peace houses

New design from the ceramic studio: little houses. I had such a great day making a whole village of these recently. I am also kicking off my new etsy page VespertineCafe. Maybe check it out in a few days when I get more things listed, hah!

Between all the craft shows I did and the holiday season, I majorly burned out on jewelry.. this page reflects my changing gears this year. I got a commission to paint some rocks for a customer and it was my favorite thing of the holiday season... Upon reflection, I decided to focus on that aspect of my creative mind a bit more.. Let's see what I come up with!

a Valentine...

Here is a little Valentine's collage of all the lovely pink and red things scattered around Vespertine right now! I am so fond of pink~ it's been really nice to get to use even more of it than I usually do... Makes me wonder why I feel I need a "reason" to use pink... Hmmm, I'll keep pondering that....

A lovely project from Leslie Fesperman Re-Created glass~ Nostalgic Coke bottles filled with kisses and a little vintage Valentine. After you scarf down all your chocolates you have a wonderful juice glass left!

what ceramic bunnies get up to when the customers aren't around...

..of course they cook dumplings! I'm pretty excited that this antique bunny I found months ago is the *exact* correct height to pour water in his steamed dumplings. I'm actually going to be working on a series of these, perhaps in postcard form? Today I'm just goofing around and trying to get inspired.....

A "Plug" for my Father's Business: South Chatham Tackle.com

I'm very pleased with my title for this post about something I worked on for my father: a label for his Pirate Plug Sampler! These Pirate Plugs are actually pretty cool (excellent colors) and they are a family effort lately! Wrap your mind around this for a moment: my father machined the mold, cast the lead, and powder coated them beautiful colors. Over the holidays my Mom and I helped put the reflective stickers on, cut the squid skirts and glued them on, and packaged them in neat bags with the Seal-a-Meal (which is awesome!) and then stapled on pretty paper tags and punched holes in them. Also, I tie the rigs that come with them (it's a lot like making jewelry actually). Mom and I also spent a day packaging up these awesome assortments of them and this week I worked on the label. Needless to say, the assortments look GREAT and I really hope he sells out at his fishing show this week in Raleigh!


This is the Victorian image of Black Beard that inspired my label.. I think there should be a revival of this game.....