Wednesday - Art Table Fun

I've been slowing up a lot this week ... hibernation has begun!

I am creating something every day but I'm doing a lot of starting and not so much finishing. I have made some collage cards but I like to put a collage on both sides now so I do one side, then put it aside.

When I look at one side and feel it might be finished enough to flip it over, that's what I'll do with these.

 I also did a few things in my art journals. I know I'm slowing up because I'll add a bit or piece of something and then move onto something else. I usually try to stay focused on one page at a time within the books I'm working with. I have 7-8 art journals at the moment but don't work on all of them each week.

I'm enjoying the slower pace of creating art right now. It suits me.

I'm taking lots of naps and drinking herbal teas and just thinking about the last few months of the year. It's been an amazing one!

I've been giving my eyes a bit of a break from long intensive sessions with doodling in the evening and finding new things to do. Sorting the magazines and cutouts from cards and boxes has been good for me. I've gotten almost the 2nd box empty which leaves 1 more box to go. Once it's all sorted I can pull from it to make cards and journal entries which is really exciting. Plus I can scan and print whatever pages I find when I want to now that I have them all glued onto computer paper. That's even MORE exciting!

I recently found an old free coloring page I had folded and put away within the 2nd box mentioned above. I pulled it out and using alcohol ink markers colored it in. It's so beautiful. I love it when I allow the muse to play. I opened the markers and just closed my eyes, said a little prayer and got busy.

 While doing the sorting of the cards and cutouts and stickers too I thought about all the small odds and ends pieces of painted papers I've accumulated over the 11 months I've been making collage. Most I try to keep and use for the layered collages I like to make but a few times I'll look at the colors used on these papers and even though they're cut up or small I keep thinking they're just too pretty to cover up with another layer. And so I pulled them out Monday night and started gluing them down on a piece of computer paper.

Abstract and colorful with some geometric designs = awesome!
 

I'll be taking next week off from the blog so I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your day however it may be celebrated.

Sending much love out to you all and into the Universe.

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

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Wednesday - A Little Art Table Fun

There's only a few photos to share this week and there won't be a post on Friday at all. I'm winding down.

Soon I won't be sharing much of any kind of art I do because I'll be thinking about Christmas and what I want to make my family and friends. That's happening now, actually.

As I figure it out, I'll be able to share the journal entries and collage cards when I do those. There might be less posts as we get into the winter months in any case. I tend to hibernate a bit and stay away from the art table for a few months while just focusing on gifts and family time between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve. And then cleaning up and getting some fresh ideas for the year ahead always takes a little thought.

What I really like to do is to organize and get ready for the next wave for the first 3 months of the new year. I look forward to it. If anyone reads these posts at all here in my blog, you know I have mentioned this for the past few years. Taking time away means, as far as the blog goes, it'll be hit or miss each week.

However, this week was a mixed bag of hit or miss because I finished the mosaic panels and shared them on FB and Insta and I'll share them in a post on Monday. I'm ready for a mosaic making break and just ready for a break -- period.

I always manage to make a few things and this week was no exception. There's always fun to be had.

Fun with celery and a Gelli plate and acrylic paint! 

 

I made a lot of papers using the bottom of a celery stalk. It's so much fun to do.

I managed to make a great entry in my Creative Chaos Art Journal on Monday.

 And a daily collage card surprised me by it's dark and brooding look (almost witchy, huh?!) but delightful at the same time because it says "be fearless". Yes that doodle DOES look like a scythe (it didn't start out that way but here we are). Love it.

 

 

I make cards every day but rarely share them now. But I like this one above so much, I made a video reel about the moon I used. It came from an old Christmas card that resurfaced from a box of old cards shoved under my bed. I cut a lot of circles out in different sizes so I can use them in my collage. Feeling better about the choice to do that because now at least some of these beautiful cards will be seen in a new way forever and not as a cluster of old dusty cards found some day under my bed. I honor them more this way and I'm so grateful and appreciative to be on this mixed media collage painted papers journey.

