Wednesday Wonder - Wondering Where to Purchase My Collage Art?

Wondering where you can get some of my collage art for yourself or as a gift for someone special? I've added a few of my favorite collage art pieces onto FineArtAmerica.

Today I'm focused on this collage:

Believe In Yourself

 

As I was looking through the site yesterday, I realized none of my art is signed where it can be seen on the prints (I habitually sign things on the reverse side). Eventually I know I'll have to go back and sign on the front of these, retake photos and relist them.

 But that's not today. I'll get that changed next month. Adding it to the to-do list right now!

Here's are some screenshots of a few different ways to have my art in your home (if you'd like a signature tag for your art, let me know, they are available for a small fee). 

 I like this design as a tote bag, framed wall art and as a pillow (includes insert if you add it when checking out).

 

 

Pretty nifty, huh?!

Head on over to FineArtAmerica and see for yourself the collage, doodles and photography I have there. It's worth the trip, I promise.

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Mosaic Monday - Something New!

I've added the latest mosaic I've made into my shop.

Flower Mosaic in Stained Glass Wall Art with the word Family in Mirror - 11 3/4 x 2 inches 

Mosaic Wall Art - Family - $65.00 USD

Bring warmth and charm to your home with this stunning flower mosaic stained glass wall art, featuring the word "family" in mirror.

Handcrafted with love, this unique hippie style piece measures 11 3/4 x 2 inches and is ready for hanging, making it the perfect addition to any wall.

 

 

 Adorned with three vibrant stained glass flowers and a delicate ceramic butterfly at the bottom, this wall art beautifully symbolizes the love of family.

Each mosaic I've made is a testament to craftsmanship, adding a personal touch to any décor.

Don’t miss the chance to enhance your living space with this eye-catching and meaningful artwork!

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

Friday - Weekly Wrap Up

Around this time in the moon's cycle, I find myself needing to organize, clean and so on. But also I find it's time to focus on new things to work on both personally and artistically.

Today, at the end of this week, I've discovered I have a long way to go with opening the second Etsy shop I had planned on opening before the end of the month. It's not going to happen by then and I know that's okay. It's okay to give myself more time. If I have to, I can wait until next year. And I might have to. Again, it's okay. Until then, I'll continue to wash and bag the dish pieces. Goodness knows I have enough to do that for quite some time.

 

Something else could come along that's not yet known. I'm open and willing to see what will happen, if it should.

I've found a good chunk of old cards that I'm now putting collage on. I also made a box to hold them as I make them. This is ideal, sitting close and ready to hold a finished card. Nice!

 

I'm not sure if I'll add holes to the top for hanging of these 4-1/4 x 6 inch cards or leave them as they are. Both sides have been altered. So far I only have 2 made but I'm loving the collage on the box shown in the last photo on the left.

I've been meditating a lot lately on what's next in this artistic adventure. I do so many different forms of art, every morning after meditating I say: what are we doing today?! It's exciting to find out each and every day. And sometimes I do nothing but rest and enjoy the day without art. It happens when I'm not sure where I want to continue and/or start with something. I need to allow myself to sit for a bit. It's one of the things I do when I take a break each month from all things social media related. I find I can focus a little better on new things when I don't scroll for endless minutes (hours) looking at stuff and things on my phone. I enjoy the break.

Here's a nice view as I see it each morning when I put questions out into the Universe:

An example of only some of the tools I use on any given day to create.

Pretty nifty, huh. Yeah, I think so too. 😂

And, of course, there's always something to sort or organize and this week was the week to do beads and Millefiori.

 

This is only some of them (gonna need another box) but I love the colors represented here. It makes me smile.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend; not too hot, not too rainy ... unless you like those things. Remember, take time to be creative!

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

 

Wednesday's Wishes

If I had a wish that I know would come true, I'd wish for help with all the different things I have to do as a "one woman show".

I'm not crazy about taking photos, get them uploaded on the computer/iPhone, editing, posting. I'd rather just do the art.

