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Did you know you can use your leftover tile adhesive/thinset to make tesserae for your mosaics? Simply spread the tile adhesive out onto some plastic and let it dry. You can then cut it up into smaller pieces. I usually use a hammer and hardie to do this, but if you’d spread it out thin enough, you’ll be able to use nippers as well. In this video I mixed up different shades of green to make tesserae for a particular project, but you can use the technique with leftovers too. If you’d like more ti