String tree how-to

[kiwikat]

In the past I've had people request instructions on how to recreate the string tree I made in my living room. While I don't have a full tutorial, I do have enough to get you going so you can hopefully recreate this fun project at home.

Here's the tree in my living room that started all the trouble:

Comments

[sweeeeet_pea]

OMG OMG OMG I am SO DOING THIS!

Totally amazing, what a great idea!

Can you give me some hints on how you did the foliage/lights on your website?

xoxoox

SP

[kiwikat]

I didn't do the foliage/lights, I hired corey@mythicwebdesign.com who did my web design and coding. He's great!

[sweeeeet_pea]

Thanks for the prompt response, but I meant how did you do the foliage and lights on the trees that are shown on your website...

[kiwikat]

Oh, my apologies for the misunderstanding.

The foliage was done with fun fur yarn strewn sideways atop the branches. It was good for the African trees because their foliage tends to go sort of sideways. I haven't found a satisfactory way to do it otherwise.

The lights were two sets of icicle Christmas lights. We just used the existing string tree and pushed the lights onto the pushpins that were already there. When Christmas was over we just unwound them from the pins.

[kiwikat]

It's important to get the icicle kind instead of just the strings, it makes it much easier to do the little branches.