The Denver Zoo has a beautiful carousel, and thankfully, for this year at least, my boys are neither too old nor too cool to want to ride it.
While they stood in line, I took pictures of some of the carousel animals...
and their tack.
The zebra and okapi wear fairly basic saddles.
The giraffe's is fancier.
I'm not sure there's a demand for this sort of thing, but it doesn't always have to be about making money. Sometimes I really do need a break from all the basic brown and black English competition tack. I've filed these photos away in my "someday" reference folder for the next time I need to do something really different!
While they stood in line, I took pictures of some of the carousel animals...
and their tack.
The zebra and okapi wear fairly basic saddles.
The giraffe's is fancier.
And the lion's is fancier still.
I would love to make a traditional scale carousel tack set one day. It's not an original idea. Costume maker Melissa Sage beat me to the punch earlier this year: http://sage-creations.blogspot.com/2009/01/carousel-costumes-for-models.html . 
Oh I love merry go rounds! They have the most fun horses. When we went to six flags in Illinois back in the 80's I rode theirs. They have AWESOME horses and I enjoyed it so much! I think there should be one just for adults.
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