SALE!

If you aren't on social media, you may not have heard...I am having a sale in my Etsy shop!  Everything in the shop has been marked down 18% in honor of the coming of 2018.  Sale is on through midnight 12/31.  So shoot on over to the shop and do a little shopping.

And Happy New Year!!

Etsy Shop is Open for Holiday Shopping!

For a potter the year always ends with a rush and a boom!  Who knew being a maker meant being an elf as well!  Somewhere I need to fit in the time to make my own family's gifts!!

So go to the right of this blog, click on the etsy link and take a look.

And Happy Holidays to you all.  Here's to only peace and sanity for all of us.

Last Show of the Year!

Icelandic Association of DC Christmas Bazaar in Fairfax, VA.

Come see me!

Then after a break at the beach the Etsy shop will be 

ON FIRE.

Etsy Update

Hi!  For those of you still watching this blog for updates....Just a quick note that my annual winter/Christmas update of my Etsy shop will start happening the week before Thanksgiving.  I usually open the shop back up the weekend after Thanksgiving so I can start shipping Christmas orders right after the holiday!  (Thanksgiving that is!)

Fall shows have been a huge success.  I have one more coming up in Fairfax, VA.  The Icelandic Association of DC Christmas Bazaar.  If you have a hankering for Icelandic food and would like to see more of my work in person (along with several other wonderful vendors; Icelandic wool products, Icelandic chocolate and these awesome little Icelandic Elf/Santa characters among others) put November 11 on your calendar!

Now off to unload the truck!!

Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival!

SVFF is this weekend!  (September 23 and 24) in Berryville, VA.  That is where I will be Saturday and Sunday!  Come see me in my usual spot in the Lions Pavilion.

I have lots of lovely pots and handwoven towels as well.  Hope to see you there!

Is There Still Anyone Out There?

So I mostly use a tablet these days, but when I use the computer my blog pops up as a start up tab.  And I am reminded that I have not posted in WAY too long.  I have entered the Instagram world like so many other people.  That is so much easier.  Instant gratification, and I can post when I am in the middle of DOING.  That way there is no, "hmmm, I should post about this on my blog..."and then it never happens.

So look for me there as Anna Branner's Cloth n Clay (@wooliewoman)

Meanwhile I have been keeping busy.  I am still lacking in the motivation department.  Ever since my Dad died (wow, more then 2 years ago now) followed by Layla, my furry studio companion, it seems my energy is not as focused as it should be.  Still working on that.   Working in the garden helps...  I had two Spring shows and have another coming up this Saturday.  That is very busy for me!  And a good thing, since having a goal that needs to be met is definitely a motivator!

This Saturday is the Sophia Street Pottery Throwdown, Fredericksburg's first all pottery show.  We hope that this will be an annual thing.  Come see us Saturday, in front of Sophia Street Studios, from 10-5.  20 Virginia potters, most from our little talented town, but a few from away as well.

Meanwhile here is what I have been working on!

Potters call loading the kiln "tetris" like the game.  This is a glaze firing so nothing can touch!  My kiln is a top loader.  So you build the shelves from the bottom up as you load.

Hope I see some of you this Saturday!  And for all of you that are not local, I hope to load some pots into the ol' Etsy shop in the next week or two!

Peace!