Long break coming to an end

Where on earth have I been? I had hoped to be posting more regularly, but life took over. Since my last post (in October!) we had some renovations done to our kitchen. This took over our home from right before Thanksgiving until mid-December. Living out of boxes, walking past piles of our belongings and trying to keep the dust out of our living space while gearing up for the holiday season was a bit hectic to say the least, but completely worth it in the end.
Now we have a much more spacious and efficient kitchen that is easy to maintain with extra cupboards and pretty to look at. Now as I wake up each morning to our cozy new room, I enjoy spending time sitting at our table drinking tea.This makes my chef fiance very happy and has been inspiring him to cook some fancy and elaborate meals. Just today he started a batch of homemade kim chi. This was from our perfectly quiet New Year's dinner.
All the renovations at home made the holidays sort of just slip past. Days just vanished as I was busy with my shop, day job, renovations and the usual Xmas hustle and bustle. In the studio I am back to glazing a new round of work. The holidays cleared me out, giving me room to work on some more new ideas and focus on some old familiar items too. Glaze firings are always exciting since you never really know how the glazes will come out. This firing will feature 3 new glaze colors: bright avocado green, apple red, and tangerine orange. I can hardly wait!

Let the holidays begin

The holidays are upon us already and I'm starting to feel the need to get more studio time in. I work part-time during the week so evenings and weekends are my time to create. And that's exactly what I'm up to. Here's a shot of some ornaments waiting to be glazed.


This kiln has to be fired before Thanksgiving. Most importantly because it has a present for my Grandmother who's turning 95 tomorrow! She still lives by herself and pumps out oil paintings at an astonishing rate. Truly an inspiration. Happy birthday Grandma!!!

And introducing my latest creations, earrings. Here's one example. I'll be posting some tonight in my etsy shop. Each comes with a sweet little box, pretty enough to give as is. No wrapping necessary.