10th Anniversary Event

So as many of you know I'd been after ideas as to what to do for Chestnut Ridge's 10th anniversary next year.

Pretty much everyone wanted a large live show and hobby weekend. So that is what we are going to do!

But I really wanted it to be more than just a show, more than just a hobby weekend and more than just an event focused on Chestnut Ridge.

I wanted to create something in which all of the hobby could get involved and was really focused around hobbyists. I wanted to take all of those ideas for non-live show days that people have had over the years and incorporate them. Everything from the swap meets to "I want to spend a day eating cake".

Cantering Carousel hopefully will achieve that! Yes it will be a celebration of our birthday but it will also be about you, every wonderful hobbyists without which we wouldn't have reached 10 years and who make my life in the hobby so wonderful.

Hence why I didn't want a Chestnut Ridge orientated name and wanted something more universal (thank you to all those who brain stormed with me and then who were completely ignored...).

So here it is, we have a Facebook page and blog and the aim is that every Monday we will announce something new. Obviously our first priority is to secure a venue and weekend next year. The hope is to go for late July/early August and somewhere relatively central.

My plan is to have tickets available from October onwards, so sit tight and keep following, o and share with absolutely every hobbyist you know, it's gonna be an awesome weekend (and there will also be a lot of free stuff...)

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/canteringcarousel/

Blog: http://canteringcarousel.blogspot.co.uk/

O and every good event needs a logo, so we have a logo!

Yellow Headcollar

Before I was distracted by photoshop and spreadsheets I did actually manage to do something productive this morning.

I give you a bright yellow headcollar







I have quite an impressive rainbow of headcollars going on right now!

'tis for sale if you'd like :)

Blinding Tears

I finished off this tiny little guy late last night but didn't have a chance to photograph him until this morning.

So meet Blinding Tears



He is a Breyer Mini Whinnie rearing Arab Stallion



And he has been painted to a Classic Ivory Champagne (I promise I'll stop painting champagne coloured horses now)



He is £10.00 if you would like to add him to your herd :)

Just a Few Hours Left to Win...

If you want to be in with a chance at winning a Breyer Cutting Horse and Calf set then there are just a few hours left to sign up to the Chestnut Ridge newsletter!

To sign up visit: www.chestnutridge.co.uk and fill in your details into the box on the right hand side.

But hurry! You must sign up before 4pm BST today or you won't be in with a chance of winning!

Once you've signed up sit back and relax. At around 4.30pm you will receive an email (make sure to check your junk mail), in that email will be details of how you could win!

But be quick...the clock is ticking...

Headcollars, Headcollars, Headcollars

You know when I have those obsessive weeks where I just make hundreds of the same thing (remember the bridle obsession that only ended because I ran out of bits?) well this week it is all about headcollars.

I'm trying to interrupt my obsessive headcollar making with a bit of painting and working on April's magazine (just wrote a fascinating article about how to correctly hold Western reins).

But alas we've already done three headcollars this week alone! This poor AQH mare is going to be so thankful when she finally makes it out of the body box and into the painting station!

First up is purple:



Then a sort of dark green:



And next a royal blue:



The hope is to also get a yellow and pink finished this week. I may even make some larger ones, but I don't really have anything suitable in my body box! I think poor Stunner might have to be used for tack fitting again...

The Rest of the Single Day Stablemates

I've already shared Amapa, but here are the other three:

Bahia


Para


San Paulo


Is that the new Geronimo mould I spy :D

A Small New Herd

I finally got around to photographing the grab bag horses that I'm keeping (Prince of Chintz and Aries are still up for sale if you want them).

And I also had a new arrival today so she got to join in the fun!

First up is my eBay find, this is Ten Gallon, described as a 'dolls house horse' I came across him by accident and grabbed him for £6.

I've named her CRS Tyra Sanchez


Now onto the grab bag horses.

Primmore's Pride (CRS Venus D-Lite) who also came with a book, so some light reading for tonight :p


The Marwari - CRS Pheonix


Saddleclub Prancer - CRS Mimi Imfurst


Jubilation Mule - CRS India Ferrah


And I'm so happy with this one! I really wanted one of these beauties, Gliterati aka CRS Mariah


And finally the BF Special Run which I'm keeping, Aintree, or CRS Stacy Layne Mathews


As you can see his leg needs a bit of fixing!