Saturday, what a day, rocking all week with you! Whooaaa-whoaaa- no, really, whoa. Nobody needs that earworm this early in the morning. I’ve had a couple of really good productive days in the studio this week. Yes, I get things done every day, but somehow computer work or getting along …
We’ve reached that part of summer that’s full of rain… and boy howdy do we need it. Remember just a week or two ago when I was saying that all our grass was brown and dead? Green and lush, now, yo! Normally it means an afternoon thunderstorm, and we’ve had …
Hey, y’all! Let’s talk about the Mug of the Month! Brief recap: I used to throw or handbuild the mug of the month, showing off the process of throwing and adorning and glazing and whatnot, and… the mugs, frankly, didn’t sell as well as I’d like. Then I got busy …
A little over a year ago, a coffee shop opened up in our little town. Now, y’all who live in a city where there are Starbucks on every corner might not find this too exciting… but for us, it was like a breath of fresh caffeine-scented air. Since they opened, …
Most of my work this week is centered around getting ready for a big show this weekend – GLAM is running a new Spring show and you know I had to be a part of that, considering how fun the Winter show is! I’m a little nervous because I’m trying …
Here’s one thing about being self-employed… you’re never off work. Even on vacation. I mean, that’s OK, right, because if we didn’t want to live that way we wouldn’t, you know? We’d work for a company that we could walk away from a couple of weeks a year and not …
A lot of times as a self-employed person, I feel like this…. …. but then there are days I feel like this…. … and also this. WHAT IS A GIRL TO DO, I ASK YOU?!?! And also I will tell you. A girl has to constantly re-evaluate her work schedule …
This is one of those posts I’m writing because I work alone and don’t have anyone really to bounce ideas off of (I mean, there’s cats, tortoises, and a Shop Elf, but… you know what I mean). It’s the time of year when I order soap base, and this time …
Let’s talk about the GDPR. I know, right? WTF? GDPR? Is that related to the FBI? CIA? OMG! BBQ! ;aldskfad;slkas;dfk!!!!! Wait, first – do I need to tell you that I’m not a lawyer? I’m not. Don’t take this as legal advice. This is only to try to help you …
When I used to work in the document production department at an Engineering company, we had an unofficial slogan (ok, we had lots of them, but this is about a particular one). When people ran in and said, “I need this right away! It’s got lots of markups! Don’t miss …
So, I’ve been thinking about this alllllllllllllll day, while glazing ceramics, and I’m not really any closer to an answer. I mean, I feel like the simplest thing is to combine blogs, and just go forward with one (and the upcoming Patreon) moving forward. WordPress even has a really easy …
I feel like I’m working in hiccups these days; fits and starts. Part of it is the weather. We’ve been getting hella rain this summer, and there’s at least an hour a day when our Internet doesn’t work because it’s satellite internet and can be hobbled by heavy southern cloud …
Y’all, I think I’m really done with business advice groups. I know I’ve complained about them in the past, but I wouldn’t have stuck with them so long if there wasn’t some payoff. The last couple of weeks I’ve really been wondering what the payoff is. Two of the ones …
I made some new turtle-inside and frog-inside mugs, but had a problem with the frog-inside ones, so need to make more. I threw some the other day, and Troublesome “helpfully” took a nap on them while they were still wet. I also need to make some larger pet food bowls, …
So, I’ve been taking these classes; geared towards pottery/ceramic artists, they’re two series of lectures – one on marketing, and one on branding. Each week there’s a new lecture in each, a video about 45 minutes long which is an interview with someone in the field about a particular topic (“Dos …
So, I’m taking these classes, and they’re giving me a lot to think about. One of the assignments this week is to ask a few people who know you, to ask them about their impressions of your work, your brand. So here I am, asking! You can answer in the …
This is going to bore the pants off of all but like three of you, so be forewarned. Also this post came out much longer than I intended and I highly recommend a beer or a cup of tea while reading. And if you are not self-employed, and your gut …
Once again, this morning, I feel like I have nothing to say. A good portion of yesterday was spent at the computer. I have accounting issues to sort out by the end of January. I have quarterly sales tax to do. Just like I was refreshing to get a brush …
So far this morning I’ve gone over to the studio and let the boys out, come back to the house, launched a new product on HaldeCraft, finished writing a December recap newsletter for work, written a work blog post about the new mug, finished uploading social media for the rest …
There are a couple of air vents in our house that, when it rains, the rain hits them and it echoes in a metal, ting-tang, wind-chime kind of sound and it’s kind of restful and meditative. You can’t really hear it all through the house, but you can in my …
Yesterday I got molds poured (I need to open them this morning), more molds sorted to sell (did I mention I sorted through about half of them on Monday and Tuesday?), only three mugs thrown, soap made, other soap popped out of molds, another plate made, some tiles made, the …
If you want to read something wise, go read what Tim said on Facebook yesterday. I don’t have anything wise to say today; I am tired and cranky and need more sleep and probably more water because I’m a little dehydrated this morning. I am all out of wise this …
Dinner and the movie last night was great; the theater was crowded but we got there early enough that all six of us could sit together, and they all loved Rogue One as much as I did when I saw it for the first time (I also still do). Yesterday …
When I opened the kiln yesterday, everything on the top shelf was fine – five or six pots I’d thrown in anticipation of doing raku at the January Crafts & Drafts. The second shelf, a shelf of prototype plates I’d slabrolled and was planning to glaze up, testing different colors, …
