BreyerFest Loot: The First Two Boxes

Second Post of the Day

Three boxes of things from BreyerFest have arrived for me, although the first box was actually not from Breyer.

It was from blog reader Elise who knew that I really wanted this year's Breyerfest mug but that I couldn't get one myself since I was not attending BreyerFest in person.

She sent me the mug, a beautiful sticker (I may put it on the seat of my walker!), some Dala horse cards,

and this lovely Heart Stone. The back reads, "We can only be said to be alive when our hearts are conscious our treasures. Thornton Wilder."

Elise, heartfelt thanks for your kindness and generosity. I am thrilled to have it and the other goodies!

The next box came from Breyer and contained the two items I had bought from the Limited Editions store.

Dalarna! I have loved dala horses ever since daughter-in-love Emily introduced me to them through her home decor.

A three-panel dala horse art display in their home's entryway.

I've left Dalarna in the box as I may gift it to Emily. 

Skogafoss also arrived. I love Breyer's Equestral Crystalworks line and sometimes wish they made them more frequently than just for Breyerfest.

He's beautiful; Kathleen Moody's porcelain Icelandic Horse from 1992

looks great shrunk down and in crystal.

Unfortunately, my third box of BreyerFest loot had a rough trip to Indiana.

Stay 'tooned.

Finally! My BreyerFest Loot

I finally had a moment to unpack my BreyerFest loot, check it over, tag and catalog it, and put each piece onto their respective shelves.

Surprisingly, only one model was bought while shopping the rooms of the Clarion.

Yvonne Rott and me. Photo taken by Nancy Kelly.)

I have long wanted a bay Balking Mule to go along with my childhood seal brown one.

I'd found a few over the years but they were either too expensive or too dinged up.

This piece came from The Horse You Want and is the semi gloss version. I am so happy to add him to my collection!

As you may have heard, there were issues with getting the tent special runs as Breyer did not make enough pieces for the amount of tickets sold. (There was also another problem that is less well known. According to Liz Cory, they accidentally left 1500 models back at the factory, discovering their mistake on Friday. Those models were overnighted to the horse park right away.)

I wanted two pieces - Banner and the Andalusian in pearly rose grey.

I missed out on Banner, but I was surprised to open my blind bag and see that I had indeed gotten the pearly rose grey! I love him!

The Indian Pony is one of my top five favorite vintage molds, and I have been looking for as alabaster with warpaint for a very long time.

This gal is dirty and a little yellowed, but she has lovely shading and will look nice on my shelves when I get her cleaned up.

As I said, Banner was sold out when it was my turn in the special run tent line. I wasn't interested in any of the others offered, but I do think the Weather Girl mold is lovely and so I bought a Natasha.

I will sell her at cost if I know anyone looking for her; in the meantime, she'll be displayed on my shelves.

Since I'd bought a three day ticket, I received an Oliver, too. He's nice, but I don't collect him. He, too, will be sold or passed on to someone.

The one piece I was really hoping to buy was an alabaster Five Gaiter with black eyes, but I did not see any for sale. I'll just keep looking and having fun doing so.