In The Studio - Wednesday

It's been a little slower than usual this week but I'm still having fun.

A friend recently gave me some glasses (drug store "readers") because they no longer used them and they thought I might need them. At the moment, I'm good with glasses, I've got many pair floating around to help me with my mosaics and computer work. One pair, in particular, were scratched and not the right strength for me in any case. Well, there's nothing much else to do with things like that except to make them into art.

They aren't yet grouted (I'll share a photo of them when they are) but I took these old readers and made them into "sun glasses".

I always say I can never just toss things out without first looking at it and thinking: "would this work as a mosaic?" Almost everything can be turned to a mosaic. That's the best part about mosaics. We can put them everywhere, on everything. And I do my best to follow the rule: recycle, reuse, re-purpose.

I'm working on plates this week. They go quickly and I'm fairly sure the entire collection I had pulled out to work on will be finished in a weeks' time.

Monday evening I worked on Mr. Owl. Isn't he cool? He's resting in the "to be grouted" pile.

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

Promo Blast!

Blending colors together is something I really love to do.

These products above, all available in Storenvy look great all by themselves. However blending them together placing them throughout a room brings your eye from spot to spot. And look fabulous!!

The mosaics are handmade using stained glass, mirror, millefiori and broken china nipped up to fit. The pillow design is taken from an original drawing "inspire." and is sent to a lab for processing at the time of purchase.

Top left to right: Polyester Throw Pillow - 16" x 16" - Inspire - $45.00, Mosaic Fiesta Owl - Stained Glass and Mirror - 7 x 6 Inches - FREE SHIPPING Within US - $42.65

Bottom left to right: Green, Orange and Black Mosaic Switch Plate Cover - Single - FREE SHIPPING Within US - $23.95, Large Mosaic Pitcher, Pique Assiette Vase - FREE SHIPPING Within US - $80.50

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

Cindy

In The Studio - Part 2

The birdhouse is finished! The 4th wall is up! Woo-hoo!

4th wall

Here's a collage of all 4 sides.

I no longer see a surprised owl on the front. That's a very good thing!

And here's the roof and chimney - completed! Yay!!

Front

Back

I'm thrilled that it's completed. The next step, grouting, might take a while to do because I think I'll break up the task into 2-3 sessions. More photos soon!

The next project is a baby gift for an extended family member. I've painted a panel that will now get the mosaic treatment. When I do panels or larger mosaics like this, I always paint them first to give myself an idea about colors to use. Painting them keeps me focused on color and not go off into an abstract direction (my natural way to go).

Baby's last name is Fox, Mom loves owls :)

I'm using broken dishes for this panel. I'm happy to say I now love using broken dishes in my mosaics! Yay!

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

Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio

I'm having some fun right now In the Studio. There's a good possibility that I'll be very busy, very soon but before that happens, I'm grouting and taking photos of mosaics!

What I've got grouted so far are items I can list on Etsy. That makes me happy.

Owl

Holder

Scrap Glass Cross

I've got a square candle holder and a few small cross magnets coming soon.

I recently was given quite a few boxes of McCoy Cookie Jars and some China pieces. They range from extremely old and possibly collectible to about 20 years old that don't seem to be collectible at all. I am spending time doing the research to see if I can figure out which ones can be covered up with mosaic goodness and/or smashed and which should be saved and sold on Zibbet and Etsy.

I was asked to make 50(!) 3 x 2 inch mosaic cross ornaments for a baptism in November. Details are getting finalized now. I may be skipping a post or two as the time gets closer to ship them on their way. I'm starting to nip up a lot of blue glass. I'll keep you all posted on that and share photos as I go. Remember to check out my flickr photostream to watch the progress with me.

I was more active with the Ultimate Blog Challenge at the beginning of the month than I am now. I am writing blog posts every day but they prefer posts that aren't mostly promotional. If I'm not promoting my shop(s), I'm promoting someone else, so I thought it best to stop posting links in the group on FB. I met a few great people there and got to know their blogs too. Some I have signed up to read daily through email --- my favorite way to read blog posts. This Challenge helped get me on track with my new format and I'm very happy I participated.

I found out on Tuesday that one of my items in a Treasury made over the weekend was on the coveted Front Page on Etsy! Congrats to the Curator: MyMintMouse. This is like winning the lottery and an Oscar all wrapped up into one! If you don't use or know about Etsy very well, the first page you see when you go to the site shares a treasury chosen by those that have the decisions as to what goes there. In the last week, this one item was added as a 'favorite' 117 times. That's so amazing.

I'm particularly pleased with the item that was used in this treasury. You might all know by now this is a close up photo of one of my mosaics called Back to Basics #1. It's still one of the most popular designs in my shop both in pillow covers and now the new tote bags. Yeah buddy! I just got a sale for 2 tote bags yesterday. Woo-hoo! Check out the treasury that briefly helped this cool tote bag become center stage. Graphic

Poplin Fabric Tote Bag

Stay peaceful,

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics