Pass the salt, please

I'm sort of smitten with salt and peppers lately. Everything I see becomes a potential candidate for them. I keep one on my stove for salt and red pepper flakes, and a couple on the dining room table. I'm thinking a salmon next, a standing pig? There's no reason you couldn't put chopped herbs or onions in one either, or parmesan. I put most of these on my new Etsy site.
More in the works.

A New Venture

In case I don't have your home address, this is my invite to you to visit my new Etsy shop.

JulieWhitmorePottery.etsy.com

Hope you stop by to see my wares!

Special Delivery

Two new card designs. Sidesaddle for a bon voyage, and Be still my heart, because its almost June and you know what that means. Love is in the air.

Blueberry Moon

The first (and only) time I visited Paris, my husband and I were on a finite budget. My only purchase was a card I found on a rotating rack right on the Rue de Nord. I only have to look at that card again to see wide streets, smell the bread baking from the boulongeries and remember gawking at Pissaros and Sisleys while it rained outside the Impressionist Museum.

Now I make cards. Each one is assembled by hand, signed and dated. I like being a small part of the long tradition of this affordable craft.

Freshly Sprouted

I think I've found the perfect bowl slump mold. It's from the forties, and at 8 1/2 ", it's low and wide enough for cereal and fruit, chicken and dumplings or can be used to serve a side of spring green peas. Since its molded, that means the bowls are pretty much uniform and stackable. The pitcher is slab-made too, and scalloped at the rim with an added spout to make for better pouring. I'm making two deliveries this week, one to Bonnie at Birds, http://www.2birdsofafeather.com/ and one to Hands Gallery in San Luis Obispo. More on Hands Gallery in my next blog entry. For now, would you please pass the peas?

Here Comes Spring

Sleeper Awaken. There's an entire extra hour each day now to plant out vegetable seeds, bake an indulgent dessert for your paramour or watch the birds zip around your garden. Every year I have a pair of bluebirds inspect a birdhouse under a pine tree, hoping they'll set up house. They are a true harbinger of spring and besides, they bring fierce good luck. Hope one visits you soon.

Spring Show in Cambria

On March 1st, my pottery will be included in an annual show at Birds of A Feather in Cambria, California, right here in my home town. Bonnie finds wonderful things, homey, farmy and charming and there are homemade snacks too. She is celebrating Spring, and the anniversary of the opening of her delightful shop. Hope to see you there. In case you can't make it, Bonnies' Web site is www.2birdsofafeather.com