My vintage burlap mirror

Okay, sorry I've taken so long to add another post but Bronson(my almost 3 month old son) keeps me very busy. And I am also working on several projects at one time. Anyways, without further ado here is my tutorial on my Vintage Burlap Lace Mirror thing.. :)

Alright so here is the finished product.^^^^

Okay so the basic materials needed are:
a mirror (I used a full length mirror-no frame)
Burlap
an old book
tape
hot glue gun and lots of glue sticks
*the optional add on's such as the flowers and lace will be listed at the bottom with individual pictures of the flowers and a vague description of how I made them.

Alright, let's get started! First you will need to tare the pages out of your book.
(For a tutorial on how to make the rolls I used Rebecca Robeson's Youtube Tutorial)
Because she shows you how to make them I did not take the time to take pictures of how to make them but once you have them made (you will need A LOT) then the next step is gluing them down.

From the front

From the back

First layer complete.

Now for the second layer I made the same rolls and then wrapped burlap around them.

wrap the burlap around and glue the back.

I'm actually going to go back and make a video on exactly how I did this because I had a certain technique. But I'm sure any way would work.

This is the finished burlap covered roll.

now you are going to glue the burlap rolls behind the first layer of rolls.

keep gluing. .

Now as you can see, my rolls came out all crooked so I had to go back and straighten them out (by ripping them off and gluing them back on.-so.. glue them straight..lol) I also had to go fill in some gaps around the corners so be prepared to use some extra burlap rolls.

Now once you have that complete you can go back to the front and add the burlap ruffle or leave it how it is. I was originally going to add a brown ruffled ribbon but thought the lace looked better.

So this is the start of my burlap ruffle. I did not thread it first, I just put hot glue down and gathered it as I went.

gather the burlap. Doesn't have to be perfect. The less perfect, the better.

hot glue, then gather. Glue, then gather.

Progress. This is time consuming and can become tiresome.

alright now when I got to the corners I just turned the burlap and still gathered as I went. The corners seem like a lot of gathered burlap but don't worry, it will look good in the end.

Turning the corner again.

Finished. Now you could just stop here and hang your mirror and I think it would look very nice. However, my mirror is the centerpiece in my living room so I felt I needed to spice it up a bit.

The flowers:

I made 4 different flowers, all from different things. I will show each flower and what you will need to make it.

alright so here are the 4 flowers. As you can see 2 are larger and 2 are smaller. I'll start with my larger flowers first.

so here I used a lighter color burlap which is actually wired burlap ribbon that you can find at Walmart. I then made a flower which you can see how in my other blog The Burlap LOVE Sign where I show how to gather one side and then finish off the end by wrapping the wire around the burlap. With the flower you just take your ruffled burlap and wrap it in a circle and tad-ah! Then I went in and added a piece of ribbon, I just glued it to my already made burlap flower. :)

Now for this flower you will need a couple more pages from your book, (which I cut into squares) then used Yummy Shabbychic Flower Tutorial and just replaced the silk with paper. Then for the middle I added lace. Then added 2 little burlap 'flower pedals'.

Now this I got almost directly from the Yummy Shabbychic Flower Tutorial. However I used an old curtain. Then for the middle I gathered a little material from a laced ruffled shirt of mine.

Okay now I kind of cheated on this flower. I put what you will need below.

So I actually bought this flower from Hobby Lobby then added the lace ribbon(which is the same ribbon I used in the Burlap flower) and just glued it under the middle doily. Then added 2 little 'Shabbychic flower pedals' and then cut the straight lace ribbon into 2 pieces and glued them to the back of the flower.

( I am going to go back and add videos of how to make these when I have the chance)

Alright so now I just added my flowers and some extra ribbon to my mirror and there we have it!

Thank you so much for visiting! See you next time and I'm sorry I don't have more pictures or videos :/  I am going to add them when I can though. If you have any questions about further explanation or comments/advise, etc., please leave them below! :)

My Canvas Board

Alright so here is another one of my creations. This one takes a little more time and dedication.

