A Fresh Start

Hi everyone, it's Emma!

If you have noticed I am the one who mainly does posts; and the one who normally nags the others into doing posts!

I realized that ya 'll reading here probably want to hear from all of us; not just me. I don't want to have to nag Maddy and Becky into doing posts when it's only fun for me, so I've started my own blog!

This blog isn't going away, but I'll only do 1 post for each one Maddy and Becky does. So if this isn't updated in months, it's because I'm not pushing them to do one.

My blog is gonna have new posts roughly 3 times a week, so take a look and enjoy!

http://homestretchstudios.blogspot.com

-Emma

Hobby Slumps

Sorry for not posting much... School is back for all of us and it stinks! I have also been in a bit of a slump myself, and this blog is supposed to be fun. It isn't fun to take pictures and write blog posts when I don't want to. Hopefully ya'll understand. :)

Anyway, I've received a couple packages the last few weeks that have gradually brought me out of the slump! Now I'm working on show prep for All The Pretty Ponies this weekend and that has helped too. We all go through points where we lose interest, but it has defiantly come back for me!

The first box I received was from Canada! This is the Peter Stone "Lowry Star" who is a LE of 15. I've wanted a Foundation Quarter Horse for a long time and this guy came up for a great price, I paid just under $75 including shipping! Stalking MH$P finally paid off...

He's a VERY nice bay roan that I'll be using in performance this weekend. It will be his first time out and depending on how well he does, he might be my all round horse for a while!

I didn't get any non-tack pictures... But he looks awesome with it on!

I love my booties!! :3 The SMBs are by the one and only Rachel Fail and the bell boots are by Maddy.

The next box I got was from the Model Horse Blab Spooky Swap! This was a secret-santa like thing where you paint one or more stablemates for a partner. My partner was AWESOME and painted me two "Spookaloosas!"

And on my favorite mini mold too!! And in my favorite horse color, appaloosa, with my favorite color, purple!

His spots are ghosts!

I love them so much! They aren't perfectly LSQ or anything but I don't care, they are awesome. I am so gonna show them in the Halloween classes at Haunted Horses Live, it'll be awesome.

My Rivet conga is looking great! I have all the OFs and three customs now. They are a super awesome addition to my collection. 

She also included some candy and a pony pouch!

The last package I got was from Becky... But that deserves it's own post, so stay tuned!

-Emma

Almost Wordless Thursday

This was supposed to be posted yesterday, but it didn't go up. Enjoy some horsey eye candy!

CM Othello by Dino Horse Studios(?)

 

 

I don't know the owners or painters of most of these models. If you know about them I'll gladly add them! :) 

-Emma

The International Museum Of The Horse

Hi all! When we were at the KHP for Breyerfest we had the chance to go into the Museum Of The Horse. Unfortunently we only had about an hour, and I could have stayed all day. Here's some photos from the parts we visited.

First was the Arabian section. The entire museum is truly amazing and everything was so detailed and interactive. It started with some life-sized carvings of Arabian mares.

They were super realistic and it was like at any minute they would prance off! She does kinda remind me of a certain Proud Arabian though... ;)

 The human handlers and the tack were very nice too.

Another nice set! The foal was so cute! The handler was creepy in this one though.

So adorable!

Up next was a case of hand carved wooden horses. They were about traditional scale.

This made the collector in me squee, especially with the tack! My favorite was probably the black overo, though.

There were a few larger ones (think Camilla size) in separate cases, but I only managed to get a photo of this one.

The last case of miniatures was this one. So cool!

My mom was trying to figure out what type of horse this was... xD

Another super cool area was the trophy area. There were so many trophies and plates!

So shiny!

There was also the skeleton of the famous racehorse Lexington. It was actually really cool! I've never seen a real horse skeleton so it was very interesting. Maybe a bit morbid... But I didn't mind.

Last but certainly not least was Secratariat's display. This gave me chills, and it included his tack, his silks, and some of his awards.

Overall the International Museum Of The Horse is a must see for horse fans. Like I said we only got through a tiny portion of the museum before having to leave. We didn't get to go in the Saddlebred museum either. Next time I am in KY I plan to spend more time there! :D

-Emma

Pony Club Champs 2016

Last July I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the Pony Club Championships East.  I took tons of photos as usual, so here are a *few..*

Opening Ceremonies were amazing as each of the competing teams came out into George Morris Arena.

After the teams were welcomed the Shea Rose Vaulting Team presented an amazing demonstration.

The next day was the beginning of formal competition, dressage, showjumping, quiz, and tetrathlon.

I hope everyone enjoyed the photos! I'll be posting more for gaming and eventing! 

-Becky


Just a disclaimer: All these photos were taken and are owned by me, Becky McCorkendale. Do not use without explicit permission or claim as your own.