Along with our regular swapping, visiting and eating fun we thought we would include a fun project making stepping stones.
Ric will have the stones already made and ready to be decorated. They are going to be round (about 12 inches across) or oval about 12 X 16 inches. I was thinking that the best time to work on the SS would be after lunch when most of the greeting, swapping and eating is mostly done. But we are going to have the work area all set up so that people can work on their stones all day long as they get a chance. It is an easy project to work on for a little and then walk away and come back.
We are providing mostly everything you will need. We have stain glass pieces and ceramic tiles that can be broken up. But if you would like to you can bring your own things to decorate your SS. You will want solid flat things some suggestions are coins, buttons, keys, glass pebbles, decorative stones, broken plates or pottery. You will need to bring a sponge, just basic kitchen sponge and a small plastic container (large enough to hold 2 cups of water) like a cool whip or large margarine container.
The decorating process is really easy, you design your mosaic right on the SS and after you have your design in place you glue each piece in place and wait 5 min then we will mix up a little cement in your container and pour it over the top, give it a few mins to set up and then wipe the excess off with your sponge.
You might want to get a few ideas before you come and if you do a search for Mosaic Stepping Stones you will find all kinds of interesting ideas. You might enjoy looking at this thread.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/151855818655645427/
We would like an idea of who is going to do the Stepping Stones so if you think you will be interested in doing this please let me know on this thread. Questions and Chatting about the project go on this thread, too. We hope that many of you will want to do this project it is a lot of fun and so interesting to see how different everyone's projects turn out.
