Sorry for the Delay!

Congrats Jenn Stewart!!! You won our latest giveaway!

My apologies for the delay in announcing this : )

Holiday Giveaway #3

Sorry to our faithful followers...I completely forgot last week's giveaway! Can I use our adorable 6 week old baby as my excuse?

This week we are giving away this beautiful bowl in goldenrod. We love pieces with a story and this is another antique store find. A good friend spotted this beautifully scalloped bowl and thought it would make a great design in ceramic. She was so very right! Here it is in a bright goldenrod glaze and is hand carved around the rim and around the outside edges. It is softly scalloped on the inside and measures 7 1/2 inches wide by 2 inches deep.

Just leave a comment on this post with an email address or link to your blog (we have to let you know if you win after all : ) We'll pick a winner at the end of the week (Friday, December 17)!

Get additional chances to win:

1) post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog

2) post about this giveaway on Facebook

Just leave additional comments letting us know and we'll enter your name up to three times!


Only available within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!

Winner!

Congratulations to A! Lucky #6 is our winner this week!

Holiday Giveaway #2

Our newest giveaway is this turquoise cross wall hanging. It is hand carved and measures approximately 6 inches tall and 4 1/4 inches wide. It has a small ring adhered to the back so it can simply hang on a nail in your wall or if you prefer you can thread a ribbon or cord through it.

Just leave a comment on this post with an email address or link to your blog (we have to let you know if you win after all : ) We'll pick a winner at the end of next week (Friday, December 3)!

Get additional chances to win:

1) post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog

2) post about this giveaway on Facebook

Just leave additional comments letting us know and we'll enter your name up to three times!


Only available within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!

Winner!

Congrats to Cindy (comment #9) for winning our giveaway! Check back later today for another one!

Holiday Kickoff Giveaway

We are getting in the holiday spirit and hope that everyone else is, too! We're kicking things off with a giveaway this week. It's a quickie, so act fast. A winner will be announced at the end of next week, Friday, November 26. We plan to have a few more giveaways between now and Christmas, so check back often and good luck!

Enter for a chance to win this royal blue orbit necklace. Just leave a comment on this post with an email address or link to your blog (we have to let you know if you win after all : ) We'll pick a winner at the end of next week!

Get additional chances to win:

1) post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog

2) post about this giveaway on Facebook

Just leave additional comments letting us know and we'll enter your name up to three times!


Only available within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!

Stone Lotus Pottery Giveaway

Just stopping in to tell you all that a fellow blogger is hosting an entire month of giveaways on her blog. Clemsongirl is celebrating her birthday all month long and today Stone Lotus Pottery is featured with a fabulous giveaway! Go check it out here and enter to win! She's been drawing names daily so you only have today to enter!

Giveaway Winner and A Surprise!!!

Congratulations to Ginger!!!

She was comment #6. I tried to copy and post the random.org number generator, but it's not working and it's not worth it! Congrats, Ginger! She already had her eye on the robin's egg blue bowl and it's already reserved for her, but we have another surprise for everyone else who did not win this time around...

Anyone who entered our giveaway will receive 20% off any order of $35 or more made between now and next Sunday, August 9.

Just type in "blog giveaway" in the "Message to Seller" box before you finish the check out process in Etsy.


The nitty gritty details....

Refunds will process in the following methods:
1. For PayPal, we will issue a refund to your account if you have already processed payment.
2. If you prefer, we can adjust the Etsy price prior to payment through PayPal and list the item as reserved for you (Although some of you have had items slip through your fingers during an email convo, so we understand if you want to pay first! Those darn berry bowls flew out the door!)
3. If paying by check, please convo us for a revised total before mailing your payment.

All discounts are applied to the purchase price prior to shipping charges (and sales tax where applicable).

The Kiln

Don't forget our giveaway winner will be announced tomorrow! Last chance to enter to win a $20 gift certificate to our shop. See this post. And maybe we have another surprise up our sleeve for tomorrow as well : )

On to the good stuff...

More than a few months in the making, but Stone Lotus Pottery officially has its own kiln and the beginnings of its own garage studio!!!

Mom and Dad are painting contractors, so their oversized two-car garage has always been home to a fair share of paint, supplies, and large equipment in addition to what everyone else stores in their garages. Earlier this summer, Dad built a new shed on the back of the garage and moved all the painting supplies into it.

All that....to make room for this!

The Stone Lotus Pottery studio is well on its way with a brand new kiln and a cleaned out garage ready for new shelving and storage for all of Mom's clay, glaze, tools, and of course all that pottery in various stages of production! I'll post more pictures as they send them to me, but I hear the studio is really coming together.

And here are a few layers of our very first bisque firing in the new kiln. This is the first firing to get a piece ready for glazing : )

Birthday Giveaway

This past Thursday was Jeanette's birthday! In honor of the "birthday week" we are extending a brand new giveaway. In the past, we've done jewelry, coasters, bowls, and other lovely items, but this time we are offering one lucky reader a $20 gift certificate towards any item in our shop!

This one is an easy one. Just hop on over to the shop and tell us your favorite item in the shop. Leave a comment on this post and an email address or link to your blog (we have to let you know if you win after all : ) We'll pick a winner in two weeks on Sunday, August 2 , so enter now for your chance to win! (For those that haven't figured out commenting, see this post or just email us stonelotuspottery [at] gmail [dot] com).

