or twice a week. 

I'm in the mids of doing my HSC meaning i really don't have the time but i still manage to make time and go, put more effort in then they do, and it's their horse. 
sigh, some people don't even know what they've got, so ungrateful.  

Anyways, I will still be making very few tack, props, i will also still have a limited amount of spots for prepping sculpting and painting. They will only be sale or commission items as it's quite a nice small income every now and then. So I will still be blogging occasionally about the few bits a pieces i get to make when i have time(Probably in the holidays).

So keep watching this space :) 

Friday, 3 May 2013

Central Coast Live


So about a week ago I attended the Central Coast Live Show up in Tuggerah. 

I did well in performance, as expected because i put a lot of love and effort into my entrys. 
That's the best part about performance, making the props beforehand. 
I HATE the stress on the day, and I HATE the stress of tacking up on the day and i just HATE it all together when it comes to being at the show, but i'm in complete and utter LOVE with prop and making.
Oh and i love coming up with new and interesting ideas for performance entries that aren't usually seen in the australian performance scene. 

One thing i liked about this show was that the CM's and AR's were separated so customs didn't have to compete against resins, i think that worked out quite nicely. 

I didn't buy anything and i didn't really bother to enter the raffle because there wasn't anything i wanted or needed, it was just an average raffle and well I'd rather spend my money on prop making things. 

The next show is in June? July? In dubbo, which is a 5 hour drive and is a 2 day show meaning i would have to take time off work to go, but the performance division :O It's just filled with so many opportunities! I can't wait to see what i'll come up with!

Here are my winnings from the day. 

One Last kiss: 
1st English Jumping 
Champion English Performance
3rd Thoroughbred AR

 Two Shoes
2nd Heavy Breed AR
1st Scene 
Reserve Champion Other English
 
Silver Bullet 
3rd Pony Games

Show Me Your Burlesque 
3rd English Jumping

Hollywood
3rd Other Performance (along with HollyHill)

Hershey's Kiss
5th Other English 

Hot to Trot
2nd Pony Club Games (sit a buck)

Ebony Rose
1st Feral AR

Victory Dance
2nd Warmblood/Spothorse CM

Tinseltown
2nd Other Purebred OF 

Snap Dragon 
2nd Feral OF 

Paper Crane
1st Other Youngstock CM 

Optimus Prime 
1st Warmblood/Sporthorse CM

Russian Navy
2nd Heavy Breed CM

Shadowfax
1st Heavy breed AR

Kameo
1st Part Arabian CM

Copy Cat
4th Youngstock OF

Alpine Snow
2nd Appaloosa CM

Makers Mark
2nd Warmblood AR

Thinking Of You
3rd Thoroughbred CM 

Nanooska
3rd Pony Bred OF 

Voss
3rd Part Arabian CM

Curtain Calls On Walkabouts
5th Spanish OF 

New Years Resolution
5th Arabian OF 

Victoria's Secret 
4th Gaited OF

Cherry Ripe
4th Arabian CM