February 29, 2012 in diy craft projects, vintage finds
Over the last year I seem to have collected a rather large selection of old watch and clock faces from car boot sales and fairs. I love their graphic quality and can’t resist them, using them in projects, displays and as ornaments. Following on from my wristwatch post and the purchase of a new graphic tea cup while in Whitstable, it occurred to me that the larger ones could become a perfect coaster for my new cup and protect the surface of my freshly painted kitchen table.
I now have a large selection including some much larger clock faces too which would look fun in the base of a circular tray.
This time of year is my favourite for flowers, with beautiful new blossom available in my local florist. I couldn’t help but include it in the photos.
My pretty, striped new cup is a ‘tea bowl’ by ceramacist Vicky Hageman and was recently purchased from Frank in Whitstable, Kent – a little memento of our visit. In the top photo the sugar bowl is from Arne Jacobsen‘s Cylinda Line series by Stelton and the small spoon was from Muji. My well-used Ikea kitchen table that they are sitting on has been refreshed in Farrow & Ball No.46 Downpipe grey. The little milk jug in the image below is from Priscilla Carluccio’s Few and Far, a lovely store which is sadly closing.
A quick and simple idea for a little bit of fun at tea time. Now where’s the biscuit tin?
Love your all.around.clock.tea!
🙂
♥ Franka
Love the beautiful things you collect and how you set them in the limelight! So lovely and calm!
Really enjoyed this post – clock faces are a bit of a passion of mine too although most of the ones I’ve got seem to be slightly domed. Here’s what I did with some of mine if you want to have a nosey http://decoratorsnotebook.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/something-old-in-something-new/
Sweet idea!
Pinned it to get the word out on your cool idea 🙂
Cheers~Ivy
brilliant idea. i love clock faces, the glorious type, these are just beautiful. x
Great pictures!
les photos sont toujours aussi belles et l’imagination au rendez-vous
in my bad english:as everytime very nice photo and a lot of imagination
Cool Idea!
Thank you everybody.
@Yza Merci beaucoup! 🙂
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