Jewelry for the Home: hanging glass decorative accents

We adorn our bodies with beautiful gems, stones and glass, why should we stop there?

These gorgeous hanging pure glass shapes are literally jewelry for your home, and there is no limit to how you can adorn your personal space with them. Hang them in windows; on walls; from the ceiling; drape them from wall pieces like mirrors or china cabinets; display them in doorways or alcoves….any place you want a perfect touch of color and twinkling light. They are a lovely decorative touch that inspires the imagination and delights the eyes.

They measure about 3.5″ wide on their longest side, and have delicate scalloping around the edges. Pre-drilled for hanging. We like to use beautiful sheer ribbon, but you can use silk cord or fabric as well. Be creative! Click the image to learn more or purchase.

Beautiful, colorful butterfly art on tiles and more.

Butterflies are one of my favorite subjects. Besides their beauty, the symbolism of the ugly duckling chrysalis’ metamorphosis into one of nature’s most stunning creates is an allegory too delicious to ignore.

We have about twenty original art butterfly images in our Emergence Collection, all available for custom printing on all our products. See our online store, here.

Funky little chic gifts for under twenty bucks.

We can custom print any image you’d like on these cute, nonstructured wallets and checkbook covers. Adorable, durable and the perfect gift for yourself or someone you love. With the economy being as volatile as it is now, we’re trying very hard to add lots more gifts and pieces for under $20.00, yet we refuse to sacrifice quality or beauty.

French Pattern Tiles, Tuscany Bistro Wall Mirror

Talk about color, texture and….viva la difference, a mirror that’s obviously unusual. This scrumptious tile Tuscany Bistro wall mirror—fourteen handmade ceramic or glass art tiles hand-adhered to a black scrolled metal frame– offers a plethora of possibilities to those who love pushing the boundaries of the imagination. Whether the tiles are glass or ceramic, mural style or individual tile style, there is simply no limit to the stunning colors, textures, designs and style you can bring to this piece of functional art, making it truly your own.

This particular arrangement, called “Delphine”, is comprised of art from our pattern gallery. Of course, you are not limited in the images you choose, as you can choose any image from Color Bakery to design your mirror–or even upload your own art or photography. This mirror has been retailed for up to $500.00, so you will be very pleasantly surprised by the price: $199.90 for a mirror using Color Bakery art. A wonderful price for what is a one-of-a-kind art mirror which literally stops people in their tracks.

Some symmetry with the tiles works better than fourteen totally different images. Of course we are available if you need some help designing your mirror. Click the photo to purchase or to learn more, or click here.

And more original art tile patterns……

Brand new patterns available for custom printing on all our products.

Lately, I sleep in four hour increments, and I find myself working all throughout the night. I watch the muted Vermont winter moonlight outside the window to my right suddenly turning to a smoky gray dawn mere minutes, no–hours, later, after a design marathon. When I get the urge to create I will never ignore it, because my muse is a capricious tease. She can leave me in an instant, before I even know she’s gone. And staring at my computer screen waiting to get into what I call “the Zone” is like running a car without even a thimble of gas. It’s not gonna happen.

The past week has been a prolific one. I have been mostly working with a European, country French/shabby chic type of pattern pallette, taupes and muted teals using antique woodcut ornaments as my design nuclei.

I am happy with them; I see them looking just as lovely as a kitchen backsplash as they would work on a tote bag or piece of custom imaged porcelain jewelry. Many of them are coordinated, so they would work as individual tiles on serving trays or frames, too. Not to mention tile coasters, clocks and more. I hope you like them. All artwork is available for custom printing on all products. Click any image to be taken to the Pattern Gallery. Or click HERE for our store. To order any image on a product, just type the image name into the Color Bakery art field as you load your cart.

“Remember Paris,” New Pattern for tiles and more

The design that I had originally meant to make was centered around sunflowers, and I had planned it on being bold with primary colors. I got off track somehow, but I am not unhappy about it! I don’t know how I ended up with a vintage Parisian piece, I just kind of drifted while I was designing and the colors kept getting more muted and I kept on giving it more and more of an “inky”, aged look. I am happy with how it came out; what do you think? As with all Color Bakery art, it is available for printing on all our products. This design would work well as anything, really; as decorative accent tiles, in frames, as coasters, etc. I think this piece was meant for tumbled stone, personally. To order this image on any product, type “Remember Paris” in the “Color Bakery image” field. See all our patterns here. See our online store, here.

Oval L’Affichage Wrought Iron Tile Frame with Tiles

This Color Bakery-designed iron frame for tiles was adapted from classic, vintage French architectural motifs. Iron frame designed by Color Bakery.

Shown, top: frame for four (4) six inch ceramic tiles; and bottom: frame for one (1) twelve inch tile. The original art patterns hail from our Pattern Gallery Click either image for more information and/or to purchase.

Wouldn’t the four tiles (top image) also make a fabulous coordinated coaster set?

Framed Tiles with a Euro Attitude

Two more new pattern designs for tile and, of course, for custom printing on all of our other Color Bakery products. They are displayed in a sweet mahogany beveled tile frame. These have a Euro shabby chic flavor. We can also customize the colors as well, for special orders. Each tile is ceramic and measures 6″ square. The outer edge of the frame is approximately 7″ square.

The patterns are called “Grapes and Buds (Black)” and “Grapes and Buds (Ecru)”.

Click the image to learn more. See all our patterns here. See our online store, here.

New Country French Paisley Pattern, “Claudette”

Introducing “Claudette”, a soft and distinctively French paisley damask with touches of Shabby Chic. As with all Color Bakery art, we can not only produce custom tiles (glass, ceramic, stone, porcelain), but all the products on our site–from serving trays to glass clocks to high quality tote bags. Claudette would make a wonderful tile border, backsplash or individual decorative tile accent pattern. To order this pattern on any product, just type “Claudette” in the image name field when you load your cart. See all our patterns here. See our online store, here.

Zodiac Floor Mural, Custom Design

Last year, I received a very panicked phone call from a man named Tom Voustas. He had a booming voice and a thick Greek accent. “I want the Zodiac Wheel,” he said, “on a tile floor. I am opening a new diner. I can’t find this anywhere; can you help me? I have looked everywhere and I am about to give up. Can you do this?”

I told him yes, and he made me repeat that word three times because he thought he heard me wrong. A long pause. “I don’t believe it,” he said, but the happiness in his voice told me he did. “I’ve been looking at mural places for four weeks,” he said. “I can’t believe it. Nobody has this, nobody could help me.”

It was not going to be a run-of-the-mill diner, he explained, but a very trendy, upscale restaurant that happened to be a diner. The decor was going to be much more elegant than the usual fare; sorta like the Terminal Diner (which may or may not still be on Eleventh Avenue in Chelsea in Manhattan), a really funky art deco 24-hour indoor and outdoor diner. (One of my husband’s favorite haunts when we first got married.)

I designed a Zodiac Wheel for Tom, and we had it printed on 12″ square porcelain tile. The mural measures five feet in diameter. Since it was a circle, it had to be carefully cut to install on the floor, and it also had to be tempered to handle foot traffic. Once the design was approved, we ordered special tile for him and warned him that he had to go to a professional porcelain cutter, or he risked ruining the tiles.

I just got an email this morning from a photographer, sent from Tom, with the below photo attached. As you can see from the photo, they did a fabulous job installing the floor tile mural. “You come to American Dream diner for ten free meals!” Tom told me not too long ago. I think my husband and I might take him up on it. I haven’t had a decent gyro since I left New York City eleven years ago.