A very, very stormy Wednesday!

On this terribly stormy day (the last day of February!), I am trapped at my home, watching the snow swirling around my house! I am glad to be inside and working on earning and collecting my CEU's as well as working on my mosaics a bit.

Here is my completed shelf/coat rack. I was thinking of painting it black, but for now I will just clean it up and re-oil it.

I am very pleased with how this came out. I like it A LOT and I am thinking of asking between $400 - $500 for it. Which seems like a lot of money for this, (I worked on this between 30-40 hours), but I think it is a "show piece" and would certainly be worth it for a special place in someone's home. (Actually, it would look smashing in our bathroom, but I made it to sell so our bath room with remain without it's shelf.)

A Wonderful Photograph

Impulsively, (not that I regret this decesion at all) I purchased this photograph from the gallery owner in Grand Marais, Stephan Hoglund. He had stayed up all night to take this wonderful shot of the northern lights coming through the ancient pines. Now I am thinking of what a wonderful mosaic it would make! We have not decided yet where to put this in our home. Currently it sits on the ottoman leaning against the living room wall.

progress

It is Thursday and I need to go back to work today.

Yesterday I grouted the inside and three out of the four sides of my shelf. You can see the nails that I stuck in the holes so that this shelf will be able to be "bolted" to the wall. Also, I was able to start this Mirror using items that i already had. A good celebration of being almost done with my grocery store job!

Tuesday again!

I finished COMPLETELY attaching the tiles and partial tiles to my shelf/coat rack. Today I think I will grout the top only. I think it would be to much to try to do the whole thing at once. Although all the surfaces are flat, I still need to work around the coat pegs. Perhaps I will break it up into two separate grouting days - the top and outside set of sides today, and the inside and inside sides tomorrow.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I finished my shelf yesterday - at least the top of this shelf. I decided since it is a shelf, it is best for the top to be less decorative and more functional. Although it is still decorative, decorative in a BIG way, rather that small and putzy.

Here are the last two Valentine's pendants. I think I will wear them both today just because!

It is Monday and my only day off for over a week, with two double shifts on Wed and Th.

I had NO TIME to mosaic yesterday. THis is what I managed to squeeze in on Saturday. I hope today to be able to complete filling in the interior of this large leaf on the top surface of my shelf.