Rat Poison

Ever felt like this towards your significant other??????? Finally, I got Mole Bait's wife, Rat Poison done! For those of you that know the Mole Bait story, this is pretty much how I felt towards my husband for the next month after "Mole Bait Gate". His response...."Listen, next time I will just use Rat Poison!" . We laugh now, but at the time I was NOT happy!


I wanted a mare that looked like an older mustang mare that has had her share of foals...a bit swaybacked, belly showing the wear of having babies, udder full and and sagging....you know, how I feel after 29 plus a few cough cough years! Her cracked hoof raised and ready to lay down the law. Shaggy legs not perfect but tough as nails, and will always stand up for what she wants.

I have learned that when you do a personality piece, not everyone will love it. She is not a conformational model (but then again, she is suppose to be a WILD mustang). She was made for the pure joy of making a piece of art with meaning, and I had a blast doing it. She didn't do better than 5th in her class at her first show, and that is just fine. For all the people like me out there that are not professional artists, that always wish and aspire to improve themselves because in our dreams we would love to be such a treasured talent, we still need to remember we do this because its a passion and to let that passion out. For everyone out that that is a collector, collect pieces that you enjoy, and accept the fact that they will not always win. I love this hobby, it makes my sometimes rather tedious and tiring day job tolerable, and I am grateful to be a part of it.

Her eyes are half blue and half brown, her teeth yellowed and sloped forward to show her age. "I am woman, hear me ROAR!"

And always treasure the good things in life. Lumi is doing super at his new home. It was hard to let him go, but he will pass on his incredible gifts to more babies and he is loved. I feel like a parent that had to let her baby go to college. I cried, I cried more when poor Cerberus, his gelding best buddy, didn't know what bucket to eat out of for the next few days, but I have four glorious babies here to enjoy.

This will always be a favorite picture of mine, Lumi taking care of Ira. Sue is going to get some new pictures of Lumi in his new place, and I will be sure to post them. The babies here are almost shed out, and I want to show them off too!

Touch of Pink

Everyone knows Jen and I trade all the time, but somehow in addition to the planned trades, I try to manage an extra "bribe Jen for NAN tack" model. Jen has a horrible weakness for hunter ponies, and who could resist this? Touch of Pink made her show debut yesterday, and in addition to an English performance champ, a reserve overall english champ, she got reserve pony/draft champ!


No Jen, doll does not come with. I gotta admit, she is purdy darn cute!

I did run into an issue with her hunter doll. First I need to carve her butt a bit more and resculpt her coat to flow behind her, but worse than that, I forgot her head yesterday!!!! I was determined to show everything I planned.....

So a poor unsuspecting breyer doll had to pay the price!

The eberl pony really is one of my favorites, here is Moonpie and Touch of Pink, both made from the Eberl Haflinger mold. Well, Touch of Pink had a head transplant, poor CAS, never saw it coming.

Look, even Mieka loves leopard!

Lumi's Graduation

I haven't had a chance to post much the past couple of weeks dues to a totally unforeseen yet wonderful event. Out of the blue I got an email and a phone call that someone was interested in my cremello Morgan stallion, Amberfields Luminesence. If you remember, I almost sold Lumi a couple of years ago due to a horrible family situation, but that calmed down and I was able to keep him (and to keep Todd happy, I sold pretty much everyone else). Sue Olson, of Rafter Bar D Morgans, is on the left. What so great is that she said she was surfing the net for cremello morgans, found this blog, and the next thing she was looking at was a decapitated model horse! She thought the cremello morgan part was a mistake, but found the model horses were so interesting that she kept reading, and found posts about Lumi.

I was thinking about how next year, when JJ, the part arabian cremello son on Lumi was two, what was I going to do with two stallions, but Lumi is so easy going I wasn't too worried about it. What weird is that a few weeks prior to Sue's call, I was in Wisconsin talking about the colt and how I might sell Lumi next year.....so I was convinced that Sue knew someone in the hobby. Turns out, its was simply fate. It is always hard to let such a kind horse go, regardless of color or being a stallion, Lumi is just a great horse that everyone loves to visit and pet. But now he will be standing at their farm breeding high quality, purebred colorful morgans and I am so proud of him! Check out their website at www.rafterbardmorgans.com

The only challenge, selling a cremello horse in early spring in Illinois. Thankfully we have had warm weather and I can start bathing Lumi, but honestly, he is part hog and really, really likes dirt. Yes, thats a leopard print halter....

