Ep.23 I cant believe what I FOUND inside!

[@clairetravers2400]

OMG. I’m an English Teacher - there are a couple of hundred people out there who would love a Penguin series. The Flour one would make the best book end on a shelf, so many possibilities! My favourite video so far. You’ll struggle to stock enough in the Pottage for sure. You are such a well deserved success story. You go girl!

[@Leng-Leng-o6j]

❤❤❤❤

[@LindaLRosario]

I would love to have those canister books ❤

[@ykmusic1051]

The ceramic houses on the photo , where can I find them??

[@happee25]

@@ykmusic1051 do u mean the lennox spice houses? i see them on facebook marketplace sometimes

[@lizzygirl4ever1]

Agreed. I’d love a set

[@heehoopeanut420]

I have literally never been more GREEN WITH ENVY IN MY LIFE!!!😭😭😭 Those bad boys are COVETED and I can see why. I am so glad you got those, so happy to see you get such a gem of a mold.

[@khills]

I am, as a matter of fact, one of those people who sprinkles wildflower seeds from a shaker - and I’d absolutely love a ceramic shaker I could refill!

[@Guy-uy5gc]

They turned out lovely, the largest canister , I would use it as a kitchen tool jar with the small ones on each side

[@micheledickey4066]

Great idea!!!!

[@kariramsey_]

Yes! That would be perfect!

[@procrasy]

18:27 the penguin book looks incredible. You should create a full library with the blank ones. They’ll sell so fast

[@LindaLRosario]

True❤

[@MyCatIsSnoring]

I'm a librarian and love that homey vintage aesthetic so I would actually lose my mind if I had something like this in my kitchen.

[@LindaLRosario]

Me too❤

[@vagabondrabbit]

Graduating with my MLIS this fall and I want to buy these for myself as a graduation present.. lol

[@janiexoxo]

I’m a librarian too! I’d kill for these for the library and my kitchen

[@rachelmick4051]

These may be my very favorite thing you have ever done in a video!!! They are wonderful and your designs are beautiful!!!

[@ShelbySherritt]

Wow thank you! Yes I don’t actually know if I could make something better! They are just so glorious!! I’m hoping one day I can come across the tea canister and the lid for the flour jar! Maybe one day!

[@kvc9958]

I agree!

[@laurenwright5609]

I love❤the Persuasion/ Salt book!

[@NormanMorris-n4r]

hi Shelby, the size range went from Bread/Cakes, Biscuits, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Tea then your Salt and Pepper. i personally haven't seen this mould set since the 90s when a lady in the swan hill area had her own ceramics shop and painting group.

[@rebeccalampiasi]

If anyone has any leads on anywhere to find this mould set, please share! I would absolutely sell my soul for this!

[@ShelbySherritt]

Yesss oh gosh I would love to finish this set 😅😅

[@punkangel8187]

I think a neat design for these would be making them look like spellbooks and maybe even using the gold luster on the words on the spine would be really pretty. I would love to have these in that kind of design for my own kitchen. Absolutely beautiful!

[@eileenbartnick7202]

Hello! With the one that has a crack, you could just use a plastic container, even a cheap Rubbermaid - type, that could hold water so you can still use it for flowers!! Love all your "fabric" sides, SO cute!!! I'll bet you will be making many more of the small books, they will be fun to label for so many things!!!

[@ShelbySherritt]

That is so smart 😂 I wish I thought of that!! I think I might have to get one ❤

[@gayledeacon2203]

You could also use it as a plantar and the crack becomes a drainage hole.

[@Alinor24]

​@@gayledeacon2203 I thought that too. It seems small enough so the dirt would stay in.

[@Nerdingwithmama]

The blank mini books could also be the cutest little Posie holders or trinket holders, or a bookmark holder! If you cut off the top!

