Donations

Being On Top Of Things

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Today I mailed my Feather Fund donations models to their pre-new home. I did snap some pictures of them before sending them off.

I made one to look like Ace or Black Tie Affair

Angel Wings

The pair

I also even sent in my entry form to a show early.
Doing that made me realize that for showing I really need to plan out my entries. Not making a bunch of separate props beforehand without much of a final plan. So for my September show, my goal will be to fully plan out my setups and set them up beforehand. 🙂

Progress!

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Even though Breyerfest is only three days, I feel like it takes a week to recover. But today was an overall productive day!

I made alot of progress on my Feather Fund donation. Just one more layer and then her eyes and she’ll be done!

I also made progress on the saddle. I decided to redo the whole thing since I wasn’t happy with it. I like this one much better because I redid the way I do seats.

Leaving A Mark

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There’s a quote that goes like this: “Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” It was written by Karen Davison, and it does apply to rescuing dogs, but I think it can apply to many other venues. The quote, in a sense, is saying that you don’t have to do something huge or grand to make a difference. You don’t have to be rich or a professional to pay-it-forward.

As much as I wish this was my current view, I am at home, in PA
Which brings me to the point of this post. It’s that time of year again. Yes, it’s summer and there’s no school, but it’s time for the benefit model horse auction for the Feather Fund. This year will be my second time donating and my donation pieces are more done than not. I plan on doing two, with the possibility of one more if the model cooperates. I have no idea about which island pony they will be painted after, but in my head they will be fluffy Chincoteague Ponies. (Since this picture, ears and tails have been hacked off, heads have changed positions, and padding has been added so they look more ponyish).

The nice thing about the Feather Fund is that anything that is donated is appreciated. And you know that the money gained is going straight to the cause and not into the pocket of some CEO. It’s going straight to the mission of gifting a Chincoteague Pony foal from the magical island to a deserving child.  I know that I’m not changing the life of every pony loving kid on earth, but by helping  by giving a model to the Feather Fund auction, I know I’m helping to change the life of at least one. That’s my way of leaving a mark.

If anyone is interested in donating, here’s the website.

The Facebook page.
Last year I wrote a post that highlighted the history of the Feather Fund. Here
My friend, Maddi, also wrote a post on her blog.

My First Donation Piece

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As you know, I’m a big fan of the Misty Stories and Chincoteague ponies on general, so it really isn’t a huge shocker that my first donation piece would evolve around the island of Chincoteague and their ponies.

My donation isn’t being sent to a model horse show. Instead it’s being sent to the Feather Fund who has a model horse auction every year during Pony Penning Week to fund their cause. Every year the Feather Fund holds an essay contest that gifts a Chincoteague Pony from the auction to a girl or boy. In order for them to be able to fund this they hold an auction that sells off model horses that are painted to look like the real herd members.
So my model is painted to look like Black Tie Affair AKA ‘Ace’. 
Here’s the real pony

The story of The Feather Fund is amazing and inspirational.It started in 1995, not yet known as the Feather Fund, when two girls wanted to buy their own Chincoteague Pony at the auction but did not have enough money to. A woman named Carollynn Suplee came up to them and wanted to buy them a pony. She told the family that she wanted to give back after surviving a cancer surgery and felt that God was leading her to do so. The two girls got their pony and named him Sea Feather. Every year after that Carollynn Suplee would buy a pony for a kid or buy a buy back foal until her death in 2003 after her cancer returned. She touched enough people for the Feather Fund to be started and continued in her honor.

If you’d like to learn more (and read the entire history on the Feather Fund) here’s the website.Â