Out with the old...

One of the by-products of doing paper work is cleaning out some clutter. Jeff and I have a big coffee table with four drawers. I love having the drawers, but we all know what happens with drawers... they collect "stuff". When I was entrenched in paperwork, I realized I was missing an important paper. I decided to completely empty a couple of those coffee table drawers, thinking that it might have gotten lost in the "stuff". The handy thing about these drawers is if you have unexpected company arrive, and the table is covered with paperwork, you can quickly hide it away in one those nice big drawers. Unfortunately some things become lost in that black hole of a drawer.

What I was looking for was not in the drawer, but I decided that the stack of old Clay Times magazines didn't need to reside there anymore. Before I could bring them upstairs and place them in the plastic bin that holds my collection of pottery magazines, Jeff started to look through them. Needless to say, they haven't made it upstairs. Now I want to look back at them. I am sure I will find articles in there that didn't interest me 10 years ago... yes, those issues have been in that drawer for nearly 10 years. They even made the trip from New Hampshire to North Carolina in that drawer. I plan to spend a little time with them this week and then they will find their new home in the plastic bin... because I just can't bring myself to throw away ceramics magazines.

My mother would have thrown the old one out when the new one arrived. How about you, do you save certain magazines? Or are you good about getting rid of the clutter?

Back to pots...

My end of year paperwork is completed and I have emerged from my cave. Now it's time to restock the Etsy shop and get back to making pots. The dining table is once more converted into a photo taking set up. Last night I spent some time with it.

Remember the mugs that were supposed to have white dots? I have decided that I do like them in blue.

Another fishy bank is in the Etsy shop. This one is a little different design.

I can't seem to get away from making these dotted flower mugs. I had an order for one, so of course I made a few. I really do enjoy making these, although I prefer them wood fired. The good thing about this glaze and slip combo is that it is very consistent, it always behaves! If it happens to be in a cold spot in the kiln, it re-fires very nicely.

 Now that I have emerged from the cave, I do wish the sun would shine.

The Meesh Cave

This is where I have been spending one half of the day lately. Sitting at my desk, wading through paperwork. I am determined to stay on top of things this year. So far I am off to a good start. My desk is actually the clearest it's been in a year! Of course you can't see that I have file folders spread out all over the floor. I really don't mind doing the paperwork that goes along with being in business... it's the getting started that's the hard part. The studio is always calling me and it's voice is a lot louder than the office.

My desk is upstairs in our bedroom, or should I say Sophie's bedroom. She seems a little put out that I am invading her space! I wonder if I could teach her to do some filing?