Last night in my Intermediate Wheel class, we celebrated the final class of our Fall session with a fun potluck & trading/stealing game. The category was handmade pie plates… with your potluck food baked inside! Needless to say… we had PLENTY of pie… and I was one happy camper with the palate of a four year old. No such thing as too many pies!!! Chocolate Cream, Spiced Pumpkin, Salted Caramel, Strawberry Cream & more. I made a Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Pie in my red stamped pie plate… which Claire won & took home along with the yummy leftovers!

An early morning glow… as the clouds continue to move in.

Score, slip attach, repeat… repeat… repeat…

Handles attached so I now have a group of new holiday mugs!!!
Cute now, but surely some colored slip accents will really make them festive!

Some people hate making mugs because they hate pulling handles. NOT ME!!! Mugs are actually my favorite thing to make… and I kinda dig pulling handles too!!!

Just getting ready to pull some handles… again…

Looks like a Blue Monday… as Allyn & Chris are starting their day with coffee in their favorite new mugs. A great start for another Mugshot Monday!!!

Well, we finally got our first snow of the season… a bit too soon for my liking. Nothing too heavy in my neighborhood. But it looks like some of the trees were caught off-guard too!

Another batch of mugs in the making… this time with a NEW festive holiday flair!!! A very Limited Edition… hopefully just in time for my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW coming soon!!!

Gave my plants a little TLC this weekend… especially the cactus & succulents that get blocked behind the shelves for my Holiday Home Show. They look happy now in their handmade flowerpots… let’s hope they’re still happy a couple months from now when I finally get to take all of the shelving back down?! I mean… they’re cactus, they’ll be fine, right???

Well, not anymore… after a week in Alaska is felt great to be making it back home. Of course after a great nap on the plane… it was nice to see the bright lights of Chicago through the airplane window. THANK YOU ALASKA for an amazing week… so beautiful, so many great memories. Thanks to everyone who made my trip so memorable!!!