Underwater Mermaid/Fish and Turtle Mosaic

before grout and without mermaids and turtles


with grout - no mermaids or turtles



Finished - ready to hang







plastic mermaid doll covered in polymer clay


polymer clay turtles


another mermaid doll covered in polymer clay and a couple of more turtles


treasure chest found in a thrift store


Polymer clay lentil beads


small pottery pieces


a tiny garage sale urn
rocks from Brushy Creek
Shells from Florida


various colors of stained glass - sheets in blue and mixed with green
small glass aquarium gravel
the fish are garage sale finds - the small ones were from a bag of earrings
the larger fish had a shower hook in the back
a blue plastic squid from the package of one of the mermaid dolls
Polymer Clay lentil beads I made when I was on a lentil bead kick
white 1/2 globe white glass gems
small pottery pieces from a garage sale
rocks from our creek
larger colored glass blobs from Sister Sharon
Shells from Sister Sharon
glass pearl beads
small treasure chest from thrift store
rocks/beads/gemstones/jewelry/glass elephant/metal discs and a sword pin in the treasure chest
the top of a ring next to treasure chest
and a urn/vase from a garage sale
Polymer clay turtles I made from a two piece mold set
and the mermaids I covered in clay that were shown in another post

and a picture of my love bug Scooter inspecting the new mosaic

Cutting Boards #3

more cutting boards made by my husband


this one and the one below are new patterns he developed





more cheese boards and a cutting board

Cutting Boards #2

These are samples of the cutting boards that my husband makes















These are samples of some of the cheese boards he makes

Cutting Boards #1

5 cutting boards made as XMAS presents for family and friends






a cutting board made in a weave pattern for our kitchen

Weave Butcher Block Counter

this is the 2nd counter top that had been installed by our gas cook top
the original counter top was granite tile


My husband decided he wanted to learn how to make a weave butcher block pattern
He decided to practice the technique and replace the above counter top (again)

He bought a stack of exotic hard woods
this is how the counter looked after he cut the board strips and glued them together the 1st time


you would not believe how incredibly heavy this was.
those hardwoods were super dense
ready to be cut and placed into a weave pattern for the next glueing


The finished counter top.