one more day to finish…

…EVERYTHING!

Well maybe not everything, it just FEELS that way.

Lots of things are checked off my list—but lots of things are  -NOT. Yikes.

Foot is still killin’ me, but I’m determined to get things done.  I admit I am beginning to wonder if something is fractured—I’ll probably go in when I get back— .  Real colorful, huh? ~I’ve been wearing a compression sock to reduce the swelling & it’s “cast-like.”

Enough of that—

on to the FUN!

I found this violin on Craigslist.  It was a bit beyond reasonable restoration

so I REinvented it

for the Main St Market sale.  Both parts of it— the violin AND the case!

I refinished its beautiful case, and needed to make some repairs.  Even rough I still thought it was so fabulous and I just love its Bombe‘ish lid!

Lastly, I decoupaged sheet music in the interior.

I think this would make a wonderful jewelry “box,” don’t you?

As for the VIOLIN itself—I made it into a

CLOCK!

1. I had to cut into the back to accept a clock mechanism.
2. I used a clock face image I found online, printed it out, cut it out, wadded it up to create wrinkles, decoupaged it in place, then coffee stained it.
3. I drilled a hole for the clock mechanism to poke through, then applied the hands.

They’ll both be going to the Main St Market sale!

Catherine

I’m sharing this project with a few of my favorite linky parties!

French Country Cottage