Finished Product

I am very happy with it.  I think I want to mount it on my wall.  Now hiring someone to do this odd job. I can't help but wonder if the Leviticus Corporation is still in business.  Sigh.

A Piece of Work....

So my friend Courtney is getting married, so we celebrated this past weekend at 'the paint your own 

pottery place' - Glazed Expressions.

the first steps

Laura's piece

regular blog reader Jeannine's snowman

hard at work....

inspired

after it gets glazed - the final pic will be up

For Anyone Who Cares

This is the piece of pottery I painted (see earlier groupon post).  There you go.

Groupon.

Today was a day I saw coming a mile away.

It was the expiration date of a groupon.  A real race against the clock, if you will.

It was to Glazed Expressions.  In short, one picks a piece of pottery, then paints it.  I had a hard time getting myself to do this one.  It wasn't that I didn't want to do it, but it was hard to come up with an artistic vision.  It's kind of like blogging.  It's hard to do it without a vision.

Anyhow.  I went there.   I picked a piece.  I powered through.  I get it back next week (it'll be on the blog, for sure).  However, at the tail end of said piece, a vision for a really great piece came along.  Sigh.  Of course it works this way.  Isn't this life?

I suppose I will just have to go back there.  Maybe 'Santa' can get me a gift certificate there.  Hmm.

Back to this Mayhem.

I Guess I Got Stuck on a Color Theme

More Self-Promotion

My bracelet collection.  The should be available for mass marketing around Christmas. 

Not Just Earrings.

Send me to Rehab....

I Purchased Artwork.

I bought this off Etsy.  It combines several things I love.  I am now looking for a complimentary piece that features a caterpillar and a glass of wine (for balance).

This was a 'pay it forward' piece.  The artist only charged me shipping ($2.50) and only asked for a good deed for someone else in return.  I am not sure the going rate for artwork or what one should expect to pay for certain pieces (considering training, supplies, time put in, etc.), but I am confident this was a steal.

However, I will do a brief 'pay it backward' and feature this artist on my blog.  I really like the piece I purchased, and it looks like she has some other very nice pieces on her website.  Alane Holsteen, please note that, with this blog post, your work is being exposed to an audience of an additional five people (one of whom happens to be my own mother). 

I am still looking for a suggestion for my 'good deed' that I should do for another individual.

Calling Martha Stewart....

So, over a course of time, I have collected quite a few wine corks from empty wine bottles (no judgment). At first I was throwing them out, but then I decided to start saving them for some reason. I've now got a bit of them saved up. I seem to remember that a former roommate of mine mentioned something about someone she knew making something out of used wine corks.

Since I'm feeling rather artsy & craftsy and (it pains me to say this) domestic lately - does anyone have any project suggestions on this one? I have quite a few artsy/craftsy/domestic people in my life - I look forward to some feedback.