It started with Horsemakers, web-based utility where you can design and put together a horse by mixing colours, mane, tail, markings. Then you can dress it up with tack that represents colours you can really find in tack shops.
Dec032009
Snafflez is…
Jan152010
Have your say
So the fleabitten grey body base has been added to all the Horsemaker versions now.
I’m tinkering away at the handler/showmanship at halter version, it’s barely started, but it’s there. Just need to finish the base items for the show shirts, jackets, pants, boots, etc. to dress up the person, and some blingy show halters for the horse. Banded mane and more colours too! Our new horse is a semi-retired National Show Horse, Part-Bred Arab Jumper so I’m motivated to add more pieces to represent the NSH and Arab types.
The computer wrinkles are shaking out at last, and I’m making a “to-do” list of things to add. What would you like to see added to the Horsemakers, or to the Snafflez website? What would you vote for having done first? I’ll use the answers to this post to help decide what to add first.
Don’t forget you can always email to design@snafflez.com with any suggestions, ideas, or submissions for the gallery. The gallery will probably be getting overhauled over the next week or so, and should be easier to use and browse when it is done.
Jan062010
No log-in required
Hey just so it’s clear, you don’t have to “log in” to do anything on this site.
Now that the crazies of Christmas are behind us, might get some new stuff up here soon. Only problem is our riding club is hosting a couple clinics and a horse show in the next few weeks, and I have to help with that. Oh and we bought another horse. And then there’s that whole “day job” thing which is not insignificant and pays the bills.
So as soon as I get a chance to add things here, I will. It’s just a matter of having time.
Dec032009
You’re in the right place…
Snafflez groweth.
This space is most definitely, finally, under construction.
The Horsemakers are still there. Look to your right to see the links.
Check back, because you might not believe it but there’s more to be uploaded. Riders and showmanship handlers, for example. Ponies, drafts. Fleabitten greys. Bosals.
And more yet to come. More than just horsemakers. I’ve been maintaining elsewhere a list of show tips and rules, about what bits are allowed, what to wear, when not to use SMBs, when to braid, and most of all, what NOT to do. I’ll be moving that here. Like the Horsemakers, I started collecting all that info for myself, as a newbie to the horseworld, and the best way to keep it handy for me is to stick it on the internetz. And whatever else I can randomly decide to post.
Why the change??
- winter’s here
- it’s easier to update the non-Horsemaker stuff, like show tips, colour genetics, whatever
- it’s prettier
- it’s easier to manage the gallery of submitted images
- for that matter, it’s easier to get feedback and comments
- winter’s here
