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How to Make a Decorative DIY Mirror Frame With Recycled Cardboard

This is a fun and easy mirror frame decor craft with simple supplies. Recycled cardboard becomes the base for a frame. And hot glue from a glue gun gives the frame an embossed look.


You can make your frame using a mirror or photograph. And you can get as detailed as you want for the faux embossing.


easy diy framed mirror


I think I’ve learned after 40 years of being a messy creative, that creating more surface clutter isn’t doing me any good.


So, for this project, I decided to make a frame for a simple dollar store mirror.


Speaking of mirrors.....

buddhist mirror teaching

(I practice Buddhism and so I thought it would be a nice intention to throw in some wisdom where it fits. Find out more about this metaphor from Tricycle.)