Adding a Faux Transom and Hallway Arches (2)

Make the top of your doorways look super fancy by adding some faux transom. In My Own Style uses a couple of secrets to pull this awesome look off.

It is amazing what adding a few little architectural details (like these arches) can do for a room. This hall went from boring to beautiful by adding some pre-cut curvy arches. See this at La La Bliss.

Wednesday Party Highlights

I missed posting some party highlights this week because my computer was not cooperating! Here are a few lovely projects that I would love to see in my house or do!

I want a couple shelves filled with these Restoration Hardware industrial basket knock-offs at my house. I have quite a few shelves that would more stylish with these babies! Blissfully Ever After is the creator of these!



Have the style of Ballard Design without the high cost by building these cafe shelves by yourself. Great tutorial by That Village House.





I'm loving how A Little Tipsy glammed up her builder grade bathroom mirror by adding some frosting around the edges. (That sounds funny!) Pretty, Pretty frosted-edged mirror!

Check out these gorgeous skinny ruffled headbands at Flamingo Toes! So pretty and feminine.

I've never met a kid who didn't like to play in water with their hands. This water wall looks like so much fun! A Family That Birds Together has some happy children because of this contraption!

See more Whatever Goes Wednesday links.

Amazing Party Highlights

There are way too many awesome projects linked up today! Here are a few that stood out to me!

There is more than one reason why Tidbits at the Tremaynes is one of my favorite blogs. She is hilarious and is constantly cranking out projects like this window bed! How is that for AMAZING!!!!!

Combined two shirts into one to make this cutie at Inspiration and Realisation.

There are so many amazing variations of sunburst mirrors. I'm loving this wood one from Thrifty and Chic.

What do you get when you combine a circle skirt and a maxi skirt together? A circle maxi skirt like this one from Show Tell Share.

Who wants a sliding barn door inside their house? ME!!!! See this beauty over at Breakfast for Dinner. Gorgeous!

Learn how to make your own nail polish with Heck Fridays! How fun is that?

Check out more amazing ideas from the Whatever Goes Wednesday party!

All Circles Mirror and Twirl Bustle Dress

I wanted to show off a couple more projects from the Whatever Goes Wednesday show! I hope you like these as much as I do!

This wall mirror made of circles is for rockstars or princesses! Don't you love the shapes and the jewels and....everything about it? The bling makes it stand out and dazzle! It is made from cardboard and sequins! Check it out at MeiJo's Joy!

I'm loving everything about this twirl bustle dress too from Wildflowers and Whimsy. It is SO CUTE!!!!! If you sew for young girls, you need to check this dress out!

Guest Blogger - Live. Laugh. Photograph. - Anthropologie Inspired Mirror

Hello Bloggy Friends!!

My name is Laura and I am over.the.moon excited to be here today! I'm the author of the blog live.laugh.photograph where I blog about crafts, sewing, photography, style, and digital scrapbooking to name a few. In real life I'm a cosmetologist which means I love doing hair and makeup and sometimes I share a little bit of that too!

This is ME. Hi! Nice to meet you!

Here are just a few of my favorite projects you can find on my blog!

Bird Nest Necklace {Tutorial}

Pottery Barn Kids Knock-off Wall Decor

Grapefruit and Lemon Salt Scrub

You can check out more of my tutorials here!

Now that you know a little bit about me, I'm going to show you my latest project! Today I'm going to show you how to make this Anthropologie inspired mirror using a little paint and some fabric scraps!

Here is the original = $168

And here is mine! =$5

To get started you will need these supplies:

Craft wood mirror {I got mine at Michael's}

craft paint/paintbrush
fabric scraps
scissors
mod podge
razor blade or painters tape to protect the mirror from paint and glue

Let's get this party started! First, you will want to paint the wood in the color of your choice. I used white because this mirror is going in my daughter's room and brown wouldn't go with the flow ;)

Here is where you might also want to tape off the mirror part to prevent any paint or glue from getting onto it. I didn't do this step because a plain old razor blade works just as well! Either way you do it, we'll take care of it at the end ;)

While the paint is drying, you can measure and cut out your fabric scraps for each of the four corners of the mirror. I found that starting with the 4 corners first was the easiest way to go. Mine measured 2x2 inches.

Take a little mod podge and brush it onto the wood or fabric. Whichever floats your boat! Place it onto the mirror and smooth it out. Fabric is very giving so if your square isn't exact you can push/pull into place!

Do this for each of the corners of the mirror.

Since my mirror is a rectangle and not a square, I knew that the fabric squares would have spaces in between them. No biggie! I just measured to figure out how many more fabric squares I needed to cut out. It ended up being 10.

Cut those babies out!

Now play around with them to see where you want them to go and mod podge them to the mirror!