However, I know I'm very lucky to be able to do those things, at least to a certain degree, without difficulty. And so very grateful for that knowledge.

Right now, I'm uploading photos into Fine Art America of collage work and doodles. At this writing, only a few of each of those are available for purchase, but it's looking good so far!

Here's the first collage I've posted on this site that is also available through FAA on Pixels (they work together to do some of the printing things like mugs, for instance). It's a definite favorite of mine.

Dream

 

Click on the link under the photo to see the array of goodies you can purchase, as well as prints both framed and unframed. As usual I love the pillow covers, tote bags and mugs the best. They are so cool.

As far as wishes go, I also wish you have an enjoyable Wednesday and your week is going well. We are having a LOT of rain and cold weather here in these early days of June. It's a bit of a bummer to try to function when arthritis doesn't like either of those weather situations however, I'm determined (stubborn) enough to keep on going. It doesn't take a lot of muscles or much strength to make a collage, thank goodness.

Right now, that's where I'm headed ... to make a few collages! Yay!! 

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Mosaic Monday

Happy Monday!

I'm working on my Etsy listings tweeking the titles and descriptions (with a little help from AI!) and have quite a few to go yet. However, this one is updated and was smiling at me prettily so I thought I'd share.

 

Crescent Moon decorative mosaic plate, candle holder or trivet 7 inches 

$45.50 USD 

 Isn't she magical?! Here's a few more photos.

 Head on over to my shop for this mosaic and check out more photos plus the awesome description included.

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Friday - Collage Art and Fodder everywhere!

Although I no longer do collage every day, I do it the most at the moment. Actually if I'm being truthful I have spent more time making collage fodder than actual collage art. I have to admit finding new things to try on the Gelli plate or just on a random piece of paper with paint is enticing beyond belief.

This is a piece of newsprint I use for rolling the paint off of the brayer - sometimes it is a work of art all by itself and got added to the art journal just as it was - looks like an abstract vase and flowers to me --- what do you see? 

Gesso on a piece of watercolor paper made it harder than normal. When I painted the landscape on it I thought it would make a good page for the art journal as a post card with some ink stamps and a small piece of paper that looked like an actual stamp.

Right now, I have a nice little system going for my collage papers. I just got a cart with rollers (shown at the bottom of this post) that isn't yet organized completely but will be soon. It has allowed me to move things from under the work table making room for the two boxes filled with collage paper split into Cool and Warm colors with a lot of other things in each box such as the sewed hankies I've painted and am embroidering. I thought I'd share some of my new favorite pieces of fodder and the painted hankies so far.

 Playing with string and paint within a book - such a cool design!

String and circles on the Gelli plate and some "ghosts" after adding a little more paint over the first designs of string and circles.

Another successful pull off of the Gelli plate reminds me of buildings! Cool!

Old embroidery by a beloved relative whose table runner it was sewn on had fallen apart, gave me the idea to cut them all out and add them to art journals and collage art. Preserving the art within the cloth in a new way. Under those are my own hand drawn designs and embroidered back stitching on old hankies I also painted. Will be added to art either in journals or part of a collage on something. Or both!

I finally managed to remember to get these cool little plastic organizers that comes in a 2-pack on Amazon for beads although I'm using one for my alphabet letters cut outs. I do believe the 2nd organizer will have beads or bead-like things in it for mosaics. It felt great to get these all sorted.

 

Next week I'll be using the time to do some promoting for my Etsy shop. I'm completely rewriting titles and descriptions at the moment and they all should be finished by then. I hope.

Remember to find something creative to do every day.

Don't forget to come say "hi" on one or all of the social media spots. See you there!

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Wednesday - Life in the Purple Palace

In case you didn't know, the Purple Palace is actually a lovely walk-in closet within my room painted in the most glorious shade of deep purple. It was painted this color by the previous owner. I immediately knew it had to have a proper name and stay just that color. Hence: The Purple Palace Art Studio.

