12/27/2023 0 Comments Nextime heavenly wall clockBut first, I cut a square around each number and the pull the backing off and attached on top of contact paper. I had to cut each one with small sewing scissors. If had a Cricket or Silhouette, my time would have been cut in half. I printed all of my numbers on 8.5 x 11 removable adhesive labels. The next thing I did is that I created all my roman numeral numbers on the computer in the font Niagara Solid at size 550. Again, I smoothed with edge of credit card before I painted my border with a black satin latex paint. I also cut the round inner circle contact paper about a 2 inches in (didn’t need the whole circle) and attached on the wall as well and lined everything up. I then put the outer contact piece onto the wall (stencil for the border). Yikes, another screw up here! The white circle SHOULD be brown (long story!) I then painted the inner circle brown. I made sure it was attached really good by going over it with the edge of a credit card. I needed to paint my inner circle first, so I put up the stencil that is the border ring. I kept the outer paper as well as that served as my stencil for the outer border. I then carefully and precisely cut each line. ( If you’re not making a border, you can just make your circle). I held a pen in the 16 inch cut that I cut halfway and gently drew my circle while I lightly pushed the poster board guide around: I then put a magazine in the center under my large contact paper and put at tack through the end of my poster board guide, contact paper, and into the magazine right in the center. I then measured and drew a line on my poster board guide for 16 inches and 15 inches. ( please ignore the 32 written on my poster board stick, it was a screw up and should have said 16!!): I then needed to draw a circle on the contact paper so I cut a long rectangular piece of poster board 17 inches (Half of what my width and height were going to be plus 1 inch). I did this because I needed my stencil to be wide than the width of a standard roll contact paper. I then unrolled the contact paper about 40 inches and then unrolled the second roll 40 inches and attached about them about 3 inches to make it a larger sheet. Next, I got out my basic dollar store contact paper. In pencil, I marked the top, sides and bottoms with a line so it could guide me later. I determined that my clock was going be 32 inches across, and 32 inches tall. In determining my clock size, I used tape to make a square of how tall I wanted it and how wide and then I measured. I had originally just planned on using the clock hands and just setting it to 5:00 PM (it’s 5:00 somewhere). If you do this project, get the kit first and read the instructions to be sure. Important to note that I got really lucky that my clock size and numbers just happened to be the exact right size for the clock kit to tell the right time. The next thing I did was to determine how big I wanted the clock to be on my wall and how it would be positioned. I could have done this on a piece of wood as well and hung it, but I really loved the idea of it being directly on the wall. Using the New Orleans clock for inspiration I decided to changed up a few things including the change to roman numerals, the border and I decided not to crackle my wall (I thought about it though!) I know they sell vinyl wall clocks, but I wanted the worn and old look that you just can’t get with vinyl. I loved this New Orleans clock and the color combination worked perfectly for my kitchen, so I started a plan and drew what I wanted on paper. I immediately started going through pictures of old antique large clocks on Google Images and I found this one: I knew instantly that I finally had a solution for my boring kitchen wall. I used contact paper for number stencils and the big round circle, basic satin wall paint and an inexpensive wall clock kit for the clock itself! I have been working on this project for the last few weeks and did a few numbers every couple of days. Although, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be and well worth the effort. I will be honest, this project was a little time consuming. Yep, I painted a clock directly on the wall in my kitchen! It works too!
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