[@ShelbySherritt]

Yessss omg I didn’t show those in this video!! I made some up without the top so you can put flowers in them! They are actually out at The Pottage ❤

[@emilyb6002]

I audibly gasped when you revealed the Jane Austen one. I would by a full collection like that. They are stunning. I hope you use dried flowers in the flour one, it will look fantastic in the Pottage. And I really hope to see more on the website. Maybe the little ones could be done as a paint your own set? So happy to see you back

[@socialmisfit79]

Also, I would love to see some of these made for spooky season! They could have some Halloween themes with witchy recipes!

[@LothlorienOH]

💜great idea!💜

[@flanaganamy1375]

I was thinking spell book as well 🖤

[@pamauger9665]

Welcome back! A though: use a copper pipe to make the holes so that they are always as consistent as you can make them, rather than carve them out by hand. You can get all sizes, cut some 3 inch long pieces and use them like cookie cutters to make the holes.

[@ShelbySherritt]

Love this! We actually have a bunch of hole cutters, that’s what I meant by inconsistency, sometimes our cut goes a bit wider or on an angle ❤

[@laregimbal]

11:40 Holy crap! I've had that spice jar set for 30 years! I've never ever heard anyone mention it before!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sherry-lynnzwaan1432]

Welcome Back. Oh, how I've missed you Shelby!

[@ShelbySherritt]

I’ve missed you all too 😢 I missed having our lovely conversations about pottery and life together!

[@kvc9958]

Me too... Missed you much.

[@nancyjohnson50]

You can put kitchen utensils in the one you wanted for flowers! Adorable!

[@mudokongrl9463]

Those all came out so pretty! Maybe use dried flowers in the broken one? Or use another vessel to put inside it for fresh flowers? They're honestly all beautiful as just display :)

[@ShelbySherritt]

Yess that’s what I thought! The flour one that says ‘flour arranging’ makes so much more sense as a display than the others so I love that!! I just hope I can find the tea cannister down the line!

[@leesie156]

For a quick "fix" for putting flowers in find a glass jar that fits and place them in there, usually the jar remains unnoticed. Love the books, would definitely have a place in my collection!

[@atlantageorgia6629]

I am so pleased with your book collection, they turned out so lovely. My favorite was the penguin edition of Persuasion. Not only is Jane Austen on of my favorite authors, but also my grandmother used to make a living from translating English into German after WWII. Her versions of several Austen books were published and reading them is like having my grandmother telling my the stories of my favorite author. 😊 All these book designs were so sweet and well done, that jar collection is something I would be hunting after to have at home.

[@ShelbySherritt]

Oh my gosh, this is such a special story!! Thank you so much for sharing that with us and the connection you have with this piece ❤

[@judysocal8682]

If it is like most canister sets there should be a tea canister after the coffee one. Your decorations are always so sweet

[@angelickaveach]

Looked it up online and there is a tea one.

[@kellypatterson4412]

They're all absolutely adorable! Love the colors you chose. Seeds like poppies, pansies, and snap dragons are tiny like pepper flakes.

[@foolishmortal6590]

These are stunning and I adore them! I think these molds would be great candidates for gold lustre. Details on the spine, the covers, maybe even some of the pages at the back, like old fancy books with gold on the outside. So delighted to see this series return, btw. I love that the Pottage has taken off for you, and have been happy to wait for the return of the series. You definitely came back with a bang!

[@peggybadour182]

I would love to see a bookshelf collection of the mini book spice shakers with gold page edges! Epic!

[@LindaLRosario]

So elegant 😊

[@kreativ.artina]

Wow I love this series. My favourite bookcover is the blue coffee one. It looks like a quilt design to me.

[@LauraMe...]

I'm a reader so I am in love with these books. You can do a dried flower arrangement in the flower one. 😊 Your kitty has really. Grown! So cute!

[@amberbydreamsart5467]

I've never really done ceramics.. I recently inherited a number of ceramics from molds made and signed by my grandmother.. lovely to see the type of process she went through to make the pieces!! I'm so happy to keep them in my home for years to come

[@MissLalabelle]

The books would be such a good vase to decorate a bookshelf omg Also : first!

