I finally got around to finishing some projects up today that I've been wanting to do for awhile. A couple years ago I got this vintage plate at a thrift store for 30 cents. I loved the folk inspired farm scene and lovely yellow color. I used it to hold keys in my dorm and decided I wanted to find a more useful purpose for it. I got out my handy Dremmel and bought a ceramic and glass drill bit for it at Lowes for a couple dollars. Picked up a clock motion at Walmart for $6 and once I found the center of the plate it just took a few minutes of drilling and screwing the motion into place and voila! I have a wall clock! Here are a couple more photos:
If you have any questions regarding this project, feel free to post them and I would be happy to update with the answers.
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4 comments:
I LOVE this! Now I'm going to be on the hunt for the perfect plate.
This is awesome Lindsey! Great inspiration for me to get my butt in gear and make that clock I have wanted to do for some time. I didn't realize it was so cheap for the clock part. So great~
LOVE this! I need to find a cute plate so I can do this.
Very creative! I always thought turning a plate into a clock would be harder. Love this idea!
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