Loving that we’re less than a week till Christmas.. and I’m still pedaling morning sunrises with no SNOW!!! I’m sure this “gift” from Mother Nature is bound to end at some point… but until then… PEDAL ON!!!

I may be stuck in the studio glazing tonight… but why not be a bit festive at the same time?! So I’m “celebrating” with a Christmas classic… or so I’ve been told… my first time watching “The Santa Clause.”

So what’s YOUR favorite Christmas movie???

Glazing up my final kiln of the year!
And yes, that special order for matching bowls is in the kiln, as well as two sgraffito platters & some bowls that have been “collecting dust” on the shelves in my studio! So I dusted them off, cleaned them up and sprayed them with some glaze! Can’t wait to see them… they might just make the perfect gift?!!!

Wonderful colors & energy racing across the bricks! Another wonderful graffiti mural by Hebru Brantley… this one fittingly on the side of the Nike Store in Bucktown.

And another huge THANK YOU to my talented metalsmith friend Amy Taylor for spending the weekend with me & my pottery for MUD & METAL! Always fun to share time, stories & customers with My Talented Friends! Thank you Amy… I had a great time!

HUGE THANKS to everyone who came to celebrate the holidays at MY HOLIDAY HOME SHOWS! It’s been a great kick-off to the holiday season. We had a wonderful weekend with lots of great people stopping through – tons of customers, friends, students & more!!! It was a wonderful end to my art fair season… and now I need to switch focus to my own personal Christmas as I’ve done NO SHOPPING at all yet!!! Yikes!

Today’s “FREEBIE” prize for keen eyes… the first person find this specific mug today during MUD & METAL and tells me they saw it on social media this morning gets it for FREE!!! No strings attached… just more fun for me!!! And possibly a free mug for YOU?!!!

Stop by today… it’s the final day of MUD & METAL : My Second Holiday Home Show with metalsmith Amy Taylor. We’re here until 4:00pn with great gifts for everyone on your holiday gift list… even yourself!!! Pottery in every room of my condo at 1353 West Rosemont #3, Chicago 60660… the one with green totem pole in front!!!

And while I was admiring the frosted Fall leaves, I was also startled by these beautiful red spikes sprouting from one of the trees. It looks like the “old” spikes are brown, whereas the new growth is vibrant RED!!! No idea what kind of tree this is, but I will definitely be watching my distance as I pedal past that tree in the future!

Sure, the fog & sunrise was beautiful this morning… but the frosted leaves were pretty amazing too! I love how the frost accentuated all of the veins & stems of the leaves… and the muted medley of colors in the frozen fall leaves.