Commissions

Alright, I've been saying for a few weeks now that I'm going to post commission info, but I haven't gotten around to it. Today is the day.

This link will take you to a google doc that I update frequently to display the currently available slots and a rough idea on pricing, as well as my policy and example work. I do have other examples that need added. Hoping to get to that soon.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EvdLAKFxC6QGxN6quxAVu3DMYnR2A_KqmsdeSvghWto/edit?usp=sharing

I am absolutely swamped with customs for the next few weeks, so I will only be offering a few slots in April and May. I am sorry about this, but I also have a craft fair running in May and some major dr appointments, so I don't have much of a choice.

I'm typically willing to offer a "deal" of sorts to those who read my blog (or follow my FB) and are booking more than one slot. It's not a significant discount, but I do like to extend that as a sort of thank you for your support. 💜

There are a few ways to get in touch with me for questions, quotes, and booking. The fastest way is to send me a PM on Facebook, or a DM on Discord. If you don't have those, or can't find me, you can email me at the email found in the document linked above. (I can't post my email directly, because I'm still having bot problems.) If you do email me, please comment on this post or another post so I don't miss it. My email loves to throw things in spam lol.

ALSO. I know the price range in the ad is wide, so for my blog readers, here is a better estimate.

Prices vary based on the body and the color. If it's a body I own, then you pay a fee for that body. Usually, it's like $5 on your total, but I always round down. I'm not super strict lol. If it's a popular, rare, or hard to replace body, the fee is a bit higher.  If it's a foal, then it's a whole lot cheaper than an adult. Colors and patterns are where the real variation occurs. A solid color with minimal shading, like a black model, is going to be a LOT cheaper than a leopard appy, for example.

Guesstimates:

Let's say you want a black foal on the laying foal mold, and I happen to have this mold in stock. This commission would be $20, approximately. Facial markings/socks will not affect this.

Ok, now let's say you want the same color on the same mold, but I don't have the body. You have to ship me the body. Total is now $20, because you're providing the body. Facial markings/socks will not affect this.

Now, switching it up, let's pretend you want a bay leopard appaloosa on the Indian Pony SM mold. I have the body. Your total would be around $50, because that's a complex color on a pretty popular mold. (Exact prices vary on references for appaloosas.)

If you provide the body, you're probably looking at a price closer to $43ish.

Solid liver chestnut on an average body that I have would be around $30-35 I'd say. It's all just guessing though without refs and specifics.

PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

SDS Frogland Ferry

I have a post about commission openings scheduled to post tomorrow morning (if I've done it correctly.)  It's not a very "fun" read, per se, but it should offer some good info for those looking to book slots with me this spring! 💜

Equiden and AJ both said that they would be interested in seeing some of the new faces in the herd, so here we go with installment number one!

This is a (gorgeous) copy of buckskin Outlaw on the Buckshot mold. He was a vintage club run in 2024 and was limited to approximately 333 pieces.

This guy is a pretty cool member of my herd, due to what an amazing bargain he was lol. I actually wasn't searching for an Outlaw at all when I found him, but I couldn't turn him down for $40 with free shipping!!

His owner was thinning the herd and had him marked down significantly due to a wobbly front foot. A penny solves that problem pretty nicely.

⬆️This angle of him always makes me think of this meme LOL⬇️

His show name is "SDS Frogland Ferry", inspired by Over the Garden Wall™️. 

(We will not be discussing my taste in comfort shows. Nostalgia is a heck of a good medicine lol.)

I currently have him as a Chincoteague Pony, but I'm not totally satisfied with that assignment. I'm happy to hear your breed suggestions in the comments!

Busy Busy Busy

So, January happened. That was somehow the longest month ever and the shortest. Anyway, February has already started at a full gallop, so I'll try to keep up!

I'm also participating in Minis Painting Minis!

The obvious topic is NaMoPaiMo. I am doing it this year and will have a whole post devoted to it hopefully tomorrow! I'm going to try writing it out this evening and scheduling to post tomorrow morning sometime.

Now, onto some information about upcoming commission slots! I had a few slots open for mid-February through March, but they filled up before I could post them here. I wasn't expecting to be fully booked in less than 12 hours, but that's what happened! So sorry. I expect to have openings starting sometime in March, and they will be announced soon. Current price ranges will be shared as well. This time I will make sure to post here first! 💜

There are some sales pieces on the table at the moment. No idea when they'll be done, but I will try to post here first for them as well.

