No show

Sorry people, no show here. I'm on a mosaic break to lay down new flooring in my house - I guess you could call it 500 square feet of a strip mosaic. My work area is now a furniture storage area. See you in June!

Dragon Tongue part II

Now that the headboard is done I'm back to Dragon Tongue. I'm still waiting for the glue to dry behind some of the translucent pieces so I can't grout yet. But, I've decided to create a companion piece. I have an identical window and am going to make a tongue out of the amber glass that I used for the herringbone pattern with a background of blues and greens.

The tongue will come out of the side of the window instead of the bottom, but I think I'm going to stick with the pieces being smaller at the bottom and gradually getting larger. Here is the plan and the color palette.

I've got a new headboard

Love it.

Looking Good

I grouted on Tuesday, using an almond color to unify the pattern. I think it looks really nice. Sometimes I add the grout and it doesn't turn out nearly as good as the picture I had in my mind. Luckily that wasn't the case. Shout-out to Tim for helping me grout - for his first time he did really well!

Last night I painted the frame a bright white. Fabulous! Next post will be the completed herringbone headboard.

Cleaning up shop

I've got glass everywhere, so I've implemented a new system to organize it all. I heart containers.

Herringbone Headway

The headboard on Wednesday morning.The headboard today.

Yeah done! Hoping to grout and paint the frame this week.

I've been taking a break

I have admittedly been slacking in the mosaic department. But, I would like to atone by presenting you with an almost finished dragon tongue! It still needs grout and the frame needs to be cleaned up but all of the pieces are glued down. So, progress!

In the headboard department things are in slow motion, but we should kick it in gear later this week.

Headboard update

Here is the latest picture, five panes are completely done, ten to go. At the current pace I should be done by mid March - yikes, I've got to get busy!

Yes, I'm still working

Thought I would post an old project that you haven't seen before unless you have been to the cottage...it is one of my favorites.