A couple of weeks ago I went to the PA State 4-h show with Lizzie.
I was able to make one of her classes, which was horsemanship. Each horse and rider rode a pattern in front of the judges, which consisted of different movements.
After everyone was done, the riders and horses were brought in and had to walk, jog, and lope in each direction.
Once that was done, they all came back to the center of the arena and the winner was announced.
Here’s a picture I forgot about from Saturday.
I entered a Fictional Equine themed collector’s class (I also had a Misty Family one, but no pics of that!)
It won first place, even though I have to tidy it up. 🙂
Alyssa who runs Bits and Spurs nominated me for the Blogger Recognition Award.
Thanks Alyssa!
As with any award, there were rules.
1. Thank the person who nominated me.
2. Put up a link of the person who nominated you:Â http://bitsnspurs.blogspot.com/
3. Give a brief story on how you started blogging, and one or two tips for other bloggers or people who want to learn to blog.
4. Choose 15 other bloggers to nominate.
5. Comment or email the nominee’s that they are nominated.
How Did I Start Blogging?
Once upon a time, long ago, in a small little village in the middle of a large forest…..
Just joking. No fairy tale start here.
And it didn’t start this long ago.
How did I start blogging?Â
In 2012 my friend Maddi, who runs Gyrfalcon Studios , had been hounding me to make a blog. Prior to then we had made model horse websites that had pedigree assignments and other random things on it. She made a blog and then started to tell me to make one too. We would be blogging buddies. I kept making excuses about why I didn’t want a blog. There were many, but the biggest one was that I didn’t have a name. Up to that point, all of my horse/dog games plus model horse things were under the name BFF Stables/kennels. Yup. That happened. I didn’t want to have a blog adorned with BFF so I kept saying next time we had an art day. Months went by.
Finally one of those last times she told me to make it and I finally gave in (which I’m quite happy I did). I still didn’t have a name so Maddi recommended for me to measure my arm span and find a bird with the same length, but none of those birds screamed blog name. So I came up with Five Paws Studio because there were five animals in the house then.
I don’t have any pictures of the five together. Even though the five never would have stayed still long enough to have their picture taken (plus that picture wouldn’t have been blog appropriate ahah).
 |
| Here’s a picture of Rue and Bullet dressed up for Halloween instead. |
So yup. That’s how it started.
The blog has been around for Breyerfests.
Milestones that were huge
On Saturday, I went to Ride For Pride. It’s always is fun to see your friends and to show! While I didn’t take as many pictures as usual, I tried to stay semi organized with ribbons and keep track of who won what. 🙂
Performance was the first division. Artist Resin/Customs and Original finish were separated.
It started out with harness, but I seemed to not have taken pictures of it!
Saddleseat was second.
 |
| Owned by Lizzie Mace |
 |
| I have very dark humor. |
 |
| My other zombie entry |
 |
| Owned by Ashley Marconi |
 Fairy Tales and Nightmares pulled a second!
This guy got a third. Yay for deciding to enter random horses into classes!
 Artist Resin/Customs Dressage
 |
| Owned by Ashley Marconi |
 I’ve been wanting a Harley D Zip since he came out, so when I got the chance to get one in hand, I did! Of course I couldn’t think of any cool names for him, so he was stuck with Zipper. And he got a Nan Card. Sorry Zipper. 😀
 |
 |
Owned by Lizzie Mace |
 |
| Owned by Ashley Marconi |
 |
| Yay Zipper again! |
 |
| I love to do random things 🙂 |
 |
| Owned by Niki Hertzog |
 |
| Owned by Lizzie Mace |
 |
| I found something to stick my Delilah in. Â |
All about keeping horses at home
Hand-painted, one-of-a-kind, artist-quality dolls for children and collectors alike.
Write Your Story
Tack, Props and Miniatures by Nichelle
Kristian Beverly 