So I know it's not Thanksgiving, but I for one am probably not going to be online tomorrow.  Instead I'll be eating all that food with family and hopefully lots of pie!  So here's an early Happy Thanksgiving wish to everyone!  I hope it's a happy and safe one for everybody!

Here are some of those progress photos I promised yesterday....these first three are all commissions.

First up we have a native halter made to fit Sahran in a mix of greens and cream.  I still need to add cowries, nose charms, throat lash and a lead rope and it's all done after that!  I finally got more gold charms in the mail, but low and behold the jump rings I need to attach them with are not here yet.  Would have been smart if I realized I needed those at the same time I needed charms.  Ah well, after today I should be well stocked up for awhile anyway! LOL!

Here's that set from yesterday again.  Still missing some key details like cowries, nose charms, throat lash, lead line, and more tassels.  This one will have a brow band like the original blue one I did, and matching charms, but this time in gold! There is a possibility of this one being made into a costume someday.  I just love the colors!

Here is the start of a presentation set that is being made with a matching halter with a brow band.  Picture the original blue halter I did with the brow band and this set together.  It's hard to tell in the photos but this blue is a bit more turquoise than the original blue I used.  It's like my favorite color, like how I snuck that in?  I've been dying for someone to let me make it in this color!  Thank you, Heli!

This one below is the start of a new sale halter that I'm really excited about!  I've been wanting to master the "zebra" style native halter for awhile, and I think this is going to work for me.  I'm actually making 3 of these, all the same, because they are just that fabulous in my opinion where I need to be armed with more than one!  They will feature hand stitching, "el badia" style tassels (the ones dipped in beads), and a new take on the native throat lash for model horses.  Something convenient and authentic!

Here's a peak at the matching tassels that go with these halters.  They are wrapped in red, and then triple wrapped in yellow.  I cannot even describe how tedious this process was, but boy is it worth it!  They have such an authentic appeal that I'm just so excited to put these halters together!  These tassels are also a little bit thicker and shorter to give that "fluffier" appearance when attached to the halter.

These zebra style halters should be hitting MH$P by this weekend!  Stay tuned here to see finished photos, and links to sales ads when they are posted!  If they go over well I will be releasing more to sell in different colors.  I'll have finished photos of the commissions I'm working on as well.  There are actually more sets than what I could photograph, but like I said, some of them are a surprise!

Well that's all for now!  Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all those that celebrate!

Melissa :0)