This project was inspired by two posts I pinned a while ago. The first was Choose to Thrives DIY tin stars. I have wanted to make one for a long time but just never knew how I wanted to finish it. Then I stumbled upon my second inspiration The Douglas Family where she took a metal star and covered it with burlap. I knew I had a DIY project merging the two ideas together.
I made this star using a tin oven liner I purchased at the Dollar store months ago and then covered it with burlap I had left over from my custom burlap covered cardboard storage boxes.
Using a 12 inch star I cut out on my Cricut as the shape, I added 1.5 inches around the outer edges to enlarge it. I traced the star onto the tin, plus the width of my ruler, with a scoring tool that came with my Dollar store craft knife kit.
Here is what the scored tin looks like.
I then cut along the lines with my craft scissors; I thought I might have needed tin snips but the scissors did a great job.
I had to unravel a couple of the edges of the liner to get the points.
Here is what it looked like after it was cut out.
Using a good ruler, I scored from the center of each star point to the middle. By scoring it you can see how the star is taking shape.
I then flipped the star over and scored the lines from the center to where the two points meet. I made the shape of the star by using these score marks as the creases.
I decided to give the outer part of the start a quick coat of white spray paint so that I wouldnt see the shiny tin through the burlap.
I covered the entire outer star with ModgePodge and flipped it over to stick on the burlap.
I cut around the star leaving about 1/2 an inch of excess burlap to fold over the back. Here is where I had to play around for a bit. I had a few failed attempts securing the excess burlap but eventually got it to work.
First I tried ModgePodge to secure the excess burlap on the back. That didnt work at all. Then I thought I would use a little clear tape to hold it until the ModgePodge dried...well the tape could not stick on the ModgePodge. So I puled out my favorite backup tool...duct tape :) Yes, it worked but it looked horrible. I know that no one will see the back but I just couldnt live with it.
I dont know why I didnt think of it earlier, but hot glue worked the best. I ran a bead of hot glue and folded the burlap over. Stuck instantly and gave nice clean edged.
I had a ribbon and bow saved from a Christmas gift I got; I love to save these because the bows are perfect (something I can never seem to master). I glued the bow to the middle of the star and then the ribbon to the corners.
I had made the star to hang over one of the most difficult spots I have had decorating in my house, my three sided fireplace. This fireplace is huge and such a focal point in our family room and kitchen.
Here is what I have so far. I moved my toilet paper art from the dining room to here. I am still not 100% happy but feel I am getting closer. Please HELP if you have suggestions.
Please dont mind the plastic on the candles, I am not sure if I love them so I refuse to take off the plastic :)
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