So I made a new friend & customer today… thanks to Pinterest!!!!
She found a picture of my new textured wall pillows on Pinterest, apparently admired them and then tracked me down. We connected through e-mails & phone calls to set up today’s studio visit. She brought her designer daughter (with her color-matching PMS color book) to pick out two groupings of textured wall pillows. And now these pieces have found a new home… thanks again to Pinterest!

I’ve never really thought about it, but maybe I need to consider this Pinterest thing?! I “kinda” know what it is, and I’ve heard many customers mention seeing my work on it. But maybe it’s time that I need to start using it myself. Seems like all the cool kids are doing it?!… or am I already too late to hop on this bandwagon?!

Getting ready for my Christmas at home with my family.
MOst of my presents are wrapped, by nbags are packed and I just finished making my hot fudge cheesecake I’m bringing with for Christmas Dinner. I hope I can wait that long… might look bad if I showed up and there were already a few bites missing. huh!?!

Seems like so long ago… but in my last soda kiln, I fired some new work including these textured wall pillows. I’ve been trying to come up with a new piece for the holiday Home Shows. Something new for people to hang on the wall. I’ve already made ceramic masks and tiled ClayQuilts. Oh, but what to do next… and I came up with these. I started by making these textured round tiles that hang flat to the wall… with a little depth to pop them off the wall. Here’s a quick “teaser’ of a few of them as I was unloading the kiln.

I made them in three different sizes.  My hope is that people will make their own collections, and decide how to hang them on their walls in all different configurations. I threw together this first one on my living room wall as an example for the first Holiday Home Show. It’s a quick “constellation” of textured tiles.

And now I’ve thrown together a few more examples of how they can be used.
Random constellations. Random groupings. Different sizes. Same sizes.
Straight lines. Trios. Doubles. Singles. So many ways to play with them on your wall.

Pick & choose… plenty to choose from to make your own “constellation.”
I had fun making them, so there’s a pretty good chance there will be more coming soon!
Yet, I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to show them at the summer art fairs???

With my second Holiday Home Show this coming Saturday,
I’ve been getting a few new pieces out of the kiln just in time… limited quantities!
This last batch of glazed pieces comes from a cone 10 reduction gas kiln.
Some of them have some pretty sweet glaze runs & chemical interactions.

You can grab one of these beauties this coming Saturday at my place!
The SECOND Holiday Home Show
Saturday, December 14th from 10:00am-6:00pm.
If you need home address specifics, just send me an e-mail or Facebook message!

A quick glimpse “before & after” a cone 10 reduction glaze firing…
just in time for this Saturday’s Holiday Home Show.

Here’s a stamped platter leatherhard “before”… and glazed “after.”

And here’s a stamped bowl leatherhard “before”… and glazed “after.”

So here’s the “shopping list” of pieces that I’m offering up for my one-time
“Happy December Online Sale.”

DO NOT use this list to try and purchase any of these mugs or ornaments.
At 7:00pm Central time tonight, I will post the same pieces on my Facebook page.

We’re doing a first come, first served, old-school style “sale.” Keeping it simple.
The first person to “claim” the piece by leaving a Facebook Comment on the photo gets it.
NOT a Comment on the entire photo album, but each individual piece.
NOT by a Comment on this blog post.

So use these photos as a “sneak peek”… to create your “Wish List”…
and then watch for the official launch of the Sale on my Facebook Page at 7:00pm tonight!!!

MUG #1 – cone 10 reduction glazed B-Clay stoneware.

MUG #2 – cone 10 soda-fired B-Clay stoneware.

MUG #3 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

MUG #4 – cone 10 soda-fired B-Clay stoneware.

MUG #5 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

MUG #6 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

MUG #7 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

MUG #8 – cone 10 soda-fired B-Clay stoneware.

MUG #9 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

MUG #10 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

MUG #11 – cone 10 reduction glazed B-Clay stoneware.

MUG #12 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

And now…

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #1 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #2 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #3 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #4 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #5 – cone 10 soda-fired B-Clay stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #6 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #7 – cone 10 reduction glazed B-Clay stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #8 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #9 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #10 – cone 10 soda-fired B-Clay stoneware.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #11 – cone 10 soda-fired porcelain.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENT #12 – cone 10 soda-fired stoneware.

Special thanks to everyone who made it over today for my Holiday Home Show.
It was “crazy-crowded-fun” those first few hours!!! Whew. I’m still working on fixing everything up so I’m ready for another big day tomorrow! Replenishing. Restocking. Ready for Day Two!!! C’mon over…

Just a quick reminder that this weekend is my Holiday Home Show.
Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th from 10:00am-6:00pm.
With lots of pots in every room of my condo… and the “Tired Of Shlepping Sale”
on the back porch. Remember, it’s at my home, not my studio.
If you need address details, just let me know… by e-mail, Facebook, text, phone call, etc.

One week from today (and tomorrow)… “My Home For The Holidays ” Home Show.
Yep, you got it – at my home! Pottery in every room, food & drink in the kitchen and my
annual”Tired Of Shlepping Sale” on the back porch. Start your holiday shopping a bit early…
like next weekend!!!

Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday November 24th, 2013
10:00am-6:00pm both days.

If you’d like actual address details, send me an e-mail or Facebook Message.
I’d love to have you stop by… but I’m just a little leery of posting my home address
online for the world to see.

Sure, probably three seconds on Google and you’d have my home address and ALL
of my personal information. But I sleep better not thinking about that.