A 'Hands On' celebration

Michelle Thara tackled a new project recently, and it didn’t suck.

“I was really proud of myself. I was not born with a green thumb at all,” she said.

Thara owns Hands on Pottery in downtown Gillette and on Sunday, about 30 customers gathered there to paint and plant wooden boxes with succulents she grew under lights in the bathroom of her shop.

The annual event “Moms, Muffins and Mimosas” is a popular Mother’s Day event at the store, and this year Thara would celebrate 10 years in business on its heels.

“We started with just five tables,” she said of her business Thursday.

Aside from more tables, Thara has also added a number of “hands on” crafting possibilities at her business such as fused glass, canvas painting and stoneware. In a few weeks, a clay station also will open where customers can build and throw clay on pottery wheels.

Michelle Thara tackled a new project recently, and it didn’t suck.

“I was really proud of myself. I was not born with a green thumb at all,” she said.

Thara owns Hands on Pottery in downtown Gillette and on Sunday, about 30 customers gathered there to paint and plant wooden boxes with succulents she grew under lights in the bathroom of her shop.

The annual event “Moms, Muffins and Mimosas” is a popular Mother’s Day event at the store, and this year Thara would celebrate 10 years in business on its heels.

“We started with just five tables,” she said of her business Thursday.

Aside from more tables, Thara has also added a number of “hands on” crafting possibilities at her business such as fused glass, canvas painting and stoneware. In a few weeks, a clay station also will open where customers can build and throw clay on pottery wheels.