Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:27:55 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/ Fallen-leaves.net en-us http://fallen-leaves.net/images/logo.gif http://fallen-leaves.net/ admin@fallen-leaves.net http://fallen-leaves.net/Article938.html Sometime today or yesterday our host changed a setting on the server which caused all of the clicks from the banners to go to a error page rather than the site linked to the banner.  Our hosting company has fixed this and all advertisers have been given an extra week credit for the trouble.  Thanks, Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:27:55 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article937.html It's getting close to that time... the Third Annual Show for the Cure Live is underway and needing entrants and donations! The show will be held March 14, at the Holiday Inn in Itasca, IL. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:32:13 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article936.html Valiant Friesian medallion sculpted by Rebecca Turner. Medallion Information: This auction is for the pre-order of our new medallion release for Fallen-Leaves. This medallion is sculpted by Rebecca Turner and is sold exclusively through Fallen Leaves. All proceeds will help FL to continue to meet the expectations of our wonderful members. Rebecca sculpted the medallion after a Friesian stallion. The medallions will be molded and cast by Mountain View Studios in fine artist resin. Measuring at 4" 3/4 inches these medallions would make a lovely addition to your collection. Medallions are sold unfinished and unprepped. Medallions come from a smoke free home. Please see the auction for more details!:) If the link doesn't work just do a search for Valiant on the Auction Barn. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:11:21 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article935.html Just in time for Christmas!!  New From Soltice Art Studios is a new mare and foal mule medallion...... yes you heard me right.! mare and foal!I know I know.. mules dont have foals... but they do one in a million times!  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:37:51 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article934.html Announcing the return of the south up and coming live show in southeast Tennessee on April 18th of 2009. To benifit Thoroughbred horse charites. Last year we were voted NAMHSA runner-Up show of the year our very first year! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:24:32 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article933.html Its that time again for the FL Greeting Card swap! Its just like the Secret Santa but with holiday cards. If you would like to enter please send the following information to this address: cards@fallen-leaves.net FL Name: Real Name: Address: Number of cards you would like to send: Do you mind sending a card overseas?: We will take entries till Dec 1, 2008 and email everyone by Dec 2,2008. Please make sure your cards arrive before Christmas!   Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:42:31 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article932.html Auction Barn Rewards! Want to win a prize for just shopping on the Auction Barn? How about Selling? We just started a new monthly reward program for buyers AND Sellers on the Auction Barn. Each month 3 winners are chosen at random by the site based on a point system, then at the end of 6 months the Grand prize winner will be chosen from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place monthly winners. Our Grand Prize for this contest is a Bitty Bosco resin sculpted by Morgen Kilbourn! Learn more about the ongoing Reward program by visiting the Auction Barn: http://myauctionbarn.com/ Our monthly prizes for December are: 1st place: NIB Breyer Christmas Horse Snow Princess 2nd place: $15 of Auction Barn credit 3rd place: 1 month of preferred seller status. Even if you don't use the site often it only takes one entry to win!! If you haven't visited the site lately you might not know that we have been updating the site with a ton of new features. To learn about all of the new things we have added to the Barn please visit this link: http://new-features.notlong.com Thank you for your time, Shallon Chance http://myauctionbarn.com Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:32:26 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article931.html A new series of instructional DVDs to assist the equine artist in rendering realistic finishwork, preparing models to paint, and more. Created by equine artist, Danielle Feldman, in an easy to follow format. Danielle and her students have earned top honors in model horse shows, including National Championships in Workmanship at the North American Nationals. You are welcome to read Danielle's bio and see samples of her work, including the National Champions, on her website at www.FeldmanStudio.com The idea for these DVDs was born when someone requested a video of one of Danielle's live pastel seminars. The footage wasn't great, so the concept behind these DVDs was born; to provide beginners and professional artists alike with up close, detailed, step-by-step instruction of the techniques Danielle uses to create works of equine art. We hope that you enjoy these instructional DVDs! Order yours online at http://feldmanstudio.com/store   Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:10:20 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article930.html An artist's step by step presentation on how to create an OOAK Micro Mini - creating OMBRA MAI FU from Roustam by MAB of Italy Hi to all FL members As already announced by Katja.... I decided to write a little article on the creation of this beautiful boy "Ombra mai fu".... of course, Katja has already described which sources were used as inspiration for it's realization (a painting by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) and one by Nicolas Poussin (1594 -1665). I did not think I'd create an article, therefore I do not have in progress pix, but only photos that show the main creation steps. Whatever subject I approach, that needs a modification/customization or is done from scratch, I divide work into sections or phazes (steps).   Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:09:40 -0600 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article929.html note: please contact Jenna (MickeysAngel) to participate this is not being held by Fallen-Leaves. I borrowed this from another thread to help save me some time and get you guys going! I just changed a few things. It's that time of year again! We're getting an early start this year so you have plenty of time to find that perfect gift and have it mailed off to your Secret Santa before the busy holidays take over. Below are the requirements for entering Secret Santa. Please read them thoroughly. Let's get to it!!! Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:02:37 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article928.html For the next month we will be holding an advertising sale here on Fallen-Leaves and the Auction Barn. Remember! Our advertising costs include your banner ad running on BOTH Fallen-Leaves and the Auction Barn.  Here is the break down of our sale: Buy 1 month get 1 month free Buy 3 months get 1 1/2 months free Buy 6 months get 2 months free Buy 12 months get 3 months free Another great deal you might not have heard about is that if you buy 12 months of advertising banner ad design is included in the cost. Please see our advertising page for more details.You can view my hobby design work at my website: http://tandem-designs.com/ Have you ever wondered how FL and the Auction Barns web traffic ranks in the hobby? Well we took 4 other popular hobby sites and compared their web traffic through a third party monitoring service (Alexa.com) and the results are posted at this link. Keep in mind that the smaller number the better! Please visit our advertising page to see our pricing. If you have any questions please feel free to email. Thanks! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:49:55 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article927.html In the past we have looked into making our own exhaust system for various projects.  One idea that never came to mind was recycling an old exhaust hood from the kitchen. Building a small fume hood for stinky projects - More cool how to projects Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:54:01 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article926.html Calling all ceramic collectors!  The final pieces of Velasquez Artistry's OF Jitterbug edition are now up at lottery on the VelasquezArtistry Yahoo Group!   Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:01:10 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article925.html Well guys, finally got around to it! I'm going to hold a photo show to benefit Show for the Cure Live. All entries are due to me by October 28, 2008. I'll judge from October 28-November 1, and should hopefully get them out that week. You MUST have suffiecient postage to send them back to you! Entry is $5.00 unlimited. There will be no awards unless donated.I hope to think of some type of small award to give out. Please send all entries to my school address: Jenna Nejman 2524 Fifth Ave #3 Stevens Point, WI 54481-2042 Bellboots@comcast.net http://www.freewebs.com/showforthecure/benefitphotoshow.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:00:56 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article924.html Come and visit our new home at www.myauctionbarn.com.  Beginning at 9 PM EST, our new estore on the Auction Barn website will be open, and you will find several BRAND NEW releases, as well as huge selection of our most recent releases.  ALL of these are in stock and ready to ship now!   Also beginning at 9 PM is a special Give-away drawing for a One-of-a-Kind Arabian Yearling.  All orders we receive on our new Auction Barn store, or on our website, between 9 PM tonight and 5 PM CST on Monday, and are paid for by 5 PM CST on Monday, will be included in this drawing.  How can you miss this?!   Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:50:23 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article923.html Breyer has posted the winners for the new Conn. Giselle. Good Luck to Everyone!! https://www.breyerhorses.com/pdf/giselle_-_web_list.pdf Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:35:18 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article922.html   100% Benefit auction with all proceeds donated to the Make a Wish Foundation To mark the anniversary of my daughter's first year in remission I am holding a benefit auction with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the Make a Wish Foundation. This foundation grants children with life threatening illnesses their most cherished wish. They granted Tayla's most cherished wish earlier this year to go to Disneyland and I just wanted to do something in return for this wonderful international foundation.   Update the auction is now live! Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:12:29 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article921.html Hi! We are hosting the final Breyer National Tour Event for 2008 at my store in Columbia,SC. Here is the text of a postcard that I am sending out: Toys & Games Etc. in Columbia, S.C is pleased to invite you to the final of the four 2008 BreyerŽ National Tour Events on October 11th & 12th. The only one in the Southeast! Get ready for fun, crafts, and educational workshops.Representatives from Breyer will be there to give you a sneak preview of the newest BreyerŽ models that have yet to be released! A Tour Event ticket entitles you to "Caliente", a Traditional-sized limited edition Breyer model horse which can only be obtained by attending the event. Event tickets are $65.00 and must be purchased at least 30 days in advance. For more info, visit www.breyertour.com or email me at breyertour@gmail.com I am looking for talented people to conduct workshops ex: customizing, repair, tack making, advanced model painting. Thanks. I hope lots of you can come! Mary Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:49:51 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article920.html I was just flipping through the Breyerfest program that someone picked up for me and noticed that Breyer will have their Christmas products on QVC July 25th! You can see the ad below. Click read more to see it larger.     Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:38:17 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article919.html ROUSTAM is the NEWEST Micro Mini in the hobby !!!!!!!!! Welsh Section D stallion by the talented and world renowned MAB of Italy... The WINNING Micro Mini, sculpted especially for the Fallen Leaves Micro Challenge... won 1st place and public's choice :-) GET YOURS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:04:29 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article918.html To celebrate Breyerfest here on the Auction Barn we have decided to make Ending Fees FREE for 2 weeks! Now this is important: to receive FREE ending fees your auction MUST end before August 1, 2008. On August 1, 2008 our ending fees will return to normal. This means that if you have an auction running right now that ends BEFORE August 1 your auction ending fees will be free as well. If you have any questions about anything above please feel free to contact us. On a side note we did manage to get an Auction Barn ad in the Breyerfest program this year which you can see at the link below. We are hoping this ad will really help our new site grow! https://www.breyerhorses.com/pdf/bf_smallprogram__6.pdf  Also for those of you coming back from Breyerfest with models to sell we have a special category under OF Breyer for Breyerfest. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:45:07 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article917.html The NAN results are starting to show up on the NAMHSA website.  There are no pictures yet, just the results. http://nan.namhsa.org/results/2008/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:38:24 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article916.html Breyer has posted PDF files of this year program.  So if you don't get a chance to get there in person you can download the program here. http://www.breyerhorses.com/news/detail.php?eventid=635  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:29:11 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article915.html The results are in for the Micro Mini Challenge. Just click read more to see the winners along with a thumbnail of the entry. Our overall winners are: 1st place- MAB 2nd place- Lilquirky 3 rd place- Elrenia_Greenleaf  People's Choice- MAB  I also wanted to remind everyone of our wonderful prizes for this contest! Thank you to everyone who sponsored and entered this event! I will email the winners this week for their shipping address. Prizes 1st place-  TRADE SECRETS AND METHODS OF A MODEL HORSE ARTIST written and donated by Chris Nandell of Beau Cheveaux Creations Chris generously donated this spectacular learning aid to the site and we thought this contest would be the perfect oppurtunity to give it away. The book is 140 pages and chock full of information on painting the model horse. Please see the link above for more information on Chris' book. 2nd Place- Micro Mini Mare and foal SET sculpted by Maggie Bennett and donated by EquinArt Creations. These  lovely little horses comes unpainted and unprepped. EquinArt Creations donated both the 2nd and 3rd place prizes for the contest. We really couldn't hold all these nice contests without help from our generous hobby members! You can view a photo of the mare and foal painted by Gretchen Oneail here. 3rd Place- Micro Mini Rearing Shetland pony sculpted by Maggie Bennett and donated by EquinArt Creations. These lovely little horses comes unpainted and unprepped. You can view a photo of the rearing Shetland here. Peoples Choice Prize- Stablemate Galaxy resin sculpted and donated by Rebecca Turner of Soltice Art. Galaxy is a Spanish stallion performing a "Spanish Trot" and comes unpainted and unprepped. Thanks so much Rebecca for donating this lively fellow. You can see Galaxy here. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:17:32 -0500 http://fallen-leaves.net/Article914.html Things have been busy but we are ready for the peoples choice vote.  To vote send us an email to challenge@fallen-leaves.net with the following information. Your FL Name: The color division of the entry you are voting for: The Entrant number in the photo of the entry you are voting for: The file name below the photo of the entry you are voting for:  Make sure that you include all this information since we have entrance with multiple submissions and this will help us  tally everyones vote correctly. Please submit only one vote out of all the entrances in the challenge. You can find the galleries at the following links Dilute Appaloosa/Paint Solid Colors     If you have any questions email us at our admin@fallen-leaves.net address.   We will be taking votes until 8pm eastern time on Sunday July 13th.  After we have the tally done we will announce all of the winners.   Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:12:31 -0500