Grandmother Clock reveal (wild and crazy granny clock)

Here she is!!! My BEAUTIFUL new to me Grandmother clock!!!

Just wondering how many of you remember her from when she was in the back of my truck with the rest of my estate sale haul!
I paid $25 for her and she was worth every penny.

Once I decided to start on her, I popped out the little pieces of moulding that held the glass in place. (the less taping I had to do the better and this work was much better than stupid taping...LOL)

Once the glass was out I covered her face with some paper. Now on the top here you can see that I had tested a gray on her. Since she was a GRANDMOTHER clock, I thought that would be to obvious!! I wanted her to be a crazy and wild granny clock!! So I picked a Bahama Sea color.

While the paint was drying I thought of another cool thing I could do.

I decided to class her up by doing the faux mercury glass around the edges. I sprayed the glass and the pendulum too.

Once she was dry, I found a really cool pattern in a magazine. It was only four of these shapes so I made a photo copy and kept copying and taping together until I got a grouping that would fit inside the clock. I used my transfer paper to transfer onto the back of the clock.

Here is where my new LOVE came in. Once I had painted the tear drops I outlined them in my blue Krink Paint Pen.

Then I distressed them, put the glass back in and was in love!!!

Here she is in all her glory. I would have better pictures but the sun has not shown here now for 3 days. So these will have to do. If I get some natural light tomorrow maybe I will add a few more. I hope you enjoyed this fun tutorial and my crazy and wild granny clock.

http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2012/02/08/hookin-up-with-hoh-86/
 http://missmustardseed.com/2012/02/furniture-feature-friday-a-link-party/
http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com/2012/02/meet-me-monday.html http://kissedbyafrog.blogspot.com/2012/02/frog-blog-love-linky-32.html?spref=fb

My new Blog Design and Facebook Design!!

Have you guys noticed anything different about me.?????  No I haven't lost any weight (I WISH..:))

No I have not colored my hair! Can't you see those grays poking through????
I got a new BLOG design!! I also got a new FACEBOOK design, with a LANDING PAGE  (didn't even know what that was until about a week ago) and a WELCOME PAGE when you "LIKE" my facebook page!
Now I know this is a DIY blog, but I had to swallow my pride and ask for help. I was trying to do this myself, like most things; but my Dad and my hubby's voice kept popping in my head..."jack of all trades-master of none"........  :)    I know I probably could do it myself......EVENTUALLY.....but it NEVER would have turned out as BEAUTIFUL as this!!! So I put  out an A.P.B. on Facebook and SOPHIA PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN came to the rescue!!!  I have known her since Kindergarten so it was really neat to have an old friend offer to do this. You will not be disappointed!!! You will not believe what she did with my stuff.
Have a LOOK SEE!!!!!

They are amazing!!! SOPHIA PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN did all of these for me.
She made it so easy for me. I didn't cry or anything! I emailed her all the photos and she used her magic to meld them all together into something BEAUTIFUL.
Here is an example of just her Photography!!

Stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   So make sure you head on over to here Facebook Page HERE and tell her what an absolute amazing job she does!!!   So Thankful for such an amazing job!!
Have a BEAUTIFUL day!