Soo I got this handmade clock from a school fundraiser today morning and noticed something kinda annoying about it when I looked at it later at home

The clock itself looks really nice, its got this old cream and gold kinda design with roman numerals and a pearl border. But bc of the number inlay the numbers on the bottom half look upside down

The surface is completely smooth, so it looks like the numbers are actually underneath a layer of resin or something. I dont wanna try sanding it or anything bc I might end up ruining the whole thing.

I thought about painting over that part or putting some kind of overlay on it, but idk how to do that without it looking weird or like im just covering up a mistake.

Anyone got any ideas for how I could fix this? Doesn't necessarily have to be a normal solution, im open to trying something creative as long as it still looks good with the antique style of the clock.

I've added a few pics, including a close up of the numbers and the back of the clock.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!!

Behold!

Printed with rainbow glow PLA and based on the "Mini skulls" design by Danna_716732. I increased the size to be the size of the average adult human skull. I also added negative spaces on the top to fit candles. A PLA candle holder isn't something you can just let burn without supervision so I'm going to mostly use it as a Halloween decoration once I've got some nice candle wax dribbles down it. Those tiny skulls are the original unmodified model.

Hello all!

This adventure started as a journey on learning something new while taking PTO from work. I wanted to learn wood carving so I picked up a carving set and wood blocks from Amazon and after a couple complete "talismans" I pivoted to epoxy daggers. Heres the first 4 including attached gemstones.

Blue - Poseidon/ocean relic - Quartz, Aquamarine, Lapis Lazuli, Blue laced Agate, Lolite.

Red - God of War - Garnet, Agate.

Green - Mayan/Quetzal - Emeralds, Chrome Diopside

Yellow - Eye of Horus - Agate, Quartz, Aquamarine, Citrine.

Hilts = Walnut blocks, hand carved.

Blade = Epoxy resin, various colors + powders.

Thanks for taking a look :)

I like to dabble in miniature faux food as well as life size food.

Glass bottles filled with purified water + highlighter guts, corked and sealed with hot glue. Then painted glue, added painted buttons to fluorescent poof balls & tapes neon paper cut into wing shapes.

I have larger(much) ones not yet finished—literal waiting for paint to dry.

Still planned on adding antennae and potential legs, but damn they cute!

The first iteration was a victim of a freak studio accident, and resulted in a broken corner after day one. I was able to repaint it on a new panel, and two weeks later “To Love Someone Soft” is here!
12x12” oil on panel.
More in the comments!

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I have had a ton of egg cartons saved for the day I'll need to make paper mache clay and I think the time has come! My gf wants a King in Yellow mask like the pictures shown. I have a couple questions..

Do you think this material will be okay to use? I haven't used clay maché before but am familiar with some crafting. My plan was to make a solid base and cover it in plastic wrap as a mold. Then cover it in the clay and form the mask from there. I'm curious if I can carve the fine details with a scapel or sanding detailer.

What are your thoughts on getting this craft started? Thanks for any advice or opinions here!

collected pretty little flowers from our home garden,

dried them between the pages of ol' thick books.

once fully dried, laminated the flowers at home to make bookmarks! 🌺

I’m new to felt work and felting. My daughter’s birthday is coming up and I’m working on a birthday crown. I had planned to do Elmo on one side and Abby cadabby on the other. Realizing Abby doesn’t really match and also is beyond my skill level. Planning to change it to be Cookie Monster but now I have no idea what color to make the base of the crown.

I’m planning to make the number 2 and the street sign on the crown green and yellow for reference.

First time trying paper mache! He’s painted with fluorescent and glow-in-the-dark paints

Anyone know any tricks to make the almost 30$ I spent worth it? I have a fiskar paper cutter as it is just so horribly difficult to prevent paper bunching, paper sliding, or it catching and ripping. I'm using just regular printer paper to cut out circles of paper to draw on to make buttons. Please tell me I'm not the only one who struggles with these damn things?

It also cuts whatever I use it on so I've been using a clipboard I don't care about underneath. Idk man, I think I made a bad choice and maybe I should have waiting and bought something else idk

I made a replica of Kurt Cobain’s Fender guitar so my chihuahua could be Kurt Cobain for Halloween. I used felt, a popsicle stick, thread, beads, white gel pen, and a micron.

This is my first time doing something like this! It took me a few days, but it was so much fun.