November 9, 2011

Howdy! There are some great Western Vault members with beautiful western hats to complete your look this winter. Check out what Leddy's, Boot Baby Ranch, Living Western, & Pinto Ranch have to offer your family!

M.L. Leddy's

Over 125 Years of Experience in Hats

M. L. Leddy's may be known for their custom boots, but they have much more to offer! Leddy's has a generous selection of felt hats in stock ranging in price from $200-$2500. They offer custom fitting and hand shaping to create a personal experience for each individual customer. At Leddy's, nothing but the best will do! All of their hats are hand picked hat bodies made to their specifications and designs. Leddy's also has a beautiful line of hand tooled and alligator hat bands with sterling silver conchos, buckle sets, gold adornments, and precious stones available to dress up your hat. Although they stock a great product, they do realize that they may not have precisely what you're seeking. For that reason, Leddy's is pleased to work with their customers to specially design hats and hatbands to their specifications.

In This Issue

M.L. Leddy's- Over 125 Years of

Experience in Hats

Boot Baby Ranch- Where Little

Buckaroos Can Get "Duded" Up

Living Western-

Within the Leddy's group, they collectively boast over 125 years worth of hat creasing experience, ensuring that your hat purchase will not leave you

dissatisfied! M.L. Leddy's Fort Worth, Texas ________________________________________________________

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Boot Baby Ranch

Where Little Buckaroos Can Get "Duded" Up Just like the kids that wear them, western hats come in all shapes and sizes. Tall crown, short crown, big brim, short brim, Gus crease, cattleman crease, brick top crease, or no crease at all. Just the shape of the hat can define a personality or a trade. Cowboys and those who love cowboy life enjoy wearing a hat to "top" off the look of an outfit. Not only does a hat function as shade to protect against the bright sun, but it gives the wearer a sense of confidence that no other accessory can do. Hats are made from a variety of materials that are worn according to the seasons, just like we consider other clothing to be worn during the appropriate seasons. Felt hats come in all colors, and black is especially popular. Someone considering a felt hat will find them in all sorts of price ranges, too, depending on the quality of the felt. For the hotter seasons, straws and palm leaf hats can be found providing shade on many heads, small and tall.

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With the western industry pushing forward to crossover into a variety of styles, hats are available on most main streets, in feed stores, hardware stores, convenience stores, flea markets, and online. For parents, it is a right of passage to buy the first hat that their little cowpoke will be donning, even if it's just for a picture. Boot Baby Ranch will begin carrying straw and felt hats this holiday season! You can shop TheWesternVault.com, and be sure to find them on FaceBook for the latest arrivals at Boot Baby Ranch, along

with special contests and tidbits from the ranch!

Boot Baby Ranch Coleman, Texas _____________________________________________________

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Living Western

More Than a Website- It's a Lifestyle

LivingWestern.com is more than a website. It is life style. They are answering the needs of a new generation that is always trying to be out of the box. The products that Living Western carries represent them, and they want to share this with every cowboy out there. For a limited time for the holidays, Living Western is offering an extreme special 40% discount! View a selection of their inventory on The Western Vault!

Our Members Aaron Sanchez

Sculpture Andy & Aaron Sanchez

Antiques on 8 The Arrangement

Appaloosa Trading Company

Bar W Guest Ranch Barranada Shirt

Company Bear Paws Trading

Post Boot Baby Ranch

Bullhide is the leading brand at Living Western. Borrowing on the experience acquired from their father "George" Cury, a master hatter and artisan, his sons Samir and Jorge carry on the fine tradition of quality hat making. Today, they incorporate all the fine techniques that the founder started back in 1949. Not a single step or process is skipped in bringing to the world a premium hat and leather jackets with old western charm. Today, Bullhide, Run a Muck, Westcliffe and Ruidoso labels, as well as Montecarlo and Bullhide's premium brands, incorporate all the western flavor and flair of the old west. Only the finest materials are used. Bullhide has been recognized as a leader in the western fashion industry because of their innovative and stylish designs. If it is backed by the Bullhide

label, you know that you are getting a fine piece of Americana. Living Western Weston, Florida

Pinto Ranch

Your Source for Serratelli Keeping with Pinto Ranch's tradition of choosing only high quality Western designers and craftsmen it's no surprise Pinto Ranch carries Serratelli hats. Based out of New Jersey, Serratelli is family owned and has been in business for over 100 years. Serratelli has been making felts and supplying hat bodies to major hat companies for many years. They are able to take their hat from fur to finish.

Carol K Cattle Kate

Chuck's Woodbarn Colorado Cowgirls

Courtney & Company Creative Branch

Cowboy Outfitters D&D Farm and Ranch

Dave Alexander Debi Lynn Designs

Deitra Robertson Real Estate, Inc.

