Photo stack: Cerys and Symppy 1

Cerys is not the kind of person who, when meeting a problem, reads from a book or internet to find an explanation to why the horse behaves no well. Instead, she is those who try some tools - tack - to solve her problems. She just seems not to know what to do, really.

Cerys seems not to care that it's dangerous to ride with a backbag (or is it? I have no idea)... And without stable clothes neither, anyway. 

The tack used was green pony bridle, black reins, orange martingal and one of those stupid saddle-pad-whatevers I have. The bridle's bits are really changed to stronger now, as I finally have the better wire. The martingal has no neck strap because it's too short, it's badly made; and I haven't even made a pony size martingals, actually. It doesn't fit at all, but that is the reason to put it for Symppy. It's not a rare mistake to adjust martingals wrongly... That saddle's girth got a new buckle recently, too.

I had difficulties to build this post publishable. Maybe it's the doll, maybe the tack, that caused it. I could like things to be realistic and not too old and failed... But my old works need attention too, sometimes simply because I don't have anything else to replace them with (like old tack that fits better than newer pieces).

Cerys is green. Neon green. Can I say I'm not a fan of green color? Yet less I like those bright candy variations that are very... popular in this world...

Photo stack: Dippi and Symppy 1

I feel Dippi is the owner of Symppy (Breyer trad. hackney), but I can't be sure. What does she do with her? She doesn't need a pony... Her kid has a thoroughbred, that is their horse, they have enough work to do with him. But for some reason I see Dippi as the official(?) owner for that hackney mare.

Looks like the pony is easy in behavior since she can be safely held with long rope and without real stable clothes. The real answer is: I can't make doll clothes. I've told this so many times now, that I feel almost stupid, but I want to make it clear that anyone can't think I could think it's OK to wear everything possible when being at stable. Yet needed to learn how to make gloves and boots - and maybe helmets - for my dolls...

Rämä and Symppy 1

It's always fun to take the first proper 'story' pics. I mean, to capture a horse with dolls and tack and trying to make it look like a scene. This stack was taken before I had made any traditional scale pony tack, so I had to use a yarn invention as a halter. And I have NO idea of how a rope halter really is made...

Rämä with Symppy (Breyer trad. Heartland High Tech). The doll's clothes are horrific, suffer with it.

Luckily that rope halter isn't a thing anymore, unless I lack good tack later. Dolls can use that as an emergency halter if they need. (Rly, I could never make a photo story if my house catches fire. Stupid jokes.)