It’s true...now you can have your coffee in a Creative Thursday creation. How about that?!

Here they are, a glimpse of my first Creative Thursday ceramics that I’ve been working on over the last couple of months. Each one is hand painted and glazed (thank you Outi!) I’ve left them all white with two to three tiny characters adorning the front and the back, and the insides of each cup are a filled with a beautiful color. I have made 10 so far, 6 big and 4 small ones, perfect for your beverage of choice or inspiration. And when I say inspiration (I think Outi originally named them inspiration cups) I imagine writing my inspiration and/or dreams on a piece of paper and housing them in this little cup, until they come true.

Once again in the theme of "everything is for something", this is not my first time painting ceramics ~as it turns out, when I was 12 I had a neighbor who had a kiln and I would go over to her house at least once a week and paint ceramics. This went on for quite a while until I officially became a teenager and was more interested in boys than creating. It was also during this time that I participated in my very first art show/festival selling my ceramic creations. I have such fond memories of this time, I really LOVED it!! Needless to say it has been more than fun for me to create in this medium again.

So here’s my big plan...I will be releasing these for sale along with more new creations including the softies I’ve been making in exactly two weeks, on Creative Thursday, December 4. Let’s just call it a BIG Holiday Shop Update!

Also speaking of inspiration, I want to spread the word about a very special project that Holly of decor8 and her friend EZ of creature comforts started this past week. It’s called Kindred.  Kindred is a mini celebration of friendships formed inside the delicate and vast online web, the love of art and design, and the happiness that comes from giving and receiving ~ the best kind of genuine blog nicey niceness especially in the spirit of the season!