Let's go make things out of clay. Whaddya say? I just may!

[judecorp]

Last night, Jennifer and I attended a birthday party for volumeat11's wife Melissa. It was quite TEH AWESOME. It was held at one of those paint-your-own-pottery places (Clay Time in Shrewsbury) and I will admit that I was dubious. There were about 6+ couples there (5 boy-girl couples, us, and I think 2 single dudes) and a whole lotta guys, and at first I was like, "Hunh. This is going to be interesting." They had a big party room where you could bring your own food and drink, which was pretty cool. They gave us the low-down on pottery-painting and sent us to choose our pieces and start painting.

I have never seen so many straight guys in a room painting pottery. It was amazing! Everyone was getting into it, working really hard and having a great time. Straight guys were saying things like, "Where is the puffy paint? I need the puffy paint." It was an experience worthy of The Fab Five.

Jen and I chose matching little plates to both save money and complement each other. We didn't plan our plates together or anything but decided they would be sushi plates for when we learn how to make our own sushi. I was fascinated by our plates - they so totally were infused with our completely different personalities! Jen made this beautiful and ornate Asian scene (sunsent, mountains, etc.) and everyone kept goo-gooing over it. Everyone was so impressed with my girl! I ended up painting a cartoon-like dead fish skeleton in the middle of the plate. (Hey, it fit the sushi theme!) Good times.

Afterward, there were many delicious desserts and then we cleaned up and headed to Jeff&Melis's place for a little while. We crapped out early because we're older than dirt, but had an excellent time all the way around. Their friends were very cool and funny, and we liked them a lot. I always get a little concerned when we're meeting new people (especially new couples), but my concern was totally unfounded and everything was amazing.

YAY!

Comments

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

haha jen is the art mistress! :D

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, she is totally amazing. Jeff and I drove to his house together (his wife went with Jen) and all we could talk about is how in awe we are of Jen and her abilities.

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

haha i KNOW! i keep thinking of those paintings on the wall...

[damdyke.livejournal.com]

There's a place a few blocks from my job like that. I've wanted to do it for a while, I'm glad to know it's fun!

[volumeat11.livejournal.com]

Was Jen's plate not the BIZOMB?!? (Wait 'til you see the finished product!)

Was your plate not detailed and intricate and sushiesque?

Was wine and pizza and painting pottery and Outkast not a surprisingly fun way to spend a 28.5th birthday party?

We had a BLAST and were psyched you two could make it...thanks!

All we have to do now is get to your place next fri night after my effing final.

As for right now...um...I think I just might go catch F-9/11 in Framingham...

[rizzo41.livejournal.com]

I love the paint your own pottery places. I've started making my own Mexican Day of the Dead themed dinner settings. It's amazing how people change when you take them out of the day to day toils of life and shove them into arts and crafts hour. I think arts and crafts should remain a scheduled part of daily life. Think how much job stress levels would go down!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Definitely do it - two thumbs up!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It was a fantastic party and we had a great time! I can't wait to see the finished products. (And to see if I managed to "pull my paint," hee hee.)

Thanks for the party!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see more of your dinner settings - I'm sure they are awesome and on top of that, I KNOW there is a market for them and you are going to be famous someday!

And I would also love to have mandatory arts and crafts time. Why do you think I insist on working with children? :)

[rizzo41.livejournal.com]

You don't need children for arts and crafts. In fact, I think it's better without them! It's too hard to guess what it is they are drawing/making. A cute boy stopped me on the sidewalk yesterday to ask me to donate to Save the Children and I didn't have the heart to tell him that I hate children and would be more inclined to donate if it were for animals. Not that I would give anyone on the street my bank/credit card info anyway, but still..

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

HA!