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stone mosaic project #3: tv tea tray 2011-07-25 - 7:55 a.m. In our neighborhood, when people are moving or doing major house-cleaning or for some other reason they're too tired to freecycle or craigslist, they often put items that they feel guilty about tossing away outside the trash collection bin. Then it's up to you to grab what you want before the trash dudes come and haul it all away. Awhile back, on their way back to Texas, our neighbors tossed this tacky yet functional item: photos © 2011 by elaine radford yeppers, that's a fairly hideous BEFORE photo I thought it was a chalkboard and snagged it without much further inspection, putting it in the attic until such time I was free to re-paint it with chalkboard paint. However, when I actually took a better look, I saw that it wasn't a chalkboard. There was never any way to hang it. Instead, it appears to be a small TV or dessert tray. I sanded off the ugly stickers and sprayed it with a couple of coats of black enamel. Then I applied the stone mosaic, partly Fancy Jasper from my own tumbler and partly cut-up Petrified Woods and friends from the "Snuffy" slabette collection I swapped for. If it was truly a chalkboard and I could hang it, I would have made a complete mosaic around the rim. However, since it appears to be a tray, I made a partial mosaic pattern, leaving the handles free to grab. I grouted it with the left-over black sanded grout from the birdbath operation, but I wouldn't do this project with sanded grout again. Use non-sanded grout when you can. It's less aggravating. Eventually, I sealed the frame, and then I was left to ponder the base of the tray. If I wasn't able to get a piece of glass, I was going to make a paper collage in black and white, and then seal it multiple times with clear polyurethane or something similar. However, since J. says she'll probably be able to cut me a piece of glass, I'm going to try it with this old black-and-white photo of the Green-Winged Macaws inside the tray. It isn't a complete success. I re-painted the sanded grout and the rest of the piece with some black acrylic, but the sanded grout still annoys me a little bit. However, at the end of the day, some funky grout around the red stone is a lot more attractive than those truly atrocious stickers that formerly scarred the wood. Now comes the part where I wait and see if J. can come up with a bit of glass that fits... back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford