shim mirror

I know you've seen these shim mirrors all over blogland, but they're all so different and unique. 

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I wanted mine to be a little more "unique" and random.

I started by staining my shims in my favorite minwax stain, dark walnut.

(yes I was lazy frugal and only stained the front side of the shims!)

I also gathered some different sized cardboard circles from the cupcake stand I made, a picture hanger, and Gorilla Glue.

I got to work laying out a pattern of short and long shims. There's really no rhyme or reason to this, just place the way you like.  

I used Gorilla glue to glue it one my cardboard circle. I then glued my beveled edge mirror on top and put some paint cans on it to dry.

I had a few options of where I wanted ot hang it. But after seeing a few people on pinterest hang theirs on shutters, I thought I should try that!

What do you think? I have another place for it, but I thought I would try it here! Here is what it looked like before, and now after!

Which one is your favorite?