[@ShelbySherritt]

Yes omg! Like a big book end full of flowers!!! I love it so much

[@CaliAmandalyn1981]

​@@ShelbySherrittor bookmarks!!

[@ChibiChula]

​@@CaliAmandalyn1981 Flower bookmarks! You could have a whole bouquet of them! 😍 My debate would be, what kind of bookmarks? There are the typical paper ones, there are metal ones, resin ones... So many kinds of bookmarks. Gotta collect them all! 😂

[@Brenilla]

THIS is so cutE! For the spice village, the old ones will likely stay the same or go down a little in price. But thats likely because the high prices are likely collectors vs people that want to use them as regular kitchen decor. Because its historically valuable still. Assuming the new village will have a defining mark for the rerelese

[@ShelbySherritt]

Yes that’s what I’m thinking! Because the OGs are still the originals! I wonder whether they will make some changes to them or add extra spices and things! I’m so curious!!

[@Nasalkeihpos]

I really want these in my kitchen. I do want them in a specific colour scheme to fit the style of my kitchen, so it’s so cool that these exist as moulds.

[@cherisserich4912]

I would collect the heck out of those books! I would also totally paint them myself, so cute!!

[@michelleh9685]

The four pot even with crack would be good with a dried flower display in it too. They looked awesome Shelby

[@BP-ef8mr]

SHELBY VIDEO!!! Ahhh that's nice! You're so distinct. Warm, sunshiny, creative. *chef's kiss* I missed your videos

[@SharonRaeRyan]

We will always come back for this series! Love you work here! It reminds me of a medieval bud vase I saw in the Victoria and Albert. It was shaped like a book with holes in the top with flowers painted around it in gold. Love your design!

[@BookwormWoes]

It's amazing that this video came out around the same time as the announcement from Lenox about releasing a version 2 of the spice village! Anyway, as a bookworm I am OBSESSED with these! especially the herb shakers, if I could have like 10 of those to design for my main herbs I would be so happy!

[@MLCraane]

These are just the best!!!! I would love them in my kitchen! Especially as a row of penguin book, so cute!!!

[@beckyboobearbum]

That little penguin book!!!! That'd be so cute as spice/herb jars, with herby book title puns (think like 'THYME goes by' and 'the book of SAGE advice' etc)!! 😍 I'm so happy you're back! I've missed your lovely videos on a weekend! Much love from the UK 😘

[@SonjaDavies-tg7um]

I love the idea of the seed shakers for native flower seeds. I'm sure a plant nursery would jump at the chance to collaborate with you.

[@kaytiej8311]

The cannisters are just adorable. I can imagine the small ones being very popular at The Pottage. I sure want some!

[@nemolugo18]

It's so great to have you back!! I hope the pottage is going well!!! You're looking great, I love the haircut!!

[@ShelbySherritt]

Thank you!! Hehe the haircut was a bit scary because I had filmed so much content that I hadn’t finished but I thought you guys wouldn’t mind if my hair changed in each of the new videos hehe

[@momvarden]

I have been seeing 1940/50 style women’s heads/busts with hats that are flower pots! They are selling around 300.00 for the large set! I am glad your back doing video’s, but I hope you can take some down time to enjoy your success with the pottage! On the subject of the pottage I wish I was closer to you I would be there all the time creating! When I was a young teen in the mid 80’s my favorite time of the week was when my mom would take to me to paint ceramics with her! Your videos make me think of good times, so thank you!

[@megank7235]

If that's what I'm thinking of this is massive for a mystery mould. My soul has been after for a set for years.

[@ShelbySherritt]

Huge!!! A mystery mould series!!

[@CandysCraftyCloset]

I make books that are bound in fabric or beautiful designer paper and there is a whole community around what your concept is right here. It's called junk journaling ! I absolutely love these! They are stunning!

