Saturday Morning

This is my new blonde hair curly. I am not so impressed because it has begun to get a little bit brassy again. Apparently if I use certain shampoos and conditioners it will keep it looking nice and light.

I think I will look for the shampoos and conditioners but it is not so bad this way either.

I love this too!

Note the caption at the bottom of the book -
“With provocative notes from the patient husband who pays the bills”

An interesting book cover from Aquabooks and some geeky Victorians from chicklit.

New Hair!

My new blonde hair. It took a few tries to get the colour looking the way I wanted it to, but we managed to get it right without completely drying out my hair. It is smooth and just as importantly the right colour - no brassy yellow/orange in sight!

Purity, Innocence, Sympathy, Spirituality

"White roses can mean many things to many different people. They can symbolize new beginnings, or be a sign of farewell. They can convey feelings of love, friendship, respect and hope. Underlying all of these messages is the impression of innocence and purity with which white roses are now synonymous. An arrangement of white roses is not only beautiful; it can carry a complexity that belies its simpler appearance. Whatever the reason white roses are given, it can be assured that they will be deeply appreciated by their recipient." ~via Florapedia

Closing time

First up Esther's mug. She has a bit more painting to go before it's glazed and fired. She kept asking everyone what colors to use where and relied a bit too much on the man who didn't care about colour variation for support.

Next up the logo that I now recognize! If I was on jeopardy I would have past the time limit and lost a bundle though.

The finished flaming basketball and a flash of some gleaming and perfectly perfect teeth.


The inside of the basketball mug that he was going to leave white, but his girlfriend teasingly objected. When I agreed with her and encouraged the table to stage a pottery painting intervention he came up with the very cool idea of a basketball net.

My almost finished work of art. I know you're practically green with envy so I'll agree to share, but I get to use it first!

The Art in Progress

This baby sister was the reason we were stretching our creative talent tonight. She started that mug in August or September of last year and need to finish it post haste.

In her defense it takes patience to slowly paint her design without going over the edges. She drew an animal print freehand with some lettering that read, "Sarah's Mug".

It was this middle child's first excursion to Brushfire and her painting skills were definitely out of use, but she jumped right into the thick of things with some stencils and got to work. She chose a turtle, a butterfly, a heart, a fish and some lettering that reads, "Esther's Mug".

It was also this young man's first time at Brushfire. He did well - he knew exactly what design and what colours he wanted to choose. He wasn't picky about the variations of colours though, men don't care about these things he assured me. Orange is orange. He asked for orange and that's what he got. He chose a flaming basketball on one side and a sport logo of some kind on the other. (forgive me TWN for not recognizing it!)

This is my piece. I strayed from my spectular tributes to the seasons on mugs to bring you... a cereal bowl with stars! um you're jealous I know, but someday if you work hard you can have a cereal bowl with stars too.

Brushfire

Tonight we went to Brushfire, a ceramic painting studio and exercised our artistic "skills".

There was a wide variety of pottery pieces to choose from.

A great looking bowl with a built in rest for chopsticks.

I thought these egg shaped salt and pepper shakers were so cute! I didn't choose them though because I would like to leave them white and that wouldn't be much painting. I could have painted on some cracks, some eyes or gone for an easter egg theme, but I think they look best left white.

I've been going for mugs lately. I thought TWN would appreciate these beer jugs... do you think they're suitable for cask ale?