Friday, September 17, 2010

Refurbed Mirror

Recently I found a mirror at Christmas Tree shops that seemed like an interesting buy.  (It was purchased before my Stashbusting began!)  I brought it home and put it away. 
My neighbor recently had a baby and was looking for some things to decorate her nursery with.   The theme was blue and brown with polka dots and the only decoration that she had were letters that spell L-I-A-M
When I saw the letters I thought of the mirror that I had.  I told her that I would repaint it for her to match Liam's room.  Here is the mirror that I started with:

I was pretty sure that she did not want a pink mirror with a seashell!  So I took off the shell, primed the mirror and repainted it brown.  Then I painted circles of different sizes blue.   Finally I got the letters to spell Liam.  I painted them brown on the sides and blue on top to match the letters on the wall.  Lastly I glued everything on and this is what it looks like!

They loved it!  Hope you do too!
I linked this project to the before and after at The Girl Creative Chick Parade @ http://thegirlcreative.blogspot.com/2010/09/creative-chick-parade-day-five-before.html
and at The Sunday Showcase Party @ http://www.bystephanielynn.com/
and at Fabulous Friday Finds @ http://froufroudecor.blogspot.com/
Love,
Pinkapotamus

10 comments:

  1. that is an awesome mirror, I love it. It was so nice of you to make it for her little one.

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  2. That is a nice mirror. I love the colors you used!

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  3. I love it! I think its a fabulous transformation and what lucky friends you have!

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  4. This is such a cute idea!!! I am so loving the blue and brown right now!

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  5. Amazing how the polka dots made the mirror extraordinary! And I love Liam's name on the mirror. Just perfect!

    Would love for you to stop by Sunday and link it up to Passion for Paint!

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  6. Love the colors you used. It is adorable! Thanks for sharing your “creative mojo” with me on Thrilling Thursday. I hope you will be back again soon :)
    ~Lori S.
    Thrilling Thursdays @Paisley Passions

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  7. I LOVE this !!! It is so creative and soooo my tatse !! I found you on What are little boys made of @ 733 and am now a proud follower !

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  8. That is a fabulous redo. Visiting from Pumpkin Seed Link Party. I think I will have to make on for Ms. Diva's room.
    ~Kimberlee
    www.TheSpunkyDiva.blogspot.com

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  9. Love this mirror, the polka dots on it made it POP. Gave it just the perfect WOW factor. Great job!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  10. What a fun idea, I like how you attached the letters right to the mirrow. Great job and what a fun personalized piece for Liam's room. They are lucky to know someone talented enough to make it! Thank you for joining us at A Crafty Soiree for another week of crafty goodness!

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