tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75103713437144018292024-03-13T19:33:33.032-07:00Ebb&Flow Studio BlogAll of my latest fiddling in the studioAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17365322680530522723noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510371343714401829.post-20279923528314889202017-07-09T01:19:00.003-07:002017-07-09T01:22:13.179-07:00I'm Back!!<div style="text-align: center;">
A little bit... but not actually.</div>
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College has done a fantastic job of taking me away from the hobby (and taking all my time in general). So I haven't been actively creating anything and don't really plan to in the near future, but I will say I have been having some fun diving back in at least in a nostalgic way; visiting my favorite hobby blogs, looking through my own collection, browsing the NAN results I missed. </div>
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However, in preparation for lots and lots of abroad travel this upcoming semester, I've decided to sell off my entire OF collection as well as some scattered CMs, resins, and minis. Just revisiting MH$P to list them felt like a throwback of it's own! You can visit all the ads that took me way to long to put together <a href="https://www.modelhorsesalespages.com/searchlist.asp?AccID=14296" target="_blank">here</a>, and more will constantly be added. </div>
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Among all the horses is a single tack set left to be sold. Previously displayed on Seabiscuit, I decided it served a better purpose to be fit to Moxie, who's also for sale. Tacking this up after so long gave me an outside perspective into how insane I must have seemed for making things this small!</div>
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It feels weird to let it go. </div>
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My last sales piece... ever? </div>
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Too scary to say. Nevertheless, it's heading to MH$P if anyone is interested!</div>
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After everything is gone I know it'll be a while before I return to the hobby, but I have to admit I'm keeping all my tack making things so I have to come back eventually - right? </div>
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17365322680530522723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510371343714401829.post-50789902833561366302015-05-21T17:57:00.004-07:002015-05-21T18:47:23.276-07:00Hobby Slump: Part 2<div style="text-align: center;">
As I said earlier, May has left me with not much interest in anything plastic pony. As much as I <i>wanted</i> to take another commission, I had a hard enough time finishing my last one, which was just supposed to be one of those breezy odds-and-ends orders. </div>
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That said, I decided what I needed to kick me back into gear in time for long summer days with little to no commitments was some good ol' fashioned instant gratification. </div>
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To do this, I decided to finally 'tackle' the finishing touches on this working western set for Seabiscuit. </div>
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I can't even remember how much work went into this saddle - I just remember messing up so many fenders when I hammered right through the leather (used a cube bead from Michael's as a 'stamp')</div>
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Thankfully, all I had to do to make this sale-ready was assemble the already created pieces of the bridle, and change the bit to one of the cast ones I purchased off eBay a few months back. </div>
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There are some messier pieces here (see: rear cinch), since this was more of an experimental set where I could play with what worked and what didn't in my first working western set.</div>
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The cast bit is definitely a nice touch. Miles better than my old wire ones, anyway. The only issue is they come in gold, so this one is currently just painted silver. I'm not sure how that will hold up to some handling, though. </div>
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That said, I'm more than pleased with how it turned out over all. </div>
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There's lots of fun little details - such as the futurity knot browband and mechanically correct splint boots.</div>
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And most importantly, I think it gave me just enough of a boost back into tack making that I'll be able to continue on through the summer with some sales pieces!</div>
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For now, commissions are going to remain closed unfortunately. I know there are people still on the waitlist who I talked to about possibly getting a spot this summer, but I want to make sure I only take on a new project with someone that I know I'll be able to finish. </div>
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I struggled over two months to finally finish up these three bridles. </div>
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At first I couldn't find the time to work on them.</div>
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Then when I was finally free, I found myself actively not wanting to. </div>
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Still, I managed to get them all done in time for them to head off to their new owner. Here's to hoping next time is easier, and I can get out of this hobby slump!</div>
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Hah. Hah. There are a lot of classes I haven't shown in yet, and one of them happens to be Cross Country. For some reason, most Region 2 over fences classes have one big class for hunter/jumper/cross country, or at the most hunter and jumper/cross country. However, the Big Valley Performance Show I'll be attending on the 29th has a class <i>for each</i>. It's scary having so many options!</div>
