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Sasha's Roots Our Family Tree Photo Album Elliot Alexander Nathan Voluntary Simplicity Health & Fitness Pregnancy/Parenting Gossamer Threads/Sewing Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts Other Crafts Getting to Know Me! Our House Guestbook	The two mosaic trays I made were projects from Casa Picasso Pottery A paint your own pottery and mosaic studio just several blocks away in Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove My latest Mosaic Tray in progress. I have loved this china for years, but only had a few pieces, and can't use it in the microwave because of the gold. What I love about this pattern is that I can fill the entire surface in my own design with the floral pattern. The plates just have a ring around the edge of the plate with each color alternating, but I have separated them into concentric circles. A"Sailor Valentine" box. I guess it needs to have a heart for it to be an official valentine, but it was a Christmas gift for Trip's Aunt Bobbie. I know she loves the ocean and I thought a pretty shell keepsake box would be nice after a rough past few months. Left: A wooden serving tray, made as a gift for my mother and father-in-law as an anniversary gift. It is lined on the bottom with photos from their wedding, their parents' weddings, sons' weddings, children & grandchildren, all with mats in shades of blue. The photos were glued down and all coated with Envirotex, an epoxy-like surface that dries clear, hard and waterproof. This is what I'm calling a Wish Box. I read about the practice of making a Baby Altar on the website of Teresa Robertson, who is a Birth Intuitive. She helps people who are struggling with issues related to conception and/or adoption. From her website: "The baby altar is a way to create physical space within your home for an unborn child. It can also serve as a spiritual focus." For years I have poured energy into creative projects of all kinds, but it never occured to me to focus the energy I had built up in hoping that I would someday be the mother of a daughter of my own into a physical space. The Wish Box is lined with paper and pink silk, embellished with new pink ribbon and vintage rose flower ribbon, seed beads and pearls, antique laces, porcelain roses, scrapbook stickers and baby charms.   The closed box. I didn't want the outside of the box to give away the contents, as I don't want to necessarily share all of these feelings with everyone who passes by. Not scrapping, but a mosaic I made at Casa Picasso, a ceramic and mosaic studio just a few blocks away at the Neptune Performing Arts Center. I walked there one night to a lovely party given by my friend Donna.

Date Last Modified: September 2006