The $3 Mirror Project

We double plus, love crafty creative projects that look fabulous and don't take up that much of our hard earned cash. This project is a great accent to the entryway of this home and is made of wooden coffee stir sticks, a plate and a mirror!

We ran across this great project from Ashley's Thrifty Living by way of Dollar Store Crafts. Both sites have a wealth of helpful projects for greating fun things on a next to nothing budget. This particular project was made from wooden coffee stir sticks, painted shiny metallic silver, a salad plate and a circular mirror.

The salad plate was used as a template to keep the coffee sticks in the right place while gluing. Although she had many of the materials on hand before starting the project, even if you had to buy all of them outright, this mirror should still come in under the $10 mark, including: paint, mirror, sticks and glue!

Thanks Ashley!

(via: Dollar Store Crafts)
(Image: Ashley's Thrifty Living)

Comments (12)

What a great idea!!
You guys should def post more ideas like this.

posted by plumeria on October 30th 2009 at 12:25pm
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I love it! I agree, please post more projects like this.

posted by bkrafi on October 30th 2009 at 12:46pm
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Good starting point, but when working with such cheap materials why so stingy? I'd layer and stack the sticks irregularly in the sunburst pattern for more wow power.

posted by amed studio on October 30th 2009 at 1:54pm
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Not so sure this would look that great up close. Probably looks like coffee stirrers, painted white, attached to a mirror.

posted by josie6 on October 30th 2009 at 4:29pm
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I did something similar. It cost me around $6.00.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61998442@N00/2253345948/

posted by mary pat on October 30th 2009 at 5:44pm
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It looks cheap.

posted by leadingedge on October 30th 2009 at 6:18pm
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Pass.

posted by Seaside on October 30th 2009 at 8:20pm
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Oh good God no. Mary Pat showed the right way to do it. Should have featured hers!

posted by sasharenee on October 30th 2009 at 11:32pm
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pretty cool. wish I could see in person though