January 15th is "Hat Day"

According to the Days of the Year Website, January 15th is Hat Day!

Do you or someone you love wear hats?  Mosaics are a great way to show off the textures of a hat collection - whether they be made of yarn, straw, felt,  etc.  I encourage you to create a page featuring your favorite hats and share it it on my FB page: Minerva Mosaics with Tami Potter's Mosaic Moments.

NEW DIE PRE-SALE!!!

Mosaic Moments has introduced some fun new dies to add to your mosaic die collection.  They are on Pre-Sale now through this Sunday, January 11th for delivery in early March.  Please contact me via FB if you are interested in purchasing.  Everyone who purchases through me will receive FREE GRID PAPER!  You can also purchase through the snap-n-crop link to the right of this post!

The strip die will normally be sold for $29.99, but during this 25% off sale, you can pre-order it for just $22.49.

This die will cut your 4x6 photos into 1" x 3 2/8" strips for use in making panoramic style layouts like you see below:

 

Layouts of Christmas Past - Santa Stamp

For the layout below, I was inspired by a page kit from Out On a Limb a few years ago.  I liked the belt effect and the Santa face.  Then, while I was digging through my stash, I came across a Santa stamp my sister had bought.  I stamped the image on a neutral/skintone, on white and on red, and cut out the individual pieces to layer to make the peek-a-boo Santa on the left side of the page.

Layouts of Christmas Past - Purple Christmas

Christmas 2005

Christmas 2011

Here are two layouts I created for purple Christmases we had in our family in 2005 and 2011.  Both are built on the now-retired eggplant grid paper.  In the second one, I took lots of photos of the tree, ornaments, presents, etc. to use as accent pieces.

Layouts of Christmas Past - Pine Cones

This layout was accented with close-up photographs of a pine tree that grows in my mother's front yard.  I took the green cornerstones and placed them over red cardstock to match the journaling blocks.

Layouts of Christmas Past - Chimney layout

I created this layout by putting some brick colored paper through the old-school paper crimper to give the effect of bricks for a fireplace and chimney.  The stockings were a die cut, as was Santa's head.  The fire came from a cricut camping cartridge.  I made up the body and the rest of the pieces.   The holidays are a great time to get creative with your mosaic layouts!

Ho Ho Holiday Layouts!

As we approach the Christmas season, stop and think about the photos you'll be taking.  Here is a list of photo prompts provided by Mosaic Moments:

And you can find even more inspiration over here at Mosaic Moments Blog- photo checklist.

Here are some close-up photos to inspire you: 

Cranberries

Holiday M&M's

Ornaments

Holiday Candy

Over the next couple days, I'll be sharing some layouts I've made to commemorate holidays in years past.