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I felt throwing a sidesaddle mule into a jumper class was more of a stretch, so last week I started putting together my first ever cross country base. </div>
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It started with some poster board, newspaper, and messy paper mâché, covered by a nice grass mat base. </div>
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I tried using only that SceneARama loose ground cover before, and it was a mess. I learned my lesson and made sure to put regular grass down first!</div>
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The water was the biggest challenge. The grass mat ended up bunching around the hot glue it was put down with, and there were little valleys and mountains that caused the fake water to pool unevenly. It took a few coats of clear, blue, clear, and then laying some already dried strips over it to get something mostly flat and covered. </div>
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Next came my favorite part: texture!! Lots of texturing with a popsicle stick and drying later, we have foam and splashes! </div>
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While it wasn't the most challenging, this step definitely wins the award for longest. </div>
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They're not glued to the jump yet, so pardon their slight bumpiness!</div>
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And that's what I've been spending some time on! There will be lots more props updates soon as I sort through pictures I've been taking while working. Can't wait for this show!</div>
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My minis took 3 out of 4 of the NAN cards I brought home from halter</div>
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+ A blue for my Chips cutting horse. </div>
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The performance ring was (slightly terrifyingly) right next to the china ring. </div>
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It <i>was</i> fun to be able to turn around and admire them!</div>
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Over in OF Breyer halter, the tables were <b>packed</b>.</div>
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The glossies were especially yummy! </div>
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I was honestly expecting to do a little better placing-wise in English, but like I said, competition was tough!</div>
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Overall the day was very productive. I had a fantastic time getting to meet fellow performance enthusiasts and oogle at all their incredible entries! Thanks to all the showers for bringing their best, and especially to Susan Gage for judging! It was a long day, but not once did she make us feel rushed setting up, or hurry through her judging. </div>
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Someone else small!</div>
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I believe this pair has been in a show report on<a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Jennifer Buxton's blog</a>, before.</div>
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Mule power!</div>
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Winning this class was probably the most exciting part of the day for me. Most western pleasure classes have always felt like they end up a competition of who spent the most on the most shiny stuff. This showed that minis can finally hold their own!</div>
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Woo!! And against all those big guys!</div>
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First up was Other Performance. I don't usually show in this division, so enjoy some pretty pictures of not-my-ponies.<br />
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Both were incredible <i>and</i> accurate.</div>
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Next came the Arabian costume class, </div>
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a class that has always scared and mystified me.</div>
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I'm dying to know who made it!</div>
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I was completely blown away by the detail in all the tooling, silver, braiding, and bead work. </div>
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Something else exciting about this class was this big guy.</div>
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I love admiring all the incredible horses and fantastic details people put into their entries in other performance. They always end up being so unique! Thanks to everyone who showed something!</div>
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Yesterday I attended the Gold Country Model Horse Show in Davis, CA.</div>
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Saturday was the OF Halter and CM/AR Performance divisions, so there was a huge variety of goodies to look at. </div>
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People have expressed interest in seeing basically everything, so I think the show report will be broken up into three different sections - mostly photo dumping with some performance commentary.<br />
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17365322680530522723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510371343714401829.post-8944171049109395092015-02-26T23:34:00.004-08:002015-02-26T23:34:59.544-08:00Two for Two<div style="text-align: center;">
While not a hugely impressive, as far as my commission history goes, I think it's a promising start to the new year! I've just shipped off my second commission in two months. </div>
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I was in the midst of some serious show prep while trying to get this done and shipped for it's new owner's show March 7th.</div>
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I'm getting happier and happier with my seats and flaps each time I make a new saddle!</div>
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Overall it was nice to put together. It was my first saddle/girth using that new sheepskin I bought, and I think we'll end up getting along just fine. </div>
