Monday, September 4, 2017

Try It Tuesday ~ a day early!!

Hi guys!!!
  Glad to be back. Enjoyed the trip and my time with my grands. They are fun !!!
On my trip we went junkin' of course:)   I found a jadeite hand for $17.  I was so tickled.
Came home and was taking pictures of my junkin finds and I knocked it over, by accident~

The way it broke, in chunks, I thought I could glue it back~

I used 527 by Beacon. It works well and pretty fast drying, with the glass.  I put the large chunk in first.  Let it dry over night.

Next to piece these back in.  I ended up with three I couldn't get back in, so I had a 
hole in the base of the hand ~ ugh!!!!
I was planning on using buttons for the bottom~
Buttons Galore & More to the rescue.

Love the way it came together.  Took a couple of days to dry but it is strong!!! and the buttons aren't they beautiful and so perfect, to save this glass piece (that really speaks to me).



The buttons I used are the Juniper, by the pound by Buttons Galore & More, Gorgeous 
buttons!!!  All sizes and shades of green, made them perfect for this project.  
Let this be a lesson~ don't knock over your prized junkin' find but when life happens, fix it!!!
Thanks for stopping by~

10 comments:

  1. Great find and even better save! And I've never seen a hand in Jadeite before, and so you. Glad you made it home safe and sound.

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  2. PERFECTION!!!!!!!!! I am loving how you fixed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found an antique (small) rocking horse and right when we got back to our vehicle, Brian accidentally dropped in the parking lot and broke it in two places -- and I did something similar -- I glued back what I could, and then covered the other holes with flowers! :)

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  3. When I saw the picture on facebook my heart stopped. But this is even better than the original. Great save Connie.

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  4. This is so cool! Both before AND after!

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  5. Absolutely PERFECT! These buttons were the perfect choice and it is now even more beautiful and original.

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  6. Fabulous recovery...such a beautiful piece of art!!

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  7. Great save!! You totally nailed it. bwahahaha!

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