Get additional chances to win:

1) post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog

2) post about this giveaway on Facebook

Just leave additional comments letting us know and we'll enter your name up to three times!

Only available within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!

March Giveaway Winner

Courtesy of random.org, our winner is comment #6....

Shannon!

Thank you to everyone who participated! Shannon, I will get your bowl out to you in the mail this week.

Check back often for new items being added to the shop and more giveaways in the future.

Also, as an apology for those trying to comment "anonymously" without setting up a blogger account, I did not realize that feature was turned off! I fixed it yesterday, but will soon post a short tutorial on how to leave us a comment for some of our non-blogging shoppers. We wouldn't want you to miss out on anything : ) Thanks for bearing with us.

March Giveaway!

We're having so much fun with our giveaways, we decided to continue into March. So far you've seen earrings and coasters, so it was time for a bowl. This beautiful porcelain bowl is glazed in rich blue and just a hint of ash along the rim. The bright white porcelain clay allows the bright blue to pop. It's a versatile size and could be used as a small serving piece, a simple home decor item with potpourri or small fruit, a great catch all for keys or loose change, or as the base for a floral arrangement. (6 inches wide and 3 inches deep)

Here's a great example of using pottery in an arrangement.
Ready to enter? Hop on over to the shop and tell us about your favorite kind of pottery. If you've purchased from us before, think about what drew you in. If you haven't, think about something you like in our shop. What type of pottery is it? Do you prefer functional pottery like serving bowls and plates with a specific purpose? Does it help if you can imagine it in your own home and know exactly how you'll use it, like coasters or trivets? Or do you prefer to splurge on something unique like our jewelry that is more indulgent and less functional? Functional or fun? Abstract or purposeful? You tell us.

Leave a comment on this post telling us what you think and an email address or link to your blog. We'll pick a winner in a week on Sunday, March 22, so enter now for your chance to win this bowl....

(Note: If you've noticed all of my personal comments, we've opened this up to friends and family who email me an entry.....not everyone is as blog savvy as our faithful blog readers : )

Get a second chance to win if you post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog. Just leave a second comment letting us know and we'll enter your name twice!

Only available for shipment within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!

And the winner is...

And the winner is Debbie, comment #25....

Debbie says:
I loved the "Iron Yellow" glaze. It looks great on the bowl with the etching around the top. Also I like the bold splash of the "Cobalt Blue" glaze. These are great gifts. gtbdds@atmc.net

I am emailing you right now to get your info and hope you like your new coasters!

Thank you to everyone for participating. Our first giveaway had 8 entries and this one had 31! Amazing. And we really appreciate all the input as it will help us with new colors in the future.

Giveway Update

ETA: And the coyote blue bowl flew out the door last night! I knew that was coming....it was just so unique. So it goes with pottery, it's all one of a kind in some way or another, but I'm sure we'll try something like that again. We promise : )

For Patty, of course family is still eligible, you are some of our best customers, so it only seems fair. That, and you are family and also a friend, and then some of our friends are as close as family. The line gets a little blurred : )

And Melanie bought the spring green plate last night, so it's gone! All of these glazes came from a special class in January, so it might be a little bit before we see more in the shop. But it looks like coyote blue and spring green are a must have in the future. Mom might have a few more pieces that came out of the last firing of her January class, but I'm not sure. For February, she's back at Jeffcoat so we should see more red then.

I'm out of town for the weekend, but look for the rest of those preview items including the spoonrests to get in the shop early this week.

February Giveaway!

Time for another Stone Lotus Pottery giveaway. This time we chose this new set of coasters glazed in walnut spice. It is a sample of some of the new glazes and pieces we're adding in February. See our last post for a preview of the latest. They will be making their way into the shop over the next several days. The coyote blue bowl and the spring green plate are already there.

Hop on over to the shop and tell us your favorite glaze color or combination of colors. Is it the bold oxblood red? Or the soothing greens like aribe? Or the glossy black shiga and white in our jewelry? Leave a comment on this post telling us what you think and an email address or link to your blog (we have to let you know if you win after all : ) We'll pick a winner in a week on Friday, February 13, so enter now for your chance to win these coasters....

Get a second chance to win if you post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog. Just leave a second comment letting us know and we'll enter your name twice!

Only available for shipment within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!

And the winner is....

....Avery & Hailey (aka Beth!)

Congrats on being our first winner! The husband did the honors to keep everything fair. We even used this beauty to hold the names.

Thanks for all the blog love from everyone and stay tuned for another giveaway soon.

Our First Giveaway!

Edited to add: get a second chance to win if you post a link to our shop and giveaway on your blog. Just let us know in the comments and we'll enter your name twice!

It's about time, right? We've listed new items in the shop to start off the year with a bang. Larger bowls, new plates, small bowl sets, and the return of the favorite deviled egg plate. A few new jewelry designs to come and here's a chance to win something brand new!

Hop on over to the shop and tell us about your favorite item, new or not. Leave a comment on this post telling us about that item and an email address or link to your blog (we have to let you know if you win after all : ) We'll pick a winner next Sunday, January 11, so enter now for your chance to win these carved button earrings....

Only available for shipment within the U.S. You must leave a way for us to contact you in order to win. Once notified of winning, you have one week to provide a shipping address or we'll pick another winner. Good luck!