How to Make a Holiday Star Sun Catcher

12. Pick five points for the star — three patterns and two clear points.

13. Cut a two-yard piece of copper wire.

14. Hold the points in one hand and arrange them in the shape of a star, alternating the patterned and clear glass pieces.

15. Place the piece of wire on top of star and hold it in place with your thumb. The wire should be placed diagonally across the star with a 12-inch tail extending outward.

16. Pull the wire between two points, behind and back to the front on the opposite side.

• Then pull wire down between the next two points, behind and back to the front.
• Move the star around until there is wire between all five points.
• The wire forms a star in the middle of the glass points.
• Keep the wire tight so glass stays secure.

17. String 12-14 beads on the long end of the wire. Continue wrapping the wire between points.

• Position two beads on top of star the first time around.
• Position two to three beads on top of star the second time around.
• Position one or two beads the third time around.

18. When four to five beads are left, begin wrapping the wire around one of the clear points. Place beads on top as you move down the point.

19. Go back down the point to the middle and across to the other clear point. Position the remaining beads on top of the glass as you move to the tip of the point. Wrap the wire back to the middle.

20. Turn the star over and loop the end of the wire under wire crisscrosses on the back. Loop around a couple of times to secure.

21. Now the star should have two tails of similar lengths.

22. Pull the first tail you left under one of the crisscrossed wires on the back of the star.

• String on two to three beads.
• Fold the wire over, making a loop about the length of one of the points to hang the star.
• Twist on the back to secure the loop.
• A 4-inch tail should remain.

23. String a jingle bell on the 4-inch tail. Form a spiral with pliers at the end to secure the bell. Bend the tail in a whimsical fashion.

24. String a butterfly bead on the other tail. Make a spiral at the end with pliers. Bend the wire in a whimsical fashion and orient it to one of the points on the bottom of the star sun catcher.

Holiday Star Sun Catcher by Jennifer Ormiston from Lincoln, Neb.

Newlywed Jenny Ormiston is a native Nebraskan. Her father is an art teacher and she credits him with her love of arts and crafts. It was while working in a frame shop that she became inspired to create her glass sun catchers. At the end of one day the staff was cleaning up, throwing away piles of glass scraps. She looked at the scraps and didn’t see trash but art supplies. She gathered the scraps and began creating her art pieces.