A very old dresser was becoming not useful any longer

every time I opened a drawer........the front fell off............and the drawer came apart,

it had been repaired many times over the years........

the body was still sturdy, and my husband took out the drawers 

and made shelves inside of it for me

I loved the old wooden knobs and came up with this idea for the dresser

front panels........I decided to make a wall hanger........leaving the knobs on to hang a coat or even jewelry on.

.I drilled a hole on each top corner, 

to hang it on the wall........

then I started doing mosaic work on it.........I started this 

months ago .........and would work on it now and then

I wanted to make somewhat of  a swirling design

the little cup and saucer was a vintage wall pocket that I have had for awhile.

I removed the porcelain flowers from vintage vases and glued them

into the cup.

I save all the pieces of dishes that get broken and store them in boxes until

I find a need for a certain design. I then put the piece all back together

with mosaic medium

If you make a hole for hanging mosaic work.......don't forget to work

around the hole.........

I accidentally broke a little plate with this verse on it.......

because the writing is so fine, I did not want to have it separated

with white mosaic medium........so I first used glass glue and glued the 

verse back together........then used the mosaic medium on the back

since the verse had a garden verse........I decided to place a vintage butterfly pendant...

that had the perfect rose print wings onto the piece. 

I also love to see the names of vintage china companies and 

sometimes include them with the broken dish

I added just a couple of vintage flower charms to the piece as well

I left the knobs on for hanging jackets and such.......

and painted them in a dark green

I also painted  the outside edge of the panel the same color

Homer Laughlin.......my favorite of all vintage dishware.....

I search for this name every time I am searching for dishware

The little moss rose piece was once a porcelain jewel box that had been 

dropped and luckily......this section did not break

one more jeweled flower

It is finished...........and signed........

I titled this piece........

" A Walk In My Garden"

Now it is ready for hanging.......now with all of the vintage dishware........

it would look pretty as a towel hanger for the kitchen........do you think so?

I am not sure whether this will go into my vintage shop for sale.....

or if  I will keep it.

I have two more drawers to work on.

Do any of you do mosaic work?

I would love to hear