Etched Mirrors

We saw the idea for these mirrors in Flea Market Style magazine recently and decided to make them for the craft fair later this month. The process is super easy, but scraping the silver off the back of the mirror can be a little time consuming.

Materials
- old mirrors (glass with a layer of silver on the back)
- stencil of your favorite word
- x-acto knife
- pencil
- putty knife/razor (something to scrape off silver)

Print and cut out a stencil of your favorite word. I didn't have letter stencils that quite fit the frame, so I made my own.

Invert the stencil (because the word will be reversed when you turn it around) and fill in with pencil.

Scratch out the silver underneath the pencil lead to reveal the glass. Don't worry about scratching the glass as the mirror will most likely already have a distressed look, which you're aiming for!

Flip over the mirror, hang, and enjoy!