Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (or leaning on the wall)

So first I have to tell you, I love finding old frames and giving them a "new" life as you saw me do here.  Just in case you were questioning, I mean an "old look" life.

If you have been reading this blog you know that I love old things, especially things that are falling apart or are in need of some TLC.

Anyway I had this frame and I wanted to put a mirror in it, but I did not want an ordinary mirror.  I wanted it to look like this mirror I saw online:

Not the frame, but the cut mirrors with the rosettes.

I had to fix up my frame a little, it was dirty and needed some mending.

I bought a package of mirror tile from here, then I antiqued them like in this post.  

This time I painted the back of the mirrors with black craft paint.

I scrubbed the frame and put a coat of tung oil on it.  I wanted it to be shiny for easy cleaning, but not to look new.  

I glued the mirrors on a board I had in my garage, I used Liquid Nails for mirrors.  I put it in the frame and Voila!  

I tried to find the rosettes everywhere.  I must have went into every hardware, craft and glass store in my city.  They only had the plastic or metal kind and I wanted glass.  I finally turned to Ebay and found exactly what I wanted.......... 

The rosettes are typically installed with screws into cut corners on the mirror, but I super glued mine on and added a tiny tack in the middle. 

Here she is in all of here glory....

I am linking up to these sites:

The Shabby Creek Cottage

Fire Flies and Jelly Beans

Beyond the Picket Fence

Some What Simple

Blogging block

I do not know how all of you bloggers do it............I rarely blog, because I never know what to write about.  Then there are bloggers that write every day on never ending subjects.  I wish I could just find a good balance........

Wow, finally we are home!

Wow I am so glad to be home.  Don't get me wrong I love vacations and traveling, but there is nothing like home.  We had an amazing time on our road trip.  We went through Idaho and up into Montana and Canada (remind me to tell you about the border police). ; )

It was a long road trip but so worth it. I have never seen a more beautiful state than Montana.  I thought Utah was amazing until this trip.  

Our family had so much fun, one last hurrah before school starts.  He are some brief photos, I have so many I still need to go through.

One of Glacier's many lakes.

This lodge had incredible landscaping that a darling old lady took care of!

Glacier has waterfalls EVERYWHERE!

Another great lake.