It seems like all the introductionary books I have on mosaic craft emphasize breaking your own pieces to your specifications and creating something. Well the problem is irregular pieces aren’t often sold therefore (or easy to break yourself when you have a baby crawling around) I have many, many, many squares tiles and yet I [...]

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I’m doing a craft project of making some coasters with tiles in a mosaic pattern, and wanted to know what the difference in grout and concrete are. I was planning on doing the indirect method (pouring the concrete over the tiles in the mold) and was wanting to know if I should use the sanded [...]

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It seems like all the introductionary books I have on mosaic craft emphasize breaking your own pieces to your specifications and creating something. Well the problem is irregular pieces aren’t often sold therefore (or easy to break yourself when you have a baby crawling around) I have many, many, many squares tiles and yet I [...]

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I’ve checked out some books about how to do it. It looks like something I might want to try. However I’m not sure where to find tile or ceramic to use. I went to the local hardware store but they only had cream, tan, light blue, etc. (boring colors!). The craft store had little bags [...]

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I am trying to install a shower with glass tile background,like the bathrooms designed by Candice Olson. I can’t find the rectangle glass tile pattern she uses any where in home depot,or lowes.they don’t have a good collection of glass tiles. Could anyone please suggest where I can find a good collection of glass tiles [...]

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The location is between the hob and the hood – as a feature. Nine different coloured tiles to fit into this 'random' pattern. How do you get a result that looks good. Is there a formula?

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I am going to make a mosaic stepping stone (10" Diameter circle). I am trying to find a free tile mosaic (not stained glass) pattern. I am looking for something for the garden, flowers, bugs/butterflies or even just a design. Thanks.

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