Today I am guest hosting on Passionately Artistic with this Sunburst mirror!
So lately I’ve had a beachy vibe thing going on. I have been noticing these great vintage sunset painted pics going around and I just fell in love! So since I have been wanting to make a cool sunburst mirror, I decided to combine the two styles and this is what I came up with! It worked out great and looks lovely in my Vintage Teal Playroom! Let me show you how it’s done!
Materials needed: Cool crate like wall hanging thing (still not sure what these things are, I keep finding them when I go junkin), about 6 packages square dowels (Walmart), acrylic paint, sponge applicators, hot glue & gun, a hacksaw, circle shaped mirror and twine.
Lay your square dowels in a pattern of a sunburst, slanted like mine if you are going for a vintage look. (I used the thick dowels, but since they only come in random size packages. I needed 6 packs to get enough thick ones). Your are going to have use a hack saw to cut half of them in smaller pieces so they do not overlap under the mirror. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF HACK SAWS!!! They are super easy to use, just secure your dowels in a vice and hack away!
Next hot glue twine around your mirror. Mine ended up being five times around. Tape off your mirror and paint your twine the desired color.
Figure out your color scheme for your dowels and paint them. Lay your pattern back out and hot glue to the wooden base. Hot glue your mirror over the top! That’s it and now I have a cool one of a kind mirror! Love it!! Hope you do too!
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I really like this. Shabby Chic is certainly a
type of Feng Shui, giving a stress free, soft and feminine
feel. A very loving way of decorating making people want to come in
and relax, which is why it can also be known as the cottage feel.
Love your take on the big sunburst trend right now. Super clever!
This is too cute! What a great interpretation of the usual sunburst. Thanks for sharing on Tout It Tuesday. Hope to see you tomorrow.
LOVE the mirror!! Very unique piece!! Love it!
Thanks for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Cute and colorful — like the painted rope frame for the mirror! Thanks so much for sharing on Busy Monday!
What a fun mirror. I love that the rays are all different lengths!!! Super cute colors too:-)
This is Gorgeous! I am featuring this on my Pink Hippo Party!
Thanks so much for sharing!
xoxo
Amie @ Pinkapotamus
So pretty! Great spin on the sunburst – I love it’s originality and beautiful colors! Great job!
Beautiful job, and so creative! I love the combination of colors and materials.
Love it! Would look cute inside a regular frame too! Thanks for sharing with air your laundry friday. xo Jami
I want the Tiki guy!
Popped in from Time Travel Thursday.
Very nice, I love the beachy vibe! It turned out beautifully! Thanks for sharing at my link party.
I Love This! Beautiful job! Visiting from $20 Below. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
you are getting more and more creative! well done. ~ Rose
1I DO love your cool,,,one of a kind…
I LOVE this. So very creative, and the colors are so fun! I am now following you on linky and Google+. I would love for you to visit, follow back and maybe even link up on my Monday linky party.
Marcie
Love this. Totally pinning it!
Thanks for linking up. Have a nice day!
This is so FUN…and it goes perfectly with the homemade sunshine art I just made (like seriously they could be cousins!). I love the style and colors of this so much! I do not have a sunburst mirror in my home yet…can you believe it…I am so making this!
Fabulous! I like how you painted some of the dowels blue, reminding me of the sky. Thanks for sharing!
Blessings,
Carrie
Great tutorial and project! I love the way it is not centered and the rays vary in length. I found you at Friday Fun Party, hope you can come and visit me too, at Three Thirteen.
Very creative! It’s fun to look at other people’s crafty ideas.