Back from Louisiana and new mosaic table

Hello, Hello, Hello!!!!!

Well, I'm back from Louisiana and I must say that Louisiana is one Beautiful State!!! It was sooooo GREEN and there was so much water everywhere. The beauty of it all almost made me forget about my very turbulent plane ride there. Our plane unexpectedly flew over a huge storm.......a TORNADO storm! Matter of fact, the town that I was heading to was one of the towns hit by the tornado, which meant No Power and lots of broken trees and flooding. The plane ride was so scary that I felt a bit nervous getting on the plane to come back home. Whew! Anyway.............here are some pictures from my trip.

There are beautiful driveways like this.

That lead to beautiful places like this

 

I could see myself spending a lot of time on this porch

I met new friends Darryl and Stephanie who took me down the river to their camp. The views were just BEAUTIFUL!!!!

My wonderful hosts fed me well!!!  Yep, those are craw-fish. Best craw-fish I've ever had! YUM!!!!

And then crab. They were still alive!! YIKES!!

After they were cooked. They were really good, but tedious to eat.

Thank you for such a wonderful time Darryl and Stephanie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, onto mosaics.

There is a wonderful little neighborhood in East Mesa, Arizona where a number of my mosaics reside in the homes of a few of the residents. The most recent mosaic now resides in the home of a very lovely woman named Deanna. Below is a BEFORE picture of her table.

And here are a few pictures of the table AFTER.

 

Here is the table in Deanna's bathroom. I think it really adds a special touch to the bathroom.

I really enjoyed working on this table. It has been such a long time since I've actually done mosaic furniture and I think I missed it. There was a time when I was really burnt out on it, but no more. Maybe I'll talk to my favorite boutique Melrose Vintage and see if she wants to carry some pieces. What do you think????

Well, that's about it for now. I've got lots of projects that are at different points of doneness, so I must work, work, work so that I can show them to you. I'm supposed to be in an Art Show on Friday at Mesa Riverwalk, but they are now calling for a BIG rain storm on Friday, which is really, really weird for Arizona in May, so not sure if it's going to happen or not. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Love to you all!!!!!!!!!

Michelle