You are Loved!!

I just had to share some pictures of the plate I made at the local pottery shop. I am so excited about how well it turned out!! I've had the idea for the plate for a while, since reading something about The Red Plate Honor at the Proverbs 31 Ministries site months ago. I wanted to do my own version of the plate that we could use for guests, on birthdays, Mothers/Fathers Day, the day of a big accomplishment/disappointment, or just whenever. Whoever gets the plate on a certain day will get to hear special words of encouragement and affirmation of who they are in Christ and know that they are loved by us.

My original design had stuff written in the middle, but after I got the outside finished I felt like maybe I was done. I thought on it for a couple days and decided I was finished, so I called Jane and asked her to go ahead and fire it. I was really nervous because it is hard to tell how everything will actually look once it gets fired...the colors aren't the same as they will be once fired and you wonder if you put on enough coats of glaze!?!? But, I think it might have turned out even better than I hoped it would!