Family Home and Life: Clock Redo

I needed a new clock in the bathroom and I had this basic cheap plastic one that worked perfectly. However, I thought it looked rather ugly in my bathroom so I decided to redo it to my taste.

The clear cover popped off rather easily with gentle encouragement from a screwdriver near the tab that holds it in place.

Next I gently lifted the hands off one at a time then on the back using the screw driver again I coaxed the two tabs away from the mechanism and freed it from the back of the housing.

I used a basic ivory color spray paint on the housing then the next day took some sand paper to it to give it the aged look I wanted.

I printed out some pictures on regular paper though card stock would work really well; and cut them out?using the original clock face as a template. Then, I took the clock face to Kinko?s and ask them to help me copy it on to a transparency. They always help me like this; it might be the sweet ole gramma look I give them :) I cut out the clock face transparency the size I needed (there was a handy little outline on it after it was copied onto transparency) Printing on a transparency allows it to be placed over any background and I don?t have to try to fill in the numbers by hand hoping to get them in the right spot. There are also clock faces you can download online.

I auditioned different face covers to see which look I liked best.? I?m sure you recognize this one.

On this one I copied the graphic in black and white and lightened it to a nice grey.

On this one I used a colored pencil to add yellow into the black and white copy around the edges where the blue had been.

The clock face transparency over some pics just didn?t work but I didn?t really need it anyway.

I even had some fun with my chalkboard contact paper.

A couple of different views to show you the aging or distressing around the outside with the sand paper.

It only cost me a couple of dollars for the copies as I already had the spray paint leftover from another project. I still have one problem to solve?though. I can?t decide which one I like the best!
I linked this post at Between Naps on the Porch, Craft-O-Maniac, Jellibean Journals,The Graphics Fairy, and Grandma's Briefs.

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