star mobile

I saw a star 'chandelier' on pinterest and adapted it for Jeffrey's 'not prom' decorations. I had the dates help me sew the stars and attach them to the wreath form that was spray painted white. Ingredients for mobile;

• 12" wire wreath form from Michaels
• white spray paint (to match the ceiling)
• cardstock, various colors 
• used a couple papers that had music on them (to reflect Jeffrey's music interest)
• found one paper with their high school name on it
• pages from a German reader's digest (to reflect Jeffrey's German interest)
• pages from a Literature (reflect  one date's English major.)
• die cut machine (I used the one at the scrapbook store.)
• sewing machine
• crystal beads
• fish-line
• push pin

Cut your shapes out, we did a die cut machine and then a star punch to use the scraps up. Set up your sewing machine with neutral thread, set stitch  length to baste. Pull a long tail, enough to tie to wreath, then sew through a star, pull it behind the machine and grab another star, we put about 5 stars on each length. Varied the colors and sizes. Tie the wreath with 3-4 lengths of fish line above the wreath and hang it where you can work on it. (ours hung from a ceiling fan chain while we were working on it.) Tie your strings on the wreath all around until it looks full enough. ( We did 12 strings on one and 10 on the other.)

 We used lighter fishline for the crystals and hung them from the wreath at various heights.

I like to sit on the couch and watch it flutter and spin. I imagine it would be wonderful in a babies room; but I do not think it would be easy to transport....