Happy Mother's Day from the Breyers!

Have I said before that I also collect Breyer horses? They're so beautiful! My mom collected them as a kid and passed hers down to me (we recently found a large closet space-maker-thingy box Full* of Breyer horses in her parents' attic. So that's where I got all my classics from.) 😊 I also collect them, so I've grown quite a collection.

*With a capital "F"!!!

So anyway, the Breyers just wanted to wish y'all a Happy Mothers Day! Here some of them are!

Here are the beautiful Clydesdales. Gotta love those gentle giants!

This is a family of smaller scale horses... Can't remember what that scale is at the moment....

And of course, the Chincoteague ponies, Misty and Stormy. Super mom Misty also has an adoptive child below, Sea Star. He's just so lonely without his momma that Misty took him in. 😄

These are Arabians- I like to think that the stallion is the Godolphin Arabian (Sham, from The King of the Wind). They're so cute all together.

Hope you all are having a happy Mother's Day! See ya later!

The Heart Desires Guest Designer!

I'm sharing a card today as a guest designer at The Heart Desires!
I took inspiration from the current challenge:

I've put the Lawn Fawn Winter Unicorn (Thank you, Lenae!) to use here- jumping over a rainbow! That scarf looks like a fashion accessory here!

The scallops peeking out are from the edges of Gina Marie Stitched Scalloped frames.

The rainbow was made with zigs; can you see that die cut 'thanks'? 

This one uses Winter Bunny from Lawn Fawn & prismacolor pencils. 

I was really happy to have a chance to guest design for The Heart Desires! Thank you so much for having me!

Don't forget to play along with this fun challenge!

My other interests+ Breyer horse craft project!!!

I don't believe I've talked about my other interests... 😊

I personally LOVE: Project Mc2, Ever After High, Littlest Pet Shop, Breyer horses, and craft projects. I also love the ocean, snow, and Xbox Kinect. 🚣🚤⛵️⚓️🚢🌅❄️⛄️ (And emojis😂)

I could talk all day about these, but I don't think we have time for that. So today I'm just going to talk about Breyer model horses. Oh my gosh they look so real. I just love them. They're so beautiful!!!

Don't have a beautiful Breyer horse? Don't worry, you can get them on amazon and the breyer horses website.😀

Have your own Breyer horses already? Please tell us in the comments which one(s) you have!!!!!!

Okay. Now, I think I said that there would be a craft project. On the Breyer website, there's a photo show. The theme is: Cold on the Range. Seems easy enough.

I thought I would have a snowy scene with a bundled up cowgirl, riding a horse western. She'll be bringing in her Clydesdale mare and foal in their green blankets. (My mom had the classic mare and foal Clydesdales set... So cool!!!)

Slight problem. I don't have any simple Clydesdale halters... Let alone any Clydesdale halters...

So what do I do? I make one!!! It might not turn out wonderful, but it's worth a shot!!! 

So. You'll need:

-some ribbon, I used waxed string from May Arts

-if you want a lead line, a jump ring or two.

1. Measure about 3/4 of your wingspan in string. Cut it.

2. Fold the cut piece of string in half. Hold it at the folded end so that there's a loop at the end.

3. Hold that loop over your Breyer's nose.

4. Make a knot underneath, a little loose from its mouth.

4. Bring the string back towards the jaw.

5. Make a knot just short of the neck.

6. Now separate the two ends and bring them up around either side of the head.

7. Now let's focus on the right side of the head. 

8. Fold the string on the right side (the one visible in the last picture) over so that it makes a loop.

9. Tie that loop in a know so that the string ends in a loop. Trim the excess string.

10. Back on the other side, we can use the string on the left side of the horse's head to go through that loop. To secure it so that you can still get it off, tie a single knot back onto itself.

And trim that string so that it's not too long. 😊

11. (You only have to follow this step if you want a lead line.) I'm doing the lead line on my foal first, so I put a jump ring right here:

Sorry, I used a pencil to point so it's easier to see where to put the jump ring. There's two strings there, so I just put it on one of the two so that it wouldn't slide up.

These are all the metal parts I used:

One of the two bigger jump rings goes on the string where I showed you, then taking the clip, attach the small jump ring to it, and then a large jump ring to the small jump ring.

It looks very professional and clean, neat, tidy, etc. that way! ☺️

Then taking some extra string, simply tie it in a double knot off of the bigger jump ring.

Now you can simply clip it on to the jump ring on the halter, and voila!

I did this again on the mare. 

I'll try to remember to show you what I enter in the Breyer photo show!!!

Have fun with this!

LPS Parachutes

LPS can't fly... But what if they could?
There's SO MANY ways to make them fly- drones, parachutes, etc.

I don't have a drone on hand, so I'll make a DIY parachute.

What I did first was I grabbed a plastic grocery bag and traced a circular plate onto it. I cut the circle out, and hole-punched four holes along the edge, about a centimeter away from the end of the circle. I cut 2 pieces of ribbon that could go across the circle and have some slack. I tied a knot through each of the holes, criss-crossing the ribbons, so that they formed a big X that's tied to the circle. When it's done, it should look something like this:

All you have to do is tangle or tie a littlest pet shop into the string, and drop it somewhere high- like flight of stairs. When dropping the parachute be sure to do it safely. A ladder might not be the best of ideas, because you can fall if you lose your balance.

(Note: Be sure to drop the parachute with the LPS falling first, with the parachute above it to catch its fall.😊)

Another SUPER EASY way to make them fly is to just tie a littlest pet shop to the handles of a plastic grocery bag. That way they fall slower, an it's really cool to see the bag inflate like a parachute.

Thank you so much for stopping by!