Getting in the HOliday mood!

Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (c) 1945
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I brought some corn for popping;
The lights are turned way down low,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

When we finally say good night,
How I'll hate going out in the storm;
But if you really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing,
But as long as you love me so.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

My friend Tracey aka Shabbygirlmosaics!

Check out these birdhouses and clock from Shabbygirlmosaics on ebay , she made these wonderful china birdhouses for a show she is going to be in this weekend. Tracey is from Australia and we met thru eBay about 3 months.. Just look at that wonderfully designed clock folks! What a keeper that is. Each piece perfectly laid out the pearls are the perfect finish on that clock. Beautiful design and layout on all of them and she also sells on etsy.com. Tracey can be found here on flickr . Tracey can also be found here on etsy. Updated photos will be added later. But for now check these out. If you need any of the little bird's or butterfly's you can find them in my ebay store.

Finished Sculptured Roses from clay

Hi, here are a few of my finished sculptured roses fresh out of the kiln and ready to sell on eBay.Carol's rose's can be found here on eBay.

I don't think anything will ever take the place of kiln fired roses! They take time to shape each petal and to make sure they dry the way you want them to. These are fresh out of the kiln and finished cooling. Notice I have stilted them? I also made sculptured leaves to go with them. they are used mostly in mosaic. Take a peek at my Mirror I did in the last challenge, you can see how I used these roses on it.

Playing in the clay!

Hi folks, I spend most of my days playing in the clay, since this is what I do in my spare time to make some jingle in my pockets.

I have been playing in the clay for over 12 years now. Found my first piece of clay in the Tennessee river when hubby was diving there way back when we lived in Tennessee. I have been hooked on clay since.

here are some of my hand sculptured roses yet to be fired in the kiln, among some other things.

Interested in some wonderful Photography? check out

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5607186
this lady is wonderful with a camera. She takes these amazing photos of real life. sells on etsy. Check her out. This girl also does some amazing mosaic art pieces. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13779346

Team ESST Supply your HOliday sAle.

click on link to take you to all our members in this sale

http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5431541

Sept Challenge in AMVS group Mirror

http://stores.ebay.com/Mosaic-Tiles-and-Sculptures-By-CMK link to my ebay store for thes e and other tiles.
I really enjoyed doing this challenge this past month, we decided to do a mirror. My first time on this one . I started off with a nice round mirror with a fancy edge on it. Taped it up really good since I did not want to scratch it you know with all the work I knew I was gonna be doing. Painted it a pretty soft flat pink. Cut some vintage Harker plate rims with 22k gold on the edge. glued those around the very edge. Added some of my handmade faux chintz rose tiles broken up. Working along I decided to use one of my handmade lady busts. I had to cut the back out of her to make her fit the edge of the mirror. She was hand painted and hand made by me. Once I had all my tiles glued down . a gave it a rest for the day. Two days later after the glue is dry I grouted the piece in sanded white grout. Let that set up for a few more days and sealed it. Back to work the next day I had the lady bust glued on and a few of the 3D roses I also make. Pretty shades of pink. I added some sculptured green leaves, had to let those dry before I was able to finish the mirror. Added some vintage buttons with pearls on them, strung some mini pearls around her neck and added two as earrings. Used a vintage clip back earring as a brooch on her dress. She look's so elegant. Added a single rose at the bottom of the piece and two more vintage buttons and some sculptured leaves. The last thing i put on the piece was to glue each pearl around the edge of the mirror. Altered pink and creme glass pearls around the inside of the frame. Took photos for the group post. I think this was a pretty fast project. I learned not to try and use two part epoxy on so many pearls.