![]() You can stick these picks in and since they have long stems, they will pretty much stay where you place them.Īdd in some wispy green picks, along with the feathers, gold berries, and those bronze long and skinny fronds really made the difference, I think. I attached the bows first right below the very top of the tree, then all I did was start adding height and texture with all the other pieces. ![]() Those green picks are just plastic greenery (3 of them) that add some additional texture to all of this. Love those and I found them at Hobby Lobby.Ĭloseup of the bronze skinny fronds and the gold berries. Here you can see the lime leafy fronds and the gold berry picks and the lime green feathers. You just have to play around with it all. This is the row that I added in below the bows, but really there is no right or wrong with this. These gold glittery picks I found at Hobby Lobby and they have pretty balls attached too which add a lot of sparkle. ![]() Here you can see everything that I listed, in particular the pretty green feathers and the bronze glittery skinny fronds. Note the green leafy fronds in the middle with a little sparkle. I’m adding in a lot of close-ups so you can see all the elements in detail. Around 8 sparkly gold pics with little ornaments attached, that’s the row you see around the bottom.3 bronze sparkly tapered fronds that curve out from the tree top (already had those).3 pretty green feathers (found at Hobby Lobby).3 picks of faux greenery that has some different texture (already had).3 Lime green leafy fronds with a little sparkle (from Hobby Lobby).I could have used another bow, but I don’t worry too much about the backside of the tree that is not seen. I had these bows made already (maybe I’ll do a bow tutorial too, if ya’ll would like to see that). I’ve always admired these and just started doing this last year and it’s all in combining textures, sparkle and shapes to get a flowing topper that stands up and shouts, HELLO. Here’s another shot at the tree up close.Īnd a good look at the entire large and sparkly tree topper. But, you will all get a first hand look at how to put a big tree topper together….all in living color. ![]() I plan on taking it out before the season ends to try and stick a deer with a bow I made myself from a tree that grew on my own land.With a feature in the Birmingham News on Thanksgiving weekend for putting together a WOW tree topper, I’m scanning the pic (excuse the poor scan), but not the complete article and the pic wasn’t in color anyway. The grip I also made from leather and hand stitched artificial red sinew. I also made the string, yarn silencers and nock myself. Measures 30 1/2 inches and weighs in at 450 grains total. I bare shaft tuned it right off and didn't have to trim off any length at all. It shoots fairly well with my Gold Tip 600 spine Traditionals with 175 grain tips. I may get even more poundage as the wood continues to dry with age. I got it tillered down to pulling around 45 lbs at my 27 inch draw length. I may give it a light rubbing of some 0000 steel wool to cut down on some of the glare for hunting purposes later. I used an ebony stain followed with 3 coats of Minwax Wipe-On Poly Clear Satin. I picked out the straightest one and started the process a couple weeks ago. Two months ago I cut down a nice straight hickory on my place and split it into 4 staves.
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