FIRED! FINALLY.

I ran the kiln last night for Rachael. I spent the entire evening in the basement sanding mugs for us to paint this weekend. I had a few things that were already painted that needed to be fired. You have to fire green ware hotter than you would fire painted bisque. But I really wanted to fire Francie and Lori's mugs they painted when they were here a month or so ago and that little doll that goes with the matrioshka set that I forgot to fire the first time around. So I took my chances and fired everything together. They turned out beautifully! I love Francie's cup. I want to keep it for myself. We found the bisque for this piece at the pottery store, I didn't pour it myself so I can't just go make one for myself. Lori's turned out pretty cute too, but I forgot to carry it up from the basement, I wasn't ABOUT to go all the way back down there. I have to hurry and post this because Francie is on her way home. She knows I'm posting the picture, so I'm going to get a phone call any second now if I don't hurry up and hit "publish post". So I can't add any more to this post.

Ok... I went back and added more pictures because my family has a really hard time waiting, they're gonna want to see it now. I too have the same problem, I couldn't wait to show it to them, so I went back down to the basement and got the rest of the stuff to take more pictures. The cute little cup Lori made has her blog address on it. It's so cute. The adorable little cat dish Kristen made.