Faux Leather

    When I first started making tack I used faux leather to get started. In fact I still have a box of that left. Now I use real leather because I think that real leather is SO much easier to use than fake leather. I know that it's hard to buy, skiver, and dye but it sticks with glue so much quicker. 

    I have told my friends and family about my tack making hobby and of course they never have heard of it. So I tell them that I make miniature tack out of leather. Then I usually bring down a saddle or two to show them what I make. Well yesterday my uncle came over said that he bought me some leather to make tack out of.

    I was super grateful that he thought of me, but it was faux leather. I don't really know what I can use it for.

This is a close up, do you have any ideas on how I can use it? I was thinking maybe doll clothes....

So I got my creative juices running and I managed to sew this little clutch or something like that.

I think that it came out fairly well but now I don't know how to close it. I think I will add a button.

Benji probably has to go to the vet tomorrow. I was cutting his hair for the first time ( my mom usually does it) and I cut his skin by accident. It was only a little cut so we just stopped the bleeding and left it. Well today Benji decided to lick and bite his cut until it tore! So we put on his old cone and bandaged him up. My mom said that he might need stitches. Poor Benji 😢, I feel so bad for cutting him.

Well on that sad note I have decided to enter the Field of Dolls Photo Show! I should start preparing, I only have less than two months to take my pictures. 

Santana rocking his new halter.

Rio Rondo Hardware

    My package from Rio Rondo came today! how does it keep on getting bigger every order? Well, I thought that I would talk about some of the hardware. These are all of my buckles. I recommend buying A LOT (Buckles get used up fast).You also have to buy different sizes to fit your leather lace. The perfect fit is always the best but larger is better than smaller! You can make buckles out of wire and some pliers, but that never comes out looking as good as these buckles do.

    For my halter hardware, I bought some halter pieces and hooks. For the halter pieces you can use a jump ring, but if you use these your hater looks much more realistic. Usually I use a lobster clasp for my lead ropes, but I wanted to try out these hooks. The lobster clasps looked way to big and bulky, these hooks look way more in scale.

    Believe it or not, I did not have any tacky wax up until this time. In case you are wondering, tacky wax is a sticky wax that model horse collectors use to stick tack on a model horse. Up until now I have been using my... braces wax. It is almost the same thing, but I found it to be much less sticky, so I just got some real tacky wax. 

    Now stirrups. These pewter stirrups are probably the most expensive thing that goes on a saddle. They cost about 7 dollars a pair, and that adds up! But I still buy them because how can you have a saddle without good looking stirrups? I am working on learning to cast my own, but until now I still buy them. Do you think I should make mine out of real pewter or resin?

Now that is all that got. I definitely recommend Rio Rondo for your tack supplies. It is a great website with practically everything you need to make tack. And that's it! Look how my guinea pigs, Lily and Cindy ate dinner yesterday, SO CUTE!!! ( They almost never touch each other.)