Done! Well Almost.

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The western saddle is 99% done. I need to do some things to the stirrups but the saddle-saddle is done. A girth and a bridle needs made but first I need to figure out who will wear it.
I’m *very* happy with how this came out. I feel like my tooling has come a long way since last year’s Harry Potter saddle!  

It snowed last week. It lasted overnight before melting away. But there was enough for me to have it in a picture. This is what I’ve been reading. The 5th Wave. Well, other than textbooks. I’ve started it off and on since high school (I found a valentine’s day chocolate and flower buying form inside it!). Since the movie is coming out I have a deadline to meet and maybe it will be the final push for me to finish it. The movie looks like it will be good and interesting. Plus I like the people in it, which is a plus.
It’s told in 1st and 3rd person from different characters. If the whole thing was written in 3rd person……I think I would have finished it by now. But I’m curious about how it will end so I think it will be finally completed.

Shipping Tiny Things

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Started my spring semester today! Which means not as much studio time.
But I did ship some halters so, here’s a short how-to/tip for shipping small tack things.

For halters, I use jewelry shipping boxes. If it’s been used for jewelry for so long, it’s safe for plastic pony items. The inside has stuffing inside too. More protection.

Then I put it inside of an envelope. Not any envelope. Padded envelopes. They’re lined with bubble wrap which adds to the protection. Shipping is a game where you want everything to end up in great condition in the most efficient way. If the halter fits and the box fits in the envelope, then it’s off to its new owner! These boxes come in different sizes, so you could go smaller for boots and miniature props. Longer boxes would work for bridles and girths. I wouldn’t send a saddle this way, so that’s a post for another day.

Books + Halters

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Tomorrow is the first day of my spring semester! I’m excited about my classes because A) I don’t have a mathy math class. Which is always wonderful. The only thing I’m not looking forward to is waking up way earlier than what I’m used to. 🙂
I came home to a package, which included books. I read Elizabeth Wein’s Rose Under Fire which is the second book after Code Name Verity, but they’re connected standalones so the order isn’t nearly as important. Blue Lily, Lily Blue is the third book in a quartet (fourth book is coming out in the next couple of months).  I need to finish the second one. So two completely different genres with the connection being awesome authors. 

I also finished some more halters. A couple of people asked about more American Pharoah, so these have been claimed.

The odd ball is for Weather Girl. I *still* haven’t unpacked from my last show so this was the first Weather Girl I found. I think the halter looks nice on a decorator model!