Another forest. Another productive morning! Just another batch of Christmas trees for my Holiday home Show… coming soon… very soon!!! Just a week & a half away!!!

Got some colors… got some slips… time to start painting some holiday lights!

Last night in my Beginning Wheel class, we were celebrating the end of the Fall session with a potluck… as we like to do. The theme was “dips & the vehicle to get it into your mouth.” I made my friend Kelly’s favorite recipe “Texas Caviar”… and had just the perfect bowl to serve it in along with tortilla chips!

First step towards color… a band of bright green slip around the top of the holiday mugs. The final green color will be less vibrant, and more “earthy” after the mugs are soda-fired!

Last night in my Intermediate Wheel class, we celebrated the final class of our Fall session with a fun potluck & trading/stealing game. The category was handmade pie plates… with your potluck food baked inside! Needless to say… we had PLENTY of pie… and I was one happy camper with the palate of a four year old. No such thing as too many pies!!! Chocolate Cream, Spiced Pumpkin, Salted Caramel, Strawberry Cream & more. I made a Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Pie in my red stamped pie plate… which Claire won & took home along with the yummy leftovers!

An early morning glow… as the clouds continue to move in.

Score, slip attach, repeat… repeat… repeat…

Handles attached so I now have a group of new holiday mugs!!!
Cute now, but surely some colored slip accents will really make them festive!

Some people hate making mugs because they hate pulling handles. NOT ME!!! Mugs are actually my favorite thing to make… and I kinda dig pulling handles too!!!

Just getting ready to pull some handles… again…

Looks like a Blue Monday… as Allyn & Chris are starting their day with coffee in their favorite new mugs. A great start for another Mugshot Monday!!!