More Mosaic
Today we grouted the little test pieces of mosaic Mum and I were playing with: They haven’t quite finished drying yet, so they haven’t been polished. Not the most artistic, but we had fun 🙂
Day off
esterday I took the day off so Mum and I could do some serious shopping. Except neither of us is very good at serious shopping, so it quickly devolved into a bit of vague wandering around the shops deciding we didn’t actually want to buy anything anyway, interspersed with many many breaks for tea and…
Not quite as impressive
t may look a bit underwhelming next to yesterday’s photos of the amazing Crack’d for Christchurch mosaics, but I’m happy enough with how my little attempt is progressing, for a first effort. I finally got round to doing the grouting this morning, and it’s now drying, ready to be polished tonight. It was, as promised,…
Flora and Otto
arvestbird, the miniest mini-Harvestbird and I had planned to go to Dorothy’s this afternoon for tea and scones and cucumber sandwiches, but alas when we got to Cranmer Square there was no sign of the little green caravan. So we went to the Coffee House instead, in anticipation of cake. Unfortunately, in their reinvention they’ve…
No grout, just cake
idn’t get round to grouting the mosaic today after all – when I read the instructions properly and saw the bit about having to clean the tiles 12 hours after you grout them, I decided to leave it until next weekend when I could actually manage that without having to get up early tomorrow morning…
A cat and a sunny spot
or a change, this weekend arrived with nothing written into my diary. It actually left me feeling slightly at a loss this morning – I seem to have had something planned every weekend for months, so not having to work around being at some particular place at some particular time felt weird. But I quickly…
Random swirls or a cat's tail?
Lytteltonwitch asked if my mosaic was going to be a cat. No, just a random swirly pattern, but if you squint your eyes the right way it might be a cat’s tail… It may look complete, but actually I didn’t have enough of the yellow tiles to finish the sides: Plus of course it still…
Stupidly early in the morning
As promised, photo of the work in progress: Gotta go now, need to get to the airport (flying up to Wellington for the day always seems like such a good idea – after all it’s just a 40 minute flight, hardly any time at all. Until you add on check-in time, and getting to and…
It's not a new hobby, honestly (yeah, I'm not convinced either)
ou know how I keep saying I have too many hobbies? And that I really really don’t need any more, especially of the crafty variety that involve a large investment in tools and material (not to mention time)? And that I’m really really really going to stick to just quilting and cross-stitch and lace making…