mirror make over

**The following article was written by guest contributor, Sachiko Aldous.**

I found this cute gold mirror at Ross for $29. I know it is a lot more than the $1 or $2 I spend at my usual thrift stores, but hey, I thought it was worth it. It just needed a little “tweaking,” so… I spray painted it… I’ve wanted to use my Cricut machine to cut out some vinyl designs to put on the mirror but I couldn’t… If you know me well, I am terrified of trying out new technology. I am just that way. My husband says I am not real Japanese, oh yeah, all Japanese should be tech savvy right? I’m afraid that I will do something dumb and break it.

One of my kind friends came over and helped me figure out how to cut out vinyl last Monday, thank you! I was finally able to finish up the mirror. I stuck the vinyl on the mirror and glued ribbon on the back (note: the ribbon is just a decoration. If you are doing this, you have to hang the mirror by the metal brackets on the back. You do not want objects falling on your head at night!!) That’s it!

I was so excited to see the mirror, the mirror before was fine, but putting some elbow grease made it more personal. More… my style. That afternoon, I had fun putting up the mirror on our bedroom wall, accompanied by a couple dishes. (These were dollar store finds!) I finally made some progress on my bedroom facelift.

I liked the mirror so much that I kept staring at it while I was folding the laundry. Because every time when I passed by the unfinished mirror I felt bad, finishing this project totally made my day.