Anthro Reassembled Mirror Knock-off!

Anthropologie Reassembled Mirror: $498

I've been intrigued by this mirror for a long time

and thought it would be fun to make a knock-off...

Here is my version: $1.50

 

 

 

 Here's what I did...

First, I found these scroll cut pieces at the thriftstore...

no doubt they fit together to make something that broke...

so I snatched them for $1.00

 Walked over to my dad's house to use the

bandsaw and cut them into skinnier pieces...

with a tad more character...

Then I ever-so-lightly spray painted them heirloom white...

 Then I sanded up the edges and here and there...

 For the mirror:

I found this hunk o' junk at the thriftstore on base for 50 cents!

I sprayed it blue and glazed it with black a while back.

and I hated it...so there it sat...until now.

(okay, hate is a strong word, but the mirror

doesn't have much character...and it's 

odd shaped...and it needs help...)

So I painted over it with Seafoam Green paint.

 A little hot glue lovin'...

 The hardest thing for me is to get past the 

symmetry that I want everything to have!

I just tried to hurry, pick up random pieces and 

glue them on without over thinking!

and presto!
Clearly, both mirrors have their strong points...
but at savings of $496.50...I'll take mine!

It's so hard for me to get a
good picture of a mirror!
any tips?