Mosaic terra cotta pots

Crafting a Colorful Home

Learn how to make broken china mosaics using old plates. This step-by-step tutorial shows how to create mosaic flower pots for succulents.

I have a weakness for dishes, and on each trip I take, I usually find a potter who makes colorful pots and bring some home. I also collect old dishes in pretty colors and patterns from flea markets and yard sales. When they break, I cannot bear to throw them out. I began saving them at least a decade ago, stashing them in the basement in the hopes of using them for mosaic work. I have been intrigued by the pique assiette technique, which uses shards of broken dishes to make new…

Artist Morgan Halford's mosaic flower pot planters are colorful geometric abstracts executed with a spooky level of precision.

Add color to your landscape with easy-to-make stepping stones you decorate with mosaics. Use the same technique for other mosaic garden projects.

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Let your creativity bloom with DIY Mosaic Flower Pots! Upcycle your broken dishes or thrift store finds with this trash-to-treasure craft and create one-of-a-ki…