Had to swing by the studio for a little Sunday stamping!!! When your pots are drying, you need to catch them at just the right point to get some good stamped impressions. A little on the wetter-side of leatherhard. And this class-demo platter was ready… so I did a little stamping… all done with just one of my own handmade clay stamps!

This has been a great week so far… and it’s only Wednesday?!
Today is another holiday… NATIONAL DESSERT DAY!!!
And it would be “wrong” of me to not celebrate, right?
Special thanks to “First Slice Cafe” for having a yummy cherry mini-pie at the Farmers Market today!

Another platter off to a new home! Lots of pots left my booth this weekend to find their new forever homes. So fun to see people get excited… touch, love & fondle… and decide that they “need” to have one of my pieces in their life!

It’s always fun when you see the ART IN THE GARDEN collaborations get some lovin’ & find a new home! Like these three platters that I made with my “cohort in collaboration“ Cory McCrory! Thanks to Kristin, Donna & The Molloy Family… looks like little redhead Maddie has a new favorite too!!

There are still a couple collaborations left… if you’re interested, you can contact Cory for more details!

Cory also brought our collaboration pieces with her to ART IN THE GARDEN… fresh from her kiln! So much fun seeing the finished product. After all of the “teaser” photos… nothing like seeing the real thing!!! Congrats Cory… you knocked it out of the park once again!!!

We’re getting down to the wire… time is running out!!! But my pal Cory McCrory is laser focused on the Finish Line for our ART IN THE GARDEN collaboration platters! She’s been doing some last minute touch-ups… a little scraping here, a little underglaze pencil there & a lot of whimsy & talent everywhere!!!

So it looks like Cory McCrory did a little sumthin’-sumthin’ to our collaboration project last night. Suddenly the platters look a lot different… just gotta trust the process!!! Fingers crossed…

Looking a little “sketchy”!!! There they are… the six platters that I made & stamped… and then handed off to Cory McCrory to add her collaboration magic to them. Looks like we’ve got some feathered festivities going on here!

Just a reminder, these six platters will be making their big debut this weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview. There are only six… and they might go fast?! Just sayin’…

For more ART IN THE GARDEN details… www.grassrootsartfair.comi

Looks like my “collaboration cohort” Cory McCrory was “laboring” yesterday in her studio on Labor Day! Lots of last-minute projects happening… with everyone getting ready for ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend in Glenview! Just adding a little of her colorful flair & whimsy to a few of my stamped platters!!!

For more info… www.grassrootsartfair.com

So I’ve dropped some hints… left some clues… alluded to some AITG collaboration projects. Did you catch ‘em?! Well, here’s a more direct approach since ART IN THE GARDEN is just a week away! My “collaboration cohort” Cory McCrory has been working on our pieces very quietly in her studio. I dropped off a few stamped platters with very “plain” interior areas. Cory will be changing that while adding her amazing sense of whimsy & crazy cool color schemes. I can’t wait to see them myself… teaser photos coming soon?!