Giddyup

I was one of those girls who just LOVED horses. I lived in the suburbs and we definitely didn't have room for a horse. But my love of horses led me to collect Breyer toy horses. I had these horsed lined up on a book shelf. Many years later, I have found some vintage Breyer horses like the ones I use to collect. I have updated them using white and gold paint giving them a fun new look.

 This is a fun DIY if you have some vintage plastic horses.

First I spray-painted the plastic horses with white gloss paint. I lightly spayed the paint on the horses.

I did about four coats of paint and let the paint dry between each coat.

 Then I painted the hooves and part of the leg with liquid gold leaf. I was able to just dip each leg into the bottle of paint. I only needed to do one coat of the gold paint.

I think these horses look updated and have a fun modern style. This is an easy DIY project you can do yourself. Or you can purchase this set in my shop here.

Vintage Horse LOVE

I've been working with vintage photos in my encaustic artwork lately and I thought I'd share this photo. This is "vintage" photo of me - age 8. Check out the fantastic retro cars in the background. I was one of those girls who LOVED horses. All I thought about was horses. All my dreams included horses. I grew up in the suburbs of the  East Bay Area in San Francisco. My parents found a riding stable near our home and I took lessons for a few years. I never did get that horse when I was a child, but in my 20s, I lived on 40 acres near Tucson, AZ. I had a couple of horses and fulfilled that childhood dream.