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Three Cups of Tea
2009-09-21 22:41:00 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson I’m very jealous – Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea visited my daughter’s school today. Â Parents received a special email saying – “Don’t bother showing up, this is for students only.” Â Arghhhh. Â This is definitely one school assembly I would have loved attending. Â Oh well…I did have the pleasure of helping my daughter craft questions for the author because her class was going to get a special audience with him. Â I’m not sure she chose any of my questions or not which were all about the schools that his work has funded – hers were more along the lines of, “What does yak milk taste like?” Greg Mortenson sounds like an inspiring person who turned a negative into an opportunity. Â His mission: to “promote peace one school at a time.” Â Even my shopping loving 11 year old daughter is moved and that says a lot – she has started reading Three Cups ...
Adding an Opt-in Email Sign Up Form to Facebook Page
2009-09-15 18:58:00 Hello everyone – happy new week (sort of since it’s already Tuesday)! Between being a mom, going back to school and moving, I don’t seem to have enough time in the day to do everything that I want to do. Oh why, oh why do we need to sleep at all? It seems so ... More About: Email , Page , Facebook , Sign , Form
Bring on the Heat!
2009-09-07 16:43:00 But it’s one step closer to making pottery. In my last post, or even one before that, I mentioned that I wanted to get my hands muddy again. Needless to say, clay is the last thing on my mind right now because I’m feeling a bit swamped with school obligations, being a mom and also ... More About: Life in General , Heat
Week 2 in New House & School
2009-08-30 15:25:00 It’s been almost a full 2 weeks now since we moved into the new house which is still undergoing renovation construction. Needless to say, it’s a challenge to live without kitchen facilities – but we are oh so close. We now have counter tops, a sink with faucet, lights and our appliances will be delivered ... More About: House , School , New House , Week
Oh so tired?
2009-08-22 17:01:00 House Update: We have survived the move & the first week (technically it will be 1 week on Monday) in the new house and I am whipped – hence the lack of posts or visits from me. Construction inside the house is still ongoing which is challenging to live through to say the least, but ... More About: Life in General , So Tired , Tired
I have the hiccups
2009-03-03 15:38:00 As with so many things in my life, when I find a new interest (obsession), many other things fall by the way side until I get a grip on whatever it is I’m into. In this case, I havent’ posted in my blog for 5 days because I’ve been wrestling with ubuntu - a linux ...
It Takes a Village?
2009-02-27 05:10:00 to forgive my kiln over-firing debacle from last Monday - the kids took it well. It may have helped that I promised to make them each a special “I’m sorry” cup to make amends. It was a good learning moment for them - firing a kiln is still a mystery for them - how hot ... More About: Village
Ceramic Laser Toner Decal Success
2009-02-22 17:39:00 This is one of those processes that I have been dying to try, I don’t know why I didn’t do this earlier. I think it may be because it seemed so complicated and to be honest, it required the purchase of a laser printer. This bowl has been waiting ever so patiently on a shelf ... More About: Laser , Success , Toner
Ceramic Jewelry Box Part 3 & News
2009-02-20 15:02:00 This is the continuation of part 1 and part 2 of a custom project that I am making for Texas based artist, Jean. It’s always a pleasure and an honor when another creative person commissions pottery from me - Thanks Jean! My original plans for today did not call for posting part 3 of this ongoing ... More About: News , Jewelry , Part , Part 3
Ceramic Jewelry Box Part 2
2009-02-19 20:07:00 This is a continuation of yesterday’s post highlighting the construction of a custom 2 level ceramic jewelry for Jean. As I mentioned yesterday, I don’t normally enjoy custom orders because it feels too much like homework, but I had already been thinking of making this project before Jean asked - good timing. I ... More About: Jewelry , Part
Ceramic Jewelry Box
2009-02-18 18:44:00 I don’t know why I haven’t done this before, but I finally broke away from the square! The idea came to me in a dream - okay, maybe not a dream but a lucid day dream. Then, unexpectedly, I received an email from super talented Texas painter, Jean Levert Hood, who was interested in a ... More About: Jewelry
Miscellany Pottery and Food Chopper
2009-02-16 18:48:00 I’ve been making a little bit of pottery here and there, but not any type of production work per se. Mostly, I’m making a few forms to test fire ceramic decals. Hence, these forms have very limited ornamentation because that will come later after glazing. I pulled the handles for these mugs which proved trying ... More About: Food , Life in General , Miscellany , Chopper , Pottery
Happy Valentine?s Day
2009-02-14 19:13:00 Sending some ? everyone’s way! xo, Cynthia More About: Valentine , Happy
Hungry?
