We began with a wooden plaque, holy card, container of tiles, tile glue, and a gold-leafing pen.
It only took about two minutes to gild the edges.
After planning the location of the tiles, a special glue was brushed on the wooden surface and the back of each tile square.
Gluing the tiles did not take long at all.
Here you have it, a partially finished product. It is incomplete because, being a novice at tile work, I thought the mosaic glue would also act as grout. No such luck. I will need to return to the craft store some time soon--or make my own grout from a mixture of white sand and glue. (This photo was taken before the glue dried so you can still see a bit of it round the edges.)
Knowing it might take a month or more before we return to the craft store, I decided to post the project as is, because it is quite pretty already. I am thinking about turning it into a holy water font eventually or putting it on the front door.
