With Mistletoe Market coming up on November 1st, I have been busy in all my spare time creating.
Even though this year's Mistletoe Market is only 1 day, I have over 250 pieces that are slated to go, not counting the wooden pieces. That is, if everything makes it through the firings.
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| Flat pieces to become magnets, pendants, pins, or whatever I think they might want to be, and squirrels. |
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| Glittery paper stars that I plan to use in my booth. Some as a yet-to-be-made garland, and some loose as a give away for the kids. |
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| The results of one of my glaze firings. I had a special order for one of the snowmen and a black chicken. |
I mentioned the bit about "if everything makes it through" because of my weekend run-in with an inhabited Joro spider web at the kiln. And, when I say run-in, I mean face first into the web. That caused me to jump, drop the tray of pieces slated for a bisque firing, and losing about 80% of them. Hopefully, the few that survived will make it through their firings.
Using a very long stick, I relocated the spider. cleaned up my mess, and then after an hour or so calming my nerves, I remade most of what was lost. Luckily, it was a small batch of many.
I know that Joro spiders will not hurt me, but when irrational fears jump in (arachnophobia - big time), that knowledge goes out the window. When I went to do another firing the next morning, I took a leaf rake and a can of bug spray with me to be sure the coast was clear.
As always, I look forward to this show. It is such a wonderful event space, fabulous staff & volunteers, not to mention great fellow vendors. I usually do a good portion of my Christmas shopping there.
