February 1st, 2012

Perry is a trademark by Laura Salesa.

I keep repeating myself, I know, but now that we live in times of recession, it is TIME to use our brains to save some money and recycle, reuse and create with little investment. I wanted to put a clock on my daughter’s bedroom, but I wanted something special, unique. On an occasion like this one, many of us living in Britain would have gone to one of those trendy second-hand/vintage/retro/all-the-things-your-granma-kept-in-that-top-cupboard-and-thought-they-were-worth-nothing-and-now-are-so overpriced markets like, let’s say, Portobello Market.

I decided to go to a charity shop instead and found an old Ikea clock with a funny bee on the second hand and that cost me £1. Then, on the same charity shop (Gosh I love that place) and found a handmade round frame that still had the label at the back with 79.00 quiet clearly written (though without a currency symbol, but I take it was pounds?) that cost me £2. I got home, and designed the clock background using my Perry character, printed it on photo pager and there you go! Your very special clock for less than £5.

Let’s be creative! (a little) Time is money…saved!

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