The NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR starts in one hour at 8:00am CST… which also means that my brand new ETSY SHOP launches in just one hour too!!!

Here’s the link to over a hundred pots listed in my new online store… including these nine mugs and a whole lot more!!!

www.etsy.com/shop/firewhenreadypottery

Celebrating MUGSHOT MONDAY by finally getting these mugs “posted” as a draft on my new ETSY SHOP! Moving on to more pieces to upload to ETSY. The “big debut” of my brand new shop will be at 8:00am Friday 6/18 when the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR goes “live” with lots of great pottery & free demos for everyone!

Check-out www.northernilpotterytour.com for more details.

Well, I think I’ve finally pulled together my pottery inventory for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR. And now the photography session has finally begun… this is gonna take awhile!

Maybe I should have been more “focused” with my camera than being “focused” on my handlebars while pedaling my bike so much lately?!!! But it’s been gorgeous outside, right?… so sue me!

As part of the final SURFACE DECORATIONS class of the session, we did my favorite “trading-exchanging-stealing” game… with the category of something stamped! Everyone put in a piece they made this session, and then went home with someone else’s!!! I was the lucky winner of this cute mug by Christine! A wonderful memento of our SURFACE DECORATIONS class!

Since I don’t drink coffee or tea, I need to find other uses for my mugs! Like celebrating another Mugshot Monday at the same time as today’s national holiday… it’s NATIONAL CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM DAY!!!

And if I’m going to go for it… I’m going all the way with my favorite “Phish Food” from Ben & Jerry’s with caramel sauce, marshmallow goo & chocolate fish swirled inside!!! Gotta celebrate the holiday in style… burp!

Getting ready for tomorrow’s BIG DEBUT of my new “wheelthown-handbuilt-combo” mugs! Cleaning them up, smoothing some bottoms & packing them up for a trip out to Hinsdale this weekend! Stop by the HINSDALE FINE ARTS FAIR in Booth #69 to see me & my new mugs… and a LOT more textured & handmade pottery!!!

The only downside to making a LOT of mugs… is having to clean, price & pack a LOT of mugs for this weekend’s art fair in Hinsdale! These mugs are a mix of soda-fired or glazed… a little something for everyone. Always guaranteed to make your morning coffee just a little bit tastier!

Just a few of the new “wheelthrown-handbuilt-combo” mugs fresh out of the soda kiln! These are just a few of the orange ones… my favorite color! I’m loving the bright, clear color, the flash of soda-white that highlights the textures & the all-around-the-mug texture pattern! Many of the textured patterns were made with hand rollers from MKM Pottery Tools.

Methinks there’s a very good chance that a few of these might just make their “Big Debut” at the HINSDALE FINE ART SHOW this weekend.

And yes, I’m still looking for a clever name to call these new mugs!
Open to suggestions… please…

Looks like Rosene & Gerry are celebrating MUGSHOT MONDAY in a big way with a new shelving unit in their kitchen. Showing off their great collection of mugs… although I see a couple “imposter mugs” that might “need” to be replaced soon!!!

Celebrating another MUGSHOT MONDAY with this little green glazed mug… stamped on two sides instead of all the way around. Just playing around trying something new?!