Welcome to 2025!

 

It's hard to believe another new year is upon us. Lots of us are setting resolutions and hoping we will keep them! ME! But I think a new year is a time of reflection for me and recalling memories. While my sister and I were on a picking trip recently; we had to take a detour into the town; as we approached a stop sign, a memory flashed in my mind of the house where my great aunt Ruth lived. She was my grandmother’s sister. She has been gone many years. My grandmother and her two sisters were crafty. They lived during a time where idle hands were frowned upon. They quilted, embroidered, sewed clothes, painted tea towels, rag rugs and pot holders - just a little bit of everything. I can even remember the bejeweled plastic planters turned upside down for lamp shades. (wish I had it now!) Anyway…… my Aunt Ruth did ceramics and painted. She was very talented and made thousands of pieces. I so often hear other resellers lamenting this or that is just a hobbyist piece - with little or no value. I suppose not one of those pieces has ever made it to a value book or a Facebook/instagram group.  However, I suggest that there are beautiful hobbyists pieces out there, and although they may not be hot on the retail market- they can make great additions to our collections and decor. Before you laugh me off this page - look the next time you are out and about and don’t pass up those ceramics. Now I know some are better than others - but I often look for my great Aunt’s initials - RS - on the bottom of pieces. I can recognize her signature and have over the years founds a few of her pieces in thrift stores. Those pieces mean so much to me. Just a thought - but these pieces were made with loving hands and should be treasured.

 

Kay