Couldn't resist!

This is my treat for this month. I couldn't resist it as soon as I saw it. Hand made by 'Kim Smith', I bought this through her Etsy Shop. I know I should be buying presents for other people in in the run up to Christmas but it looks like I've just added myself on my list of people to buy for! Beautiful!

'Green with Envy'

Another one of this weekend's makes! I bought these lovely tiles months ago but haven't managed to sit down and make anything with them until now. The tiles are iridescent, so they have an emerald green base but reflect shades of blue, green, yellow and pink as they catch the light. I've just added the mirror to my Ebay Shop so I'll see what sort of feedback I get. Fingers crossed :)

Absense makes the heart grow fonder!

I can't believe I've been away from my blog for 3 months! At least my excuse is that I've been really busy with my mosaics. At the moment I'm spending ever spare minute I have on my craft - lots of orders have been keeping me busy!

I've had a quite a few commissions this month. These have been requests for other shapes and sizes in some existing designs. The 'Strawberries & Cream' mirror is for a little girl's birthday - hopefully it will look lovely in her newly decorated pink bedroom!

Also taking up my time recently has been painting. No, not canvasses (although I have got one sitting on my desk at the moment with a set of acrylics, reading for when I have a free afternoon on my hands). I've decided to turn one of the bedrooms in to a craft room, as my current set up is a bit of a disaster at the moment! The walls are almost painted and I've decided on a nice feature wall. It involves pink I'm proud to say, so I can see a nice pink mosaic creation emerging at some point to finish the room off. Pictures will follow...!

Experimenting!

I'm pleased to say that they last few weeks have been very busy order-wise, so I've been spending ever spare minute I have in my craft room! In between orders I've been working on some new ideas though, one of which is a house number. This is just a prototype but I'm quite pleased with the results. I've learnt a few things along the way though (which is just what you want to do when you're experimenting!) so when I next get a day or two free I'll be making a few more 'tweeked' versions. Watch this space...

After a quiet June, the last few weeks as been quite constant in terms of orders (yey!). What's even better is that I've had quite a few requests for made to order mirrors. This is always nice for me as I get to experiment a bit more. For example, I've recently finished a mirror using all black, which I haven't done before.

Anyway, here these are a few that I've been working on over the last few weeks...

First MISI Sale!

Sorry, I've not blogged for nearly a month now! Things have been pretty hectic on the order side, teamed up with work (day job!), housework, gardening and the gym! I haven't even been on the internet much which is very unlike me!

I'm thrilled to announce that I made my very first sale on MISI yesterday! This set of coasters will be winging it's way to my first MISI customer very shortly...

In other news... :) Things are progressing very well with the website. My sister has done a FAB job, I'm really pleased. I've having trouble keeping up with her though - I've decided to take all my own pictures and I can't make them quick enough to keep sending her photos! Along with a number of orders I need to make this weekend I also need to get making for the website. Don't think I'll be taking advantage of the weather for some nice bright shots this weekend though!

Right, I've got to get going with these orders. Tata for now!

Coasters - first attempts

I've had mixed reactions to these, but thought I would post some photos here anyway.  It would be useful to continue to get feedback. For now I've listed them in my MISI shop to see how they get on.

I've decided to go back to my craft room and re-think how I'm going to make my coasters.  I'm thinking it's time to experiment with my wheeled cutters, so instead of using sqaure tiles, I'd cut shapes and start experimenting with coloured grout. This is going to be a bit of a jump forward, as so far I've only used the tiles as they are and stuck with either white or grey grout. All of my work has been self taught and I've used my eye for colour to help with my ideas. Now it's time to take it to the next level, so a few books may be required to help me with the techniques.

It would be nice to see the difference and be able to compare the different types of mosaics.  So, for now, these are my coasters....keep following my blog for the future of my mosaics.