Wow.

I don't have a ton of time to blog because I have to essentially
"MAKE THE DONUTS"...or CHIP AND DIPS as it were.
On Friday, May 28th, my son Sam's first DOUBLE DIGIT birthday(10) I had a piece(the chip and dip form) featured in ETSY FINDS! .
Well let me tell you...it was a huge JUMP in views and a really decent affect on sales and interest(people sending me convo's on Etsy about buying custom chip and dips!).

So now... I need to get on these special orders, as well as a few other existing orders AND I need to GLAZE the wedding registry place settings and make her side pieces(I have 2 great serving bowls waiting to be bisque fired. I am just a tad nervous about the glaze firing... It just makes me nauseous every time... so many possible issues... I realize I just need to get in there and do my business....but I am also afraid I need to make more glaze and we all know how much I adore that...

And so, I am going to take a positive proactive point of view and just dig in and love all of it. So THERE.

Yesterday...

This was my table yesterday.
The Kitchen Tour Boutique went rather well...
One thing that was a bit of a problem was that the ladies on the tour were not expecting the boutique so many came in without wallets....
I know this was not an excuse because some went back out to their cars to get $$$.
I sold several pottery pieces and more jewelry...
The ladies love the trinkets...ya know???
My love is making the pottery but I have fun with the trinkets so it's all good.
PLUS...I was wearing a cuff bracelet I knitted out of sterling silver wire with fresh water pearls and it was a bit of a hit too... this is a more portable endeavor that I have planned on coming back to anyway...play with wires, beads...see where it goes...
Most importantly I can take it "on the road"...

In the Studio.... Soon to be OUT of the Studio???

So... I have the Rumson Kitchen Tour Boutique that I will be selling my stuff AT on Thursday... This Thursday, May 13th...'You can Buy TICKETS HERE!
The Boutique is at House #3...
It is NOT Springsteen's House...
It's across the street...

So I have pulled together what I am going to pack up...







Lots of Fun Happy SPRING COLORS!















And then we have a few of my deeper tones...





















Some Jewelry like before and some new...
In my home-made glaze colors(the bottom portion)...






















And these are a few new vases I am working on.



They will NOT be at the Boutique.
All that doesn't go will start up loading to My Etsy Shop on Thursday or Friday...

I got a new camera...
Very Excited.
It's a Canon Power Shot G11...
BUT I haven't "learned it" yet...
I will!!!
ALSO... I plan to open another little Etsy Shop...
JTTrinkets : J.T. Trinkets by Judi Tavill:
jewelry(ceramic, etc) little items...
They need their own home...
AND I am happily working a wedding registry with pieces listing on ETSY for a couple tying the knot in AUGUST!
6 three piece place settings are already purchased...
Now I have to list some serving pieces for the lovely couple...
Busy, Busy...
Be careful what you wish for...
That's all I'm sayin'.

New Business Card

Just thought I'd share...