How to turn Old Blinds into Sunburst Mirror

I am updating this post as a submission to the awesome Crafting with the Stars contest going over at East Coast Creative.

I am finally making friends here in Colorado, and one of them happens to be an awesome diy'er (friends with benefits?....I mean come on...she has a Cricut AND a saw! What else can one want from a friend? j/k She's awesome!). 

We met once for a little playgroup/ craft morning. I wanted to make a sunburst mirror, and so I brought all my paint sticks I've been hoarding collecting (THAT'S the real reason I moved away from Chicago...you know...all those paint sticks...they leave a trail and I swear Home Depot was on to me). 

Anyway, Mindi, the above-mentioned awesome friend, had some old faux wood blinds, and we decided to cut those up and use them for the sunburst mirror. Genius! Oh the joys of having a saw, and the freedom to just cut whatever you want, whenever you want!

So, cut we did! (ok...I admit it...I just watched and was absolutely terrified of that saw). We cut different sizes to have alternating lengths of the rays.

 For this project you will need:

- faux wood blinds

- spray paint { I used Crylon Ocean Breeze}

- wood glue { I used Epoxy, but you can use Gorilla Glue or even your glue gun}

- scrap wood or a circular piece of wood from the craft store {which is what I used}
- circle mirror

I was having so much fun with my friends, that I had forgotten to take good picture, but I did take a couple of bad phone pictures of the process.

1. Cut up your blinds to the desired size.

2. Begin by tracing your mirror onto the wood base. Start placing your pieces. I played around here until I found the length and spacing I liked. I used epoxy to glue them onto the wood base, making sure they were all evenly spaced. I also used clamps to hold them in place for drying time.

3. After a few minutes, I played around with the second layer, and then glued on top.

 4. After it was dry, I attached a picture hanger to the back of the wood base (I would advice to do this step before attaching your blinds), and then gave it all two coats of spray paint (I only did the front).

5. The last step was to adhere the mirror. I eyeballed it and centered the mirror. I used my glue gun

 to do this step, only because it was faster.

I hung it above my bed for this picture, but will probably move it somewhere else. 

There you have it - the epitome of reusing something old!

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