[@LeeA.D.]

I've never wished to buy pottery more in my life. ❤❤❤ I would buy every single one of these book canisters

[@marelivasquez9893]

These are sooo adorable!!! Mia Maples needs these!!!

[@elin2962]

The paintjob on these pieces was soooo beautiful 😍😍 The blue on blue was my favorite! As always Shelby you did amasing ❤👍

[@colleenwalker6267]

Those ceramic books are beyond cute! And the way you painted them is perfect. How fun it must be to be an artist like you☺

[@jenmagnus-rm6nz]

Oh my!!!!! Those are all absolutely adorable. With the seed shakers an idea might be to not open up the small top holes and shake them out from the base hole instead. The lid less container would be great for a kitchen utensil holder, too. Gorgeous colours and patterns. ❤❤❤

[@Kleytonamor]

So glad to see you back at it. It's always a joy to watch what ideas you come up with.

[@teejayaway]

I think it would be so cute if you made a spice series that were all different species of mushrooms. That would look ADORABLE on a wooden shelf. Very whimsical.

[@gwydienne]

Never have I wished to be near you more than now! I would do whatever it took to attend the Pottage and make myself a set of these! Your designs turned out entirely too adorable! The idea of doing them up as actual books is perfect - it would be lovely to see a set of them where the book title actually incorporates the name of the spice/contents of the cannister.

[@lilspod]

Oh my goodness, what a way to mark your return to YT with the most spectacular set! 😍😍😍 so glad to hear everything is going so well with the Pottage. Hope you’re able to able a little more down time for some well deserved R&R. Loved this video and welcome back!

[@justjane2070]

My favourite mould so far. I love books and cookbooks in particular 📕📘📙📚

[@Casket_Couture]

My mom has the entire House Lenox collection from the 90s. The collection also has two flower planters, the canisters, and the spice rack that comes with it too. It is my favorite in her kitchen ❤

[@stephanietollbom6691]

The spice books would be so cute as single stem vases for tiny flowers too! Obsessed with your book cover designs! 😍

[@hufflepunkslitherclaw7436]

Oh I LOVE these! They would be amazing on floating shelves in the kitchen, like a book shelf! I think doing a whole spice line would be amazing!

[@melnatjohn]

I'm completely obsessed! They're so gorgeous.

[@whitney3258]

I actually got teary eyed seeing these! My Mamaw had something very similar in her home and it made me think of her and how lucky i was to have her. I didn't have the greatest parents but I did have great grandparents. These are just lovely! My favorite so far.

[@mdesutter1]

These are so cute!!! I think they would be great to keep absolutely anything in and you have loads of creative options with them! Please share if you do more of them.

[@sugarandchaos]

😮 Oh my God! I LOVE THE BOOKS!!!! The patterns are beautiful, the colours are amazing. 🥰

[@helenaw9533]

What a cute collection! Fingers crossed that the flour lid will show up and possibly the tea canister. Love how you decorated them and such a great idea to make seed shakers.

[@charlottewalker3810]

The lidless flour one would be a fabulous utensil holder!

[@tammydonovan623]

I just love theses. Books 📚 are so important to me.

[@kaits9026]

My husband and i love to read and really like to cook together. A set of the small books for all our spices would fit us perfectly. But alas we are stateside so appreciating from afar is what we'll have to do for now. You do such lovely work.

[@cherylhuot4436]

So fun !! Thanks for bringing the Mystery Molds back. And the Books are so cute!!!

[@maryfarwell-uragallo2373]

Your artistic expression is so fun and your videos make me smile. I LOVE your artistry! It's been wonderful watching your journey through these molds. Thank you for creating this channel!

[@ChantelleArts]

this is the cutest little collection! I've not seen anything like it before 😮

[@gwynethglas-brown9171]

Those moulds are Fantastic what a Find you painted / Designed them Beautiful 😍 Have a Good weekend 🥰

[@damealeta3541]

Aw, kitty loves the pottery! Great collection and I love the little books! Always fun to watch you create amazing designs from plain clay!

