Crystal Clay steampunk compact mirror

In which I am so enchanted by my own reflection I fail to see time is the wrong way round. 

Last year we visited the MOSI Maker Faire.  It was a really good day out and we had great fun. The Mite learnt to solder at age 3 and made some cool flashing badges, my husband drooled over 3D printers and Raspberry Pi stuff. I admired the jewellery makers stall.

I ended up buying a piece that I really loved, a necklace made from an old watch.
Though I loved it, there were two problems with it, firstly I thought the back of the piece was prettier than the front and I liked the little rubies in it, but it sat weird if I wore it that way.  Secondly, if I wore it the right way, it scratched my skin terribly! So I decided to re-purpose it.

Back 

Front

I removed the pearl from it and will use this in a future project.  I also got some other watch innards from my husband who is a bit of a chronophile. Some of these bits also had tiny rubies.

                                                 

I used a bezelled compact mirror with a lovely flower engraved design on the back.

I added the clay roughly to the mirror. After it had been mixed.

 Then I added my watch bits and a few of the rose pink chatons from my ring design. I tidied up the surface of the clay with FIMO tools.

It was then that I realised that I had put the watch from my necklace on backwards! So I had to dig it out, which wasn't easy, clean it and replace it in the clay!

But luckily it worked out ok.  I need to smooth the clay a bit more and then polish the compact itself when the clay has hardened.  I am glad I now have something cool for my handbag, made from something that would otherwise be left in a drawer or thrown away.

Finished mirror.  I have a little velvet pouch for it so it can travel in my bag in style.