Mosaics

Garden Mosaics

August 21st, 2009  |  Published in Mosaics

Mosaics are not only used to decorate walls, ceiling, and floors. At present, garden mosaics is also becoming quite popular.

If you have time, why don’t you try creating your very own unique mosaic birdbaths, stepping stones, benches, and many others. Mosaic kits are widely available in almost all hardware stores so that you will not have a hard time in finishing your artworks.

For the stepping stones, there are lots of designs to choose from. The stones are available in different shapes including hexagon, square, and round. If you shop around, you can find ready-made mosaic stepping stones but if you want create your own mosaic, you can purchase the kits that come with a glass design, background, mortar, and glue. Some of the most common designs for the stepping stones are flamingo, sunflowers, bouquet, bluebonnets, frog, rabbit, butterfly, fairy, and birdhouse.

Birdfeeders are mostly found in gardens. You can make your birdfeeder more attractive by creating a mosaic. You can use fused glass and terracotta for the mosaic but you can also use other tesserae of your choice. For the birdbaths, you can create the mosaic on the bath itself. There are lots of designs that you can choose from like spring flowers, butterflies, angels, bluebonnets, and sunflower. If this is your first time, try to use a simple design. After you’ve finished with your mosaic, the birds will surely be attracted at the colorful mosaic of the bath.