02.12.10

sick ramblings

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I got to go back to work this week–felt like I had been gone a year(sick for 16 days–yes 16 and still counting) I hardly ever get sick but boy when I do I make up for lost time!  I am still having ear trouble-can’t hear out of one ear–a pinch of pain! Crazy things run through my head. Do you really need two ears? Will it ever unstop? I can hear my heart beat in my head–I start counting the beats! Snap out of it!!! When I don’t have my hands in clay it is like part of me is missing! When my husband sees me staring off into space he doesn’t ask me what am I thinking about–He Knows (pottery) He used to ask when we first got married. Potters look at things different than others. Like today, my husband was packing pottery for a customer and I was talking to her and all of a sudden a piece of tissue paper caught my eye, It was wadded up and had fallen to the floor. The colors and design on it caught my gaze I stopped talking picked up the paper -smoothed it out on the table-studied the colors and design and went to the other room and pinned it to the wall. It was really cool—I PROMISE!  anyway, sorry don’t mean to ramble. I am just glad to be back at work. It is supposed to snow tonight and I hope we don’t get much cause I want to work! NEED CLAY-MUST HAVE CLAY-LOVE CLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

01.28.10

Clay has arrived

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My clay arrived today. I hope to make lots of pots tomorrow. Hope I feel better tomorrow. My kids were sick with a cold–they kicked it pretty quick–Me –that’s a different story–I’m on day 4 and feel like I swallowed a razor blade–I don’t care for coffee but it is fast becoming my friend-Made me a sign today on my dry erase board at the shop–saw it on another potter’s blog—It reads-WHY AREN’T YOU MAKING POTS?

01.21.10

No Clay!! I can make it!

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It”s Thursday-I have 1 box of clay left that I will use today, Can’t stretch it any more. I guess I will start glazing this afternoon or tomorrow. We have alot of wholesale orders to fill right off the bat. So I will have to kick it into high gear once I get my clay in. I have been sketching out new ideas and I will be testing some new glazes tomorrow. that always excites me. Opening the kiln is like Christmas morning for me!  Yes, I will make it! After all Tomorrow is another Day!

No Clay!!

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So we ordered clay on Monday(1st day back at work) only to find out we wouldn’t get it till next week about Wednesday. I looked at my husband-looked at my 3 boxes of clay that I had left from last year-looked back at my husband-looked at my 1 bag of  recycle. Thinking  I can go through 3 boxes in 1 day. Thinking what else can I do after I use all the clay. Clean studio—uuuhhhh not really my thing, my husband-Bless him-does that for me most of the time-  I hate a dirty studio- makes me feel like I can not produce decent pots. I do have some bisque left from last year. Could fire that after I use all the clay. Sounds like a plan to me!

01.18.10

Back to work

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Monday I am back at it. Can’t wait! I have been off work for a month. Enjoying the holidays and some family time. I am brimming with new ideas and can’t wait to  get some clay in my hands. Everytime I open a bag of clay I have to smell it. That musty smell. JUST LOVE IT! I have some new glazes in mind. We will also be going to market in June. My husband is working on a ETSY page. Hope to get that up and running soon as a new venue to sell some pottery.

12.30.09

Potter-Mother-wife PART 1

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I am fairly new to blogging. My husband set up the blog thing months ago and I do stress MONTHS ago-said it would be a good thing. I was thinking the whole time he was talking ya ya ya when will I have time. Between loading the kiln-laundry-glazing-cooking supper-making pottery-bathing kids-unloading kiln-homework-sanding and loading the bisque kiln-more laundry ( laundry multiplies like rabbits] Sorry I got carried away. Where was I? oh yeah I was thinking I would never have time to blog. Well here I am blogging. Here is the secret my husband bought me a laptop for Christmas. So kids are off to bed at a set 7:30 every night. Mommy and Daddy time turned into blog time and whatever else I or we can fit into that time frame. I gotta say I didn’t think I would like the laptop but it is growing on me. I have been looking at a lot of pottery sites and getting inspired. Ken-my husband-said I would like it. Don’ t tell him but I do. He knows me! How I hate change! Well you know if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. We are going to start selling on ETSY after the first of the year. Don’t even ask how long it took him to talk me into that! LOL!

12.29.09

vacation

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I always look forward to vacation and I’m good the first week. I cook and clean. Do fun things with the kids. For those of you who don’t know we adopted 4 kids and we finalized it on DEC.7th. 2 boys age 5&7 and twin girls age 6. It is the 2nd week of my vacation and I have cleaned and rearranged all I can and now I’m just BOREDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband says I do this everytime and yes I do!!!!! LOL!!! Can’t help it I am just ready to go back to work. It’s in the blood!!!! Know What I Mean? Gotta have it to survive!!!

11.02.09

Christmas Ornaments

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I love love love Mondays. A fresh start to the new week except I was at the shop yesterday lol! Clarksdale, Mississippi store drove up – over – down yesterday. They bought out ALL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS. I just loaded my kiln with-yes you guessed it Christmas ornaments and my new flower plates. SOOOOOOOO EXCITING!!!! I can’t wait to see them finished. I glazed them with a transparent brown glaze and added glass on top. Kids are off to school and we are off to  Germantown,TN to deliver pottery and it’s only 7:17.

10.30.09

IT’S FRIDAY

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It’s Friday. Just loaded 1 bisque fire and 2 glaze loads. Glazing that jewelery sure is tedious. The agenda for today is snowmen ornaments and tree ornaments . Tonight I am watching Ice Age 3 with my kids. Gotta love those kid movies especially since you get to watch them over and over and over and over and over and over again LOL!!!! I gotta say I am loving the weather today to STORMY DARK CLOUDS AND RAIN RAIN RAIN.

10.29.09

HAVING FUN IN CLAY

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Nothing makes me happier than seeing my shelves full of work. Today was a very productive day. I made some new flower designs and finally got those bowls thrown on the wheel that one of my stores needs.

My husband Ken took some pics of the new work. He will probably post them today on the main web page. We have a new heading on our website IN THE STUDIO !  Getting ready for Christmas sales can be a bit overwhelming but I love this time of year. We get to celebrate all the good things-Jesus-Christmas- wedding anniversary-and I am hoping to add another anniversary -an adoption anniversary but I think I will call it a family birthday. We hope to be signing our final adoption papers in a few weeks and there is a waiting period . Well I gotta get back at it. Still have a few more things to do!                           Happy Potting!