Pieces of you Mosaic; Pottery Barn Inspired Art

written by:Cassity Kmetzsch
I have whipped up a little pottery barn inspired art work tutorial for y’all.  As seen here:
See, while looking through my trusty catalog I saw this (below), and I loved the mosaic piece of art.  So, I set my trusty little mind to figuring out a way to make this for myself, and now you can too.
( like my scrawl on the picture?… that is how I remember random ideas that float around in my brain…)
Collect your supplies:
Paper cutter
Scrapbook paper 
(in the colors of your decor)
Paint 
(for background, in color of your choice, I used black)
Paper glue
Modge Podge
Piece of wood or Art canvas
(mdf or osb something inexpensive!  Have this cut to your desired dimensions, 
both Home Depot and Lowes will cut 4 x 8 foot boards down, 
or they sell smaller 2′ x 4′ pieces usually on an endcap…, 
I wanted mine to fill a larger space, so I did mine at 3′ x 3′)

There you have it.  An easy work of art that can be custom made to match any decor.
 
Since featuring this project on Ucreate, I have had a great response and I wanted to show you one of the projects that was submitted to me.   Rose sent this, and she used 2 x 2 squares.  
It looks great, and I bet the larger size saved a lot of time!

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  1. >Beautiful! What a great project. It seems like it would be really relaxing to put all of those little squares of paper together. This is yet another project I am adding to my 'to do' list!

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  2. >Love the idea- looks like a great project for my kids to try over spring break 😉

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  4. >Wow that is super awesome! I thought it was small glass tiles when I first saw the top photo lol. Looks very nice. Adding to my list of projects to work on 🙂

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  5. >Love it! I have already bought the paper for this project. Now if only I could get to Lowe's for the MDF! I'm going to make a mosiac to hang above my daughter's bed…and she's going to love helping me. 🙂

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  7. >I so wish my camera wasn't busted, because I used your tutorial too!! I am only about halfway finished. I actually have had an idea similar to this for a while based on a project we did in college. Anyway, your way of going around the edge first and then working your way in is genius! It really helped to make sure I had the spacing right. I cheated alot though….I cut all those little squares (I did mine 1 in x 1 in) with my silhouette machine (kinda like a cricut) which really saved some time. I also didn't paint my board first and I only used 5 shades of paper…blues to match my new living room re-do. This will ultimately end up over the fireplace. I just love it so much! Thanks!!!!!

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  8. >Oh and one more thing for your readers. I went to Home Depot and looked through the scraps at the back of the store. I found a warped piece but when they cut it to 3×3, the "warp" was cut away. I got my 3×3 foot board for 51 cents!

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  10. >I saw this on Ucreate also and want to give it a shot. Using larger squares is a great idea and it looks great too. 🙂

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  15. >Oh wow….this is definitely going on my project to-do list. I love how yours turned out!

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  16. >OMG! I love it! This would be perfect in our bedroom! Thank you thank you thank you! Definitely adding this to my list of things to do!

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  17. >Lovely! I tried something similar once with paint chips – I decided it was too contemporary for the room, but it was a fun project. I love the small size squares you used.

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