Didn't Miss It, Lost It, Got Something Else

 Pre-Breyerfest: Thursday, July 15, 2021

Believe it or not (and Jennifer, I'm sorry if this makes you feel old), I have been following Jennifer Buxton's Braymere Custom Saddlery Blog since I was 17....which comes out to be about 12 years this year (OK, now I feel old - I'll be 29 in October!!)

You might be wondering, "How did you find her blog?"

Well, I think it was on Identify Your Breyer's website.

It's not there anymore, as it has been long updated since then, but there was a page of resources on customizing, tack making, collecting, history (I think I found Breyer History Diva blog here, too. Either that or from Braymere), pedigrees, and other hobby sources.

OK, now how did I find Identify Your Breyer?

I vaguely remember finding it in the Questions & Answers page on the Official Breyer Horse Website.

Mind you, I did not have Facebook to tell me all the hobby updates....not until I finally jumped in early last year.

Where did I get my updates? Primarily, the Braymere blog. And then all the other blogs I had found through that one (including Horsie Mama, The Equine Tapestry, Field of Dolls, and Desktop Stables).

OK, done with reminiscing. Long story short, I have ALWAYS wanted a piece of tack from Jennifer Buxton ever since I first started following her blog. And I KNOW I'm not the only one who has that dream! So, when I found out that she was going to do an Etsy shop - I thought that this is my chance to get a piece! Uh...yea...who knew everything would go like hot cakes! Aand....everything was usually posted while I was still up on campus (this was while I was still going to Utah State University a few years ago) over lunchtime. Well, I had missed several of her sales until this year's Breyerfest sale.

Guess what? I Didn't Miss It!

Etsy was being finicky and it made it look like I missed it, until I started clickn' on stuff. I had to really act fast to decide on a piece and had settled for a Western Show Halter. Got it into my cart and went to checkout. Then something weird happened. It wouldn't let me use my shipping address like something was wrong with it when there obviously wasn't. I even tried using my grandparents' address and it STILL wouldn't do it. Well, come to find out, someone bought it within the amount of time I was wrestling with Etsy and the internet. And our internet is horrible because we live in an old house with weird reception and wiring. Weird thing is that I was in the same room as the modem and I STILL had problems! This is a normal occurrence in our house.

As far as the issue with the tack goes, I kind of already figured I would have to as her to make me a basic, all-purpose tack set in the end. However, I still have not fully decided whether I want an English Set or a Western Set yet, since post-Breyerfest has been revolving around my health and changing my diet (very, very expensive, ugh!)

So, after that fiasco, I ended up browsing through Etsy and bought an assortment of doll food and props for my model horses. It made me feel much better that I still got something that I had been wanting to get, but hadn't done so.