I want Lumi to be ready to work when he leaves in a couple of weeks, and Sue rides western, so I dug out the one western saddle I have......guess what color it is????
Giggle, it could be worse, it could be pink leopard! He is such a wonderful stallion, I haven't saddle him in months, and he has only worn by little all purpose saddle, but I just threw this on his back and he was good as gold. I will get some pictures of me on him next week.
Once the babies are clean and shedded out a bit I will get new pictures of them. I will miss Lumi terribly, but he will be only 7 hours away in Northern Wisconsin and I have my little Lumi clones to be the cornerstone of my colored arab sporthorse program. Thank you forever Lumi!
Show tomorrow, will post pictures tomorrow night!

Minis Minis Minis

As promised, here are the pictures of the finished new minis. They are shipping off to their new home next week.


I will have more of these guys done in the next couple of weeks, they are so much fun to do!

I wish I had kept the Teke, I do plan to make a stallion version eventually, so this mare will be a true one of a kind from me.

Now a blog special, this price will only be posted here...the little arab still needs a home

So say you say her here and she can be purchased for $150ppd in the US

Show Report

The show was a blast yesterday, but sadly I didn't have my memory card in my camera and being the dork that I am, apparently only a few of the pictures I took actually saved on the camera. Sigh, and yes Jen, I know you are rolling your eyes.....
I did get Moonpie's circus set up done. She won her costume class, but I can only imagine how neat she will look in her Buxton circus set! This doll is a temporary one made from some Barbie clothes. That so stressed out Payton that I cut up Barbie clothes that I had to give her the doll this morning! Eventually Mieka will be the dog, Gizmo is a cart dog afterall.

I did get Jen's new guy under saddle. This tack set up was made by Kathy Wiggins and won a National Championship in 2009. I still need to get his shoes on...whoops, knew I forgot something! Since Jen hadn't told me otherwise, I showed him as Fred. Okay just kidding, I got the text, this is Estudioso.

Here you go Rachel! I tried on my tack set on the new Breyer QH and I think it looks amazing! This set up actually got second in a big pleasure class. I just love this mold!

My new Morab, Khemonahar Ali was overall Performance Champ and NANd in halter. This guy is one of the few I really have made just for me. The show hack bridle looks amazing on him!

I am taking the next week to finish up some trade models, then some new pieces will be offered. Thanks again for looking!

New Minis!

These new minis are so much fun! They are close to being done, so I redid the prices and here they are
First up, the andalusian off his base with new ears. Now a stunning mulberry grey $300

The TB drastically redone to an Akhal Teke mare in golden dun $325

The arab, with new turned back ears, and more details and fullness added to the mane and tail $250

The ASB off his base, will have clear pegs in the hind feet instead of dimes, braids will be blue and white but can be changed on request $275

The stock horse, this is such a well conformed model. Off the base (feet all had to be resculpted) and refined ears. Now a deeply dapple sooty buckskin $300

Postage will vary depending on where they are going, remember these guys are minis and will compete in the customs!!!

Any questions just ask, these guys are going to a show this Saturday!

CMs for sale

Sorry its been so long, I was in the height of our Scholastic Bowl season (which has been awesome, I have the privilege of coaching the best team anyone could ask for). We have our conference championship tomorrow, then will have to see how Regionals goes, but I have managed to get a few things done. I
If you like minis, you will love this, these are all the new breyer pebbles/LB size resins I just got. So these guys will show in the CM division! Its not easy getting them off the bases, but they look like totally different horses without them.
First up is the ASB. This model is stunning by itself. I took him off the base and re sculpted the front feet to have pads and long toes. He will have clear pegs in his two hind hooves to make his gait correct. I refined the ears and removed the logo. I am planning on dappled palomino....$300

The arab needed her ears redone, so now they are flipped back and entirely new. I added to her mane and tail and re sculpted her nostrils. I am thinking light dappled grey $275

The stock horse is just fantastic conformation wise. I removed him from the base and redid his ears. Grulla paint for this guy $325

This one got a real redo, the TB had a rather flat neck, so he got a total redo, new ears, new tail, off the base, now a snotty Akhal Teke mare! $350 golden metallic dun.

Here is Khemonahar Ali, now a silver buckskin morab. Still needs his mane and tail shaded, but he will be going to the show this weekend. I did not get an spanish mini yet, in that box was a ASB!!!!!! I was very disappointed with the mix up, hopefully the dealer straightens it out. I am curious to see if anyone else has that happen where the box is for one resin but there is a different one inside.

More later with week when they are painted, in progress right now, hope you like them!