Another Birthday Pre-Party
Hi ho, MMMLogerinos!
Darcy always tries to surprise me for my birthday. You'll recall that last month for her birthday I treated her to a cooking class, which I blogged about. She's still going on about it because we actually had to cook. I got mine last Friday night when Darcy took me to a pottery painting store in Crossroads Mall for my upcoming birthday.
From rows and rows of greenware we selected our painting projects. Darcy went for a large flat rimmed bowl and I wanted to do a wine cooler, but she said it was ugly. It was cylindrical, chalky white, plain and something I could actually use. How could that be ugly? So I went for a little teapot. I know, I know, how very ordinary and not very MMMMMMM-like. But I'm ever the little pleaser and an unpleased Darcy can be very miserable for all. Besides it was her dime.
On the inside bottom of the teapot I swished a big M--my siggy, you know. The outside I painted a deep red that I hope will go with one of the many reds I currently have going on in the kitchen. It started with a fired brick on the walls and accessories have been added that have strayed from that color. You know how it is--in the store it looks like the right color, get it home and it's shades off. So it'll probably be with the red teapot. Though I did put a thin black wash over the whole thing, hoping to tone it down. We'll see. I was going to try my hand at some Sumi on the side of it, but Darcy was finished long before I was. I thought it better to leave well enough alone and put down the paintbrush.
Our fine creations will be dipped in a glaze vat then fired. We'll pick them up this week. I did notice that there were two huge racks of finished projects waiting to be picked up. And, wow, most of them should have exploded or vaporized in the kiln to save some parent or friend from receiving yet another crafty mug of horror. Or perhaps they did . . . I don't know what mine is going to look like. Of course I do. It's going to be indistinguishable from the other abandoned ugly stuff. Yi! I'll let you know and perhaps post a picture . . . or not.
MMMMMMMMMMMMmelinda
Darcy always tries to surprise me for my birthday. You'll recall that last month for her birthday I treated her to a cooking class, which I blogged about. She's still going on about it because we actually had to cook. I got mine last Friday night when Darcy took me to a pottery painting store in Crossroads Mall for my upcoming birthday.
From rows and rows of greenware we selected our painting projects. Darcy went for a large flat rimmed bowl and I wanted to do a wine cooler, but she said it was ugly. It was cylindrical, chalky white, plain and something I could actually use. How could that be ugly? So I went for a little teapot. I know, I know, how very ordinary and not very MMMMMMM-like. But I'm ever the little pleaser and an unpleased Darcy can be very miserable for all. Besides it was her dime.
On the inside bottom of the teapot I swished a big M--my siggy, you know. The outside I painted a deep red that I hope will go with one of the many reds I currently have going on in the kitchen. It started with a fired brick on the walls and accessories have been added that have strayed from that color. You know how it is--in the store it looks like the right color, get it home and it's shades off. So it'll probably be with the red teapot. Though I did put a thin black wash over the whole thing, hoping to tone it down. We'll see. I was going to try my hand at some Sumi on the side of it, but Darcy was finished long before I was. I thought it better to leave well enough alone and put down the paintbrush.
Our fine creations will be dipped in a glaze vat then fired. We'll pick them up this week. I did notice that there were two huge racks of finished projects waiting to be picked up. And, wow, most of them should have exploded or vaporized in the kiln to save some parent or friend from receiving yet another crafty mug of horror. Or perhaps they did . . . I don't know what mine is going to look like. Of course I do. It's going to be indistinguishable from the other abandoned ugly stuff. Yi! I'll let you know and perhaps post a picture . . . or not.
MMMMMMMMMMMMmelinda
posted by MMMelinda at 8:07 AM
