August 8, 2016

Gem is Stylin'

A big, huge thank you to Olivia at DIY Horse Ownership!!!

If you don't follow her, please do. I really look forward to reading her posts each day. Not only does she own the cutest Mule and a Mustang, but she is also very crafty and goes to the most gorgeous trails.

A while back she hosted a contest and I was lucky enough to win. I've been wanting to get a new fly bonnet for Gem and was excited when my prize could be a hand made bonnet.

It arrived on Saturday and was the perfect catalyst to force myself up to the barn and try it on her. Since I was there anyway I took an impromptu lesson too.


Why must you dress me up?

When I pulled it out of the box and saw that it was a happy shade of bright red my little raccoon heart went a pitter patter.

But then it got even better when I saw that the ears were half mesh (great in our SE heat) with black backs and adorned by gold unicorns. It doesn't get much better than that folks!

Gold unicorns. Enough said.

8 comments:

  1. wow that is lovely. I love the colour and the unicorns...

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  2. Yay! I'm glad it got to you and you like it. It looks like the ears might be slightly too big, but I suppose that's the downside to guessing what size to do from 300 mile away.

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    1. How do you attach the ears to the crochet? I've crocheted my bonnet, I just need to do ears now.

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    2. It fits her really well. I love it!!

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  3. I love the mesh ear idea!! The bonnet looks very nice on her!!

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    1. I think she appreciated the mesh in the heat.

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  4. I love the mesh ear idea!! The bonnet looks very nice on her!!

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