We're Having a G I V E A W A Y ! - ENTER TO WIN $30 GIFT CERTIFICATE

 

Happy Monday to all!. I hope your weekend was fantastic!...I am about to make a blah Monday into a OH YEAH! Monday!.  I know you guys have been waiting for this, and here is it, our long-awaited giveaway, perfectly timed for fall and for the coming holidays ^_^

 

You can enter in many different ways to increase your chances of wining!. Do share this with all your friends and family!. Help our handmade shop be seen and help them get the opportunity to win...hey you can claim a cut for sharing, right??

 

OK, now the good stuff:

 

CLICK HERE TO ENTER GIVEAWAY!

 

 

Good luck!, may the force be with you!

 

XoX, Meli

New designs, acorns and mushrooms, Oh my!

Latest bisque-load, started on frid. @ 10am   *_^

Hello friends!

I've had a super busy week in the studio!

I worked on photographing and listing new items
Designed and Printed MHP's Etsy Gift Cards
Created beautiful "YUM" dessert dishes
Collected Leaves & Acorns ^_^


I've been preparing for the holiday rush!...well I am hoping it will be a rush! *_^ . This will be my first holiday selling on Etsy, so I am excited to see how my work does ^_^

New Gift Card Design! ^_^

 

I looove the design part, when I create new exciting things! ^_^

 

 

 

 

On another note, I have been loving the weather we've been having!, it has gotten chilly, the sunsets have been stunning and I've been going crazy photographing gorgeous nature gifts ^_^

 

 

I hope you have loads of lovely weekend plans, enjoy them! ^_^

 

XoX, Meli

A busy week & a new Kiln!

Hi dear friends!; another week has raced by, but for me, it has been a fabulous fast week, filled with many new wonderful things and improvements!...here's the recap:

 A recently organized and more stylish studio/craft room -- This is what I did most of my long weekend, I painted some furniture on saturday, and organized and re-decorated my studio/craft room all day sunday and monday. It looks wonderful!, and every time I walk inside, I feel happier and more inspired to create wonderful pottery!

 

A new automatic kiln and its very own brand spanking new kiln room! --Meet Steven! (I dubbed him after my husband, because he's hot! hehe). Yes, I have been waiting for this bad boy to arrive all the way from Palm Beach, and it recently came, and my amazing husband spent his long weekend building my fabulous kiln room, along with doing all of the electrical work required, and now it is time to do a test firing and start firing all my work in-house!!.

Until now I have been firing my pieces at a firing studio where I pay for each firing, and it is terrifying to have to package all of my "oh-so-very-delicate" greenware and drive 6 miles to it, many a time losing several pieces to the commute....one of the main culprits is the various train tracks I have to drive over...I literally cringe and screech as my car rolls over them....it is so painful to see my hard work be wrecked by bumps on the road, literally! *_^.  But no more!

Here are some pieces I am currently working on :

Carved Porcelain Pieces -- I am working on a "luxe" line, where I push my abilities as an artist and create more detailed and time-consuming work....these will be amazing to work on and amazing to own.... so far I have a gorgeous vase I will call "Honey-Combing", it is a stunning piece!, so far I have spent over 2 hours between hand-building it, sanding it, and now carving it...but the carving is only 1/4 done, and this weekend I will work on it more, hopefully completing the carving, so it can be bisque fired, and then glazed and high fired.

I am open to color suggestions!, so do share your opinion on what color you think this vase should be!


I hope you have a wonderful weekend!


XoX, Meli

Hello! ^_^

Hi there!, thanks for stopping by; I decided to create a blog for my pottery shop to share my work, my life and other goodies in between ^_^

Today I have felt in a x-mas mood, so I played some Bing Crosby while I worked on designing the adorable gift wrapping I will be using during the holidays to delight my customers ^_^

I am designing my own boxes of various sizes to accommodate my porcelain pieces..this one is holding a beautiful maple leaf tree ornament from my winter forest collection.

It is funny because I get sooo much enjoyment when I am ready to ship my orders out and get to wrap them up all cute!; my Mom says I have always loved to wrap gifts...and unwrap them! *_^

I think that the packaging and presentation is as important as the gift itself!...so I have been online spending oodles of time on google and pinterest for creative gift wrapping ideas...and I have so many ideas now I'm having a hard time picking just one!...

Well, it is 2am here in lovely NC, and I think I should go to bed before I start seeing double...*_^


XoX, Meli
Muddy Heart Pottery