Awesome Finds

This week, all the "Awesome Finds" are from Etsy. I love when that happens! Each day this week I've shared one item that I love for 6 days on tumblr. Here's a week-at-a-glance of what has been shown for this week. Click on the shop link under each picture to take you directly to the item.

ShantyIrishVintage

CuriosAnCollectibles

Retromania1331

Stimulight

MidCenturyFLA

AldariArt

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!

Stay peaceful,

Cindy

Trendy Tuesday

I really like my Trendy Tuesday Treasury this week. I hope you like it too.

Trendy Tuesday for 10/15/2013

This week I'm loving neutrals. I think they are the most soothing colors to relax in, sleep around and rejuvenate my happy soul with. Here's a few more delights I found and want to share that aren't in the treasury from Etsy. Next weeks trendy treasury may be dedicated to a spa day. Sounds good to me! Click on each link under the photo to take you right to the shop.

CocoandBubbles

BotanicalLabs

MoomettesCrochet

Stay peaceful,

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Promo Thursday

I haven't done an official promo on one item in a while. I've been so busy sharing new things each day but I think a shout out for something that's not quite as new needs some TLC too.

So, without any further ado, I would like to share a Made To Order item quite popular in my Etsy shop.

Crescent Moon Stained Glass Mosaic Wall Hanging: Made To Order Custom Order - 10 inches

☮ This listing is for a MADE TO ORDER CUSTOM ORDER ONLY for one mosaic crescent moon wall hanging. We'll work together to create your custom made Crescent Moon in the colors you desire (limited to 3).


☮ Color choices (limited to 3 - a few examples are shown here of the 8 inch crescent moon) in stained glass and mirror will be discussed at time of order. The design of 3 swirls cannot be altered. Please note the design will be slightly different as each custom ordered mosaic is made at the time of request. All stained glass and mirror are hand cut by me. Keep in mind it may take 3-6 weeks to do a custom order. Please allow the time for the mosaic magic to happen!

A Certificate of Authenticity PDF will be sent through email once work is completed.

One of my favorite mosaic designs to create is shared once again here. I've dubbed this one "Vincent's Moon" when done in all blues because my family says it looks similar to Van Gogh's style and color choices for one of his most famous paintings.

A night sky with swirling clouds all in blue stained glass. All glass was hand cut to fit the design. Grouted in an awesome shade of plum and sealed, the sides are tiled in blue glass and the back is painted in black.

Ready for hanging with a felt pad at the base to protect your walls from getting scratched.

And a note about Studio News: I'm in the process of photographing all the dot painted crosses. This is time consuming and one reason why I thought it might be a good idea to bring back Promo Thursday! Here's a quick look at one just listed this morning.

Painted Cross Ornament // Small Wall Hanging // Dot Painting // Orange White Black // Wall Decor // Hand Painted // Cross // 4 x 2.5 Inches

Each one (I have 20 dot painted) is getting their special attention from me for the next few days. Yay!

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Most Productive Week EVER!

It was a great week away from posting. Productive plus spent a little more time with the fam which was necessary. My grandson started Kindergarten and we had a birthday party for him over the weekend.

Malachi saying "cheeze".

Last minute jitters about leaving Mom before the bus arrived.

Enjoying some quality time with his "ride".

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a favorite for him and he got cards from his aunt and uncle. They rock!

My handmade gift for Malachi's 6th Birthday

Malachi admiring the gift from Nana

A Cartoon Network Show called "Adventure Time" was the party theme. My daughter did a lot of awesome drawings of the characters and placed them on jars, made a cake and other really cool things.

Tie dyed cake!

Finn from "Adventure Time" decorated by my daughter.

Hand drawn decorations of the cartoon characters done by Malachi's Mom. Isn't she the best Mom on the planet?!

I was still able to do a few mosaics and got a few listings ready to go on Etsy other than my decorative pillows and art photo note cards, which are being admired quite a bit. That makes me smile because I enjoy photography a lot!

Blank Note Cards

Decorative Pillow Cover

The shrine is completed and I listed it today. It is so awesome. I know it would help if you all had a frame of reference to see what it used to look like, so I did a quick search online and found one similar to it. Here's the before and after shot:

It's official name is "Sun Shrine In A Box". I loved some of the other names given to it, but that was the one that made me smile.

Mosaic Shrine

Pretty cool, huh?

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Solar Flare - Sunshine In A Box

The other day when I shared a photo of the latest work-in-progress mosaic on Facebook, one of my online buddies called it Solar Flare. I was calling it Sunshine In A Box but hers is much better! That's a keeper.

It's coming along but not exactly as I thought it would. Often when I start something I don't have an exact idea as to how I want it to see it once it is finished but I do have certain thoughts. I have no problem with going with the flow or changing direction and because I ripped up some of the tess on this earlier, it feels like my original vision isn't exactly what it should end up with. That's okay with me, the muse rules me and I know it, but I am a little unsure as to what to do. I lost a little confidence with it. When that happens, sometimes it is best to put it aside for a day or two and think about it.

The photos show the progress so far. I'm using more blue and white china than I thought I'd use. I like it here and will put it at the bottom wave and top wave but the outer edges will get something different. I think ...

Meanwhile, my grandson's 6th year on earth is arriving next week! I decided to put this awesome box of sun aside and work on something for my own little ray of light.

I am not sure what I'm using as a substrate, but I'm going to make him a SpongeBob mosaic. No photos to show yet and until I know what I'm putting it on, there won't be. But, it shouldn't take very long to do. He normally is very interested in my mosaics and has, in the past, requested I make him some (which of course I have!) and he's made some of his own as well. Because I'm not selling it, I feel okay about using a patented trademark like Mr. SquarePants as my inspiration.

I'll be figuring out what to do and how to do it with all of that this afternoon. The next post should have something to show.

I listed a few things this morning. Love the pillow covers so much. I've been having fun making up collections too both in gift ideas and home decor.

I love making these collections! I'm positive next week I'll share a few more.

Meanwhile ... it's time to figure out what to put the SpongeBob mosaic on ...

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Wild Wednesday

Well, perhaps "wild" is a bit of an exaggeration but it has been a bit of a crazy day for me.

Be that as it may, I do have a few things to share but not much. I'm shocked that I have some "play time" available on the computer at all right now. I am making the most of it!

More collections have been made from my Etsy shop. LOVE the fact that as I'm gathering these together, they can also be used as featured items on the shop's page as well. Bonus!

All items can be purchased from my shop at Etsy. Woo-hoo! Notice there's note cards added now. It's pretty cool to see some of the fine art photography as note cards and pillows. I like it! You will be seeing more of both pillows and cards as the weeks continue. And of course new mosaics as they are made. Always and forever, there will be mosaics to share no matter how many times I change my shop's appearance - mosaics will be listed. :)

Yesterday was spent fixing what I took apart with this mosaic. I also added the small screw eyes you see in this photo. Once the mosaic is completed I am going to add charms and beads onto the screw eyes. They are so very small. You need to see this photo to realize how small they are.

It took me about 2 hours to get 20 screws into this box. Jewelry pliers and patience were needed. They are 8 mm as you might be able to tell from the photo, extremely small. I had thought I'd use these for the small MDF crosses I've made so far but they are way too small. They won't hold the heaviness of a mosaic. Using them here in this project seemed like a good idea.

I haven't yet started working on the mosaic today but I'll get to it soon. It's fun to take something that is no longer useful as it is and create something artistic with it. Recycling at its finest!

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics