At the Mosaic Playground of Kismet Mosaic
How to Mosaic Stuff
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You need to have the 5 following things to start with: something to glue your tiles/tesserae onto (a base), tiles/tesserae (or cut tiles), glue that will work with both your tiles and your base, something to cut your tiles into tesserae with, and grout Everything else is just variations on that theme. It helps a great deal to have a project or design in mind and starting out simple is MUCH better. Base: For a wood base you can use MDF, fiberboard, or hardboard and seal it well with a water-based wood primer. (I tend to avoid most plywood...
How to Qualify for a Wholesale Account
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Frugal Packing Materials
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Check out our newest video. As a way of cutting overhead in our shipping, we upcycle some of our materials to give them new lives and send them out into the world.
Converting from warehouse to retail
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In spring 2020 we began the process of converting the warehouse from loose tile to pre-bagged product. This turned out to be a huge help as a labor saving help during cancer treatment recovery. Now that most of the product is bagged the process has moved to preparing the space for retail sales. The idea is that, once we're able to reopen, customers will be able to shop the whole warehouse rather than the small retail area we used to have. To that end we're in the process of putting bar code tags on all the products. The product bin is...