Great to be home after another long weekend of holiday celebrations with family & friends. Whew…

Just a glimpse of the tile wall in my condo… just short of three thousand tiles on my wall.

Once a piece of pottery leaves my hands I always kind of wonder where it ends up. So it’s been so much fun to see some photos of their final homes. Like these in JoAnn’s house… two tiled mirrors and three textured wall pillows. Perfectly framing the doorway. Perfectly lit to help accentuate the textures.

More holiday snacks… I’m “sure” they taste a LOT better when served in Fire When Ready Pottery!!! Oval casserole filled with chips, tiled trivet, candle votive and a wheelthrown ornament. Happy Holidays… and thanks for sharing your pottery-filled family gatherings with me!

If you have any photos from your holiday gatherings using my pottery, please e-mail them to me so I can share your pictures too. gary@firewhenreadypottery.com

My cousins in Minnesota are gearing up for the holidays. Three adorable kids looking forward to the Big Day. Oh yeah… and look at those great mirrors over the fireplace! Huh, pretty shnazzy, right?! I love how they’ve decorated my tiled mirrors for the holidays!!! Wish I could come up there to celebrate with my Minnesota cousins!

Merry Christmas Caroline, Christopher & Mitchell.

Early morning gluing of tiles to make a few new ClayQuilts
for this weekend’s Holiday Home Show. Squeeze, squish, align, dry. Repeat.

Merry floor mosaic while I’m sitting waiting for my delayed flight home.
Lots of tile for a lot of weary travelers.

And another entry in the “Show Me Your Ghouls” project. This time from my brother-in-law Scott who’s showing off their collection of Ghouls, one of my ceramic Jack-O-Lanterns, a stamped vase… and oh yeah, some random scarecrow hidden in the corner.

Did I forget to mention that really cool tile background??? Looks familiar.
Pretty sweet… even if I do say so myself.

I love when people actually use my pots in their everyday lives.
And when people send me photos of my pots in action.
Please send me more photos of my pottery in your world so I can share them here!

A great use of a tiled ClayQuilt. A beautiful “trivet” in the kitchen.
Thanks to some of my favorite customers for sharing their idea & photo.
You can almost smell the bread cooling from here…

Now if they would just share the bread too!!!

Ready for another day of fun at ART IN THE BARN.
It’s Day Two and it looks like another beautiful day in Barrington!
I’ve re-stocked and put everything back in its place. Not only do I have a spacious double booth… but I also have a great “backyard” space to overflow into as well. The perfect place to display some larger ClayQuilts… and the requisite Fall mum.