Brushfire = Fun = Perfect Gift!!!

I know people think I'm crazy, but I prayer about the silliest things. What others might say are just useless. But God says "Ask anything." And I being a literal person, take it literally.

So when it came to what I should give my Mom for her 50th . . . I did just that. I asked God . . . because I was starting to worry and didn't have any ideas of what to do. I was doing some web surfing last night and besides God giving me the thought, I have no idea where it came from. I started looking at pottery studios. The one that used to be conveniently located at the Bellevue Mall has relocated to Dickson . . . so off we headed to Green Hills today to find Brushfire Pottery Studio. We had no idea what we were going to do, but we knew we wanted Charity to make something for Nana's 50th that I could pack on the plane and get there safely. Something else to be in prayer about!!

Wow! The place was full of ideas!! So cute. I've never been to one of these places!! Even the least creative person could be inspired and fairly economical for a personalized gift. We decided on a nice large platter. This should be an interesting airplane trip!! We looked at a couple completed pieces for design ideas.

I think Mom's really going to like it. Actually, I think she's going to love it! Now my prayer is we get it there in one piece!!

First, some stripes around the bottom. Charity's hand prints (pink and purple) are two flowers coming out a pot. I carefully wrote "Happy 50th Birthday, Nana".
Charity signing and doing her self portrait on the back. Which color next?
And she loved this foot print so we had to put one on the back, too!!
Didn't get any pictures of the finish product, not intentionally. I guess it will be a surprise. We get to pick it up on Saturday. So I'll have a few days to figure out how to wrap it for my carry on!

So much fun. I can't wait to do it again. Our family will definitely be seeing more pottery gifts in their future!!