Rock Around The Blinged Out Clock-A Before and After

Hellllooo Friends!  Today I am going to share with you a project that I started a while back.  Do you ever do that? Start something and then finish it a couple of months later? No?  Just me? Story of my life! ☺

 

This project started out when I saw this clock on clearance.  It was half off, but then I waited another week or so and got it for $3.  I would have never paid $10 for this clock or used it as is. (My apologies to you if you did either one of those things, it just wasn't my cup of tea, plus I'm cheap.)
 

 

I started by taping all the "bling" off with my handy dandy
Frog Tape.

 

 I love this stuff!

 

 

Next I broke out one of my favorite things and gave the clock two coats of shiny black spray paint.

 

I peeled off the Frog Tape and that is when I realized the clock still needed a little more "oomph."
 

I turned to my giant container of bling and then meticulously glued each stone on, one at a time.

I'm happy with how it turned out.  I know I've said this before, but for real, it always makes me so happy when something turns out just like (or better) than I planned in my head.

 

 
Before &After

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope everyone has had a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  I will be back later this week with a summer wrap-up. 

Linking my Blinged Out Clock Before and After with these fabulous parties!

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Bling a Ding Ding Ding

Helllooooo Friends! Oh my how time flies, did you know it is already September???  For real!  

If you follow me on FACEBOOK you might have heard how my laptop crashed. It was sad. I don't have it back yet (still waiting to see if it can be fixed or if a new laptop is in my future.)  In the meantime I am stealing moments on my daughter's computer and crafting up a storm!

While I was thrifting I picked up this cute little spice rack. I paid a quarter for! I ♥ thrifting!

 

 I didn't really have anything in mind, I just knew I would find a use for it. My daughter asked me if she could have it and if I would paint it turquoise. I agreed. The next thing she asked made my heart ♥ happy! She asked if I could "bling it up." My girl is not a blingy, sparkly kind of girl. I was a little surprised, but I pulled out my big bucket of bling, thanked God that she really is my daughter :) and got to work!  

(FYI-I bought this during a half off sale, I don't buy anything full price!)

First I sanded the spice rack, then gave it a good coat of primer.

 

 Next I spray painted it turquoise.  My daughter wanted it a little more"turquoisey" so I did another coat with craft paint. 

 

Once I had it the color she wanted I started blinging it up. I hand glued each and every bling on there. It was little tedious but I love the end result!

Bling a ding ding ding!!!!!

I don't know if you can see all of the sparkly bling very good in this picture but in person it is super cute. So are you wondering what my daughter was going to do with her blinged out spice rack?

 

Ta Da!!

 

A great place to store nail polish! I need to make me one now! :)

 

This was just the first of several items that the "bling bucket" is going to be featured in!  I bet you can't wait for me to say bling a hundred more times! :)

Sharing this project with Thrifty Decor Chick, Keep Calm & Link Up, Vintage Wanna Bee, The Kurtz Corner, Tatertots & Jello , Live.Laugh.Rowe & Elaine at Sunny Simple Life