Halloween Decor: Skeleton Mirror

I love the fall season and decorating for Halloween.  A couple of weeks ago, I was at Dollar Tree and saw this fun skeleton mirror.  It was large enough to hang on our gallery wall above the fireplace, but a little cheap looking (not surprising given it's price point).

​I decided to go ahead and buy it, but planned to give it a mini makeover!  I prepped the frame by painting it with black gesso.  The black gesso gave the frame a nice matte black look with an almost chalkboard-like finish.

I waited for the gesso to dry and then moved on to the next step of adding some color.  I knew I wanted to use Viva Decor's Inka-Gold for this step.  I am a huge fan of Inka-Gold.  It has a gorgeous metallic finish and the product is so easy to use!

I decided to use Inka Gold in Copper, Platinum and Violet.  I started with the Copper - a rich metallic orange color and simply dry brushed the Inka Gold on the high points of the scrolled frame.  Next, I added the Platinum and Violet on other areas of the frame.  

For the last step, I dry brushed a bit more of the Platinum Inka Gold on the mirror to give it a streaky, vintage look.

And Voila!  For a $1 and some products that I already had on hand I made a fun, new piece of Halloween Decor.

What have you been making this Fall season?

This blog post was provided by Creative Team member, Kimberly Eaton.