Mia (Pottery To The People) made some adorable little candlesticks with animal figures for the holidays. My challenge is, what can you come up with for festive, unusual candlesticks? Not necessarily animals, but something that celebrates things that make you smile. And, GOOO!

Pottery friends how in the heck do you get plates off plates off bats without wiring thru. I am about to just start hand building them.

Only 6 weeks and it's christmas. Who already has the tree up? Oh please post your picture on here everybody. I want to see and share all our trees. Im not ready for it yet, in the Netherlands we first have saint Nicolas fest. So after 6 december i will put my tree up. Ofcourse i will send in my picture here. And oh.... your outside decorations are welcome too please. Let's celebrate the holidays together ❤️

I'm usually a pretty private person. However, I feel like I'm among friends here, and among people who can understand my trepidation. You see, I'm about to have ACDF surgery. For the last couple of months I've been having pain, tingling and cramping in my hands and arms. Turns out I've got a couple of discs in my neck pressing on the spinal cord. So they are going to operate on the 16th. I've pretty much stopped doing pottery for the last couple of months because of this, and will not be able to lift or bend for a couple months after. I'm told that this surgery is over 90% effective permanently, but there's always some risk, so I'm a bit nervous. Anyway, I kind of wanted just to vent to someone other than those who live with me every day, and to people who understand what it would be like to not be able to make mud into art. I'm not looking for sympathy, just some encouragement to help me feel just a little braver about what lies ahead. Thanks to all of you for understanding!

One of my grand kids. He loves to dance. You can hear the younger one "singing" off camera. 🤣🤩🥰