More pottery. More boxes.
All headed off to their new homes! Including some BIG boxes with a lot of goodies inside! Remember, you can always shop for pottery & holiday gifts from the safety & comfort of your couch on my website… click HERE!

I made a trip to MAURIE’S SUGAR SHOP in Eureka to drop-off some pottery… and apparently my friends Keith & Julie timed it PERFECTLY as they we’re just finishing a batch of homemade caramel popcorn! The smell was intoxicating, the process fascinating… and my little cup of fresh, warm caramel corn was AMAZING!!! Be sure to check them out… your sweet tooth will be glad you did!

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It was great to see my most recent totem pole still standing in the garden this past weekend… even though the plants have all withered away. The soda-fired colors are a nice contrast to the browns of the ground & bare trees. It will be especially fun to see it again when the snow starts to fall.

A welcome surprise… finding a Major Wheeler Honeysuckle plant still blooming this late in the season! Love how the bright flowers make a great contrast to the yellowing Fall colors of the leaves still on the vine!

Saturday was a beautiful day to get out of the City and enjoy some rural landscapes in Central Illinois. As a fan of rusty metal & weathered wood, this barn is always a favorite along my drive!

Look who just popped onto my tree!!! Santa couldn’t deliver his gifts of toilet paper & hand sanitizer via ZOOM, so he put on his best mask an just stopped by with proper social distancing!! Celebrating the season as best we can… with a wonderful handmade ornament by my friend Tiffany!

If you would like one of your own, she’s busily making more like a good Elf should… and you can connect with her through Instagram – @tiff_in_quarantine

My students cranked them out last night!!! That’s a lot of work trimming & adding handles for just a three hour class! Making mugs, mugs & MORE MUGS with my three-week MUGSHOT MONDAY pottery class at Lillstreet Art Center!

Last night in my MUGSHOT MONDAY class, my students assembled their mugs!!! It’s just a quick three-week class all about making MUGS!!! My favorite!!!

Last week they threw cylinders, this week trimming & handles… next week glazing! Very quick & lots of mugs!!! By the end of class tonight, they were “complaining” less about making handles than when we started. So I’ll call that progress… and they were all excited when they saw how many mugs they had cranked out in just a three hour class!!!

Today is DAY EIGHT of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired lidded jars. Perfect for collecting small treasures, catching trinkets & securing tchotchkes.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a lidded jar you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

Click HERE to go to my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page.

So start shopping… be the first to claim your lidded jar… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Just a few detailed “reminders” that today is Day Seven of MY TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE. Today’s feature is flower pots with these stamped & soda-fired surfaces! Just scroll back a bit on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page for more details!… or click here for the “official” Photo Album to shop from!