Mirror Dangler

Ok, this project is sort of an embracing-your-inner-geek kind of thing, and is probably somewhere around a kindergarten level of skill, but I didn't have a lot of time so it was quick and fun.

Most people hang dreamcatchers or dice from the mirrors in their cars, but I wanted to try something a bit different. My car is named Serenity after Malcolm Reynold's spaceship Firefly, and the repeating line in the Firefly theme song is "You can't take the sky from me."

I enlisted the help of my sister who has a friend that spent a lot of time in China and knows how to write in Chinese (Chinese being one of the two languages used in Firefly). I asked her if she could translate you can't take the sky from me into Chinese characters. She couldn't find that exact phrase, but she gave me the characters for "You can't take my sky" which is I figured was close enough. While I'm using a Firefly quote, this project could be altered to use any quote in any language.

To begin, take a piece of cardstock big enough to accommodate your quote. Draw out the words in pencil (if you plan to have a quote on the backside as well, write it now. I wrote my car's name, Serenity, on the backside).

Next, trace the words (a few letters at a time) in glue and sprinkle glitter over them. Do the same to the backside if you wrote on it. Use the same color or a different color glitter to make outlines or underlines to spruce up the quotes.

When the glue has completely dried, bend the strip of cardstock into a circle and secure the ends with glue (if it won't stay shut, use a clothespin to hold it). Make sure the one you want on the outside is actually on the outside when you bend it.

Finally, punch a hole in each side of the circle, insert a sparkly string, and hang it from the mirror of your car. Nothing special, but a nice way to add a little personalization.