Hairy Potter

yesterday my beloved mr. metalology and I went into town to do something creative. did we drive all that way because we just can't be creative enough at home, you ask? well, sometimes it's nice to do something out of our comfort zones to regain the inspiration we need for what we like to do normally. and painting our own plates in a little ceramic studio is about as far away from my comfort zone as a thing can be, not to mention mr. metalology's opinion on the matter. 

which is ironic since he is such a fantastic artist. he majored in fine art in college, and is quite an impressive oil painter and cartoonist. yet he always hems and haws around like he doesn't know what he is doing. he finally settled on a dot pattern showing the sun setting (or rising, i guess) over the mountains. it is lovely! my design was cheerios, of course, just circles of different sizes in different colors. not very inspiring, just colorful. 

muddpies studio is where we did our damage. in kernersville, nc, it is a cute little gallery and ceramic painting studio we stumbled on one evening last week when we went to town for dinner. i immediately knew i wanted us to make something together, and since he agreed so easily, i decided to go ahead and schedule it before he could change his mind! haha! he has participated with me on several of these creative experiments, and although he dreads it up to the minute we start, he usually enjoys it in spite of himself. 

so after a morning spent working hard on our plates, we left to go find the happiest surprise of the day: a great restaurant we didn't know about yet. at the two brothers greek diner we enjoyed the best gyros we've had since we moved away from charlotte and the famous shomar's greek restaurant. it was amazing, delicious, and i think the most enjoyable part of the day for my reluctant artist husband. he stills smiles when he remembers that sandwich.