Enter our very first PieceMakers
"KICK OFF GIVEAWAY"

"Ideas for future challenges"

Starting today until December 31^st, leave a comment on this post with your challenge idea, and you'll be entered to win!

For anyone who doesn't know, here is an explanation of what a "challenge" is: A few times a year, the PieceMakers come up with an "idea" or "theme" that we will all try to create in mosaic form... something like "create your best mosaic birdhouse", or maybe, "make a mosaic beach scene". It can be something big & crazy too, like "create a mosaic chair". :)

A challenge represents a time for us to break from what we normally do, and a chance for us to see what each of our unique creative brains come up with.

So, get your friends involved & hop on over here and enter.

It couldn't be any easier!

The person with the best challenge idea will win this Mosaic Leash and Key Hanger, from Mandolin Mosaics

...AND A SECOND GIVEAWAY

TO A RANDOM PERSON

WHO LEAVES A COMMENT ANYWHERE ON THIS BLOG:

A wonderful complete mosaic starter kit full of tiles, tessarae, focals, and other surprises to help you create a great mosaic. -even if it's your first one!

Check out all of the PieceMakers stores on etsy so you can get an idea of the fun prize and future prizes.

The winner will be picked at random for the second prize.

VOTING FOR THE BEST CHALLENGE IDEA AND WINNER OF THE MANDOLIN MOSAIC PRIZE WILL BEGIN JANUARY 1ST AND END JANUARY 7TH MORE INFO TO FOLLOW ON VOTING.

Thanks for entering and for your support!

-The PieceMaker Mosaic Artists

Small, Cool Gifts!

$15.99 IBreak4Glass

We all have people that we need to buy a little something for. Maybe it's a teacher, a neighbor, or someone you know you'll bump into over the holidays. Just because it's a small gift doesn't mean it can't be a really cool one! Give one of a kind art this year! - you're supporting an artist & giving a one of a kind, thoughtful present. :)

$30, Cocoplum Mosaics * $26, Rock Candy mosaics

$22 Mandolin Mosaics * $20 Greene Girls Studio

$14 Blue Moose ** $40 Kim's Custom Caps


$31.95 Broken4Art ** $30 Twin Brooks

Christmas Shopping from the Comfort of your PJs

Some PieceMakers only work with Mosaics, but some use other mediums, and sell other items in their shops. Instead of fighting crowds this year, try shopping in your PJs with a hot cup of cocoa and some Christmas tunes playing in the background. From this group alone, you could be buying one of a kind photography, paintings, mosaics, vintage items, clay sculpture, jewelry, and a ton more... all within a price range that fits anyones budget. Or, just browse around for fun & inspiration! You can click on any of these pictures to be taken directly to the artist's shop.

Some Wonderful Art for the Holidays

Here is a selection of beautiful pieces, that would all make special & meaningful gifts this holiday season. Head to the shops listed below the photos to see these & other wonderful works of art.

Greene Goddess Studio
http://www.greenegoddess.etsy.com

I Break 4 Glass
http://www.Ibreak4glass.etsy.com


Broken 4 Art
http://www.Broken4Art.etsy.com

Kim's Custom Caps
http://www.KimsCustomCaps.etsy.com

Mandolin Mosaics
http://www.mandolin2.etsy.com

Twin Brooks
http://www.twinbrooks.etsy.com

Rock Candy Mosaics
http://rockcandymosaics.com


Blue Moose
http://www.bluemoose.etsy.com

Each of these artists has both big & small items... and surely something for everyone on your list this year!

The House of Shards

There are so many amazing homes & gardens just full of mosaics! I would love to find them all, and post them here. It's always such an inspiration to me to look at the artistic accomplishment of others. This amazing cottage is in Abita Springs, Louisiana. John Preble runs the Abita Mystery House... a museum full of wonderful eccentricity that has now joined my ever-growing list of places I must go.

For more information, and for some additional pictures, head to the museums website: http://abitamysteryhouse.com/

Southern California Masterpiece

What a masterpiece! Cheri & Gonzalo have been turning their home into a mosaic wonderland for over a decade. I can officially never say that any project is "taking too long" or "too big" again.

At some point in the future, I'll get out to California, and see their home first hand. I may pass out, but I there's a good chance I wouldn't be the first one.

Please check out their website... it will remind you of the endless possibilities of our art!
http://www.cheripann.com/