Before and After

Its been a while since my last post - Im going to have to pick it up!  : )

Before and After shots : )

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All Baked and Glazed

Here are the mugs after their firing :-)  They all survived!  WoooHoooo  It is the most scary and most exciting thing ever to fire the kiln.

Im sure I drive my husband crazy while Im glaze firing.  After about the first 15 hours, I start with the craziness.... "Wonder if its about done yet.... I hope nothing fell over and knocked the cone out of the sitter... wonder if something exploded and feel into it and its not kicking off.... wonder if any of them got into one another and permanently glazed themselves together.... wonder if everything is alright in there....???"  Yep, I do it every time :-)  After 19 hours on this firing I got really concerned, but all was well and I only needed to relax (and also needed a little sleep im sure)

Oh and my husband also bought me a larger kiln yesterday - so hopefully after some testing Ill be firing more than just these 5-6 mugs at a time!  HAPPY HAPPY

Anyway, here they are all nice and food safe now : )

Great Blue Heron

Tree Frog (who will be my first Etsy listing : ) )

And the Hen (sold her as soon as I posted her pic on my personal Facebook)  :-)

Chickie Babies & Froggy

I love chickie babies!  Here is a new chicken mug I painted over the weekend : )  And a new froggy mug - those lil red eyed tree frogs have fascianted me since I first laid eyes on one - they are like a little colorful painting!

I am really enjoying this new painting technique I am working with  - just a little nervous about firing them 

Like all potters, we worry while our babies are being baked... yeah that just sounded weird...

A few things Ive been working on

Here are a couple of new things Ive been working on recently:

The Great Blue Heron is a new 'technique' Ive been trying out - Im SO flippin' excited about it!!  I finally get to 'draw' and 'paint' what I want on my pottery!!  WOOHOO  The only thing that was missing from my love of pottery was being controlled by glazes - but now Ima be out of control and do what I want!  ; )

I see her almost every day on my way back and forth out of our neighborhood.  She fishes near a wash off beside the creek that runs though a beautfiul little community in our town.  Ive seen her with fish I could hardly believe she would swallow.  Recently I noticed she had brought a little one with her.  My guess is the little guy is her offspring and shes showing him her favorite spot and how to catch fish like his mommy.

Trying my hand at plates also (I must mention these guys are more challenging than I anticipated but they are just giving me a reason to keep trying!)

And my little butter dish (or cheese dish if you prefer) with a rose on top - I think he was born to be turquoise with a red rose!

Greetings! Welcome to my blog!

So this whole 'blog' thing is new to me but I promise to try and keep my posts going so you guys will have something new to read!

A little about me - well, you see I cant stop making things... and pottery is my very favorite thing to make.  My soul desires it.

I also paint with acrylics, make wire art, crochet, paint stones, woodburn whatever stays still long enough, stain glass, and other stuffage... like I said, I cant stop making things.  I believe if I didnt have an outlet for this 'energy' I would likely explode into tiny itty bitty pieces.

In my blog, you will find lots of pottery but you also are going to find other things I enjoy like baking, recipes, gardening, frugal finds, antiques, chickens, cats, mountain trips... and much more

Ive tortured my friends on Facebook with these things for years, then it dawned on me -- I needed a blog!

Enjoy ; )  and thank you for visiting