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Xoxo Pottery Designs All pottery pieces & sculptures are handmade, unique, bespoke & one of a kind. Sculpting clay is a form of expressing my love- it's love made visible.

I mean …. Can I skip Thursday? Is it optional? Xoxopottery Quotes🤍
22/10/2026

I mean …. Can I skip Thursday?
Is it optional?
Xoxopottery Quotes🤍

These hands of mine work very hard in general. In the last 2 months I’ve reached a new record high, I’ve gone through ov...
21/10/2026

These hands of mine work very hard in general.
In the last 2 months I’ve reached a new record high,
I’ve gone through over 260kgs of clay in preparation
for various Popups and general demand❤️

I needed to read this today, so I thought I’d share..
It’s incredible how one reads the right things at the right time...

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.”

I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone.
People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou

20/10/2026

Guess it’s confirmed then - I am Arrrrtistic🫶🏽

Xoxopottery Quotes
16/10/2026

Xoxopottery Quotes

Sunday morning. 06:00. The universe said, “Hold my b**r.”I had ONE coffee & absolutely NO idea I was about to host a pot...
14/10/2026

Sunday morning. 06:00. The universe said, “Hold my b**r.”
I had ONE coffee & absolutely NO idea I was about to host a pottery heist in my pyjamas. 😂

I posted: “If you missed out yesterday, let me know.
There are still pieces available in Pretoria.”

06:45. “Lexi mou, I was so busy yesterday I had no time
to shop! What do you have?”

I sent 3 pictures. “Ooooh, I’ll take them!
What else have you got?”

I took a sip of coffee & started unpacking 1 box.
“I LOVE those. I’ll take them too! What else have you got?”

Ladies & gentlemen, we had officially entered the danger zone. My remaining pieces stood no chance!!

1 more box. More photos. Videos flying back & forth. My poor godmother’s house had officially become XoXoPottery headquarters, while we were BOTH still in our PJs. 🤣
Who needs a showroom when you have WhatsApp & questionable self-control?

Remember that little moment of disappointment about the remaining 20%? Well, the universe clearly said,
“Hold my b**r, babes this one needs humbling!”

I was humbled very quickly, in the most beautiful way, reminded to have faith & stop being so hard on myself &
quite frankly, stop being a brat!

BOOOOOOM! 15 more of my babies sold right there
on the floor, while I was still in my PJs, before 9am. 🤭
Zero makeup. Zero planning.
Maximum sales.
Someone call Forbes.
I accept awards in my slippers.

Then came a box reshuffle, a lovely lunch with my family &
off to the airport. I’ve got a kiln to unpack!
From pottery peddler to airport passenger in record time. ✈️
Those 72 hours packed a mighty punch🧿🙏🏽

My heart is bursting with joy, contentment & gratitude. Reconnecting with so many people I grew up with during my years upcountry was its own kind of magic.

People see the pottery, but not always the hours of making, packing, loading, transporting & setting up that go into it.
It’s a labour of love, and weekends like this remind me just
how lucky I am to do what I do.

To every single person who came, hugged me, supported me, bought a piece, followed along or simply made the effort to be there… THANK YOU. Truly.

Peace out, Pretoria. ✌🏽
You were F£%king sensational!
I’ll be back🧿

I can’t believe I haven’t popped up in Pretoria for SIX YEARS! By Saturday morning, I was amped, excited &REARING TO GO!...
13/10/2026

I can’t believe I haven’t popped up in Pretoria for SIX YEARS! By Saturday morning, I was amped, excited &
REARING TO GO!

Familiar faces appeared, hugs were exchanged, stories were shared, & more of my babies found their forever homes.

But the BIGGEST honour?
Around 70% of buyers ALREADY OWN multiple pieces of mine. They’ve collected XoXoPottery for YEARS, travelling to my Johannesburg popups or having their treasures couriered to them.

People who’ve been collecting my work for years & STILL coming back for more. 🥹
Knowing my handmade pieces have become part of people’s homes & collections means more than I can say.

