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Mirrored Child's Tea Set

18 years ago

I did this last year, when my parents moved from Illinois to North Carolina, cleaned out their house, and found a child's tea set they had given to one of my daughters years earlier for her birthday. My daughter had opened it there, and we neglected to take it home with us. My dad, who hates clutter, put it away in a closet, and we all forgot about it! My now 15 year old daughter told me I should just mosaic it, so I did.

One thing I learned from working with broken mirror - it's sharp, so be careful!

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Comments (18)

  • 18 years ago

    Let's try that again:

  • 18 years ago

    Wow Tamar I love it done with the mirrors like that. The beads around the edges are a great touch. I see you put a splash of color in the mirror here and there....very nice!!!

  • 18 years ago

    Sorry for posting again but I had to come back and look again. You gave me a great idea. I have a black tray that I am mosaicing for a relay for life auction in may and have been stressing over what to do on it. I think you may have given me a great idea....do it with mirrors and a spot of color here and there.....thank you for the inspiration!!!! (you dont mind me borrowing that idea do ya???!! Please!!!)

  • 18 years ago

    Chickee, not at all! I actually borrowed the idea from my friend Jane, who does EVERYTHING in mirror. Anyway, the bits of color are vitreous glass tile, cut small. Just be careful - I probably ended up with over 20 small slices all over my fingers from the mirror.

  • 18 years ago

    Very pretty set!I like the mirror, silver, white combo!
    If there's no blood on the back of the tile, then it's not truly home made, IMHO!

  • 18 years ago

    Love your tea set with the sprinkles of color!

    Barb

  • 18 years ago

    Oh that is sweet. I love the beads added to it. Oh you gave me ideas. Thank you.........

  • 18 years ago

    Came out beautiful!!

    Maria

  • 18 years ago

    Love it! Working on some of those myself........I cut myself all the time, I think of when I was quilting "don't get blood on it!!"....hehe..I sure use lots of bandaids. I actually stabbed myself (somehow) with needle-nose pliers last night... I need to buy the cutesy pie ones like the grandkids use!

  • 18 years ago

    That is really awesome - I love the beads

  • 18 years ago

    and I just broke a mirror last night...then tossed it.
    dang it!
    don't know if I want to try and recover it from the trash..lol
    I love the tea sets some of you have tackled..
    they really are only for decoration, aren't they?
    I can't imagine trying to pour from them.
    maybe a dumb question but will someone put my mind to rest?

  • 18 years ago

    How darlin'!! Very pretty. You're a busy bee.

  • 18 years ago

    I love the beads and splashes of color with the mirror..great idea and good work.

  • 18 years ago

    WOW! Another beautiful job, you are just pumping masterpcs out! I'm so glad you did this project, recycled and staying in the family!!!!

  • 18 years ago

    that is really beautiful. great job with the beads too. it looks darling,
    bianchi

  • 18 years ago

    Very cute! I think Nice did a child's set too. I'm just amazed that they had siver sets for kids way back when!
    We had PLASTIC!hahaa I don't play with mirror much...I'm a grinder...and mirror doesn't grind well. The way I like to feel my stuff....I'd have to get stitches!

    Hazie

  • 18 years ago

    I just love the mirror on the tea set. And the different colors really set it off. Well done!

  • 18 years ago

    I love the beaded border. It looks like candy.

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