We are excited to offer you the following 7 plaques!
Right now, they are available ONLY from our website,

so these are really the best and the newest.

“Silence is golden, duct tape is silver”

“My dog thinks I am the Best Mom in the world”

“I’ll take a coffee, mocha, vodka, valium to go”
“Many a child is spoiled because you can’t spank Grandma”
“I love you to the moon and back”
“It’s not the destination, It’s the ride”

We are introducing new sayings every few weeks now. It is kind of exciting, as we interact with our customers more and more we fine tune our 2010 line. At the retail shows, we learn what people like and why.

At the shop we figure out the best ways to make the pieces.
Currently we are working on a new line of magnets and pins. The magnets are almost ready so we are trying to decide how to display them. There are a couple of neighborhood kids who like to come in after school. Yesterday I put them to work gluing the magnets onto the backs of the ceramic pieces. It was a learning experience for all, a little messy and very very fun.

The pins are really fun. Today everyone wore one of them so we could see how they showed up on people’s clothes. I’ll take some pictures next week.
Here are the 3 newest sayings:

We are proud to offer 3 new sayings in the oval style.

We have many new sayings in the works this fall and will announce them to you as soon as
they are ready.

For starters enjoy the first “batch” fresh out of the oven, and still warm!

Did you know:
If you register on the Mountaine Meadows Pottery website you can use the shopping cartto save your plaque choices between visits. This handy tool makes it even easier to build a group of

3, pick a 4th and get it for FREE. And now we offer FREE shipping on orders with a minimum of $40.00. Here is an even greater reason, to register, pick 4 plaques, and get FREE shipping.

We are currently showing our new plaques at the at the Big E in Springfield Mass.

We have all kinds of items we don’t have online or in stores so it may be worth the trip to any of the shows we are doing this fall to see what we are experimenting with. Here is a link to our show schedule retail shows.

The new rectangles are the biggest news at the moment. Perfect gifts for guys they stand up on a desk using the sturdy built in copper wire.

Favorites are: 

See all the Gifts for Men by clicking on this link. Gifts for Men

We will be sending emails with the newest sayings as they come out.

And remember, if you register with Mountain Meadows your cart will be saved between visits, so you can add more plaques to get the FREE one and the FREE Shipping

Enjoy,

Deborah Jurist

I love Mothers’ Day.  Of the 12 people who currently work at Mountaine Meadows, 9 are Mothers and 3 are grandmothers.That tells you a lot about our staff I guess. We have had 5 babies born in the last 3 years and have one due at the end of May!

That’s Alissa on the right, mixing clay, she is 6 months pregnant in this picture!

One of the things I love the best about Mothers’ Day though is providing people with sentimental gifts for their Moms, from the electricians who work on our kilns, to the little boys who appear at our door, from time to time, looking for clay to play with. they all respond well when I remind them of the approaching holiday.
In this spirit, we are offering a Mothers’  Day special of shipping for just $2.00. You can ship any amount of plaques via United States Postal Service priority shipping, even just one, to a single address and pay just $2.00. Check out our special Mothers’ Day category for ideas.

But here are 2 of my favorites, both for daughters!

If you are interested in finding out more about the history of Mothers’ Day you can check it out on Wikipedia. It’s nice to know that it wasn’t invented by Hallmark Cards after all, but was meant to be a day intended as a call to unite women against war when it was first celebrated in 1872.

Happy Mothers’ Day from all of us Mothers at Mountaine Meadows Pottery.

Deborah

It seems impossible that Christmas is only a couple of weeks away. However, as I sit here with my cat Phoebe next to me, a heating pad on my sore back and the full moon lighting up the ice covered tree branches I realize that all the signs are clear. The days are short, the list of to do’s is long, and I am making beds, getting ready for the kids and family to come home.

It has been a stressful fall for everyone worrying about the future, studying the past and trying to make sense out of how we got into such an economic mess.

Not surprisingly, our most popular plaque has been “It Is What It Is”. But as we look at what sayings people are buying, we find that everyone still wants to smile together and share their love for each other. It is a delight to read the messages we pass along from father to daughter, cousin to cousin, and friend to friend.

We are offfering FREE UPS Ground shipping for a few more days to help get those last minute purchases on time. Please take advantage, and have a happy holiday, whichever one you celebrate!

Deborah

We can feel the holidays approaching as people order plaques in larger quantities and reach deep into the variety to find exactly the right saying for someone. One of the new standouts is the Books and Cats plaque.

I got a new kitten about 5 months ago and I have to admit I had never expected to enjoy her so much. I was always a “dog person” so I think she behaves a little more like a dog than most cats. She comes when I call her name, although slowly, and she takes walks with me. So I guess I am pretty lucky.

When you are thinking about presents for this holiday season, don’t forget the pet section at Mountain Meadows.  We have something for dog lovers, cat lovers and even horse lovers. That’s a lot of lovers! Perhaps you should check out our “people” love section while you are at it!

At any rate, shop early and take advantage of our free shipping offer. Even in these rough economic times the future can look a lot rosier if you put a little humor into every day.

It’s cold up here in Vermont, I’m going to go stack some wood,

-Deborah Jurist

Mountaine Meadows wall plaques make wonderful thank you gifts. We have lots of sayings to fit every situation. Show your family that you appreciate all the effort and good spirit of the holidays with a gift from Mountaine Meadows Pottery.

Mountaine Meadows is famous for sayings with just a little bite. Valentine’s Day is no exception.

For instance there is our most popular saying for true lovers:

“I love you more today than yesterday. Yesterday you really pissed me off.”

There are sayings for the more classic minded too:

“We may not have it all together but together we have it all.”

And the truly sentimental:

“If you live to be 100, I want to be 100 minus a day, so I never have to live without you.”
Enjoy my favorite holiday of the year and share your love with a smile.

Happy Valentine’s Day,

DEBORAH JURIST

This is by far the most exciting and fun Christmas season we have ever had! Every day people are coming to the website and choosing gifts, making saying suggestions, and taking advantage of the FREE plaque deal. I LOVE the FREE plaque deal, it’s great for everyone.
I chuckle every time someone orders a Normal Family saying, or My Granchild is a Dog. We are all in the midst of the “family circus”. It is a rollicking ride that is only more fun when we can share it online.
Please keep those saying suggestions coming. Mountaine Meadows is a reflection of your voices.