Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Mosaic Easter Egg

Longer days, later sunsets, and warmer temperatures whisper to me that spring and Easter will soon be here, even though snow and ice cover my yard.  These signals of spring prompted me to share an Easter Egg Mosaic wall hanging I made a couple of years ago.  


Mosaic Egg by Jeanne Selep
Image 1: Mosaic Egg, 15in high by 10in wide.

This project gave me the excuse to unapologetically use a favorite color combination... pinks and greens, and whites and ivory.  The decorated egg design allowed me to use a variety of vintage floral china pieces to form quick stripes.  


Mosaic
Image 2: Mosaic

I used an egg shaped wood "welcome spring" sign purchased at a resale shop for the backing of the mosaic.  Then I selected eight or nine different floral plates and made a striped the Easter egg.  Simple and easy. 


Mosaic detail
Image 3: Mosaic detail

A "side goal" was to use a plate that had 12 two-toned pink roses framed by pastel greenery on the rim.  This project allowed me to repurpose a damaged plate, as well as celebrate other lovely floral borders.


3d Mosaic Egg
Image 4: 3D Mosaic Egg

A much earlier project, my 3D Mosaic egg, was inspired by an Easter Egg display in New York City (post here).  This 3D project has lots of flaws.  I include it here because it was a beginner attempt that I actually finished, and learned a lot from. 


3d Mosaic Egg
Image 5: 3D Mosaic Egg

The 3D egg above is large - 11 inches (28cm) from top to bottom, about 8 inches (20 cm) wide, which makes it difficult for me to work into a spring vignette.  

The flat egg below has dimensions of 15in (38 cm) top to bottom and is 10in (25 cm) wide.  

[ BTW, I'm showing some of these pieces on a vintage tablecloth. ]


3d Mosaic Egg
Image 6: 3D Mosaic Egg


Thank you for visiting!  Apparently, I tipped into the milestone of having 1,000,000 views on my blog (over 18 years, but still!)  I don't know how accurate that number is, and I think the counter started on 2011 but nevertheless it's a fun number for me to see!  

I made the popular posts column (which you can only see on a PC, not a phone) show the all-time most popular posts.  Maybe I should make a post on just the top posts?

In either case...


Have a fantastic Easter
and enjoy your spring!
[If you are in the Southern Hemisphere,
Enjoy the start of Autumn...]


 

Please leave a comment if you have time.  

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I have three large categories of posts: 
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Sunday, March 21, 2021

Some Bunny's Dreaming

Mosaic bunny and flowers by Jeanne Selep
Mosaic "Some Bunny's Dreaming" Detail

My "Some Bunny's Dreaming" mosaic stepping stone was created in 2020 because a favorite 3D ceramic bunny broke and I wanted to try to reuse the pieces.  I ended up using sections of the ceramic bunny to make the rabbit in a circular stepping stone.   

Mosaic circle stepping stone Bunny dreaming flowers
Mosaic Bunny Stepping Stone - "Some bunny's Dreaming"


I wanted the rabbit/bunny to appear to be whimsically dreaming of a Klimt-like field of flowers, and I had several plates in particular that I wanted to use.


Mosaic bunny dreaming of flowers stepping stone
Mosaic Bunny Dreaming of Flowers detail


One of the plates I really wanted to use had the Lilies of the Valley on it, which became the grass the rabbit sits on.  The other plate had the blue-purple flowers immediately above the rabbit's head, with a very spring-like green foliage and hand-painted with gold.  This plate had an Art Deco feel to it.  


Mosaic Flowers Field by Jeanne Selep
Mosaic here Flower Field Detail

I also wanted to use hand-painted pink and yellow flowers from some orphaned teacup saucers, and I used various violet patterned china to fill in the rest of the flowers.


Mosaic bunny by Jeanne Selep
Mosaic Bunny Dreaming Detail


Arranging the landscape line in a circle was harder than I thought.  As I put the "grass" in the foreground, it was too low at first, and putting the grass behind the bunny caused the arrangement to became less whimsical and more like a landscape.  


Mosaic bowling ball
Mosaic Bunny in Bright Sun.


Different lighting, (for example bright sun) makes the mosaic texture stand out more.  Because the stepping stone has three dimensional parts, I placed it in a spot where (hopefully) it won't get stepped on.


Mosaic bunny dreaming flowers stepping stone
Mosaic Stepping Stone


Have a Blessed and Happy Easter!

This Bunny is dreaming of
Easter Candy
and Spring Flowers...



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Click here for an Incredible Mosaic Collection!
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Mosaic bunny dreaming flowers stepping stone