Mosaics

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Hello craftgirls!
This is my first post, but I've been inspired by this group for quite some time! I'm currently taking a mosaics class, so I've been doing a lot of that, but I also love making jewelry, scrapbooking, and lots of crafts! I've been super productive this summer, so I'll be showing a lot of it off as I am able to take pictures of it!
Tonight I'm sharing the gifts I made for my sister's 18th birthday, all inspired by the celtic knot beads...


While vacationing and shopping in downtown Asheville NC this summer, I found an awesome bead shop. Found the celtic knot beads (ilea found some at artbeads.com), the large green vintage jade beads, and shiny green seed beads there. Everything else was found at Micheal's.


you can't tell, but the tube beads appear purple-ish



I decided I wanted to mosaic something for her too, so, using the supplies available, I made this:



Originally I wanted to use only green to go with the beads, but there weren't enough tiles, so I added the blue, and I love it.

After that, I decided to mosaic the inside of the box...



I was inspired by some artwork I saw in NC, and found a way to glue pics to clear glass and then mosaic them! I plan to make a lot more stuff using this idea! Here it is before I grouted it:



Sorry I forgot to take pics after I grouted, but it turned out nice. None of the grout seeped under the glass like I was afraid!

Thanks for looking!