Water and Sand #1

Not grouted



Grouted




several different kinds of stained glass
gold back painted glass
a few pieces of mirror
a couple of different kinds of small glass pebble rocks
various small beads
mother of pearl pieces

Horseshoe cap holder

I've been looking thru my mosaic pictures and have found a few that I forgot to post

I bought this for $1 at a garage sale.


not grouted


hung in our master bedroom for my husband to hang his ball caps on

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.

Diving Bell Mosaic

ungrouted


grouted and cleaned up

I used a large glass green coaster for the port hole
Several types of Copper and silver metal for the details and to define the areas and shapes
black stained glass, back painted gold textured glass  and turquoise stained glass
a few glass rock pebbles
several different buttons which are the star, the round ones on the bottom edge and the anchor buttons
and some rusty parts I found in the shed

it is grouted with Sandstone sanded grout

size is approx. 20 wide by 18 long


it is hung up in our master bathroom
over a Pour Painting that I recently learned how to do


and it is near my octopus mosaic

Wall Sconce make over

.50 cent garage sale find.  It was dirty and missing some crystals.


cleaned up, painted, crystals replaced and added an art glass piece

Octopus Mosaic

A fairly large piece.  To be used in the master bathroom.

Ungrouted









His body is gray stained glass
The eyes are 2 large acrylic gems
At the top of the tentacles are silver/gray acrylic pearl beads
The suckers on the tentacles are discs from the hanging room divider curtain
There are a few pieces of gray/black tiny small glass aquarium gravel scattered thru the tentacles

The water is several colors of stained glass
Also used aqua, blue and green pieces of aquarium gravel to fill in spots on the water.