Promo Blast!

What's trending right now? Spring and Summer, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Graduations and Weddings too! The items shared below from my society6 shop could fit the bill for any of these occasions. Look!

Do you like color? Want to add a bit of WOW to your living room or give as a gift? Look at the my newest item, "Sunset Fire - Geode" a photo I took of my mosaic sitting in our dining room window.

Add some color to that boring couch in the family room or your outdoor furniture this summer.

Throw Pillow - indoor OR outdoor
3 sizes available
pillow inserts sold separately

Want to take some color with you? You can do that too! I love this print as an iPhone case - really, really, really love it!

iPhone / iPod Case
6 models available

Wouldn't this be cool to wear with your favorite pair of jeans or sweatpants?

Woman's Fitted Tee

Give Mom and Dad a gift they can really use outside or on the run.

Hoodie (Unisex)
Sizes range from S to XL
Front print OR Back print

How about a nice gift for that busy Mom with little ones?

Tote bag
3 sizes available

Wake up!!

Shower curtain

Head on over to society6 and see a wide array of items from my favorite photos.

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

Stay peaceful,

Cindy

Promo Blast!

Yes, it's Monday again the day in which is normally set aside for my promo blasts. Today I'm doing a blast for this entire post to introduce a way to shop directly through my blog!

See the tabs above? Not all of them have been added yet, but each tab holds my mosaics and art with descriptions and pricing. Just buy clicking on the "Buy Now" button, you'll go directly to PayPal.

I am positive what you see there now will be changed a bit for the moment, it's set to go!

Although I'm needing rest and don't want to do the full blown promotional, networking, marketing thing, I know I must. My work and my shops truly are one of those "out of sight, out of mind" kinds of shops and that means I have to work harder to make sure they are not forgotten.

To explain why I'm selling here on my blog: I have wanted to do it for a while now, but finding motivation wasn't easy. It came quickly when an outstanding bill on Etsy (almost 21 days old) arrived. Now the shop will be suspended tomorrow.

As many of you know, I pay my online bills with art sales, almost all of them through Etsy. The normal way of life used to be that I'd continue to add or renew items each day and by the time the bill was due, I'd make a sale to pay it. But that didn't happen this time.

This year has started off a bit rocky, eh? My physical difficulties get better as the weather warms slightly now and then, thankfully, and I've been able to make up some pages here on the blog over the past few days.

I'm a tough old bird which means I can still sell my work in other ways to try to get the bill taken care of on Etsy. That means selling on free sites until I do. Hopefully it won't take too long to make a sale but if it does, I may lose my domain name. My moniker has been EarthMotherMosaics for so long, I'm not sure what I'd pick to start over with, but that's not something I have to worry about today. Thank goodness!

I DO have a Zibbet shop and am updating it. The love is there for this site and although I don't give the 2 shops on Zibbet as much attention as I should, this will give me time to do just that.

Because I've had a few panic-sleepless-nights-oh-no-what-will-I-do moments, I'm also sharing my photo art here as well. I might actually, once the bills are paid, close my Etsy shops completely. Time will tell. It might be time to realize it's time for some changes.

So, without any further adieu, please go to the tabs above to look at some items, try out the new "buy now" buttons for me and let me know how it goes!

Would you like to see more than one photo for some items? Feedback is welcome!

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

Stay peaceful,

Cindy of Earth Mother Mosaics and
Cindy White Photo Art

Promo Blast!

Mosaic Vase // Stained Glass // Candle Holder // Green // Red // Holiday Decor // Hostess Gift // Gift Ideas // Mosaic Decor // 7 x 3 inches

This is such a pretty Mosaic Vase. From top to bottom this Holiday Mosaic is filled with hand cut pieces of stained glass in shades of green and red in a ribbon design placed around the vase. The colors are perfect for the holiday season. The light play from sun or candlelight is intense and quite beautiful. Grouted in light charcoal and sealed.

 Useful and decorative art. Perfect!!

 Handmade with love and one of my favorite things to create and give.

DO NOT SUBMERGE IN WATER.

Stay peaceful,

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Taking Time With New Sites

Yesterday I spent the day posting photos of my photography and some mosaic art on 2 sites that are new to me. I will probably be doing this for a few days because it does take a little time to set up each photograph.

Society6 has a wonderful array of items they add your photographs to. I'm really diggin' the Laptop covers and the pillows. Check this one out of one of my favorite photographs of my favorite tree:

Colors of Autumn Throw Pillow

Dude! This is so cool! Not all photos look good as tee shirts and hoodies but many look great on totes. The only downside to this site is that these things are clumped together so if you want a photo on a tote, you have to have it shown on a tee and hoodie as well. Bummer. I won't be sharing many on totes or tee's because a lot of my photos just don't look good on clothes, to me, anyway.

