Another art fair… another bouquet of flowers.
Nothing shows off a stamped & soda-fired wall pocket vase better than a bundle of beautiful flowers! A nice mix of colors & textures from the Northern Illinois Pottery Tour!

A beautiful bi-colored iris bloom from my garden enjoying some time in a handmade ikebana vase! Homegrown & handmade… the perfect combo!

Big THANKS to everyone who came out to the HINSDALE FINE ARTS FESTIVAL this weekend. It was great to see everyone again, sell some pottery & hangout in the park in what turned out to be beautiful weather. Plus, now I have another bunch of flowers leftover from my booth display…. now gracing my back porch in a stamped soda-fired vase!

If only they would still be fresh next weekend for THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR… but I kinda doubt it…

When an iris bloom breaks off the stem, don’t fret… just put it in a small water-filled sipper for a quick centerpiece that brings the iris beauty inside! Thanks for the idea Rosene!!!

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to the SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL this weekend. It was so great to finally see everyone’s smiling face again… we had fantastic weather both days too! I now have the fresh flowers from my booth in a stamped & soda-fire vase on my back porch. If you missed out this weekend, you can come next weekend to the HINSDALE FINE ARTS FAIR on June 4th & 5th.

Sweet little flowers need sweet little vases! Lily-of-the-Valley season is upon us… with a beautiful fragrance… and plenty of mini vases coming to the SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL this weekend!!! Just in time to show-off your mini blooms in a cutie-patootie vase!

One of my students was out today for a neighborhood “up-cycle event”… aka garage sale?… and she ran across this gem! One of my stamped & soda-fired vases from a couple years ago! Not only did Darcy get it for FREE… she also had a nice chat with the previous owner.

My favorite part… “it was a little faded on one side.” HA!!!…
or maybe just SODA-FIRED?!!!
You know… pottery doesn’t really “fade” all that much!!!

Enjoying the Spring flowers these days.
Still gray & chilly outside, but with a lot of beautiful colors popping up all over the neighborhood… and on my back porch!

With my soda kiln firing scheduled for next weekend, I’m in the final throws of studio production. Making enough to fill the kiln… and replenishing my inventory for the upcoming art fair season! Just another batch of wall pocket vases stamped, slipped & drying!

After a bit of stamping, these discs are getting so much closer… closer to becoming my latest batch of ikebana flower vases! Spring flowers will be here soon… and they’re going to need a home!