One of my favorite people in the world(my little sister) is going through adolescence and we’ve never had our peace of mind at home. She’s always complaining about one pimple to another. She’s the only person I’ve seen who counts the number of pimples she has at night before going to bed. It might sound funny but it’s a serious thing at home. There are days she wants nothing to do with mirrors because she feels she’s not pretty meanwhile she’s the prettiest girl I know.
I knew I had to do something about those days and find a way to let her know how pretty she is every time. I thought so long about this and then got her a cute mirror in one of her favorite colours. I told her to check the mirror to see the most prettiest girl in the world whenever she felt she wasn’t pretty. For days, she never touched the mirror and kept on complaining so I knew I had to act quick. I decided to decorate the mirror with a flower garland so she would always feel like going to the mirror and that would remind her of how pretty she is.
Knowing that she loves colourful flowers, that was the exact theme I gave to the garland. It took about an hour to make the flowers and the leaves with the garland base and then it took about 15 minutes to bring everything together.
The materials I used were:
• leftover crochet yarn
• 1.60mm crochet hook
• super glue
Procedure
I started by making the flowers. The funny part was that right when she saw me making the flowers she joined me but I didn’t tell her what I was using them for.
I made the flowers by making 4 chains and then slip stitched in the first chain to make a hole.
I then made the petals by starting with a slip stitch and then made 2 chains, 3 treble double crochet and then 2 chains and a slip stitch. This made it look like a dome. I repeated this 5 times and that was how I made the petals.
For the base of the garland where I would attach the petals, I made a long chain which could go around the mirror. After making about 15 chains, I paused to insert a tiny leaf. For the leaf, I made 4 chains and then a double crochet in the second stitch. I then made a picot by making 2 chains and then slip stitching in the first chain. I went ahead to make 2 more double crochet in the same space and then slip stitched in the first chain. I repeated this about 5 times till I was done.
I attached the flowers to the the base of the garland. After the flower garland was done, I used super glue in very little quantities to glue the garland into to the sides of the mirror.
I finished it off with a long chain which was used to hang the mirror.
The result
It was so fun making this because she kept on asking me what I was using the flowers for and I kept on beating about the bush. Even when I finished and was assembling everything, I made sure to send her so many times so she wouldn’t really see what I was doing. It was later she came back and realized it was mirror decor and then I screamed “surprise!!!”. She was so happy and just like I predicted she’s been admiring herself since I gave her the mirror. Mission accomplished!
Thank you so much for your time.
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STOPThe adornment around the mirror is lovely. Good work
Thank you
Eeeeeeh @abenad, 🥱🥱🥱so as your sister complained everyday about pimple, I hope you didn't decorate the mirror that she's using to check the pimple because someone that doesn't like seeing pimples on their face always look their face in the mirror whether they look pretty or not, they will not stop looking at the mirror, now that you decorated the mirror now, do you think she will stop looking her face on the mirror? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂, your sis is so funny This because the mirror looks so elegant, now she will continue using the mirror even if there's no pimple, I wish I was your sister I would have sleep and wake up with the mirror, infact I would have keep it inside my room, omog eeeeeeh, my ❤️ this is so beautiful, I love it, please can you waybill? Because I love it so much, this look so special for your sister, please tell her to use on my behalf, thank you so much @abenad for feeding my eyes with beauty. A gift from my heart ❤️ ❤️ 🌹🌹🌹🌹
I can’t stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ahhh I don’t want her to stop looking at herself in the mirror, that would remind her that she’s pretty. She needs to see it for herself everyday.
Sorry ma I can’t waybill it🤣 so she’ll use it on your behalf 🤣
Thank you ma’am
This is very colorful and fits the mirror perfectly🥰🥰
Thank youu!!!
Ohh your new dp🤭🥰
Yahhh! Someone finally noticed 😊😊😊
Do you know what? You are a wonderful big sis to her. She needs to be reminded that she is pretty, even if there are pimples. That shouldn't bother her. Those things will go at the right time. I love how you came up with such an idea to decorate the mirror so that when she looks at it, she would feel like checking her beauty all over again.
Awww see my head🥰
Thank you so much BG☺️
Is so lovely
Thanks
This looks absolutely amazing
Thank you
This is so beautiful @abenad you nailed it, and the mirror decor came out superb, especially, the way you crotchet it with different colors.
Thank you
I love this idea, the final result is very nice. Thanks so much for sharing your creative precess with us.
Thank you so much ☺️
Hello friend, how beautiful the decoration of your mirror is, very creative and cute, congratulations.
Thank you
Oh, what a nice project and even nicer is what inspired you to elaborate it.
Teenage days, wow, what days, are a roller coaster of emotions and it's wonderful that you have all the patience for your little sister, surely with this mirror she will start to feel more comfortable, it's just a matter of a few days.
It was beautiful, the mirror.
Yeah, such a roller coaster.
Thank you so much, I’m looking forward to that☺️
Love this!
Sending you an Ecency curation vote
Thank you
My pleasure. !INDEED
Awwwn
She better get used to her pimples 😂😂😂
They are lifetime pals😂😂
If I cast you away right now🤣
For speaking the truth😭😂😂😂
This project is a resounding success, what a beautiful motive is behind it. Adolescence is a very complicated period, we are all looking for our place in the world and we still don't know who we are. I sincerely hope that your sister overcomes her insecurities and I am sure that the mirror you decorated so beautifully for her will help her to advance in her self perception 🙏 🌼
Thank you so much Tesmoforia
This means a lot to me☺️
I love it 😍👏💖 It turned out really beautiful on you.... 🥰
Thank you
This really pretty, it's nice of you to look out for your little sis and make her understand that beauty isn't about pimple or not.
I love your flower garland.
Thank you so much
This is extremely beautiful ❤️
Thank you