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Cat Love Mugs

Do you just looooovvvveeeeeesssss CATS?!?!

Combining my love of paper craft and my love of pottery, I made these super fun and fabulous CAT LOVE mugs! They feature silhouettes of cats that I die cut from my paper crafting dies. I used removable contact paper to die cut a variety of cat shapes, then put them on bisque mugs I made a week earlier. I then glazed the mugs, removed the die cut shapes and fired them in my kiln. They each hold about 16 oz to 20 oz of coffee or whatever other beverage you enjoy!

If you are interested in purchasing a cat love mug or a licking cat spoon rest, please see my Etsy page! There are a few available! hydeparkhill.etsy.com

Cat themes also make a fantastic spoon rests, “yummmmm….whatever was on that spoon was delicious!”
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New Year, New Designs

Happy New Year!

Wow, it’s been a long time since I have posted on my blog! I’ve been busy making, making, making and not recording! Although, I did start an Instagram feed! Check it out! #hydeparkhill Last fall I had three market events and then Christmas! Now that its the new year, I am excited to have lots of projects and good news to share.

My husband is building me a pottery and glass studio! After a year of having a pottery wheel (SSX Thomas Stuart Skutt Wheel) and making due in a small space (a corner of my basement), now I will have a large space with a bathroom in my mom’s basement. I will also be able to move my glass studio from my porch to the other corner in the basement. My husband has also built me an electric slab roller from parts of an old furnace and a wood planer from Habitat for Humanity Restore. It’s amazing!! It rolls the most amazing even slabs ever! Hand-building has become so much easier with even smooth slabs of clay. When my studio is done I will share pics of my new beautiful creative space!

I have been doing more carving in my clay and adding flowers, using embossing rolling pins and all kinds of other exciting experiments with my clay! I am excited for what this year will hold for creativity and design in my pottery, clay and papercraft!  Below are pictures of my new designs and new creations for the new year! They are available on my etsy shop! hydeparkhill.etsy.com 

Happy Crafting to you!

Eileen

blue sweater mug brown buttons3 white scrap treesyellow jug side leftsnowflake tree bluesnowflake tree clear glass 2white flower bowl pic 1