I recently had the privilege of working with Brooke of Bluejays + Bumblebees on a special order of mugs. She wrote a wonderful, kind blog entry on my work and the lovely Etsy community in general – check it out right here!

March was all lion this year, and April’s lamb is just starting to peep out from behind his rock, thank heavens. Here’s a mellow little playlist I’ve been enjoying lately while I work – I hope you feel the calm!

These came out of the kiln yesterday – you may remember the pre-firing pic from my last post.

These will be heading shortly over to Payne’s, the local coffeeshop/restaurant for whom they were made, and will be available for sale soon!

The little green things all poking up all around make me want to put them on my pottery . . .

So I did.

This new run of mugs features all sorts of slip inlay viney-flowery-springy things. They’re leatherhard, just about ready to be put into the kiln, so the colors will be much brighter after firing – you’ve sort of got to use your imagination at this point.

These are made for our local coffeeshop, Paynes, but keep in mind that I make each by hand and can customize mugs for you or your business easily!

Found this video on etsy’s blog today, and it really struck a chord with me this morning. If you own your own business or aspire to, this is good stuff for you. I’m going to go make a list now.