Country-Western Themed Party

I hinted before at the fact that I was doing center pieces for a “Country – Western Party” well this is what they look like.  They had to keep an eye on them cause people wanted to take them home. 

I started by getting 6" plastic boot mugs, western themed paper and small hay bales from Oriental Trading Company, then I bought the bases at Wal-Mart, the acrylic paint, bird houses, ivy sprigs, moss and picket fence I got at Michael's. Oh yeah the brown matte finish spray paint at Home Depot. 

1)  Spray painted the boots in the matte brown. 

2)  Used white acrylic paint as a primer for the details on the boots. 

3)  Painted the boots in 6 different colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and 

     Purple. 

4)  Used metallic markers to highlight the painted areas in silver and gold. 

5)  Decoupaged the bases with western themed paper and let dry for about 2 days. 

6)  Painted the bird houses in different colors trying to make then combine with the boots. 

7)  Also painted the picket fences in white. 

8)  Cut the ivy in manageable pieces for the size of the boots.  

9)  Last but not least once everything was painted and ready to be assembled I put all the        pieces together.  (See the pictures below)