Last weekend a good friend and I decided to let our creativity run wild by trying out some pottery painting at Salt Pots – a gorgeous, welcoming, bright and colourful ceramic studio. You can choose from a huge range of pottery to paint then you just pull up a chair at one of the tables and the lovely owner Kate explains exactly what to do, before bringing you your personal pot of water and taking any tea or coffee orders.

My friend and I are not naturally creative but there was lots of inspiration around – different brushes, sponges, stencils and transfers to use and lots of Kate’s creations on display to get the creative juices flowing. The sun was coming in through the big windows, there were kids and grown-ups deep in concentration and Jack Johnson playing in the background. We may not have done a great deal of chatting – too busy trying to paint within the lines – but we had such a lovely couple of hours. It’s a surprisingly relaxing thing to do! Before we’d been there 15 minutes we were already talking about what we would paint when we come back and who we would bring with us next time.

Image courtesy of washtennawcc on Flickr