The other day I was finally able to put up Skylar's button frame mirror. I made it for her room back when I was still living with her dad and then it went into a box for about 6 months. It was just waiting to become part of her totally awesome bedroom decor. I think I nabbed a pinterest tutorial for this one but I can share how I actually created it for anyone who might like to try it.
Materials:
12"x12" tile mirror (I got mine at Ace in college...I bet you could still get them there)
duct tape
buttons (mine came from work: the $1 bins at Michaels)
ribbon (again with the $1 bin)
tacky glue
Instructions:
Line the edge of the mirror tile with duct tape, 1/2" or less showing on front. This will keep the raw edges of the mirror from slicing you or anything else. Glue the buttons in irregular fashion around the edge of the mirror, taking care to cover the duct tape. Continue adding buttons until the desired width of "frame" is achieved. I used Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue, though it didn't appear to shorten the dry time of regular tacky glue. Once all the glue is completely dry, determine which side is the top and how you'd like to hang it. I chose to attach a ribbon for the hanger with tacky glue and then reenforced it with duct tape. That's pretty much all, but I had to go one step further...
My hanger needed some embellishment so I concocted this crazy idea that I could make a massive bow with a collage button center out of 3 narrow ribbons. I tried every tutorial I could find on making bows but couldn't find one that would look like I wanted it to. So I tried layering multiple partial "hair" bows of various sizes, sewed them together and topped them with my glued collage button center. It looks pretty much exactly how I wanted it to look but the construction was so confusing and catastrophic that I must share some progress photos for you to grasp its complexity.
And the totally finished product now hangs between Sky's closet and bedroom doors:
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