Mustaches on sticky paper, how much more fun did you have this Tuesday?
I am going to call this early and say 2011 is the year of the mustache in terms of pop culture America (I would have to say it’s sharing its title with bacon though). Had I planned this a little better, we honestly could have had a month of mustache related crafts.
Sue’s visiting friend Amy came by and enjoyed the ridiculousness of the evening.
Mirror mirror in my hand, who’s has the fairest ‘stache in the land?
You may remember when we made mustache pacifiers. This last week, our friend and occasional crafter Jen hung a mustache mirror in her house so we thought we’d try to make our own after seeing them not only in her house but in several gift magazines. You know us, if we think we can make it, we’ll try!
Now you can go two routes with the mustache mirror:
1) Use etching paste in a mustache shaped stencil to create frosted mustaches. (Kind of like how we did the etched beer mugs awhile back.)
2) Use opaque, sticky paper to print the mustaches out on and stick them to the mirror (that’s what we did).
The most labor intensive thing we did was finding out which mustaches we wanted to try to recreate!
Materials
Computer
Printer
Sticky printer paper
Mirror
Black Sharpie (for touch-ups)
Cocktail of the Night: Pear Brandy Sidecar (ironically, when I went to the grocery store to get the ingredients, I actually see a motorcycle with a sidecar on my way into the store!)
1. Search Google images for your mustache of choice. Concentrate on finding a shape that will work, you are going to use Photoshop or GIMP to size the image later.
Amy and Sue went with mirrored compacts while Dorrie and I did bigger scale mustaches.
2. Open your favorite image program and make the mustache the right size for your mirror. Consider the distance you’ll be holding it away from your face.
Getting that Dorrie mustache picture was a bit tricky, a behind the scenes shot.
3. Print the mustache on the sticky paper. Cut out and stick.
Honestly, it was super easy and Amy, our guest crafter/Sue’s childhood friend kept saying ‘This is pretty ridiculous!’ and laughing the whole time.
The mustache mirror is a great tongue in cheek gift for that friend who has everything, or a fun addition to your entryway. Jen has her mirror set up so you can draw your own mustaches on it with a magic marker. However you do it, looking back at yourself with sophisticated facial hair will put a smile on your face.
Aren’t you crafty, and looking a bit more like Tom Selleck?