Oh Mommy, There's a Graden On My Mirror

I have finished another element of Lylah's room.  I have had a brass mirror in her room, hung at her level, since she was about 12 months old.  I have always wanted to do something else with the frame and had something completely different in mind for the finished product.  But last week I changed my mind and was able to whip out the mirror in a few hours.

Before:  A nice Beveled Mirror ( uh...quite dirty too) with a dated brass frame.  From Grammy Jones' de-stashing efforts a few years back.

Lylah peeking at herself in the Garden Mirror. To the mirror I added a topper made of left over mat board and covered the brass frame and the topper with a velveteen-ish material. I then made two different sized mushrooms out of felt and attached them with a few blades of felt grass.  I then made flowers out of a million buttons in varied sizes and colors backing them with felt (or not) and topping them with sequins (or not).  I attached everything (including many felt leaves) with hot glue.  And Ta Da!

She wanted to make sure I got her new-from-Grammy-Blazer- Strawberry- Shortcake- Purse in the shot.  You can also see the little felt mushrooms at the bottom.

I thought I better add this picture although it does not show much new of the mirror.  It is a typical and silly face I see all the time from Lylah.  Her fake smile.  See our wedding photos for the originator (Daddy) of the fake smile.

Here is a close up of the button flowers.  It was very fun to make and I only burnt myself 300 times.  I listened to Peter Pan on CD read by Jim Dale.  He is outstanding and he does great voices.  I recommend Peter Pan to any reader.  Oh the whimsy and fun and a rollicking good tale to boot!

Well there you have it.  One  forest themed/ garden themed mirror redo.  I have more to show tomorrow too.  I'm on a roll!