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French Cloche from Old Clock

by Okio B Designs - October 01, 2013

After seeing my sister, Kathy (CreativeHomeExpressions) transform a thrift store clock into a beautiful cloche, I was hooked! Like you probably do, I see these clocks everywhere: garage sales, Goodwill, thrift stores, etc.

This one I picked up from the Unique Thrift Stores last week for $5.99. After removing all of the clock pieces and tape (and boy did they have a LOT of tape wrapped around this thing!), I started by cleaning the glass and spray painting the base white.

Then I printed out some French script onto white cardstock. I used Mod Podge to add that to the base.

The base is a little bumpy because of the clock inserts but it still works quite nicely as a new cloche.

Here it is all finished. I'm loving it! And I'll never look at those old clocks the same way again.

Jeanine

Tags : cloche, french cloche, french script, old clock, unique thrift stores

4 comments

Kathy @ Creative Home ExpressionsOctober 1, 2013 at 11:34 AM
It looks great!
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Victoria's Vintage DesignsOctober 1, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Love it... so cute!
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AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 7:23 AM
What a great idea (and now I'll be looking for one of those clocks too) - thanks!
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Christy JamesOctober 14, 2013 at 11:55 AM
Wow, I love this idea! Yours turned out perfectly! XO
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