Sill, this is only half of it

This is still just half of what we got almost 2 weeks ago. We just can't unbox it fast enough and we are running out of shelf space. Come in and see our new stuff, there are so many new styles to spark your creativity.

Piece of the week (Last week)

This is the piece of the week from last week. I couldn't find my camera until this morning. This is a snowman piece done by Kathy Rohm. Isn't it awesome!!!

This is only half of it!

We got 3 truck loads of new pottery yesterday. I think the girls about passed out when they saw how much I bought. Check in soon, hopefully this weekend will will have the majority of it unboxed.

UPS must love me

The pottery has started pouring in and I think our new UPS girl and I are going to become very good friends. This is only 1/2 of what we got yesterday. Stephanie was here all night putting stuff away and I have been at it for an hour this morning. It will be coming in streams for the next few months. Come by the studio and see what new stuff we have on the shelves.

Wednesday is free slumping day

From now on, hump day will be free slump day. Make a piece of glass on Wednesday and we will slump it for free. What is slumping you ask? Slumping is taking a piece of flat fused glass and placing it in a mold and firing it again. When we re-fire it, it slumps over the mold to make the glass take shape. We can slump things into different shape plates, bowls, vases and candle holders.

We made national news

This is the blog by Heidi Floyd from the Vera Bradley Foundation:

http://verabradleyfoundation.blogspot.com/

What great publicity for all pottery studios. You will be hearing a lot about pottery and Vera Bradley doing great things for this cause.

"It's been a long days night"

Some of the great new glass pieces that I found, I can't wait to get to the studio and start making some more samples.
I won this piece at the auction. It is supposed to be an ice cream topping server, but I think I am going to use it in the studio for something else, I just don't know what.
This clock sold for $8,000 at the auction. This year we changed our charity from Susan G. Koman to the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. There was a rep from Vera Bradley and she was crying when this piece sold for so much. It was so great to see so many people donate so much of their hard earned money. This year, we raised approximately $33,000. Isn't that amazing?!
This is our future pottery studio owner, just contemplating on what pieces she should buy for Doing Dishes.

We just arrived home from the 2008 CCSA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona. As a few of you may remember from years past, this convention is AWESOME!!! Last year I decided to stay home since I was busy nursing Reagan, but I really missed going and getting new ideas and feeling a rejuvenated. This year, we were lucky because Brian's parents have an apartment in Phoenix, so we (Brian, Reagan and I) all flew out last Thursday. Convention started Saturday and I have to say, I think this was my favorite out of the 5 I have attended. It was held at the Arizona Biltmore and both Brian and I were sad that we didn't stay there. It is a beautiful resort and the convention areas were so nice and the people there were wonderful. I spent plenty of time walking around all the suppliers booths and getting all the newest catalogs and samples. I took lots of business classes and a few painting classes. I learned a lot and I can't wait to go to the studio tomorrow and start implementing some of my new ideas.