Mommy and Daughter fun

Last week when life was threatening to bowl me over, I decided that Gracie and I were going to get out of the house and do something fun.  There is a play in town called "The Pottery" (original, huh lol) and we had went in and checked it out and so on Tuesday (which is 1/2 price for the studio fee) we decided we would head off and have some girl fun.

Now before I share our picture, let me warn you....I absolutely, totally can NOT paint.  Maybe if I was trying to paint some flat surface a solid color I might be able to pull it off.....but give me a piece of pottery and ask me to paint small, straight lines....and well, forget you.  You'll see.  But, the important thing is that we had a great time.  It wasn't cheap but it was worth every penny for how much Gracie enjoyed it.  I think we might have to go back before school starts.....and give me an opportunity to redeem myself with something flat and one color HA!!  Gracie, on the other hand, is as good at this as she is at everything else.....that's my girl!

Hope you enjoy our pictures as much as we enjoyed the day!

Gracie getting started....she dove right in and painted away!

Hard at work, step 1 for her project (which was more entailed that mine) 

She's very intense when she's doing it....although she often took breaks to look around and tell everyone who walked by what project she was going!

See the black cat off to the right?  That was her inspiration.  The people who worked there were so helpful and taught her step by step what to do so that her cat would look at least something like that!

 And we are on to step 2, painting the yarn on

Really Mom?  Do I HAVE to look at you and smile with a normal smile? Geesh!

Ok, since you made me do that, here's a picture for you.....ha!

Step 2 is almost complete....this project took longer but Gracie didn't mind....and the end result was so cool!

Step 3 is complete....painting the cat (over the yarn and all is done).  I forgot to take a picture after step 4 which was to wait until the black paint had dried and then to carefully peel all of the yarn off of the cat.

HA...NO laughing, but here is my snowman once I was done....

After you paint your pieces you leave them there for 5-7 days and they fire them and make them shiny.  Here is Gracie's totally awesome cat....front view.  Didn't she do an amazing job??

Back view of Gracie's cat....

And last but not least, my silly snowman.  It may look so crazy but it's mine, grin.  When we went to pick them up the guy asked what we made.  I pointed to the snowman and said that would be mine.  He said it looks so good.  I totally laughed in his face and said no it doesn't but I had fun, grin