I've been kind of busy with the mosaic part of my life but I'm not moving quickly at all.

I started the process of cleaning every piece of tesserae I have in dishes this week. It requires a little time to dry because I don't have the space to lay them all out once they're clean. What I've been doing is weighing some pieces, trying to keep it around 5 pounds, and then getting them clean for storage and eventually selling. I really hope someone sees the value of these pieces for their own background mosaic artwork. Cross your fingers and everything else you can! I could use the space as this is under the desk of my work area where I create mosaics.

The mosaic shown below has finally moved to the grout pile. I really dig this one. It reminds me of important things in my life in this one piece of art (love when that happens!). In no particular order: pretty colors, spring flowers and FAMILY.

To keep the juices flowing between larger pieces like the one above, I pulled out some lids to mosaic. These will have either holes and a twine string for hanging or a magnet attached to the back, depending on the heaviness of the mosaic within the lid.

Other than that, there could be a spontaneous burst of energy to do something I had not planned. These bursts are always welcome and I invite them in to come play with the muse(s).

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

Monday - Finding my sea legs after a brief absence

I've been away from social media for two weeks. It was a nice break. It felt just long enough and not nearly long enough at the same time.

This time, I did some writing in my journal making notes about the moon phases and my energy levels. I seem to be in tune with the moon more than I was aware and am doing what I should, when I should as far as self-care goes. That's pretty cool. I have had a long love affair with the moon. It seems to help me when I need it the most. Intuition is wonderful and I'm grateful for it. However, it also seems if I truly focus on manifesting what I'd like to have happen in my life during a certain time in the moon's cycle, I find it easier to record my thoughts about art, life and manifesting for the few weeks in the future when I will be creating something new before the next break.

As well as caring for myself during these two weeks I figure out the next phase of art life for myself. Really focusing on it and writing it down! It's always evolving. There doesn't seem to be one thing I love most that I'm doing now. It's all important and a part of me now. It is why I write a daily "chore" although it's not a chore at all, prompting me to spend the day working on an art journal page, for instance. If I don't feel the pull to do that, I'm okay with doing something else, but almost always if the list says it, I do it. The guess work and confusion is gone when I do it this way.

While I was gone I got a small mosaic ready for grout which will go into Etsy once it's finished (sometime this month). I'll share that post separately; actually all I want to share I can do in one post or five. I decided on three for this week.

During Memorial Day weekend, we had a nice visit from the sun. Our precious pup and I did our best to enjoy the rays for a few minutes. It's been windy when it rains; the trees have been throwing sticks onto the deck which we both ignored because the sun was just too inviting to care about cleaning up the deck.

My family made a small bonfire and roasted marshmallows for S'mores during the evening. I didn't have any (too sweet for this diabetic) but I enjoyed the fire quite a bit.

While meditating one evening using InsightTimer (download this if you can and use it often - I'm not getting paid for this advice, I freely give it - it has changed my life) I saw this quote from Zig Ziglar. Please look him up if you don't know who he is. He's one of the best motivational dudes with great advice on life in general as well as specific things like business (mostly sales but not limited to).

 It seemed fitting to save and share.

Now that my sea legs are getting slightly stronger, for the next few weeks I'll be continuing with my art in all forms and sharing it on my social media fav spots. You can find all the links to the right of this post.

Next post will be on Wednesday!

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

 

 

It's That Time Again ...

Once a month, since January 2025, I block out a chunk of time away from social media forums and deliberately live without sharing my art and general life with animals and family.

This month, I am taking two weeks, starting today May 19th until June 2nd.

Before I share about that, I'd like to mention that I have a new Facebook Page:

Earthmothermosaics - Mixed Media Art

Please feel free to check it out and follow along if you'd like! Thank you. 💜

I'm planning a few things while I'm away from the social world of course but mostly, enjoying my home and heart within, getting and staying centered, and maybe trying a few new things relating to art journaling and collage.

