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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Antique Mirror Makeover

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antique mirrorr makeover 2I found this lovely old antique mirror for sale at a really good price, so I decided to buy it and recycled it. First I took some painter's tape and cardstock and I covered over the mirror.antique mirrorr makeover 1

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         I then gave it a lovely coat of acrylic paint. I used Gecko, and Turquoise and mixed in splashes of Antique White. With my Gecko I used a Color Float so I could play with the color and decide where I wanted to put it. I also applied a crackle medium.antique mirrorr makeover 4

After the crackle medium  was dry I put some Tim Holtz Distress Inks from Ranger on a cloth and rubbed it gently into the distressed cracked to complete my age look.

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I then glue on some beach glass. I LOVE beach glass!antique mirrorr makeover 6 

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I also glued on some nifty buttons.antique mirrorr makeover 8

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antique mirrorr makeover 11After a bit of lace and rhinestones, my antique mirror is now complete! So cool and easy to do!

Gotta love re-crafting things! You have to give it a try….you will love it!

Have a super crafty day!

~Susan

8 comments:

  1. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! So beachy cool!

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  2. It has such vintage chic after your makeover !

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  3. Thanks so much for your comments! :)

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  4. beautiful work love the colors.
    byebye,lean

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  5. OMG !!!!!! this is stunning .. hugz x

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  6. Hi Susan! I loved that you see recycling made ​​this mirror as he was old and who beautiful is now with the colors used and all the details! Wonderful! Thank you for showing in SFH! Kisses!

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  7. WOW this is fantastic and I love the colours xxx

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~Susan