You will need:
A mirror
Foamcore board
Black sticky back vinyl
A glue gun
An xacto knife
A ruler and pencil
Fairy lights
Clear baubles; you can get some fab ones here on amazon.
Strong masking tape.
1. First fix your mirror to the wall or your unit. You will need to measure around the edge of your mirror- these measurements will be the inside measurement for your frame.
2. Cut out the pieces for your frame. The main frame edges need to have 45 degree angles to connect to each other and the shorter sides need to be the length of the measurements of your mirror. You will also need some rectangular edging bits to make your frame more 3d.
3. To glue your frame together, hold the angles together and then add a strip of glue gun glue on the wrong side of the frame.
4. Do this for both angles of your frame.
5. Mark on where you want your bulbs to go and cut out a circle.
6. Line up your side pieces.
7. Glue your sides on using the glue gun.
8. Now add your vinyl plastic.
9. Using your xacto knife cut a hole in your vinyl.
10. Fold the vinyl inside if there is a little excess to leave a nice finish.
11. Now it's time to add your baubles. Before I added my baubles I sprayed them with this spray to make them nice and opaque. I then put them into the hole and added a tonne of glue gun glue all around the opening to hold them in.
12. It should look like this when you're all done!
13. Now thread your fairy lights along the back of the frame putting a fairy light in each bauble.
14. Using a little masking tape hold the fairy light in place.
Now all you need to do is secure your frame over your mirror and you're done!
That is so unbelieveably cool!! xxx
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. I'd love to be so imaginative and creative! Maybe you can give ne some advice? I need to make fake crows for Halloween have you any ideas of how i can make the body part? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJo
Hmm fake crows...that is a new one. I'm thinking maybe some papier mache over balloons. I vaguely remember being able to get pear shaped balloons when I was a kid. I'll have a google.
DeleteThanks! I've just googled it and I think i'll attempt papier mache.
DeleteThis looks amazing! nice work!!!
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this is such a neat diy! i would love to have this in my bathroom!
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WOW. This is awesome! I really really want to do this!
ReplyDeleteI am TOTES making this!
ReplyDeletegoing to Michaels craft store tomorrow!!
How much money was it at the end?
ReplyDeleteVery very nice! I will do as soon as possible!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! I am definitely making this for my dorm next year. I just have one quick question: how far apart did you space the holes for your lights?
ReplyDeleteThis is so nice! I decided to do one for my grandchildren. I purchased the fairy lights but the string is much longer than I would need. Did you shorten yours? If so how did you do it? There are conflicting answers to the question on the web.
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