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I know I was supposed to have a show report from the Valentines Day show, but there ended up being no show at all! Anyone who follows me on Instagram will remember my whole flew-all-the-way-down-to-LA-only-to-find-out-the-show-was-moved-without-me-knowing fiasco. </div>
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I was pretty upset sitting down there in the rental car lot, but hopped another flight home and quickly threw my attention into a few new projects for my show <i>this</i> weekend (which I am 100% sure <i>is</i> happening).</div>
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There is little I love in the world more than completely color-coordinated sets. </div>
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Needless to say, finally getting to put this set all together was more than satisfying.</div>
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My past few weeks have been reaching the tipping point in my show frenzy, which will culminate tomorrow as I spend all day sorting halter horses and putting together a last minute saddle. This said, I've managed to get a lot done considering my lack of time. </div>
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First up is the commission I decided to take on despite knowing I have two shows to prep for this month. </div>
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The five point breastplate finally got finished, and the bell boots are currently in progress out of the picture. After that it's done and off to its new owner!</div>
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On the sidesaddle front, I put together the plain snaffle bridle for the dressage entry remarkably fast.</div>
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Nothing fancy, but super functional. I'm a little worried for the bridle change, but I should be able to manage it... somehow.</div>
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I also tacked up miss mule for the first time, which was so satisfying</div>
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and quickly made her whole get up one of my favorite sets ever!</div>
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Look at that cutie pie! I can't wait for her debut this weekend!</div>
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There's more I might add for later shows (more green goodness) but I'm more than pleased with how it turned out for now!</div>
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Next up two of my four trail entries I needed to get done. In addition to putting off the documentation, I almost completely forgot about making all the poles.</div>
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That was fixed in record time, completing not one, but <i>two</i> trail sets in one day thanks to the motivation provided by Grace via Skype. </div>
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First came the little mini whinnie from <a href="http://ebbnflowstudios.blogspot.com/2015/01/its-pride-thing.html" target="_blank">early January</a>.</div>
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I could barely control myself after I put this all together!</div>
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I'm actually weirdly excited to have this (very) little guy going in two classes this weekend, just for giggles. His entries will be complete with a magnifying glass for the judge. </div>
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Back to my regular, more reasonable scale, where I decided to make an obstacle that had a whopping nine poles and seven flower pots. </div>
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They were a pain to all paint and touch up, but I'm so happy with how it turned out!</div>
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The struggle with this entry is two fold. First, it's not the easiest to set up because there's just <i>so much</i> going on, and because I have three other entries going in the combined english/western trail class on top of this monstrosity. Second, it takes up so much space, that I currently don't have a base big enough. I love using bases because they allow me to set up poles ahead of time away from the table, taking care of issue one, but I'm also worried that if I did get a base it would be too large for any size limits. </div>
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All that said, my show prep is so close to done, I can just see the happily packed boxes around the corner. Expect lots of show photos and a nice show report once I'm back. </div>
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Recently I've been reflecting a lot on how far I've come in the hobby since I first began my obsession with plastic ponies. In honor of these "carpet herd" days (as Grace would call them) enjoy this nostalgic picture from one of my early birthdays.</div>
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You can tell I was doomed from the start!</div>
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With a new performance <strike>horse</strike> mule on the rise in my studio, I decided it's only fair that she gets her own set of props. </div>
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Naturally, I started with the most complex: a hunter jump. I wanted to create something that would last me a while, instead of me throwing something together for the Feb 14th show and then having to re-do it later. This meant cutting no corners for the first time in my prop making career.</div>
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My fantasy jump idea was for it to look similar to below, but with different standard 'bodies' as I'm not a fan of that guck brown and peeking brick.</div>
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I decided to splurge on some really cool texture sheets to make the standards look like stone. Much classier.</div>
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As part of my not cutting corners, I couldn't just chop out pieces and glue them on, I actually had to create a pattern that could give me smooth edges around the standards.</div>
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and then painted! I was able to slop on some grey and texture it by patting the wet paint with a makeup sponge. The 'mortar' was a pain to paint in there, but the effect was definitely worth all the time it took to do all four (yep, doing the oxer).</div>
