{Frugal Friday} Decorated Mirror

At the end of January I picked up a white full length mirror at Target for $7.50

(By the way do you notice that I visit Target often?)

Anyway, I had been there earlier that week and saw it on sale for $10.50.

I knew I had a gift certificate at home, so I decided to go back that Friday.

When I did the price had dropped once more.

YIPPEE!!!

I swooped it up and brought it home.

I hung it.

I was soooooo excited to FINALLY have a full length mirror after seven years in this house.

Seriously, how did I survive.

As I looked at my new piece I thought to myself that some embellishment might be fun.

I had seen frames like this

and this

and this 

Wait, one more

See that rosette? Remember my love of houndstooth?

all over blogland,

 and I thought that the idea could be easily transferred to the frame of the mirror.

So one night I got to work.
I pulled out some remnants and scraps that I had in the colors that I wanted.
I also got out a handful of buttons that I thought might work.
Finally, I grabbed the three pack of printed pins/buttons that my aunt had bought me for Christmas.

I was ready to begin.

I made several rosettes.
I used the pins/buttons as centers on the three largest.
Then I organized them in a manner that I thought would look nice on the frame of the mirror.

After that was all said and done,
I got out my handy dandy glue gun and started gluing.

VOILA!!! Here is the final product.

Yes, that is a child's toy on the floor behind me in the mirror.