The dish piece gathering to get spruced up and packed for selling is on-going. Not much has been done because I'm waiting for some colanders to help move the process along a little quicker. You can read that post here.

Now that my 100 day collage challenge is over (filled the 2nd book with day 108!), click here if you're interested, and the mind-blowing two weeks I had with the Mastering Mixed Media EXPO 2025 is done, I'm allowing the muse to guide me to the next adventure. Here's the post I made about that: MMMEXPO2025

I tried one more thing although it didn't work out exactly but it was a learning experience. I'm not comfortable painting faces on a page. I do make mosaic faces but drawing or painting isn't yet something I enjoy. I believe I'll have to keep trying but getting this one done was important and I did it! A few folks have asked if these art pieces I'm sharing are for sale. Bless their hearts. No, none are for sale but maybe at some point they might be. Here is my best rendition of a sweet hippie girl.

I have to admit I do think she's cute. But I'm not ready to try again just yet. This is glued into my current art journal and I've already added a few things to her since this photo. That's how it is with these journals, I have learned. Many of us go back and add a little "this and that".

At the moment, I'm feeling a lot like I need to just allow it all to settle but of course I need to be artful every day as well because that is a habit I formed this year and try to adhere to. So right now I'm doing prep work.

This is what I learned after watching some MMM videos; bits and pieces of what they shared and am adding it to my art journals eventually in my own style. I'm cutting out shapes using old hankies I've painted and added an embroidered back stitch, and pieces of collage fodder that are getting cut into flowers and other cool designs like vases, plus I'm using scraps of collage papers to decorate empty bottles (one is a gift and won't be shared until it's been delivered) and a really cool piece I recently did on a piece of wood.

 

Old hankies being used for art. The top area is an embroidered table runner that had so many holes in it when I started to cut these embroidered pieces out, it basically disintegrated. In the center of this photo some hankies were painted yellow and copper, some with red flower petals and another green leaves not yet back stitched.

All of the above will be added to art journals as I create the pages. Kinda cool, huh.

I did one this week using coffee as my theme.

I love adding elements to the pages in an old, discarded book. It brings me great joy and the muse is happy!

This is the wood piece using collage paper, acrylic pens and a quote "Discover Hidden Talents". That's a message for me to keep pushing beyond the comfort zone and watch some amazing things happen.

I'll be back on June 2nd and write a blog sharing all I've done or what I've learned. Until then, stay safe as you possibly can. Remember to be creative every day! You're soul will thank you for it.

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

 

Organizing the Purple Palace and Downsizing Mosaics Supplies

If things go the way I really hope they do, all of this time spent to get 1, 3 and 5 pound bags of dish pieces (all hand cut) cleaned and organized will be available in a new Etsy shop for a reasonable price. We’ve named them Mystery Boxes. I'll be using flat rate boxes and include that price in the final cost of each bag ordered.

As you can see, these aren't super fancy but GREAT for filling in areas, like these examples below:

I often use white dish pieces to fill in areas around stained glass

 

The background on this one has the bottom rims from cups, bowls and dishes. Nothing gets wasted that way and it gives the mosaic a bit of added interest.

And so, here's the plan ... clean all the dish pieces and weigh them, prepare for the onslaught of sales 😁😂 and reduce the amount of tesserae I have as well as maybe helping someone new to mosaics or someone who just needs a little bit of odds and ends for that background on a stepping stone (I don't have any to share of those but you can find great examples if you search) or flower pots.

Here's the beginning of 20+ years in mosaic making ... lots to gather and clean and maybe, just maybe, might take longer than I think to do it all but I can do a little and that's a great way to start!

YIKES!

This should be about 5 lbs here.

 

When the second shop with these awesome mosaic supplies is up, I'll share here. Meanwhile, feel free to contact me now if you'd like to discuss purchasing a pound or two of these Mystery Boxes.

Do something creative every day!

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com