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Published: 2009-01-04 07:33:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 17054; Favourites: 423; Downloads: 284
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I planned to make this tutorial for months but never got around to actually making it. I finally took the pictures while working on christmas presents.
If you have any questions, let me know!
Oh, and here are a few links to paperstar tutorials, in case you haven't tried to make them yet (I just grabbed a bunch of tutorials from the search, there are tons more out there
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Check the other comments, I mentioned several brands in a few of them.
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I didn't even think about doing this!! I LOVE you so much now! xD I'll make these if I ever get varnish, these atars are the only thing I can make forever and not loose focus xD
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This is awesome! I've been wanting to use my stars for jewelry, but I couldn't figure out how to sturdy-fy them. Thanks!
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thank you very much for this...it's something i never though about.
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I've never heard about varnishing before but this looks great! I've just thought that making paper star jewelry was impossible without the paper changing form XD although, I'm not sure what Varnish is either 0.0 But that's probably just my English, I'll ask dad what it is in Norwegian
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It's like a clear paint that dries colorless.
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Please read the other comments, I mentioned it a few times (and I'm not anywhere near my varnishes right now, so I can't look it up 
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Oh ok thanks 
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haha i'm so lazy that i just string them along a big string like a clothesline and then paint the varnish on. its very inefficient. thanks for the tutorial!
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Woah, this should come in handy! There were a lot of paper jewelry things I wanted to make but had no idea what to do to keep it sturdy and all. >w< Thank you so much!
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The brand doesn't matter, as long as it's real varnish. Read the comments, I mentioned different brands several times already.
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I'm not sure if anyone else has asked this, but will glossy Mod Podge work as well?
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it doesnt make it hard
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Yup, I found out the hard way XD
That pun was unintended, I swear.
Thanks!
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I have no idea, I never worked with mod podge.
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Thanks for the reply
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Well, as long as it dries to a hard, clear finish, it should work, I think.
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Yeah, It didn't work so well, basically what said. Off to the hardware store for varnish XD
Thanks!
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I use a similar method, but I do dollar store straight pins which I stab into two large half-spheres of styrofoam, dollar store again haha
I do valley to point star implalement as well, usually minimizes the chunky/droplet formation thing since it just runs down the needle onto the ball, but I really love the design of this! 
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I later used two wooden blocks with wire wrapped around, like a clothing line really. Not sure which gauge I used, but it was pretty thin, it's the same wire I used to dry the stars on. Two blocks, one on each side, worked much better for stability.
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Ahh, prototype designs
How many shoeboxes with taped elastics, wire, fishnet etc are lying around my house... no one knows. At least we've got a nice learning curve going on
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Actually, my first attempts of varnishing involved some really awful gym-floor oil based varnish (lol), but I used these awesome thin barbecue skewers from the dollar store, about 14 inches or so, and THIN. Used to impale a bunch of stars and dip into a tall 'graduated cylinder' I kinda... -borrowed- from science class lol ^_^
They had the nice little circlet on the end so I could hang em up, was quite efficient, but the shit glaze I was using got them way too gooky and rendered them unusable after 7 or so 3-coat dippies. After some research I bought new glaze but the skewers were ruined, and the dollar store replaced em with bamboo ones 
BUT you may be able to make a cool 'turntable' sort of deal with em. It was by far the quickest way to dip and glaze, just a rotary system by the time the last one was done its first coat the first one was ready for the second and so forth, If you're resourceful enough to design something like this, you should try devising something with the metal skewers! Its just hard to locate thin skewers, as opposed to the thick 'twisted' ones =/
Essay comment pah 
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That's really cool! I never thought about varnishing paper stars for something practical before.
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Ohh man, that's so helpful! I've been wondering how to varnish my stars for.. Well.. Forever!
Thanks a lot!
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I'm glad I could help.
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Wonderful tutorial, just what I needed! Can I ask what kind of varnish you use though? I always seem to buy the wrong kind and then end up returning it. I'd like to be able to get it right this time.
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