Hi, Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a good day today. After a day that began with a blood draw early this morning--'cause I couldn't eat until afterwards and I wanted to beat the crowds--I came home and said a sad good-bye to our neighbors who are moving to Arizona permanently (they had been snowbirds up until now), fixed lunch, went to Physical Therapy, came home and cut my DH's (that's Dear Hubby in laziese), looked up some things on the Internet for DH, fixed dinner, and now I am X-austed.

For now, DH is watching TV, Little Spencer Love-Bug is lying beside my chair not quite snoring yet but will be soon, and I am finally sitting here trying once again to post a note and hopefully download (or is it upload?) some pictures of the horseshoes I have been decorating, which is the main-but-not-only reason for this blog.

So, keep your fingers crossed . . .

This is the first horseshoe I did. Sorry for the PflugArt Logo through it but I read somewhere that a woman had all of her photos stolen from her blog because she didn't have a watermark on them, so paranoid as I am, it will be on all my photos and pictures! Okay, now for my second horseshoe that I did for our neighbors' daughter's wedding (not the ones who moved to AZ) . . .

Yippee! I must not be as dumb as I look (and feel)! This third one I did for me (but I will sell it if anyone wants it). Except for the lopsided writing, I really like it, and I made the bead inside the concho so it lays nicer now. Horseshoe3 . . .

The first horseshoe I used an iron shoe and it really did a number on my hands, so I used light-weight aluminum "Eventer" shoes on the second and third ones. Much better! However, I will use iron ones if anyone prefers them, and I will use old, worn shoes if they are given to me. Will also do any size from a mini-horse to a giant draft horse shoe. Depending on the bling-bling and shoes, my prices will run from $40.00 to $60.00, subject to change as I become more involved in making them.

Let me know what you think of them!

Take care, Everyone, and have great evening and a better tomorrow!

Linda

Still trying to learn what I am doing and how to do it with this blog business . . . Need I say "Grr-rr!"?

Hi, Everyone!

Hope you all had a wonderful summer and are easing into autumn. Lots went on here (okay, by "here" I am referring to Debbie's Two Bit Ranch) with first the purchase of a handsome paint Quarter Horse gelding by the name of "EX Qs My Design", or "Q" for short. But she hadn't had Q for a month when he suffered a seizure. For the present time, she is keeping Q and she found "Ebony", a 17 hands Tennessee Walker. Ebony is her dream-come-true horse. Those of you who know me, know I am gritting my teeth in envy from wanting to ride Ebony myself! Alas, I couldn't get on a Shetland Pony, let alone a t-a-l-l Tennessee Walker! So, my riding is done vicariously through Debbie.

I have found yet another craft that I love to do. This one is decorating horseshoes (okay, you knew it had to have something to do with horses!). I am finishing up my third horseshoe now and I kinda like how it is turning out. Here are the first two I've made . . . 

The first one is made from an iron horseshoe and it was not very friendly to my hands. The second one, made as a wedding gift, is made from an aluminum "eventer" horseshoe and was much kinder to my hands. I am learning more and more with each one. Be watching for the third one, I am really excited about it.

Yes, you guessed it. I will be making these to sell.

I will also be putting up some of my photos for sale in the near future...