I finally got to it!
I have been wanting to try my hand at making a mosaic project.
I bought some glass tiles and broken china on eBay a few years ago.
Then found a box of supplies at a garage sale.
I used a coupon to purchase the cutter and picked up a few heart shaped pieces of wood.
And it all sat in the closet ~ until now.
Not sure where to begin, I donned a pair of goggles and began cutting some pieces and playing around with a design. Trying to make the finished heart a little more useful, I added a tiny peg that can be used to hang a necklace or two. I glued down each piece into place with an adhesive for mosaics.
When the glue was dried, I opened the bottle of grout to find it was rock hard. Off to the craft store for a new one and then on to the messy work of grouting.
Being sure that all of the spaces and crevices between each cut piece was filled, I scraped the excess off and waited about 30 minutes.
I lightly sprayed the surface with a water bottle and began rubbing away the grout that covered each tile.
Finally each little heart was finished. A loop of ribbon was glued to the back and covered with a heart-shaped piece of card stock.
With an ‘I love you!’ sticker on the back, these hearts are ready to box up and make their way to the post office on Monday bound for some precious little girls that melt my heart.
They are precious Lorraine and will be love now and even moreso as each girl grows up 🙂
You are so creative and multi-talented!!
They're just darling, Lorraine! I'm sure the girls loved them! I know I would. 🙂 Have a happy Sunday, sheila
I think your hearts turned out just beautiful and thank you for visiting my blog and mentioning Mosaic Monday. I hadn't discovered it and I am heading there now to give it a look.
Such a nice mosaic idea!! I also love from time to time to make a mosaic, yours is wonderful done!
Oh so beautiful! I might have expected something so special to come from you Lorraine! These are treasures indeed, your girls will love them….=)
This is a lovely mosaic! I am hosting a Giveaway on my blog. I would love for you to stop by.hugs Anu
Lorraine- Those are beautiful and you did a wonderful, wonderful job…especially considering you never did any tile work before! Those little girls are gonna LOVE them! Hugs-Diana
These are absolutely precious!! I'd never have guessed this was your first try at mosiacs!! Great job!! 🙂
These are great! What a wonderfully crafty idea, I'm sure your girls will love them.
These are great! I'm inspired by your project and the fact that you got around to doing it.
How beautiful! What's next? A tabletop maybe? The hearts are just too pretty to stop there.
Sherry @ A Happy Valentine
Lorraine,
Those are just lovely. Ceramic mosaics are another thing I would love to try. Just not enough hours in the day.
Carol
You are amazing! Is there anything you can't do? Thanks so much for sharing this fun project. I am inspired!
Oh those came out wonderful. I did a mosaic project before~ And I really enjoyed it. I would love to do a whole table top ~Love your hearts~Heather 🙂
Really lovely. You did a fabulous job on them. Bet the girls are going to be thrilled.
Oh my how very well done! You are so talented! Happy Valentines Day to you! Cathy
Your sweet girls are going to love these! You make the best gifts ~ I have loved everyone of them.
These hearts are awesome ~ so special that you personalized them. I remember how much my daughters liked anything with their names on it.
I'm going to tuck this idea away for future reference ~ thanks so much for sharing the how-tos!
That's such a sweet gift for a little girl. Good for you for giving it a try – I'd say you have a new craft mastered!
A great idea! They will love it! `Thanks for sharing!
Best wishes,
Markus
These mosaic hearts are fantastic. I'm sure every little girl would love to receive such beautiful Valentine's Day present.
Hi. Thanks for stopping by and leaving the kind comments. You have a lovely family and blog. Your hearts turned out beautiful, and the other items you make are gorgeous. Love that baby with your beanie!
~ Julie
I love your mosaic heart! Beautiful work!
That is super! I love mosaics…seems like hard work though! They look so pretty. XO
They are adorable, the girls will love them. You did a fantastic job!!!
WOW how cute are they! I love love this crafty project you did!!
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How darling! The little girls in your life are going to adore these. What an amazing job you did!
Oh, Lorraine, they are fantastic! I have been wanting to try my hand at mosaic, also. I would like to do a bird bath ~ but perhaps should start with something a little smaller for the first time!
Won't your little sweethearts just love their mosaic hearts! Such treasures from a special grammy!
Blessings!
These are adorable. It looks as if you've been doing tile work for ages and I am sure the little girls will be thrilled.
GASP……Those are gorgeous! You're way ahead of me with the mosaics. I collected things I thought I would use for that purpose one day, then finally gave it to the Salvation Army. I realized it was probably one craft beyond what I was actually going to do. Your's are beautiful!
You sound like me buying things with intentions of making something and then letting it sit.
These turned out really nice. I love the color choices and the pieces with the little roses on them are perfect. I bet they are going to just love these
Those are way too cute! I didn't know you could buy broken china off eBay. Interesting. I thought I was going to have to break china to do this kind of craft and I didn't have the heart to do that (break china).
WOW!! I think these came out absolutely adorable!
Great job!!
Hug,
Debbie
These are adorable Lorraine. As a little girl, I loved something with my name on it…your sweeties are going to love hanging their necklaces or hair ribbons on these little hearts. They each have such beautiful names too. Hope you have a great week.