I have a lot of dorky hobbies, and one of them is needlepointing. I love to stitch equestrian stuff, and although I’m good at finishing the stitching part I lack follow through on turning them into actual things. Example? I have five beautiful equestrian ornaments I finished last spring… and they’re all still in the canvas waiting to be turned into actual ornaments. I’m hoping to break my “not finishing” streak this year, because I got a belt canvas for…
While I used to love the plain, copper looking engraved stall signs lately hand painted stall signs for your horse seem to be on the rise. My absolute favorite ones are by Simply Equine Design. They are beautiful, and the woman who makes them does a great job. They are also pricey, but worth every penny. Since I’m a) cheap b) somewhat artistically inclined, I decided to make my own. It’s not as fancy as the professional ones, but it was…
The ribbon idea post hasn’t been sitting here in vain. After I out most of my ribbons in the jars, I wanted to get creative with some leftovers. I have a ton of ribbons from a popular show series in NC that thought traditional ribbon colors were boring, therefore a ton of my ribbons have a very un-boring rainbow streamer. I didn’t want to include these rainbow streamers in my traditional colored pillow, but it’s the part of the ribbon…
On Monday, I wrote about equestrian design in the home which featured my current way of showcasing ribbons – throwing them in glass vases. Several of you asked for different ways to display horse show ribbons, and I remembered a Pinterest board that L. Williams (who is just as satin obsessed as me… maybe more so) showed me a while back. This lead to me combing through about 100 other Pinterest boards and then compiling this list… enjoy! Make a…
I don’t know why, but the idea of a seasonally appropriate front porch is super thrilling to me. There’s no real reason for this. I don’t think anyone has ever driven by the front of my house and said, “Goodness! There is no seasonal wreath… how will I know if it is actually fall or spring right now? The horror!” Passers by might not do that, but I sure do. During spring and summer I lose some of the gusto…
I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. I mean, you don’t even need to be a horse person to think that the quilt/wall hanging to the right is really, really pretty – not to mention creative! If you haven’t seen or heard of one of these, it’s a quilt made entirely out of horse show satin ribbons. I’ve done different kinds of horse showing all my life, and have secretly been lusting after one of these. However, there…