Missing Manes

08/10/2024

FORE! In the spirit of our golf tournament, can you take a swing at supporting your favorite horse for $20? For this campaign, we have matched our 18 horses to a hole on the golf course!

Does $20 Really Help?

YES! As an all-volunteer rescue, every penny counts! With such generous and caring supporters, we can provide great daily care and hopefully find a perfect match for their forever home!

Support CDHR With a One-Time Donation of Just $20.00

How Does it Work?

Choose your favorite CDHR horse here: https://www.ctdraftrescue.org/help-drive-a-cdhr-horse-to-their-forever-home

Select the $20 to support your favorite horse. There is also an option for a custom amount.
It’s that easy!

Thank you for your support!

07/31/2024

For a very well loved barn pony❤🐎❤🐎❤

Which one is your favorite?
So hard to pick just one.
I love using glass beads.

Run free sweet boy. ❤🐎❤

06/22/2024

Such a sweet sweet pony to work with. I love how dainty this bracelet looks. Perfect to memorialize a sweet little mini.
Run free sweet boy. 🐎🐎🐎❤❤

06/22/2024

Horse hair hand woven pillow, tassel and bracelet set, ready to head back home.
Run free sweet boy, it was wonderful working with you. 🐎🐎🐎❤

06/22/2024

Tail hair frame and Urn mantle rug are completed.
Run free 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

06/22/2024

Do I do custom work? Yes I do!
This was a request to make something for a dog to wear in a wedding, that would incorporate her horse that recently passed. . The flowers and colors are browns, tans for an early fall event.
I couldn't be happier in how this Horse Hair doggie bolo came out. ❤🐴🐕❤
Wait till you see what else will be in the wedding. See comments for second item, the 3rd is still on my studio table

06/13/2024

Wow, this one took awhile to complete, but it was worth it!
This one has a story. Cameo, pictured below had the best stall mate, a little hen name Peckie. ❤They hung out together all the time.
So when Cameo crossed the rainbow bridge his Momma brought me some of his tail, along with a little container of feathers that she had collected from Peckie over the years. She asked if I could make a Memorial piece for Cameo and somehow incorporate the feathers. ❤❤❤❤

How could I say no?

So, for weeks ideas have been going through my head. When working with something this special and you only have 1 shot to get it right, I gotta make sure everything is gonna work in my head before any cutting or gluing happens.
I love a challenge, and every piece is custom.

Many thanks to all my customers for being patient and giving me the time and space to be creative and to make pieces like this, that are just so special. Thank you. ❤

P.S. the horses in frame are from Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue, they are Trick and Treat. I use older calendar photos from local rescues in my photo shoots of completed items to help promote the rescues. And these 2 matched the frame perfectly. ❤❤❤

04/24/2024

Crossing the Bridge.

I stood beside your bed last night, I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying; you found it hard to sleep.

I whinnied to you softly as you brushed away a tear,
"It's me, I haven't left you. I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."

I was with you at my grave today; you tend it with such care.
I want to reassure you, that I'm not lying there.

I walked with you toward the house, as you fumbled for your key.
I put my head against you, nickered and said, "It's me."

You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know that I was standing there.

It's possible for me to be so near you every day.
To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."

You sat there very quietly, then smiled; I think you knew.
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.

And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I'll gallop across to greet you, and we'll stand there side by side.

I have so many things to show you, there's so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out...then come home to be with me.

04/12/2024

A very special hat band, for a very special dad who loved and shared and very special horse.
Run free Big Red ❤🐎❤

04/09/2024

Such beautiful designs. These pieces hold so much beauty, love and meaning. ❤🐎❤

Missing Manes and ZashWare enjoy partnering up to offer our expertise in memorial pieces to ensure your needs are met with care, respect and professionalism. Contact us anytime.

04/08/2024

We so wish they can stay with us forever.
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I hope this beautiful keepsake will help ease the loss, and be worn close to the heart.
(Tail Hair Round Braid Necklace by Missing Manes and Resin Pendant with Cremation Ashes by ZashWare)
It was an honor to make. ❤

03/22/2024

This piece is stunningly beautiful.

