Embellished Antique Mirror

This DIY mirror project from Susan Weckesser is a thrifty way to update an old mirror. Add some style to your home with this embellished antique mirror.

Materials:

• Antique mirror
• Painter's tape
• Cardstock
• Acrylic Paint: Gecko, Turqouise, Antiquw White
• Color Float
• Crackle medium
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks from Ranger
• Cloth
• Beach glass
• Glue
• Buttons
• Lace
• Rhinestones

Instructions:

1. I 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.
   
   
   
   
    
2. 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.
   
   
   
   
    
3. 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.
    
4. I then glue on some beach glass. I LOVE beach glass!
   
   
    
5. I also glued on some nifty buttons.
   
   
    
6. After a bit of lace and rhinestones, my antique mirror is now complete!