Sweet ceramic coasters

Ceramic coasters created

with feminine little vintage lace designs all in white 

and the centers left unglazed so they absorb moisture.

They make great little jewelry dishes too!

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Happy Easter Greetings

with a few of my latest lovelies out of firing...

a ceramic lace covered bunny,

a yellow striped bowl,

a tiny bunny box 

and my favorite,

a yellow lustered flower frog with vintage doily embellishment!

Celebrating Teatime

with my latest crochet lace doily and clay creation....

Beginning with a basic teapot and teacup shape in clay,

then cutting, draping, dipping in slip 

and shaping the doily over the teapot

and creating a vintage button look handle for the lid.

Lastly, glazing it all in white, then putting it in to be fired.

I'm happy with the end result,

and I like using the doily on top the teapot instead of under it.

A very romantic look,

both beautiful and useful!

Come and share a pot of tea,

my home is warm and my friendship's free.

Emilie Barnes

One thing leads to another…

I was still on a creative roll playing with vintage doilies and clay,

 and was using a large ruffled doily on another vase design.

The center of the doily needed to be cut away before firing,

so I clipped the threads away and set the lace scrap on the edge of my work space,

and continued shaping the lace and attaching it to the vase.

Then glazed the inside and cut holes to insert the satin ribbon bow into after firing.

As I was cleaning up, I discovered at the edge of the sink, 

a small pillow shaped vase I had previously wrapped in plastic
 to keep it from drying out.

To my surprise and delight I realized it was the perfect size 

and shape for the bit of doily remnant from the vase I had just completed!

It instantly read spider web to my imagination, 

so I glazed the little vase with a black background

before attaching the snippet of crochet and putting it in to be fired.

A. A. Milne's quote comes to mind…

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly

 making exciting discoveries."

It certainly worked in my favor here!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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