[@garancemarty92]

I am beyond happy to see you back on the platform with a book serie ! As a future bookseller I would love love love to offer a collection of these as vases or book ends. I feel as if your craftmanship refined with the years and your use of colors is sooooo delicious. I'm in love with this serie.

[@maggiep3263]

Love. Love. Love this canister series!

[@ShelbySherritt]

Me too ❤❤❤ I’m obsessed with it!

[@maggiep3263]

@@ShelbySherritt The Flour cannister can be used as a vase. Put another container inside it, full with water and flowers.

[@onewitxhcoven5272]

17:55 it would work for poppy seeds!! So, maybe not *native* wildflowers, but still usable!!

[@tcm087]

I have missed your videos so much! Congrats on all of your professional success and bravo for finding the balance for your health and personal life.

[@rosevanstaden4562]

I saw the shorts and needed to see the full video ❤. I think the little houses are cute but I’m a book girly, so I would love to see and hopefully own little books that are spices. Like all spices not just the main stream one’s. Imagine each spice book with the spice flower or plant that it’s made from? Love this ❤

[@gabriellejohnson7324]

I'm so glad you're back. Your ceramic house is my Happy Place❤ I love this set. Beautiful 😍

[@ShelbySherritt]

Thank you ❤❤ I missed you all!! It’s nice being back!

[@SeijohPrince]

Omg the crispness of them patterns, the colours, the lil penguin cover, they're all so amazing!!

[@lenagarowska1847]

Each time when I watch your videos, I am smiling to the phone. I love your art. Please please please do you! Kisses from poland 🇵🇱

[@MommyDontSeeMe]

These are adorable - as is your enthusiasm for bright colors and patterns. I love watching this!

[@sanditschoepe2622]

Truly unique and the painting possibilities are endless!

[@winterashcrochet]

I reckon the gold luster on the book pages would look amazing also. I remember as a kid, having a couple books (1 was the bible) that had the gold page edges, and I loved flicking through them and watching the pages flash gold. I love this set! And I love that you drew inspiration from the vintage styles with the material/patterned covers.

[@bianca_bn6]

So happy that you are posting your pottery making it brings me so much joy and this artery work is so beautiful it’s giving me country vibes

[@seanaepley3180]

This is 100% my favorite thing you've ever made!

[@sborrink]

I'd LOVE to have these in my kitchen! I'm a book lover, so this stuff is right up my alley.

[@vaguenamelesshorror6031]

These are so cute!! My brother painted the coffee one at a paint your own pottery place, despite being about 12 and not drinking coffee. I didn't know there were other designs. The tiny ones are adorable, I'd totally have a tiny shelf of tiny ceramic books!

[@lainywatson3349]

These are my absolute favourite pieces you have ever done

[@lyzeie]

I love these! They would look so cute with gold on the spines for the titles.

[@Pippi-Longstocking]

I think this is one of the most favorite things you’ve done.

[@ChibiChula]

It would be cute to do a full spice set of just the blank ones, paint them according to what spices they hold and put them on a bookshelf rack! 😍

[@StillAmanda]

I've never wanted pottery canisters before, but now that I know that book sets are a possibility I somehow need it.

[@maidendragonfly]

The shape of the cannisters with the front being smaller and the back being wider leads me to see them making a rounded shape when they're next to each other. It makes me think of them tucked back into a corner on your kitchen counters - in a spot that might be too deep for items that you need to get to often. These are stunning, Shelby. Well done!

