India's Day......

Today is a national holiday in India. Independance day to be exact. On this day in 1947 India kicked the British to the curb. But more importantly, fifteen years ago today, this little princess was born. This is my baby, Miss India Faith Haines.

FRIDAY!!!!!!!

Its been a busy week round here. We have cleaned and reorganized the Studio, exposing yet MORE of the awful Pink floor. I really must paint that one of these days. I have designed four new pendants, and made some prototypes. And did the internet shopping trip from hell to get the girl her birthday present.
who new it would be so damned difficult to buy a Misfits shirt in Canada! I ended up buying two shirts from a site in the US, I am terribly concerned that the duty on these shirts will be more than I paid for the shirts themselves. Eek.
This week has been full of fun Deliveries for me! On Monday it was a mug and some goodies from Becky Jo, on Wednesday I got my new kiln.... and on Thursday, Mugs and a vase came from Gary!(workin on that bowl for ya Gary...) It's like Christmas in August!!!

Now the Kiln is curently languishing in the woodshed, Cause it won't fit through the door. we looked at taking it apart and putting it back together, and we looked at popping out the false wall in the Garage door opening. The false wall is going under deconstruction later today. meanwhile, here's a shot of some of the new pendants in progress.

 and one of the puuper, cause she's so darn cute.

BEST MONDAY EVER!!!!!!!!

Today was pretty much a normal Monday. I woke up did paperwork, ran to town to drop off paperwork, and meet Sarah's Husband to return her wheel. I went to town again to do some groceries. I went to town a third time, to have coffee with the textile types, and drop off yarn bowls. This is a bit of driving, back and forth and back and forth..... I was pooped when I got home. Not to mention the guilt over my carbon footprint expanding exponentially over the day... PLUM tuckered out, especially after driving behind the slowest drivers ever.... (65 in a 90 zone, followed by 35 in a 80 zone----two different drivers.....)
When I got home, I sent Mason down to check the mail. This is a Mason job these days, as it is building up to India's Birthday, and we hoard the stash away from her til the day. That girl will drive a person CRAZY trying to open stuff early.
He came back with a notice that there was a package.... so I trucked out to the car and drove to our local depanneur/gas station/liquor store/post office/hardware store, to pick up what I thought was a present for the girl child.
BUT IT WAS FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!
It was awesome!!!!!!

and it was from Becky Jo! I nearly peed my pants! look what was inside!!! there was also a wine cork thing( awesome, and being used right now...) but India coundn't fit it in the photo.... see,  its plugging that bottle of wine propping up the card.
Please ignore the bad lighthing in this photo, this cup is fabulous, it fits my hand perfectly, and is just the right weight and feel. Makes the cheap ass wine taste better even.  I love it!!!! (ok, the wine is an award winner, but still pretty cheap).
 This made my day!
See,  Becky Jo and I were both in the same mug exchange, and she got ME! I got a stranger, but I am sure she's a cool stranger. A cool and patient stranger, as she has not as of yet recieved her mug.... (yay Canada post....expensive, incredibly confusing, and slow..)
so I say to you Becky Jo, Thank you, merci. and I will totally treasure this mug.

Back Home

Mason and I travelled to Halifax last weekend, and then on to visit some folks in Fredericton. We had a lovely visit with my cousin and her family in Halifax, while attending the NSDCC Summer show. The show was moderately successful. Sales were not what I had hoped, but the upside was being picked up by two Halifax Gallery Shops. Lizzies pots are now available at Bogside Gallery in The Hydrostone market, and at Ikebana on Quinpool. Both shops are beautiful, and are very different from one another.

The Ikebana shop is carrying a line of shellac resist teacups, and some pendants as well as some thrown teabowls in an organic feeling blue brown glaze.

Bogside picked up a line of celtic inspired dishes

medium rectangles

Takin a little Breather

Well its been go, go, go here getting ready for the Halifax show. So many pots to make, so many papers to fill out, and SO much cash flowing in an outward direction. Here's hoping I can recoup some of that cash in sales! Last night I had nightmares that the kiln didn't actually start, and that none of my pots would be done for the show. I was so traumatised that I got in the car first thing this morning and drove all the way to town to check for myself that everything was ok.

I am sure the girls at the Craft Centre think I am crazy.

They are probably right.

So today I am taking a few hours to hang with the kids, and perhaps drag them off to the seashore. It will be good.

progress, I think....

Quick Update

Getting ready for the Halifax Show has kept me away from the Blog.  But we are still alive and kicken here in the midst of an unheard of heat wave. Pots are being made, Puppies are being snuggled, and kids, well they are still wacky, and wonderful.

Can't stick around, Mugs and Yarn bowls to be made!!!!!!