It goes without saying that there is common merchandise that one would walk by and merchandise that makes you take a couple of steps back to get a better look.  We live in the west and our store is in the west, but no one here at a Snaggy diMe is by any means a cowboy or a cowgirl.  A wall of lassos is an unusual site.  A wall of multi-colored lassos that form a rainbow visible from across the show hall requires a second look.

A wall of hats is fairly normal.  A wall of Stetsons and assorted multi-colored hat carrying cases is somewhat out of the ordinary, especially when those cases aren’t cylinder shaped like regular hat boxes, but have a vague Stetson shape to them.  We’ve all seen weather protective covers for cars and barbecue sets, but weather sheaths for horses and dogs tend to stand out and make no mistake, there were tons of life-size dog and horse displays modeling all sorts of accessories that your animal may be interested in wearing!  We’ll be honest.  We’re city slickers, somewhat out of our element.  None of us has ever seen a horse wearing spandex.

Horse Covers

Trail of the Painted Ponies, Winter 2014

The WESA Market was a surprising opportunity for us to see and touch the new releases for Enesco’s Trail of Painted Ponies and Westland Giftware’s Horse of a Different Color.  Both sets are about six weeks away from official release, but they were present here as a preview of things to come.

Horse of a Different Color, Winter 2014 Herd

We are thrilled at the opportunity to touch and see the new release early and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of these ponies!

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