December 13th, 2009
Starburst Mirror DIY
Starburst mirror is a charming unit for complimenting your home. They best match with all your living room furniture especially for antique-style of furniture. Nevertheless the mirror like starburst wire wall mirror is the best decorative item for your rooms. As far as concern they are available to use in many rooms and spaces like master hall, bedroom and bathroom. The unique design and the sparkling effects of these mirrors definitely add styles to your rooms.
In general, you can get starburst mirror from many places like home addition stores. You can get it through online or offline. However the new way of getting it is through the help of internet. There are wide options for you to select for these mirrors if you just take a while search on these starburst mirrors through internet. Thus it is easier for you to get them as they will ship to your place within the determined period. However beside purchase a starburst mirror like starburst wall mirror form the merchants, you can always DIY one for your own. Below are some simple steps that you might follow.
Steps for Making Starburst Mirror
First of all, you need to gather few skewers and divide them into two parts. You must take half of them and trim it at about 2 inches off. After skewers done, then now you can push the skewers into round edge of Styrofoam disc by alternating it between longer and shorter skewers.
Secondly you can start spraying the skewers for your starburst mirror with metallic paint. If possible try to avoid spraying Styrofoam. This is because of the paint might get damaged or dripped off by the spray paint. The gentle reminder is if you are framing the little mirrors with scrapbook paper, then you must cut out the circles and glue to mirrors while paint is drying.
When painting part done and the paint got drying within few hours time, then now is the time for you to glue your starburst mirrors onto skewers by using quality craft glue. You should always bear in mind that once the glue starts to take hold, you can turn starburst over and tape the backs of the mirrors onto the skewers. This step needs to be conduct carefully to make sure your starburst mirrors are nicely padded and fixed. Thus it is also to make sure this starburst wall mirror is not easily drop off from the setting and organization of the mirror.
Last and ever, you may cut a large circle of cardstock for the center of the starburst. In this case you can use any round item to trace like tin cover for sardine can. You also must make sure it’s larger than your center mirror. Then glue the larger starburst mirror to cardstock and glue it to Styrofoam.