Christmas tree ornaments and decorations 2015

We are running low on all our Christmas ornaments - just cannot make them fast enough this year! Our new pineapples are a cheeky nod to antique Victorian decorative pineapples - they're large and feel generous on a Christmas tree. Hope you like our birds and pineapples! We also have stars, tree houses and hearts in stock here. All have the texture of vintage lace crochet for a classic feel that can be easily mixed and matched.

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I just love Pinterest. I could lose days over there, looking at beautiful things, drooling over delicious recipes and imagining fantastic places. I love to pin things for Christmas gift ideas and Christmas decor ideas too so that I am not overwhelmed by the task in hand once the festive season draws near.
If you'd like to connect with me over there then you can ♥ join me on pinterest here ♥ 

Angel Christmas Tree Decorations

Last few angel Christmas tree ornaments left now!
We're getting a little low on these and some of my other ranges, check out my full range of Christmas tree decorations here.
I made them from high fired white porcelain so treated carefully, these could be on your grandchildren's tree in 100 years!
The surface is decorated with pretty broderie anglaise fabric texture :)

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Happy Christmas shopping y'all!

Getting Christmassy!!

Well it is starting to feel very wintery here - black Friday has been and gone; Cyber Monday kicks off the Christmas shopping season in earnest and pretty soon everyone will be tucking into Turkey and pulling crackers!
So to celebrate the start of the season we're giving away a free ornament with every order placed by Monday night. And here are some of the Christmas tree ornaments I've been making this year:

Which ones are your faves?

New White Porcelain Tableware

It has been very hectic in the studio lately, and one of the outcomes has been some new tableware and serving dishes and bowls.

From my "Fragment" series, each has the imprint and texture of vintage lace crochet in the surface of the clay. The porcelain remembers where the crochet once was and this creates little fragments of porcelain fabric.

There are a very limited number of these available, but do contact me if you want more than are currently listed in my shop as I may have one or two more.

I love your comments - feel free to say what you think!

Christmas decoration video!

A lovely lady got in touch to tell me that she had made a VIDEO about receiving her Christmas decorations in the post for her youtube channel!!

So she also sent it over to me in case I wanted to see it and use it on my blog! So here it is - thank you Lucy! It has got me thinking about making some videos too, so hopefully I shall make some about what I get up to and start uploading those too :)
In the meantime, I hope you like seeing my Christmas ornaments and new packaging!

Having trouble with the video? You can also see it here.

Just catching my breath...

after my busiest Christmas period ever! After the Christmas rush comes a moment to pause, take stock, to think about what worked, what could have been done better, but most of all to be thankful. In the middle of a busy time, it is easy to lose sight of the reason I do what I do. I do it because I love it. I love ceramics, I love making things in general, I love the adventure, the creativity of the business side of things, I love working for myself, making objects that make other people smile, interacting directly with my customers, and making it happen. I think it only right that I send out a big big thank you to all my customers, for liking what I do, for their continued, and often repeated custom, and their kind words. An extra big thank you to a lovely lady called Jenny, who sent me the image below to show how pleased she was with the Christmas ornaments she bought from my shop.

I am so privileged to do what I do every day, to have customers that are a delight to work with, and to be supported by a worldwide family of bloggers that have promoted my work since I very first began. Thank you everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and have a healthy, prosperous and happy 2011.

Last chance for Christmas delivery!

UK customers, you have until Monday morning to get delivery before Christmas! Worldwide customers - sorry but the deadline has now passed. A big big thank you to all my customers; this last few months has been incredibly busy, and great fun. And, a little reminder about the pottery lottery - leave positive feedback on any of my shops during December for the chance to win a lovebird bowl in January :)

More lil birdies flying round the studio!

These cuties are flying out fast! A very lovely lady just bought a huge bunch of them to send to each of her friends as a little pre-Christmas present... Sweeeeeeetness!!

Check out the full Christmas ornament range here. And incase yyou didn't read my last post, I am soooo excited about hitting 1000 etsy sales that I am adding a lil free gift with every order this week :)

Get em quick before they all fly away!

This year's new Christmas ranges have been flying out out of my shop this year... I can only make so many!! If you want some, don't leave it too late ;)




Check out these lil fellas and more new Christmas decorations here!

Happy new year!

It seems I am one of the few back to work around here as where I am we have had heavy snow. There has been pretty much no gritting going on from what I can tell, and the snow just keeps on falling... Luckily I can do some work from home, but a couple of orders will be sent out later than usual.
Having had a wonderful Christmas and new year, I finally packed away the Christmas decorations today, and thought I would share a couple of images of these lovely seasonal flowers that Santa brought this year...
A photo could never do them justice, but what can I say... Amarylis, red roses and hot pink gerberas... I must have been a very good girl last year.
So having cleared the decks it is time to make a plan and get my head back into some serious work. I've been busy glazing the remaining bisque that was done before the Christmas rush took over my life completely, and am looking forward to starting building with a clear head once that lot is out of the kiln. My etsy shop is looking somewhat depleated, so I can't wait to get the new pots out and get them on there. One or two are already spoken for, and it's not a huge batch, so I had better get some new pieces made pronto! I'm also running a January sale now to clear a few items out and start the year afresh. If you'd like to see the discounted items, you can view my sale section here. There are no seconds I promise, every item is absolutely perfect, I just want to start the new year with a clear mind and some new ranges.
So 2010.... what will you have in store? I can't wait to get my teeth into this year and find out!

I can't believe how busy it has been!

The Christmas rush is slowing a little now, as most of my customers are in the US. I had a little help today from a Japanese work experience student Kozue, and finally feel like I am getting up to date... She was great, really lovely, extremely helpful, and an extra pair of hands was appreciated! She helped out with some gift wrapping and sorted out some of my stationary so that I now feel free to actually make something- I haven't touched any clay in weeks!! It has been non stop admin and parcel wrapping round here, and it has been great, but there is some creative frustration bubbling away under the surface... watch out for some new pieces early in the new year...
I have a happy story today! - someone showed me a photo at theknot.com which is of two of my bird bowls which were used as ring bowls at a wedding - here it is...

It is such a huge compliment when someone uses my work for such an important function, and is a rare treat to see them in use. Thanks also to the lovely Ai Ling Liaw of Ling Photography, St. Paul, MN who was their wedding photographer. I was really touched. I have had a bit of a run of this lately - here is an image of a ring bowl I made for a very lovely lady's wedding recently. So recently in fact, that it is on a plane on its way to Australia as I write...


I used a silhouette that they provided of themselves, and recessed it into the clay. A slight toasting can sometimes occur in the kiln around the glaze, and on this one I think it gives a fitting, warm glow around the bride and groom. I felt that it added to the piece, and I hope they will agree. Ring bowls are definitely something I am considering doing more of in the new year! It was lovely to work with them and create a piece that they had some input into.

So with things calming down here a little, I am hoping that I might just get a little Christmas shopping done by the end of the week :)

Wehehey!

These Christmas decorations from my etsy shop are currently being featured in the etsy holiday ornament voter!
If you have the time, please go over and vote here!

Christmas decorations

Here are a few images of my new Christmas decorations. This year I thought butterfly snowflakes might be nice, as well as some simple, classic lacy hearts...





So far the butterflies have completely sold out, and are now available and made to order with a slightly longer dispatch time. I like the simplicity of the unglazed creamy clay. It shows the texture of the lace off in greater detail, and can be emphasized with a classic red or gold thread for contrast. Both of these could even be used at weddings, and the thread changed to compliment the individual colour theme. I like to tie them to gifts instead of a bow too!