It's not too late!

Four more days left of standard *should* get-there-in-time-for-Xmess-domestic-shipping. 

Everything listed in our Etsy shop (with the obvious exception of custom orders) is in stock and ready to ship! As long as you order by midnight Thursday Dec 20 we should* be able to get your pots to you via our standard USPS Priority Mail shipping. 
*subject to USPS cooperation!

Surely someone you know deserves a She Who Must Be Obeyed mug! 

We also have, in stock and ready to go: Disgruntled Minion, Insolent Minion, Supreme Commander, Evil Overlord and I Knit So I Don't Kill People mugs! 

All this and more at our Etsy Store: DancingPigPots 

So get shopping!

Last retail weekend of the year!

Pottery & Amber: two great gifts!

Just a quick reminder that this weekend is your last chance to buy Dancing Pig Pottery in a retail setting this Holiday shopping season. 

We're at Art of Fire Contemporary Glass Blowing Studio's Holiday Open House and Studio Tour w/ our great good friends Tuatha

It's warm & cozy in our little barn, we've got pots aplenty, many fresh from the kiln & lots of great Celtic Loot and Art, so come get your shop on & give your friends & family & even yourself a wonderful Handmade Holiday.
The Art of Fire is located at 7901 Hawkins Creamery Road in Laytonsville MD and we're there from 10 til 5 this Saturday & Sunday.

Tell your friends! Or better still, organize a raiding party... err, shopping expedition & come on out to see us! Can't hardly wait to see you!

Our friendly staff is always happy to help!

Buy Handmade on Cyber Monday!

Here's an idea that's not at all self serving: buy Handmade on Cyber Monday. And get 10% off in our Etsy shop with the coupon code THANKS. Like, say, this loverly pair of Arabesque mugs....

Or, an even better idea: Come shop in person at this weekend and next at Art of Fire's Studio in Laytonsville Maryland. Pottery makes great gifts for everyone you know. Including yourself! We're on the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour. It's taking place the first two weekends in December. This year that means Nov 30, Dec 1 & 2 and again Dec 7, 8 & 9 from 10 til 5 each day. It's a great way to have a Handmade Holiday!

Our pottery goes well with Tuatha's amber, doesn't it?! Come see it in person!

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We're putting the finishing touches on our preparations for our first ever show IN Gettysburg. It's happening THIS SATURDAY, November 10 at the St Francis Xavier Church, from 8 am til 4 pm. Details and directions here. (http://www.sfxpccw.org/newsandevents.html)

There's even a coupon for free hot chocolate from the cafe! You can print out your own copy from here (http://goo.gl/7PqZd), but we're also going to print out a bunch of the coupons ourselves... come to the booth & ask and we'll gladly give you one!

PS: there's also a wonderful Ten Thousand Villages event in Fairfield, the next town over. That's two, two fair trade events you could shop in one trip! Just be sure to come see us FIRST! We wants all your monies (not to put too fine a point on it). (http://rugs.tenthousandvillages.com/fairfield_rugevent)

Endings and Beginnings or: As the Wheel Turns

Remember that song "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end?!"

Well, our sales season at Maryland Renn Fest ended last night (as it does every year around this time). 

And serendipitously, our clay for the next years production was delivered this morning. So, as this year at Faire ends, our production for next year begins.

This is what 4,750 pounds of clay looks like. It's about 2/3rds of what we expect to use this year. And the money that we made at Faire is what paid for it. So thanks to everyone who bought from us, you help us keep the wheel turning.

Oh, and we're not done yet. We're doing a local show here in Gettysburg November 10th. It's a holiday themed craft show, all about locally produced or Fair Trade goods. Very hipster, or at least, hipster by Gettysburg standards. Come check it out! http://www.sfxpccw.org/newsandevents.html

Hope to see all y'all (and sell you plenty of pots) very soon!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go stack boxes of clay.