i like the swirly tiles they add alot of interest LOL @ hubby and kid rolling a container of glass across the living room

What a great idea! Love it!
Bianchi

You need a fix AFTER grouting the bathroom!?

Looks good, love the "primitive" look.

Maria

are you kidding me?! you just kinda threw this together??? I'm still trying to finish gluing the pieces on to my frame I don't think I'll ever finish it, and you needed to do something after your bathroom counter?!
Slow you are amazing send some of those artistic vibes south!!!

I like that very much Slow!! Wish I could do quick fixes as well. Hoping to quick fix the bottom shelf of my long table so I can grout it before I put the grouting materials all away. No I do not know what color yet. LOL I might have to buy some blocks just to have fun with.

Chris

Oh Slow, I get the same way!!! Guess I'll grab that glass boob and get started!!!

Yeah, I know what ya mean...sometimes ya just gotta glue!!!! I love doing those small styrofoam balls that I am doing to fill up the jar. Looks good for a quickie!!!!

Thanks - it was to keep me from pacing the floor w/the project-end-blues. I finally settled down and worked on a purse I've been putzing with for awhile. So much to do and sooooo .....

Very cool. Is that the cinder block you had taken a pic of before?

Slow, you are so creative! I love your pottery! Funny, thing about finishing a project. We can't wait to get it done because we get tired of it then we grieve it's end. I did the same thing the other day. Will take photo later today.

Slow I need of s shot of what you take!LOL I have been in a slump and not even touched my headboards in weeks .What's up with me????I love the way you just get in and do it and everything turns out perfect!

Cheekee: Is there an update coming with your adorable project?!!!
Crackpot: You have inspired me big time, and I am collecting MORE plates(lol, if you saw my stash I have already, shaking head) cuz I'm ready to do a project, don't know what the base will be yet, waiting for something to talk to me!!!

Slow I love that idea and since I have a couple of those blocks already I think I'm going to try it myself. Went to Home Depot and bought a bag of fortified thinset mortar. This will be my first attempt using it...any advice?

jlynn, you'll learn not to be so surprised at Slow's projects...here's a link to one she said wasn't a serious project...just a quick fix! LOL

Barb

Here is a link that might be useful: Slow's quick fix

coming back after looking at the mask..*shaking my head* geesh...that is amazing, well at least there is something for me to aspire to...all of you guys do amazing work!! I'm so glad I found this place!!

ah yes, the cure for everything - a cement block or a glass boob... just start gluing! LOL

looks good Slow, way to use those footers!

I am so ashamed of myself......I've been in a major slump and you kick out all these amazing projects. I walk aimously around like Dawn of the Dead........looking at all the stuff I have started.......and nothing finished.......you are something else........another neat project you have going...........!! I just need to stay home!!! Still getting inspired by you.......just need to follow-through!!!!!!!

G'mornin' y'all. Thanks for all the cheering - y'all make me laugh, but if y'all could see this house and garden, you'd know what's been going on - NEGLECT EVERYTHING to PLAY. After I finished working w/HM yesterday on the finishing of the b.r. tiles, I knocked out a couple other blocks, JUST to use up leftover mortar, doncha know, JUST to use the mortar. I started to work in the yard, and plant the Impatiens but couldn't cuz of that nekkid block I showed y'all on the "inspiration thread", and ugly white pot soooooo...... W/grout this morn. and take a pic. Y'all just knock my socks off w/your compliments.

During breaks in finishing up the grouting/patching/painting to COMPLETE the bathrrom project, I sneaked a few minutes to knocked out and grouted a couple more blocks to make a little patriotic plant tower. Won't show you the half-dead plant I put in there. It'll come back. Rest of the garden is starved for water and attention. MAYBE tomorrow.

This is really great. So did you cement two blocks together for each section or is that just one block on end? Are you going to leave them open to plant something else in the holes?

OMG....I can't believe you finished THREE of those!! Did you actually do all 4 sides of each one in that short amount of time? I think it took me WEEKS to do ONE of mine - and I think yours look bigger than mine!. (Of course, I do work full time...hopefully that can be a little bit of an excuse for me).

Those are so cute, Slow...and like NICE said, what a great way to use those footers!!!

Slow, these are striking!!! Now your eyes will certainly be happy looking at that! I love it!

These are free-standing cinder blocks, sitting on each other - not mortared together. I only mosaiced the fronts, but suppose I should mosaic the backs when time permits. I'll plant in the holes. Each block is 7 1/2" X 15 1/2". They can be done in about 30 min. If you have hammered dish shards on hand, pick up the right color, look for a likely spot, slap on a dab of mortar, stick the shard, wait a day to grout, and BAM - you have the makings of a pedestal. It's a REAL quick fix if you need one, and a great plant riser.

When I first started mosaicing i started with concrete blocks but those cube shaped ones not the rectangle ones. I poured concrete in the hole to make it solid. I used them as tent anchors for those pavillion tents that the wind love to give flight to.

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