Candyland Wrap Up

     I have been back from Colorado for 2 weeks and I still haven't managed to finish all of the posts about it. I have one more about Candyland today and then one more post about Colorado and then I am finished. I just seem to have no time or energy these days. Again. But here we go, some more stuff about Candyland. 

     The hall was ginormous and I got so many steps in! I had a table set up right near the performance rings but the snack table was aaaaaaaaall the way at the other end of the hall. So I got a lot of steps in. The really excellent part of all of that space was no one was at all crowded. Which I think is a first for almost any show I have ever attended. 

There were super cute Candyland friendship bracelets in the gift boxes and with the door prizes. 

    I made a unicorn friend. And then I gave the unicorn some chocolate coins and lured it home with me. (Not really, Heather let me have it because I made friends with it and wouldn't leave it alone). 

     This little horse was super awesome and reminded me of one of the color combinations I have recently had on my hair. And a galaxy. So extra awesome. 

    I really loved this dragon-horse and had a fun time playing with some camera settings on my phone. 

    More cool stuff in the fantasy class, which may have been just about the only thing I saw other than performance. 

    I believe there was a foal that matched this mare, but this one was my favorite. It's such a cool piece!

Regan OKeefe won reserve champ in performance, 

and Jennifer Buxton won champ in performance. 

    It was a really excellent show, ran well, and it was fun to judge. I have missed showing a tiny bit, but not enough to pull out all of my stuff and start showing again. Judging has been an excellent way to get back into live show atmosphere. And maybe soon I might decide to show again. Maybe. 

     I am working on getting ready for my Black Friday semi-live sale, which will be on Friday, November 29th at 2:00 EST on my Facebook studio page. More information to come!

Details Matter

     As I have said many times, the first thing I look for in a performance entry is safety. If it’s safe the next thing I want to know is if it’s clean. By that I mean, is it correct, is everything where it’s supposed to be. The next thing I look for is details. I love miniatures. I love details in entries. Whether it’s a cool accessory you don’t completely need, super detailed documentation, or miniatures, I love it all. Sometimes details can make or break an entry. The more details you add, the more things you add to potentially screw up an entry. For me, I think the risk is worth it. So now for a mostly wordless Wednesday, let’s all enjoy a whole bunch of detail shots from Candyland Live. All of these lovely details are from entries belonging to Jennifer Buxton. Enjoy!

 

Everybody Needs Dolls

  The last class I want to share photos of is Josie and The Pussycats. Jennifer Buxton pulled out an epic performance entry. Performance showing a lot of fun, but to do it well takes a lot of work. Jennifer was very focused while she was setting up her entry. 

    I'm not sure if Angelo was helping or just there for moral support, but either is a nice option. Performance showing can be really tricky at times. Especially when you decide to use about 25 dolls in one class!

   It was not as epic as her PINK! entry from 2019 as far as horses, but it had a lot of dolls. Everybody needs dolls. This entry drew in the crowd. 

    Once the paparazzi showed up I knew I needed to just stand back and wait for a bit. It did offer a pretty great photo op for the blog though. 

     Jennifer clearly had the same idea!

The entry started out with a fairly simple piece of documentation. Just one cat in that picture.

From the front of the entry you can't really see all that is going on here. 

But when you start to look at the details...

There is a lot going on here!

I love this little cat on the fence post. 

So many cats!

    Jennifer likes to add a lot of details to her entry, which I absolutely love. Every time I placed one of her entries first I felt that people were thinking that I was just automatically placing her entries first because we are friends. Which is not the case. I spent a lot of time trying to find flaws in her entries. But Jennifer is not a lazy performance shower and her entries are not only packed with details but they are very clean. 

    Have you ever tried to make a whole bunch of dolls stand up?  Even more basic, have you ever tried to make ONE doll stand up without a stand? It's not super simple. It gets a lot harder when there are a whole lot of dolls. And when they are holding things or interacting with other props. 

     This was an incredibly detailed, very clean entry, and was a lot of fun to look at. Thank you to everyone who brought out performance entries to judge. Thank you to Heather for inviting me to come out and judge. And thank you so much Jennifer, for giving me so many cool details to look at. More to come!

Candyland Part Two

       The next class up in Candyland was Diamonds are Forever. There were some lovely blingy entries in the class. 

     After Diamonds are Forever was Rainbow Brite. I expected an insane amount of rainbows. I was not disapointed. 

    The seventh class in Candyland was Arabian Nights. There were some fairly traditional(ish) Arabian entries... 

     And then there was this entry. It was so on-point with the class name that I had to pin it first!

    Next up was Halloween. And, as expected, there were a variety of costume entries. 

     This one had dry ice smoke and flashing lightning! It was incredibly cool. 

    The last class of the day was Anything Goes. And I was expecting a wide variety of different things. I was not disappointed. 

    If you have been following along you will realize I have only shared photos from 9 of the 10 classes. One of them had an entry so epic that it needs a post of it's very own.