Bird in a Box

Do you remember this little bird plate I made at my pottery class last summer?  I decided that this little bird would better serve us as some wall art.  I bought a simple shadow box at Target, added a little scrapbook paper and hot glued the plate in there.  Voila!  A bird in a box!

My Favorite Livestock, More from Ceramics 101

Let's kick off this week's post with an adorable picture of a pair of Alpaca! My friend Sarah and I used to be a little obsessed with alpaca. We dreamed of ditching our corporate jobs and owning an alpaca farm. They are soo cute and we could manufacturer and sell alpaca yarn. I was at an art fair this weekend and they had these two little guys out front. They were so friendly! They are still my favorite livestock!

This past week, I was finally able to pick up my pottery that I made during my last session of ceramics class. Take a look!

A mug

A bowl A vase. A pencil cup. You know, for your desk. A rather wonky vase.

And another bowl.

Ceramics 101

For the past 10 weeks, I've been taking a ceramics class. After what seemed like a long wait, my instructor finally was able to do the glaze firing. The pick up was delayed last week by Hurricane Irene (what wasn't delayed??). Finally, tonight we were about to retrieve our masterpieces! Take a look.

The piece de resistance-my first mug.

Serving tray. With sort of an unintended 80's vibe. Guess I'll go with it. Bird shaped plate with lace imprint. Might try this again with a lighter glaze. The glaze masked the lace.

Small blue bowl. Plan on using this for paper clips at work.

Planter. (Has a hole at the bottom that I neglected to photograph.) Probably my least favorite, but useful.