Raku Night!!!

I am really looking forward to my pottery class tonight. We always do a raku firing the last night of class. It's not my favorite look for my pottery but it's so much fun to be part of the whole process. I am also excited about painting all the pieces that were fired last week!! I especially want to see how the cherry blossom vase turned out. This was my first hand built piece that I really loved doing. I just received some more vintage fabric this week. I can't wait to start doing something with it. 

Ahhhh the smell of lavender is in the air.....

It was a beautiful day here in Southern California. It was the kind of day that you want to go in your backyard and do a little trimming on those bushes that are growing so nicely after all the rain we got:). Well I started to trim my lavender back and kept trimming and trimming. I can't think of a more relaxing  event. The smell reminds me being in the South of France and exploring around the countryside. I feel the need to make some sachets with all these trimmings. Its been awhile since all of the home renovations but I hope to blog a bit more since we are done with that. My door which we worked so hard on is finally up and looking so old and beautiful. I will post a picture soon.