BreyerFest Fun Week 2023

 It's everyone's favourite time of year! It's BreyerFest Fun Week!

We have seven days of awesome competitions this year to help you celebrate BreyerFest wherever you are.

Each day from 10th of July onwards we will have a different competition running on our Facebook page. The competitions are free to enter and open to all.

This Year's Prizes

This year we will be giving away goody bags again! The bags will each be different but here is an example of one of them:

They will each contain an assortment of products including model horses, hobby supplies and a few cute gifts. Each goody bag will be different and there is no guarantee as to what you'll receive.

Please make sure that if you win a prize you actually give us your address! Two people last year never claimed their prizes :(

The Competitions

OK now onto the fun stuff! What competition are we doing each day?

Monday - Guess the Surprise

Monday's competition is always a popular one, guess the surprise mould!

Comment on the Facebook post which mould you think the surprise model will be. Winner will be chosen at random from all correct guesses.

Tuesday - Auction Sale Price

This year's chosen auction model is Lot #17 the Lonesome Glory

Again you will just need to comment on the Facebook post how much you think he will sell for. The closest guess will be the winner

Wednesday - Best Meme

It's a meme off! Post your best model horse meme (created by you) in the comments. I will pick my favourite.

Thursday - Treasure Hunt

This year's treasure hunt will be a little different. Ten clues will be posted throughout the day. Follow the clues to find the answers. Combine the clues to help you figure out which BreyerFest model is the secret model. You will need to answer this one via email to prevent any cheating!

Friday - Driving Photoshow

This one day photoshow will have a 'driving' theme. Enter one photo and we will place to 6th place. The 1st place winner will get a prize.

Saturday - Puzzle

Saturday is another favourite. There will be a puzzle for you to complete. Again you'll need to email the secret answer to prevent cheating!

Sunday - Colouring Contest

Another favourite, our Sunday colouring competition will be a chance for you to express your creativity. If you want to start early this year's image is below:

I will choose my favourite from all entries posted in the comments of the post.

If you want to take part (why would you not?) then just head on over to the Chestnut Ridge Facebook Page on Monday to start the week off!

https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels/

Catching up on Auction Models

Two weeks of flu and some other stuff going on over the last week that has seriously knocked me have meant that I haven't really been up to date with Blog posts or model horses or anything other than crying under a duvet with my squishmallows. So I am now working through and catching up with sharing everything that I have missed over the last few weeks, there will be a report on Hen Party Live at some point (preferably before the next two live shows) and also some BreyerFest updates :)

But we are going to start with the two Auction models that have been released for this year's BreyerFest so far.

First up we have my favourite, this gorgeous black leopard spotted Ashquar:

Second we have a stunning colour on this Pacer, not a fan of the mould but the colour is to die for!

Third we have another gorgeous colour but not a favourite mould of mine. A chestnut rabicano on the Justadream mould

Fourth is this very unusual Huckleberry Bey

And fifth we have a stunning chestnut sabino on the Morgan mould. This colour is just *chef's kiss*

Marvellous May Postal Show - RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who entered our postal show for May. I know you will all be dying to know the results so here we go!

Remember results were chosen at random!

Class 1

1. Harecroft Hot Chocolate

2. SDS Elegant Dinah-Saur

3. Jitterbug

Class 2

1. Harecroft Catch Me If You Can

2. Cauliflower Cheese

3. SDS High Steppin' Love

Class 3

1. SDS Current Hyperfiation

2. Harecroft Gleaming North

3. Don't Bring The Crazy

Class 4

1. SDS Ground Level

2. Harecroft Indiana Sunset

3. Husquavarna

Class 5

1. Harecroft Thunderdrum

2. Maerinca

3. SDS Ovilear O'Toole

Overall Champion - Harecroft Hot Chocolate

Well done to all those who entered! I will be contacting the winner shortly to arrange postage of their prize.

I have also made some cute little certificates for you to save:

2023 Collector's Club Appreciation

The 2023 Breyer Collector's Club Appreciation will launch today (June 1st) at 1:00PM EST (this is 6pm BST).

For those who are new to the Collector's Club appreciation basically it is a special glossy model (it wasn't always a glossy but it now is) that you get if you spend over $150 on regular line products and use the code CCLUBAPP23 at checkout. It's really important that you use both the code and also buy over $150 of regular run products (it can be a bit hit and miss to work out what these are, some things that seem like they are aren't and some things that seem like they aren't are)!

You need to be a Collector's Club member to take part so if you don't already have membership head on over to breyerhorses.com in order to sign up!

What are your predictions for the glossy models this year? I want a glossy Vivaldi de Besilu because I LOVE GLOSSY BAYS!

Good luck and make sure to let me know what you all get :D

Stanhope

 Stanhope is the BreyerFest 2023 Open Model Horse Show Overall Reserve Champion prize.

He is a gorgeous liver chestnut sabino on the Big Ben mould. I love the colour, even if the mould is a bit meh

Luna

 There is a new adorable plushie available from Breyer USA and she is just the sweetest little thing.

She reminds me of Galarian Ponyta and Rapidash with the colours in her mane. She also has cute little stars on her side. Overall 10/10 CUTE

She is $9.99 and available on the Breyer USA website now

Meet Susan

 I told myself that I would finish five of the little resins and pewters I had been painting for Hen Party Live. I was a bit apprehensive that I would not be able to because, you know, life but actually just an hour or so painting yesterday and I finished off the first one!

This is CRS Satanic Bible (aka Susan). We are back on the 'banned books' names hence the slightly unusual name for this girl! Although I do think the name suits this little girl! That face! Bambi pulls this exact face all the time.

Susan is a 'The Warden' pewter micro by Maggie Bennett. She is an Arabian mare although obviously this little girl is going to be a PBA. I don't have many little resin Partbred Arabs (I have a fair few purebreds) so I thought partbred would be better. I also don't have a buckskin micro so it seemed like the right choice of colour!

She isn't perfect but she is kinda cute and she does look nice in photographs. I'll definitely be after another of this model to paint, I think she needs an equally angry sister!

Also I put her in the moss on the side whilst I was setting up the blanket and she looked so pretty! Like a tiny little fairy horse, especially next to this little flower. So I took like a THOUSAND pictures trying to get one that was perfect (my camera is very much on its last legs, as is my lens so they aren't great)!

I also managed to finish the gorgeous pinto Warmblood so I'll pop some pictures of him up tomorrow!