This was my first go at doing a Christmas clock. I was a bit worried that my painting skills were too crap to make it look any good, but I got over that. Okay, so I'm not a great artist, but I'm having fun, and I don't think it looks too terrible. I thought of these ages ago, before our kitchen even got done, and I just loved the idea so much. It's fun decorating them with buttons and things instead of numbers.

I'm having the best time, making my Christmas clocks. Sunday was my 50th birthday and I wanted to have my new clock up for Christmas to show it off in my kitchen. Of course I went with the reindeer theme, to honour my totem animal. The artwork is deadset crappy, but that's okay. The colours go great in my kitchen and I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not a great artist.

I'm really happy with my Christmas clock, you can see the little deers in the larger picture – some of them are buttons and some are earrings and some are just decorations that I have had for ages. Around the outside edge there are stars. They light up with a battery pack. Well, they light up for about 10 minutes, then the batteries go flat. It's a bit of a disappointment, really. Brian's thinking up ideas for how we can work better. Either wire them up to a power source so we can just plug in and switch on, or wire them up to a solar cell so they can work or sunlight and kitchen lights. I hope he figures out an idea before Christmas!

This is another clock for a gift that I've just finished. It's going to be a present. Part of the fun of this is doing themes and this is a real "kitchen" clock with a gingerbread man and cookie cutters and candy canes and ginger bickies for the numbers. Not great artwork, but simple, since that's all my skills allow.