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2018 Goals

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It’s the first day of the year. It’s off to a good start since I finished a nameplate halter.

Nichelle of Desktop Stables posted about hobby goals. Which got me thinking and reflecting about my year and what I want to accomplish in 2018. I have some annual resolutions plus some new ones.

1. Blog More

This is an annual goal. 2017 was my lowest blogging year in terms of posting. It’s not that I stayed holed up in my room for 300+ days, but yeah.  So I still need to finish some backlog posts! I also finished my junior year at Penn State and am now half way through my senior year.

2. Give Back

I love this hobby so one of my 2018 things I’d like to do is give back more. At Breyerfest two of the most common questions I was asked was about where to get supplies and where to go to find out about hobby gatherings. On facebook I often see questions about performance.  So I’m hoping to write more how-to things to help beginners trying to get into the hobby. Or people wanting to try out other parts of showing *cough performance cough.* So hopefully by 2019 I’ll have posted or started a performance showing series (would any bloggers/hobbyists like to collaborate on some topics? I’m always open to ideas!).

4. Make Better Tack

My usual hobby goal is to progress in my tack making. I made huge strides in tack making for 2017 and would like to continue on that curve. There’s a huge difference between my saddles at the beginning of 2017 versus the end of 2017. My nameplate halters have gotten better and so have my bridles. Hopefully in 2018 I can make solid boot patterns too.

Left is the end of 2017, right is the beginning

5. Make Videos

I made one video in 2017, but I really enjoyed the process of it. My goal is to make more of them. They just take a whole lot more time to edit and shoot than a blog post. :)

6. Read More

Outside of the hobby, I love to read but since starting college the number of books I’ve read yearly has dwindled. It makes sense and all but still. It went from 100+ a year to about half. In 2018 my goal is to read more.  My favorite book I read in 2017 was The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas. It came out in February and has been on the bestseller list since. 
In March I saw that Angie Thomas would be in New Jersey, so I drove to New Jersey to hear her talk and sign my book. She was my favorite author to meet in 2017. :)

7. Show More

I stopped by a few shows in 2017 to hang out and visit. I showed once, and it was a blast. So my goal is to show at more than one in 2018.
The hobby is a fun place, but whenever drama happens it’s much louder and more widely spread than positive things. So let’s try to make 2018 a positive community year.  Happy New Year!
Do you have any goals for the new year?

Bring On The Bling Live: English Timed/Scored/Other Events

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The English division of Bring On The Bling stared with Cross Country/ Outher Times/Scored Fence classes.

Owned by Kim Bleecker

Owned by Jackie Arns-Rossi


Next came Jumper.

This was such a cool jump.

Owned by Kim Bleecker

 After that was English Games.

Owned by Kim Bleecker
Owned by Jackie Arns-Rossi



Red Queen made an appearance.

Other English Scored/Timed Events followed.

Owned by Pat Coulter

Owned by Kim Bleecker

The last class in the division was Dressage.

Owned and painted by Lisa Smalley

One more division and that’ll wrap up the show report for Bring On The Bling Live!

Bring On The Bling Live: Misc

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Other performance or the Misc division had a bit of everything in it. The first class was saddleseat.


Next came showmanship. There were a bunch of entries but here’s Red Queen.
Then it was In-hand performance. Dolls can be the real struggle but mine cooperated very well. This was my first time using her since winning her in a raffle at the last show I went to! 


What a pretty halter!

The next classes were Other and Natural Trail. I can’t remember where each one went so here’s both together. 


My doll has a tiny camera I bought. She’s paused to shoot a picture of a fox. Yay for coming up with an entry on the spot!

Scene was one of my favorite classes of the day.

There was a nice and lighthearted Christmas themed one.

It was surrounded by zombies and zombie music.
Here’s Red Queen being the most relaxed zombie apocalypse horse.

Mel’s Stormwatch.

And Jackie’s zombie trailer.

Zombiessssss

That’s the end of Other performance. Next are the English divisions. :)

Bring On The Bling: Costume

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Costume is one of my favorite divisions at any horse show. They’re guaranteed to be smaller sized classes than English or Western since the tack can be used for only one class.
The division started off with Arabian costume.

There were two entries.

But both were so pretty.

Next was Native American Costume.

This was another two horse class.

Red Queen made her first appearance in the division.

After that was parade.

I only have two pictures from the class but I feel like there were more models. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The last class was Other Costume.
Red Queen was in it with my Harry Potter Costume.

And then there was this.

Isn’t it awesome?

I loved the horse and everything about it. The individual parts complimented each other so well.

Next is Other Performance!