Crafts we Make

Here's some of the crafts we make for our home and gardens. If you have any questions on any of the crafts just email me and we will try and help you.

Deb's Mosaic Pot

Purchase or select a terra cotta flower pot. Larger flower pots are easier to cover with mosaic than smaller ones.
I put clear coat on the inside and outside of the pot.
I used nippers to cut my plates for tesserae and glued it on with GE 2. You can also break tiles or plates inbetween newspaper.
Put the GE 2 on the mosaic item and press it on to the terra cotta pot. Repeat this step until all of the items are glued to the pot. Set aside for 24 hours. Some popular mosaic items include: broken tile, broken plates, jewelry, beads, beans, marbles, smooth rocks, and sliced cork.
Grouted with mapei ultraflex grout . Apply the grout to the spaces between each mosaic item. Let the grout set ten minutes. Remove excessive grout on the items by rubbing with a newspaper.
Use a damp sponge to remove the grout that remains on the mosaic items. Wipe gently.
Let grout dry for a couple of days.
Then seal with aquamix grout sealer.
Fill with a beautiful plant or use as a decorative container.

For this particle one I made labels for the bottle myself and added it for a more personalized bottle.

Then all you do is add grapes or flowers to the top and insert a 10 count light string.
You can get the battery operated ones or the plug in kind. I also added raffia to the top.
Insert your cork and there you have a very neat night light, accent light or just a beautiful accent piece.

Judy made this neat tag for our tag swap.
Notice the detail she put into the Santa that she woodburnt onto the wood.

This is some of the woodburning that Judy does. She has various patterns that she traces onto the wood blank and then she burns it with her woodburning tool. Then she just paints the areas that she feels should be painted.

She uses Acrylic paint that she buys at WMart and Hobby Lobby.
Woodburning kits can run from 20.00 on up.

Her wood blanks are slices of tree branches that they take off of their property.

She loved this pattern in the wood so much that she had to save it. Great Job Judy

My Gourd Work

First off you have to have some cleaned gourds.
Then make the hole for the birds and I make several small holes in the bottom of the gourd also.
Then decide where you want to put the holes for your hanger.

Then I roll out my clay the kind that you bake in the oven and place my design with the clay on the gourd. Then I bake at 275 degrees for about 20 to 30 minutes depending on the thickness of the clay. After your gourd and clay have cooled then you can paint or stain. Let your gourd dry a couple of days, then brush on varnish, polyacrylic or similar material to seal everything. Let dry again for a day or so, then add more varnish etc. Then finish off your decorating.

Old Fashioned Decoupaged in New Ways.

Materials needed.
Mod Podge either satin or gloss

Square or round wood, plastic canvas, paper machie, wood boxes, tiles or stone and glass are all suitable for decoupaging.

Polycrylic either satin or gloss, or Varnish

Paper of choice–cards, scrapbooking paper, wall paper,tissue (I found tissue paper hard to use)
magazine pages, etc.

If using plastic cut the design you wish. Wood square or round.

Put a thin layer of mod podge on paper and place on item to be decoupaged. Put several coats at least 3 to make a shiny glass like appearance on the paper.
I use gloss on mine.
You can layer several layers on one piece. Lisa done the stone tile one.

Purchase or select a terra cotta flower pot. Larger flower pots are easier to cover with mosaic than smaller ones.

I put clear coat on the inside and outside of the pot.

I used nippers to cut my plates for tesserae and glued it on with GE 2. You can also break tiles or plates inbetween newspaper.

Put the GE 2 on the mosaic item and press it on to the terra cotta pot. Repeat this step until all of the items are glued to the pot. Set aside for 24 hours. Some popular mosaic items include: broken tile, broken plates, jewelry, beads, beans, marbles, smooth rocks, and sliced cork.

Grouted with mapei ultraflex grout . Apply the grout to the spaces between each mosaic item. Let the grout set ten minutes. Remove excessive grout on the items by rubbing with a newspaper.

Use a damp sponge to remove the grout that remains on the mosaic items. Wipe gently.

Let grout dry for a couple of days.

Then seal with aquamix grout sealer.

Fill with a beautiful plant or use as a decorative container.