One of my favorite girl’s nights is to drive 20 minutes down the road to my Aunt Tena’s pottery studio. Although she teaches with kindness, patience, and a humility that might lead you to believe she simply does this for a hobby, Tena is quite famous in the pottery world. Her beautiful dishes are used […]
Monster Bowls: A Giveaway!
I’ve told you plenty in a bazillion different posts about my Aunt Tena’s pottery. My number of mentions and my Kitchen Cabinets definitely attest to my love of her work. But I’ve been keeping a secret from you: Her son, Nathan (my cousin), and his wife, Katie.They also have some magnificent work that they’ve been […]
Spring Break Means Nothing To Me.
…except that it means that half of you all are off, gallivanting around on the warm sunny beaches of the world while I’m stuck in The Neverending Winter. I’m pretty sure God typoed and selected “Alaska” instead of “Alabama” on the pull-down menu when he put in our Weather Order for this year. But back […]
Earthborn Pottery Giveaway!!
I’ve already shared with all of you the amazing fun I had making my OWN pottery at Cahaba Clayworks last week, but now I have a piece of REAL pottery – Artisan, Five-Star Restaurant kind of pottery – for you to win!! I have a bowl to give away to one of you is made […]
Clay Play
My Aunt Tena of Earthborn Pottery and Cahaba Clayworks hosted myself and a dozen other bloggers Saturday to let us experience pottery making first hand. In all the years that Tena has done pottery, I’ve never taken one of her classes, and so I’ve been SO excited about trying it out! I had no idea […]
Earthborn Pottery Giveaway and Special Sale Opportunity!!!
For those of you who have been around for a while, you will remember that I introduced you to my Aunt Tena and her amazing pottery back at my Anniversary Giveaway Jubilee. You can read about how thrilled Beth and Jennifer were with their prizes from Earthborn Pottery here and here, respectively. Well, I have […]
Giveaway Jubilee: Gorgeous Pottery AND Lessons!!!
From the time that I was a little girl and we went to Tannehill to watch her demonstrations, I have always been amazed and in awe of my Aunt Tena Payne’s exquisite pottery abilities. She has taken a hobby that she picked up in High School and turned it into a world class brand of […]