Western General Store

Here's another idea for July 4th. Paint the cast iron Horse Head 3 Hook red, white and blue and attach bling stars with hot glue. Fun for kids too!

July 4th is around the corner! Time to make a patriotic wreath. I found all this burlap ribbon on sale last year and have been saving it just for this. There are lots of videos on making burlap wreaths and bows so you can do it! I used a wood cut out horse from a previous post and painted it like a US flag. I would hot glue it or hang it with wire. Have fun!

I saw this frame in a local Mexican Restaurant and thought I would try to make it. I found this molding in the home improvement store. First using a router I cut the edge where the picture is inserted. Cut the 45 degree angles on a non electric miter saw and did a little sanding. This is a 11x14 frame. I marked the center of each piece and drew the lines for the cuts which are an inch apart. I made the cuts on the scroll saw. It fit together nicely. So I glued the joints and used a brad gun on the corners, then hammered in a corrugated fastener. I spray painted the frame with a turquoise blue color and put in a colorful picture. I think it turned out well.

When I saw these bunt feet table legs in the local home improvement store I thought I could make a candle holder. I unscrewed the screw from the wood using a vice. I cut off the head of a nail and drilled a small hole in the top of the wood and bottom of taper candle and inserted the nail into the candle. I placed the candle onto the wood base. For a different candle holder I drilled a hole a little smaller than the screw into the top of the first piece and the other piece and drilled a hole into the bottom of a pillar candle. I screwed the second wood leg piece onto the first piece and screwed the candle onto the top. I made and screwed on another piece to the bottom to give it more stability and finished all pieces with light brown Briwax. You could paint or stain any color to go with your décor. Here it is with a flameless candle.

Consider using conchos and spots to adorn frames, cabinets or wooden wall art. I used a screw adapter to screw it into the frame. I had these spots that went well with the Square Berry Copper Concho . With a utility knife I made indentions in the wood, placed the spot and hammered it into the frame.

I picked up the cast iron Horseshoe Welcome Sign and placed it on a weathered board. I thought of putting a Tiny Horseshoe on each side, but decided to use Tiny Stars . I painted the stars to match the sign and screwed everything into the board with brown screws from the hardware store. I was going to stop right there, and I thought of hanging the sign with an old rusty chain. Instead, I took a piece of lariat rope and nailed it to the back. I wrapped leather lacing on each end leaving about 6 inches for a tassel, and begin the task of unraveling the rope, which takes quite a while. I wrapped a little lace on the top also. You can have fun with this. The kids can paint the stars and unravel the rope. Just place some wax paper on the table and use dark brown acrylic paint, let dry and add a little black.

I took apart the Western Coat Rack, cut the longer boards a little shorter and attached the back support boards to the front with our small handles and screws to make a photo tray.