~ playing with clay ~

i hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas

with friends and family!
♥ ~I want to thank you all for your sweet holiday wishes ~ ♥

now that 

the carols have been sung

the gifts have been opened

the food's been devoured

and we're all back on our diets...

it's time to get a little crafty

i spent the day after christmas 

with my hands 

working the silky earthiness of clay

{love the cool, silky feel of it}

making those cute little tags 

that we've all seen around blogland lately

i really didn't know what i was doing at the beginning

but after receiving a little guidance from a trio of crafty ladies

(thank you - jami, ness, and sarah!)

i felt i could at least give it a whirl

so after more than one trip to hobby lobby for

clay

cutters

stamps

textures

ink

and other sundry items for future craft projects

{yeah - once i get inside those hobby lobby doors

some unknown creative gene inside of me

gets all martha-stewart-y}

 i squeezed and rolled

cut and stamped

punched and trimmed

and after laying them all out to dry

i did the happy dance

i found a new addiction love...

 i adore making clay tags ♥

i'm playing with the idea of maybe selling them at my friend's antique shop...

we'll see...

until then

i'll just keeping playing with a little clay

and doing a joyful little happy dance

right into the new year

{ new year hugs }

~ laurie

(linking with faded charm for white wednesday)