Look What Just Arrived!!!

Guess What?!?!? It's summer! And you know what that means? Yes, more time for creativity, designing, browsing second-hand stores, dreaming of inspirations, and so much more! Look what just arrived at Zinnia's in Scotts Valley!! More creations to get inspired from and also of course for purchase should you be in the market for a one-of-a-kind gift for a loved one/friend or just to adorn you lovely garden! So much to cover in so little time :)....Enjoy, and keep a look out for new items coming soon!

Marble keeper

A great place to keep your marbles safe!!! I LOVE creating my own marbles for decorative options to pots/mirrors and statuary! Find your favorite clipping (romantic, retro, victorian, fav print of a master painting, family copied photo) and seal it with a lovely clear large half-flat marble to accentuate and enlarge the image....what a great idea when you are running low on materials, or to add some lovely imagery/color!!! Ciao! Happy Designing :)

Transitions!!!

Here is the transition from white lovely kitchen...in need of some color!! The middle photo is the mid-project of the mosaic wall, with the finished product seen in the following post of Love Life Live! Also, here you can see the checkered color tile pop that separates the kitchen garden windows :)

Love Life Live...New life to a kitchen wall :)

Hey...lookie-here! We purchased out little mountain home and quickly needed to add some serious personal touches with.....you guessed it; mosaic tiles!!! I LOVE The Tree of Life and decided to add some Stellar Blue Jays, pine cones and make our Tree of Life an Apple Tree, because they are on our property. This creation was done with recycled 3/4 inch x 3/4 inch glass tiles...I must point you yet again in the direction of Modwalls.com for some amazing supplies!!! The grout is a pewter sanded grout. The base material is standard hardibacker attached to the kitchen wall with sheet rock screws for support (be careful to not tighten them to tight as this can warp the hardibacker a little!)....Anyway, I love it. I also added a strip of color between the kitchen garden windows for some added "POP!"...Love, Love, Love!!! Happy designing all!

Another Kitteh Abound!

I had fabulous customer order a Seal Point after seeing the last posted picture of "A New Cat in Town"...I used the amazingly wonderful Brio Glass product on most of the statuary with the exception of the creme pottery and the vintage red Zinnia on his hip...I LOVE HIM! I hope my customer does too! The project is grouted in in a standard sanded gray grout...wonderful!

There's a New Cat in Town

Hello again! Here is another feline that just got finished. He is a Seal Point Siamese sweetie and was soooo much fun to do. I battled with the decision to grout with either a buttercream, or a pewter grout. I like the final look with the darker grout, as the kitty I designed from was a darker Seal Point.
Materials are Brio glass, ceramic vintage ware, handmade Klimt inspired marble.
Grout is sanded. Always fun to receive and meet the challenge of a customer's request! Happy Designing!!!

Meow-zers!

Hey there again mosaic'ers. Here is a sweet stoic kitty kat, perfect for a front stoop. Flat black ceramic plates, combines with a toille floral and insect print for added attraction and zebra print plate for his chest. He is grouted in a pewter colored sanded grout. I always have issues with what to do with the eyeballs. Sometimes I get lucky and am able to find a plate flower print that I can nip-out and use for eyes, other times I simply cut-out a colored plate to shape. Here, I used the tradional colored-glass marble....it seemed to work well :)
Helpful hint: Follow the original form of the statuary. Use these lines as direction for placing your ceramic/glass pieces. Falling out of line sometimes blurs the idea and loses the shape and form you are trying to create and get in an end piece...just a suggestion.
Have fun designing!!