Watching longtime followers become first-time buyers is equally thrilling! Seeing what catches their eye & which pieces prompt the loudest “OH MY GOODNESS, I MUST HAVE IT!” never gets old.

By 4pm, 80% of my pieces had sold.
EIGHTY PERCENT!

You’d think I’d be levitating above my trestle tables, right?
I was BUZZING. But, in true Lexi fashion, my brain decided to conduct a performance review of the remaining 20%.

“Why didn’t you sell, my babies?
Is it me?
Is it you?
Do we need a meeting?” 😂

Enter my godmother, reminding me to U-TURN before I crashed into an irrational encounter with imposter syndrome.

A quick reality check later, I remembered EIGHTY PERCENT OF MY WORK HAD JUST SOLD IN ONE DAY.
Sometimes you need someone to point out
the bloody obvious. 🤣

We packed up exhausted but happy.
My feet were on fire, I hadn’t sat down once,
I was running on fumes. My godmother stayed by my side all day & deserves a medal. Or a lifetime supply of pottery. ❤️

Thankfully, I have wonderful stockists upcountry:
The Brooklyn Flower Shop in Pretoria and Ola Mati in Johannesburg for smaller/medium pieces, & The Viewing Room Gallery for my larger sculptural work. My remaining babies have another chance to find their forever homes.

6 years away from Pretoria, and THIS was the welcome
I received. Familiar faces, longtime collectors, new customers, hugs, conversations & love for my work.
I went home with tired feet, fewer pieces & a VERY full heart.

What a day, Pretoria. What a DAY. 🧿💙

(Now there’s still Sunday 😂To be continued…)

Where do I start? Do I start with how incredible the popup was, or how I’m feeling right now? Either way, the two are ve...
12/10/2026

Where do I start? Do I start with how incredible
the popup was, or how I’m feeling right now?
Either way, the two are very much intertwined.

Unless you’ve ever packed 140+ irregularly shaped ceramic pieces that absolutely refuse to stack neatly into one another, boxed them up & sent them across the country (or the world), you have NO IDEA what’s involved.

My pre-packing planning starts weeks in advance,
scouting for boxes like it’s an Olympic sport.
Then there’s Kevin from The Courier Guy, who has safely delivered 4 of my big shipments upcountry. When I hear, “Don’t worry, Lexi, I’ve got eyes on your boxes,”
I somehow breathe a little easier.

I also attach little love notes to the box handles saying, “FRAGILE. These are my babies!” alongside enough fragile stickers to probably cover an entire warehouse.
But you know… OCD, control issues & a healthy
dose of ceramic-induced anxiety.

Everything arrived safe & sound bar ONE casualty.
ONE smashed to smithereens!

When you’re sending nearly 200 pieces & only one meets its untimely demise, I consider those odds pretty bloody good.
So I thanked the packing gods and declared,
“I’m done now. I’ve paid the toll!”

Then came setup. Sjoe!

Pretoria was 33°C IN THE SHADE. I’m convinced
I reignited my Greece tan while standing indoors.

5 hours later, with my godmother officially recruited as an XoXoPottery groupie, we were DONE. I should mention we’d been so excited to see each other the night before that we chatted until 1am. So between the heat, very little sleep & possibly a slight Sauvignon Blanc hangover, things got interesting.

I’d thought 3 trestle tables would be plenty. HA delusional Lexi!
Reality rudely introduced itself & suddenly I needed 4… possibly 5.

I’d poured absolutely EVERYTHING into this body of work over the previous months. Seeing it all displayed, with the cohesive story I’d been carrying around in my head finally becoming visible to other people, was incredibly fulfilling.

I walked out on Friday afternoon feeling genuinely
proud of myself & XoXoPottery.
Saturday morning arrived, I loudly declared:
“IT’S SHOWTIME, BABY! LET’S GO!!!”🧿

To be continued in tomorrow’s post..

Don’t miss this….
08/10/2026

Don’t miss this….

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