Spring has sprung!

For as long as I can remember, my parents have put out a glass candy jar shaped like a bunny for the month around Easter. The head and body of the bunny are glass, but the features - ears, face, shirt, etc, are made from felt. It's kind of goofy, but I always thought it was fun, and is the inspiration for these 3 candy jars.

Milk chocolate bunny $65

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White chocolate bunny -SOLD

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Dark chocolate bunny $65

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And yes, they have tails...

And, I have some bunny salt & pepper shakers left (3 pairs) $30 each

Making Foolish Mugs - part 3

Today I'm stamping sides and attaching handles!

Almost there. They need to dry so I can bisq fire them, then glaze, then fire again.

Making Foolish Mugs - part 2

Today's video is throwing the mugs. Hopefully you can hear me over the wheel; the motor isn't covered up on the side the camera was on, so it's a little loud. And I'm not familiar enough with imovie to tone it down much.

Anyway, you can watch me whip one out!

Making Fool-ish mugs, part 1

Something a little different today. Sort of a quick overview of making the Fool's Run mugs.

Part 1 is some of the prep involved.

It's been a long time since I've came around

It's been a long time but I'm back in town...

After taking a couple weeks off for the holiday, it's time to get back to it. Here's a peek at some of my recent projects:

A few days before Christmas we got a new German shepherd puppy. Meet Oskar. (this is Oskar at 8 weeks. He's gained @5 lbs since this was taken. heh.)

It's been a long time since we've had a puppy, and wow, he is either all ON or all OFF. There is no in between. So I'm trying to take advantage of the 'off' times, but it's a challenge to get anything done.

Before bringing Oskar home, I installed new vinyl tile in the kitchen, and then we refinished 3 of 4 rooms on the first floor with wood floors. They look great, but I'm still trying to reclaim the house from the dusty mess that caused.

Kitchen (I haven't painted over the yellow yet. Another day.)

Dining room (before the coats of satin, but you get the idea.)

I also did 2 fun commissions for butter dishes. (Wish I'd taken the time to get formal pics of these, but was in a rush to get them shipped out before Christmas.)

Swiss cheese butter dish

HEY COW! 1lb butter dish

These are little skulls for my tween nephew Eliot's birthday. They each have a hole in the top/back of their head, and I included flame-less votives with them. I love these things and might have to make some larger ones for our house for Halloween.

AND, I made birch fireplace logs for my husband for Christmas. I poked holes in them, intending to poke mini christmas lights through the holes to look like embers. But once I saw them lit (which wasn't till after I gave them to Brian), I wasn't satisfied with how the holes work. And Brian wanted them to have little nubs, like where a branch was cut off, so they wouldn't lay so... flat. I've made a couple mods too, and have version 2.0 in the works. THey're going to be put on hold until I can get more white engobe though. I don't have enough to get 2 coats on each one, and my supplier is out. Might have to order some online.

Version 1

Version 2.0 in progress

Left & middle log each have 1 coat of white engobe for the birch bark, but need another. They all need the black detailing.

There's still time!

Whew! I'm done with shows for the season, but there is still plenty of shopping (and shipping!) time left before the holiday. This is what I've got left (click on images to see them larger. Coloring on wood fired items varies from pair to pair, as it does on the plank earrings. It's a function of the glaze.):

When the weather turns all gray and cold I like to have a little bit of cheer in my windows. These vases are just the right side to sit on your window sill ledge. The base measures @ 3"w x 1-3/4"d. They're @4" tall. Cute with a flower or two. A cluster of them also makes a good centerpiece on a table. They make a good hostess gift too.

Window Sill Vase - $14 each

Left to right Blue (qty - 3), Peacock (qty-6, flower is in different position on each side and from vase to vase), and Redwood (qty-5)

Gingerbread Ornaments -

Shawl pins - $18 each

Top Row - Redwood ring, textured Redwood square

Bottom Row - leafy Peacock square, leafy Blue ring

Bracelets - $28 each

Top Row - 2 textured Blue rings, 2 Blue rings

Row 2 - Blue square, blue ring, 2 forest green rings.

Row 3 - Redwood square, textured redwood square (SOLD), textured spice ring, spice ring

Bottom Row: speckeled ring, jade ring (SOLD)

Snowmen Earrings - $22/pair (qty - 5)

Plank earrings - $20/pair

Top Row - Jade (qty 3), Blue (qty 3), Grape (qty 4), Yellow (qty 2)

Bottom Row - Peacock (qty 3), Redwood w/14k gold hooks (qty 3), Redwood w/silver hooks (qty 2), Forest (qty 3)

Bead Earrings - $20/pair

Top Row - Kiwi columns (qty 1), Cappuccino w/14k gold hooks (qty 1), Plum Columns (qty 1),

Bottom Row - Aqua (qty 1), Plum (qty 1), Olive (qty 1)

Spice/Rafia Salad Bowl 13-1/4" dia x 5-1/2" h SOLD

Spice Mixing Bowl 9-3/4" dia x 6-1/4" h $45 (qty 1)

Redwood Mixing Bowl 9-5/8" dia x 6-1/4" h $45 (qty 1)

Blue Mixing Bowl 10-1/2" dia x 6-3/4" h $45 (qty 1)

Footed Blue Lace 13" Square platter - SOLD

Spice Tray 13-1/8" x 9-1/2" - SOLD

Footed Oatmeal Leaf Platter (1 lg, $20) (1 sm, $16)

Footed Redwood Leaf Platter (1 sm, $16)

Blue plates SOLD

Snowflake Tray 16" x 10" - $35 (qty 1)

Santa hat salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair

Footballs (qty 3) and Buckeye (qty 11) salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair

White bunny salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 3)

Bread salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 1)

Mice salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 1)

Olive salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 1)

Bloodshot Eyeball salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (1 purple, 1 orange, 1 green)

Redwood turtle salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

Wood fired turtle salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 2)

Wood fired pine cone salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

Wood fired turtle salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 2)

Wood fired sheep salt & pepper shakers - SOLD

Wood fired elephant salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 3)

Wood fired pumpkin salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 2)

Wood fired wooly mammoth salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

I still have yarn bowls too! $30 each.