Recycled Clock for the Office

The office is still our focus right now.
I have had this clock for a long time, another one of the
things I put in the bin to go to the thrift store.

It takes me a while to go through and really think through
what I want to keep and what really can be recycled.

This clock was teal with some really cute birds in the middle
but to go with our Farmhouse look I wanted to
bring it up to date and put some
nostalgia in it.  So this project became my focus
and ended up on the wall of our office. 

I will add a post about the office soon.
We are just getting everything added to the office
and I will share it with you.

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I have been thinking, and collecting for this

project for the last few months.

When we went through my mother's

jewelry there was a stack of watches that no one

claimed.  I saw a cute idea on Pintrest

with watches glued to the glass of a clock.

I've been thinking, how can I do this.  

I first asked my Dad if anyone claimed those watches,

of Moms? No one had, so I went and gathered them up, 

and counted, eight.  Not quite enough.  I then

told Dad what I was going to do with them

and I thought I might have a few of my own.

He went into his bedroom and a few minutes later

handed me a pile of his old watches!

I certainly now had 12! plus a few!

So the project can begin.

Well here is phase 2 of my Watch Clock project.

I will show you a few steps of how I arrived to here.

The original clock.

I had 3 left from my store, no

one liked them I guess, so I ended up

with 3.  I looked for a cheap clock at 

a second had store, and thought, why am I buying

a clock, I have 2 left of these!

I chose my paper, the

new writing paper from our 

wedding line.  

I traced around the clock

and had to use 3 pieces of the paper

to cover the entire edge of the clock.

I then wanted to distress the 

paper and give it a well worn look,

as though it has been hanging on our walls 

for longer than I am old.

 I used Black paint and Pinata grey Color Paint

to achieve this look.  I tried a brown also, but

decided against using the brown.  So I splattered the

black and grey with a small paint brush to achieve the affect

of distress below.  I also painted the edge of the

clock with black.

On the clock face, I wanted a black and white/cream affect.

I was wanting to put this clock in our guest house, and

these are the colors of the guest house.

I used French Vanilla Glitter Fleur Linen CS,

I cut the glittered shapes out and glued them to the inside

of the clock face.

Black Glitter Chipboard (large bird and fleur de lys)

Black Glitter Letters (time)

Wedding Writing Cardstock

I just used the original face with the roman numerals

and then glued on top of it.  This was also

flecked with black and grey paint.

The grey paint flecks make a great difference

in the look of the clock.  It give the aged

dimension that I was really looking for.

I then took apart the watches,

all the watch bands came off, and glued them

onto the outside of the clock area with E6000.

Every other watch is Mom's then Dad's.

I love this watch,  it was the watch my dad wore when I was a young

girl.  It is probably the one I remember the most out of all

of the watches on the clock.  It is scratched and worn, and 

I just so love that I have it to see everyday!

Of course, no project is complete without dew drops!

I tried all different ways of putting them on here,

in a circle, around the edge, inside the clock, but this is what

I finally liked the best.  Just a scattering of 

brown 6mm and tan 4mm dew drops.

Whala,  I am now done!

The finished Clock!

I am loving it so much, I think it isn't going

out in the guest house, 

it needs to stay in the house.

The Kitchen!

so I can see it every day more than one time a day,

often!  Great Memories!

You can find the papers and dew drops on 

our website

www.robinsnest-scrap.com 

Until nest week!

Ciao,

Robin