It's a baking bread, drinking tea, boxing up wool yarn shipments, trimming pots and tending baby lambs kinda day. . . . Happy Friday lovelies!! . . . #mamahandmades #slowliving #teaandbread #busyfarmlife #claymama
Put a pot of chili on... . . . #simpleceramics #handcrafted #handmadevirginia #soupoftheday
Stackable soup / salad bowls getting boxed up to go to their new home. . . . #plovergrey #onthetable #virginiahandmade #saladbowl
Unfurl... . . . I'm ready to unfurl and open my wings to the sun and wind. How about you? . . . Loading a glaze kiln, breathing in sunshine, planting some seeds, baking bread and cuddling a little one. Happy Tuesday everyone! 😙 . . . #snowdrops #springflowers #springvibes
Field to Yarn Fibers . . . The sun warmed their bodies, the wind dried their fleeces, they grazed on our pastures and drank fresh spring water. . . . It's here!! Our very own wool yarn from our Corridales!!! I have been so excited to show you. If you didn't already know this, besides making pottery. . we raise sheep. I grew up on a sheep farm, showed sheep in 4-H and little did I know that my husband would fall for them too... and become a sheep shearer. Finally, we had our two corridale fleeces spun into the most beautiful soft, springy yarn. Worsted weight, natural colored grey and white. . . . If you are interested in working with this beautiful, rustic, farm yarn I have a small amount for purchase. Just send me a DM. Have a lovely Sunday. 🌿 . . . #slowyarn #farmyarn#rusticyarn #fieldtoyarn #corridalewool #clayandyarn
Clay rabbits and wee fingers... . . . Creek is flooding with all this crazy rain I would trade it for snow any day. The road to the house is flooded so we are stuck but, we'll make the most of it. . . . A bisque is firing and I had leftover pieces of slab so I made a herd of bunnies 😂 What do you call a group of rabbits anyway? Yarn bowls are on the list to make today too. Hopefully this little munchkin will nap soon. Hope you all are somewhere dry and warm!! Enjoy your day 😚
Before and After . . . From a solid block of clay it is carved into a vessel using a carving tool. . . . #kurinuki#meditativecarving#simpleceramics #handtotable
The finished tumblers... now which surface design to go with? They feel so good in the 👋 This design is a keeper. ❤ . . . Happy Sunday ya'll! ! . . . #plovergrey #stoneware #simpleceramics #handcrafted #theartofslowliving #tumblers #carvedinclay
Oh these dancing feet! ! . . . #tinytoes #makermama #amotherslove
Whew!! As soon as baby's eyes close I bolt out to the studio and put on my potters hat. I have been wanting to make tumblers for awhile now. These are a special order and I'm pretty happy with them. What do you think? . Between my kiln dying in mid December, finding a used one I could afford, hooking it up, dusting and trying to find some order in a disaster zone tiny studio...these tumblers feel so damn good!!!!!! . . . Being a new mom is a struggle folks. Being a new mom and running a handmade pottery business...Whoa!! It's harder than I thought it would be. Cheers to you maker mommas and all mommas everywhere you are doing an incredibly awesome job...and it is a 24hr JOB. It comes with some amazing benefits though like those sweet eyes and gummy smiles looking up at you while she's nursing, the very beginnings of her laugh (Oh how I live to make her laugh). It's all good the business will survive it's just going at a different speed. 🌟Thank you all who have been here from the beginning and thank you to all the new folks that have joined along in this pottery adventure. WELCOME!! (I promise it won't be all about babies.)🌟 If you have read this far Love ya!! 😘 Have a great weekend!
