I was hoping to squeeze in one last cone six kiln before this weekend. But it looks like I can’t quite stop “making” and switch to “glazing”?!!! So these stamped porcelain dishes might need to wait for the second Home Show?!!!

Another preview of this weekend’s Holiday Home Show.
Stamped & soda-fired serving bowls… just one of the many perfect gift ideas
to kick-off your holiday shopping season!!! Every piece is handmade & one-of-a-kind!

Mark your calendar for this weekend… Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-6:00pm.
It’s my annual Holiday Home Show with pots in every room of my condo.
The most Fire When Ready Pottery you’ll ever see in one place!!!
And don’t forget about the “Tired Of Shlepping Sale” on the back porch!!!

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Prepping & pricing for this weekend’s Holiday Home Show!!!
My goal every year is to start with over a hundred mugs. And we’ve got it…
at last count we were at 112 with more to come!!!
You know how I LOVE making mugs… Happy Mugshot Monday!!!

A big sky sunrise with lots of clouds & colors sometimes needs a BIG picture!

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Lots of clouds. Lots of color. Another beautiful sunrise bike ride. Although it seems to be getting chillier every day… might be time to pull out the winter gloves!!!

Hard to believe we’re just over a month away from Christmas!!!
How did THAT happen??? So now it doesn’t feel so weird making ornaments, huh?

So here’s another batch of holiday ornaments made by me & four of My Talented Friends.
Remember, we’ve all signed-on for a Monthly Holiday Ornament Challenge.
The plan is for each of us to make a new ornament each month of the year.

My Talented Friend : Cory McCrory
Cory has knocked it out of the park again this month!!! How cute are these little Elf Shoes?!!! Friggin’ adorable… that’s how cute! And you can bet they’re going to be even cooler after they are painted & glazed!

My Talented Friend : Sarah Chapman
Sarah’s gone with a twist this month! A lovely pierced spiral ornament in shiny brass.

My Talented Friend : Roberta Polfus
Roberta has stuck to her roots this month by making these flowering pod shapes that she’s known for. This time they’re a bit smaller than normal to make wonderful carved ornaments.

My Talented Friend : Amy Taylor
After a rough month in September, Amy returned to The Challenge with a vengeance. Simple, yet elegant. Beautiful sterling rings that will shimmer and shine on any holiday tree.

My Talented Friend : … oh wait, it’s ME again!!!
My October ornament is pretty simple this month. I’ve been SO busy getting everything ready for my latest soda kiln. Not to mention raining & doing my first IRONMAN. Regardless… I made a lot of these textured heart ornaments to add to my “bargain box” of ornaments. They’re all textured, slip painted and ready for the soda kiln to work its magic!

So there they are… October ornaments from My Talented Friends Cory, Sarah, Roberta & Amy. Be sure to check out everyone’s websites. They’re all in the LINKS section in the far right column. And they all have fun Facebook pages too. Find your favorites & follow them everywhere!

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ARRRGGHHHH… I think these postcards might be jinxed?! First it was the stamps… now it’s the color? Or lack thereof. I ordered full-color backs for my postcards… I just didn’t plan on that color being GRAY!!! Luckily everything is still legible… just not as pretty as it’s supposed to be. And be sure that VistaPrint will be hearing from me!

So I finally found postage stamps… kinda. Seven post offices today and I only found 93 postcard stamps?! So the rest of my postcards are going out with TWO stamps on them that at add up to a couple cents more than the standard postcard rate. I had to get creative if I want these postcards to get out on time… or more likely, just in the knick of time for next weekend’s big Home Show! I hope people like penguins?… ‘cuz there’s going to be a LOT of them going out!!!

Love when a new box arrives from VistaPrint.
Don’t love when you wait in line at five Post Office locations only to find
that NONE of them have postcard stamps?!!!

On to number six…