I found a potter who makes the most amazing Art Nouveau style vases. Her vases are expensive but so beautiful that my husband and I have decided to buy one. The only problem is that her work is in such demand that every vase she posts for sale is immediately snatched up. She never posts more than one per evening, and she’s not consistent about the timing. So it’s very hard to get one.
But we’ve come close! Last night, when I opened up her webpage, there was a new vase that appeared to be available. I thought I’d finally gotten my chance. But someone must have been in the process of buying it, because I couldn’t put it in my cart. I kept trying, just in case, but a few minutes later: SOLD.
And then tonight, my hubby got even closer. He had the vase in his cart! But then the page unexpectedly refreshed and that lost him the vase.
That’s OK, though. Both of the vases were small, not quite what we’re looking for. What we really want is one of the bigger ones that will be up for sale over the next few days. There’s one with butterflies and cattails that would be perfect for our bedroom, but all of the vases in the current batch are lovely. Any one would do.
So we’re going to keep trying, and if we don’t get one of these, we’ll wait for the next batch. And so forth, and so on, until we finally get one. Or until the pandemic ends and we can go to one of her shows to buy a vase from her in person. Or maybe both, because that would give us something to look forward to in the immediate future and something to look forward to in the more distant future.