A Little Fixer-Upper

After a long journey, a little "fixer-upper" arrived on my door-step.  I welcomed it in, wondering at the sound that it made... "clink-clink-clink."  A sound of... brokenness.  I unwrapped it to discover a sad state of affairs.

You might recognize it... a popular mug from Anthro.  I was lucky enough to win it.  And... I think it was meant to be.  When I first saw it, I was sure that I could fix it.  Like a puzzle-worker over her puzzle, I sat in the sunlight at the kitchen table working and reworking.  But, to no avail.  All of it's pieces simply wouldn't be put back together again -- kind of like a certain storybook character!  But look at that sweet yellow flower still intact.  I knew there was hope.  The mug itself is in perfect condition -- only the handle suffered damage.

I knew that rather than a mug, I would use it as a small bowl to hold odds and ends on my desk.  The issue was how to cover up the points of breakage.  But... where there's a will, there's a way!

I set it aside and waited.

Days later, I was working on a project for which I had purchased a bag of miscellaneous buttons.  I found some sweet little flower-like buttons in various colors, and I knew exactly what I could do with them.

I picked out the colors I wanted, which was easy considering all of the colors on this mug.  A little E-6000 adhesive (my new friend), and Taa-Daa!

What do you think?

I'm not going to lie.  I kind of love it.

It might be my new favorite.