Monogram Bar Mirror

With Mother's Day coming up and some recent uproar in my family, I decided I needed to something really spectacular for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. I've been experimenting with faux mercury glass lately, thanks to a Pin from Take the Side Street on Pinterest. Her technique is very easy and works very well.

Instead of snatching someone else's idea from Pinterest, I struck out on my own and came up with this lovely little piece:

The whole thing was very inexpensive and very easy. The whole project cost me less than $20 because I already had the spraypaint on hand and Hobby Lobby had one of their spectacular sales.

Here's what you need:

• Picture frame.
• Enamel paint in your choice of color and paint brushes.
• Letter stencils. 
• A sheet of scrapbooking paper. 
• Krylon's Looking Glass spray. 
• Spray bottle with 50/50 mixture of water and vinegar.
• Paper towels. 

Instead of stenciling a letter on the glass, I chose to trace a letter I printed from my computer and then painted it on the reverse of the glass.












Here's what it looked like after I painted on the reverse of the glass. I then baked the glass in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. I wasn't sure what would happen to the paint if I didn't bake it on the glass and I started the faux mercury glass technique.




Once the glass cooled off and I was sure that the wind was low enough, I went outside and spraypainted the glass with the Looking Glass spray.

And after applying the 50/50 mixture and distressing the glass:

I let the paint dry and then put the picture frame back together with the scrapbook paper behind the glass.

I can't wait to send this next month to my mother-in-law. She's going to love it and I love it so much, I'm thinking about making this for our house, too.