Kentucky Derby - May 3rd

When you think Superbowl, do you think Superbowl Party? Well that's kind of what Kentucky Derby day does for us. So, just in case you think like we do, we thought we'd share a favorite Derby drink recipe with you. Here it is:

Mint Julep - 1 serving
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
12 sprigs of mint
3 ounces bourbon
1 sprig of mint

Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes, do not stir. Pour over the 12 sprigs of mint in a heatproof bowl, gently crushing the mint with the back of a spoon. Chill, covered, for 8 to 10 hours. Strain, discarding the mint. You may store the syrup in the refrigerator for several weeks, preparing individual juleps as desired.

For each serving, fill a silver, copper, pewter or, stoneware julep cup with broken or crushed ice. Add 2 tablespoons of the mint syrup and the bourbon and stir gently until the cup is frosted. Garnish with 1 sprig of mint.

There you have it! Ladies add a bonnet and you're ready for The Kentucky Derby.

Tip-Toe Through The Tulips is in the house!

Wow, that was fast! I didn't have time to post this yesterday, because we had the grandchildren. Friday night Tip-Toe Through The Tulips arrived at our warehouse. We'll be busy Monday cataloging them and should start shipping Tuesday. We'll be shipping out our lowest issue numbers to those people who placed their orders with us first. Watch for the Summer release.

We're Soooo sick of AOL

AOL has been blocking all of our emails to our AOL using customers. We've been trying to work through this with AOL, but there's just no satisfying them. Below is an email that one of our valued customs sent to AOL. (She gave us permission to copy the email to this BLOG). If you're so inclined, we'd love to have AOL get about 1,000 emails just like this. I think they would probably have to relent to such an out pooring. If nothing else, it would be interesting to see. By the way, did you see that ebay sellers are asking for the resignation of ebay's CEO. Wouldn't that be interestng. Power to the people! Right On! Let us know what you think. FYI - AOL customers postmaster phone number (888) 212-5537. AOL email: postmaster@aol.com

I just found out from a company that I do alot of buisness with,that the reason they have not been able to contact me is because AOL started blocking their email.Please explain why ? The company I am refering to is : Look a Gift Horse {www.lookagifthorse.com}.For years they have emailed me with pre-sale information on items that I collect but this year I did not hear from them because AOL blocked them from contacting me so that I missed out on ordering first edition items for my collection.I am VERY upset about this as AOL never asked me about blocking this company & AOL allows plenty of other sites {www.funtocollect.com} selling the same items {at higher prices} to contact me.This issue needs to be fixed ASAP or I will stop doing buisness with AOL & I have been a paying customer for years.I expect a prompt expaination & resolution of this issue or I will have to terminate my PAID membership with AOL.

Trail of Painted Ponies Four Season's Collection

We just received word this morning that Trail of Painted Ponies is coming out with the "Four Season's Collection". Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter designs, each having a Single edition containing a Limited Edition Coin embedded into the top of the base. The individual ponies capture a unique aspect of a different season. Watch this blog as we will be getting more information today, and will be posting our blog as soon as it comes in.

Coming Very Soon!

We received word from our Breyer representative yesterday, that Indian Pony & Leotie are now in Breyer's warehouses. Ours will be shipping either today or Monday. If they ship our preferred carrier we should receive them next Thursday or Friday. Of course, we'll start shipping pre-orders out to you as soon as we get them. It won't be long now!

Trail of Painted Ponies 11th Release!

We shipped all but about 10 pre-orders yesterday. We would have got them all out, but our UPS truck came early. The remaining orders will be shipped today! Wow - glad that's done.

We got a look at our new furniture line yesterday. They're made locally by a friend of ours. JstarJ Woodwork is currently building us quality shelves and curio's in a variety of woods and wood finishes. It's a beautiful way to display your Painted Ponies and Breyer Horses. We should have them in the store for purchase in a couple of days.

Trail of Painted Ponies 11th Release!

Well, we've been working through the weekend again to get your new ponies shipped out to you. We've finished cataloging all the ponies - no twins this time. Yesterday we boxed up and prepared 50% of the pre-orders for shipping. Those will be going out Monday. We're going to prepare as many as we can for shipping today. Any that don't go out on Monday will be on the truck Tuesday for sure. We did get a few low numbers this time and those will be going out to our clients who placed their pre-orders with us first. These ponies are definetly beautiful. We think you're gonna love them. We're also working on a project with a friend this weekend. With the help of this friend, we're going to be bringing you shelves and curios to display your new ponies on/in. More on that tomorrow.