Thursday, March 29, 2018

More Glazing....

 
Yes I am still plugging away on glazing....

 
Slowly but surely getting there
Trying to pay attention to
every detail.
 
 
This bowl should be shades of blue with
purple and blue pansies
 
 
I am hoping this flower will come out a
hot pink color.  I mixed glazes so I
am not sure what the exact
out come will be.
 
 
The bowl should be a green color
with variations.  I've never used
this glaze before and the leaves
a lighter green.
It seems like I have been
glazing forever but....
 
I am hoping to run my kiln this
weekend on Easter since I will
be home all day then.
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Glazing

 
I have been working on glazing pottery pieces.
This week I have been working on my radish bowl.
Its still a work in progress as I am thinking of
painting a radish on the bottom of the bowl.
 
 
I  think that glazing takes more time than actually
making the item.  It's not like I just dip them in a
big bucket of glaze.  I am applying 3 coats of glaze and
painting around all the details I created.
Plus I try to add shading and painting
elements to the details in glaze.
 
 
At the moment I am able to glaze
one bowl per week
 
 
So I will keep plugging away at glazing until
I have a full kiln to fire.  Then I will get
to see how the colors all come out!
 

Friday, March 16, 2018

Something you didnt know...

Once upon a time I had a
home mural painting business.
Here are a few favorites of mine...
 
 
 this Jungle mural was painted on a large drop cloth
so it could be mailed.
 
 
A fake window in this little bathroom...
 
 
flowers that never die
 
 
 
I loved this frog mural that
was on a wall in little boys bathroom.
 
 
above is a shower curtain I painted to go in this boys bathroom!
 
 
A laundry room with clothes on the line!
The owner had me include favorite
clothing items on the line.
 
French doors on a patio
 
 
Soft billowy clouds on a livingroom ceiling
 
 
Nursery ryes all around this babies room
 
 
 
 
 
A boys room who loved his trucks! 
 
 
and window overlooking a garden in a master bath
 
 
I painted the cups accents to
match dishes the owner had
in their kitchen.
 
 
 
A local golf course on a golf enthusiasts
basement rec room.
 
 
A nature bedroom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A little girls dresser
 
 
 
 

 It was a nice little business.
Most of my clients came
from word of mouth.  They would see
a house I did and call me
to do something in their house.
I work full time at my job
and did this on my
off days   Eventually it got
to be  too much but it was
a fun thing to do for a few years!

 
 
 

Monday, March 12, 2018

What a difference 10 years makes...

I was looking through old pictures and thought I would share them
as I was amazed at how different our little yard now looks.
The picture below is from spring 2008
 
 
 and this one below is
10 years later....
you can see how many of the trees
seen below were not planted
and I didn't have greenhouse
and there was no pond 
 
 
 2008 Below when my husband was laying
out the rocks for my garden area for me
 
 
and now with the garden and fence
 
 
I especially love how my planted trees
block out the house behind me.
This little side garden was expanded
and a cherry tree planted on the right
 
Lots of perennials have been
planted and side gardens have
been added.
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2008 Below 
 
and now...
 
 
It's not the same angle but all these plants were
 replanted and the area was enlarged when the apple
tree above fell over.  I was so sad when
that happened but now I
can see how much prettier this looks now.
 
 
This is the same view as above looking at
the trampoline and play set.
 
 Below the side of deck 2008
 
 
and  now....
 
 
My husband and I built new plastic lattic privacy screens.
to hold up to weather and not needing
to ever be restained.
 
 
So what is the moral of this story?
Well sometimes you
really don't realize how far
you've come until you take a look
back and see what you started with.
This makes me smile
as my 50th birthday is right
around the corner and I can
see how I helped make my
little space much prettier than
I realized.  I am really
looking forward to Spring now!