[@joanspragg9395]

I love books so these are soooo good, I would love a series of the small ones in penguin books. As a kid I loved ‘The Famous Five’ books x

[@everausten]

As a book and stationery nerd - this is my fave reveal! Loved that blue block print ✨

[@astralfusion]

This collection is so pretty and adorable! Would be a fun thing to offer as a custom order (pick your books and spices you want featured) I would love a set in my home. 😃

[@iancampbell168]

Wow amazing! I LOVE pottery/dishware and collect certain vintage ware and canisters. These book canisters are so cool! What a find!😍 -you could just set one or two vases inside the book canister and one wouldn’t even know it had a crack in it!

[@theabristlebroom4378]

Shelby, you could recreate the lid for the flour canister yourself. You have two examples, and you're definitely talented enough to make a mould for it.

[@ShelbySherritt]

Definitely!! I think it will be there somewhere! If it’s not I’ll result to making my own! It seems simple enough hehe

[@kvc9958]

​@ShelbySherritt I hope you do.

[@joletapetty6706]

Oh my goodness, I love them so much! Those little books I'd love to buy bisque fired to paint myself 😍

[@nomegirl907]

So cute! The flour one you can use silk flowers, not ideal but will be pretty adorable!

[@ChloeMugg-117]

These are GORGEOUS!!! What a great find!! I was curious and searched online, the set (with the tea canister, but minus the shakers) is selling for $3800!! I love your channel! You are just such a ray of light and it is a joy to watch you create. Love from Labrador, Canada! 🇨🇦💗

[@Millie_meter]

Whats the name of the set?🫶

[@meiraloraduncan943]

Shelby I LOVE this book set. You could also remove the titles and make it so whoever paints them could do their own titles or you could do a pre-order that would allow the customer to write in the titles they want and either you or a staff member could add the titles before it gets fired that way they could be used by different people in different situations like a teacher and the books could be different subjects. They could hold different types of materials a teacher might use like pens, pencils, clips, markers, stickers, labels for folders or tabs that are added to notebooks or a binder that has lessons for different parts of a unit, planners and grade books and many other things that they need to organize their materials. As a former teacher I would have loved having this in my classroom either on my desk or a bookcase next to my desk or area where I did assessments and various other tasks. They could be used in a home office or craft room sewing room. A writer or other professional could use it to hold office supplies or anything related to their work. You might even be able to modify a lid so one of them could hold tissues. The one without the lid could hold a small plant if you glazed the inside and possibly added drainage holes on the bottom and created a waterproof tray to the bottom to hold any excess water after watering your plant. With your skills and talent you could easily make one. They would also make cute cookie/candy/treat jars and you could customize it for whatever pets people have like cats, dogs, birds, etc... It would also look awesome to make some that look like vintage books such as classics like Jane Austin, LM Montgomery who wrote the Anne of Green Gables and a few other series of books. It would be really fun for someone who sews to hold their various supplies like pins, buttons, clips, special marking pens, and other tools like scissors, cutters, measuring tapes, quilting supplies or tools. There are so many different ideas on how you could use them or market them. When you got the call about the shed full of molds and such that the new property owner discovered you found a kilin in the shed at the time you said it looked almost in new condition, did it work or was it broken? I remember that you were excited about it when you discovered it while clearing out the shed. Whatever happened to it? Could it help you with firing the pieces done at the Pottage or in your studio?? I saw your post where you mentioned that you needed a larger kilin and that yours was having a hard time keeping up with the demand for firing new pieces and pieces after they were painted and glazed. Glad to have you back and seeing what you have been up to because I have missed your videos. So sorry that you have been dealing with the "influencer" who was creating drama and being rude over a mug. She clearly showed her ignorance on many different things in her comments and videos. It was very clear that she was trying to get attention and views and didn't care who she hurt in order to get what she wanted. Her behavior and actions/comments would definitely not make her parents proud of her and what she said and did. She was obviously ignorant of how large a following you have compared to her. It's terrifying to think that she is an example of the younger generation and how they treat/use others to make get attention or clout at the expense of other people and they don't care who they hurt along the way.

[@4ke_1978]

These books woooooooowww 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 your choice of color for the pages is perfect 👌🏻