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Pottery Barn Knockoff Clock Plates

• By Joan
• March 7, 2018
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Pottery Barn Knockoff Clock Plates

In honor of daylight saving time this weekend, I’m bringing you a set of DIY clock plates. I’m pretty sure I’ve never decorated for daylight savings time, but there is always a first.

These are plates that were originally sold by Pottery Barn .  I believe they were sold back in 2010 and people seem to be holding onto them because I couldn’t find any for sale at the normal online auction sites or anywhere online so I’m going to make my own.

I did find a couple people who tried their hand at replicating the look. Between Naps on the Porch used a Ironing Board Cover, and Ciao, Newport Beach just used a printout of a clock underneath her glass plate.  FYI , I think they were decorating for New Years and not daylight savings time, but I could totally see using these any time of year. 

Start out with printable pocket watch faces from EPBOT.  On her site she has 9 clock faces in all, and all are available to download.  She suggests using them for  ” scrapbooking, set them in lockets, decoupage them over boxes, or even use them for functioning clock faces.”  

I’m printing the clocks  on tissue paper because I think regular paper would be too stiff to flow over the edges of the plate.

To print on tissue paper…

Cut a piece of tissue paper a couple inches wider and a couple inches longer than a standard piece of copy paper.  Iron as many wrinkles out of the tissue as you can.  Wrap a piece of copy paper with your tissue, taping in place.  If your tissue paper has a shinier side and a flat side, make sure you print on the flat side, it will hold the ink better.  It’s ready to use in your printer.

Look for clear glass plates at the thrift store, dollar stores or Walmart.  You shouldn’t pay more than $1 a piece.

Print out your clock face making it as large as you possibly can on a standard piece of paper.  Cut out.

Use a soft bristle brush to give the underside of your plate a thin coat of Mod Podge

With the right side of the clock facing down, gently lay your tissue in place smoothing with your fingers.  Don’t overwork the tissue or it will tear.  You will find that there will be creases in the tissue on the sides of the plate, flatten those as best you can.

If you make a mistake, just start over.  Modpodge removes easily with warm water.

Give the outside another coat of Modpodge to seal.

I gave the bottoms of my plates a coat of white spray paint  ( you can also paint on a layer of white).  This will make the tissue a little more opaque and leave a border of white around the top of the plate.

I probably would have just sealed the underside of the plates with one more coat of a spray on varnish  or another coat of the regular Modpodge, but I had just a little of this Mod Podge Dishwasher Safe Waterbase Sealer leftover from another project.  Make sure you follow the directions on the jar…this Mod Podge takes 28 days to cure and needs 2-3 coats.

If you don’t like the creases in the tissue paper, this project may not be for you.  They don’t affect the look of the plate but they really are unavoidable.

My finished set of Pottery Barn plates.  Since I already had the Mod Podge and tissue paper, the entire project cost me $4 for the clear glass dishes.

Have fun and you’re all ready to spring forward.

*** Since I created these, I found my own source for clock and watch clipart which I’ve shared here.  These are all free to use and share.

See you next week.  Stay inspired.

Shared at Salvaged Junk Projects,

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