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This was by far the most painful part. It meant cutting out strips of very thing birch plywood in varying thicknesses and layering them onto a roof 'base' to get a shingle look. 12 of these. <i>Twelve</i>. </div>
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After they got all their shingles, they were stained and got white painted trim (aka more birch strips I had to cut and paint white before gluing on).</div>
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And finally, they're finished!! I was on a skype call with Grace when I finally glued the last roof on, and she can vouch I almost cried with happiness. </div>
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I am <i>so so so</i> please with the way these guys turned out. They obviously don't match the reference picture except for the style, but I like them much better this way. </div>
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For some reason I decided I should tackle the next most complicated part immediately after finishing the standards: the gate.</div>
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This I was following the reference picture style for, too. Right down to the itty bitty diamond cut outs.</div>
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It was <i>not</i> fun to glue everything together, and I almost threw in the towel a couple times. Even now there are parts that aren't completely straight, but I'm hoping it'll be less noticeable when it's all painted and the rest of the jump is put together too. </div>
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There's a lot more left, but the standards are happy so I am happy.</div>
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Somewhere in the process of ordering the cantering mule by Sue Kern, I decided she would be ridden sidesaddle in all her english classes. I'm not sure where the idea came from, but it probably stems from my need to do everything extensively out of the ordinary. Sidesaddle mule it is. </div>
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I started plugging away at the Pelham bridle right after finishing that <a href="http://ebbnflowstudios.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-new-year.html" target="_blank">Portuguese bridle</a> I put together with Grace, because amazingly I wasn't tired of double reins and black lace yet. </div>
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This project was made more stressful, however, by the fact that it had to be specially fitted for her. This meant I could only use a body mold for so many things before I had to build it on her!</div>
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However, I was able to sneak some measurements and do most of the dirty work on her original mold. </div>
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In the end it turned out fine!</div>
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But they, too, eventually came together to create a really nice end result! </div>
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However, next was the saddle, which I admit I put off for a week after finishing the bridle. I did <i>not</i> want to try and make new pattern pieces and fit a type of saddle I had never made before.</div>
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Still not entirely sure what I was doing, I whipped out some of the new sheepskin hide I bought and created some panels. As you can tell by the bumps in that panel, it took some getting used to. </div>
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But it turned out just fine in the the end. </div>
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The finished product is much better than I honestly expected. I'm hoping to sculpt a doll which will end up covering half of it anyway, but it feels good to know that underneath it at least looks accurate!</div>
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Unashamedly proud of myself on this one.</div>
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The blog has been unintentionally silent for a little while. You guys really haven't seen that many updates, and theres been a lot happening. That said, time to break the silence, one project at a time.</div>
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First up is a cross county set. The lucky gal who ordered this is the last person to get a commission at "set price", since now everything is priced individually.<br />
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Next were the boots, keeping with the theme of light blue.</div>
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A very nice figure 8 bridle assembled itself.</div>
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Despite feeling tinier than usual! </div>
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I've seen a fair number of mini whinnie sets lately, and so I decided, naturally, to see if my abilities would hold out at such a small scale. Although no one forced me, as soon as I mentioned it to myself it instantly became a bet to prove some mysterious point. Possibly on how many hours my sanity would hold out preforming near surgery on little pieces of leather.<br />
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I have to say I'm more than pleased with how it all came together.</div>
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Whew! I think I more than proved my point, whatever it was. Now that I've wholly satisfied that need, I hope to work more on the x-country commission as well as get started on some <u>real</u> show entries this week!</div>
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As I think I mentioned before I left, I spent all of last week visiting Stage Left Studios own, very lovely Grace Ledoux. I thought I would get around to blogging about some of our misadventures, but I found myself far too caught up in the moments! </div>
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My first time back in Grace's studio since this summer found if much the same as when I'd last seen it. Cleaner maybe? </div>
