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Mike & Ike Mirror

Mirrors are a favorite thing of mine.  I don't know why, but painting and decorating them is really fun to me.  Maybe it is the design and the reflection of it, I don't know, but if I see a cool mirror, I have to have it.  This one jumped out at me because of it's geometric shape and it is possible to hang it two different ways.  The cutout design is unique and I have never seen one like this before.

On to the design...I started by painting this cream, but didn't like it, so I changed it to green.  Originally all of the square shapes were also cream, but it didn't look right, so I started by adding black, then the red and the pink and finally the lavender.  Now, to me it also started to remind me of Mike & Ike candies.  The background with the green is reminiscent of the box and the squares like the colors of the candy inside and also some of the rectangles are similar in shape to them, so I named it the Mike & Ike mirror.  It is a smaller mirror measuring at about  14 inches across and about 6 inches tall or 6 x 14 if you flip it the other way.  Here is a question if anyone is out there.  What was the name of the candy like Mike & Ike, but with licorice? 

11/13/2010 Side note:  I was at the store and found that there are Mike & Ikes, Good & Plenty and Good & Fruity.  I answered my own question!
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