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Book Signing And Cake

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I love book signings. First you get to talk and see the author. Then you can talk with others who like said author. And you can’t forget about getting a signed and personalized copy. What’s not to love?
At the bookstore today was Maria V. Snyder‘s release party for her newest book, Night Study. Last February was the launch for the previous book in the series. This year, I remembered to bring my camera.
Maria brought a delicious cake that featured the American, Australian, and Great Britain covers of the novel.
She set up and signed books.
Hey! Here’s a rare picture of me. I got a picture with her and my newly signed book. Can’t wait to read it.

Afterwards I finished reading a ton poems for the campus literary magazine, so no plastic pony stuff for today. So here’s one of the nameplate halters I made being modeled on the owner’s model. It looks really nice. 🙂

Photo credit Tiffany Magnett

Dressage Pony

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First off, I love Valegro. He’s a dynamic sculpture and has a pretty face and neck. While I was snowed in, this has made progress. 
Bridle was first.  Ear Bonnet was made by Crystal Creek Farm.
Then I tweaked/made a dressage saddle pattern. I have the KeriOkie dressage book, and started off with the flap and tree pattern. I tweaked it to be what I wanted and then made the underlaps and panels. 
I’m very happy with the saddle. The part I’m happy about the most is the section where the back of the tree, panels, and skirt meet. I tried something different and got it to wrap around/angle more like a real saddle! Will be using the new technique for later saddles. The saddle pad is a Breyer one that I’ve had for years. Last part that needs done is the girth, but my sister seems to have shared whatever she was sick with so, yup. Itchy throat and constant cold fun. 
Also, this blog is almost at 100,000 page views! I can’t say thank you enough to everyone who reads and comments here. Thank you so much for reading this blog! 

Better Than The Book

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I finished a traditional girth today. I’m happy with it and will finish sealing it in the morning.

I also saw Me and Earl and The Dying Girl in the theaters today with a friend. Since it was a limited release, it took it a while for the movie to get to where I lived. It’s based off of the book of the same name. When movies are made from books,the go to response is ‘well the book is always better.’ In this case, the movie surpassed the book. By a lot. I read the book on the cruise and felt ehh about it. But the movie was just awesome.

Also, Breyerfest is in 13 days. So the countdown begins.