Wishing you all a fun & exciting New Year’s Eve!!! A great time to celebrate with friends & family reflecting on the past year & looking forward to the New Year! Have fun… but stay safe out there!

So apparently there was a little pottery “mishap”
on Christmas Day… I’ll let Allison tell the story…

“Tragic end to Mamma Molloy’s mug before she even opened it. We hosted at our home for Christmas and my brother Ryan and his wife Sarah and Reed came over for a meal and presents with our Mamma who lives down around the corner from us. We were all enjoying Reed, our nephew, being a 14 month old after our meal, stomping around and being curious when he grabbed the bag Mamma’s mug was in (padded mind you), Ryan lifted him up, and then he dropped the bag and I heard CLUNK. And was like, “Oh no. What was that? Was that the bag?” And sure enough, she opened the bag first and it was IT WAS HALF A MUG.

Sarah felt so bad and was apologetic and I felt bad but then thought what would Gary say, “It’s just clay.” She said at least she didn’t have time to get attached. I did investigate it after they left and your centering is VERY good sir. Perfect walls. Quite thin, so it’s light, and apparently very breakable.

Sad for the Christmas chaos this year!! As Sarah says, it’s a very “interactive and fun” time with him but the hands grab EVERYTHING.”

A couple happy pottery peeps… celebrating yesterday with some new pottery! Excited about their red “ornaments” holiday mug… but I think even more excited about the stamped aubergine vase that they got as a gift from Dad! Thanks for sharing your holiday Allison & Michael.

… and to all a good night!

Wishing you & yours a wonderful holiday season. Enjoying time spent with family & friends. Sharing old stories. Creating new memories. And extra special this year as the celebrations seem to all be lining up on this special day! Enjoy the holidays… no matter which you choose to celebrate. Make it merry. Make it special. Make it fun in your own special way!

Remembering the childhood Christmas Eve nights driving home from my grandparents house in our pajamas… watching out the car windows to see if we could see Rudolph’s red nose & listening to the radio as they broadcast the “Santa Tracking” updates. Enjoy the night, cherish the memories.

Holiday preparations are in the works.
I know what I’m making for tomorrow’s Christmas feast… I’m on “two side dishes.”

The real question is what will they be served in???

As we slide right into the Christmas holiday…. as well as Hanukkah & Kwanzaa…
let us not forget today’s celebration… FESTIVUS!!!

Made popular on that wonderful TV show about “nothing”… a celebration made famous by Frank Costanza! One of the most important traditions of Festivus is the “Airing of Grievances,” where families & friends have an opportunity to tell each other how they were disappointed by that person in the past year. A Festivus dinner is shared before the “Feats of Strength” competition takes place, where the head of the household must be pinned in a wrestling match beneath the unadorned aluminum Festivus pole.

A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US!!!
Today’s your day… go out & have fun with this!!!

So close… but no wins for us!!! Last night was the final game of BINGO at IKEA for the year. I went with my niece Taylor with plenty of daubers in-hand. We had a great time despite not winning a round… but, we did each get a fun IKEA bucket hat made from recycled IKEA big blue shopping bags. Only after chatting & trading with IKEA Amanda! Happy holidays at IKEA!!!

Magical holiday illumination in Anna’s Christmas Tree Farm! She has quite a collection of my ceramic trees down in Florida… with three more headed her way from my POP-UP HOLIDAY SALE! Thanks for sharing Anna… love the custom sign too!!!