Have you heard of Washi Tape?

I have been seeing this on Pinterest and in blogs for a while now but was never sure of how you use it or what it is for…..I recently got some from a place on Etsy called Charm Store.  She had really reasonable prices I thought….I just adore this product!  I have already used some of one roll…..

Oh yes….cherries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And for the upcoming holidays…..

And look at this beautiful lace ones…..

GREAT item for our tag swaps, don’t you think?????

I guess I am coming late to this party, but I sure do love this product!!!!!

The possibilities are endless….:)  And no, I didn’t buy all of these, but I did purchase the first one and the ones with the cherries. :)

Check out this store on Etsy, you won’t be disappointed….

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CharmTape

Here is a link to Dorothy’s Blog with lots of fun ideas for this tape!

http://blog.dorothyprudiefabrics.com/2012/07/how-to-use-washi-tape.html?showComment=1343355893344#c6580061056960090413

 

Snowman…the Eighty Dollar Horse

 

Being into horse most of my life I love reading a good true horse story, I just finished this book….

Snowman was rescued from a slaughterhouse truck at an auction when he was only 8 years old.  He had been a plow horse and the owner  thought he was used up.   Harry de Leyer, a poor immigrant horse trainer who worked at a school for girls in Long Island  thought differently and purchased him off the truck for $80.00  A LOT of money back then for someone like Harry.  He saw something special in that horses eyes the first time they looked at each other.  Snowman earned his keep at the  girls school giving riding lessons. Not the prettiest, or the flashiest or the fastest,  but destined to have a wondrous jumping career you  only see in the movies…

It felt good to read about a true horseman who had a real bond with this gentle giant….he went on to have a jumping career of five years and beat some of the best of the best in a higher echelon equestrian society.  Harry also knew when enough was enough and retired him at the age of 13.

 

He sure doesn’t look like a plow horse here, does he?????? 

He lived to the ripe old age of 26 when kidney failure ended his life with a humane euthanasia…people still can see his grave under the tree in his favorite pasture on the farm Harry and his wife owned in Long Island.   What a wonderful story of the life and times of the early 1950’s and the people who had the money to have champion show jumpers and how the new  Middle Class working man in America had his horse to cheer for also!  If you like horses and history, this is a great read.