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Re-opened my Etsy.com Shop ..new name ...gorgeous items for sale ..come & see

8/11/2019

Re-opened my Etsy.com Shop ..new name ...gorgeous items for sale ..come & see

I am so pleased to at last announce that I have re-opened my Oak Forest Pottery shop on Etsy.com ..
I will be selling unique items such as my Jewelry pieces and various items of my handmade pottery creations

Such as this Poodle Dog Necklace ...that I glazed in a Blue Hydrangea glaze

I just love it ...I have already sold several (not in my shop) and have very happy customers

This Poodle is also available in Raspberry Pink Mist

Come and see what I have for sale ..by 'clicking' on the big ORANGE ETSY BUTTON top right of this page

To celebrate the re opening I am offering these items at KNOCK DOWN PRICES for a short time of only $14.99 for each jewelry piece ..so go and buy now ...I will be adding new items most weeks ...as I am working hard to create unique items for you to buy ...

Chihuahua Dog in Sapphire Blue Glaze ...

More dogs coming ...Pugs, Scottie Dogs, Spaniel etc..

FREE GIFT WRAPPING
Cute Tin with flower adornment ...then wrapped in gorgeous tissue paper ...FREE MESSAGE if required
Each listing will have a photo of the tin that your jewelry piece will arrive in

Shop early for Christmas

These prices won't be repeated ...plus you will get your Christmas shopping Gift Wrapped for free !!

Please come and 'browse' my shop ....I have other cute items for sale

I look forward to sending your order to you within just a few days from ordering

I will blog on here every time I add items

Happy Shopping and Happy Days

Janet

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My Pottery Creations, Flowers, Birds & Spring Closets

4/20/2019

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My Pottery Creations, Flowers, Birds & Spring Closets

Here is my finished jug/pitcher ...I think it might just be the best thing I have made so far ..
I am just in love with it

This is my very quickly made Daisy Bowl ..that I made to eat blueberries and strawberries etc in ..the daisy on the top acts like a thumb rest and I moulded it to my hand so it's very comfortable to hold and enjoy my treats

I wanted to make the handle something different and here is what I designed ..a belt and I am so happy that the glazeI used (Amaco's Textured Amber) turned out to look like leather ..I used (Amaco's Palladium) to make the brackets and the buckles to look like shiny metal ..it just worked ..I am super happy

I made this spoon about a year ago but it just fits it perfectly

The Peonies just keep giving

For the Potters that are looking ...a list of the glazes I used from the bottom upwards All of them are by Amaco ...Textured Amber x3 Obsidian x 3 all the way up leaving band of Obsidian I used Indigo Float x 3 then I put an inch wide very thick and chunky band of Seaweed just the 1 coat ...I repeated these colors inside and then put a line of Iron Lustre on the rim

I love the stamp I designed and had made for me on a 3D printer wit my Initials on it ..my Potters Mark

My ancient Sweet Williams are a winner and keep me in cut flowers all early Summer long

I am happy with the bottom of my Daisy Bowl ...I used a glaze wash ...if I used a normal glaze it would have stuck to the kiln shelf ..not a good idea

I used Amaco's Iron Lustre x 3 with Oatmeal x 3 on top and it dripped to this glorious color with blue runs on the bottom ..the centre is Amaco's Snow

I have also been busy changing my closet to my Summer clothes, color coded of course ...I recycled the old bathroom towel rack and displayed my favorite Summer scarves ..so easy now for me to decide which one I want to wear

My cute rose hook is from Anthropologie ..in the clearance bin of course

Most of them gifts from my Husband Danny ..he has great taste

A quick peek at what I have been working on at pottery the past two lessons ...a very Crooked Bird House ...quite challenging as I like things to be perfect and match up and this house doesn't match up anywhere ..it's higgledy Piggledy ...and such fun to make ...I can't wait to glaze it once it's out of the first firing in the kiln

It was Mothers Day in England three weeks ago .
My Son's know how much I love my garden
So they had four items sent to me over the past three weeks
Such fun to see what the Postal Lady brought me

I have some Raspberry Canes ...I hope they work down here in the heat of the South ..we will see

A Blackberry bush that is ever bearing ..

A Tango Hummingbird Mint ...to attract humming bird and butterflies

And this 3 1/2 foot tree sapling ..of a Tulip Tree ...it is very fast grown and will eventually get as big as the tree below ..in it's Autumn Foliage and will produce these lovely tulip flowers on it in the Spring/early Summer

Finally I bought this lovely 2 foot tall metal bird cage from Michaels yesterday ...it was $30 but 50% off and it went down to just $15 (around 10 British pounds)
I am going to hang it up from my front porch as a hanging basket ..put a terra-cotta pot in it and fill it with shocking pink Petunias ..one of mine broke last year so this is a very happy replacement ...I have another 3 cages that I will also fill with the Petunia's

I put a lovely birds nest in it for the photo

And so that it looks Eastery ...

And I can now wish you all a very happy Easter , Pass Over or just a wonderful Easter Break time

Thank you for popping by

Always be kind to each other

Happy Days

JANET

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Saturday Crafting.. Free Downloads of Easter gift tags and Cards for you to make

3/9/2019

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Good Morning ....I am posting some great FREE DOWNLOADS of Gift Tags and Vintage Card fronts for you to download and print ...to make some lovely gift items just in time for Easter

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You could also make great gift tags out of this lovely lady above by minimizing it in your print out
Also if You don't like the 'A Joyful Easter' on the bottom of the picture you could easily cut it off when making either a card or Gift tag

Print out any to these lovely prints

And place them on to the Easter place setting

At your Easter table

Would look lovely just on the edge of this plate

With the napkin and the Crocus flowers

To the side

You can also make the gift tags

And add the prettiest ribbon

Or a ribbon made from Burlap (Hessian)

And place them on the plate

They can then be taken home by your guest

And even used as a bookmark

Spray adhesive them on to some great Stock Card

One that is nice and sturdy would also be great

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What a great idea ..cut some egg cartons ...and wash out some used eggs and put little posies of flowers in them ..you could do one for each place setting if there is room on your table ...I love this idea and will be doing it on my own table settings

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All you need to make the tags are Spray Adhesive, Pretty Stock Card,Punch Hole, Ribbon or twine and some scissors of course

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Enjoy Your Weekend and please 'comment' and let us know if you made any and what you did with them

Have Fun making them

Easter is much later than usual this year

So plenty of time for you to make these

It is on

Sunday April 21st 2019

Happy Days

Janet