A huge THANK YOU to everyone who follows me online, who appreciates my work, who “puts up with” my sunrise addiction, who needs a little visual distraction or just enjoys nature as much as I do. It’s amazing to me that there are so many people out there supporting us self-employed artists like me following our dreams & our passions. This has been a crazy year for all of us… and yet “somehow” we made it through the year together! Thanks again for all your support in 2020… and looking forward to even more fun in 2021… WITH all of you along for the ride of course!!!

We had a CRAZY total of 52,554 LIKES on my 2,079 Instagram posts during 2020!!!

That’s 17,526 MORE LIKES than last year!!!
Now I know we’ve all been cooped-up at home this year, playing on our phones trying to stay sane & stay connected. But let’s try to top that number this coming year with even more posts & more interactions!!!

So many of you have already noticed that my blog is currently down. I’ve been using WordPress for years… and now suddenly I have this error message popping up?! Sadly… I don’t even know what any of those things are… let alone how to fix it?!!! If anyone has conquered this issue for their own website, I would LOVE some “expert” advice to get mine up & running again!

OKAY – THIS ISSUE HAS SINCE BEEN “FIXED”…
and I’ve been back-dating & posting all of the old blog posts I couldn’t do while it was down! Sorry for the delay… the confusion… and the lack of posts over the last month. I’m trying y best to catch up. And I have a LOT of photos to upload still. Just think of it as some “good reading” during your Self-Isolation & Social Distancing!

I know I had a great time teaching my class how to make & decorate bowls Tuesday night.
So exciting to see that I must have made some sort of an impression on my students…
as I saw THIS show up on my Instagram Stories feed. Thanks Jen!!!

Okay, so I may be a little late to the game..
but here’s my INSTAGRAM BEST NINE posts for 2018.

Don’t forget you can always get a quick “dose” of my crazy life on Instagram…
find me at “firewhenreadypottery”… tough to remember, right?!
Very similar to my Facebook posts, just quicker, cropped, filtered and quirky!
And the blog posts are always “real photos” and longer stories!

THANK YOU to those of you who have already been following on Instagram.

 

Fun to see that one of my favorite tools from DiamondCore Tools showed up…
as well as my favorite Christmas gift to myself from Airtight Artwork!!!

It was a great year for me… hope yours was too!

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As we kiss 2017 goodbye, and a big hello to 2018…
it’s a great chance to reflect on some of our pottery fun from INSTAGRAM.

My 2017 goal was to double my Instagram Posts & Likes from 2016.
I fell just a smidge short of the doubled-posts goal, but nearly tripled my Likes… WHOO-HOO!!!

So don’t forget that you can always follow here on Facebook,
but there’s even more visual fun on INSTAGRAM too!!!
www.instagram.com/firewhenreadypottery

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So excited to once again make the list!!!
After three years in the Number One position, I fell slightly to Number Two this year. Still not too shabby considering I squeezed in a lot of fun this past summer… art fairs, summer camps, triathlons, sunrises and a full IRONMAN… and still came in at Number Two!!! Yeah me!!!

Thanks to POTTERY MAKING INFO for following the clay blogs all year long. And for sharing our stories to a wider audience on a monthly basis. So many great potters out there sharing a LOT of information, anecdotes & stories.

Click here to see the full list of those who made the Top Pottery Blogs of 2016.

Beating me out this year, Carole Epps and her “Musing About Mud” blog.
An amazing amount of ceramic content & images. She invites people to submit content to her blog so there’s a wide range of photos, videos, Call For Entries, and ceramic work from all over the world. Huge congrats to Carole… and thanks for sharing SO many beautiful things!

Don’t forget that it’s not JUST about blogging.
Sure, the blog might have a lot more content & stories. But you can always get your “fix” on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube as well. Just do a “Search” for Fire When Ready Pottery. You can pretty much “find” me anywhere… and then you can “Follow” me anywhere.

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A huge thanks to all of my INSTAGRAM Followers!!!
Here’s a quick recap of 2016 with my Best Nine Instagram Posts.
After 978 posts in 2016, and over twenty-seven thousand Likes,
these were the Top Nine that got the most Likes on INSTAGRAM.

My goal for 2017?…
To double all of those numbers on INSTAGRAM.
So if you’re not following me yet, please do!!! @firewhenreadypottery
Then Like and Share as much as you can… or want to?!

And here’s to a lot more photos, videos & posts on Instagram in 2017

Well, look who’s the Featured Artist for October on the AFTOSA.com website… ME!!!

So excited to invited by the Aftosa Team to be featured this month.
I’ve been purchasing ceramic tools & supplies from them for years.
Check them out at aftosa.com.

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