DIY Sunburst Mirror

I mentioned in my Master Bedroom Makeover post here that I would talk about a few of the DIY projects that I did to complete that makeover.  Today I would like to tell you how I turned a plain, beveled mirror into the sunburst mirror over our bed:

We had that oval mirror in the attic from the other house and I had fallen in love with all of the star and sun burst mirrors I had been seeing everywhere.  Instead of buying one, I decided to DIY one.  I bought a few packages of bamboo BBQ skewers, grabbed my cutters and low temp glue gun, sat in front of the TV and got to work:

After a few hours of cutting, placing and gluing, I had an oval sunburst mirror!  All that was left to do was cover & tape off the mirror and spray paint the points and edges gold.

Now we have a beautiful mirror that is, to be honest, a bit terrifying.  If this thing ever fell off that wall, good luck to whatever/whoever is under it!  Luckily, my hubby suggested using industrial strength glue to attach pieces of lumber to the back and then hung it with heavy duty frame hardware and wall anchors.  It also has a ton of 3M picture hanging strips holding it to the wall.  If we move anytime soon, that thing may be staying with the house...  ;-)
Happy Friday!  Enjoy your weekend!
Cheers!
M J