Mosaic Madness!

I'm getting a bit giddy with the amount of broken tiles and beautiliscious mosaics happening, here at the studio!

If you look carefully, you can see the slow cooker (well away from danger of glass contamination!) which had this morning's soup bubbling away.

Janet - your dragonfly is gorgeous, cannot wait to see it finished and I can see you have another on the go too! Mosaic bug has bitten hard! 

Georgina - I adore your fairy and toadstools! 

I forgot to take a picture of your fish! It was gorgeous - please email me a photo or bring it back.

A lovely quick pique assiete saucer waiting to be grouted - on a mission to make many mosaics for Maker's day in Macclesfield, this Saturday at the Heritage Centre.

Mosaics from £15!

Join our lovely mosaic course - just £15 a session plus materials - lunch is included! What value!

Nearly forgot, here's this weeks soup recipe:

You will need:

1 x bag of ready washed and chopped casserole veg

1 x tin tomato soup

1 x tin butter beans

1 x handful small pasta shapes

1 x teaspoon herbs de provence

1 x cup of water

salt to taste

garlic and chilli flakes

dash of milk

You can tell I was on the hoof this morning! 

Yes - just put it all in the slow cooker (pasta shapes in the last hour and milk just before serving) and stir occasionally.

I 'whizzed' some of it with the hand blender so it was a thick, wholesome soup.

Yum!

Mosaic Club!

What a busy day!

8:15 - veggies washed and chopped ready for the slow cooker...

Easels away at the top end to make room for the mosaic class...

Mosaic for St Michael's Church in the middle of the room...

9:30 - students' table, ready and waiting...

Straight in there! Well done for finishing your first mosaic project, Janet - I know it looks like you've just covered it up but wait until you have finished the grouting...

...see, you can see some of your lovely mosaic now...

...getting there...

...finished! Gorgeous!

Another beautiful mosaic, Georgina - please bring it back next week grouted so we can see!

Ah, class over, time for soup! Recipe at the bottom.

Hm - think I ought to stop breaking pretty dishes to use in mosaics.

The soup was another winner today. It was pretty good, I must admit. Here's the recipe:

1/2  x butternut squash

1 x onion

 1 x courgette

2 x sticks celery

1 x sweet potato

herbs de provence

chili and garlic flakes

fresh ginger (lazy ginger is good or powdered if not)

2 x bay leaves

Stock

2 x tablespoons smooth peanut butter

1 x cup small pasta shapes

Wash and chop the vegetables. Cover with vegetable stock and add herbs and seasoning. 

Either bring to the boil or put on high in slow cooker for  3 hours, add the peanut butter and whisk up - I like to leave some chunky bits in but the peanut butter makes it thick and creamy! Add the pasta and serve when cooked.

We all really enjoyed this soup!

Why not come and join us - for just £15 a session, it's a great way to spend a Wednesday morning.