Easy breezy!

If you like the tattered effect, you can always leave the frays alone. I usually love the distressed look but I went completely against everything in my body telling me to leave it alone and mod podged it to make those little frays disappear!

I went through and put a coat all over the mirror brushing the frays into place as I went!

One last step! Once the mirror is dry go ahead and take off your tape if you used it or grab a razor blade and scrape off the paint and glue.

Then use some window cleaner to get it nice and clean!

And now you have your very own Anthro inspired Mirror!

Now marvel at your pretty creation!! SO easy right?

Thanks so much for letting me share my little ol' project with you today! It's been a pleasure and an honor to be guest blogging here at Someday Crafts!

I'd love for you to stop by my blog, Live. Laugh. Photograph, anytime and say hi! I love meeting new people!

xoxo

Laura, THANKS for the cute and easy knock-off! We all love to save money! Head over to Live. Laugh. Photograph. to get more of this goodness!

Laundry Room and Teacher Appreciation Sunburst Mirrors

There are so many different, cool sunburst mirrors out there. The creativity is never-ending. Here are two I've seen recently!

This sunburst mirror is perfect for a laundry room. Hill Country Homebody made it out of clothes pin (the kind that don't squeeze open.) The clothes pins would look fun painted too!

See the laundry room sunburst mirror.

And just today, I saw this teacher appreciation sunburst mirror made out of pencils by Just Sew Sassy (guest posting at Tatertots and Jello.) How cute would that be for a classroom? Very cute. I would have loved one when I was teaching!

There are a few other fun sunburst mirror ideas at Tatertots and Jello along with this guest post.

Wall of Small Mirrors

I've seen a few wall of mirrors and think they are gorgeous. However, most of the mirror are big and I think how expensive it would be to make a wall with big mirrors and how much wall space I would have to have. I saw this wall of small mirrors at All Things Heart and Home and fell in love. I could probably find quite a few small mirrors from thrift stores and the dollar store! Pretty!

See the wall of small mirrors.

Ikea Mirror Knock-off

Sara's Closet shows you how to make a super easy and really cute Ikea knock-off! Looks great on a wall!

See the Ikea mirror knock-off.

3 Great Knock-offs!

Don't bother paying the $46 for a darling J. Crew knock-off dress for your little one. Make it yourself with a shirt from your closet with the help from Naptime Crafters.

The Ivy Cottage knocked-off a Z Gallerie display. What a statement it makes on wall! See the Z Gallerie mirror artwork.

This anthro tank knock-off is super cute! Love the bow and the cascading front. Learn how to make it at Southern Fairy Design.

All these great ideas were linked up to the Whatever Goes Wednesday Party!

Dresser to Desk Transformation AND Ballard Mirrors Knock-off

Thrifty and Chic has to be one of the most under-rated blogs! Everything she comes up with is AMAZING!!!! I could feature every post! (If you're not following her blog, you are missing out big time.)

This desk is one of her lastest most fabulous ideas. She turning a boring dresser into an fantastic, beautiful, functional desk. I want one like it!!!

See the dresser to desk transformation.

Another recent project Thrifty and Chic completed was knock-off some Ballard Design mirrors! This idea is another ridiculously cool idea that is completely doable for anyone!!! What would have cost $600 at Ballard only cost $15 and a couple hours to make. I would love to complete this project!

See the Ballard Design knock-off mirrors.

(See! I told you Thrifty and Chic was amazing. Go on over and follow her so you see ALL her inspiring ideas.)

Chunky Floor Mirror!

I'm loving this big, chunky floor mirror made by Craft Goodies. She took one of those cheap "floor length" mirrors from the store and made it into this gorgeous mirror to rival an expensive mirror! Way better than the ones from Pottery Barn.

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Another cool thing about this mirror is that it is self-standing!!! While there is not a complete tutorial, she does give some instructions and pictures which will help you figure it out yourself.

See the chunky, floor-length self-standing mirror.

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5 Party Highlights

I hope you are enjoying the links to today's parties as much as I am!!!! Here are a few that I wanted to show!

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Leave it to Thrifty and Chic to come up with beautiful looking mirrors made with PVC pipe! Stunning - especially for sprinkler pipes!!!!

Use the instructions from Me Sew Crazy to sew a darling bubble dress for a little one! This would be perfect for Spring, Easter and Summer!

Crochet a quick and easy flower garland for Spring and Easter with this pattern from Sarahndipities. CUTE!

Music sheet (or book page) origami bunnies would be such a cute decoration for an Easter display. Check out the funny video that shows how to make these at Marvelously Messy!

Learn how to make your own homemade marshmallow peeps with only 3 ingredients from This Chick Cooks. My kids would love this!

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Check out more links from today's Whatever Goes Wednesday party!