2009-02-13 06:06:00 As part of my clay class, I offer a snack since the class starts right after the last school bell rings at 3:00pm. Despite feeding the kids and based on the projects shown today, I’m inclined to think that the kids are starving…. One of my students always makes food out of clay - and ... More About: Hungry
Colorado Potters Guild Website is Finished
2009-01-24 22:39:00 WHEW, and let me just let out one more extended audible wheeewwwwwwwwwwww for my own benefit. I finally finished the Colorado Potters Guild website today - what a relief! I feel like I can finally get on with my life and I’m sure my family will be happier too since I will no longer be ... More About: Website
Solar Heat Collector Part Deux
2009-01-22 05:04:00 It’s science fair week at my daughter’s school and when she came up empty in regards to what she wanted to try making back in December, I suggested something close to my heart - solar energy. Yes - I was being just a little bit selfish when I suggested making a solar heat collector, but ... More About: Solar , Heat , Part , Collector
Walk Write Like An Egyptian Clay Lesson
2009-01-15 18:40:00 My Cartouche Cartouche generated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology website. Now that school is back in session for my daughter and a routine [of sorts] has once again been established after winter break, I have started teaching another session of my after school clay class. I don’t repeat lessons often, except for ... More About: Write , Lesson , Walk , Clay , Egyptian
Walk Write Like An Egyptian Clay Lesson
2009-01-15 18:40:00 My Cartouche Cartouche generated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology website. Now that school is back in session for my daughter and a routine [of sorts] has once again been established after winter break, I have started teaching another session of my after school clay class. I don’t repeat lessons often, except for ... More About: Write , Lesson , Walk , Clay , Egyptian
Wordpress Plug-ins I?m Currently Using
2009-01-12 19:35:00 “Plug -ins extend what WordPress can do by adding new functionality and features with minimal effort on your part” writes Scott McNulty in Building a Wordpress Blog People Want to Read. If you’re new to Wordpress, I highly recommend picking this book up! It’s short and and gets to the meat of using WordPress succinctly. Plug-ins are ... More About: Plugins
Word for 2009
2009-01-08 17:16:00 Forgive me blogging brethren, for it has been seven days since my last post. I have been on a mission to finish working on my website and the Colorado Potters Guild website. So much of the work has gone on behind the scenes and isn’t really visible (I’ll share later). I also haven’t posted because ... More About: Word , Goals
Happy New Year!
2009-01-01 01:23:00 See ya next year, ~Cynthia More About: New Year , Life in General , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Happy Holidays
2008-12-24 16:57:00 Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkha, Kwanza Greetings & Happy Festivus! That should just about cover it all… Hope you, your families and Friends have a peaceful holiday season, Cynthia More About: Holidays , Happy Holidays
Pinch Pots
2008-12-22 20:28:00 No decals to share today - maybe next post…. This pinch pot is a sample project that I made for my after school kid’s clay class and was inspired by the book Finding One’s Way With Clay: Creating Pinched Pottery and Working With Colored Clays written by Paulus Berensohn. I thought it would be ... More About: Books
Busy Week and Bamboo Fun Update
2008-12-20 20:59:00 Hello friends! Have I really let a week pass between posts? This has been one crazy busy month so far (started around Thanksgiving) and I feel like I’m just now catching my breath - though not for long. What have I been up to? Daughter’s 11th Birthday & Party Middle School applications were due Dec. 12 for ... More About: Update , Bamboo , Week , Busy
Bamboo Fun Wacom Tablet - Another Present
2008-12-13 18:33:00 After finally installing my new HP P1006 Laser Printer the other day (love it!), I am now waiting patiently for the laser decal paper that I ordered to arrive in the mail since I could not find it locally here in Denver. In the meantime, I’ve been sketching a bit and after scanning the drawings ... More About: Bamboo , Present , Tablet , Wacom
HP Laser Printer - Merry Christmas to Me
2008-12-10 16:27:00 I was running errands the other day - you know the kind where 1 store doesn’t fit all? I needed mailing labels from the paper store, clay from Mile Hi Ceramics, ribbon from the craft store, snacks for my clay class etc. etc. For some reason, I popped into the Office Max near ... More About: Christmas , Laser , Printer , Merry Christmas , Merry
Kid?s Sculptures and New Large Mug Design
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Photographing Ceramic Jewelry, a Photoshop Tutorial
2008-11-30 22:44:00 I hope everyone here in the US enjoyed their Thanksgiving celebrations! I certainly did and took the opportunity to take a mini-blog break at the same time. This post is inspired by my role as shop critique thread starter for the Etsy Mud Team, which I recently revived after a bit of an absence. Shop critiques ... More About: Jewelry , Tutorial , Photoshop
Happy Thanksgiving!
2008-11-26 18:00:00 Last week, local Colorado painter, Stacey Peterson tagged me with the “7 Unusual Things About Me” meme and since I’ve already done this at least twice, I’m twisting the rules just a tad. Put a link in your posting to the person who tagged you. List 7 things for which I’m thankful. So here’s a list of people, ... More About: Thanksgiving , Happy
Finding One?s Way with Clay and Colorado Potters Guild Website
More articles from this author:2008-11-23 17:27:00 One of the perks of being a member of the Colorado Potters Guild is being able to check books out of the library. Finding One’s Way with Clay by Paulus Berensohn happened to catch my eye the other day and I have enjoyed reading and looking at all the photos in the book. It’s an ... More About: Website 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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