This past summer we visited Grandma and Grandpa for a whole month. It was a lot of fun! One of our projects was making bowls. We put them together and had to leave them there to be fired. At Thanksgiving we were able to see how they turned out. Talk about being patient :)
Here is what we did:
First we made a small circle shape with the clay and then pressed in some grass, weeds and flowers.
 The idea is for the flowers to leave an imprint once they burn out in the firing process.
Next, press the circle into the bowl lined with saran wrap (flower side down)
Once the inside of the bowl was fully covered we used wet fingers to make it all smooth. It then dried to "leather hard" . We ran out of time and had to leave it for my mother-in-law to glaze and fire for us. Here is how they turned out....
SugarBean's bowl
My bowl:
Here is a close up of the imprints. It is very rustic!
SugarBean also made a little wall hanging that I really like:
It is a lot of fun to make something that is useful. There is something very satisfying about it. Much better than cut and paste projects that will end up in the trash.
Thank you to my sweet mother-in-law for helping us do this.
Stacy | 
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