I figured I owe you all an explanation in case you haven't seen my youtube video about all this. You may have noticed that I no longer offer my tack for sale on my website, and this is for a very good reason. I have decided that due to my need to focus on my career and future, taking private orders is simply too time consuming and stressful. I will still be supplying Utterly Horses, so you can still buy my halters from their website! Just have a look in the "handmade tack" section.
I am 16 years old and although most people my age are doing their A-levels, It is my dream to join the Royal Air Force. The application process is long and tough but I'm making headway, having passed my selection test and interview in the last few weeks. My medical assessment is booked for the 10th December. After that I have my fitness test, a three day pre-joining course and then a final interview/offer of service. Then I start 10 weeks of intense basic training at RAF Halton and then go on to 16 weeks Trade training. After that I will be posted to a base in the UK to start my actual job.
Obviously, I cannot keep up with tack orders while going through this, there is a lot of preparation work that goes in to getting ready for each stage and that takes time. All this takes priority over model horses. I love the hobby and hope to return to it later in life when things calm down, but as it stands, it will be put on hold for a while.
I have trained my Mum up to make halters for Utterly Horses so she can continue that while I'm away. However, by no means am I guaranteed to get through the remaining stages of the application process and start training, I could be turned around at any stage. In which case, a review of my situation will be done and I will let you know what the revised plan will be.
I hope you all understand. I will continue to post on here, and on Youtube as often as I can. I am active on Instagram most days so feel free to follow me on there @lizbob97 (please bare in mind that it is not an account related exclusively to model horses).
Thank you for all your custom over the last two years, I hope that you have been satisfied with your tack. You've all been fantastic and I cannot thank you enough!
Elizabeth x