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Location: Minnesota | My old mare passed unexpectedly last winter and I haven't decided what I would like to do to remember her yet. I have her tail, her halter and lead rope, the bell boots she was wearing and about 10 of her shoes. What have some of you done to remember you horses? I'd love to see pictures if you have some. |
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Location: California | I haven't done anything personally, but an idea I really like are the horse hair bracelets or necklaces. |
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| billboard or life size bronze statue
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| Made a shadow box with bridle and bit, and alot of other momentos. |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | I planted a tree for mine by their resting places.
My mom made me a shadow box of Biblia.. she has a Photo of her and I and her bit and few other things in a big wooden box with a glass door.. its beautiful..i lean it by fireplace or on a shelf its heavy |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | ccarpe18 - 2015-11-10 4:22 PM
I haven't done anything personally, but an idea I really like are the horse hair bracelets or necklaces.
I really like that idea but I am not a big jewelry person. I think they are really pretty though. |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | kboltwkreations - 2015-11-10 4:46 PM
Made a shadow box with bridle and bit, and alot of other momentos.
I'd love to see pictures if you have any. |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | Bibliafarm - 2015-11-10 4:49 PM
I planted a tree for mine by their resting places.
My mom made me a shadow box of Biblia.. she has a Photo of her and I and her bit and few other things in a big wooden box with a glass door.. its beautiful..i lean it by fireplace or on a shelf its heavy
Do you have any pictures. I think the shadow box is a nice idea. |
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Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | I will go take a few now and post. mom put some other stuff in there but you get the idea..I had removed the bit to use and few other things but she added some western stuff but I still loved it so much..
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | Oh, I like that. I think a shadow box is what I will do. I never even thought about that. |
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 Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | I do drawings of my special ones, I just decided today on the layout I'll be using for one of my broodmares that I put down last month. I'm also going to be doing a special piece of pottery with her tail hair. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | My little HS rodeo mare's bridle goes everywhere with me, I rub the buckle on the side of it and ask that she watch over me and my horse on our run. My bay mare when I had to have her put down I dipped her feet in white paint and pressed the soles to a T-shirt, one for me and one for my mom who loved her as much as I did. As I leave the yard with the horses I honk 4 times, one to each of them and one to the two dogs that rest next to them also and just ask them to watch over us while we are gone. Little traditions like that I find more comforting than anything. |
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| I have a tail hair bracelet made from the mare in my profile picture. It was a graduation present from her owner, she hasn't passed or anything, but I have for the most part stopped riding her. It's a good memento that I really only get out and wear when I'm missing her, which seems to be quite a bit here lately. |
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Location: Arkansas | run n rate - 2015-11-10 6:09 PM
My little HS rodeo mare's bridle goes everywhere with me, I rub the buckle on the side of it and ask that she watch over me and my horse on our run. My bay mare when I had to have her put down I dipped her feet in white paint and pressed the soles to a T-shirt, one for me and one for my mom who loved her as much as I did. As I leave the yard with the horses I honk 4 times, one to each of them and one to the two dogs that rest next to them also and just ask them to watch over us while we are gone. Little traditions like that I find more comforting than anything.
Those are the most wonderful traditions you have; what special friends they must have been to inspire you that way. . . |
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| My husband made me a picture frame out of my gelding's shoes. He welded 2 shoes together and the picture goes in between them and then a third shoe is the base so it will stand. |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | SaraJean - 2015-11-10 5:51 PM
I do drawings of my special ones, I just decided today on the layout I'll be using for one of my broodmares that I put down last month. I'm also going to be doing a special piece of pottery with her tail hair.
I was actually thinking about messaging you Sara. You did a drawing for me a few years ago that I sent to a BB. I love your work. I'll be messaging you. |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | MissouriJen - 2015-11-11 10:13 AM
My husband made me a picture frame out of my gelding's shoes. He welded 2 shoes together and the picture goes in between them and then a third shoe is the base so it will stand.
That's a really neat idea! |
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Location: North Dakota | I have a wall in our home office where I put all Beau's memorabilia. I have a piece of his tail (braided) and his halter. I have some of my favorite pictures of him, as well as a painting I received as a gift before his passing.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | www.dakotabones.com or find Dakota Bones on Facebook. This is a barrel racer from Mitchell, SD that does beautiful pottery using a little mane and or tail hair in the finished piece. Check her out.  |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | CYA Ranch - 2015-11-11 11:28 AM
www.dakotabones.com or find Dakota Bones on Facebook. This is a barrel racer from Mitchell, SD that does beautiful pottery using a little mane and or tail hair in the finished piece. Check her out.
I sure will. Ill be back in SD next weekend as well. It would be nice to meet you one of these times too. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | FlyingHigh1454 - 2015-11-10 6:58 PM I have a tail hair bracelet made from the mare in my profile picture. It was a graduation present from her owner, she hasn't passed or anything, but I have for the most part stopped riding her. It's a good memento that I really only get out and wear when I'm missing her, which seems to be quite a bit here lately.
Thats a nice gift. I think horse hair bracelets are really neat, did you sell you mare? |
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Location: N Texas | I have done a couple of paintings of horses that have passed.
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Location: Piedmont, OK | We recently did a shadow box filled with pictures a halter and buckle she won |
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Location: /ARKANSAS | Horse hair bracelets, key chains, keeping pictures up, little things |
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