Enrichment will be held on Tuesdays starting October 5th in Carytown and Thursdays staring October 7th in Midlothian.  The cost is $75 per child for all six classes.  If you can’t join us for all 6 weeks, individual classes are just $15 per class.  Sign up today!

No Studio Fee on September 13th at both locations!

Set Special!  Paint 4 of the same item and get 20% off on September 15th!

Paint Date!  Receive 20% off studio fees from 5-close on September 17th!

Bring in your August Receipt to receive $5 off your purchase in September!

Mom and Me Specials

• Mom’s paint FREE on September 20th with the purchase of a child studio fee.
• On September 27th buy one studio get one FREE!

For this entry in our ideas and techniques blog, we will take a little inspiration from our own studios!  We use cups and saucers on every table in the studio to hold water and sponges for our painters.  Our staff artists have come up with some cute ideas to decorate these magnificent mugs! 

This mug is decorated as a baseball with the saucer decorated as a catcher’s mit. Other possibilities… for the basketball fan, a basketball mug with a net saucer?

For this mug, we used a stamp of a city skyline and painted in the building colors and the sky. A highway circles around the saucer’s edge.

Water lily saucer with a bloom on the mug.

A beautiful beach-themed mug and saucer combo.

For the music aficionado, a music staff with piano keys drawn in paint pen around the saucer.

An apple a day keeps the worm on the saucer happy…

Earn Double Frequent Painter Points when you paint any Monday in August!

Set Special!

Paint 4 of the same item and get 20% off on August 18th!

No Studio Fee DAY

August 12th, ALL DAY, at both locations, we will waive the studio fee!

Save Your Receipt

Save your August receipt and bring it in for $5 off your purchase in September or October!!!

Sometimes, the shape of the bisque piece itself can serve as inspiration. Here are a few examples of pieces that our customers did, inspired by the shape of the ceramic piece.

A customer took our “baby plate” and turned it into a Cookie Monster plate! The divisions on the plate inspired a section for the eyes and the mouth, with cookies around the edge.

A heart-shaped plate is turned into a chocolate covered strawberry!

A customer took our “golf mug”… a mug with a round arch in the bottom to fit a golf ball… and turned it into an elephant mug! The handle serves as the trunk!

A circular shape can inspire many different creations! Above we have examples of an 8-ball and a beach ball. Turn your dinner plate into a basketball, or the inside of an orange!

Our star-shaped plate was turned into a starfish!

Of course, you could also use stencils, stamps, trace graphics from the computer – many techniques for any bisque piece – that we will show you on this blog.

There are endless possibilities… and that makes pottery painting so much fun!

This flower picture frame is a great example! Notice the random splattering of colors on the flower? That’s our “Firecracker” specialty glaze! In several of our specialty glazes there are little rocks that explode into little bursts of color once they go into the kiln! You never know exactly what you’re going to get, but it always comes out beautiful!

For this piece we coated a picture frame three times in our “Earth” brown. (It’s really important to make sure the entire frame is covered in three layers at this point, because when you plan on using a specialty glaze as an accent, we can’t dip it in the clear glaze like we normally would to make sure all the parts are covered).

We then laid down thick twine and painted it down with more “Earth” paint (to secure it) to create the stem shape. Once that dried, we used a fan brush to paint on splotches of “Lima Bean,” “Vanilla,” and “Tiger” all around the frame, except in the area of the flower. For the Flower, we painted a layer or two of the specialty glaze called “Firecracker.” Tip: The more layers you paint with a rock crystal specialty glaze, the more little explosions of color you will get on the final product. Then we used an Earth paint pen to create the details of the petals for the flower.

After everything has dried, you can pull up your twine to reveal the Earth paint underneath! Leave your masterpiece with us and we’ll have it back to you within a week, including the glass and backing for the picture frame, so all you have to do is add a picture!

You can see this item on display in our Carytown All Fired Up location. If you want to recreate this project, come in anytime we are open and we would be more than happy to help!

Our friendly staff will walk you through the process of making handprint and footprint coasters!  We will help paint those little fingers and toes to capture this precious time.  All the paint is washable and non-toxic.  The process is quick and easy.  This coaster set of four will make a great gift for grandma or mom for Mother’s Day.  Pieces created during our Mommy & Me time will be ready for Mother’s Day pick-up!  Dads are welcome too!!! 

The coaster set is $20 and includes paints and firing!

Make a Lasting Impression!

Capturing those precious baby fingers and toes can be a challenge! Factor in a squirming baby, art materials, and time and that new bundle of joy will be grown before you freeze that moment in time. Make the process fun and easy by visiting All Fired Up! We are proud to offer wet clay impressions for children at any age from newborn to graduation! Come in anytime during studio hours and our friendly staff will walk you through the process.

Your masterpiece starts with a wet slab of clay. Start with a flat plaque or have your piece formed to a plate. Once your shape is decided staff will help make a lasting impression of your child’s hand or footprint. Leave the piece for firing and in one week you can come back to decorate with paint. We offer a wide range of glaze colors to match any décor.

Details like name, age, and date can easily be added to the piece. If you feel like you don’t have time to decorate you can pay a small artist fee for All Fired Up to complete the piece for you! The entire process is just $35 plus tax.

In addition to wet clay impressions in the shape of a hanging plaque or plate, you can create adorable one-of-a-kind ornaments with your child’s hand and footprints. Ornaments are just $5 a piece. All Fired Up will be offering two clay ornament workshops in the month of December; December 2nd from 4-5pm or December 10th from 10:30-11:30. These make great gifts!