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Vintage Wall Mirrior
Cute vintage decoration to spice up any room!

Posted by Samantha Darling from San Diego, California, United States • Published See Samantha Darling's 8 projects »
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  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 1
    Step 1

    The materials I used. Nice n simple and CHEAP!

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 2
    Step 2

    Get your biggest mirrior and trace and cut it from a cardboard piece. Next take a pencil or pen and draw lines going out all the way from the center.

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 3
    Step 3

    Next take your wooden sticks and start to hot glue them onto your cardboard circle. (Mine were a bit short and I wanted to make the sticks different lengths so I glued them at the end of the lines, you can do this whichever way you want though!)

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 4
    Step 4

    Once you got the lines you made coverd with hot glue and your sticks, next do the same exact thing to the inner parts of your lines. More glueing!

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 5
    Step 5

    It should end up looking like this when they are all glued together.

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 6
    Step 6

    Next start painting the sticks, I choose black yet again the possibilities are endless, I think rainbow would look really cute!

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 7
    Step 7

    Next glue on the mirrior to the sticks side of the cardboard circle (So it will have a middle section) This requires a' lot of hot glue! YAY

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 8
    Step 8

    Next start glueing the little mirriors onto the sticks, I made a pattern to go with mine but again!, you can be unique with this.

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 9
    Step 9

    (The pattern I choose to do)

  • How to make a starburst mirror. 50's Glam Starburst Mirrior - Step 10
    Step 10

    Viola!
    A beautiful piece of DIY wall art!
    <3

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Azraels Requiem
Azraels Requiem · Bridgeport, Connecticut, US · 47 projects
awesome
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Ciara
Ciara · 68 projects
from the threadbanger website XD
very pretty, may have to try it myself.
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BabyBonny
BabyBonny · 11 projects
My Great Grandma and Grandad had a clock just like that! Me and my cousins used to pretend it was the sun and make up games around it. Properly took me back when I saw it, very cool.
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BabyBonny
BabyBonny · 11 projects
My Great Grandma and Grandad had a clock just like that! Me and my cousins used to pretend it was the sun and make up games around it. Properly took me back when I saw it, very cool.
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BabyBonny
BabyBonny · 11 projects
My Great Grandma and Grandad had a clock just like that! Me and my cousins used to pretend it was the sun and make up games around it. Properly took me back when I saw it, very cool.
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KaylaSue
KaylaSue · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 8 projects
Haha, my grandma has one of these!
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Sailorshame
Sailorshame · 11 projects
thats cool!!!XD
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Cake Eater Sarah
Cake Eater Sarah · Fort Mill, South Carolina, US · 3 projects
This is a lot like the Decor It Yourself tutorial. Just saying. I still like the idea none-the-less.
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The Twins
The Twins · 9 projects
uhm...sorry but wasnt the exact same thing on threadbangers / decor it yourself before maybe a year?
anyways... i liked it that time and i like it this time
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Sherlaine Y.
Sherlaine Y.
very shibby ;D
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