Hedgehog & Heron Ornaments

After the wren and chickadee, I ordered 2 inch round mirrors because I thought that the square ornaments looked a little awkward on my tree. My son had requested a hedgie ornament, so I started looking for a picture online that I thought might work.

I was interested in the idea of this hedgie with flowers, but didn't like the composition at the time. (Admittedly it looks fine now!)

I did like the composition of this hedgie with a watermelon slice, but didn't think a melon would work for a Christmas ornament.

So I combined the two, taking the flower from one and the sitting hedgehog from the other.

I made the frame first, then added the grass and the flower.

It took me a couple of tries to get the hedgie on because I wasn't getting the proportions correct. In retrospect, I think I made it too small. I added a little butterfly to help fill the space. It's a little more cutesy than I would like, but my son approved.

When the 2 inch circles arrived, I immediately started to edge one while I pondered what to do first.  I don't know why I chose the light blue glass, but I did. And as I edged the circle, I started thinking of water. 

So I looked at heron pictures again. I wanted one with a fish and finally found one that I thought could work. 

In the end, I think I was trying to squeeze too much into the 2 inch circle. I also didn't seem to get the glass as snug together as I thought. Sometimes the angle of the light keeps me from seeing this while I'm gluing.  Also, it looks a little chubby--more like an ostrich!

​I'm glad I included the fish, even though I flipped it around from how it is in the photo. 

But cleaned up and polished, I think they look fine on the tree, so I'm satisfied.

In the meantime, I decided it was time to experiment with more interesting borders for the circles than just a line of tesserae. So here are three new borders... what will go in these?