Title:DIY Starburst Mirror Name: Allison Time: About 3-4 hours Cost: $25 Who would have guessed the automotive parts shop would be a great DIY home decor resource? Allison's Starburst Mirror project takes a simple $2.99 auto blind spot mirror and makes it into something for the home...something beautiful. Click above for the pics and head below for all the instructions. Give Allison a THUMBS UP if you find this project helpful.... BEFORE TOOLS: * 1 convex mirror (sold at automotive stores as a blind-spot mirror) * 1 cardboard disc the same size as the convex mirror (about 1/2" thick). A wooden disc could work as well. * 12" dowel rods * 12" skewers * Permanent marker * Mounting hardware * Ruler * Silver-leaf water-based gold-leaf * Sizing brushes * Hot glue * Round mosaic mirrors in 3 sizes (100 mirrors in total) STEPS: 1. First, the plastic around the convex mirror had to be removed. It was held in place with glue but was able to be removed with steam. 2. Next, I found the center of the cardboard disc and used a permanent marker to divide the disc into 16 equal segments with a ruler (like a pizza). 3. Then I hot-glued the dowel rods directly on the lines so the dowels would be evenly spaced and radiate out from the disc. I then added a wooden skewer in between the dowels for variety. 4. After everything was glued in place, I brushed on a water-based gold-leaf sizing and let it sit until tacky (about 30 minutes). 5. After it was tacky, I took 1 sheet of silver leaf at a time and began to cover the dowels, skewers and center with it. I used a brush to adhere the silver leaf to the sizing and brushed away any excess. 6. After everything was silver leafed, I used hot glue to adhere the convex mirror on top of the smooth side of the center disc. (The dowels were glued to the back). 7. I then randomly hot glued the small round mirrors to the skewers and dowels (approx. 3 mirrors per "arm"). 8. Mounting hardware was then hot glued to the finished mirror. RESOURCES: An automotive parts store was my best source for this project. I found a convex mirror for $2.99! ]]>