Christmas Shopping FREE shipping

Don't forget to check out my Etsy shop that is stocked with goodness for the Holiday Season Shop for your friends, family and may be yourself too. Or just forward to your friends and loved ones to tell them what you want this holiday season. LOL!

SPECIAL OFFER FREE SHIPPING for all orders received by December 9th (Sunday). Use Coupon Code: DECSHIP2012 All orders from today till Sunday December 9th will ship on Monday Dec 10th by Priority Mail so you will get your orders well before Christmas

Christmas Mug Every year I introduce one special mug especially for Christmas. This year this one is it. I removed it from the kiln and it just screamed Chrsitmas to me.

Platter Bowl Intricate detail and layers of colors

Salt Pepper Shakers One of my most popular stocking stuffers. Check out several other stocking stuffers in my shop

Wish you and yours a very Happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year! Best wishes Charan Creative with Clay Federal Way, WA Tel: 253 241 2245 Email: creativewithclay@yahoo.com Website: http://www.creativewithclay.com Store: http://creativewithclay.etsy.com

If you like my work, you sure will like the colors and patterns in the works of my friend, Angie Heinrich. Check out her work at Zetamiri.com

Potters Council 2012 Calendar

I am thrilled to learn that my platter has been accepted to be part of the Potters Council Calendar (Form and Function) Among 750 submissions it is great to be part of this calendar. Click on the link that says View Calendar Pages and check out the month of August!

So begin next year with one these calendars in your studio!

New techniques and New work

I am so excited about this new way I am decorating my work. Of course it is a lot more intricate and lot more time consuming and I wish I had warned myself what I was getting into. :)

I am liking the slip decoration in black and then filing in all the colors. I feel like a kid again, painting in my coloring book with my mom asking me to stay within the lines.

As you can see the designs are a lot more intricate and detailed. Very inspired from henna tattoos. I like the tightness of the designs and how I can give it multiple colors in the small tight spaces. Takes me forever to decorate these. I will probably use this technique on my larger high end pieces like my platters and dancing divas. See pictures of some finished work below.

I will have all the new work at the upcoming Edmonds Arts Festival (June 17th-19th)

Mother's Day Sale

The one thing that my mom loves is a good deal! And I am sure there are many like her.

So if you haven't shopped for your mom yet, this is a great opportunity to make her proud with a good discount.

Purchase any item in my shop and get 25% OFF shipping.
Any two items and you get 50% OFF shipping
Any three items and get 75% OFF shipping
Any four or more items and absolutely FREE shipping.

Just mention "Mother's Day discount" in Message to Seller when you purchase.

Discounts will be given as refunds via paypal as soon as payments are made.
Items will be shipped via USPS Priority Mail or Fedex ground.

Act fast as this deal only lasts till May 2nd, to ensure that your gifts reach in time for Mother's Day!

Go Green Platter!

I had mentioned in one of my previous blogs about the Peter Pugger pugmill. I have been using the pugmill a lot to recycle all my clay scraps, bone dry pieces, slop from my bucket of clay, flopped experiments and so on.

After a few weeks of using the pugmill, I realized that I didn't make a trip to my clay supply store, Clay Art Center in a while and I had no clay to throw in the trash either. I am recycling all of it reducing my impact on the environment.

As a tribute to my pugmill, I made the Go Green! platter. Also pictured is another platter I made with completely recycled clay. These platters have feet with holes so they can be hung on the wall as well. I will be showing these along with other new work in my upcoming shows this summer. i.e., the Edmonds Arts Festival (June 19-21), Gig Harbor Summer Festival (July 18th-19th) and a few others.