Here, the first photo shows an art journal page in progress. Still not sure where I was headed with this and it took on a life of it's own and it became too dark. Not where I wanted it but I didn't want to cover it entirely and start over. I'm not sure where it's going yet but it's in the book waiting for the right time to be embellished or altered in some way.

Also there's a bookmark I made and I'm still working on that. This was a piece of art I cut to fit into a frame a few years ago. This was leftover and resurfaced as I was looking through the stickers I'm adding to computer paper (the ongoing project at the moment). The back might get embellishments or some cool words or something. Time will tell.

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

If you'd like to support the artist go to BuyMeACoffee and buy me a cuppa. It's always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. 👄💝 

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

Mosaic Monday

I couldn't find one special mosaic to share and so I'm sharing a few screenshots from my website. Head on over and look through each one, if you see something you like and remember you can purchase them directly on the website using PayPal.

Thanks for looking! 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

If you'd like to support the artist go to BuyMeACoffee and buy me a cuppa. It's always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. 👄💝 

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

Friday - Odds and Ends

The wrap up for the week is a bit depressing in one area of my business life but I'm moving ahead with some plans for next year anyway. Because I no longer make any sales, I'm not sure I can actually say I have a business. I can say I have a small following and definitely devoted people who love what I do. I thank you all for that!

It's not easy selling art at any time but for me it seems to be a challenge and has been for a few years now. I want to say I'm okay with that and I basically am ... but I did get depressed midweek about things a little bit. The full moon might have been some of what I was feeling. An article I found online through vogue.com (https://www.vogue.com/article/november-5-supermoon-star-signs) gave this moon and it's relationship to the Zodiac signs. I'm a Virgo and this section was my "ah-ha" moment: The energy of this Moon invites you to find wisdom in simplicity. Truth lies not in grand theories, but in being present in the moment. You don’t need to know everything, only to experience. This Moon urges you to trust life, to welcome the new without controlling everything.

Beaver Moon - a Supermoon- taken through my window at 97% on November 6, 2025

 

And so ... I slap some paint on paper, glue something down in a journal, do a little sticker sorting, continue with the mosaic I'm working on, snuggle with an animal, chat with my family. In other words, I continue on the journey and keep that information handy as a reminder when I get a little sad.

:(

 

Without sales, this is a typical month for Google Business. Google Analytics are weird too. Lots of interest Internationally. Why? No clue. In any case, I allow myself to be sad about this kind of thing and then I move on. And I'm wondering if I should close the website because it doesn't get much interest these days. Ah yes ... the times they are a-changin'.

I mentioned buymeacoffee on Wednesday. I actually need $1 more in order to transfer what's in there. I have to again thank the 2 wonderful friends who contributed so far. You are my heroes! I'm hoping 1 or more kind folk will contribute a little more but it's okay if you can't. It never hurts to ask!

Okay ... moving on ...

I did some gluing of painted papers onto sheets of computer paper and then embellished a little bit. These seem like works of art and I suppose they are. I suppose I could frame them all. But I won't. What I will do is find a section I want to add to a journal page, a collage card or a wooden canvas board and cut them all up and use them happily!!

Oh my wow ... these are so much fun.

And so, that's about it for this time. There's more art to do and more papers to paint!

Stay peaceful and find some time to be creative.

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

If you'd like to support the artist go to BuyMeACoffee and buy me a cuppa. It's always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. 👄💝 

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Wednesday - Art Table Fun

 It's been an interesting week for me. Sometimes I do many things throughout the day. Right now I should be tweaking my website and adding things to the buymeacoffee.com site but I'm not. Plain as that.

I have found that with eye strain, working on anything longer than it takes to write this post is too much. I want to use my time creating rather than working on a computer.

Recently I watched another wonderful video by Laurie Richardson Haley on YouTube showing a way to make a little booklet with collage cards. Well, I certainly had to try that because I have many cards I could make into a book.

