super busy

I hate not staying on top of blog posting

and I promise I'm not making excuses when I say

I've been SO busy.

School started, been working,& catching up with friends.

I know I should make time for writing on here

and that is why my guilty conscience kicked in tonight.

I could be sleeping right now

but decided I need to keep my blog company for a bit.

Just let it know what's been going on.

So back to ceramics class.

And as usual I love it.

To anyone who kept up with me,

those plates I made turned out awesome.

For my first plates, the form is good

and the glaze on some of them are gorgeous.

I plan to make more and hopefully get them perfect

or as close as I can and do a giveaway with one or two.

I made a lovely pitcher the other day,

but sort of cheated because my teacher helped me

with the handle.

Either way I learned and plan to make another.

I have a handful of pieces waiting to be glazed

but I seem to have run into a problem.

I'm starting to be real picky about my glaze

choices because it can make or break the piece.

As in make it awesome or make it super lame/boring.

So, although I have a vase for a friend that

needs to be glazed, I'm holding off just to

really find the perfect look for it.

Same goes for about 7 other pieces.

On a lighter note,

I made a dress!

:)

It turned out pretty good!

I need to fix a couple little things

but it's not bad at all.

Especially for a first dress.

Luckily I had a very awesome talented friend

guide me through it all.

It took nearly 8 hours but it was very satisfying when it was done.

I'm planning to wear it to my cousin's wedding.

So I've been busy, you see.

I don't even like wasting blog space with so much typing.

I'm not too crazy about reading super long posts.

But an update/excuse was desperately needed, I think.

Tomorrow I plan to post up photos of the dress

and the plates I made.

Basically this was a post to alert you about tomorrow

and let you know that, yes, I'm still alive.

And since writing on here and not adding a couple of photos

would drive me nuts... I'm adding two more that

have nothing to do with anything I just wrote.

This was last summer.

Chillin' with my man on those hot summer days

by the river near his house.

Bringing back film on a good ol' Canon AE-1.

Something I've been wanting to do lately.

Now I just need to do it before this summer is gone.

danger is his middle name.