…… it may have taken me 14 months but I have never given up!
Though firmly stuck down the pirates arms can still be moved, so to add an extra dimension I have put dangly bits (if you’ll pardon the expression) in their hands and the crab with its wibbly wobbly legs guards a precious gem.
With the pirates, compasses, maps and large gems in place I could then drape the broken pearl and chains necklaces round them ……….
……. and then fill the smaller gaps with smaller gems and pirate cabochons.
The only thing I wished I’d done was colour/spray the compass bodies gold before they were stuck down, trying to do it on a finished mirror was fiddly to say the least.
And now it is done and dusted in a yo ho ho bottle of rum type way …… it just needs to be bubble wrapped carefully until Christmas then it can be hung in Bertie’s bedroom. I will put a special message on the back for him and hope that one day it might become an heirloom or at least a memory of mad, always fiddle farting mad Nanny Nell ……….
WOW-stunning project. I’m sure young Bertie will love his pirate mirror.
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WOW, what a masterpiece!, I love how the pirates can hold 'treasure' and the little maps fit in sooo well.... certainly something for Bertie to keep and remember you by
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It’s a work of art Helen-well done on finding all the ‘bits’ to finish it. I love how you’ve put booty in the pirates’ hands. Bertie will treasure it, pardon the pun!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing mirror! Bertie will love it. Hope you'll share his reaction here on your blog.
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