How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)

    If you want to add an extra touch of color to your garden, try making some truly original mosaic tiles. In this way you can recycle some materials you no longer use and get to work with all your creativity.

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    If you want to add an extra touch of color to your garden, try making tiles and decorations in mosaic truly original. In this way you can recycle some materials you no longer use and get to work with all your creativity.

    Create a mosaic for decorate the garden it's a really simple and inexpensive idea. No special knowledge is needed, just a little manual skill is enough. Find everything you need for do-it-yourself mosaics in home improvement stores and online.

    Here's how to make a mosaic to decorate your garden starting from an old silicone mold for cakes.

    To make your mosaic you will need them:

    - An old round cake pan
    - Adhesive paper for mosaic
    - Pieces of ceramic and colored stones
    - Cement and sand
    - Water
    – Old letter
    - Transparent enamel
    - Mesh for mosaic
    - Scoop for mixing
    – Vaseline
    - Pencil
    - Gloves

    1) Choose fragments of pottery and colored stones with which to create your mosaic. You can use them in different shapes and colors. If you want to get smaller fragments use a hammer, but remember to wear safety glasses. The advice is to insert the ceramic pieces in a bag and then hit them with the hammer to fragment them.

    2) Place the cake mold on the mosaic paper and trace the outline with a pencil forming a circle. Better to choose a silicone mold to better extract the mosaic. This way you can recycle a old silicone mold for the now ruined cakes.

    3) Cut out the circle and place it on the mold with the adhesive side facing up.



    4) Place the mosaic pieces on the sticky letter that you have prepared. Use all your creativity and press each piece carefully to make it adhere well.

    5) Create one mix with water, cement and sand to complete your mosaic. The concrete is used to fill the spaces between the colored stones and the ceramic fragments.

    How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)

    How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)

    How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)


    How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)

    How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)

    How to make a do-it-yourself mosaic to decorate the garden (PHOTO)

    6) Sprinkle the edges of the mold with some vaseline will allow you to extract the mosaic without problems.


    7) Wear gloves to arrange the mixture of water, cement and sand evenly in the mold. To support this, add a square piece of mesh for mosaic.

    8) Leave rest the mosaic for two days. Then turn it over. Finish the mosaic with sandpaper and a transparent enamel or with a special fixative.

    You just have to get to work and decorate your garden!

    Marta Albè

    Photo Source: Intimate Weddings

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