And look at this laptop skin of my photo of abalone shells:

Pieces Of Abalone Shells

Wow. I'm so impressed with the quality they show here on the site. I hope the actually products look as good once printed. A few I've left as traditional photos, because some just look pretty cool as wall art. They have canvas prints, frames and matting available. Awesome.

Elderberries

I don't know if there is a limit as to how many photographs I can share, but I found over 100 I'd like to post from vintage items to my mosaics. I'll be groovin' on this site for a while and will share often. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!

I also started adding photos to FineArtAmerica which has the option to sell original art work as well as prints. What I chose to do was to crop some of the mosaics I'm selling as wall art so they can also be purchased as prints. For instance, Star Shine, the wall art I had on Etsy just a few shorts days ago is now being shown on this site for sale as an original piece of mosaic art. However, with a few finely chopped crops, it looks great as a canvas print or stationary card. Check it out:

Star Shine

And of course some of my favorite photos that I've taken over the past year are now featured here as well as on the other site which makes me extremely happy. I love the versatility of both sites and being able to introduce new folks to my work is always a wonderful thing. And I will be making new friends on both sites because I'm just learning and finding artists that I've not yet discovered. Yay!

Fruit Salad

Have a wonderful weekend! I do believe I'll be mixing my weekend up with posting new items on these sites plus getting some work done on Buddha's Garden. I am so close to finished with it, it really should have a little bit of my time so I can grout and paint it. Looks like I'll be busy this weekend! Hooray for creative days!!

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

I hope your day is going well. I have lots to share today!

The hand painted star box was gifted over the weekend. Yay!

Birthday gift for a brand new 3 year old (it was filled with barrettes) using Minnie Mouse inspired colors (her favorite).

My Grandson playing a game with his Mom. Can you guess who won?

The Chuck E. Cheese philosophy is awesome.

I'm waiting for the frame to arrive later today so I can start in on the 12 x 12 mosaic wall hanging but while I wait, I worked on painting dots on the last bottle I'll be able to do for a while. Here's the progress so far. In spite of its name, it will be covered completely in dots.

"Black Night"

The sun was out for most of the day yesterday and I managed to make friends with my Camera Goddess long enough to get 145 photos in total of many different things. I have some wood fruit for the vintage shop and pulled that out to use as a prop for the bowl I grouted recently.

I like it! If you're interested in either or both, this bowl will be headed towards the online shops some time this week and the fruit will go in the vintage shop. Here's another shot without the fruit. LOVE the eggplant color inside this bowl!

I also got some great shots of the napkin rings I dot painted. They've been put on Etsy this morning.

Wooden Napkin Rings: Hand Painted, Dots

As I was leaving the birthday party for the 3 year old on Saturday, I noticed the sky above me. By the time I got home, the dark clouds had arrived and stayed all afternoon. I like to say: "Always look up". If I hadn't, I'd have missed this beautiful sky.

Stay peaceful.

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

What a beautiful day we're having. I spent a little time outside this morning, going for a walk and breathing the fresh air deeply. What a treat for those of us who live with humidity. It is a welcome relief!

I finished up the gifts and took photos of them this morning. The pendant photos are before grout was completely dry. It will become lighter once it is dry.

Minnie Mouse inspired star box

Pink Pendant with Matching Tin Box

Pink stained glass and ball chain tin box to hold the matching pendant

I almost always mix up too much grout when I do it and this morning was no exception. Thankfully I had a bowl that needed grouting.

Discarded eggplant colored bowl now has new purpose.

 

 

The next project is waiting for me. A candle holder with some really gorgeous stained glass, gifted to me by a very talented local artist who does stained glass windows and inserts in doors.

 This stained glass panel is about 22 inches. I cut it into 3 sections so I can focus on which one to use for the holder. Choosing only one section is not going to be easy! It's all simply breathtaking.

I have 3 square candle holders and one round vase I can use these pieces on. And I have 4 more large panels just as exquisite that are from the same large piece of glass. I'm very aware of how blessed I am to know I can contact this guy and be given his scraps. Especially when they look like this!

The new shop has a few more items in it. Gently Loved Treasures on Zibbet is dedicated to all vintage items. Here's the latest listing. I really love the colors of these!

Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers: Jamestown, VA Souvenir Shakers, Nautical

 Stay peaceful.

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Featured Item(s) - Special Edition

It's been a week of quiet recouping due to some personal things going on around me and my poor blog has gotten neglected. But ... I thought you'd all like to know that some of the frames on Etsy are on clearance! 15% off the listed price, these awesome mosaic frames are headed towards consignment soon. I wanted to give those that follow my shop and my work a chance to take advantage of the sale before they are gone. Made in and/or around 2010, these beauties are leaving the shop in March 2013.

mosaic-frame - ocean blue and seafoam green

 

mosaic-frame - orange and copper

Grab these $36 frames for the low price of $25 each while you can!

 

Stay peaceful.

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics