I guess I am a sporadic blogger. This will be my third post today and today is only getting started. I may go three or four days without a single post again, then BAM!!! here I am in your face again. I have lots on my mind today.
  I have always had a soft spot for the misfits, the ugly ducklings, and so forth and so on.. My mom loves to tell this story about how we went to the pound to adopt a dog and I picked out the ugliest most scraggly looking dog there, and she says when she asked me why I picked the ugly one I told her " cuz no one else would love him cuz he was so ugly". I still have that same love for ugly I guess.. Because when we went to adopt our cat a while back I didn't pick the ones upfront looking cute and trying to get attention. I picked the one hiding inside the cat box with her back turned to me. She has turned out to be a wonderful cat. It took her a while to get used to us, but now that she has she is perfect. 
Even what I collect is a little "ulier" than most people would enjoy. But I collect pottery made by kids. You know that ashtray they made in 2nd grade that you smiled and said you loved, then stuck in the attic and forgot about.. I love that stuff..  I see a art class vase, or a ashtray that was supposed to be a soup bowl.. I snag it up. Cuz the thing about this kid of art is it is real. It wasn't made to sell, it wasn't  mass produced. Some child somewhere sat down with the sole intention of making a great gift for mom or dad and did just that..  Its the kind of art that comes from an unselfish, untainted place, made with love, and presented with pride...
  Of course this isnt the kind of thing you find everyday, and in my searching I havent found one single child made pottery peice at all.. But I wish I could cuz Id buy it all.. and Id display it on my shelf with pride..

Thank goodness beauty is in the eye of the beholder..


have you found pottery by children on etsy? If so Id love a link.. Cuz I absolutely looove the stuff..