Paint-Your-Own-Pottery

Since moving to the UK, I have subscribed to Living Social and Groupon.  These are deal sites who send you daily e-mails for discounts on entertainment, meals, beauty, and travel.  Most of the time I don't buy anything but every once in a while, something comes up that is quite exciting.

A few weeks ago there was a deal on for paint-your-own-pottery at Doodles workshop, here in Edinburgh.
http://www.doodlesscotland.co.uk/
I have been trying to foster my creative side, so I bought the voucher and invited some friends along.  Catherine, Pip, and I went the evening of the 22nd of February and had the workshop to ourselves.  We had a great evening of chatting (mostly while staring intently at the piece we were painting).  I was quite scared that I would end up creating something that looked like a four-year-old had produced, but my William Morris-inspired plate actually turned out to be quite gorgeous!  I will definitely treat myself with a few more trips there.  :)

Catherine and I hard at work on our creations.

You can almost see the concentration emanating from our brains.

My un-fired plate.

Pip and I show off our un-fired works of art.

Also, phone booths are excellent places to keep warm, as we discovered while waiting for Matthew to come pick me up at the end of the night.  Perhaps a little sketchy and ghetto - but nice and cozy.  :)

Phone booths were built for three...

And - voila!  The finished piece, fired and glazed.  I can hardly believe that I actually made it.  I hope it's not beginner's luck!