Showcase and a New Banner

I had such a busy day yesterday but I was able to schedule time to walk down to the beach for brunch with my hubby. Well, its not really that difficult because he is freelancing from home this year. It has made this summer so much more enjoyable to have him around, working on his computer right beside mine. How romantic, LOL! Seriously, I have been on the computer a lot more than in my studio lately. Yesterday, I spent half the day in the studio, and the other designing a new banner and photographing pieces to list this week. Whew! I hope to be busy with sales today because I took the plunge and am in the Etsy Showcase today! Check it out and see if you can spot my item among the 35 other Etsy artists!

A Change of Pace

My sister in law just bought a new condo (Yay her!) and requested a painting from me. It has been a few months so I thought I would play with a few canvases in between my pottery production. It is nice to change pace once in a while, so as my new work was drying I pulled out my easels and this is what happened. I just listed this in my new Painting shop on Etsy called Lure (my ceramics shop is called Lurearts). It is quite a bit more work to open a second shop but I didn't think that oil paintings belonged beside my ceramics. I'd love a few hearts in my new shop since its so new. It feels so empty compared to my ceramics shop. But don't worry, it will fill up soon!

Fresh off the Wheel

I'm taking a little break from trimming so I thought I would post a pic of the new Bud Vases I was talking about earlier. These are fresh off the wheel so I will have to wait a few days while they dry before I can fire them. It has been quite a heat wave this past week so I am quite happy to be in my cool basement studio. Hmmm...I'll be choosing colors for glazes soon. I think these vases will be lovely in white. Maybe I need to get my lab coat out and play with the chemistry to get some new colors.

I feel loved

While I was busy hibernating in my studio, the Etsy group was busy sending me some love! I am at 433 hearts but am aiming for 500 by the end of the month ;)

I have been busy designing some new Pottery Bud Vases. They are a bit tricky to trim so that will be my task for today. Wish me luck!

Self Promotion with MOO

They have arrived! My new Pottery Moo Stickers. I was lucky to find a free promo on Moo.com. What a fun way to wrap and post my pottery! This little booklet arrived quickly and is high quality. The color is accurate and the images are clear. It only took me a few minutes to order them with the easy step-by-step purchase forms online. When these are gone I will order new ones with my company logo or my Etsy shop address. What fun!

Tool Talk - Stamps

I decided to start Tool Talk today. This will be a reoccurring topic of discussion where I share interesting tools and techniques. Ceramic artists love to brag about their newest 'found' tool. Finding a new use for some piece of junk in my studio is often the highlight of my day! Sad isn't it...

So my perfect find today came from a box of stuff that I had forgotten about. A friend cleaned out her studio and gave me a box of ceramic glazes that she did not use anymore. So today, I thought I would finally throw away that old cardboard box when I happened to find a tiny fishing lure box.

Now you know that my business is called lurearts (a story for another day) so I can't resist looking inside. And what a find. There were a variety of little antique letter stamps from an old fashioned printing press. It is not a full alphabet but I was able to put together a few short words.

The stamps are the perfect size for my new idea to make fridge magnets! If anyone out there finds a full alphabet of these babies, please let me know! There is something much more lovely about using antique letter stamps than those boring plastic ones that can be made to order.




Check out the fishing lure box too.

I love old design and typefaces. In another life I would have loved to be a designer...