COASTAL crafts

Add some seaside chic to your garden with these beachy makes

Fix a wire plate hanger to the back of the mirror and hang on a fence to create a focal point.

FRAME A MIRROR, Smarten up a plain mirror using rope.

YOU WILL NEED

•Scissors

•Chunky rope

•Mirror

•Fast-set adhesive

• Cord, raffia, twine and ribbon

•Starfish or shell ornaments

•Sea glass

1 Cut a length of rope to fit the exact circumference of your mirror. Glue the rope to the edge of the glass to make a frame.

2 Disguise the join in the rope by binding it with a mixture of cord, raffia, twine and ribbon, and thread a starfish ornament, or pierced shells from a craft shop, and sea glass onto the ends to overlap the mirror.

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