Okay, so I haven't been doing much sewing but I did make something instead of painting another piece of furniture (you can hear Mr Fish breathing a sigh of relief in the background). I saw a gorgeous mirror with driftwood around it in a Better homes and gardens mag a while ago and kept it in the back of my mind. After about 3 trips to the beach recently we had a bucketful of driftwood (had to be fairly straight bits) to get started. First I painted a square canvas that was lying around a brown colour, do you think I can remember what I originally bought it for!?
Then I stuck a mirror that used to be in littlest fishes room in the centre with double sided tape. It's one of those cheap mirrors from the warehouse so I wasn't worried about wrecking it if things didn't work.
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And then I started playing around with how to put the sticks on. I had in my mind a round looking shape (a bit sun like) but quickly decided that required to much fiddling with angles and was a bit tricky so I went with a simple square shape instead. After snapping a few to fit them in the gaps I glued them down and added a few more pieces to the sides when the top was dry.
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The finished mirror came out pretty good and you can't really see the canvas unless you're really looking for it. Being on a canvas it's not as heavy as it would have been on a piece of mdf or ply.
(the picture you can see in the mirror is on the opposite wall, I thought it framed the painting nicely!)
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That is unreal Joely!!! I may have to pinch your idea and have a go!! Did you just use superglue for the drift wood. Looks really great you should be very proud of yourself.
ReplyDeleteJoely that is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Hmm that would make a great gift idea too!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, Ashleigh I used aquadere wood glue to start with then realised i actually own a hot glue gun so switched to that for the last half as it was a lot faster to dry.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great - I wont know you little place next time I visit:)
ReplyDeleteOh this is just gorgeous!!!!! I've been wanting to make a drift wood mirror for ages! Thanks so much for the great tips...I can't wait to make one now :)
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Come on over again tonight for another party :)
How about framing a painting with driftwood. I just finished two not so small paintings and I would like to use the drifwood I've been collecting from the beach. I can't figure out how to glue it to the board.
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