All Fired Up!

The other week when my cousin Carrie was here from Oregon we went to All Fired Up one afternoon for some pottery fun. All Fired Up is located in West Lafayette and it is a pottery place where you get to choose a piece to paint any way you like. Mom, Mary and I have been there several times and we LOVE it. My Lehman cousins Kim, Danny and Edie joined us for an afternoon full of fun and creative concentration!

 

 

From right to left: Kim, Mary, Danny, Carrie, Edie, and Me

 

Edie with her bag of free (really buttery) popcorn...another reason to go!!

 

 

So many choices! After much deliberation we all picked out a piece to paint and then chose our colors.

 

 

 

There are TONS of colors and there are a couple different types of paint as well. Mary loves to use the speckled one.

 

 

Danny starting on his baseball bank

 

 

Carrie did two small dishes; one plate and a small bowl. Mary did an ice cream dish that had wavy edges.

 

Edie chose a butterfly mug, which she did an amazing job with! She did it completely on her own and came up with a cool design.

 

Kim chose a large cereal bowl for her project and did a really pretty purple on the inside and a gray on the outside.

 

I did a little gray box and then did a curly design all over. It took forever!!!

 

 

Our (almost) finished projects! We had to leave them there for a week so they could be glazed and fired, or whatever they do with them. :)

 

Here are a few of them after being fired and glazed!! They all turned out great and I am already enjoying using my box. Mary has used her ice cream bowl a few times already and it really adds fun color to our cupboard.

 

I hope I just inspired you to go to All Fired Up! It is such a blast, especially when experienced with friends or family. If you go, be prepared to spend a lot of time there. It is so hard to decide what to do, what design to use, what colors....oh my. The finished product is so fun to have, but my favorite part was definitely spending time with my cousins and having a great afternoon filled with creativity.

 

So grab a friend and get those creative ideas ready

        

              ...it's pottery time!!