Crepe Suzette

The latest Stablemate!

Crème Brulee

The second stablemate is here! Creme Brulee is a gorgeous appaloosa on the G4 Reining mold.

Éclair

Eclair is the first of the singles days ticket stablemates.

He is a pinto on the G2 Standardbred mold.

Definitely different!

Work in Progress

Because of my exams I don't have much time at all to work on my customs and tack but I am trying to at least do a tiny bit each day, even if it is only 5 minutes!

I currently have a selection of orders on the go, some are just prepped (no pictures of those) and some are at various stages of completion!

First up is my in progress tack piece, this is a pink Arabian halter made to 'design 2' it is a commission piece for one of my competition winners.



Second is a pegasus that I'd said I'd finish in time for Didmarton (which is on Saturday), that is clearly not going to happen! The body was a present (thank you :D) and he will eventually be white with rainbow wings and a mane and tail. I'll probably add some clear glitter as well and maybe some detailing to the body.



Third up is a little mini that I started back in January! He is getting more complete, a sort of unusual pinto colour with moulded on tack.



Fourth is a jump commission for another competition winner. The jump will be black and white and will have lichen and tiny white daisies added into the flower pots.



Fifth is a classic foal, again started in January. This little girl will eventually be cremello.



Sixth is another January started model. This is a Safari mini that is being done to a black pinto.



And fifth is another Safari mini. This particular little dude will be black eventually, he was also started in January...

Truffles

I was just looking back through my posts and realised that my complete lack of attention to this blog meant I never did a post about Truffles!

He is the diorama contest prize at BF this year, a sort of weird dapply palominy fjordy thingy....yes there are lots of 'ys' in that sentence but totally deliberate.

I am definitely not enamored by this creature

Latest Edition - Santiago Polo Pony

I've been after this guy all year and now they are sold out they are going to become harder and harder to find so I thought I better get on it and get one now!

I've named him 'The Man That Disappeared' (yes I'm still going through the naming all my horses after Kafka novels phase).

He is very nice, subtle dapples on this one which is good, the ones with seriously OTT dapples are just not to my taste. I do like the hogged mane, I have a bit of a thing for hogged manes!

Free Breyer Horses

I am running a really special offer over the summer, this is your chance to get free Breyer horses with your order.

Here is the add:



Every order over £50 (before shipping and after discounts) will come with a free model. Place an order over £200 and you'll get a free Traditional! Currently we are giving away the Best of British Connemara as the Traditional but this is subject to change.

Just go to www.chestnutridge.co.uk to get your free Breyers today.

I'm running this offer until the 1st of September.

Quick and Simple Tack Commissions

I need to find less words with the letter 'C' in my key is no longer on my keyboard and it's making typing quite hard!!

Anyway had some quick and easy tack to do today which is nice, three rugs and a choke chain for a dog.

I only photographed the ones where I didn't have pictures of that particular variation on the website but there was also a foal rug (blue) and a light horse rug (orange).

But this is a nice Schleich heavy horse rug in red:



You can order them here: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/product/Plain_Rug_PTMC244HR

Looks so much better on the website once you have a picture of the actual option!

And secondly was a traditional scale dog choke chain in 'small' size:



A closer up picture:



You can order these here: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/product/Choke_Chain_TCTG202s

Again doesn't it look better with a good picture!

Versailles

Bit slow updating but here is the latest BF Special run.

Versailles is a very pretty looking Wixom

The My Little Pony Clan

I have become ridiculously obsessed with Build a Bear My Little Ponies.

I think my husband secretly likes them too as I have only been responsible for the purchase of one of these!

Anyway introducing the whole clan:



Rainbowdash was my first, followed by Princess Celestia, then Zecora, then Luna & Fluttershy and finally Cadence.

How long does it take to make a headcollar?

Well in my case around 3 weeks!

I have so little time to do anything right now that I'm attempting to sneak things in on my breaks. Like this little green headcollar that has been slowly progressing since I started it 3 weeks ago.

At least it is now done and this poor Classic body can go back in the body box before I retrieve it yet again to make more tack for it. Maybe one day I'll actually get around to prepping and repainting him!

BF SR Models

I haven't blogged about these in ages, guess where my money is going to be going in a few months!

First up...Chanel, I adore this girl, I do love the mold my Croi is just such a snotty flirt so I think that Chanel suits her perfectly!




Secondly....OMG! ITS AMAZING! I adore it soooo much. This is Giverny




And thirdly Haute Couture.....who kinda looks like he has a weird disease...