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Offline osage outlaw

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Osage wedding decorations
« on: September 29, 2015, 10:22:58 am »
My niece is getting married Saturday in my best deer hunting field.  The 3rd day of the season I'll have a few hundred people sitting in my best hunting spot  >:(   She is having a country wedding with pumpkins, straw bales, and hedge apples for decorations.  She asked me to make her some cup cake stands out of trees.  She found a picture online of what she wanted.  This is what I made for her.  I wanted to use osage for most of it.  It was hard to find a trunk section that split into 3 limbs so I used hackberry and a maple.  I cut the long osage limb to set across the back of the table.  The round platforms are out of an osage tree that my grandpa had a deer stand in.  Stringman posted a bow from that same tree not to long ago.  I have metal plates under each platform holding them to the upright supports.  I'll post a picture of it all set up with cupcakes on them this weekend.



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Offline hunterbob

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2015, 10:31:02 am »
My brothers we sent me the same picture and wants me to make one. Did you use wet wood to make it?

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2015, 10:44:55 am »
Very cool idea, looks like a fun project. And they turned out nicely! Patrick
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2015, 12:20:02 pm »
Bob, the hackberry and maple are green.  The osage was from a tree that fell over and I cut a section of the trunk out last spring.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2015, 12:22:59 pm »
Cool Clint who would have thunk it do u atleast get to sit in the stand
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2015, 12:28:51 pm »
I'll be in a stand about 200 yards away during the rehearsal.  I'm hoping the deer retreat to the oak grove when they are in the field.
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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2015, 01:04:38 pm »
That's turning out really slick, Clint! Just think, if your job falls through you could probably make it as the redneck wedding decorator.   >:D ;D 8)

Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2015, 02:28:48 pm »
Nice Clint!

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2015, 05:50:41 pm »
Clint, you're a good Uncle. And the wife says those are cool.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2015, 06:13:58 pm »
Thanks guys. 

Eddie, you should see what I'm making them for a gift.  I will be posting them in a few days.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2015, 06:18:28 pm »
Clint, you're a good Uncle. And the wife says those are cool.

Ya Eddie....I showed these to my wife and I think she would like to put an order in for three of the little ones...... :)

Clint your a very talented man....very cool.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2015, 08:24:01 pm »
You sure are a creative fella Clintster, nicely done. My oldest daughter makes fancy cakes for events, Ill show her pics. of this next time she is over, being a country girl at heart I'm certain she will like this.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2015, 09:19:16 pm »
I can't take credit for coming up with these.  She showed me a picture and I grabbed a chainsaw and started cutting. 
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Offline rps3

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2015, 10:27:46 pm »
Those look great. I hope you have hunting success during rehearsal, but have to track in the opposite direction.

Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Osage wedding decorations
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2015, 08:53:41 am »
Those are way cool, Clintster!
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