From Trash to Treasure

Lately I have been seeing tons of blog posts (mostly at a personal fave site, Blue Cricket Designs) revolving around re-purposing and re-crafting the old into new. This last Wednesday I was blog hopping (for HOURS... don't tell... shhhhh) and became personally inspired to give this a go. So Thursday I set out with a mission. Recently a new Goodwill opened up near my home (about 10 minutes away in the next town over) so I went to troll for trash. Yep... trash. Garbage. Nasty and useless. BINGO!! I found it!! Here is my find:
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Ugly, right?? You aint seen nothin' yet... check out this close up:
:Yep... that's metallic mauve and teal fabric on that baby, ruffles and all! I'm not sure if you can see all of the dirt and stains (mold?) on the bow and along the top of the mirror frame but... let's just say that I had to wash my hands after the next step:

That's a whole lot of ugly!! Here's what I was left with:
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I started by taking 2 sheets of 12x12" paper (Pink Paislees' Valentine's Day stuff) and cutting it into 1"x 6" strips. I started wrapping them around the frame (the thing with foam on it) one at a time. I attached them in the back using scotch tape. I overlapped each one slightly over the last until I made it all of the way around the frame, which surprisingly only took about 10 minutes. Then I tied one yard of ribbon around the top of the frame to create a hanger. I used hot glue to sandwich the mirror between the frame and the backer board. Here's the finished product:
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Cute, right?? I'm not sure if you have you noticed yet but, I'm a sucker for polka dots!
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And notice the cute little fox I stamped directly onto the mirror? He's so cute!! Here's a close up of the finished mirror frame:

That last pic shows you a great view of the strips of paper. I used stickles to randomly highlight some of the polka dots. I also took one of the strips of left over paper (I only had about 3 strips left over) and cut it in half. I folded each half accordian style and glued them over the green ribbon to add some depth.

I don't know about you but I love the way this turned out. It's going to look adorable hanging in noodle & bean's bedroom!!