🎊A little taste of everything 2018 served up.🎊 Our little one is growing ever so fast and I am trying to keep up and soak it all in. Ready to return to the clay and find the balance between running a business and being present for Embry. Our sheep will have babies of their own come spring and hoping for more flowers to fill PBP vases. And in the wee leftover time work a stitch or two. 🎊Thank you everyone for your sweet comments, purchases and love over the past year. May your year ahead be filled with health, happiness, love and all the things you are wishing for. Bring on 2019!! . . . #goodbye2018 #hello2019 #babies #clay#sheep #handknits #flowersfrommygarden
Checking the girls on skis. They don't seem as happy about the snow as we are though. They are happy to see that fresh bale of hay get delivered.❄ Made another ski run this morning and it's already melting...I hate to see it go. My favorite way to be in the woods is schushing along on a pair of skis. It is always so quiet and peaceful. Are you out there enjoying this winter wonderland? . . . #virginiaskiing #snowlover#snowysheep #magicalwinter
Patiently the clay waits for me to begin again.. . . . Not so patiently I wait to return to my little studio. I started these on Monday, it was my birthday and a quick window of time offered itself while the baby slept. Six mugs thrown and now in need of trimming. These are destined to be Poppy and a couple in Bluebell design with hopes of throwing more. ❄So far the biggest lessons I'm learning in my new role as a mama are have a whole lot of patience with yourself and to not set yourself up with to many expectations. ❄ So, with this little window of time I wanted to say hello, let you know that I'm still here and wanting to continue to make beautiful pieces for you. Step by step, little by little!! . . . #makermama #makingmeditation #whilethebabysleeps#feellikeabeginner
Ice storm equals no power which makes for a cozy evening cooking soup and grilled cheese on the little wood stove and feeding sweet baby by candlelight. ✨ . . . #nightlight #cozyevening #makedo
She's a wolfpack of one A radiant flower An innocent savage With a heart-bell that's rung By the breath of her mother In the early morning hours, By the words of her father On the sound-bow of his tongue ~Words by DH♡ Embry made her journey earthside October 23. Mom and babe healthy and happy. Our hearts cracked wide open and our world forever changed. In Love💕 . . . #newbabycub #newbornhibernation#thefirst40days#4thtrimester
Little treasures from our walk around our woods you can find more in stories 🌿🍁 . . . #fallinthewoods #slowmornings #pockettreasures
Simple Saturdays cutting dahlias and pulling carrots to make Carrot Scones with maple glaze (recipe found in @makingzine🍁 It's time to start clearing the garden. 🌿The last of the weeds pull easy with all the rain and I aim to reclaim a little space each day as much as this 39week belly will allow. Hoping to greet our little bundle within the week. Waiting has been the hardest part. 🍁Wishing you a peaceful and lovely weekend. 🍊 . . . #onmytable #simpleceramics #dahlias#fromthegarden #peachbottompottery
Now constantly there is the sound, quieter than rain of the leaves falling. Under their loosening bright gold, the sycamore limbs bleach whiter. Now the only flowers are beeweed and aster, spray of their white and lavender over the brown leaves. The calling of a crow sounds loud - a landmark - now silent, and the nights grow. October 10, by Wendell Berry 🍁Happy Autumn Equinox 🍁 Finished little ones #maudebonnet for the #autumnbonnetkal being held over on @justmywoollielambs feed. So many adorable patterns and beautiful knitting inspiration 💜 #fallcolors #fallknitting #potteryonhold #flowersfromourwalk
Hello!!! How are you? Its been a while. I wish this could be a a post about a pottery update but alas that has not what my world has looked like for the past month. I miss my little studio and the feeling of clay between my fingers but, it's waiting for me.🔹Once the 3rd trimester hit I felt a deep pull to begin the mental, physical and emotional transition into becoming a mother. This meant things slowed way down and I wanted to give myself this time to savor and possibly mourn the familiar life I'm stepping out of and embracing the unknown trail that lies ahead. I wanted to soak up the beauty of carrying and growing a life within. I wanted to step back from the hustle. I am grateful that where I am at in my life, my work and my relationship has allowed and encouraged this space and time of growth.🔹My days are still filled with creating and making its just been more focused on the little one. I have been making a cozy space for her in our tiny home, knitting clothing and sewing toys. There has been lots of harvesting, canning goodness from the garden and dyeing skeins of wool with golden rod 💛.🔹I want to keep this little space going and hope to fill it with some new clay creations in the future but, I hope for now you won't mind a little life outside the studio. I value each one of you and if you have read this far thank you for listening to a bit of personal stuff. Xx 💕Pictured above along with the 36weeks baby bump is the start of #autumnbonnetkal. A knit along being held by @justmywoollielambs. 👋I think you can join anytime so come join us.👋 I am knitting the #maudebonnet with a merino/cashmere yarn picked up at a thrift store that has been waiting in my stash for something special. 💕 . #fallknitting#babybumps and #newmotherhoodjitters#potteryonhold