Wait...I'm A Sculptor?!!! I had no idea!

 I had an entire kiln load of greens and grays!  Here are some of the buttons...

 and cabochons...

 and...wait...I'm a sculptor?  I had no idea of  my talents! 

so stunning! so inspiring! so unique! I can't even tell you the depth of emotions I felt when I pulled this pile of gorgeousness out of the kiln! lol

Have a great day!  I'm off to discover my other hidden tallents!

Started Out Crazy - Ended Happy

So I opened the kiln to this...

 hhhhh, I really loved this shank button but at some point it had slipped off it's post and attached itself to that bar :O(  And then there was this flower who also decided it was in love...

 So in the first 3 seconds I was two down but then came these...

 love them.  And while I was glazing I thought I would do some layering of colors.  I was a little worried because I usually like to do a sample first, but I like this peachy color that I got with a very pale pink (that I don't really love) with a light yellow over it.

 This is the same pale pink with purple over it.  Kinda 70's tie dye thing going on here.

They're a little funky, but I think I like them.  These are my favorites.

 Actually, that big flower was lavender with aqua over it.

I'm not a big fan of matte glazes (I think I told you that before), but I love this matte aqua!

 I've been making these bracelet bar beads too.

 I made a bunch of them, but I think I'll keep this one for me.

What do you think?  Do you like them?

And I've discovered that chewing gum like a cow, snapping it, and blowing bubbles helps my glazing immensely! lol 

and it's prettttty classy too!

Flowers Flowers Flowers...

First, I'm sorry for the crappy photos.  For some reason my computer will not import photos from my camera.  I don't know whats wrong but suddenly it doesn't recognize my camera?!?  So all the photos in this post are from my iPhone and they suck. lol

Anyway, I started this week way behind in the porcelain glazing!

 I loaded the kiln yesterday and here are a few of the pieces that came out this morning...

These little flowers are awesome if I do say so myself!  I love them.  I want to make a bazillion of them and I want to hoard them.  They remind me of tea cups or lily pads.  Anyway, I love them.

 I've been pulling out glazes that I haven't used in a long time.  The dark ones are an aqua matte that is much prettier in person (again, my iPhone photos suck - and I'm sorry about that) the others are an icy blue.

Oh, my eyes on this photo --- Gaaaa. pretty bad, but in person these are pretty lilac and amethyst color. You'll just have to use your imagination here. lol

 ooo, yet again - your imagination is needed here as well...these are light pink, and a pinkish purple color.

So even though the color is way off - you can see the patterns at least and I'm really happy with them so far.

I'm glazing all day again today.  Oooh my poor butt!  I'm working at home in my kitchen so instead of sitting on my super comfy leather padded stool at the studio - I'm sitting on a hard as rock kitchen chair.  I'll be loading the kiln in few minutes again too so tomorrow I'm hoping to have some good stuff to show you.  

Stay cool - it's another killer humid hot day here in Maryland so I'm going to hide inside.  Happy Thursday!

A Little Peek At The Porcelain....

Unloaded the kiln again this morning with some porcelain.  This is still my all time favorite glaze combination! love love love this color.

 I am caaaa razy about the big lentil bead in the lower right corner!

 Sadly, these three leaves all had the glaze run right on over the bottom hole/wire loops ;O( at first I thought I was going to have to just trash them, but the glaze completely encased the wires and the second hole so they are actually usable.  

 and that brings us to my new work of art....A porcelain lentil bead lollipop! waaaaaah, I am so sad about this!

 I took a little peek in the kiln last night when the temperature got down to 200 degrees and this giant lentil bead was the first thing I saw and I was like ooooooooo I love it.  But then when I unloaded the kiln it wouldn't come off of the rod! damn damn damn!

I can't throw it in the trash because that would just be too traumatic for me so ... it's a lollipop decoration ... yay!  As much as I love it I am not going to try to make any more of them so don't get excited! :O)

Forgotten Glaze Combinations...

I'm still glazing.  I found the next two glaze combinations while I was choosing colors.  I had completely forgotten about these two results.  The first one is black with a green over it.

and this one is black with a blue over it.  I really love this one!

this batch had a lot of purples in it too

 this (blurry as it is) it like a plum color with green over it.  I'm not sure I like it on the big pieces, but I love the beads.

 this is an even darker plum with a green over it

 I'm not even sure how I got this piece.  It's the only one this color.  It's a dark pink with a blue over it but I have no idea what blue it is.  Maybe aqua. 

 I kind of like this flower.  I only made one.  Maybe I'll make some more.

 Lots of owls in this batch too.

My mother-in-law died yesterday morning and we are all in the sad process of funeral arrangements so no orders will be shipped until Wednesday, July 25.  Thanks for stopping by - have a great weekend!

Vacation Time Coming Up...

I wanted to let you know that we are planning to go on vacation this coming week so my Etsy shop will be closed from Wednesday, June 28 until Friday, July 6.

There is a chance that this will change...I'll keep you posted.

New Etsy Listings Today

I just finished listing a bunch of new pieces in my Etsy shop today!  Here are a few of the pieces listed...

Thank you for looking!  I'm on to beads beads beads!  Must get the kiln running ASAP!