My Star burst Mirror

I have been wanting a star burst mirror FOREVER, but haven’t wanted to spend the money that is required for the size I wanted. (end result 34″ diameter) I wanted a true statement above my bed.  I have a fairly good size headboard that is the darkest espresso, so it really grabs your attention when you walk in the room.  I wanted to put something above the headboard that would take the attention away from my bed…and I love how star burst mirrors always seem to do this.  I’ve used many in my design boards and always hear about how much everyone loved the mirror.  So, it was officially time for project star burst mirror. 

I wanted to go the most cost effective, easy route possible cause I’m one of those that likes projects to be done in one day…slightly to a default really. (Hence my kitchen table is still just primed cause I ran out of time the day I was going to paint it) 

My supplies in the end consisted of 4 packs of skewers (80 per pack) from Target for $1.54 each
A 10″ round mirror from Michael’s for $5
Two 12″ round rings with about a 2″ face to them $3 each
picture hanger I had at home
E-6000 glue $2.49
and a whole lot of glue sticks to accompany my glue gun! (also had at home)

My first step…which I am so glad I did before hand was put on the hardware that I wanted my mirror to hang from.  I screwed on a picture triangle thing =) yeah, don’t know the name of it, but any type of picture hanger would work. 

Then I used my E-6000 glue to put a thin line of glue around the entire circumference of the mirror and repeated this around the entire inner circumference of the first circle.  Then I used a very handy tool to press the two together for a few minutes:

Again, more gluing.  Using the already glued 12″ skewers guide, gradually glue skewers from longest to shortest towards the center of each section and then back towards the longest to the other pre-glued skewers.  The above picture shows a few sections completed.  Don’t stress yourself out about perfection here…trust me when it is on the wall you won’t tell if you don’t have the exact same number of skewers in each section…I never counted once.

 Here is the finished picture of gluing the skewers.  I then cut out a circle from craft paper I had laying around in my kids room to cover the mirror.  I knew my second circle was going on top of where the skewers were glued, therefore if my tape hung over onto the skewers a bit, it didn’t matter. 

 Spray paint time!  I choose a bronze spray paint with a bit of metallic sheen, I didn’t want it too shiny.  After the paint tried, which was so quick, I then used my E-6000 glue again and glued a circle around the wood circle and then did a circle of the glue right outside the edge of the mirror, again pressing them together for a few minutes. 

Once the last circle was glued to the front of the mirror, I was all done.  I really liked the idea of adding this extra circle to the front because it hid all the yucky glue issues you have after getting the skewers to adhere.  Trust me you want to use a lot of glue. 

 And there it is, I wouldn’t say it is perfect…but she sure is pretty!!!