Luck of the draw

For the last year and a half, I've had really good raffle luck.

It started at A Midwinter Night's Ball in January 2018. I bought a handful of raffle tickets and won a blue Appaloosa...

and a pink cross-stitch saddle blanket by Robyn Jalbert.

A couple months later, I won the best raffle prize ever at Rocky Mountain Spring Fling.

Fast forward to 2019 and Kylee Parks' Super-CALI-Fragilistic Live. There was a lot of amazing stuff on the raffle table. 

I desperately wanted this Jennifer Show medallion painted by Amanda Brock. I think I stuffed twenty tickets into cup, but I was denied. So sad.

A few minutes later, however, I won this gorgeous halter by Russian tackmaker, Nataliya Meschurova. Woo hoo!

Which brings us to last Saturday's Candyland Live. 

I bought my usual big roll o' raffle tickets and won a clinky medallion by Kristina Lucas-Francis,

a pair of pony pouches made by JB Custom Design and donated by Laurie Green,

a Colorado hospitality package donated by Nancy and Gerald Dement and Heather Malone,

an amazing gaming bridle and breastcollar donated by mini-tackmaker extraordinaire, Anna Helt...

and this wee Maggie Bennett Brightside resin painted and donated by Nae Keller.

My first painted micro! I love her.

It's been a great sixteen months.

Before you condemn me for my unbelievable run of luck or accuse me of selling my child's soul to the devil, let me just say this: I buy a lot of raffle tickets. Holding a show is expensive, especially when it's a big, awesome show like A Midwinter Night's Ball, Rocky Mountain Spring Fling, Super-CALI-Fragilistic or Candyland Live. To the best of my ability, I really want to support these kinds of shows. 

So now I buy lots and lots of raffle tickets, and sometimes I get lucky. Funny how that works!