Earlier in the summer I found a dusty old sunburst clock at an estate sale. I grabbed it so that I could transform it to the sunburst mirror I always wanted. It was the best $2 I ever spent at an estate sale.
Here's the original sunburst clock.
I couldn't wait to take off the ugly clock face. But when I dismantled it I ran into a couple problems.
Originally I thought I was going take off the hands of the clock and the little knob that holds them and simply glue a mirror on top of the clock face. But when I unscrewed the hands, the clock and the battery pack behind it all came loose as well. This called for a Plan B. How was I going to glue the mirror onto the space where the clock used to be? Additionally, how was I going to hang up this thing since the hook for hanging the clock was attached to the battery pack?
For the mirror solution, I first cut a few pieces of craft foam into circles. I ended up only needing to glue two of them together to fill in the space in the centre.
For the hanging solution, I used some picture hanging wire I had on hand and tied it to the back like so.
Then I glued on top of the foam circles the mirror I hacked together using a 7 in. round mirror and a 7 in. wooden embroidery hoop that I painted gold. And voila!
It's everything I hoped it would be.
It's missing the gold thingy at the 6 o'clock position. I only know this because I slept beneath it for several nights! Ha!
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