Pottery, Furniture, and a Good Time Part 2

Thanksgiving weekend found us on the banks of the Coal River at Lower Falls near St. Albans, WV at another pottery open house.  Christie Berry of the Brass Bell Pottery graciously invites us to spend the weekend of Thanksgiving with her at her camp/studio/gallery so we can sell our soap and rustic furniture during her open house.  Christie is a talented artist in several media but her pottery is her passion.  Some of her signature vases and trays feature a raised acorn/oak leaf motif.  She is also becoming well known for her other designs as well.  It is always fun to see familiar faces that come to buy Christie's wonderful stoneware and also our furniture and this year, our soap.  If you missed it this year, please come and browse the gallery with me.

The Brass Bell studio and gallery.



Christie's pottery and my rustic lamp.
























Gold pottery.



Lovely sage green stoneware.

Some of our rustic furniture.

Soap of various kinds.

More stoneware.

Don's hand-carved bowls on a rustic table.

One of Christie's many unique designs.

I hope you enjoyed your tour.  Please plan to join us next year at Lower Falls for for a fun and relaxing shopping experience.  Come spend black Friday and shop-small Saturday with us and just maybe there will be fresh oatmeal cookies to munch on while you stroll the gallery if you get there before we eat them all!

Pottery, Furniture and a Good Time

As some of you may know, one of our farm enterprises is making and selling rustic furniture.  This year I have also branched out into making goat-milk and other handmade soap.


Poplar table.



Cherry table.

We are fortunate to have a few great sales opportunities throughout the year.  One of our favorites is the three-day open house in early November at Hannah's Pottery in Scott Depot, WV.  Hannah and Don invite several local artisans to attend their open house which makes for a great time and a lot of really nice Christmas gift possibilities.  The weather this year was warm and sunny and many guests took advantage of the beautiful weather to stroll around Hannah's wonderfully inviting eclectic garden.

A view of Hannah's garden.



In addition to Hannahs signature maple-leaf pottery, there was jewelry, vintage Christmas  decorations, our furniture and soap, birdhouses, hanging globe lights and enhanced digital photography.  Here are a few pictures from this year's event.

Jewelry by Jackie.

 

Soap and pottery.



Don with our furniture.



Hannah's pottery.

We will also be spending the three-day Thanksgiving weekend at the Brass Bell Pottery open house in Lower Falls, a small community along the Coal River near St. Albans, WV.  In addition to pottery there is a lot of interesting history about the falls and the mill that was located there.  The gallery and studio are located at 3707 Phillips Street in St. Albans, WV.  Come on out and spend "shop small Saturday" with us!  You'll know you're at the right place if you see this: