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Crown & Bird feeder

Here is the finished crown that I made at Pottery.
The inside is a saturated purple ...on the outside I used a warm Birch.

I love how it all feels ..so shiny and smooth ....I can use it for all sorts of things ...to serve food out of ...such as salads, pasta, pasta salad, fresh fruit salad, soup
I can put a plant pot in the middle of it
Use it to hold kitchen utensils, in a bathroom to hold rolled up face cloths
At Christmas filled with sparkly baubles ...etc..etc...
I think it will come in very handy
And it makes me smile.

So many flowers in the gardens of Maisonvogue.
There are flowers where ever you look.
And so many more yet to bloom
I am eagerly waiting for the Lime Light Hydrangea's and the Raspberry Hydrangea's to bloom.
Meanwhile I am enjoying the bright pinks of the impatiens.
The vibrant purples of the petunia's.
And all of the greenery that the storms we have had lately has produced.

I also bought home my bird feeder ...the color was hard to photograph but the photo below shows off the correct color of the purple I chose.

I loved making it and moulding the birds ...they are in a crystalized matte Robin's Egg glaze ..I love the contrast between the shiny purple.

I decorated the bottom of it too as that is seen when it is hung up.
I carved some little birds in it and a pattern of three dots.
I used one of my favorite glazes Textured Leopard by Spectrum
I then carved a Birds feather in the raw clay.

I left the beaks unglazed so only the clay shows.

Unfortunately my first visitor to the bird feeder was this cheeky chappie. Ha! Ha!

Thank you very much for popping by

I hope that you enjoyed this little blog

I am currently revamping an old cabinet I bought from the thrift store

So please look out for that blog over the next few day

Happy Days to you all

Kindest regards

Janet

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An Ancient Italian Village and Gladioli !!

6/2/2018

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An Ancient Italian Village and Gladioli !!

Finally here is my Ancient Italian Village ...that I made at my Pottery class

I am thrilled with it ..I enjoyed every moment of it's making.
I wanted to make an ancient crumbling village and I think I achieved it.

My first Gladioli bloomed yesterday ...I have 20 of them ...in all sorts of colors ...
I did not know that you could grow them in the heat of the deep South in Alabama.
But I guess you can ..all 20 of my plants have flower buds growing.
Next year I will buy more and put them in tight groupings for a massive pop of color.
they are no work at all and I have them in sun and in shade and they seem to like both ..
I hope that I get enough to be able to cut some and bring them inside.

Photographed inside of the village walls.

I decided to put lots of purple in the gardens this year.

The hole so that I can slide it over the umbrella pole to rest on the table that sits on our back deck.

The front door !!

Here it is ...when we eat out side I can put salt 'n' pepper, napkins etc.. inside of it.

My dear freind Margie gave me this lovely plant it's called 'Kapoor Holy Basil' ...I just love it and you can make lovely tea out of it ..by putting some leaves with boiling water poured over and allowed to steep for a few hours ..I have it as an iced tea ...very refreshing ..it's meant to lower blood sugar and blood pressure. Thanks Margie

I had some extra time at pottery a few weeks ago so I messed around with some clay and made this quirky spoon.

This week I mainly made it to try out a new glaze I had bought.
It's called Obsidian and then over it I put Seaweed two thick coats of both..all made by Amaco.
The camera isn't really showing the true color of the glaze ..it's really beautiful and I will use this combination on many of my creations in the future.
It's getting hot for the pansies but this one just keeps growing although it is being strangled by the leaves of the Black Eyed Susies.

This week I made a well for my Ancient Italian Village ...it's a bowl that will cover the hole for the pie if I want to bring it inside ...I can then put a cacti in it for the Winter when I bring it in .
I can also serve from the village ..I can put in chips or raw veggies and then a dip in the well ....fill it with homemade scones and then put Devon Clotted Cream in the well ....I can serve salad in it and put dressing in the well ...all sorts of things I can do with it ...it's very versatile ...

I will show the well to you when I am finished it.
Yes I am addicted to pottery.
I love it so much
I have too many precious things from it I will have to put a new room on the the house !!!
I sold another necklace this week in my Etsy shop ...
The customer had bought one from me before.
They make good gifts and I have permanently put them down to $17.99
I hope that you enjoyed my post
I bought several pieces of pottery home this week so I will show you more another day
Take care

Janet