At least it was FREE! *High Five!
Before I started, I also planned on making THREE. I now think one is a good number. Yeah, I wouldn't want to take away from its uniqueness by making a whole slew of them... Sure, I'll go with that.
I have always loved magazine art. I just think it's fun, urban, colorful and just looks rad.
I also really dig sunburst mirrors. I've seen a ton of DIY sunburst mirrors (that usually involve twigs or something else I don't have on hand.)
I had these old mirrors sitting in the garage that I thought would work for this. They were stuck together and adhesive was all over them so I had to clean them up first. I used a Goo-Gone imposter (some thick orange furniture polish, that'll do) and a razer blade to remove the sticky ickies.
I used EVERY LAST PAGE in an old magazine. I really thought it was going to take more. I did cut each page in half though. I used a paper cutter so that didn't take any extra time. I rolled those babies up and glued the edges. After the first two I was ready to poke out my own eyeballs. This is a little more tedious of a project than I prefer. I made bigger rolls for the outside and smaller rolls for the inside.
FINALLY!
Once I finished the rolls, I used an old lid as a guide and traced it with a permanent marker. Then I used a hot glue gun to attach the rolls.
As long as it doesn't tragically fall apart, I plan on hanging this up in my guest room/office/craft room.
