Promo Blast!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I couldn't help but look through my stash of available mosaic jewelry to spotlight. I think I found the perfect thing to share this week.

Mosaic Jewelry 3 Piece Set - Sophia - Bracelet, Earrings, Pendant - FREE SHIPPING Within US - $125.95

My Mosaic 3 Piece Jewelry Set is named "Sophia" in honor of the amazing Sophia Loren. This set could make you feel warm and sexy ... possibly even make you speak in Italian. ;)

I adore Mid-Century Modern design and always feel the finished product represents that style when I use them. Mini tiles in ceramic are used in each piece. The bracelet has squares and oblong shapes, earrings are triangles and pendant is circles with one very small square in the center. These were made using tweezers and a magnifying glass so I could see where they were being placed within each area. Definitely a labor of love.

The pendant comes with a necklace. All jewelry is wrapped in tissue paper and placed in an organza bag perfect for gift giving.

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio - Part Two

As you all may recall, I'm working on adding mosaic flowers to a handmade 15" sphere. It is just about finished getting all the glass glued down. I'm loving this so much! I put the last flower on the sphere yesterday.

Then I painted the open spots with red, orange and yellow plus generously sprinkled silver glitter over the paint.

Once it was dry, I started adding tempered glass in 2 different thicknesses depending on the size of the space to be filled in.

As soon as it's covered with tempered glass, I'll let it sit for a few days to rest. I want to make sure all the glue is dry before I grout. I usually wait to grout until the weekend when things are a little less crazy for me with the family. Leaving grout half cleaned off to go do something for my grandson can often lead to the grout drying too much to clean off properly. Hopefully it'll be ready soon. I can't wait to see it all finished up! I'm excited!!

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio - Part One

As I suspected, working on this 15 inch sphere is taking a while. I've taken photos daily of the work-in-progress. Once it's finished, I hope I can find a proper stand for it. Displaying this awesome sphere could be a bit of a challenge. I love how it's turning out so far!

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy

Promo Blast!

Heart Coasters in Pink, Set of 2 - FREE SHIPPING Within US

Available through Storenvy

Pink Heart Mosaic Coasters just in time for Valentine's Day but can be used all year long!

Measures 4 inches

The technique to creating these coasters is as fun as they are cool. Painting pink on a wooden heart shape, sprinklings of glitter and glued over it all with tempered glass or "crash glass" as it is often called. Grout pulls it all together nicely and makes these coasters sturdy to hold a glass or can.

These coasters are a great decorative accent as well as useful. 

Sealed, painted and felt feet placed on the bottom to protect your furniture and protects the coasters from scratching while not in use.

Do NOT submerge in water. To clean, simply wipe off the top with a damp cloth and mild detergent if necessary.

ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm proud to announce I've been chosen as the newest Artisan to include my mosaics on Clairporium - it's an honor and a privilege. I'm thrilled! I'm also looking forward to getting to know all of the people associated with this great website. They've already sold the pink star shown below. Woo-hoo!!

Earth Mother Mosaics - now featured on Clairporium - Where Heart, Soul and Spirit Connect

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio - Part Two

It might get a little quieter from In The Studio for the next week or so. I've got a nice big project I'm working on and it will probably take a little bit of time to complete. No complaints about that! I love to create and this is going to be so much fun!

But first, I'd like to share the glass-on-glass 6 inch plate I put some stained glass on this week. It's about ready to be grouted and will go into the online shop soon!

I love these colors! Iridescent light amber, yellows and orange glass.

I made a sphere a few years back and have had it sitting here waiting for inspiration to hit. It finally has, I'm happy to say and although it will still be taking up some room in my cramped space, it will be a beauty once completed!

This 15 inch ball will get covered in mirror, glass and china in the Flower Power design.

And here we gooooo!!!

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio - Part One

Over the weekend, I finished up all the grouting of items I wanted to list on Storenvy. I love the blue grout a lot! It's called "Starry Night" and has a grey/blue hue to it. I'm always happy when I decide something would look good with it.

Isn't this grout color awesome?!

I've gotten all the mosaics I wanted to list on Storenvy over the past week. You can find the newest items: small peace sign ornament, the scrap glass cross, the sun switch plate cover and these below.

Evening Moon

Blue Glitter Mosaic Star Wall Hanging

I also finished up the celestial design I was working on.

And to think ... this was once a discarded kitchen cabinet I found leaning up against the dumpster.

Isn't it gorgeous?! I'm thrilled with it and am happy to have it completed and hanging on my wall.

Now that the muse is resting, I'm looking at the things I have here ready for mosaic magic. I am honing in on an 15 inch gazing ball I made a few years ago that has been prepped and ready for something fun. I'm thinking maybe it needs some Flower Power! Kitty thinks it's boring as it is now ... boring enough to nap through my taking this photo.

It takes a lot of time and tess to do these guys but it's always worth it. We love gazing balls!

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy

Promo Blast!

There's some new items on Storenvy this week. This is one of my favorites, because it's done in scrap glass, which is a favorite way to mosaic.

Mosaic Cross Wall Hanging - Scrap Glass Mosaic - FREE SHIPPING Within US - $38.65

This cross has tons of tiny pieces of scrap stained glass on it, some glass rod pieces and decorative glass gems too. The big piece of beautiful blue stained glass in the center has foil wrapped around it. It was a piece gifted to me by a stained glass artist a few years ago as a failure to them. To me it looked like it would fit perfectly in a mosaic some day.

Sides and back are painted in black.

My scrap glass mosaics don't often last long in the shop. People love them! And so do we!!

I love making mosaics and crosses have always been something people ask for in mosaic form. Whether you want one or many for your wall, need a gift for your children's favorite Sunday School Teacher, want to give a special holiday gift to your favorite parishioner or your minister this mosaic gift will be appreciated gratefully.

Keyhole on back makes it ready to hang. Signed and numbered (#18).

Measures 9 x 6 inches

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Stay peaceful,

Cindy