MITS Haul 2016

This year at MITS, I bought/won quite a few horses. Oops! Anyway, i just thought I'd show you what I got as they are very pretty!

The first model I bought was a Willy Remember Me resin customized to a palomino mare by Lisa Sents. She is a one mold run of 40.

RRS Walkin On Sunshine owned by EVR, Willy Remember Me Resin by Lisa Sents

I randomly threw her into the CM/AR Western Games class with a slew of borrowed tack.

RRS Walkin On Sunshine owned by EVR, saddle pad and SMBs by Rachel Fail, saddle and reins by Flying B Saddlery, halter by EVR, egg, spoon, and bell boots by Lazy H Custom Tack.

Her reference card says "Dad riding daughter's pony to show her how to do egg and spoon." The judge thought it was funny, and I think I got sixth (out of 6)...?

Counting on a Miracle owned by Becky McCorkendale (left) and RRS Walkin On Sunshine owned by EVR

Becky bought another resin by the same painter/sculptor, you can defiantly see they are the same style! Becky and I traded halters, Walkin On Sunshine got a polka dot nylon halter and her resin got a rope halter. :) 

The next horse I bought was from Maddy! This is Shere Khan, a Braveheart resin painted by Sheryl Leisure. I bought him for $25 with a shattered ear but I was able to fix it. He's good as new now!

Shere Khan owned by EVR, painted and sculpted by Sheryl Leisure

I'm not sure what to show him as yet, probably spotted draft. I also wanna show him in performance, but all that hair is gonna need some really custom tack!

The last horse I actually bought was this little Haegan Reneger CM glaze! He's a little bigger than a micro. I haven't come up with a name for him yet, but he's absolutely gorgeous. Comment if you have any ideas! My only one so far is Cinnabon, but it's not my favorite. This little dude is probably my new favorite in my collection. Just look at those dapples, and his face is so expressive. I just love him!

Unnamed Haegan Renegar custom glazed by ? 

Last but not least I got this very nice mini Friesian custom from the show holder, Jackie Moore! (she's totally awesome but the way) 

HTC Vive owned by EVR, painted and customized by ?

My mom did the show results last year and did them again this year. It saved Jackie and Cindy (the other show holder) several days of work typing them up. As a thank you, they gave my mom this girl! 

She had a bit of an accident on the way home so I had to redo some of her front feathers and the tip of her tail, but I'm positive she's LSQ now. :) 

My mom doesn't collect so gave me the model to show. She named her HTC Vive, which is a virtual reality headset my family preordered. We received it right before the show, and all I can say is if you ever have the chance to try it, do it!

Thanks for reading, hopefully you enjoyed seeing my new models!

-Emma

One Years Time

I've been thinking about change lately, and looking back at just a year ago Becky, Emma and I have all changed a lot as far as tack and showing skills, so I thought I would share with you all our entries from Models in The Sunshine last year, compared to this year!

Beckys tack 2015

Beckys tack 2015

Becky Other performance 2015

Becky other performance 2016

Emma other performance 2015

Emma Other performance 2016

Maddy Other performance 2015

Maddy Other performance 2016

Becky cross country 2015

Becky Cross country 2016

Emma Cross country 2015

Emma Cross country 2016

Becky Jumping 2015

Becky jumping 2016

Maddy Dressage 2016

Maddy Dressage 2016 (saddle by Becky)

 Now I think I need to take a look at our work from a few years back, to really show how much we have improved! Remember, anything is possible, you just need time and patience, and you will get results.

-Maddy

3000 View Giveaway/Contest

Hello all! While viewing the blog's stats, I saw we hit 3000 independent views! That means that 3000 different people from different IP addresses have viewed our blog! And even better, we have over 5000 views in total! 

Another AWESOME thing is the wide variety of locations the blog has been viewed from!

Seriously. This is awesome.

With this awesome achievement, I thought it was time to have a little giveaway! Not just any giveaway, but a contest!

The contest will be a short photo story based on this prompt:

"It was my first big show. It was my third ride on him and my first time doing anything advanced on him. What could go wrong?"

Please take this prompt and expand on it by creating a short photo story! Please keep it 3 - 6 photos long. Text along with each photo is allowed.

To enter, either comment a link to your blog with a post including your story or email it to us at twocowgirlsandajumper@gmail.com.

Now onto the exciting part... The prizes!

First prize is this awesome black Stablemate custom Arab by Maddy!

Second prize is a custom endurance halter/bridle combo also by Maddy! For this, you can choose any color for any size traditional model.

Third prize is a custom leather halter by Becky! This can also be made for any size model in any color.

Fourth and fifth prize are rope halters and leads by me! The winners can pick any color for any scale.

Now onto the technical stuff. :) This contest is open to everyone but if you are not in the lower 48 of the US you must pay shipping. By entering this contest you give us the right to repost your photos on this blog. All entries will be reposted onto the blog so others can enjoy your awesome photo stories!

Entries will be judged on skill and adherence to the prompt as well as creativity. Dolls are NOT required but are appreciated.

Thank you all so much for entering! We can't wait to see your entries and judge them! Have fun taking your photos! :D

-Emma

The McSquad

PC Maddy Hinman

If you know us, you know the squad. If you haven't met us... enjoy this little.. intro thingy... and if you have met us... enjoy it anyway.

First things first... on the left we have Maddy The Muscle or Madquisha(It is a long, long, long story so I won't get into it). Don't mess with us. 

In the middle behold Emma, the Fairysquadmother or Emmer. She keeps us in line, tightly in line and generally helps us exercise restraint. 

On the right, me, the Fairymobmother or Beckquisha, I am the brains, the bank, and the unsuspected weapon. 

The camera thing.

A lot of the camera thing.

feat. Maddy's fabulous mom!

We should start a cheer team! We are so professional. 

Shout out to Gabby @gkbreyers on Instagram for coming to MITS to hang out with us! (She has great balance! XD )

I hope yall loved the photos of my little crew!

Talk to everyone soon!

-Becky

PC Maddy Hinman

Weekend show report!

This past weekend Becky, Emma and I attended Models In The Sunshine in Inverness FL, it was good to be together again!

We always know how to have a good time!



Becky at work, performance aint easy folks!

I had to add a little humor in the Costume class ;)

One of Beckys gorgeous Ponies!

My mounted shooting set up

Uh-oh, its a shootout!

Emmas amazing little harness entry, got first place!

Go Becky! Gotta love those last minute ideas!

Emmas Cross Country entry

Beckys Show jumping entry

Emma added some humor to the western division, the judge loved it!

When emma demands a new blog post.. shes a good editor in chief, I swear she is

My cowboy polo entry



grace.enchanted and gkbreyers of instagram also came and hung out!
We always have the best time at shows, can't wait till the next one!
Now to go unpack...