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Fishing Line Tree
Fishing Line Tree
>Hi guys,
>
>As I promised Reenie and Chuckles, here are the instructions for creating
>the fishing line trees. I promise, you will love them.
>
> Fishing Line Christmas Tree
>
>Supplies:
>
>Round disk of plywood (at least half-inch) as wide as the desired base of
>the tree. 12 to 15-inches in diameter.
>
>Wooden 1-inch dowel to insert in hole you drill in middle of round disk or
>into wooden candle cup you've screwed to center of wooden disk. 12 to
>18-inches tall (I do 18-inches).
>
>Tiny finishing nails--lots of them--plus one finishing nail that is closer
>to 2-inches long to put in the top of the dowel.
>
>String of 35 tree lights.
>
>Garland--1 pkg of your choice (I use the pearly white with loops instead of
>the cut fringe type. This will make sense when you start shopping for
>garland.)
>
>Sheet cotton to place at bottom of dowel on top of wooden disk to represent
>snow.
>
>Any sort of decoration you want in the snow or around the dowel. I like to
>use gold (brass) colored ornament churches. I drill a hole in the bottom
>to place one of the lights inside. I've also used tiny gold colored
>reindeer in the snow around the church.
>
>Small block of styrofoam or block of wood to glue to disk to use as a
>higher base for the deco so that is sits up out of the snow. I like to
>have the snow fluffed up so it is at least 4-inches deep.
>
>Hot glue
>
>Brass angel or other decoration (I've used crystal light pulls) to place at
>top of dowel when completed as a tree topper.
>
>Instructions:
>
>Cut disk to size and drill hole to match size of dowel. Pound tiny
>finishing nails a quarter-inch or less apart into the cut edge of the disk.
>
>Insert dowel in disk and glue in tightly--make sure it is plumb so your
>tree will be straight. Place longer nail in top of dowel leaving about
>1-inch sticking straight up out of the dowel.
>
>Wind string of lights around dowel from top down--leaving about 3-inches of
>the dowel at the top without lights. The dowel will get somewhat thick
>with the cord but don't worry, it'll be ok. I like to place the last few
>lights close to the outside edge (about 2-inches back in toward the dowel)
>of the disk and staple them in place. They look really pretty shining thru
>the snow!
>
>Wind garland around dowel--starting at the very top--over lights from top
>down making sure the lights stick out thru the garland. Save enough
>garland to go all the way around the disk to cover the nails that stick out.
>
>You can place your decorations in place now or after you've wound the
>fishing line. I usually do it now as I don't want to risk tearing up the
>fishing line. I have been able to reach inside to reposition things
>without any problem. One of my trees has small gold musical instruments
>attached to gold loopy garland around the dowel and it looks really cute.
>You have to look pretty hard to see them because of the halo effect the
>lights create.
>
>Tie light weight fishing line onto one of the nails sticking out from the
>base and start winding the fishing line from that nail to the one at the
>top of the dowel and back down to another nail. Be careful to start out by
>doing a couple of strands to each of the directions to get the dowel
>stablized instead of just starting at one nail and going to the next all
>the way around. My first one had to be undone and redone after I'd gone
>just a short distance because I was pulling the dowel off center. Tie the
>line off securely when you've covered all the nails. I've used white line
>and also a line with a blue cast. Both will work very well. HINT: I
>place the tree on my portable kitchen island on a turntable to work on it.
>That way I don't have to walk around it or spin the island around.
>
>Place topper to cover the nail in the top of the dowel--it now has many
>passes of fishing line around it.
>
>Wind reserved piece of garland around bottom edge of disk to hide nails. I
>don't even fasten mine in place except at the beginning and end. The nails
>hold it in place.
>
>You will be amazed when you plug-in the lights. I recommend you do it in
>the dark the first time...the lights reflecting thru the fishing line
>create a multi-halo effect and you really don't see the fishing line any
more.
>
>I have made several of these trees and use them all over the house along
>with several grapevine trees with crystal ornaments on them. They really
>add a festive atmosphere. I've made one on half a wooden disk so I can
>place it on a wall shelf flat against the wall at the end of a long wood
>paneled hallway. You would not believe how beautiful those lights reflect
>in streaks down that hallway.
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