Birthday Beardsley and Badges!! IMG OBESE!!

[Jinjeet Phoenix]

Wow!!!!  These are simply amazing!!!!

[aliceownsj00]

What a sweet friend you are

I love the Art work, so beautiful!! Well, everything is beautiful!

[tina522]

Omg!  Everything is absoulutely gorgeous.  I would love to see how you made your bookplates.  I have done a few of those, but was not impressed with how they turned out, thats why I am a copycat artist.  Ha.  You guys are such thoughtful friends.  That kind of thoughtfulness is what I would cherish forever.  Thanks for sharing.

[Buns]

I'm a pretty big Beardsley fan myself, ever since I was a little child and hardly knew what an oversized penis was.     This is also one of my favourite images of his, and you did an amazing job making something amazing!  When I get some spare time, I'm going to have to sit down and figure out what exactly you have done here.

And the mirror is so beautiful!  Great work, you're a caringfriend!

[sploschee]

How cool.  What a lucky friend.  Who'd have thought that decoupage could be soooo cool. 

[MaChPi]

I can see a whole collection of shadowboxes done with ancient Greek vase paintings. This actually gives me an idea for a b-day present for him, 'cause he's studied mythology for years.

[hello color!]

Everything's beautiful! Can you describe how you made the mirror? I mean, the resin looks really domed, so did you use a domed mold somehow, or... Tkxes!

[jennyintheskywithdiamonds]

Your friend is totally lucky! That shadow box is such a good idea. Everything is beautiful!

[PoodlyBooty]

Love what you did with the Beardsley print!  Beautiful! 

[missmelissa]

Everything's beautiful! Can you describe how you made the mirror? I mean, the resin looks really domed, so did you use a domed mold somehow, or... Tkxes!

The mirror was pretty easy to do, When i brought it it had this vinyl type fabric glued to the top, i just ripped that off, it was only a $2 mirror so that came off pretty easy. Next i just chose an image from the internet, drew an oval around the section i wanted to use so i would have a guide to cut along. Then i printed it out on slightly thick paper (leftover from the frame stuff) then i sealed it using decopage glue/paste ***Its really important to seal the edges too*** you have to go very lightly over the image or the ink will run, i had to have a few goes at that. You could probally pre-seal it with some fixative spray or simular.

Next step i just attatched the image to the mirror, there was still some tacky glue left on it from the old cover so i just used that - otherwise just a little hot glue would even work.

Then i mixed up the resin - i got it from spotlight, its a two part one (It came in a pack for making coasters?? All i did was carefully pour the resin ontop of the image (the mirror had a bit of a lip on it and as the paper was thinner than the origional fabric this lip was now bigger) I just poured the resin until it formed a dome (because it is thicker than water it worked quite well) then i left it to set overnight! The first time i poured i put too much resin and it ran down the side so i had to tip it all off and start again, but the second time it was fine and it took overnite to dry.

Hope this clears things up, it was a relativly easy process just a case of having a go, and because the mirror was so cheap i didnt mind if it didnt turn out!

And thankyou to everyone who has commented! I was really pleased with how the shadow box turned out, my friend requested a few more frames so she could have a go at making a set!