Heartland All Mini Fall Fiesta Show

Last Saturday I was in Omaha, NE for he Heartland All Mini Fall Fiesta Model Horse Show. In my limited showing experience, I have to say that this was the best show I've been to! The people were amazing & of course there were a bunch of amazing models too!

My friend, Shannon, and I, made a trip out of the whole weekend, but this was definitely the highlight of the entire trip. I met a lot of great people, including some Model Horse Blabbers, and I look forward to going to this show again!

While it was great to have ribbons and rosettes in Original Finish, I was super stoked when my own work placed (and won)! It was a pleasant surprise!

(Oh Gentle Sir-The 1st win of the day that nearly had me in tears)

(Lantern-New mini to the show ring. Not too shabby for the first time out)

(Spiderman-2nd time out and now that he's got the right breed assignment, he's off!)

While seeing the models I painted & owned win/place was fantastic, it was even more fantastic to see the work I'd done for Shannon place too!

(Shannon's Flicker Burnbright)

(Shannon's Obsidian & also the companion to Flicker. Think The Black Stallion & Flame :) )

There were so many fantastic models! I wish I had had the time to photograph all of them! While I wasn't able to photograph them, I did follow Shannon's lead. Shannon informed me that she liked to hand out small "awards" to people for their models, basically saying that she liked them. I LOVE this idea! So for this show, I joined her with my own little awards a piece of paper stating that the model I placed it next to was awesome along with a chocolate. It was worth it to hear the exclamations of joy when people found the little papers and to hear the "Thanks Chocolate Fairies!" from the room. I hope that this will catch on, as it brought so much joy to the other showers. Maybe some of them will do the same at the next show they attend. Spread that happiness around :). 

(Sara's Choice Award paper slips were distributed around the hall along with some chocolates)

Till the next time!