In the Making...

After making this mug for when I'm at ceramics and enjoying it so much; I thought I'd make another for when I'm at A Good Yarn . We all had a lovely trip to Yarndale , so I've used the wonderful sheep logo as my inspiration. There's a sheep on both sides. The biggest challenge was to try and match the colours because they are different before they are fired, compared to the finished result. Not exact but I'm very happy with it. Of course, I have how I like my coffee on the mug. Here it is, just in case you want to make me a coffee! A little "funny" that I made this week, my version of a heavily sealed envelope.

I promised to show you my finished teaspoon stand from when we went mug painting . It was awhile ago but it had to be refired and then I started a mug with a similar design so thought I'd show you them together. Here's before firing:  And after. The colours become really vivid. I'm not as pleased with the mug, the shading wasn't dark enough so it doesn't have that 3D effect. If I do it again it will definitely have 3 coats of the grey. The mug is a Christmas present for a friend and the handle says "Hot and Dark", which is what he calls bad coffee.

I have my finished mug from Mug Painting evening. The tea bag stand is being re-fired, so I'll show you that another time. Before firing After firing, the colours really change. They look dull and chalky but the glaze becomes vibrant once fired. I added how I like my coffee on the handle too. A short blog, this week, but I've been preparing for blog week. So hopefully you'll get 7 days of blogs from me that week. For more information, click here .

Last night, a group of us from knitting went to the Paintbox Ceramic Cafe, Cleethorpes for mug painting. It was great fun and they all made some fantastic mugs. None of them are glazed yet, we'll get to pick them up next week.  I thought Charlotte's frog was brilliant! I normally go every week, so I just carried on what I'd been working on. Though it did happen to be a mug. Here's mine - I also did a little teaspoon stand, as well, which will be a present for Mr; done using my current zentangle obsession. I'll let you see them once they're fired, as the colours really brighten. Here's most of mugs by the end of the night. Julie and Stacey made the night great. Here's a few of the pieces in the shop, that Julie's painted, with some gorgeous tulips. It's was a fun night and hopefully everyone enjoyed it.