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We started off our work time by finishing up the last of the raffle work. We wrote thank you to those who entered and packed up the sets for the winners. Once again thanks to everyone who entered!</div>
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Upon Grace's request, I brought up my newest addition to the herd: this beautiful Sue Kern mule.</div>
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She looked cutest in this hunter saddle by Grace.</div>
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And finally working could be put off no more. We put on Spirit for nostalgia's sake </div>
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All in all it came out extremely well!</div>
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She'll make an acceptable performance horse, which is all I need her to be. </div>
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Behold, the beginnings of a Portuguese bridle. I think there's 13-14 buckles? And not the regular ones with tongues, but those nice tricky ovals that <i>still</i> have tongues, although they're barely visible even after all that hard work. I'm also dreading fitting the curb chain onto that.</div>
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In other news I'm leaving my home base studio for a little while to go visit Grace! Hopefully we'll be able to get some good work time in together, with lots to share. Hope everyone is having a happy holidays, and those who celebrate Christmas have a wonderful day tomorrow. </div>
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Winter break has finally rolled around, and the the first weekend off gave me lots of studio time. In addition to fiddling around with some props for the shows in February I'll be attending, I was able to put together a sale set! </div>
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I hadn't made a set for the PS pony until now, and it was fun! The short back and microscopic head were a challenge, but one I think I tackled well. </div>
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I'll be going up on MH$P soon, so if you're interested keep an eye peeled!</div>
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In other news, my time off gave me a chance to dig deeper into the newer side of the hobby. </div>
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Grace took the dive and made an instagram for her studio work, and I couldn't help but be interested enough to follow suit.</div>
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It's been so much fun so far! It's exciting exploring a younger side to the hobby, and seeing so many kids/young adults showing off their collections and creative endeavors. Its been pretty addictive, considering it's a much quicker way to snap some studio update pics of what I'm working on and putting them up.</div>
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Also quick reminder that the raffle ends in THREE days!!! <a href="http://leftytack.blogspot.com/p/raffle-sets-pictures.html" target="_blank">Get your tickets now</a>!</div>
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A set of mine I made a while ago made it's way up onto MH$P today. You'll probably recognize it: </div>
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It's a fantastic and versatile medium brown hunt seat set. Includes saddle, pad, running martingale, girth, and plain snaffle bridle. This could take care of all your english classes! If you're interested you can check out the full ad <a href="http://modelhorsesalespages.com/view.asp?id=1130699&p=g" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17365322680530522723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510371343714401829.post-67321103294617529892014-12-17T08:13:00.000-08:002014-12-17T08:13:00.044-08:00More Commission Pics<div style="text-align: center;">
Today wasn't very productive in the studio, so all I have is a picture dump of the latest commission to come off my desk. </div>
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The flash is harsh on the color (not quite that light/intense) but it does show the tooling! </div>
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I recently had a fit of spending money, which is something I don't usually do. Yet, it happened and I came away with three new very pretty ponies. (this post is nothing but eye candy, no content here)</div>
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The first two come together:</div>
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And stallion. </div>
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They're the Mustang Mare & Stallion resins sculpted by Kitty Cantrell and painted by the talented Rebecca Klitscher.</div>
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So many performance possibilities for these guys!</div>
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Team roping? Extreme games? Crazy UK Pony Club event? Too many to be true. </div>
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However, unruly speed doesn't fly well in many of the other classes. To get what I needed there, I decided it was finally time to professionally make a long standing dream of mine a reality - a do it all performance mule. I decided to go all or nothing, and turned to possibly my favorite customizer and finish-work artist, Sue Kern.</div>
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This is what came back to me. </div>
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I don't think I've ever been so excited about a mini equine!! I can't think of a class I couldn't stick her in.</div>
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Look at that face! Those ears! I absolutely cannot wait to dress her in some tack. </div>
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Finally! A <strike>horse</strike> mule who has a versatile gait, head set, and body type! There's no stopping her. </div>
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I have lots planned for her! </div>
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A huge thank you to Sue for making my idea come to life - you're amazing!</div>
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