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No my technique is a bit different. We make the stepping stones and then decorate them. Using any number of things that are somewhat flat. I mostly I use pieces of stained glass but I have seen other things used like beads, keys, broken pottery. I glue them on to the stepping stone with a fast drying epoxy then mix up a small amount of the same cement that is used to make the stepping stones and pour it over the whole top. Give it a few minutes to set up and then start scraping it off to expose the glass and wipe it down with a damp sponge. The stepping stones are made by just dropping a shovel full of cement on to a board, when they harden up you will flip them over and have a good flat top. I use a trowel to shape them some oval, some round and a few odd shapes. Run the trowel around the edge to make it smooth and over the top (which will be the bottom, when you flip them over) The larger square and rectangle stones are poured into a mold that Ric made and they have wire in them to add extra strength. (much like Dave did with his hex shaped stones)



Here are a few finished stones see how flat the top is once you flip them over and the other pic is of Ric un-molding the larger ones. He screws his mold together and then just removes the boards.



I was planing on submitting a "how to" but since Dave posted his I will wait awhile and send mine in later since my process is a bit different.