The substrate for this mirror is one of those wonderful  12" mirror kits sold by Mosaic Smalti. The mosaic area is inset 1/4", perfect for mosaics. The materials used in this mirror - starting from the inside rim nearest to the mirror:

• Tumbled kyanite
• Satin Spar Selenite (large white crystals)
• Bardiglio Nuvolato marble (gray)
• Imperial sodalite (blue outer edge)

The selenite is larger than the pieces around it, giving the mirror a great 3-d texture. (Our supply of selenite is very limited.)

This mirror uses Mosaic Smalti's 8" Mirror Kit. The substrate is painted with black acrylic paint. The materials -starting from the inside rim nearest to the mirror:

• Mosaic Smalti's Bumpy Gold
• Pure White Stone Mosaic Tiles (cut in half and placed raw side up)
• Dark Green Hand Cut Marble
• Pure White Stone Mosaic Tiles (not cut; just placed as is)

We've had a lot of fun making these simple & quick coasters.

For the substrate we got 4" x 4" slate tiles from Home Depot & Lowe's. For the mosaic we used

• Different colors of the Stone Mosaic Tiles

• Small Ammonite Fossils

• Pieces of Turquoise

We used gray Thinset for the adhesive because the tiles, ammonite, and turquoise had different thicknesses. The thicker pieces could be squished into the Thinset more than the thinner ones. The marble was sealed before grouting and then sealed again after grouting.

We then glued a piece of felt on the bottom so that the piece could be used as a coaster. The slate gives each piece a nice substantial weight making it feel like a true stone mosaic.

For the next few mirrors, we used the inexpensive mirror frames that you can get at Ikea. They are approximately 12" x 12". The materials used in this one starting from the mirror:

• Picture Rock Tumbled Gemstones
• Honey Calcite
• St Laurent Hand Cut Marble (brown)
• Palace Onyx Tiles (border)

It's difficult to see the 3-d texture of the calcite crystals. Some of them stick up about an inch from the surface. We used Dap Kwik Seal to adhere the Picture Rock and Calcite to the substrate. You can apply enough to squish the stones into and, unlike Thinset, it dries clear. We used Weldbond glue for the rest of the mosaic.

This mirror uses one of Mosaic Smalti's 8" Mirror Kits. (We love these frames!!!) The materials used for the mosaic, starting from the inside rim nearest to the mirror:

• Mosaic Smalti's Mosaic Gold
• Pure White Stone Tiles (cut in half and placed raw side up)
• Negro Caracol hand cut marble (black)
• Cafe Pinta hand cut marble (the brown rectangular pieces)
• Bardiglio Nuvolato hand cut marble (gray outer border)

This mirror uses one of Ikea's inexpensive mirror frames. The materials include:

• Quartz Crystals
• Small Fluorite Crystals
• Tumbled Amazonite
• St Laurent hand cut marble (brown)
• Lotus Green Tiles (outer border)

I can't say that I'm really pleased with this mirror but I really like how the quartz, fluorite and amazonite play so well together.

All the other mirrors have been fairly dark, so I though I should have one lighter mirror. Again, I used an Ikea frame. The materials include:

• Snow Quartz Tumbled Gemstones
• Small Blue Calcite
• Bianco Cararra and Botticino Fiorito hand cut marble
• Pure White Tiles (outer border)

Michael did this mirror using some sea shells. It's on one of Mosaic Smalti's 8" Mirror Kits. The materials include:

• Yellow Cream Stone Tiles (cut into quarters)

• Mosaic Gold from Mosaic Smalti
• Van Gogh Glass (background for top third)
• Sea shells