The Finished Piece!

I finally finished the mirror and was trying to get some good pictures of it.  The closeups are fairly easy to do but I sure have a hard time with the full front of my mirrors.  As soon as you snap the picture you realize that your feet were in it or the mirror is smudged or the flash went off and is blinding the photo.

Anyway, here it is.  I am very happy with the end result.  It took considerably longer to work each tile in so that the grout lines are finer, but it's a challenge and keeps me on my toes.

I was stuck for something interesting to do and my husband suggested I run some leaves up to the top so that's what I did.

The focal on this mosaic is a top to a trinket box that I hand painted to match the colors in the tiles.

I added a cute little knob that I hand painted in a rich salmon to enhance some of the flowers in the pattern of the dishes I used for this project. 

Nightstand Makeover, Part 2

I have finished the initial painting in the country maple on all the trim and top.
I am purposely leaving the shelves untouched as I plan to use a decoupage of a fun paper in there. The lines you see are grooves that were originally filled with some awful caulking or something when I first bought it. No way to make that look good with paint so I am going to cover it up.
Since these photos are being taken in my work room at night the color is a little drab. It is actually more of a golden hued paint on the trim.

Here is the pillow sham that I wanted to compliment. I felt the stencils tied in well with it. Again the colors are so washed out here, as this is rich golds, browns, and rusts, but you get the idea.

I decided to do a stencil of a leaf on all four corners. I figure she will probably have a lamp on it so no point in covering the center.

This was done in a metallic glaze of bronze. It gives is a transparent look.

My final post will have the finished piece as I am working on that today. I still need to do some antiquing and then varnish.