Parenting and Mental Health Blog
I always want to be working on something, so as soon as one is finished, another is begun. This design has been popular so didn't have to think much about the design, however it's the colours that take me time to decide on. I've already changed the petals from orange to a blue/green stained glass....
I wanted to save this wonderfully descriptive article on Anxiety from The Mighty, written by Lauren Jarvis-Gibson. I'm Sorry for the Things Anxiety Makes Me Do
The month gone by since last posting in my gratitude diary has been an emotional one, settling back into life without Nita. I finished the mosaic for Nita's sister, and shipped it off yesterday afternoon and have been really down in the dumps and teary today, missing who and what I don't have. So I... Continue Reading →
I've been asked by a friend's daughter to make a simple mosaic - a pineapple with a white background on a circular backing. I've used white iridised tiles around the border, venetian glass tiles for the background, glass gems for the border of the pineapple, and stained glass to fill in the pineapple and to... Continue Reading →
I certainly have. Particularly after two people who dislike me made derogatory remarks about "the crap I write" and "why would anyone read" that crap? My first thought both times was "why would anyone read a blog they thought was shite??" That just seems bizarre to me, and a them problem not a me problem!... Continue Reading →
I've been asked by Nita's sister, Kayla, to make a mosaic for her, similar to 'Nita's Garden' that I made in her memory for myself. The only specifications are that it be in light blues (their favourite colour), and has her nickname on it. I finally found another outlet to buy the bases in the... Continue Reading →
This is the latest mosaic I've been working on. It will be sold with a mirror in it, not a tuxedo cat!! I love how our boy, Ji (J-eye), took to this frame! He was determined not to get up and out, and I ended up just taking the frame up from around him. He... Continue Reading →
I made this one weeks ago, thought I had glued down all the pieces and it just needed grouting. But no...only glued down the border and the red moon, so sitting tonight finishing the rest. I wanted to step out of my colour comfort zone with this one, and use the beautiful stained glass pieces I... Continue Reading →
I'd wanted to make a mosaic in memory of Nita and was inspired by a recent photo of a pale flowering Iris Nita had given to her son and daughter in law. Nita loved her garden and flowers, and I've included her flowering iris on the bottom left. I wanted the flowers to be bright... Continue Reading →
I've never thought of myself as having an artistic bone in my body, so what the hell am I doing throwing myself into any kind of art form?! And why mosaics? Well, I was sitting waiting for an appointment, and was admiring a large mosaic that covered the front of the reception desk. I've seen... Continue Reading →
Seriously???!!!!! What kind of father leaves a message like that for their 16 year old daughter because she doesn't want to talk to him?? (And she hasn't since she first sought him out and met him 4 years ago.) My daughter's father does, that's who. He's never sent her a birthday card nor Christmas card,... Continue Reading →
Have we been introduced? My name is Death. Don't mistake me for Dying, We're not anything alike. I'm not cruel or prolonged, People misunderstand. I'm quick and compassionate, Momentary, documented in time. I take away your fears. My white light will fill you. Peace will envelope you, Like none you've felt before. You'll have someone... Continue Reading →
