Wednesday, June 13, 2018

More horse crafts

I made a bareback saddle with rings to attach my saddle bags.  My mom helped me to make a training rope halter.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

More craftiness

Yesterday I decided to try to make Zoomer Zupp's for my dolls.  I used hot glue, craft foam and pony beads.  I made 4 and plan to make more.  I'm happy with how they turned out.

Last night mom and I made two outfits for a friend's birthday today.  I didn't get a photo, I will have to see if my friend's mom can take some for us.  The patterns were from Erin Hentzel's book, Sew in Style.  We made the party dress, a top and some shorts.  We also gave her some coordinating My Life As accessories.  She seemed to like them, a lot.  
Later today after we had gotten back home we had some time to make something for our stables. Mom found a tutorial on Anna White's website.  We had picked up the burlap when we bought the fat quarters for the above outfits.  Mom sewed the burlap, it is very messy and linty when you handle it. Anna's recommendation to zigzag them was spot on.  It helped the seam to not pull through.
I stuffed them, trimmed off the loose threads, then stitched the red ties onto them.  It was fun to work together to make them, and we are very happy with how they turned out.  They are just the right size to look real in the barn.
If you look on the left you can see a set of jewelry drawers that we found at the local thrift store yesterday.  It's perfect to help to organize the tack that doesn't fit onto the back of the stable.  It's like a doll sized tack room. 
I then remembered that I had a ty goat, so I pulled him out of mt added him to our stables.  She keeps Blaze, our miniature horse company.  They are best of buds and spend most of their time together.  

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Horse Ride

Peyton and Tia meet up with each other and their horses to ride.  Peyton's Appaloosa is named Big Mac, and Tia's Palomino is Vanilla, her foal is Cream.










They had a rather long ride planned, so they talked for a while about exactly where they were going to go.  Tia realized that she wasn't dressed appropriately and that she was going to pay for it later with thigh burn. They had a light lunch of sandwiches and gave the horses a few apples and some snacks.  The foal is still nursing so she didn't need many snacks.  Vanilla is a good mama!

Peyton has a cast on, because Cream fell on her wrist, but it can come off and Peyton decided to remove it before the ride, she wanted to have full range of motion in her wrist.  Big Mac is a gentle horse, but he's strong and powerful, so controlling him sometimes takes a little effort.
Peyton mounted Big Mac first, because of her wrist, Tia gave her a little boost.
Soon Tia with Vanilla and Cream were all mounted and ready to follow.  Cream is such a good foal, she always follows her mother on trail rides.
Finally the girls arrived back at the horse barn.  They had such a great time on their ride, and can't wait until the next time.  
Blaze the miniature horse didn't go on the ride this time, but she was waiting when the girls got back.
My mom and I love how the American Girl Dolls, Our Generation Horse Barn with accessories, and My Life As horses and accessories all work together so nicely.  We have even made some additional accessories. 
I made a training saddle, for Cream as well as some hay, and you can see the barley sticking out of the leather style saddle bag.  Mom shredded tan and yellow construction paper to make straw.  Mom will be making some hay bales soon as well.