Garden Mosaic Picture - With Wood And Mosaic Tiles

* Craft Alert*

I recently received a box of goodies from the lovely people at Baker Ross, and if you've seen my previous make you'll know that I was intrigued by the sisal, and enjoyed making with it. I have some colourful looking pens to try out soon as well. The rest of the box was a little disappointing, in that the wood pieces, small wooden logs (my best name for them) and a big box of mosaic tiles, didn't come together in an obvious way at first, and none of the packs had any suggestions to get you going with how they could be best attached to things or manipulated.

My art in the garden copyright These City Days 2016

It was mum who came up with the idea of sticking some of the bigger bits of wood (mulberry slices) together and then decorating the shape, and after a bit of experimenting I came up with a rough circle shape. I decided then to make a little piece of artwork for the garden, and painted the wood up with an outdoor paint.

There are a lot of mosaic tiles in the box, in all kinds of shapes and colours, with some quite pretty patterns/grains on some of them. I was confident I could make something colourful, but not having any mosaic cement/grout - I opted for a scene style picture, using a glue gun, rather than an all over pattern.

It was a bit hit and miss with the glue gun, a couple of pieces fell off when I stood the finished result in the garden, but I'm pleased with the end result - it looks like a proper scene which is what I wanted, and hopefully when we do our garden I will find a place to put it outside so I can see how it lasts.

Thanks to Baker Ross for the challenge - I was gifted these products to craft with as a member of their adult blogger network, but all opinions and designs are my own. To find out more about the full range of art and craft items they have available, please visit Baker Ross online.

Mulberry Slices - 500g for £5.99
Glass Mosaic Tiles - 2kg for £9.99
* Prices correct at time of writing.

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