Cute little flowers in a cute little vase!
And don’t forget… tiny vases “need” tiny stamps!!! Thanks for sharing Kristy!

With an early morning show of color, the sunrise was brief as the clouds
continued to move in… with possible storms predicted for later today!

Sometimes a class demo just doesn’t turn out as it did in your head. In my SURFACE DECORATION class, we did some experimenting with textures, stencils & layered slip. My demo platter turned out to be more “graffiti-quilt” … not a fan!!! I lived with it for a couple days… still didn’t like it… but then I decided I should do something about it. After all… IT’S JUST CLAY!!!

I decided I could just save it right off…

Once I had trimmed off all the layers of texture & color from last week’s class demo… I smoothed it out with a rubber rib.

And then re-painted it with a blue-to-white ombré blend of colored slips. Seems like there’s a “very good chance” that this same platter might show up again in my SURFACE DECORATION class… as this week we’re going to be tackling sgraffito! Voila’… two demos, one platter… hoping for better results this next time around!!!

So last night I revisited the class demo bowls from earlier in the week.
Sure, the altered rims & textured slip “could” have been enough.
But you know me… MORE IS MORE!!!

So I did more… go figure!

More beautiful Spring flowers… a little brightness on a dull & dreary gray day!

Last night in class we had some new flavors… courtesy of some Chinese OREOs!!! Tasty… not as sweet as I’d like… and I’m still a little leery of a flavor just called “cheese”?!!! Thanks for sharing Katie!

Last night in my SURFACE DECORATION class, we played with colored slips painted over real leaves pressed into clay as textures & stencils. The fun happens when you try to find your leaves under the layer of slip… and then gently pull them out!

More Spring colors along my ride this morning…
beautiful red crabapple blossoms along the lakefront trail.

Back on the bike for another beautiful sunrise. I was afraid that the clouds might win out… but we did get a nice sunrise reveal as the morning progressed. Looks like it’s going to be a nice day… even if the clouds move in even more later today!

Looks like the dandelions are extra happy today as it’s warming up…
and it looks like they brought their friends!!!