Alex.

 I have recently finished this 1:18 rider doll. 

She’s is fairly well articulated after much customising to reduce her size I am pretty happy.  

I’m having a lot of fun just playing with her now, I have a lot of grand plans but for now I am just enjoying the fun side of the hobby 

What’cha making Alex?

Crocheting a…?

Really Alex? A platypus?

Horses, Alex, we like horses.

Thoughts While Skiving

 As a neurodivergent one of my key methods of making tack is sit down, work for 15 minutes and if I don’t find my vibe move on. I almost find skiving therapeutic now, I used to hate it with every atom in my body. Anyway this afternoon I sat down at my desk and started skiving and I found a space where I could almost sort out my feelings into logical thoughts. 

It is satisfying in it’s own way isn’t it?

Anyway I realised a lot about the horses and my sort of boy friend. Luke, my friends off the track race horse who she has had for many years has had a rapid decline in health lately which is due to a recently diagnosed heart murmur. For now all we can really do is keep him warm and comfortable and see if the steroids help. Merlin is making exceptional progress however, I am really stoked by how much he trusts me. I (with help from a very experienced friend and fellow club member) have begun the process of starting him under saddle which is going really well and is a huge leap for me as a trainer. A year ago if you said that I would be breaking in a horse in a year I would have said you were crazy I have learnt so much but also feel overwhelmed by how much more there is to learn. 

Progress.

 A recent bridle with one from two years ago.

The real-life horses have been up and down recently, We lost Molly a couple of weeks before Christmas, it really was her time, she had a good life and was telling us she was ready to move on. 

The club truly hasn't been the same without her around but recently I have had a new project who has tiny hooves are quickly filling some very big boots.

He is about seven years old, a complete handful and 100% cute. He was found by a couple of club members in a pretty bad way, his hooves and teeth were very overgrown and he clearly had not been handled in a while. He has had a number of trims and is doing so well. I am really enjoying working with him and learning how to train a horse, we are making amazing forward progress and I can't wait to see what the future holds for him (I would love to teach him to pull a cart.) 

Chipping away

 Some recently finished small scale tack.

Micro mini english set for the CollectA mini draft.

English stablemate bridle.

General-purpose english saddle for the G3 cantering warmblood.

Braided stablemate bosals.

As always feedback is greatly appreciated.

Etsy store open.

More items will be added soon. Go check it out.

https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/KiwiTinyTack?ref=seller-platform-mcnav 

Friday Favorites.

 

This Guy,

    And this girl;

And this fellow.

Not Bad.

 Today may be the last day of the holidays, but tacking making, Olympic dressage and a very annoying cat made for a pretty good morning.

This is all old tack but I had to dress my new stablemate up.

Schleich scale halters and a grazing muzzle. (I would be more than happy to offer similar sales pieces if there was interest.)

Narla is a palomino and palomino's look good in pink. Her Arab face is so tiny I had to make all the hardware for this halter from wire.

I really don't know how to show how fine this is. The noseband is less than 1cm jump ring to jump ring.

The annoying cat mentioned earlier.