Christmas Presents!!

I made a mosaic Christmas present a couple weeks back, but wanted to make the bow pop out a little more on the others I needed to make.  These are headed to Pazzazed in northern New Jersey on Friday!!

This picture shows the two mosaics - the bow is glued into the actual present.

 

I also did a squatty one.  I have one more to finish before they ship off!

 

This A is for Aiden, sure to be a sports fan once he's out of diapers.  I made the sports balls out of polymer clay.

E is for Elephant

Earlier this year, I made a custom mosaic pink and brown giraffe.  This elephant is going to the same home.

 I put the bow on the tail like Eeyore!  It's made of polymer clay.

Elephant toes.

Elephant eye.

Elephant tusk.

Elephant trunk.

Custom by Design

Lots of custom orders happening!  LOVE IT!  This one is for a guy who volunteers at a pit bull rescue.  He wanted something in that theme with a late 1800's feel.  I think I got it!

That's a Victorian era window sash and is meant to reference the "setting free" of these dogs.  Setting them free from homelessness, from abusive owners, from dog fighting and ultimately, from the emotional issues they suffer as a consequence.

The neutral colors, back stamp, and pearls also give it that late 1800's feel.

Next up, a custom plate for a fire fighter.  The red dishes up top represent flames.  I made the hydrant out of polymer clay.

This letter "H" was my first custom order from Zaarly.  It's for a little boy named Henry.

I like to include tid bits that represent the letter, like this horse . . .

. . . and a hydrant

. . . adorable tiny helicopter.

Next on my Zaarly list, I'm working on a super cool letter "A" in teal blue, purple, and green.  Pics coming soon!

Tres Chic

God love my friend, Monet, in Denver. At this point, just about every switch plate in her house is decked out with a custom mosaic design. Here is the latest for her daughter, a hip girl with a style all her own.

The black flowers are a little goth.

A girl after my own heart - I love the skull and crossbones, too!

And an "S" to top off the personalization.

The plate for Monet's son is currently under construction.

Can I Get A WOOF?!

I wanted to make something special for Scott and Jeff to thank them for hosting my fabulous visit to Arizona. I decided when I was there on a frame - now, if I could only get Connor and Kayla to sit still long enough for a picture. Scott had to help.

An understated "woof".

Complete with dog bones, paws, and a fire hydrant of polymer clay.

Puppy Love

I don't want to make fun of my friend, but she did make a tu-tu for her terrier, Zemi. I think she may need a hobby. Somebody who loves her dog that much needs a custom mosaic heart plaque!

Zemi, the rock star dog.

Complete with tiny perfume bottle . . .

And a polymer clay dog paw. A pic of the actual dog in the tu-tu is coming soon.

Mo Mojo as My Friend elle Would Say

My friend and jewelry artist extraordinaire, elle binder, said I've had some serious mo mojo lately, as in mosaic mojo. elle's fantastic and inspirational jewelry can be found at Stuff in Brookside and she does great custom work. I have been trying to rebuild my inventory and picked up some religious statues over the last few days. The one above came from my friend Erin's booth at the River Market, second floor.

The thing sticking off the side of the picture frame below was actually a brooch. Yikes!

And these switch plates can now be found at Stuff. The hanging plaque features some lips I made of polymer clay. I thought the "clean" plate would be cute in a bathroom and the earrings on the top of it reminded me of bubbles. I decided to do a "dirty" one soon for the bathroom OR the bedroom, I suppose . . .

I've had this shampoo bottle for awhile and thought this plate was a great place for it.

And I just sent The Tropicana Tweet Club up to Sharon in Iowa for Sister's.

I decided to use pennies for the roof again. I'm trying to figure out how to do spoons on the roof of the next one. I'd like to snip off the stems and just overlap the round pieces with chunks of grout in between.


Hard to believe I took these pics on Thursday when it was about 60 degrees. Today is Saturday and it's been snowing all day long. Yuck!

A Little Holiday Decor and Some Custom Mosaics

I am so excited about my little silver holiday vignette!! I've posted pics of my ever-growing tarnished silver collection before, but here, I've combined it with some special touches.

These wonderful little creatures were made by an amazing artist I found on a blog and who has her work for sale on Etsy and on her website. Her name is Crystal and you can find her at http://www.vintagebycrystal.com/.

We have here a little cat girl, a bat girl, and a snow fairie. I was going to take them to work to enjoy on my desk, but I think I'll have to buy more so these can stay at home in this display where they fit so well.

My ever-growing tarnished silver collection.

The tinsel trees are from where else? The Curious Sofa. I bought one for a friend and had to go back to buy mine!!

I made a custom mirror for a girl at work that says "Let it Snow" with a snowman of polymer clay, white, silver, snowflakes, and a touch of lavender.

This old bottle added just the right touch.

Here's the snowman and at the top you can see the last of the vintage swizzle sticks that Becky brought down from Wisconsin a couple of week ago. Yeah!!!

And here's a full shot of the mirror. I have such fun making custom items, especially for the kind of people that just tell me what they like and let me go with little direction. I think this is going in a hutch behind a display of other fun Christmas goodies. All the Austrian crystals and white will reflect in a festive way.

This funky switch plate is custom for my friend Barbara in DC who is giving it to her son and daughter-in-law. They have two small children whom I hope will enjoy the vintage 1950's plastic farm animals and bright colors. Once again, she just told me she wanted a switch plate and the rest was up to me!