The November Give Away Winner(s)

First Post of the Day

Interest was high in the Dan Patch items! I will remember that and maybe run out to Oxford again and see what I can find for another Give Away.  Stay 'tooned on that.

In the meantime, it's time to spin to win!

Congrats to the winner! I have your address and will send the Dan Patch things out to you today or tomorrow.

I'd bought a couple of extra Dan Patch things for future gifts, but since interest in this Give Away was so high, I did a second spin to win for a Dan Patch bandana.

Congratulations! I think I have your address; if not, I'll be in touch.

Thanks to all who entered! Another Give Away will be held in December, so stay 'tooned!

October Give Away Winners

First Post of the Day

I spun the wheel four times, so we have four winners!

Our first winner,

the second winner,

third spinner winner,

and our fourth winner!

Congratulations! Your maple cakes will go out today or tomorrow. Didn't win? There will be another Give Away in November.

Stay 'tooned!

Time to Spin to Win!

It's time to find out who has won the August Give Away! Good luck to everyone and thanks for all your comments. I really enjoy them -  through them, you become friends.

Congratulations! Please email me at horsiemama8@gmail.com and let me know which one you'd like to have. 

XLT refers to "Extra Long Traditional" and fits shelf eaters; HT is "Hamilton Sized Traditional" and those are an inch bigger to accommodate that mold. Other Traditionals fit it, too, of course.

Please the name under the picture to identify them.

XLT, Cave Horses

XLT, Headless Horseman in Orange & Black (Medium Print)

XLT, Candy Corn Horn Unicorns

XLT, Headless Horseman in Green & Black (Small Print)

HT, Southwestern Flair 1

HT, Cave Horses

HT, Southwestern Flair 2

2nd April Give Away Winners!

And the results from the second April Give Away are here!

Congratulations! When I get your contact info, I'll pop your haversack into the mail. It's packed and ready to go.

Racing Corgis is one of the most popular fabrics I've ever used in the Mercantile. And I can see why - those dogs look joyful as they race!

Next we will spin to win for everyone else who guessed - good luck!

And we have another winner! 

A Racing Corgis haversack is heading your way, too! (No dog, sorry. That's to show size and what will fit.) I've got your contact info, so no need to send that to me.

And that concludes April's Give Aways. Thanks for entering.

Preparing for HMHSB II

Second Post of the Day

The Horsie Mama Horsey Super Bowl II  is only a week away! This afternoon I plan to sit down and write the quiz questions and then this coming week drop some hints or do some other fun things in preparation.

The prizes have begun to arrive and they are books! In fact, they are some of my favorite books from those old Scholastic Book orders I did in elementary school.

And of course I am reading them (actually, that's RE-reading them, LOL!) as they arrive. 

Their charm is still there for me - I am taken back to my childhood and dreaming of when I would have my very own horse. A lifelong dream that, lucky me, came true several times over.

Here is a reminder of the books that I am referencing as I wrote the HMHSB II quiz. I have updated it and removed some titles as well as added one. (The last on the list.)

HINT: Search the blog as you prepare, too. Some of these books have appeared in past entries and I will be checking those blog entries as I prepare questions.

 

Sleigh Bells for Windy Foot - Frances Frost

Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

Sam Savitt question

The Black Stallion - Walter Farley

National Velvet - Enid Bagnold

Brighty - Marguerite Henry

Stormy, Misty’s Foal - Marguerite Henry

The Eighty Dollar Champion - Elizabeth Letts

A Pony for the Winter - Helen Kay

Flip the Story of a Horse - Wesley Dennis

Born to Trot - Marguerite Henry

What will the questions be like? I'm thinking a mix - multiple choice, fill in the blank, and maybe a short answer or two. Like last year, I'll provide the answer key the following day and you will self grade and then send your answers to me.

(You will be on your honor to not look for answers by googling online, referring to the book itself, or going back through the blog.) 

Anyone who enters, regardless of score, will be entered into a spin to win for a prize. Prizes will also be awarded to the top scorer and most likely another person or two.

I think it is going to be fun!

(Clydesdale photo from Google Images.)

August Give Away Winner

It's time to spin to win! There will be two winners with the first winner getting to choose which set of beadwork she wants and the second winner receiving the other set.

I have the mailing addresses of both winners already, so no need to contact me with your addresses. (Although the first winner will need to let me know which set she selects.)

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who entered.

The Maple Cakes Winner & New Haversacks

It's time to spin to win! There were three people who correctly guessed that the famous horse from Indiana who was born near me was Dan Patch. Good luck to Pam N, Jennifer, and Kat as I give the spinner a go!

Congratulations! I will get those maple cakes into the mail to you as soon as possible. Thanks to all who made guesses. This was a bonus July give away; another in August will be coming soon!

I thought that this Halloween fabric would sell out quickly and I was right. It is quite a unique fabric. I had a custom order for a traditional haversack just twenty minutes after I posted its photo on my Mercantile Facebook page.

I was hoping to have enough fabric left to make myself one, but I'm going to have to get some more of it for that to happen.

I also made an extra long traditional (XLT) from it to sell. This size sells really well as so many of Breyer's newer molds are shelf eaters.

Via Latte/Constantina is a good example of one of those.

After cutting out the two bigger pony pouches, there were several long remnants left. Not wanting to waste the fabric, I turned them into smaller, Curio/Venti sized ones with a little more length than usual on three of them.

I was pleasantly surprised at the variety of models they would fit. (It's the angle of the camera that makes Stormy look like she won't fit inside. She does.)

These will go with me to Marilou Mol's show in August as not only am I showing, I will be setting up the Mercantile, too.

Back to the sewing room - Marilou's show is getting closer and so is The Feast!