Spooky Ghost Mirror

Here we are again with another Halloween tutorial. While on a regular visit to the dollar store (one of my favorite spots for craft supplies) I spotted a small mirror by the picture frames. I thought I could do something fun with it so I grabbed it. I thought of making a spectral being or writing a spooky warning on it! So I set out on my mirror adventure!

I used my old friends, frosted glass spray and contact paper. I created a design and made a stencil out of contact paper and cut it out. After placing it on the mirror I sprayed it with a coat of frosted glass. After it tried I took up the contact paper to reveal my ghost! Here is a step by step tutorial so you can make your own scary ghost!

Materials & Tools

• Mirror (I found mine at the Dollar Tree) 
• Contactpaper 
• Pen
• Exacto Knife
• Frosted Glass Spray 

Instructions 

• First come up with a design! I went with a Halloween theme, however you can use the same technique to make just about anything. Once you have a design you like, draw it on the back of your contact paper. Be aware that the image must be flipped, otherwise you'll end up with it not looking like you planned. 
• Once your desk is done, you can use an Exacto knife to cut it out.
• Clean your mirror before the contact paper is applied.
• Peel the contact paper pieces and place them on the mirror. Make sure all the air bubbles are pushed out
• If their are any inside bits place them in the right places. Inside bits are things like the ghosts eyes and his mouth. 
• Take your mirror outside or in a well ventilated area. Spray it with the frosted glass spray and allow to dry
• TIP: don't spray too close. The contact paper will crinkle. Also you don't need to spray a lot. It might not seem like  you didn't spray enough, but the frost effect takes a few minutes before you can see it. So be patient! 
• You must give it a good amount of time to dry other wise the frost will come up! 
• After it is dry you can peel the contact paper off to reveal your ghost- BOO! 

If you like this one, then check out some of my other Halloween tutorials!

Frosted Vase

I've been in the house for almost a year already, can you believe it?! I'm haven't been sewing has much (sewing table has been under construction) However this time has allowed me to work on some home decor projects. I've been posting pictures here and there but this time around I present to you a nice a tutorial!!!!

A while back I bought a bunch of hurricane vases from the Dollar Tree. They were nice, but after sitting around for a while they needed some pizazz! I bought some frosted glass spray and decided to do some experimenting. I made a stencil out of contact paper, slapped it on there and gave it a good coat of frosted glass. My first attempt was a semi-failure. I learned that day that not all contact paper is created equal. I had used this old ugly wood print stuff we had lying around and it was really low quality type stuff and it reacted weirdly to the spray and crinkled up.

I broke out the good stuff and used some black contact paper I had. (F.Y.I. - this stuff is so versatile! its one of my favorite craft supplies!) Using the better quality contact paper did the trick and resulted in some fabulous new vases. 

Here are the steps I took to transform these vases and how you can to! 

Materials & Tools 

• Clear vases, candle holders (even old wine bottles) 
• Frosted Glass Spray (I used Rust-oleum)
• Contact paper (make sure its good quality) 
• Exacto Knife 

Instructions 

• Think of some sort of design. This can be a trick party, but luckily is tons of inspiration out there (scour the internet, check out a home decor store etc) 
• Once you have a design your happy with, trace it on the back of your contact paper and cut out with the exacto knife. If you are the lucky proud owner of a silhouette machine, just make your stencil on that. 
• Peel off your contact paper stencil and gently stick it to your vase
• Find a nice well ventilated area and place your vase on top of box. Spray a nice even coat and allow to dry 
• Drying times can depend on the type of frosted glass spray you purchase. I'd say give it at least 30 minutes. 
• Gently peel off the stencil to reveal your beautiful design