Video plus an outtake

My friend Buzz is working on some type of a story board in one of his class about being late and requested I make him a video. Thought I'd share it, nothing spectacular, I kinda look mad huh?

So better yet... here is one of my outtakes. 

I have this 3 foot tall cartoony type character that my father in law made, he (the cartoony guy) fell off the table by the far wall and I about pee'd my pants LOL

Spirit? I think yes

I went to The Georgia Winery tonight to pick up a couple of bottles of my favorite wine (yes I said a couple haha). On the way back we passed by the funeral home which has it's own crematory, and yeah... they were fired up :o(

So here is the freaky thing, the smoke usually goes straight up and blends with the clouds, but tonight that was not the case. The smoke made a beeline straight across the highway and right through the woods in a straight line.

Just to give you an idea, the crematory is to my right (which would be behind me in this picture and not visible) and this picture is taken out of my driver side window. 

The smoke just went in a straight line right across the road, not sure where it was going but it was an interesting sight to see.

Pretties

I've been fooling around tonight surfing on Etsy and oh my goodness, the talent there never ceases to amaze me. What I love most about these 3 necklaces is not only are they handmade original designs but they are made from PMC (precious metal clay), how awesome is that!

Made by joypeckjoy

Made by AbellaBlue

Made by PeaceUnique

There are a few artist on Etsy that I stalk, this is one of my favorites, 
Suzanne Woolcott is the artist and her shop is called Gorjuss. 

Probably the most beautiful wallet in the world

 made by RKEMdesign

My bestest favorite mug... ever

It's cold, raining and dreary outside today. I can't find my mojo, I've been lazy as all heck today.

I think it's because of the rain. But in any event, 

I wanted to share a picture or 2 of my favorite mug in the world. 

It's a frog mug and on the inside of his mouth, there is a fly, not a real fly of course, that would be gross.

See the fly? haha! how cute can one mug be?

I got this mug from a craft show last year from the artist, Judy Lynn she is an amazing potter with such a cute style and I think she's awesome. She makes the most gorgeous face jugs and cookie jars too. 

Well anyways, I fell in love with this mug and I had to have it. I drink everything out of it including diet coke, tea and coffee. It's just fun and it makes me smile and puts me in my happy place.

Open for business again! yay!!!

I closed my Etsy shop a few weeks ago due to some unexpected family stuff, I'm happy to say I'm open again as of today and I'm working feverishly to make more product to list.

 I'm also happy to report that after being open for just a few hours, I've already had 2 custom order requests and a sale!
 
I finally had to take a break from listing, my brain was overloaded. I still have about 23 things to list tonight, plus I have a kiln load full of stuff (can't wait to see inside, I may peek).

Labs...

I just got an email from my dad, thought I'd share.

 Now that is funny!

Kiln opening & Veterans Day

It's veterans day. I saw a picture of my granddad online today that I've never seen before that either my aunt Tammy posted or my momma posted, not sure who did it first but I stole it :o)

 I unloaded my kiln late last night and thought I'd share a few pictures. I only had 1 mug that went bad, the glaze ran and stuck the whole mug to the shelf but it came off pretty easy so no biggie, I only wish I had taken a picture of it.

Berry bowl

The foot of the bowl and saucer

The dish that I love (from my previous post)

I found these shells and sharks tooth on Sanibel Island in Florida and made stamps from them.

Covered bowl

Today I spent a good part of the day on the phone, I'm thinking I need to get a hands free headset thing so that I can work and talk at the same time. I did manage to put in a few good hours making sponge holders and various other things.

Throwing sponge holders

  I have a few vintage flower molds that are just darling. I'm planning to add them to the sponge holders. I discovered a trick today, usually I use a measuring cup to pour the slip into the molds, which is just plain messy sometimes. I remembered being the hoarder that I am (not really but kinda-ish) I purchased some little squeezey containers at Big Lots about a year ago, I grabbed a funnel and waalaa.... mess free slip casting. The holes on these molds are just so little and my aim isn't what it use to be. Ok my aim was always bad... whatever. This little container did the trick and made no mess, I'm impressed with my git er doneness today.

Slip casting flowers