I'm a copy cat...and giveaway.

Hi all!

Today I'm sharing a copy cat project I made a about 2 weeks ago and forgot to share.

Have you ever came across something and thought..."BRILLIANT, why didn't I think of that"?  Well, that's what happened to me when I saw Flamingo Toe's Dinning Room Sunburst Mirror.

You see I have been collecting wonderfully vintage and beautifully tarnished old silverware for a while now.  I just can't resist them.  I see a spoon sitting all sad and lonely an a thrift store shelf and snatch it up.  My mind races with all the things I could do with it, all the altered art projects that I....Umm, never end up doing.  Yikes!  

So when I saw Flamingo Toes' awesome mirror I about fainted.  I had enough vintage silverware sitting in a drawer to make one.  So I headed to the craft store {40% off coupon in hand, of course} and bought a small round mirror {the kind you put candles on}.

I also had another project that I wanted to try...one I saw on Songbird's blog.  Beautiful right!  I have a VERY large mirror that I wanted to altered but thought it would be a good idea to try it out on a small mirror first. 

On a side note, I still haven't gotten around to altering my large mirror.  :(


So I combined my two copy cat projects into this:

I followed the steps that Songbird mentioned for altering the mirror.

First, I scraped off the paint on the back of the mirror in select spots with a butter knife.  Then I sprayed oven cleaner over those same spots and let it sit for ten minutes.

I have to say, it didn't help all that much so I just scraped the silver backing away with the butter knife.  I think silver remover would be the way to go on a big piece.

Then I used Mod Podge to attach vintage book pages over the areas that I scrapped.

Next I attached my silverware to the back of the mirror using E-6000 glue.  I hot glued on a piece of jute twine for a handle.  I cut down a piece of cardboard to fit over the back and attached it to the silverware with hot glue.

I let it cure for 48 hours and here she is.  Yes, it's a she.

By the way, if you left a comment this week or are a new follower and I didn't write you back {and you aren't a No-Reply Blogger} then I am very sorry!  My computer was hit by a virus earlier this week and I just got it back.  My email was so full I couldn't respond to my blog comments.

But, I'm back and running now and I'm so glad your here!  If you haven't already entered my little 200 follower giveaway, then head here.  I will be drawing the name at 4pm Central Time.