Very creative ideas! Love the spice rack repurposed as a trellis!

Hey Maxie, I picked up a half truck load of slate left over from a ladies tiling DIY job. I love it and plan to grout it onto some concrete 12"X 12" step stones. I'm hoping they will look as good as yours does.

Jitterbug, Your accent iron pieces make your garden plants look super!!!!! That took imagination!!! Great projects you two.

I love the pavers! They are interesting and look aged. I like things that aren't all symetrical and perfectly organized (possibly because I am incapable of such work - lol). Great repurpose of the spice rack. I would never have known that was what it was in a former life. Now if I would have had all that mortar, I would have been breaking every plate in sight to add to it! lol! I don't know how well you can see the picture at Candance Bahouth's web site (see link below). She has a picture of a stone wall on which she mosaiced a section in blue. It almost looks like a waterfall. At her site, click on "slideshow of work" on the right side of the screen. The stone wall is about 14 pictures through the slideshow. Don't click through too fast! You will definitely want to see her mosaiced shoes!

Your DH sounds like a great guy for a junker to have around!

Here is a link that might be useful: Candance Bahouth's Mosaics

Nice border for your flowers!! Cute idea using spice rack!! Jan

Luna..WOW...that Candance does some beautiful mosaic work...love that waterfall idea too..cant imagine how many hours went into that.
Susie...bet that slate will look great on some stepping stones..after that beauiful mosaic bowling ball you did, I'm envious!!
We're trying to make a walkway into the shop..so slowly but surely..sadly, out of mortor now, til the next job.