An (almost) Wordless Wednesday of my own...

A custom order.

For sale on eBay.

Fun with model horses in the snow

2010 so far has been cold and snowy. Brr. But still I had to get a couple of snow shots with Amaranth, my usual snow model. The mold's wild, windblown look lends itself perfectly to these kinds of shots.

A couple more from over the years, this one from 2005, with her mate Redtail:


And in 2002 with Dana, ponying Carnelian out to Christian, who seems to have gotten the ranch truck stuck in a snow drift (this was a multi-TOPSA winner back in the day) :

This was well before I started making Western saddles (indeed, any saddles at all!), the saddle on Amaranth is a Rio Rondo kit assembled by Kim Janes, the pad by Deb Messner(sp?), and the saddle and pad on Carnelian were by an unknown maker. The halter, bridle, and doll customization were all done by me, however, as was the CM Breyer Aussie.

New tack photos to come soon! Stay warm!

Well I guess I didn't need the light box just now, anyway...

Ah, the joys of cat ownership...

Friesian sjees harness

A custom order, and a harness design that I'm using for the first time:

The saddle was made with a coke can "seat" with skiver stretched over it.

The blinker stays are adjustable...

And the reins are the cotton cord I've been using for leashes and lead ropes.


This is also the first harness I've made using tongue buckles! A bit more difficult than regular friction buckles, but I like the look and it's easier to adjust!

With the crupper attached. (whoops) These do not come with breeching, interestingly enough.

And last but not least, a new dog collar set for eBay, this time with some Swarovski bling:

Interesting what one can find around the house to take photos for eBay, the box the dog is standing on was a box for a bracelet that was a gift, and the backdrop is one of my old vet clinic scrubs. XD

eBay auction can be found here.

Until next time!

And still more colored leather lace!

This one using the red lace, which looks pretty darn good on the Breyer Dalmatian (modelled here on "GW Hello Operator"). It is also for sale on eBay.




It also comes with a lead and a rope "bone" toy (dog isn't for sale).

Pretty in pink

More colored lace, this time Juliet is modelling a draft foal size barn halter. The chin and crown have tongue buckles and the throatlatch attaches with a mini lanyard clip. The lead, again, is twisted cotton cord.





Halter is currently for sale on eBay.

The cord is from JoAnne's and comes wrapped on a card in five yard lengths. It was fairly kinked because of the packaging (you can see this in the rope halter post below), so adapting a tip I found on the internet, I set about correcting this problem. I cut the length I needed plus a little extra (around an inch or so), soaked it in water, then anchored one end to a shelf and weighed down the other end with a "chip clip" plastic clothesline-type clip, so the cord hung down and dried stretched out. It dried in about ten minutes and now drapes beautifully.

Yellow, how are you?

I found a new source for not only 'roo lace, but colored 'roo lace. And it comes in some nice, brilliant colors, too. The yellow was my favorite out of the batch I bought, I thought it would look good on bays and chestnuts like Sparrowhawk here.

Doesn't look quite as nice on greys and grullas like Riddle, though, but I was just trying it out to see if it fit other models.


It also fits Flash...
...as well as old Amazon.

The lead is twisted cotton cord with yellow accents and a mini lanyard clip. The buckle holes were punched using an old mechanical pencil (thank you Jennifer Buxton for posting the tip in her blog!) This halter and lead is currently for sale on eBay.

I also got turquoise, pink, royal blue, and red to work with, so I'll be posting more photos soon...