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DIY Christmas Star

December 5, 2016 by Chris

Hey hey! Things are happening around here (follow on IG and IG stories to see what I mean!), so I couldn’t post a lot last week. BUT I’m back with some Christmas updates I’ve been working on! Christmas/winter in Michigan means taking advantage of all the evergreens in my backyard! So…I made a Christmas star with them.

diy Christmas star

My favorite part is that it cost me $2.94! The supplies you’ll need are as follows:

  • 5 yardsticks (I bought mine for .98 cents at Lowes)
  • Staples
  • Floral wire
  • Ribbon
  • Evergreen branches
  • Dark stain or paint (optional)

greenery-star

The directions are quite simple. Form your yardsticks into a star shape. I am just challenged enough that I needed my husband’s help with this. Don’t judge. It took some small tweaking/adjusting to get it just right, and I glued the points in place. Once the glue dried a bit, I used my staple gun to secure the ends just a bit more. I stained my yardsticks with black stain (what I had on hand), but you don’t necessarily need to. I just preferred it.

greenery-star

After cutting a bunch of branches from a tree in our forest, I laid out the largest ones first so I could get a clear shape of the star. I then tweaked/added as needed in order to fill in all the holes. I used floral wire to secure the branches at the tips. I also tied a couple of bottom branches in the middle as well to keep it from shifting too much. Advice numero uno? USE GLOVES. I just used some cheap work ones I found lying around. Anything to keep the sharp pine needles from stabbing your fingers to death.

greenery-star-3

I just kept layering and trimming until it took the shape I liked. I used some ribbon I had on hand to make a bow and wired it onto the star. Voila!

Christmas star greenery

Christmas star

It’s super festive, will last me all winter, and it was super easy! Give it a try!

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Well, hello. Ahem. Allow myself to introduce..my..self. My name is Chris! And I’m a blogger! I got into blogging after spending months reading all the inspiration that is found in blogland. I thought to myself, “Self, I can do this. I might have something to offer too!” And so it began...
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About Chris

Well, hello. Ahem. Allow myself to introduce..my..self. My name is Chris! And I’m a blogger! I got into blogging after spending months reading all the inspiration that is found in blogland. I thought to myself, “Self, I can do this. I might have something to offer too!” And so it began...

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