A Looking Glass

I couldn't think of what to do this week, and then I saw them.

I was at Micheals for their dollar day sale, and I noticed the small marbles that you use to fill vases. They were only a dollar for a bag and all I could think of is how can I use theses.

After wondering down the wood alise I found a mirrior that was unfinnished and it all clicked.

So this is a project I would like to call the looking glass.

What you will need:

• A mirrior with 3 inches frame around it- I used an unfinnished one, but you could use one that is finnished and already painted.
• Hot glue gun and Glue
  Foam brush
• Paint
• Paper plate
• 4 to 5 bags of vase filler- I used different sizes, clearly the large, midrange and lastly the mini marble size, but you may use any size you want, which will change how many bags of marbles you will need. I ran out half way through and had to make a run to get more. It is so much easier to just keep gluing.
• A large work place
  

How to:

If you can remove the mirrior from the frame, do so.

If you have an finnished mirrior, you can skip this step-Paint your mirrior, using the paper plate to hold the paint and let it dry. (I also used the plate to set my glue gun down on when I wasn't using it.)

Open up some of the marbles and began to place them. If you are doing variying sizes like I did, you want to do the large first and then fill in with each size in a decreaing order.

Began to glue down the first around of marbles. It is nice when you get into a groove placing them down and then moving the mirrior as you go.

After you finnish the first round, began to fill around the frame. I found it easier to start doing the top of the frame, then doing around the sides, so you didn't have a fear of braking off any of your hard work.

Let the glue dry and hang on your wall.

I loved this project! It was a lot of fun, even thought I burned my fingers a few times. It only took two hours and cost about 20$ to do.

Well, I hope you all enjoyed this, and happy crafting!

Kasey!