Winter Solstice

I love the solstices (I also love the equinoxes).  Each year I try to do something to acknowledge the Winter Solstice.  This year, I am going to look at neighborhood Christmas lights.  I think it is a prefect way to mark the longest night!

Handmade Holiday

Handmade gifts can express something more than an average store-bought gift.  A handmade present is one-of-a kind.  And, in our lives of homogeneous chain stores and generic gift cards, this is refreshing. Handmade gifts made by you are even more special.  Perhaps...

Christmas List for a Potter

During gift-giving season, many people are searching for the perfect present.  So, I have been commissioned by the elves to help.  To that, here are some suggestions that would surely make any potter smile on Christmas morning. Stocking Stuffers: Sherrill Mud tools...

A Christmas Decree

I have decreed that this will be the last year that I use manufactured Christmas dishes.  I have talked about making my own Christmas plates for quite a while, but I haven’t done it.  The dilemma is that I don’t know what I want the dishes to look like....
December 1st

December 1st

The Christmas count-down has begun!  I am so excited because this is the first day Advent Calendars will be used.   The term Advent comes from the Latin “adventur” which means arrival.  In 1800s, German Protestants made chalk marks on their doors to count...

On making gifts

It is mid-November which means that gifts must be started very soon.  I thought I got a great start on the Advent calendar in July.  I made four sets of jars.  To date, I have glazed 1.5 sets of jars and Jeffrey has completed one of the new boxes.  This is how life is...