A little disaster in here. My snowman broke when it was greenware. I've had that happen before and I've always been able to glue it back together with glaze. This time - no such luck. I've never had both the head and the hat fall off. I think that was just a little too much for it to balance. Luckily it was just a little bit near the kiln elements. I was able to sand down the issue with my diamond core sanding pad and I got the 2 little pieces of glaze out of the element track with tweezers.

Snowman aside - I'm loving how the trees look. I really love the white trees! And the one with the hanging "ornaments."

I'm really excited on my beachy crabby clock. It came out awesome - no warping. I'll post once I put the clock parts together. Like I said in the sneak peek - a lot of birch and cardinals in here. There's still more to go through the next kiln load. I managed to sneak in one of the small trees and its so cute with it's little star on top.

Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Crabs - Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Flip Flops - Mayco Bluebeard x2, Fruit of the vine x2 (on the straps) Middle - Mayco Norse Blue x3 lgith flux sweeps 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Mayco Norse Blue x3 lgith flux sweeps 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 (birds), Cotton Tail x2 (trees) Rim - Amaco Snapdragon x3 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 (birds), Cotton Tail x2 (trees) 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 (birds), Cotton Tail x2 (trees) 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 (birds), Cotton Tail x2 (trees) 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 (birds), Cotton Tail x2 (trees) 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x2
Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x2 Mayco Dandelion x2	Sanbao transfers, 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Spectrum Autumn Purple x2	Laguna 60 Spectrum Sangria x2
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Green Opal x3 Blue Hydrangea x2 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Rasberry Mist x3 Peppered Plum x2 2167 clear

A lot of birch and cardinals on here. I spent quite a few hours painting trees and birds. They are so pretty though.

Today and tomorrow will be at the Howard County Craft Spectacular - if you're local come out!

I'm using more clay so I decided to bite the bullet and buy 1,000 pounds once instead of two orders 6 months apart of 500 so that I could get the discount. I wasn't prepared for how many boxes 1,000 pounds is. We brought it all inside so it wasn't sitting in the driveway, but I'm taking it down to the basement in 1 box increments when I'm going downstairs. It's going to take a while.

This vase is even more gorgeous in person than the picture shows. It's a little over two feet tall. I love it so much. The rhubarb leaf is unglazed because I'm going to treat that with Magic Metallics copper - stay tuned for that.

I had some leaves and stars that have come off my trees that I'll have to glue back on.

This Friday - Sunday I will be at the Howard County Craft Spectacular - if you're local I'd love to see you there. I will have some of these trees with me as well as many other things.

Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Hydra x2, Mayco light flux sweeps, 2167 clear all over	Laguna 60
Opulence Emerald x3 Mayco Dandelion x2	Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x3 Mayco Dandelion x2
Opulence Emerald x3 Mayco Dandelion x2	Clayscapes Garden Green

Not a ton of things in this kiln because in here is the BIGGEST vase I've ever made and a GIANT rhubarb bird bath. I'm going to use the vase as the base for the bird bath. I'm really excited with how the vase looks. It's glazed the same way I did a much smaller vase a few months ago. The trees also came out really well. Hoping the rhubarb didn't crack - that's the only thing you can't see.