Mosaic Making

I think I hinted at something fun I wanted to share previously, well today's the day to share my adventures in mosaics! Ben's cousin Carmen stayed with us over the holiday period and she was kind enough to teach us her expertise. I was instantly sold at how fun and beautiful the art of mosaics could be :) Since I'm all about flowers this year, I thought a classic rose would be the perfect design for a plain paver in our yard.

I still can't believe I made that! It was the perfect combo between things I love, puzzles, design and colours with a practical end result :)

After smashing, cutting, assembling and gluing our pieces the night before, the morning was spent grouting and this is where the photos are from :)

This was my piece pre-grout

And now, cue the photos of Carmen being a great teacher!

On the right is Carmen's finished piece that she left with us and which we promptly put up in our home :)

My guy post-grouted

The brick on the very end was a quick throw away piece to use up any left over grout. The shell planter was Ben's Mum who also stayed with us :)

Some close ups: I used a ceramic moon and two ceramic butterflies as well, which has given Ben and I lots of ideas to merge our ceramics with this new hobby. Ben, by the way, did this amazing turtle but he worked slower than the rest of use and had to grout his piece the next day.

Every time I go out into the garden or step onto the paver, I get this wave of proudness! 

Creating is so fun :)