I did not take a picture of all the things you will need but I will list all the things I used. However you don't have to use all the same things I did so I will list the basics first.

Okay so for the back board I used a thick poster board I purchased at Hobby Lobby. Now looking back on it, I'd recommend using a thin sheet of wood.

I used some pieces of wood for the frame.

 You will also need batting but I used some from an old blanket..

 A glue gun will also be necessary, along with scissors.

A drill and some screws.

 I used a canvas drop cloth for the material to cover the board. (You can purchase this at your local Wal-mart).

 Now for the optional items, aka my finishing touches. . I purchased all of these at Hobby Lobby(minus the letter 'C'); the lace, the large letter 'C'(I got it a Michaels but I'm sure they have one just like it at Hobby Lobby) , keys, and the 2 flowers in the corner.

I laid this out to get an idea of what it would look like, the only thing i did not include was the poster i used as my back board. sorry :(

Alright so first i laid down 3 sheets of batting that i cut about 2 inches from the border of the back board, glued them down and then covered the board with the canvas drop cloth. I then glued on my lace. . (I'm sorry i did not think to take pictures of this process)

This is what the back looked like. .

Now if you were a little confused by my explanation of how to cover the back board then hopefully this will clear it up a little.. okay so for the pieces of wood I covered them the same way, with several pieces of batting.

Glued it to the back of the wood,

then I covered it with the piece of canvas.

This is the finished product.

The back looks like this.

Now for the corners. . I used part of the poster board and cut squares.

Then covered it with batting,

(I had to use several squares of batting to make it even with the wood.)

getting smaller as I went up.

Here are my 4 corners,

then I covered the batting with the canvas drop cloth.

                                                 

I then had to add a couple more squares on the bottom to make it level with the wood I used for the border.

Now I have my 4 corners,

set them in place,

then I arranged the border along the back board. I had to have my husband's help in drilling these pieces of wood to the poster board.

Drill all the sides down, then the 4 corners.

Now to add a little 'pretty' to it I made flowers out of my remaining canvas material,

placed my flowers on each corner, I hot glued them down but you can use whatever method you think would work best. .

Next I added my finishing touches, the letter 'C' for my last name, a couple flowers and keys and viola! :) 

Thanks for visiting, hope you can create your own, let me know how it goes. Also if you have any questions about further explanation or comments/advise, etc., please leave them below! :) Thanks again, see you next time!

The burlap LOVE sign

Okay, here is my quick and easy LOVE sign made from burlap. I promise it is super easy and takes almost no time at all!

Some simple tools you'll need are scissors, a glue gun (and stick), burlap ( I used two shades, both were purchased at Wal-mart) and I used a shoe box lid. That's right, just laying around the house, didn't cost anything at all, simple shoe box lid. I painted it black but you can modify it however you choose. 

It's important that for the outside edge of your sign you buy WIRED burlap ribbon (sorry i covered that part up with my thumb :p) It's not completely necessary but it sure does make things a lot easier. 

Step 1: push the ribbon through the wire on 1 side only, thread it through to make as "ruffly" as desired.

keep threading it through..

okay you want to make sure you have enough to cover all the sides of the desired area

in this case, my shoe box lid ;p

now once you reach the end of the amount you need, cut the burlap ribbon and wrap the wire around the edge several times so the burlap doesn't come undone.

now i laid down my darker colored burlap

hot glued it onto my 'sign'

glued down my outer edge ribbon

and cut out the letters 'L' 'V' and 'E'. you could do the 'O' in burlap also but i wanted to add a flower to it.

now the finishing touches..

after i glued my letters down i used the edge of the ribbon to line all the letters so they would really pop!

now from here you can add whatever you want to complete your creation.

I made my own flower so the red would match my dining room :)

Thanks for visiting! If you have any questions or comment please leave them below! Good-bye until next time!