Tick Tock Faux Vintage Clock From a Ceiling Medallion

I’ve wanted a vintage “clock” for a while but have not wanted to pay the prices I’ve seen. I was wandering through the hardware store one day and found these ceiling medallions in the lighting section and had an aha moment.

Of course this also meant I had to try and “craftsplain” this to the lighting department guy. “No it’s not for a light fixture. I’m going to make a faux clock” . “Oh sure that was obvious!” said lighting department guy walking away looking back at the weird lady.

For this project you will need:

• 16 inch Ceiling Medallion ( I got mine at Lowes )
• Ceiling Medallion Canopy Kit
• Acrylic Craft paint ( I used Craftsmart black and Martha Stewart Pearl)
• Vinyl ( I used Expressions Vinyl beige)
• Cutting tool ( I used my Silhouette Cameo)

I started by painting my medallion black.  Since I usually go for an aged / distressed look I wasn’t particularly careful about brush strokes.

Then I dry brushed it with the pearl paint. Again, not particularly careful. I changed from a foam to bristle brush for this.

While this was drying, I laid out and cut my numbers using CoCo, my Silhouette Cameo. I did these in two rows and then once I’d applied the transfer paper, cut the numbers into separate pieces to make them easier to apply.

Positioned them where I wanted them and then went over them with a burnishing tool to apply them.

This is the canopy that usually covers the guts of the light fixture. I just glued it through the hole in the medallion. It came with a piece to plug the middle hole and I used some scrapbooking brads to plug the other two. It also came with some other pieces that will likely end up being used in jewelry. I did not attempt to craftsplain this to the Lowe’s guy.

And now I have my brand new vintage faux clock!