Greetings, crafters! Don't we all wish we could make time as easily as we make our crafts? This project won't do the impossible and create time, but maybe it'll remind me to make more time for the things I love.
This started life as a simple, inexpensive clock that has moved from room to room as needed from house to house. Most recently it was sitting in the hall, serving no purpose whatsoever, so I absconded with it to the Abyss for a makeover.
I used:
* Helmar Tacky Craft Glue
* Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
plus…
* a cheap Clock
* Patterned Paper
* Pencil, Protractor, and Scissors
* Letter Tiles
* Number Sticker
* Liquid Leading
* Buttons
* Ribbon
After going old-school with a protractor to mark out 30-degree wedges of my clock face (which is permanently mounted, so I just popped off the cover and hands and got to work), I traced and cut out 4 wedges each of 3 papers and glued them on with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue, and pressed them down firmly with the aid of the spreader.
Now, the wedges mark the general hours okay, but I wanted to add a little something else to the face before closing it back up, and adhered some plastic letter tiles (harvested from a thrifted Hangman game) with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots from the 12 to the 6 positions, more or less, leaving space at the 2 o'clock for a number sticker–it's only slightly clever, but it makes me giggle. I also added lines of liquid leading (it was handy) to divide the hour wedges–hopefully they aren't too high to impede the hour hand.
That's the thing you have to watch out for, by the way, if you want your altered clock to function: all the embellishments have to stay out of the way of the moving hands. The second hand is on top, so clear of everything, and the letter tiles are nicely situated between the sweep of the minute hand and the edge of the cover when it's back in place.
Speaking of the cover, once it was back in place I decided to decorate it, some, to balance the letter-heavy first half of the clock.
With one of the printed papers I'd used on the face, I cut 1/2" strips, folded them into dual loops secured with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue, and arranged them with some similarly folded loops of ribbon on a mound of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. Another strip of paper got a quick curl from being wound around a chopstick and then climbed it's way up the left side of the clock, ending in a small bow and button detail.
For a finishing touch, the molded ridges on the outside of the clock got a couple lengths of pink ribbon–the Helmar Tacky Craft Glue did a great job of holding the ribbon in place, even on the smooth plastic–wrapped around it.
What time is it? Oh, right, I think it's time to do some crafting!
Wishing you creative days!
