Showing posts with label mosaic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mosaic. Show all posts

Friday, July 21, 2017

~DIY Mosaic Stepping Stone Project and More Garden Ideas~

I've always loved mosaic projects.
Collecting vintage plates and saving them to use in our garden.
I just finished some stepping stones.
I wanted to share with you,
 how I made the mosaic stepping stones. 
There are lots of different shapes of stepping stones, 
you can purchase at your local garden store.
Immerse a concrete stone in water to wet thoroughly.
I cut the plates with a mosaic glass cutter and mosaic tile nippers,
 which I bought at Home Depot.
You can also use a hammer but, the cutters make the plate pieces smaller.
Always wear safety glasses.
I used a tile adhesive to affix the pieces and let dry for 24 hours.
Then I grouted with premixed grout.
Using a wet sponge, clean excess grout.
Let dry another 24 to 48 hours.
Here are some photos of the finished stepping stones.
You can find all kinds of pretty plates at flea markets, garage sales,
 estate sales and vintage stores.
Have fun making a mosaic stepping stone
 for your garden!!
Here's some more mosaic ideas for your garden.
A pretty brick!
~Shovels~

~Hand Trowels~

A wreath using dried flowers, air plants and vintage plates.
Collecting is half the fun!
Be creative!!

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Mosaic Inspiration and Simple & Sweet Fridays #130

I wanted to share my latest Mosaic creations!

I wanted to recycle old plates that I bought from thrift stores and garage sales.

I broke the plates using a towel and hammer.


 I decided to use an old shovel, hand trowel, and a brick.


I started to glue the pieces down with AcrylPRO.


Pique Assiette is a form of art similar to mosaic but specifically uses broken plates and the like arranged in patterns or designs. The name comes from the French pique-assiette, meaning "one who eats from others' plates". Pique assiette is a style of mosaic that incorporates pieces of broken ceramics—plates, dishes, cups, tiles—and other found objects into the design. The appeal and expressiveness of pique assiette lies in the ideas of lateral thinking, humour, recycling, and the significance of the found objects.
-Wikipedia




I love displaying mosaic garden art.


It was a fun project.  I am planning to make another mosaic piece soon!




I went to Home Goods this last week and found these olive colored plates marked down to $3.00!
I couldn't resist!


I'll be sharing my fall tablescape soon.




I found this cute cookie stamp at Anthropologie.


I love the Eiffel Tower handle!


The stamp says, "BAKED FOR YOU"


I made some shortbread cookies with some lilac coloring in it.


Too cute and delicious too!






Stan designed a new area by our pool with brick.


Stan and Justin are working on putting up a new pergola.  I'll share more photos next week.


Maggie and I are excited about the new area!

I hope you all have a creative week.
Looking forward to seeing all the inspiring new projects you've been working on.






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