Breyerfest 2018

Real horses of Breyerfest

Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment
There wouldn’t be a Breyerfest without the models. But you can’t forget about the inspiration behind them: the real horses. 
Between Breyerfest and the Kentucky Horse Park, one can be exposed to a copious number of horse types. 
There were Arabs of various disciplines. 

Ponies.

Spanish breeds.

Appaloosas with Native American tack.

On Sunday Mackenzie and I watched the Breeds of the World show.
It included a Marwari.

Morgan.

American Creme Draft.

Part-Arab dressage horse.

My favorite, a Chincoteague Pony.

I also got to meet Brass Hat, the 2018 Celebration Horse.  
Pet Foiled Again. 
And watch Old Ironsides Sugar wear racing tack
and jump. 
Models are the huge draw for Breyerfest but the real horses are pretty cool too. 

Teeny Tiny Stamp

Kristian Beverly2 Comments

A few weeks ago this popped up on my facebook.

If you’re a tack maker that has had any inkling to create western tack the Rio Rondo Basketweave tool is a grail.
But it hasn’t been produced in years. And when they pop up for sale they can go for a bit. The ones available in Tandy and other leather shops are pretty but way too big to be in scale.
Danielle Duggan (she has a tack page) posted photos comparing the stamp with Rio Rondo’s stamp. I liked the price and was sold.
So were others because by the time the page loaded on my phone the last one had sold.
I combed through the seller’s other listings and found this stamp.

It came today. I was expecting it to take another week to find its way to me because of it shipping from the Czech Republic.

I wet a tiny piece of leather and stamped a bit. I should have waited for the leather to dry a bit but I wanted to see how it looked.  Here’s a comparison with a dime. The tool is metal and easy to use. And the stamp is tiny. 
The seller is on Etsy and here’s her page: Toolpaw
I’m excited to use this stamp for tack projects and I hope to snag the other stamp when they’re available again!