 

The next one will have all the same colored ribbon or material. I learned after I made it, I really didn't like all the different colors I used. My art is colorful enough, apparently. But it's successful in my eyes, so thank you Laurie! I made a video I'll share on Instagram and Facebook after this post goes live. Check it out if you're interested and use those social media sites.

 

 

Is it perfect? No. Do I love it anyway? YES!

I'm also continuing with getting my stickers and cutouts organized. I came across some odd painted papers, some doodled bits I had cut out. I decided to put them in with the sorting I'm now doing to get them sorted by color.

 

I emptied this white box shown above on the pink table completely. I still have two different sized boxes to sort through and put in the folders by color.

I took a lot of extra, unnecessary steps to get to this point but I guess it's how I had to work it out. I'm positive I can now use this system for all future stickers and cutouts I do.

I put, by color, everything on a piece of computer paper and then file it in the appropriate folder. When I want to use a few of the stickers or the whole page I'll scan it and cut them out. This keeps the originals I've found ready to be used many times which thrills me to no end! Unlimited fodder is a little slice of heaven!

Orange

 

I'm still working on the 30 day art journal. It might take a year but it will be 30 days of art in a book once finished. I used up the rest of my printer ink and scanned and printed out a few of my favorite pages to use in collage.

Turns out, I really do like the first page I did using my favorite word: "Awesome". It grew on me. LOL The flowers will get cut out separately and added here and there in journals and on cards as will the cute little doodle faced folks.

Shown above is a piece of computer paper and I took a lot of the painted papers pieces I didn't put into the color folders on it. This will get cut down and used in some way; probably on cards. I might add a few more embellishments to it with stencils and an ink pad as well as my favorite acrylic circles I like to do. I had tried gluing all the painted papers together making a large sheet, embellishing it (some are used here) then cutting it down but honestly this works for me a little better. I can make these often and file them in a folder and use them at a later time. This works for me. In the end that's all that matters!

 

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

If you'd like to support the artist go to BuyMeACoffee and buy me a cuppa. It's always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. 👄💝 

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Mosaic Monday

I'm very happy to announce I've completed the gluing down on the 5 panels!

Abstract by design, there is a cohesiveness but separateness. I'm happy about that since that was the plan. As I got closer to the end of the last small panel, all the crockery was splintering and breaking. I'm guessing I found the initial breaking point as it hit the floor when it was a vase. But I managed to get enough to cover the panel and while it looks slightly different to my eye, I'm hoping it isn't noticeable to anyone else.

 I'm letting them sit for a few days. Then I'll paint the sides and backs and grout them all. I'm really hoping the person who lost their grandmother's precious vase likes what I've done here.

My theme was: Blue and white wild flowers with vines and a hidden butterfly or two within.

 

Started in September 2025 and should be finished in November 2025 if all goes according to plan.

I'll share photos of them all finished next week (I hope). 

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

If you'd like to support the artist go to BuyMeACoffee and buy me a cuppa. It's always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. 👄💝 

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Friday - Collage Card Using Stickers and Happy Halloween!

On Wednesday I showed the stickers and cutouts I'm putting on computer paper. Yesterday, I scanned one of the pages and started to play with the printout to see how I wanted to use it.

At first I thought I'd cut up the whole page but later decided to only use three. Out of the three, two stayed as cards for embellishments. The third one became an embellishment.

The tarot card is the one I decided to work on.

The small blue one is shown here as I'm cutting out the designs I made on it. I used one of the flowers for the yellow card.

 

I wanted to keep some of the stickers showing but not as the main focus. I liked this placement and so I glued it down and doodled a little bit.

I love this. The edges needed a little trimming but the rest is as perfect as I wanted it to be.

 

"Attitude is Everything" - 5-1/2 x 3 inches

 

 

In the last photo of the finished card, the paper with pink and blue is excess paint which will be used at some point in a future collage or two ... or three! And around it goes!

 

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

If you'd like to support the artist go to BuyMeACoffee and buy me a cuppa. It's always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. 👄💝 

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com