angels

[annabelle]

We all use horseshoe nails.  I had a box of them staring at me for a while.  Some of them turned into angel, dragonflies and butterflies.  Here are some of the angels....and I fould a couple of LARGE nails (more like spikes)....and they turned into dragonflies....they sell really well..  annabelle

[Glassic]

Neat, did you use washers for the halos?

[ct4mom]

Very Cute!!!

[Stephen Richard]

If horseshoe nails are so cheap in the USA, send some here.  You only can get them with a farrier's license in the UK, or expensively from glass suppliers.

[Wayne]

If horseshoe nails are so cheap in the USA, send some here.  You only can get them with a farrier's license in the UK, or expensively from glass suppliers.

I think an average retail price for 100 horseshoe nails is $11.00

[annabelle]

I owe Ann here a very public apology.....I posted inadvertently a picture she had posted earlier, without giving her proper credit......I did not even intend to post that particular photo.....It is the one in the middle of her cute dragonflies made with horseshoe nails......Ann, my most humble apologies!....I never made any like those in your photo.....I just thought they were cute, and saved them to a temporary file.  My computer has juggled some stuff, and that must have ended up there....Don't know what happened....Folks.....the cute dragonflies in the middle photo were made by Ann....NOT ME.....I clicked on the wrong button in my computer files.....I got the idea for the angels from her, and I made some butterflies with the nails, but they are not like these Ann made....Ann, please forgive my  blunder.  annabelle

[annabelle]

The angel haloes are small circles from misc earrings and such...just any small ring I thought would fit....

[annabelle]

I posted the photos in a big hurry this morning, and neglected to give proper credit for the idea......Back in August, Ann posted the middle photo to show some dragonflies made from horseshoe nails....I thought they were cute, and began to look at my box as a possible source for other things.....and, believe it or not, it finally lead to the dragonflies made from the spikes I found.....Thank you for the inspiration, Ann...and please forgive me for not acknowledging this in my first post.....annablle

[Anne]

You're welcome for the idea Annabelle and when I originally posted the pic in August I did so expecting that the idea would be copied.  That's how it works when you post a picture of something - or that's what I expected to see happen anyway. I do appreciate however your post clarifying what happened. Now go ahead and make them, but if you do it's much easier using non coated wire for the wings!

[Anne]

The angel haloes are small circles from misc earrings and such...just any small ring I thought would fit....

you could also just twist some 20 ga wire and wrap it around a felt pen or something small to get the circle Annabelle. I think someone (Graham?) posted a an easy way to twist wire using a drill a while back.

[Judy K]

I love the simplicity of these angels

[Stephen Richard]

If horseshoe nails are so cheap in the USA, send some here.  You only can get them with a farrier's license in the UK, or expensively from glass suppliers.

I think an average retail price for 100 horseshoe nails is $11.00

So they aren't that much cheaper in the USA.  I know they are really cheap for the farriers.

[Becki]

Yup...we can pay as low as $13 for a box of 250 and it can go as high as $30 for a box of 500. It all depends on they type and size of the nails, who makes them and where we buy them.

[Audrey]

Those are really cute.

[annabelle]

Thanks for all the comments, Folks!  Anne, thanks for the heads up about making the rings...I have done that on occasion, but since I haunt flea markets and yard sales and thrift stores, and already recycle so much old broken jewelry, I have a ton of little rings and things that turn into halos and wings and angel heads, among other things, that I don't have to make them, right now....I cam across your photo of a really cute spider you made last night, that is really cute, too....I may try my hand at the wire thing for wings at some point....I came across an idea when I was shopping while on a cruise where the artist had used wire for angel wings....I am going to try my own version of that and maybe post it...Tahnks again, Anne, for the great ideas!    annabelle

[JoanFrances]

Anne and Annabelle, these little ones are just adorable.  Gee I wonder if my ex can get me some of the nails from the guy who takes care of his horses. 

[Becki]

Gee I wonder if my ex can get me some of the nails from the guy who takes care of his horses. 

If you have a farrier supply in your area you can buy them yourself.

[Stephen Richard]

Got to have a license in the UK

[Becki]

But you don't in the US.  There are alot of farm owners that do their own horses.

[Judy K]

Got to have a license in the UK

Maybe you can buy them online from the US .......... but then the shipping will make them expensive again ...... Hmmmmm

[crazyone]

that just seems strange that you have to have a license to buy a box of nails. 

[Stephen Richard]

It is both to protect the horses and the farriers.

[crazyone]

I can understand having to have a license to actually do the shoeing. But not to buy the nails. They are used for other things than horses (as we are proof).

[Stephen Richard]

It's like guns.  If you don't have the materials, you can't do the harm.

[Judy K]

Or stay safe from bears, thugs, or stones on the road surface? Ban all good so that a little bad won't happen? How sad.

[Stephen Richard]

Or stay safe from bears,
How many bears do you meet these days?
thugs,
You have time to shoot back?
or stones on the road surface?
You shoot stones?
Ban all good so that a little bad won't happen? How sad.
Yes, how sad that more people are killed in the USA annually by guins than car accidents?

Still this very off topic. And I wont be adding any more.

[Judy K]

I get bears and wolves in my yard, and the stones were referring to the horse shoe nails. I have never had to shoot an animal, and I hope I never have to. But I do not want the option removed. I am not up to wrestling one down these days. Crazies come in all species.

"Yes, how sad that more people are killed in the USA annually by guins than car accidents?"

That has not been my lived experience. I lived half my life in Southern Calif and half in the Alaskan wilderness. Guns and horse shoe nails were used responsibly far, far more often than not. As for deaths, cancer wins hands down.

I'm done too. Merry Christmas Steven.

[Ian]

Can't help but wonder. How many people get shot with horseshoe nails? 
Ian

[Judy K]

  I don't know but I have a very high respect for carpenters pneumatic air nail guns.