I've thought about making tiny national flags to put on saddle pads for a while, but it always got pushed back by other projects. One of my November commissions requested an Australian flag on an eventing set, though, and that was all the push I needed to make it happen.
It's not exactly a well known fact, but you can, in fact, ship most things without leaving the comfort of home. There are limits of course, but knowing how to navigate the USPS system and get the most out of it can streamline the shipping process!
Another long delay in blogging; my apologies. Hopefully these pictures will make up for it!
I got the OK on this pleasure set today and am excited to share it with you!
Most of the model horse hobby seems to be populated by do-ers and DIY-ers. Something in our wiring - the part that's connected to the love of little things - wants to MAKE stuff. We can only spend so much time looking at painted models, customizing blogs, and gorgeous tack before we want to try it ourselves.
For a long, long time I swore that I would never work larger than Stablemate scale, despite the occasional request for Pebbles or Little Bit tack. Well, I'm still...
Making tiny tack is, like any art, a process of growth. Skill and understanding of your craft improves with every piece, though the fruit of this isn't always visible in the next saddle, or even the one after that.
I don't go through supplies very quickly; a half-hide of petite tooling calf has been known to last me 3-4 years (granted, during the dry hobby years of college). I still have some of the sample bottles from my very first dye order. Here's the problem: supplies have a shelf life.
