{"id":157,"date":"2012-12-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/2012\/12\/diy-wooden-christmas-star.html"},"modified":"2012-12-03T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:00:00","slug":"diy-wooden-christmas-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/12\/diy-wooden-christmas-star.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Wooden Christmas Star"},"content":{"rendered":"
I also picked up some baling wire to attach the ends together.<\/p>\n
My husband cut the two pieces of wood into thirds so that I had my five equal pieces, with one leftover.
\nWe then placed the pieces in a star shape…<\/p>\n
and then made sure it was level.<\/p>\n
We then drilled holes into the five points and inserted the baling wire and twisted the ends together, trimming off the extra.<\/p>\n
The following pictures show how the star can be maneuvered to find the perfect shape.<\/p>\n
And this is where we landed.<\/p>\n
We then tied the middle crevices with twine so that the star could no longer move.<\/p>\n
We then went over the baling wire with the twine.<\/p>\n
And then I got cold and went inside to make us coffee, leaving The Hubby to finish it up. Tee hee.<\/p>\n
I bought these Christmas lights, which have a nice, soft glow with white wiring.<\/p>\n
And loosely wrapped my star.<\/p>\n
Ta-da! Our whole family loves it and it really brightens the room!<\/p>\n
I kind of skipped right over Thanksgiving decor and went straight for Christmas. It just…. feels better to me. So this baby has been up in our house since before Turkey Day. I saw\u00a0this\u00a0picture on Pinterest and decided it looked easy enough to make, so I gave it a go. Supplies: Two 1\/2 inch x […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-craft"],"yoast_head":"\n