Clearance Rack Impulse Purchase

I am so in love with my new Marmot jacket from REI.  I’m trying to think of things to do outside so I can wear my new jacket.  Get the mail – check.  Ummm… ummm… put on jacket just in case something comes up.

Unique Holiday Gifts by Local Artists

If you are looking for a special handmade gift,

check out this great work by local lady artists.

Holiday Art Sale

featuring

Pottery by Lesley Witt

Jewelry by Connie Kuhnz

& Purses created by Molly Diers.

Here is Molly as my lovely assistant.  Although it looks like she thinks the whole event is verging on catastrophe.

Holiday Art Sale

Where & When

2212 5th Street NE

Minneapolis, MN 55418

(click here for map)

Saturday December 5th

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

& Sunday December 6th

Noon – 4:00 PM

Molly Made

Peek at Molly’s handmade purses at mollymadepurses.blogspot.com

Horse Hair Pottery by Lesley Witt

“The horse hair firing method is taken from the Native Americans who used this technique to honor a favorite horse or celebrate the birth of a horse.

I start by throwing my shape on the wheel. Once the piece is trimmed and dried, I coat it with many layers of terra sigillata, a slip of extremely fine clay particles. A hand buffing with a cloth creates a  glassy sheen. The piece is first bisque fired to 1900 degrees. Allowed to cool, the pot is then brought back to the kiln and refired to 1000 degrees.  At peak temperature, the hot piece is removed and I apply the horse hair by hand. The cinging hair on the heated surface creates the distinct look without the use of any glaze.”

For more information about the sale, contact lesleywitt@hotmail.com.

Someone stop me – I’m obsessed with the Office Max owl.

First it was a clipboard.

I couldn’t find my old clipboard anywhere and this was an obvious choice over the same ole’ same ole’ boring brown things.

The owl must have grown on me …

I was in the Office Max again prop shopping for a show (set in an office).  The binders were on clearance …

So two items isn’t that bad, right?  But then I had to have some fake bumper stickers printed for the play.  20 minutes to kill wandering the aisles of Office Max.  I told myself a bag would be useful.  Lies, self-deception!  Another bag is the last thing I need.

I put all my cloth grocery bags in it and hung it on the bannister where I see it EVERY TIME I walk through the house. 

It’s something about the eyes.