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New thing

Saturday nights in our house are not typical of other peoples Saturday nights.

A wild party could be going on but, at 8pm, the party stops and the books come out. Its a thing.

Well, last night, I wasn't in the form for reading. I had a thing I was itching to try.

On a whim I bought a mosaic coaster kit from Hobbycraft in the shape of a bee. I really like it, its cute and pretty.

However, I didn't want this one to be a disaster, so I bought a practice. A flamingo.

Last night, I broke it out and starting my first ever mosaic piece:


It was fun but not perfect. My version looks nothing like the picture. But it was my first go so I'm sure with practice it'll get better.

I didn't have tweezers etc and was using my fingers to try and put the pieces in, I even resorted to scissors to force the bits into place. (NB, my philosophy is: If in doubt, use scissors. Be it gardening or crafting, scissors for everything!)

I put the grout on before I went to bed and it looked a bit better:



I think I made the grout too thin cuz it went everywhere! Its a bit like icing sugar I suppose, a teeny bit of water to start!

But, this morning I cleaned it off and my coaster is now in use! Not bad for a fiver and a first attempt, eh.





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