Egg Cups

First Egg Cups Made.

 
    How the hell does making egg cups give me as much pleasure as it did yesterday, who would have dreamt I would enjoy spending an hour making those little breakfast items but I did and I have a funny feeling I'll be making more this afternoon.
   After a suggestion from a friend yesterday in which she mentioned giving egg cups a try, I thought why not, they are small and something that most households need and you know me, I was sure I could make them a little different in shape and design from those we all own. If all goes well and the egg cups I've made dry quick enough I may get to show the odd one or two off this coming weekend along with some of the bowl sets and goblets, it's very much looking like the coming week will see a lot of new ceramics being listed in my etsy shop starting from this weekend.
   This evening there are a few pieces I want to list and more lampwork bead sets on ebay and etsy, the sets I listed this past week have found a good bit of interest and it's with fingers crossed that I'll be adding more most evenings over the next week or two. I got into the habit of listing only focals for auction in the past year or two with most sets always being a "Buy It Now" option, but I think it's now time people had chance to bid on sets also and maybe get a good bargain, it's funny how long it takes buyers to find your new items but since I listed the first sets a week ago I can see a great improvement in the number of page views etc, so touch wood this may help with sales.
   Today again I'm on my torch this morning and I'll once again be working in the clay room this afternoon, I can't stress enough how much more confident I am working on my wheel now and it can only be down to the amount of time I'm spending throwing pieces, also buy spending shorter days on my torch I have that hunger back every morning to get back with my flame, that can fade when you spend so many long days making beads, I don't care who you are and how much you love working with glass, you do get those periods when this happens and you get that lack of luster, so it is often good to spend shorter days on the torch which will help you regain that positive feeling again, believe me, if it can work for me it will work for anyone, I don't think there are many people who spend more hours than I do on their torch each week in fact to say I'm addicted would be an understatement.
   Ok, back to my flame for me and lets see if we can get that bead kiln full again today, each day I'm making the odd extra set to put away ready to fill the displays here in the barn, the last thing we need is to invite customers to visit and the selection of beads here is under par.