Sometimes you just need an easy craft that can be finished in minutes. For me, I almost always turn to making magnets when I need something to do with my hands while just passing time. I decided to grab some of my favorite paint colors and make these colorful and fun magnets to brighten up my fridge!
By Card Making & Scrapbooking Contributor
Peg Rounds
October is next month and you know what that means! It’s time for our Halloween creating now. In many Halloween movies there’s always a spooky mirror calling a person to a great scare. Send a scare to your guests and create this spooky mirror invitation to call them to your next Halloween party.
I’ve been in desperate need for a hand mirror for quite a while now. I’ve been walking around the house with a full size standing mirror whenever I want to see the back of my head for far too long. I needed an attractive mirror so I wouldn’t want to hide it as I don’t have much bathroom storage, but I also didn’t want to spend to much so as always, I decided to make something!
I’ve always really liked the idea of having a mirror right next to the front door to check yourself before you head out for the day. The best place for a mirror like this in my home is right across from the front door, and basically the first place you look when you walk in. This means that I would have to put in a statement piece that I really love and will make me smile when I come home.
By Craft Trends Contributor, Lacey.
Though I love knitting and the classic embroidery thread crafts, sometimes you just have to try something new. Recently, as I was browsing the web, I was looking at paints to use on slick surfaces, I came across Plaid Gallery Glass which is used to create a faux stained glass look. This medium looked like a fun one to experiment with and as I’ve been interested lately in geometric designs, I thought this could be an interesting project to try out a new supply and make something I could use in my apartment, leading to this Gallery Glass geometric mirror.
I love using mirrors to create dynamic decor in small spaces. Small mirrors are inexpensive and fun to work with. Here are some new ideas for getting crafty with small and mid sized craft mirrors in your home.
Driftwood has become very popular in home decor lately, and I’m a big fan of this trend. I love any decor that incorporates natural elements, especially beach related, into my home. This driftwood mirror brings a touch of the seashore home.
Driftwood Mirror – Lisa Roy
This tutorial is so useful! I have a few broken platters and pieces of china that I’ve been saving to use in a crafty way. This platter to mirror would be a lovely addition to my stairway mirror collection, or in a nursery or guest room.
By Kid’s Craft Contributor Tracey, from the blog We Made That.
My oldest daughter has been wanting to redo her room again. She started off with lady bugs when she was a baby then we did Dora when she was in preschool. And now in first grade she is wanting something more grown up (come on she is getting too big for Dora already, where is my pause button?).
I am not ready to change her room yet, so in the meantime I thought we could start changing some of the rooms décor to things that are more “grown up” (as my daughter would say). And that is how this project came to be. We say this mirror in the store and she decided she needed it in her room.
Last month we tried out some Martha Stewart Glass Paint and it worked so well that I thought why not decorate the mirror with it! I have to say these window clings we used were so much easier than I thought they would be. My daughter really had so much fun painting them and sticking them to the mirror. Once painted you just peel them off and stick them to a clean glass surface, easy peasy. My daughter even changed her mind on the placement of the flowers she put on the mirror and she just peeled them off and put them back. We have had no issues with them peeling off and it has been a few weeks already.
My daughter is so proud of the mirror the flowers look so great on it, and no one can believe she made it herself.
Supplies
Directions
Fill in your window clings with your glass paint.
Once the paint is dry on your clings, clean your mirror with rubbing alcohol (this gets it ready for you to apply the clings.
Simply peel and stick your clings to the mirror (I know SUPER easy!)
Now you are ready to hang your mirror on the wall
