The holidays brought out your creative side with decorations and baking and such. Keep that energy flowing. Today, visit a 'paint your own' ceramics shop. Choose one of the dozens of pre-poured figurines, platters, mugs, or other shapes and paint your own designs and colors. The shops fire the pieces for you. The stores have a lot of leftover seasonal forms, so you can get a head start on Christmas 2010!

Here are the three stores I've found on Delmarva. If you know of others, please contact me.

Chincoteague: Cleopatra's Paint Your Own Pottery, 3608 Main St. 757-336-6051

Easton: Clay Baker's 1 S. Washington St. 410-770-9091

Salisbury: Chesapeake East, 501 W. Main St. 410-546-1534