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller. Please reach out if we can assist you in discreet cremain options to keep your loved one or fur baby close. This piece has now gone over to my colleague at Missing Manes who shall be creating a beautiful braided horse hair chain for ‘Farkle’s’ mom.

03/08/2024

Exciting news!!!
Missing Manes has joined hands with ZashWare!

The artist, Victoria Laccarino Burse, is not only an incredible artist, she is also a beautiful soul, who understands the loss of a beloved pet.
I spent last Saturday morning, sitting at her cozy kitchen table, looking at her stunning pendants, sharing stories of current and past pets. Laughing, crying, hugging, and knowing that, not only was I meeting a new business partner, but more importantly I was meeting a new friend. ❤

The pendants you see below will fit onto Missing Mane's horse hair necklaces, as shown below 👇 The pendants will contain cremation ashes suspended in acrylic, over a beautiful one of a kind piece of artwork. The 1st two below contain ashes, the others haven't had ashes added to them yet. The colors, shapes and designs can be custom ordered to your liking.

I am super excited to add this to Missing Manes! If you would like to order a ZashWare pendant, please reach out to myself or directly to [email protected], or via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556974050157&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Victoria lives right down the road from me, so very easy to coordinate, also very easy to coordinate with Ct Horse Cremation, we are all located in Durham Ct.

We look forward to designing and making your forever keepsake of your beloved horse. ❤🐎❤

(ZashWare also provides pendants for dog and human ashes ❤)

02/16/2024

Was a very busy snow day.

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02/16/2024

Soon to be a very special hat band.
Just love the coloring

02/16/2024

Loving how this round braid necklace came out. ❤🐴❤

01/13/2024

01/13/2024

Thunder is going home today in many forms.
❤🐴❤
Run free sweet boy, it was great working with you. ❤🐴❤

10/29/2023

4 horses together forever.

❤🐎🐎🐎🐎❤

10/27/2023

Part of the creating process is giving the tail hair a good , gentle, washing before I start the piece.
I use an all natural, plant based, cleaner, that not only washes the dirt away, but adds luster and brings it back to it's best natural state with no yucky soap fragrance. No need for detangler or anything just all-natural. ❤🐎❤
I use this soap on my current horses tails regularly too! And their body! It works great!
You can get it at :

https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/myaccount/wishlist?listId=653b908ce21e13000a100c96&enrollerId=2146699&sponsorId=2146699&userName=Brenda

08/23/2023

I just love how Willow's forelock braid matches the frame. ❤
Run free sweet girl. ❤🐎❤

06/10/2023

This is a Memory Frame
It opens up, and has fabric covered foam inside with pins. You can add multiple photos, tail braid, name plaque, horse shoes, (customer is going to add one to bottom right of this frame), ribbons, etc.
The outside frame is embellished with tail hair braiding, ending with a hunter green tassel wrap, and brass buttons. I love how this one came out.
Run free Lil Zipper. ❤🐎❤
The photo in this frame is not of Lil Zipper, I use photos from Rescues I support to promote them and the horses they have saved. This guy is Monty, an 8 year old QH, at Live and Let Live Farm Rescue in Chichester NH.

05/10/2023

I am in love with how this hat band came out. It is a mixture of 3, very loved, horses. The braid Is a combination of 2 horses, and the white stitching is from a third, who she only had a tiny bit of short forelock hair.
At Missing Manes everything is custom made, and each piece is unique and one of as kind.
It is an honor to be entrusted with caring for and working with such beautiful souls.
❤🐎❤

03/19/2023

Urn blanket complete with matching tassel.
❤🐎❤
I so love working with horse hair. The texture, the feel, the energy.....no words can describe.

03/16/2023

Sweet tassel ready to go home.
Hope this brings some comfort to the hearts who loved this boy.
❤️🐴❤️

03/16/2023

Custom horse hair braiding keepsake on stall name plate.
❤️🐴❤️

03/09/2023

Urn blanket weaving in progress. ❤🐎❤

02/22/2023

Horse hair tassels done in barn colors.
❤️🐴❤️

02/19/2023

Tassel and hand woven horse hair urn blanket are ready to go home.
This All American Quarter Horse was lovely to work with. I just the the striping effect his hair gave to the weave. ❤
Run free sweet boy,
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