my weekend full of parties

office party friday night
christmas party saturday night.
sunday i realized the holidays are coming soon and I don’t have anything for my boss or coworkers. so i cranked out a little dish and a candle holder. tonight (hopefully), i’m fusing a bowl and a tray. tomorrow i’ll slump at least one of them (hopefully).
plus, get to [...]

beach glass bowls, asap

so i’m churning out bowls as fast as i can. every night i’m either fusing one together, or forming it into a bowl, or attaching feet, or preparing the kiln for the next bowl. every day.
the orders are coming, which is great, but now my list is backing up. what list? the list of things [...]

last craft show of the year

I signed up for this one a few weeks ago, without much hope that i’d do well, since the last 2 craft fairs I did… well, they sucked.
I got there super early to get a good spot, something i seem to be terrible at doing, but i found out our spaces were pre-assigned. I was [...]

“Mom! Help! Quick!”

Nobody wants to hear those words, but that’s what I heard tonight.
My son was taking the garbage down to the bottom of the driveway. He loaded it into the back of the pickup truck and the next thing i knew was my phone ringing and my hysterical 16 year old boy crying for me. i [...]

work sleep work sleep work sleep…

I don’t really know why i’ve been so tired lately. maybe it’s from getting up early and trying to work a bit extra for the holidays, but even that isn’t exhausting, as i sit at a desk all day. i even planned some easy dinners this week so i wouldn’t have to make my daily [...]

“Oooh. I’ll take one.”

It seems to be a problem for anyone who makes something or has some kind of talent. Eventually, someone will say, “I love that. Can you make me one?” And then i’m left with the dillema of whether I should remind them that i don’t work for free, or if they already know that. most [...]

tuesday, after a 4 day weekend

last week was thanksgiving, and i spent 4 days just sleeping late, lounging on the couch, working in my studio, napping, and running small errands. no schedule, no clocks. so monday morning comes around and it felt like it was the middle of the night, but I could hear hubby saying “don’t you have to [...]

my first post

first of all, i should tell you that i rarely bother with capital letters.
that’s pretty much the end for now, since I have dinner in the oven, and glass in the kiln and I need to watch both. I’ll be back later.
ok. i’m back. neither one is ready. anyway. i’m calico. wife, mother, artist. I [...]