Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!!! Hope your all having a good chocolate filled
time! I have been good and am saving mine. That doesn't mean Easter has
been completely out for me, I made this the other night.
An
easter theme bridle, because when I think of easter I think fluffy
white easter bunnies delivering chocolate eggs, and from fluffy white
bunnies I think pink!

And doesn't CB look amazing in pink! The above photo's show the colours
best. And my apologies for my bad rider, she might need some riding
lessons!
I'm thinking it will be for sale, so if you want it, please email me
(bluemoonstables2008@gmail.com) with an offer, it's fully adjustable
with *handmade* tongue buckles. You can change the bit as well, I made
it like it is purposely so it has that option.

Another good thing that happened to me is this, I got it today when my Nan came out.


She's been working on it for about the last year or so and brought it
over with her from Australia. She also made the two cushions.

I love it!! The colours are lovely.

Not the most talkative or interesting of posts, sorry, I'm not really one for talking or making conversation!

Dreamflite Design Saddle Tutorial

I have been eagerly awaiting Anna Kirby's (Dreamflite Design) english saddle tutorial. So much that I ended up
making a saddle before it had come out, I finished that one the day I got it (before reading it of course!!)

That one looks better with a rider in it, even if it is a western rider!

Then I printed out Anna's tutorial and folled the instructions to make another saddle...it taught me a few things
making that second saddle, like, Anna obviously has much much thinner leather than I have!!!

I swear the stirrups on both saddles are not that short either!! I made
them both adjustable, but have already broken the strap on the second
saddle, so that I think I will pull apart enough to fix the stirrup
leather...I did want to make them the right length for my wee rider,
but I'm stuffed if I can find her!!!! Next saddle you see will be a
larger one, a plan I have to test out Anna's tutorial even more!! I
just can't help experimenting!

Teeny Tiny Fiddliness

And just sheer craziness!! This project started months and months ago,
probably almost over a year ago, I had got as far as cutting out the
tree and putting some leather over it, I guess for the seat. I found it
a couple of weeks ago and decided to finish it...for my first mini
scale saddle and second (or maybe thrid) saddle ever I think it is
coming along nicely. I made the panels too fat so ripped them off and
will make some more tonight, then it just needs the skirts added and
really it is done then. I do need to make some wee stirrups though,
that is was the long bits of leather are off the sides of the saddle -
stirrup leathers. I plan to make them adjustable.
Please
excuse the green nail polish!! I bought it the other day for school (to
'support the house' at sports days etc) when I was in town and thought
I had better try it out!!
Not
looking forward to making the bridle for it!!! Though I did save some
teeny tiny bits of leather for it, they would be less than 1mm wide!!