Well, here's the reason I'm behind on my tack as usual, and the reason why I will probably continue to be behind on tack for most of the upcoming summer as well! This happened to me on my birthday which was February 12th....
Yep, I got engaged! My fiance and I had innitially decided we were going to wait until next year to get married, but then I went to this wedding expo last weekend and totally changed my mind! We are both too excited to wait! So we're getting married this year on August 6th! Now I've got 5 months to plan my wedding! Ahhhh!!!
But...I did finally manage to get another costume done....I really wish I hadn't decided to take photos of it on a horse that has no tail...yep, he's bald!
Here's a close-up of the halter/bridle part. Ignore that blob of sticky wax hanging down...it slipped during the photo without me noticing....
Here's one of my newer horses that I've been working on hairing. He's a Kalendar Prince resin painted by Shannon Mayfield, and he's really amazing in person! I'm bummed I didn't get him done on time to model that blue, black and silver costume I just finished. Here's what he looks like after 3 hours of hair glueing....yep, I'm fussy...
And here he is 6 hours later....obviously I haven't styled him yet. He's having a bad hair day right now but is happy to not be completely bald anymore! This picture was also taken in the dark and I lightened it, and it makes his color look kind've strange. I promise to post better photos once he's all done!
I have two more horses here that I'll be rehairing very soon for my friend Erin! Stay tuned to see pictures of their before and after styles!
I've also been working on a group of 8 traditional scale presentation sets to sell after completion. Kind've a fun group of colors! Watch for these to pop up on MH$P soon! I've just got the tassles and cowries to finish and I should have them up this week! Hopefully Prince can models these sets once I get to styling him!
Here are the collars that match these halters....8 in all! Don't they look like a flower arranged this way? LOL!
Bought a loom to play with today! Decided I wanted to try my hand at weaving a few headstalls for some halters since I usually braid them instead. The first two I did were kinda flukey, but then I came up with a couple of really neat ones....here was my first attempt...I'll post pictures of my better attempts later....
That's all for now! More to come later!
Here is Kalendar Prince today after 30 minutes of "wet" hairstyling and hair trimming. As you can see wetting the mohair activated it's natural wave. I do like the look of the wave in the tail but I think I'm going to try to do more with the mane. I'm hoping to smooth it down and sweep it back a bit to give it some movement. Arabs typically have the straight silky manes and tails but it's hard to want to remove all the natural wave that occurs with this hair because it can be really pretty. I also want to add some more thickness to his forelock and add a slight bridle path patch behind his ears. So he's not done yet, stay tuned for more pictures. Again, this horse is painted by Shannon Mayfield, and he's incredible! I'm just doing his hairstyle! Shannon is also currently working on another bay Timeless resin for me, whom I will also hair when he's completed! Yay! :0)
Here's those better shots of the woven halters I was "playing" with on my new loom last night that I promised! I really like how clean and even they look. I plan to make a bunch in this style for sales this month, so stay tuned to see lots more of these! This is just the headstall base for now as you can see, there's still a lot of details that go with these babies before they are considered "done".
This one is multi-colored. I love how it turned out and think I'm onto something new here!
Also newly completed tonight, my first little bit scale Arabian halter made to fit Sheri Rhode's new Arabian resin "Treasure". I'm crossing my fingers that this will be a good fit on her...