Desert Raven Art Desperado Couture

Diamond 57 Cowboy Boot Purses

Diamond M Ranch Designs- Plum Sassy

Cowgirls Gulf Coast 4 Star

Trailers H. Clay Dahlberg

The Hat Store Hones Design Studio Jack Terry Fine Art

James Ayers Studios Jerry Baird's Gourmet

Seasonings Jewelry by Day

La Coda Art La Mujer Studio

Leather Braiding by John

Leddy's Ranch at Sundance

Libby Koch Living Western

Lone Star Outlaws M.L. Leddy's

Madole Spurs Midwest Buggy Neighcessories Nettles Country Out West Gifts Patricia Wolf Pinto Ranch

RCC Western Stores Red Star Riggings Rendezvous West

RND Rustics Silver Mountain

Furniture Company South Texas Saddlery

One of the reasons Serratelli is able to produce such fine quality hats is because they carefully formulate and control the fur blends which in turn produces top quality hats. Pinto Ranch carries several Serratelli beaver and fur blend hats. Our hat-shaping experts regularly shape and steam hats for our customers free of charge. Visit

Pinto Ranch for the finest hats around! Pinto Ranch Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada

Texas Music Chart Your Guide to Texas and Red Dirt Music The Texas Music Chart has three new entries this week from the Midnight River Choir, Jon Wolfe and the Brian Burke Band! Meanwhile, there is very little change at the top with Jason Boland & the Stragglers still holding on to #1 with their single "Mary Ellen's Greenhouse" and Brandon Rhyder's "In the Country" remaining at #2. Cody Canada & the Departed's single "Skyline Radio" jumped up the chart five spaces from #15 to #10 this week while Wade Bowen's "Saturday Night" had a 188 spin increase to move him from #23 to #16. There were a couple other songs that had significant increases in their radio plays this week including:

Jon Wolfe "I Don't Dance" 101 spins Aaron Watson "Fast Cars Slow Kisses" 74 spins Ryan Beaver "Hate" 68 spins

Click here to see who else made the chart this week! Texas Music Chart Houston, Texas

South Texas Tack Steve Devenyns Fine Art & Limited Edition

Prints Tejas Custom Boots

Templeton Thompson Texas Ridem

Tres Rios Silver The Western Diva

We're Hiring!

The Western Vault is growing, and we need

your help! We're looking for interested sales people to reach

out to western businesses nationwide.

If you would like to join our team, email

Ginger Wheless or give her a call at

(713) 661-6300.

New Inventory

Corral Boots with Lizard Inlay

South Texas Tack $210

Classic Rockmount Shirt

Boot Baby Ranch $49

News, Sales, & Events

OUR OWN GALA NETTLES RELEASES HER NEWEST BOOK- SMART LITTLE LENA, THE GRAND SLAM YEARS! Smart Little Lena, the Grand Slam Years, a 235-page coffee table edition featuring the show years of the great stallion Smart Little Lena and those intertwined in his life, will debut November 15, just in time for Christmas. Written by well-known author and columnist Gala Nettles, the book has numerous never-before-seen photographs and stories guaranteed to make you smile, and perhaps, even shed a tear. Smart Little Lena was the first stallion to win the coveted National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown. He then later added another exceptional

championship to that list, making it a grand slam for the Quarter Horse stallion. His quick draw movements sucked many a cow into a trap and always brought screaming crowds to their feet. While these riveting performances made him a champion, it was his riotous personality that made him appealing. The great stallion chased butterflies, played with Gismo, a Jack Russell Terrier, spooked like a weenie at surprises, and if he could catch his rider unaware, might toss in a little bucking for entertainment. In honor of this coffee table edition's debut, all orders of Smart Little Lena, the Grand Slam Years placed before November 10 receive free shipping! And, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the NCHA Futurity, Gala offers a priceless 3-for-1 package for history buffs and those interested in learning the art of cutting. She and Bill Freeman, trainer of Smart Little Lena, partnered several years ago on the book Bill Freeman: Training the Horse and Rider- the best cutting instructional book on the market. She later wrote Fame & Glory, the

First Decade of NCHA Futurities, a gold mine of equine history about the birth of the Futurity and how it struggled to become a first-class event. Coupled with Smart Little Lena, the Grand Slam Years, these 3 books are available through December 31- or until the limited supply runs out- for a remarkable price of $89.95 plus shipping!

Smart Little Lena, The Grand Slam Years is the 17th book for Gala. Besides also pinning columns and articles for numerous magazines, she is married to cutting horse trainer and Hall of Famer Ronnie Nettles, and lives daily amid the rich field in which Smart Little Lena succeeded. To order your books call 936-348-6541 or 800-729-2234. Don't forget to request that your copies be autographed!

Nettles Country Madisonville, Texas ______________________________________________________

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STOCK UP FOR WINTER SALE AT D&D! Check it out! Outerwear for the entire family, including your favorite four-legged friends is 20% OFF! Also, tops & jeans for the entire family are Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off!

The Stock up for Winter Sale is good November 7th-12th. Check it out

at the store in Seguin or online! D&D Farm and Ranch Seguin, Texas

Things to Do Comin' up Soon Here is a short list of things comin' up soon. Be sure to check out the entire event calendar on TheWesternVault.com for a complete list of great western events all over the United States!

August 13- November 12: AQHA Museum America's Horse in Art- Amarillo, Texas November 10: Texas Stampede Charity Gala- Allen, Texas November 10-12: Tom Thumb Texas Stampede- Allen, Texas November 11-13: Weaving Wild Horses- 22nd Annual Navajo Rug Show & Sale-

Park City, Utah November 26-26: Lucchese Trunk Show at Pinto Ranch Dallas- Dallas, Texas

"Happy trails to you, until we meet again. Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then."

Mandy Wooten Marketing Director The Western Vault 713-661-6300 mandy@thewesternvault.com www.thewesternvault.com

Linda Galayda Advisory Board The Western Vault linda@thewesternvault.com www.thewesternvault.com

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