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| I've had some discussions with some folks lately on how to do broken china mosaics. And it occurred to me that while I knew HOW to do it, and the final product turned out nicely, there can be unexpected frustrations in what seems like such a happy, calming and simple craft.
Anyway, thinking about this, I thought you all might get a kick out of one of my past incidents of mass mosaicing around Mother's Day-- and how too much of a good craft is STILL too much. :-) If you have a moment, you can view the blog link here:
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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- Posted by craftylady-2006 (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 07 at 14:04
| I love your blog story, you had me LMAO about the skinny flabby arms and the brain saying you've got to make six - too funny Jenn. Also, my sis loves to decorate French Country and I forwarded your website to her in an email. She was very, very impressed with all of your creations and just loved all of it. |
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- Posted by thrift_shop_romantic (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 07 at 8:17
| Oh, that's so lovely, thank you. And thank you, too, for passing the link along. Next time I mosaic, I'm going to make sure to set the scope of my project to something more reasonable, so I'll enjoy it more. It's a great craft, and there are so many wonderful things you can do. But clearly not when it's a Mosaic Marathon. :-) Have a happy Monday! |
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- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 07 at 20:15
| Jenn, I loved reading about your mosaic experience. Nice to have someone totally honest about thier struggles. Having only had the experience of working with grout once (laid some tiles in a small entry way.) And remembering the wiping, and wiping, and wiping to get it off the tiles and only in the grout lines during that experience--I have been very reluctant to try doing mosaic projects of any kind. LOL Luvs |
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- Posted by toomuchglass (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 07 at 20:46
| I posted your struggles over at the stained glass & mosaic forum --------- Full credit to you ! --- I think we've all been there - done that - and have that little annoying person in our heads too ! LOL |
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- Posted by thrift_shop_romantic (My Page) on Tue, May 8, 07 at 10:51
| Ha- TooMuchGlass-- It's so reassuring to know you veteran mosaicers can recall the initial mosaic challenges. :-) And thanks so much for posting the link in that section. This is such a huge site, I don't get over there-- in spite of loving to see other people's mosaicing projects. Yep, the ol' inner voice is just a BIT too ambitious sometimes. But hey, that's how we learn. --Jenn |
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| Jenn, just had to say I love reading your bolg! you did a beautiful job on your steping stones! Oddie |
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- Posted by thrift_shop_romantic (My Page) on Thu, May 17, 07 at 12:19
| You're always so nice, Oddie. Thanks a bunch! :-) --Jenn |
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| OMG that was really funny and you write so well - and sadly I have thought often about trying the mosaic thing - maybe I'll just sit on that idea for awhile... very lovely stones you've created! Suzan J |
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- Posted by jaybird (jbmusik@yahoo.com) on Fri, Sep 7, 07 at 13:52
| What a great story!!!! You are way too cute!! Take care and have a great weekend! |
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