Breyerfest reveals were coming fast and furious last month! Such a nice line-up this year. I won't be going in person, but I will be having a pick-up person grab a Cosimo for me! Such a glorious stallion. 👀 I am probably also going to be grabbing the surprise horse and the leopard Idocus. He'll look pretty next to Chablis!

YOLO, one of my favorites. Big thank you to Equiden, who picked this guy up for me last BF!! 💜

As one might expect, I've gotten a great deal of new models since the last time I posted. In fact, my collection has almost doubled. Obviously, it would be impossible to try to do a post about everybody, but I have been considering posting a few of my favorites. Would there be any interest in that? It would just a little post with some pics and info on some of the new faces.

As I get back into blogging again, what kind of content would you like to see? What kind of posts are your favorites to read? Please comment and let me know!

733 Days After the Last Blog Post

733 days after the last blog post, I am sitting in my parent's spare bedroom, surrounded by hundreds of model horses who are either wrapped in t shirts, sheets, and towels, or resting on makeshift shelving. 733 days after the last blog post, I am staring at a plastic tote that contains all of the art supplies from my old desk. 733 days after the last blog post, I am staring at a planner peppered with specialist and doctor appointments. 733 days after the last blog post, I am texting friends to thank them for showing up with massive fans and carloads of plastic totes to help when I needed it. 733 days after the last blog post, I am tearing up over the fact that two beautiful souls checked in in the comments of a test post I made on a blog I thought had been completely lost to time.

733 days after the last blog post, I figured it was about time for an explanation.

2024 was a heavy year. I had some crazy life stuff going on, and blogging fell behind. Spring was a whirlwind. Some not-so-great people from my past showed up in my life again. My job got more intense. A family friend got cancer. One of my health conditions started to take over. I ended up losing access to the google account that had control over the blog.

2025 was also chaotic. I lost my job in February. I also lost a very close family member. I developed some scary heart symptoms but tried to push through and got a new job. It was a disaster, and I left shortly. My health continued its decline. I saw doctor after doctor, until they finally listened. I got diagnosed with POTS in December. They think I have a rare connective tissue disorder that causes all my pain, but I can't see my rare disease specialist until summer. 

December 30th, 2025, part of my house flooded. My hobby room sat in three inches of water. It was new carpet, and insurance won't cover it. The new-new carpet won't be in until March, so my ponies and I are rooming in my parent's spare room until then. Missing my own space, but grateful to be dry and safe.

I never really left this wonderful hobby, though! I did pull back from the social side and tried to preserve my mental health by not getting as involved for a year or so. I've still been customizing, and photo showing when I can. I've still been judging. I haven't been reading blogs, but I'm starting again! I did get on Facebook (finally lol) and have been more active there this past year. (I'm AJ Richards, with Chanel as my pfp, if you want to drop a follow).

I am doing commissions again, as of this year. I'm fully booked for February but will announce when I open for March. I will also have some sales pieces up soon (if they don't sell on FB first).

A peek at my current collection, from before the flood!

I'm so glad to have such a supportive hobby, and I'm so excited to jump back in with both feet again! 💜

If you're still with me after this long absence, please drop a comment. I'd love to see who's still around after all this time. ✨

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Never Have I Ever (Breyer Version)

Before we start today's post, I want to say thank you for the feedback! It sounds like a mini giveaway would be well received, so I am working on putting that together. Expect to see one in the next couple months!

This game has been circulating around the hobby this past week, and I thought it might be fun to post my results. This challenge is created by Sputter Moo Productions.

Never have I ever. . .

Owned a lady phase:

No point here! I have indeed owned a Lady Phase. Two of them, in fact. I have the old black leopard appaloosa (she's the same model as the one on the right in the Sputter Moo pic) and I also have Jolene, the 2023 TSC SR Dunalino.

Gone to BreyerFest:

Point! I am supposing Sputter Moo is referring to in-person BF, so I do not qualify. I was planning on attending in 2020 (I already had tickets, road plans, reserved hotel rooms, etc) but the 'Rona happened and that went out the window. I have attended online since 2020 though.

Touched a vintage deco:

Touched one? I own one! I have a woodgrain Arabian foal. No point.

Owned run of <100:

Yep. I got two. I have my two glossy prize models (Bravour 54 and Nikolas). No point.

Customized a model:

Oh yeah, I have customized a model. Many, many models. Absolutely no point here!

Squeezed a blind bag:

Done this so many times that it's becoming embarrassing to enter my TSC. There's always some really weird looks! I think I was the first person to do it in one TSC that I visited while at a Dr. appt in a nearby big city. The cashier literally stopped and stared. I smiled and cheerfully continued massaging the plastic ponies. No point.

