Sideshow

I've started a series of cups with a circus sideshow theme. The designs are based on vintage freak-show banners. These are white stoneware with black underglaze ready to be bisque fired.


Sideshow cups


Snake charmer


Tattooed lady


Three legged chicken and Alligator girl

I also did the bearded lady and the fat lady. I'll post more when they are glazed.

Clay

Starling tile


Chickadee tile


Batgirl tile

I've started working with clay again and it feels great!

Nature Walk

It's been awhile since I last posted! It's beautiful out so I took a nature walk today.
I'm trying to identify the wild flowers here.


These little white bells are lovely.


White star shaped flowers


Clover


Pretty light purple flower


I think this is a mountain laurel


A tree that beavers worked on by the lake


These look like little teeth


A snake on the path

Happy Spring everyone!

I've Been Sewing

Winter woods pillow


T-shirt bag


T-shirt bag


T-shirt bag

I've been doing some sewing and added these to my shop. All made from recycled materials.

Featured in Retro Handmade

Red Mushroom Home

My little house was featured on the Retro Handmade blog today!
Thanks Lisa!

Pumpkin

Pumpkin soup with garlic cream


Roasted pumpkin seeds


Baked pumpkin

Yesterday I got 7 pumpkins to store and last through the winter, and baked one today. I roasted the seeds too - delicious! I'm going to make some soup and a pie.

I just made the soup and it was pretty easy. Here is the recipe.

Pumpkin Soup

2 c pumpkin pulp
1 c water
1 chicken bullion cube
salt
pepper
curry
garlic
cayenne pepper
cumin

Heat the pulp, water and bullion on medium heat. Blend with a stick blender (if you don't have one put it in your blender or food processor). Then add the spices to taste. I just sprinkled a dash of everything. I topped it off with some garlic cream I had leftover from a party. Very tasty!

Garlic Cream

2 heads garlic
4 oz cream cheese
1/4 c parmesan
salt
splash of milk

Cut the tops off of the 2 heads of garlic and drizzle with olive oil. Roast in the oven for an hour at 400. Let them cool and then squeeze the garlic out into a bowl. Mix together with the cream cheese. Add parmesan and salt and mix. I do this with a fork but you can use a hand mixer if you like. Add a little milk to make it spreadable. Serve with crackers (or put it on your soup!). I made water crackers with caraway seeds to serve with it.

Owl Cozy

Owl cozy for french press


Keeping warm


Handmade cozy

I made this owl french press cozy from recycled clothing. It has polyfil and mylar sandwiched in the middle for optimum insulation. And I added magnets for the closure, they are sewn inside the material. It works really well and keeps the coffee hot!