Ughhh social networking

I bit the bullet and created facebook and twitter accounts for my MadMadPotter and LadyShuttleMaker personas. I used to pride myself in being technologically knowledgeable but I feel so behind the curve. So now I am trying to play "catch up". I think for the most part the only thing this will accomplish is redundancy, but I guess it will enable people to use their personal favorite forms of communication to keep up with me.
I need at least 25 people to like this before it becomes an official page. What happens after that I have no idea.

Please check it out.

Anyway, I have my plate full on the creative side of things....lot's of surprises coming up both in my pottery and tatting lives. Since truly great things take a great deal of time to come to fruition, these surprises will unfold over the next few weeks and months. Trust me...I think you will like them!

On another note. Here is a new treasury featuring crochet and tatting. Very cool!



UPDATE
Thank you "likers" I now have 25 likes and I am afraid to say that the results are well a bit anticlimactic. See that facebook badge in the top right column? That is what 25 likes will get you. Also I am not sure but I think you can recommend my page to other people now. Taking over the world with tatting one person at a time... Mwa ha ha!

Tatting ladies, pictures galore and my special diet

I had the opportunity and privilege to meet three of the four ladies of DMR. Teresa and her lovely daughter are visiting from GA. Dena and grandma Elaine are fellow Idahoans. It is always nice to meet other tatters, especially a tatting family. No one in my family tats...and trust me I have tried to get my sisters to come around. So I think Piccadilly is my last hope.

I have been working hard on some new shuttles and despite my ever growing expertise, my failure rate is still around 50 to 60 percent which is why I think I am still the only known ceramic shuttle artist in the world....because it is an exasperating venture ...AND I'm crazy!

Here are Miss P's four month pictures. The knitted hat she is wearing is from LaceRn. She is finally starting to grow into some of her lovely gifts and I am trying to document it before she grows right out of them.

Check out the knitted Mary Janes from Tatfully Yours! Yes they (as well as the scottie dog dress) are still a bit big but I just couldn't help myself!
Also still a bit big, here is Marty's onesie with her beautiful tatting on it. She is growing so quickly that I am afraid to miss any opportunity for her to sport her fancy duds.
Since I have been nursing I am having such a difficult time trying to maintain a healthy weight so that I can continue to nurse. It is taking everything out of me and I think it is greatly contributing to my constant fatigue. I drink 1050 calories of Ensure everyday on top of an already calorie loaded diet. It's become a full time job in and of itself. I would like to be able to breastfeed for the pediatrician recommended year but I may only make it to 6 months. I am very grateful that I have made it this far!


Here are a few more treasuries that my work has appeared in. I think it is always fun to see how people group things together.

Well I think that is plenty for today!

Rio, Peach Pandorea, Etsy honors and updated Catalog

It has been over a year since I have dyed these two colorways. So I am re-introducing them.
PEACH PANDOREA
RIO
I have had the honor of being selected for three more Etsy treasuries in the past few weeks. It is always fun to see my thread included in these colorful collages.
MAGNOLIA
CONFETTI SPRINKLES
AUTUMN MEDLEY
To the right you can click on the Autumn Edition of my HDT catalog for the PDF. It has been updated!

As of today, I am 37 weeks pregnant and that officially makes Piccadilly a full term baby. I have to say, and I know this will sound crazy to millions of women since the last month is notoriously the least favorite, but these last two weeks have been the best of my pregnancy so far. Yes, I feel like a whale and it is difficult to sleep and everything hurts, but this is 100 times better than the last 8 months have been. Whoo hoo!

The blossoming art of TATTING

Tatting Treasury

Thanks to JoyofTatting for putting this together.
This is a day for all tatters to rejoice. Look at this Etsy treasury. A year ago it would not have been possible to fill a treasury with tatting....so Whoo Hooo for Tatting. It is growing and growing and tatting innovations are being discovered right and left and we have budding designers all over the planet.

It's happy dance time ya'll....yes I said YA'LL!