Harecroft Holly Blue
Sept 30, 2020 16:24:36 GMT
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Post by george on Sept 30, 2020 16:24:36 GMT
I've finally had time and a sunny day to get photos of my Anniversary-batch spare taken, so let me introduce Harecroft Holly Blue...
This here is one of the most adorable Julip ponies I've ever seen, with his soft glowing colour, gently faded dappling, and sweet, innocent face. I don't have many greys, and almost all my dappled ones are very dark (by chance, not choice - that just happens to be what's come my way over the years), so he instantly stood out as one I'd love to own, though it's so hard to grab a spare I tried not to get my hopes up!
I've name him Holly Blue because earlier on spares day, I'd seen holly blue butterflies on a country walk. He'll be Blue for short, although I don't mind Holly for him either - speaking as a Red Dwarf fan, it's definitely a boy's name!
The other side, showing his beautiful mane. I used hair mousse on it to help tame the over-the-top fluffiness, and that's brought out the lovely natural wave in the hair.
Of course, I couldn't leave him long without some tack of his own, and the first thing I made was this little headcollar and leadrope set, inspired by the silvery grey and blue shades of his namesake butterfly. My superglue wasn't the best, so it didn't end up quite so detailed as I'd like (I planned a blue thread trim between the braid and the grey edge), but I think it suits him well.
As well as his headcollar, I wanted to make him an in-hand bridle inspired by the same blue butterflies which gave him his name - a bright sky blue, a soft deeper blue, and the braid enhanced by thread in silver and metallic royal blue laid carefully along the ribbon overlaps, which shines when the sun catches it. Usually I'm all about traditonal, workmanlike turnout, but some ponies just seem meant to carry a bit of bright'n'sparkly (as long as it's not pink!)
Another angle, which shows the touch of grey at the base of his tail, and that lovely dappled bum.
And one final pretty portrait to end on - welcome to the herd, Harecroft Holly Blue, and happy 75th Anniversary, Julip!
PS a longer version of this intro is on my blog, click here, I edited it down as there was a lot of explaining what Spares are and how we buy them, but we know that on J-club, we were there!
This here is one of the most adorable Julip ponies I've ever seen, with his soft glowing colour, gently faded dappling, and sweet, innocent face. I don't have many greys, and almost all my dappled ones are very dark (by chance, not choice - that just happens to be what's come my way over the years), so he instantly stood out as one I'd love to own, though it's so hard to grab a spare I tried not to get my hopes up!
I've name him Holly Blue because earlier on spares day, I'd seen holly blue butterflies on a country walk. He'll be Blue for short, although I don't mind Holly for him either - speaking as a Red Dwarf fan, it's definitely a boy's name!
The other side, showing his beautiful mane. I used hair mousse on it to help tame the over-the-top fluffiness, and that's brought out the lovely natural wave in the hair.
Of course, I couldn't leave him long without some tack of his own, and the first thing I made was this little headcollar and leadrope set, inspired by the silvery grey and blue shades of his namesake butterfly. My superglue wasn't the best, so it didn't end up quite so detailed as I'd like (I planned a blue thread trim between the braid and the grey edge), but I think it suits him well.
As well as his headcollar, I wanted to make him an in-hand bridle inspired by the same blue butterflies which gave him his name - a bright sky blue, a soft deeper blue, and the braid enhanced by thread in silver and metallic royal blue laid carefully along the ribbon overlaps, which shines when the sun catches it. Usually I'm all about traditonal, workmanlike turnout, but some ponies just seem meant to carry a bit of bright'n'sparkly (as long as it's not pink!)
Another angle, which shows the touch of grey at the base of his tail, and that lovely dappled bum.
And one final pretty portrait to end on - welcome to the herd, Harecroft Holly Blue, and happy 75th Anniversary, Julip!
PS a longer version of this intro is on my blog, click here, I edited it down as there was a lot of explaining what Spares are and how we buy them, but we know that on J-club, we were there!
