Also finished off another batch of wheelthrown holiday ornaments. Getting ready for a bisque firing… then into a soda kiln for the final firing. New ornaments & holidays coming soon… sooner than you think!!!

So a customer contacted me just to ask if I would have ornaments again this year… the “top-shaped ones”! Of course I said “Yes”… but then realized I probably should make more before I commit?! So I did… another 10×10 Challenge! More than ten by 10:00am! Another productive morning!

Plenty of soda-fired star ornaments this weekend…
whether to decorate your tree, work as a gift tag, or just to bring a smile to someone’s face!

Never too late to add more star ornaments to your tree!

Just looking for a little holiday somethin’-somethin’?… I also have plenty of soda-fired ornaments restocked for today!!! C’mon by… we’re open until 6:00pm!

Just a quick reminder that tonight is the LILLSTREET HOLIDAY PARTY from 5:00-8:00pm. I’ll be in my studio sharing in the festivities, selling some handmade mugs… and these cute little soda-fired star ornaments too! Hope you can swing by to say hello & to spread some holiday cheer!

LILLSTREET ART CENTER
4401 North Ravenswood, Studio 205 West, Chicago

While many people took down their Christmas decorations this past weekend, looks like my friend Roberta has been creating quite the “chandelier collection”… fun for the whole year! And I see one of my ornaments, as well as a chair ornament by my pal Cory McCrory… plus I found the pickle!!!

So this is what happens when you grab that little scrap of plastic on your worktable… give the clay inside a little squish… and only THEN realize that it has the ornament that you just trimmed about ten minutes ago!!! Ugh.

Must stay focused… just trying to finish up a few last minute projects in the studio before the holidays!

The latest addition to my handmade Christmas ornament collection! An adorable little polar bear lovingly crocheted by my friend & Holiday Elf Rachel.

So excited to add two new Cory McCrory ornaments to my Christmas tree this year! Such an adorable addition to my handmade ornament collection! Cory makes amazing pieces handbuilt with paper clay, great textures, fun colors… and always a dash of whimsy!!! I mean… who doesn’t need a chicken and a bunny on their tree?!

And they’re BELLS too!!! That Cory McCrory thinks of everything!!!