86th Power of Paint Party… Sunbursting
Welcome Paint Lovers!
*** Exciting news!!! I think I’m going to pass the 1 million hit mark tonight!!! I’ve got a giveaway once I pass that million marker. Check back tomorrow.***
I FINALLY made a sunburst mirror!
I’ve been wanting to make one for ages… so when I scored a 12” mirror for 50 cents at a garage sale a few weeks back, I knew I was ready to roll. (I actually found 2, so I think another sunburst is in my future).
A year ago I blogged about the 3 bamboo bundles that my parents brought me. You can read about it HERE. I only needed a fraction of one of these bundles for my mirror.
I used a wire cutter to chop out about 20 rows of bamboo.
Then I cut each of the bamboos into varies lengths with a pruning shear.
They each got 2 coats of white spray paint.
Then I used the trusty glue gun to attach each of the bamboo sticks.
1 1/2 glue sticks later and I was ready to hang this big boy. And the more I looked at it, the more I was thinking… It’s too big! I’ve got long arms, but I wasn’t sure how I was going to reach the center of the mirror to get it off the carpet, let alone to hang this beast.
And that’s when it happened! I thought I had it attached. I walked away and heard a crash!
Apparently it wasn’t attached! OOPS!
After walking away for a few minutes (too cool down and clear my head) I decided that I’d give my mirror a little trim. I cut down the longer bamboo sticks, keeping them all at random lengths.
With the shorter sticks I was able to make sure it was attached to the nail properly.
Love it!
With all the pain this baby caused (I tripped and landed on a hammer hanging this bad boy) it was definitely worth it!
So what have you been painting???
Power of Paint Party Rules:
#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects. I HATE deleting!
#2… Please put my nifty POPP button (you can find it up in my menu bar’s BUTTONS) in your blog post or a link back to this party somewhere on your blog… that way others from your blog can check out all the paint projects too.
#3… Share the Love… visit the other paint pals.
Awesome posting for party paint . nice look and lovely sharing
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I mistakenly linked a teal dresser that I had linked last week. Can you delete it for me. Sorry about that
And congrats again.
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Congrats on the million, MaryAnn! Wowzee! I'd be jumping for joy! Love the mirror too. Too cute!
Hey, linky tools didn't go thru the 1st time – or so I thought! So I did it again and now there's 2! Hope you can delete one of them. Thanks!
Congrats again!
Your mirror turned out awesome! Thanks for hosting Maryann!
Hi Maryann~ that mirror looks like it took a lot of time, and I think I'd be too sick and frustrated to jump back into fixing it after it crashed. 🙁 so sorry!! Glad it finally came together though- it looks amazing! thanks for hosting!
Oh, Maryann! The mirror looks wonderful & I love where you placed it…just perfect! Thank you so much for hosting! Hope you have a fantastic Wednesday!
The mirror looks great! Thanks for hosting.
I love your sunburst mirror! That is seriously clever! Thanks for hosting the party. 🙂
Love your mirror and I am happy to be joining with all these fabulous bloggers.
Thanks for hosting
Janet xox
https://theemptynest-janet.blogspot.com/
Love your mirror Maryann! Thanks so much for hosting!
Love your mirror! Sounds like an adventure to get it up!
Thanks for hosting today! I love the mirror!
I am FINALLY making a sunburst mirror too!! Better late than never 🙂 Yours looks great!!
Love the mirror! Thanks for hosting – I'm your newest follower!
Kristen
https://mycoveredbridge.blogspot.com/
uh oh! sounds like you have bad days like I do! 🙂
Your mirror looks great! I haven't made one yet, looks like it's not gonna happen.
thanks for hosting this great party!
gail