Last night in my Beginning & Advanced Beginning Wheelthwoing class,
we ended the Spring session with a fun class, potluck snacks and a Double Mug Exchange! At the start of class I challenged my students to make mugs to exchange during the final class. With a small twist… my brand new Beginners needed to make two mugs, but my returning Advanced Beginners needed to make “matching” mugs!!! Here are a “few” of the mugs that were up for grabs last night!!!

And two “individuals” by one of my brand new Beginners… pretty sweet, huh?!

And of course I had to play along too… so here are my contribution
to the Double Mug Exchange… two stamped and cone 6 glaze fired mugs!

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Just hanging out in Old Town this afternoon while my bike gets it’s 30-ride tune-up!

Murals making walls better in Old Town.

And some of the best… some organic and some architectural.

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Spring clematis bloom in one of my stamped & soda-fired ikebana vases.
Lovin’ the color contrast.

So which view do YOU like better?…
Straight down birds-eye-view?… or a slight angle?!!!
I couldn’t decide so you get stuck with both!!!

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Kinda dreary today.
But still fun geometry & grids of rusty metal while playing downtown today!

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Another beautiful morning with clear skies & rippled reflections shining through the tress on Olive Park.

After two days of art fair fun, it was nice to kick-off my Memorial Day holiday with a relaxing sunrise bike ride.

We had a beautiful day today. We were all very thankful for the weather today.
When we all left Saturday, the weather forecast for Sunday was NOT so good.
Strong stormy winds over night, and then a ful day of rain & thunderstorms for Sunday. I went to bed “dreading” the next day to come. I’m sure we all wnet to bed with a bit of weather trepidation.

We were all pleasantly surprised to find the sun shining when morning came. I got to the fair and it was a BEAUTIFUL day! Beautiful blue skies and a gentle breeze passing through. My Dad kept checking WeatherBug for the forecast… and we could see storms blowing through around us, mostly to the north & west of Schaumburg. We totally lucked out with two beautiful days in Schaumburg!!!

But then my tent blew over!!!

What?… YES.
We were taking our time packing up at the end of the day. It was beautiful all day with a gentle breeze coming in from the northwest. Beautiful. Calm. Nice. So we packed away the pots. Took down my shelving. And began taking down the tent. Taking off the sides… and while I was folding the third panel, I looked over and my tent was ever so slowly lifting up and blowing over. Basically rolling over to upside-down. Luckily, everyone else around me was already gone. So it was just me, my tent and some muddy grass. Laughing. Guess “someone” got a little cocky and pulled out the stakes a bit too soon??? Strange part was that the breeze was coming from the northwest all day… but then that one gust of wind came in literally from the other direction!!!

Oh well, all good. Another lesson reminded.
It all worked out okay. No foul. No damage. Just another great story!!!

It’s Day Two of the Schaumburg Prairie Arts Festival. Blue skies and my flag is flying high!!!
We’re here until 5:00pm… c’mon by Booth #51.

And one of the “benefits” of doing the Schaumburg Prairie Arts Festival… is the FREE DONUTS! They supply the artists with sugar both days. And one of the organizers who was coordinating load-in by my booth was raving about the mint chocolate donuts. So I had to try one… and he didn’t steer me wrong!

And then THIS happened…

My booth neighbor Claudia asked if we had any rubbing alcohol. Odd.
Of course we did not… and THEN we found out why she was asking.

Apparently she had Super Glued her thumb to the tube of adhesive. And it was stuck.. and stuck good!!! So she did a little recognizance around the fair and finally settled in with some Windex Wipes which apparently did the job eventually. Not the best way to start off her morning… but entertaining for the rest of us!! Thanks  for the story Claudia of Baubbly!!

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Well, it’s finally here… the big kick-off of my Summer Art Fair season!
SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL
Robert O. Atcher Municipal Center, 201 Schaumburg Court in Schaumburg, IL
Saturday, May 27th & Sunday, May 28th from 10:00am-5:00pm.
I am once again in my usual spot in Booth #51. All set-up and ready to go!

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Considering I just threw these pots last Sunday… I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised that I might be taking the proverbial  “warm” pots to the art fair tomorrow. Two sizes of terra cotta flower pots fresh from the kiln… straight into a crate in my car and headed to Schaumburg in a few hours!!!

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