A sunburned nose & sand on your toes

When we were in PEI earlier this summer, we had spectacular weather every day.

The boardwalk at Greenwich Beach, PEI

Well, except for one day that was grey and wet. Not a great day for outdoor stuff, so we went indoors for a pottery lesson at Right Off The Batt Pottery.

We were even able to bring Squirt & Jackson with us. I’m sure they had a great time watching us play with clay ;-) I know I had fun creating a beach-inspired plate, complete with a handmade pair of feet.

My first attempt at stamping – the letters are crooked, the spacing is uneven, and I pressed some letters harder than others. But I think the imperfections are perfectly perfect :-)

Hubby created a four-seasons plate.

He drew the leaves on this one by hand. I love the rope detailing around the edge. Good job, hubby! ♥

This bowl was easy to make – I just laid random sections of a piece of lace around the rim and pressed it down with a roller. I thought the little heart was a cute stamp to put on my two pieces – I ♥ PEI!

I also bought some pottery by PEI artisans. I love the bright colours on this bowl.

I ran into a shop in Summerside on our way home to look for a blue mug for a friend. I saw this little bowl and just had to buy it {for me!}.

I did accomplish my mission and picked up a mug too. (Rona, if you’re reading this, close your eyes now!)

As Bob Ross would say, there are no mistakes in art, just happy accidents… I made a goof cutting out my beach-inspired plate, which I worked around by adding the cut-outs in the middle of each side. I think they add to the wave effect of the edges of the plate.

Gotta love the feel of sand on your toes :-)

The feel of clay in your hands is pretty good too :-) Have you ever created handmade pottery?

PEI love!

I also ♥ my new macro lens. Which I literally bought half an hour before we left on our trip to PEI a couple of weeks ago. {Thanks Danielle Lynn Bernier for the lens recommendation and to Henry’s for the AMAZING customer service!} I really wanted a macro lens so I could take close-ups of shells & rocks on the beach. Like these…

And these pretty beach sweet peas…

I started every day in PEI with a walk on the beach, which was at our front door…

I found lots of pretty beach glass. The green piece on the right was literally carried right to my feet on a wave!

A small part of my new PEI beach glass collection :-)

Of course, we ate LOTS of seafood, even for breakfast! My PEI spin on scrambled eggs – cheese, back bacon, and scallops & lobster from the Acadian Fishermen’s Co-op a couple of kilometers up the road from where we were staying.

The boardwalk at Greenwich…

The dogs had a great time playing in the water!

Jackson’s ears are sexy and he knows it ;-)

One last evening walk along the beach at low tide…    

And a beautiful PEI sunset…

And I have to show you these awesome shoes I bought at the outlet mall in New Hampshire on our way to PEI. Purple plaid & silver - I absolutely could not NOT buy them!

So that’s where I was during  my blog hiatus. It’s hard getting back into the swing of things after an amazing vacation, but I’m back to my regularly scheduled blog posts & bog visits – at least till my next week off in August :-)

I’ll be announcing my Susan Bailie artwork winner tomorrow. You still have until midnight tonight to enter – don’t miss out on your chance to win Susan’s beautiful painting, Petit Puff 11. Click here for all the details…