Not only did I leave Thanksgiving with a bunch of leftovers… but I got a bunch of homegrown eggs as well. Their backyard chickens are still working hard producing eggs. Thanks Kelly for sending some home with me!

After a great Thanksgiving celebration… looks like everyone is ready for a relaxing start to their day! Some of us have to work today… while others apparently get to lounge around all day & chill with a fun collection of mugs… including some new Holiday mugs just added to their collection!

Looks like Beckie is celebrating her own little MUGSHOT MONDAY with her new festive Holiday Mug! Thanks for stopping by yesterday, hanging out, shopping, chatting… and for sharing this special moment with us Beckie!!!

You know you had a successful weekend when the dishwasher is full both days with all of the used “hot apple cider mugs!”… yes, I made a special set of mugs just for the Holiday Home Shows… they only come out twice a year!

Two more hours… still plenty of time to start your holiday shopping.
My HOLIDAY HOME SHOW will stay open until 6:00pm today!!! C’mon by!

Still setting up for this weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW… maybe you’ve heard of it???

Anyway… I was taken by these fantastic fire flashing marks on the bottom of some large oval vases. As the soda kiln fires & leaves soda-glaze deposits on the pots, some of it sneaks under the pots & leaves wonderful flashing marks. Like these where you can literally see the flame’s path between the wadding that was under the pots during the firing. So cool to see where the flames kissed the pots & left their marks!!! Ahhh… another beauty of soda-firing!!!

A few more shots of this year’s collection of Holiday Mugs… just in time for this weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!! New stamped & soda-fired mugs with a string of Holiday Lights… as well as some mugs with Christmas Trees & star toppers… kinda like last year’s holiday mugs!

Here’s the first sneak peek… this year’s NEW Christmas Mugs with stamped holiday lights. And a few more mugs with Christmas Trees in case you didn’t get one last year! Although this time there are some stars on top too! All coming to this weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW… limited quantities, so come early!!!

So apparently this is “a thing” now??? After last night’s post about the bathroom remodel based on one of my wall pocket vases… this morning I got another one!!! Longtime friend & follower Jean sent me photos of HER bathroom… also centered around a few of my tiled pieces, a round disc & a couple all pocket vases! Pretty cool huh?! Any other interior designers needing some inspiration?… c’mon over!!!

This is a text message from my friend Mary Foster…

“Hi Gary, hope you’re doing well! I was at a neighborhood gathering this afternoon and a woman told me she had just redone her bathroom. She designed it around a wall pocket vase she bought from you at ART IN THE GARDEN a couple of years ago. I thought you might enjoy seeing the pics!”

And Mary was right… I LOVED seeing the pics.
The bathroom is gorgeous… and I’m oddly “honored” that it all started with
just one of my little ol’ wall pocket vases!