For our class flowerpot trades last session, I went with a “purple-on-purple” theme!
Stamping & glazing my flowerpots & then finding a very thematically-correct plant
to go along with it! You know I live for a good theme!!!

At the end of last session, my SURFACE DECORATION class celebrated with a little “white-elephant-trading-stealing-game” with handmade flowerpots & plants! So much fun to share their work… finished & functioning… for the most part! Some people didn’t quite get through the kiln in time for the big trade!!!

Always good to see a happy plant in a handmade flower pot. Like this terra cotta one that Cory’s neighbor Pam bought during the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR… and has already fulfilled its destiny by giving a plant a new home! Thanks for sharing Pam!!!

Looks like “someone” has a lot of trimming to do today… flower pots & drip plates here we come!!!

So I may have been gone for a quick weekend away… but it’s right back in the studio this morning! With another 10×10 challenge… more than ten pieces before 10:00am! This time it’s more flower pots with water drip trays! Stamping still to come… obviously!!!

After I shared my stories, photos & videos of “the wreckage”…
we finally got down for some SURFACE DECORATION last night with textural stamping.
I did a few demos… and it felt great to not think about my car for a couple hours!

Gave my plants a little TLC this weekend… especially the cactus & succulents that get blocked behind the shelves for my Holiday Home Show. They look happy now in their handmade flowerpots… let’s hope they’re still happy a couple months from now when I finally get to take all of the shelving back down?! I mean… they’re cactus, they’ll be fine, right???

My friend Kristen finally got around to decorating for the holiday… or maybe more for the “season”??? Either way, my pumpkins with her handmade carved flowerpot look pretty great together!!! Festive yet reserved… just like my friend Kristen!!!

Looks like my cousin Kim has some happy plants… especially that clover plant that’s thriving in a handmade & stamped flower pot!

Okay… so my pink Easter Cactus seems to be a little confused. It clearly missed its namesake holiday, but is finally happy & blooming in a handmade stamped & soda-fired flower pot. Almost a month late, but I’ll still take it!!!