Ok -- I freely admit I'm on a homemade decoration role lately - but
this one I "borrowed" from a show on PBS and upgraded. I wanted
something different - and when I saw this project demonstrated - I
thought to myself "Self - I can do better!" So here goes.....
I
took a deep black-framed shadowbox in a standard size and removed the
back. I measured the back dimensions and found a mirror that would fit
inside perfectly.
I made a mark on the
inside of the frame where the mirror would rest and screwed a couple of
"stops" on each side of the mirror to hold it in place.
I
wanted to be able to put flowers in front of the mirror, so I found a
plastic tube that would hold a single stem of a flower and held it up so
that it would reflect
in the side of the mirror. I made a mark at the appropriate height,
then screwed a large hook into the inside of the frame so that the tube
would be held by the hook.
Since I didn't
like the look of this green plastic thing... I, of course, broke out
the beads and covered the entire tube with multiple shapes and sizes of
beads, all in the same tonal family. I had some shiny thin ribbon that I
glued on the top to finish it.
Knowing me by
now - you KNOW that I couldn't leave it at that! I pulled out some
different wood die cuts and colored beads and went to work again,
completely beading the cut-out (I did the triple heart first - shown
here). I found some heavy duty magnets and attached them to the frame
where the new beaded decoration touched the sides as well as to the back
of the decoration itself. Since I have a bunch of different shapes, I
can change the
outside decoration to match the season or my mood!
~ Dani
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