Owned an Adios:

Whoo, I nearly got a point here! I just purchased my first(!) Adios at the end of last year. Narrowly missed a point there.

Sold my models:

Uh, NO?! Never?? I'm a black-hole collector. If it enters my collection, odds are that it will always be there. My models have brought me through some really hard times, so I refuse to abandon them. 😜 Point!

Been to BreyerWest:

No. I live too far away for that! I'd love to someday though. I may have to dress as Princess Buttercup though, since I think BW is turning into the hobby's comic-con. Point.

Stood in SR tent line:

Point. Nope, I have never been to BF, so no tent lines for me.

Spent too much at the CHIN room sales:

Well, not at the real CHIN, but certainly at the online versions! I have spent. . . a lot more than intended. . . at the online sales around BF. However, I think Sputter Moo meant in-person, so point for me.

Asked for sales list via snail mail:

Close! I almost did this once, but I managed to get the girl on the phone. Point!

Own a deco:

Yep. I don't adore most of them, but I do have some.

Ever had a Conga

Uh huh! I've got me a pretty herd of SM Cantering Warmbloods!

Owned a traditional Alborozo:

No. I wanted to buy one once (only $400!) but the timing was not right. Point!

Talk to your models:

Um, don't judge. No point for me here.

Been to a live show:

No. Not much doing here in PA, and the timing is wrong whenever there is one. Point!

Showed in a photo show:

Of course I have! I've also judged many and hosted. No point.

Collected Mini Whinnies:

I do not actively collect Mini Whinnies, but I do have several. This counts I think, so no point.

Accidentally bought a model I already owned:

Not on accident. I have bought duplicates for a body and then they. . . accidentally. . . stayed OF. They were just too nice to repaint!!  So, point?

Owned a Khemosabi:

No. I have taste. (Lol.) Point!

Called Khemosabi "Khemosausage":

I am guilty of this. No point.

Won a BF raffle:

No, I've never won a model horse raffle (although I have won the contests). Point!

Collected variations of one model:

Yep! I have several models with their twins. No point.

Bought a model purely because it was rare:

Absolutely I've done this. I've done this so many times. No point.

I traded for this one, purely because she was rare.

Let them fight:

When I was a child, yes. My Dan Patch frequently battled it out with others. No point.

Experienced model horse dominoes:

Who hasn't? Especially if you own pets. No point.

Owned a PAS:

I have two PAS. One is a shrinky! No point.

Owned a resist dapple:

I have a few. . . at least three, maybe four.

Owned a run of <25:

No. My prize models are 60 piecers. Point for me!

Met Bloaty:

Unfortunately, point. I have never gotten to meet this legend. Someday, Mr. Bloaty! Someday we shall meet.

Owned a Vintage Club model:

Point! I have yet to buy a VC model. I typically don't care for them.

Took a model on vacation just because:

I think I did this about ten years ago, but I'm not 100% sure. We'll be fair and assume I did, so no point.

Owned a blue model:

Yep! I have Blue, the FFA ornament horse. He's a body, but I do own him, and he isn't primed yet. No point.

Read the whole list:

I read the list, and blogged the list. No point!

Total: 14 points.

Well, that was fun! Post in the comments what your total was, and where the points came from! Big thank you to Sputter Moo for the list, and Jennifer for circulating it among the hobbyists without FB. :)

Hobby Slump and Covid

My backyard during the snowstorm.

Neighbor's backyard after the snow storm.

(Sorry, the pics are outdated. There's a LOT more snow at my house now.)

The first half of December was really good. The second half was not so good. Don't get me wrong, Christmas is always very special and wonderful (especially when spent with family), but getting Covid immediately after is not fun. I was down with it for about a week.

January's been bad too. I fell into a hobby slump after my Covid, and just haven't been doing much. All of my chronic conditions flared too, so it sapped both energy and ambition. (I'm doing better now, just a few lingering issues which should be cleared up at my next Dr appointment.)

Since I last wrote, I have *checks notes, becomes concerned about personal spending habits* more than thirty new model horses to write about. Among them is a very special little fella who I am very excited to show off. Fingers crossed this snow stops flying soon so I can snap some good pics of him!

Oh, I also have the collab horse. ;)

In the meantime, enjoy some random pics of my camera roll depicting some current works in progress. I apologize for the horrific mess that is my desk.

Closing thought: Would any of my readers like to see a giveaway featuring a collection of miniatures? I'm thinking things like polymer clay model horse acc., mini candies (like pictured above), mini chip bags, etc. Let me know in the comments!!