new list above my wheel

 

SLOW DOWN.

 

 

PEOPLE CAN WAIT FOR EXCELLENT POTS

 

 

2 great pots are better than 6 mediocre ones.

 

 

Lighter.

 

 

Remember to sleep.

 

Clean  up your space. – CLEAN SPACE = HAPPY SPACE= BETTER WORK

out of the kiln and straight to first street gallery

My meeting with the gallery was at 1… The kiln was still at 350 degrees at 12:50. So I didn’t get much time with these pots.

Jake calls this one gimpy. I ❤ gimpy.

knitting bowls

I kept this one for myself, might enter this yunomi to a yunomi show coming up.

and then enter this one to a show at Mudfire.

So now to clean out my studio and start over.

laying down the glaze

Is probably my least favorite part. 3-5 layers of brushed on underglaze makes me a little loopy.

but the end result is worth it.

found this ladies card. she looks like such a bad ass. She’s a local tree trimmer. I want to see her in action!

and here is little man sorting the mail last night.

mugs in their new homes and new work

So mugs arrived at Trouble Coffee Company last week. Some drama, but it’s all worked out now.

Diana Fayt is amazing and went to trouble, took some pics of the cups in their new home.

Diana is the best. ❤

These 4 bowls are headed to their new home in portland Oregon today. (colors are off in this pic…)

some new bowls going to 1st street gallery in Neptune Beach along with some new knitting bowls.

and here is not so little man. 14 months yesterday.

super bowls!

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Superbowl weekend is here and my husband grew up in Wisconsin worshiping the packers. So while he is running around yelling go pack go! I’m offering a 10% your entire order in my shop if you order a bowl.

I have some really nice ones in stock.

just enter coupon code : superbowl

husbands birthday!

It’s my husbands 30th birthday today.

No pots today just food.

I looked up how to make frosting, never realized how easy it is. I will never buy store bought frosting again. I got so excited with this new skill that I made 3 different kinds.

whipped peanut butter
cream cheese
and white russian buttercream. (i kept adding vodka and kaluha.. so it’s a bit strong, but i’m sure jake will love it)

I’m excited to ice the cupcakes and put the cake toppers on 🙂

Ready to ship em out!

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almost done packing them up. I can’t wait to get them to the post.

Here is a whale mug about 14 oz that is in my etsy shop now. I snuck him into the Trouble firing and really like this one.

(click to go to etsy listing)

keep on troublin’

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had to remake all of the mugs. Oops.

I’ve come to the conclusion anything that can go wrong… will. But these cups are pretty rad. Cross your fingers for no more holdups. They should be done and shipped on Monday.

I made 30 mugs and put decals on them.. ha ha…. ha….. fail. My tester piece turned out well… well I did the other ones.. not so much. The iron in the decals totally burned out and you couldn’t read the logo, unless you were starring at them for a little while.

so I hired a babysitter and made new mugs and decided to slip trail on the logo.

fingers. cramped. badly.

I can hardly wait till they are packaged nicely and shipped out.

images from this week

>covered in mugs? now waiting for my underglaze to arrive! (late shipments make me sad)

packages being shipped out

some of the trouble mugs

Custom Whale plate and mug, this was supposed to be a christmas guft but ending up being a late birthday gift. (thanks for understanding heidi!)

Coolest mailbox I have ever seen. I have mailbox envy.

He is so close to walking!

Now back to the studio since it’s naptime!

Etsy or Anthropologie

>http://www.regretsy.com/2011/01/19/new-game/

“Lately I’ve noticed that the items being sold at Anthropologie are getting more and more hackneyed. Its clear to me at least that Anthropologie is borrowing heavily from Etsy’s aesthetic, scouring their pages for all the forced whimsy they can find. Then they call up their army of 12 year-old Malaysians, and crank that phukery out all day long.”