Recent ceramics fun

Tadpole2′s Funky Vase:

Tadpole1′s Sweetgum plate:

Me, I’m on a jewelry kick – 2 plant-imprint pendants:

Reconsidered…

The idea seemed good, but in practice, it wasn’t as much so.  So, we won’t be on Artfire or Etsy afterall.  I’ll continue to post our creations here.  It’s good for our homeschool records, if nothing else.

Good enough to sell

a "quilted" style plate

The beautiful plate above (almost big enough to be called a platter) is made by Tadpole #1.  It’s made in a “quilting” manner and definitely has a unique, wabi-sabi look.

Tadpole #2 made this funky tea-light holder. I really like the colors he chose for it.

Fire on fire - a red-hot tea-light holder

Yes, we make pottery!

Come take a peek at Demeter’s Dance!

Kids at work

I thought I’d show a photo of Tadpole #1 working on soap making. 

Cutting up soap base

And lest you think the other Tadpole wasn’t helping, he was…just not with soap.  He was “shelling” our homegrown popcorn:

"Shelling" popcorn

 To show the size of one of the little LEGO soaps (there are 3 of them in each package), here’s a photo of the ”real thing” and the soap together.  The one on the left is, obviously, the real brick, and the one on the right is the soap. 

LEGO soap compared with LEGO brick

Christmas soaps

Here are some of the soaps that Tadpole #1 and Momma Frog made for the holidays:

Dove Soap - Hollyberry scent

Puzzle soaps - Litsea Cubeba scent

Another view of puzzle pieces soaps

 

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3-pc LEGO soaps - Litsea Cubeba scent

ABCD alphabet soaps - Hollyberry scent

Cat soap - Hollyberry scent

Monkey Soap - Hollyberry scent

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A Patriotic Christmas Red-White-Blue Stars set - Litsea Cubeba scent

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Frog soap (with LEGO soaps in background) - Litsea Cubeba scent

Litsea Cubeba is a related to the laurel, rosewood and cinnamon trees.  This essential oil has a pleasing citrus scent and is said to be great for skin care, particularly oily skin.  There is currently research being done on its calming effects. 

Artful Notecards…

Handmade paper notecards

…are here!  Featuring photography by Tadpole #1, and handmade paper from junk mail made by his mom, these notecards are not only environmentally friendly, but also pretty and smell nice.     Read more about it at Demeter’s Dance!

Halloween Soaps…get yours now

Instead of handing candy, why not give kids something that not only won’t rot their teeth, but will help them want to wash up after touching sticky candy?

Tadpole #1 made these yummy smelling skull and crossbones soaps.

Halloween Skull Soaps

Each set comes with one skull and one crossbones (weighing a bit over 1oz), and costs $1.50 in a clear plastic baggie or $3.00 if you want them in a cute, handmade Halloween fabric bag.

These are the bag choices:

Halloween Soap Bags

They make adorable party favors!

Sushi Soaps

Sushi Soaps

They’re finally done!  Since I made these without the boys’ help, I posted the whole story, along with more photos, at my site:  http://demetersdance.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/sushi-soaps/

September Special

During the month of September, when you purchase a dozen eggs, we’ll give you a 1oz sampler of our dried tomatoes.  Yum!