Many think now that summer has come and gone (sigh!) that we play, visit kids and ski. We do a little of all the above but we also take time to re-group, apply to shows, experiment with new ideas and glazes, evaluate and try and get over the burned- out feeling. A lot has changed in the past few years; we have to travel farther to do shows and now we have added more wholesale accounts. Currently we have our work in: Bryce Canyon Lodge Gift Shop in Utah, Jackson Lake Lodge in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, The Salt Lake Convention Center Gift Shop and a new one that will open in March 2012 in Springdale, Utah. We will continue to produce through the winter months with shows starting again in February. Watch for updates to our show schedule coming soon! Here are some pics to remember the great summer and all the beautiful pots we sold.
This picture of my granddaughter, Jane came through after I had posted my bear entry. Too funny! A granddaughter after my own heart! What a little sweetie!
For Conference Weekend I wanted to do something a little different. My good friend Lori Lefgren sent a picture of comfort bears she made for the Humanitarian Center. These bears will be sent to Japan and given out to children. I was so excited! Perfect afternoon project! Pictured above and below are the bears we made over the weekend.
K. L.'s brother Rob and his wife Karin came to visit and while the guys went skiing we sewed and stuffed bears! They turned out so cute! Thanks Lori for the idea!
The beautiful dinnerware set that was custom designed for a very good friend. 12 place settings, 72 pieces in all! It turned out incredible...so when do I get a new set of dinnerware?! :)
So the studio looks like the middle of summer these days! We are doing more wholesale and traveling to more shows in the winter now and have been very busy...not too much down time anymore! When so many are unemployed we are very grateful for all the work we have lining up.
