The Holidays are soooo here!

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I thought I'd put you in the holiday mood!

Here is my last minute holiday schedule!

• Today is the LAST day to order holiday gifts from my site to arrive in time for Christmas.
• Sunday the 14th, Bust Holiday Craftacular 10am - 7:30pm NYC
• Monday the 15th- Thursday the 18th shop my ETSY shop for ready to ship items. I will be adding everything I have left after the Craftacular to my ETSY shop and shipping Priority to ensure on-time holiday delivery.
  The bird on a wire pattern has been quite loved lately!

the big news!

I've been accepted into the AltCraft section of the 2009 Ameican Craft Council show in Baltimore. Here is a bit about it:

Fifteen makers will be juried into this bustling section, which celebrates
the innovative techniques and materials of the burgeoning handmade movement.
This is an opportunity for talented artists and indie designers to gain
national exposure at a well-established show.

I was going to wait until they sent out the press release but just can't! I am so excited, I applied last year and didn't get in. But this year I feel so ready, my line is better defined and I have a solid focus on my 2009 goals. What a terrific way to start off the new year! I feel like I won an award! I will post more on this as we get close, now it's back to the holiday making frenzy!

a nice cause

Happy December 3rd!
Are you scrambling about wondering what to give who for Christmas?? I have a nice idea, why not help me support Nest? Nest is a non-profit that I have worked with off and on since they formed. They have a unique way of supporting artist's in the US and abroad by buying our goods and selling them, then using the profits to grant micro loans to artist's in need of funds to continue their work. It's a very nice circle of funding that benefits all involved. While I'd love for you to buy my ornaments, please click around the site and see what else you may need.

Go here shop for my ornaments!

ps - my big news is still coming!

so much

There is so much going on I can't just list it all here. I will just tell you a few things for now, I hope you don't mind.

If you ever wanted to see inside my studio, please visit the Handmade Spaces feature on Modish, Jena did such a nice job featuring my studio, and her intro is just the nicest ever. Modish is one of my favorite blogs, and one of the first to feature my work when I first found my way onto the internet. It's so nice to grow with the handmade community as we all work to establish ourselves. And blogs like Modish help to keep us connected. Thanks, Jena!

The Bust Holiday Craftacular, oh yes! I will be heading up to NYC on December 14th to join an amazing group of makers, the word on the street is that this is a hard show to get into so I am ever so grateful to be doing this show for the 3rd time! I LOVE Bust.

The sweet bird ornament (shown above) is only available 3 ways.

1. from me at craft shows ($15)
2. for sale at Art Star
3. free when you spend $50 or more in my web shop

Also, he comes in a few colors!
'tis all for now, I have some BIG news to share but it deserves it's own post on it's very own day!Now shop!

shop today

Last day for free shipping in my web shop!

happy thanksgiving!!!

Dear World,
I wish you a very happy thanksgiving, I know this is our holiday here in the USA but, really, having a day for everyone to give thanks in a non-denominational way is just too lovely not to share. So in whatever way you can, please say a thank you to those you love, those you pass in the streets, those who cross your mind, the people and animals that make your day special. And for those that like to make the world a not so nice place, please change. No one understands your violence, your threats, or your incredibly intimidating presence. We all just want to live a nice life here on our planet. And to the polluters of our home, please stop. To those that are doing their part in cleaning up, a huge thank you from me, I'm just one little potter but it means so very much to me that you are creating better ways for all of us to live lighter on our beautiful earth.

I hope you are all able to gather with family and friends to enjoy a peaceful day and to appreciate what you have. I am especially thankful this thanksgiving to spend it with my family, the first one in many years that we are able to be together. A special thank you to my parents for moving east this summer and to mom for cooking! I am so happy to have you nearby : ) And to everyone that supports my little biz, THANK YOU for helping me live my dream - and making my parents proud of their little artist!

Happy Thanksgiving!
xoxo,
Linda

today

Where I'll be today.
The Waldorf School Holiday Fair
7500 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday November 22, 10am-5pm

a good show!

Makings of a good show:

• gathering up all of my breakables and driving to Baltimore in record time (thanks Steve!)
• arriving safely and easily unloading and setting up
• the crowds arrived to shop : )
• fellow crafty pals saying hellos
• shopping a bit and admiring all the loveliness
• packing up my very light bins and heading home
• arriving to a house with a very good puppy - who was left home all day with the run of the house and didn't do anything naughty!
• Relaxing and falling asleep knowing that all that hard work paid off!

Thank you for coming out and supporting all of us hand makers!
xoxo, Linda

Look out Baltimore, I'm coming back!

I'm so excited, I just love this show. The Charm City Craft Mafia really has it together, and I am more than honored to have been choosen to join in. Come on out this saturday and get a jump on your holiday shopping.

xoxo, Linda

2 years!

Hello out there, today I need to mark my "I've been a full-time potter for 2 years anniversary" - ahhh! It is a very good feeling to now be able to not only look to the future of this little biz but to look back and see 4 and a half years in business with 2 being full-time. Today marks the annivarsary of what I truly see as a start, the time before that was prep work, time spent getting ready to change my life and make it something I could love. When I decided to go full-time I had a great job, so great that people were asking me how can you leave such a great job! (I was a Facilities Manager for Morgan Stanley where I managed a beautiful art collection, worked on space planning, interior design, ergonomics, and ran my groups web site - for 8 years) It was easy when I had a better offer! I now work from home, do something I love, network with people I have something in common with, and feel much healthier and happier then I can ever remember being! I do miss the vacation time but, that will come! To thank you for your support, in this month of thankfulness, I am offering:

xoxo, Linda