Give a Thanks!

Dear Reader,

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
I think this is one of the best thing  have a dinner together with your family. The preparation, the decoration with warm fall colors and the smell of the turkey and the pumpkin pie....

I got a mail today with one of my customers happy words and pictures.

This is my red flowery lace ceramic dinner plate.  It looks gorgeous with her natural fall design.
The whole table:

She made my day and sure her family day too!!!

The candle decor is from my Pinterest Board.

Do not forget to say something nice to your friends and relatives!
Happy day!
Ildi

Fall inspiration

Dear Reader,

I'm an outdoor fan. Do you like, hiking, biking walking? I love these things, nature is the best relaxation and inspiration for me. Especially in fall, when the color of the leaves are changing and the whole forest is beautiful green, yellow, brown, red. I always collect everything for photo shooting, ceramic making or just for fun. I think my family used to it:)

At my ceramic board you can find many nature inspired item. Just a small selection, what I really love.
Colorful flowery bowl with a beautiful gold rim:

Big bowl with leaves print:

Even better, when the back is decorated reach:

 

Teapot with ginko leaves:

Many green leaves:

Every year I create a special fall collection. All item is OOAK, because there not exist two exactly the same leaf, all of my items are similar but a little bit of different.
You can find them here

All my plates has a dotty background and made with real leaf.

 

The shapes and the size are different, some is round, other has organic shape.

Have a wonderful fall day!
Ildi

Cats

Dear Reader,
Somebody loves cat, other loves dog. If I have a choice, I would live together with a dog than a cat but some reason I made many ceramic cat dishes and only once created a dog Custom Ornament. It may change in the feature but until than, check out what I found in the ceramic word.

Cute kitties as a yarn bowls:

I love cats on the mugs:

Like a DYI project, black and white cat plate:

A little brooch (it maybe just my imagination, did not find the original version):

As a bookmark is so cute:

I collected all in my Pinterest board.
Finally some of mine. Mostly I have black and white version, check them here. I show you some special edition:

 

Have a kitty day!
Ildi

Dear Reader,

This is fall, September is going away soon and we start decorate our house for Halloween. I had a pumpkin painting with my friend today and yes, I'll show you our happy pumpkin faces:)

Every year we sit together and creating new decor pieces and we laugh a lot and sooner or later everybody has to realize painting is not a miracle, we can do it:)

I have some cute Halloween items at my shop too:)

I love witch shoes:

 

Of course the black cat is one of my favorite:

Have a happy fall weekend and wish you a great preparation!!!

Ildi

Busy Bee

Dear Reader,

Do you like honey? I love the taste and amazed of the bees. "Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax. ... The ethologist Karl von Frisch studied navigation in the honey bee. He showed that honey bees communicate by the waggle dance, in which a worker indicates the location of a food source to other workers in the hive. He demonstrated that bees can recognize a desired compass direction in three different ways: by the sun, by the polarization pattern of the blue sky, and by the earth’s magnetic field. He showed that the sun is the preferred or main compass; the other mechanisms are used under cloudy skies or inside a dark beehive. Bees navigate using spatial memory with a "rich, map-like organization". Of course you can read more interesting fact about the bees here.

When I was a child, my grandpa had bees. Sometimes I was there, when he collected the honey - he did the work and I enjoyed the fresh taste:) This memory inspired my blog post and I collected some beautiful ceramic pieces:

The last one is my new porcelain plate. I worked with silk screen print and paint some part with warm yellow:)
You can find more at my board.

Have a bee day!
Ildi

Christmas Gift Ideas in Traditional Colors

Dear Reader,

A bunch of idea for Christmas in red and white. Just a click to the picture and your shopping will start:)
Created by FloretDesign. My choice from her shop some red Christmas tree:

Christmas gifts

Plate of vintage, GRINDLEY, England, art and collection, old plate collection VintageSyell €22.00	Large snowflake ornament, Wooden snowflake Christmas decoration, Wood snowflakes, Wood Christmas ornament, Modern snowflake, Rustic ornament WoodleyCraft $24.99	Christmas printable art: Merry and bright white Christmas - red christmas wall decor, quote print, flourish typography poster pdf -fp007 blursbyaiShop $4.90	Mid Century Matte White Porcelain Woodgrain Vase // Hutschenreuther West Germany GlitteryMoonVintage $165.00
Arctic Fox Ceramic Miniature, Arctic Fox Totem in White Clay. Ready To Ship Barruntando €16.00	Vintage 80s Ballerinas Red pointy sandals with rivets leather rockabilly goth 80s does 60s flats Size 38 SuitcaseInBerlin €20.00	Sweet dreams DizzyW $15.00	Hand Crafted Tablet Case from Red and White Geometric Fabric/Case for:iPadMini,Kindle Fire HD7,Samsung Galaxy 7, Google Nexus, Nook HD 7 MyTabletCasePlace $25.00
Hand knit bangle bracelets, red textile jewelry set, ruby red wrist cuff bracelet zolayka $36.00	White Earrings - Victorian Style Dangles - Bronze Beads - Boho Bridal Earrings - Wedding Jewelry RockStoneTreasures $26.00	Red Butterfly wall art, Paper butterflies, 3d Wall Arts, Red home decor, 3D wall butterflies, Butterfly Wall decals, baby room wall art MyDreamDecors $14.50	SALE Lavender Soap, goat milk soap, bar soap, lavender essential oil, handmade soap, natural soap, 3.5 oz, queen of the meadow queenofthemeadow $4.00
Antique curio collection old dug pottery pieces english antique household items CatandtheBird $38.00	Red Eyeglasses Case - Reading glasses Case - Upholstery fabric - Kiss Lock Silver Frame ShushaHandmade $30.00	White Ceramic Dish Flower Dots Bridal Gift Jewelry Plate Pottery Ring Holder Wedding Decoration Wedding Gift Ceraminic $16.00	Deer Popcorn Boxes, Woodland Popcorn Boxes, Deer Birthday Party, Woodland Birthday Party, Hunting Deer Banner, Camping Banner, Bulk SparkleMyParty $11.00

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Have good luck with Christmas shopping!
Ildi

More Ceramic Fishes

Dear Reader,

A month ago I wrote about my favorite blue ceramic fishes . I brought this time many colorful and gorgeous way sculptured fish. My source is the Pinterest Board and my shop.


These are colorful fairy fishes as a wall decoration.

 

You can drink from a fish-mug: 

and more fishes and other sea creations....

You do not really need more color to have a (or two) friendly fish (es):

And go back to the blue-white version (I do not understand the reason but I use to it often)

 

 

Have a good day!
Ildi