Fence Post Cross

Last week I shared the old wooden cross I found along with some of my other religious art and jewelry and maybe it's the time of year, but I seem drawn to old crosses and holy statuary.  I don't run across many garden crosses that are not outrageously expensive so I decided to make my own.

I went to Home Depot and purchased some wooden fence posts.  Each cross needs three posts.  The employee at Home Depot was kind enough to cut the posts for me.  The side pieces are 13 inches long from the tip of the post to the cut.  I then got some mending brackets to affix the two cross sides to the center post.

After we my husband made the structure of the cross, I painted them old white then dry brushed them with a light gray to put a little "wear" on them.  Then I rummaged through the junk treasures I had on hand and found four metal emblems to affix to the fronts of the crosses. 

Now that they are completed, I set them in the garden to "ferment" if you will to add some patina and get them ready for spring garden sales.  In the meantime, I saved the rest of the scrap pieces of the fence posts that remained after everything was cut.  I'm making garden signs out of those, and I'll share them this week.

Thanks so much for visiting.

P.S. Yesterday I announced the winner of the Ramsign give-away.  Marilyn Gray, you are the winner!  Please contact me at little.miss.maggie@aol.com with your email address. 

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