Open on Mondays

Yes, there are a few Mondays that we will be open through out the year and TODAY IS ONE OF THEM.

Nothing better than getting out of the house and burning some of that Easter candy off by painting pottery.

Join us today, Monday the 25th, from 10am-7pm. For a list of all the Mondays we will be open, check out our website at www.doingdishes.com.

Where have we been?

It was recently called to my attention that I have been a complete slacker in updating this blog. I apologize and promise to make more of an effort to tell you all about the great things that are happening at the studios. For starters, we just finished the public school spring break week and it was great to see so many familiar faces, as well as new faces. Thanks for spending your break with us.

As we head into April, we have some fun events planned. Our monthly Wine and Design is April 20th and is sure to be a sell out. Check out our website for pictures (since I can't seem to find it on my camera at the moment). We also have our summer camp brochure printed and we are ready to start signing up the kiddos. We are doing this year a little different, Monday - Friday 10am-1pm. You can come for the day or come for 2 or even the week. All classes are $40 and campers will need to bring a bag lunch. This fused glass cupcake plate is just an example of some of the fun pieces we are going to create this summer!

Mother's Day will be here before we know it. Take advantage of our new "Hands, Fingers, Feet and Toes" custom work. You bring us the child, we get the print for you and then custom paint the piece. Cost is only $15 plus the price of the pottery. It's a great deal for dad's who are less than creative.

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"Been a long time"

As a child, music was a major part of my life. My Dad was a huge fan of any music and could hold a conversation with anyone about any style of music. He knew all the newest artists but always kept up with his old favorites. I remember as a teenager I went through a Led Zeppelin phase and we would turn up the radio and sing as loud as we wanted. He also played a game with us called "who sings this?" yet he always seemed to know the answer. I mention my Dad and our love of music because 6 years ago today, he was taken from us. When I sat down to finally update this blog, I heard Led Zeppelin singing in my ear "been a long time" because it truly has been a long time. It's been a long time since I updated this blog, but sadly, even longer since I heard my Dad sing. Maybe this week, now that the weather isn't SO hot, you'll roll down your windows and sing out loud. It's a great feeling and I know it will make you smile.

We have a lot of fun things happening at the studios this fall. We are finally moved-in and almost settled at our new Avondale location. San Jose has been busy with people doing glass and we have our first glass Wine and Design class this Wednesday night. We have a pumpkin candy dish class coming up in October. October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month. We will be donating a percentage of the sales of our Cancer Ribbons to the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.

If you haven't been in before, what are you waiting for? Fall is on it's way and that means the holidays are not far behind. We hope to see you soon.

Man, it is HOT outside

....but it is nice at cool at Doing Dishes. It sure is fun painting indoors when it is SOOO hot outside. Come paint with us, or try fused glass. We just got a huge shipment of new glass and we can't wait to see what you'll make with it. We also have a new paint station and more changes coming to the look of the studio in the near future. Check it out.

We have a lot of fun events coming up:

Cosmic Painting Night

July 16th, 6pn

Join us for our first cosmic painting night

We'll teach you some groovy paitning techniques on the piece of your choice.

Psychedelic lights and funky music will enhance the mood.

Cost of the event is the price of your piece, plus a $8 studio fee.

Drop-offs are allowed for children over 10 years old

Reservations are suggested.

Fancy Nancy Tea Party

Join us for a tea-lightful evening. Pull out your hats and boas and

come dressed to the nines for a glamorous time with Fancy Nancy and

the Doing Dishes Staff. We will have refreshments (that's fancy for dinner)

and lots of fun! Cost is $55 per twosome and includes 1 teacup and saucer,

1 teapot and a light dinner. Reservations are required along with a $15 deposit.

Sidewalk Sale!!

If you haven't heard, we are having a sidewalk sale on Saturday, May 1st. I have cleaned out the shelves, cleaned out the kiln room, cleaned of "my table" and weeded through some samples that we don't use/want. We are ready to rid ourselves of some extra pottery to make way for new stuff and BIG changes.

Let me take a second to explain "my table" or as my staff call it "Katie's table." It is a table full of stuff that I am going to paint. I may have put on a background color, or thought it would be a good gift, or thought Reagan would want to paint it. Or, I could have just put something on this table for a minute and then we lost it and now it's five months later. My table has a way of doing that. SO, it is now more of less cleared of the clutter. I'm not saying it's empty, because that would be too crazy. But it is full of things that I really will paint (insert cough) in the near future.

What are these BIG changes I speak of? Well, you'll just have to keep checking back on here or on our facebook or twitter pages. When the news is fit to print, you'll be the first to hear about it.

Thanks for being our customers for these 6 years. I love my job and I love my stores and I couldn't do that without all of you. So, thank you!

All you need is LOVE

Wednesday is Dish, Dine, Paint & Wine night. Join us for a fun evening and paint this groovy plate. We only have a few spots left at each studio, so please call to reserve your space. Check out our website www.doingdishes.com for more information. Hope to see you Wednesday.

Easter Hours

We will be closing early on Saturday the 3rd and we will be closed all day on Easter Sunday.

We will re-open on Tuesday at 10am.

Ladies, call your girlfriends

It's time for our monthly Dish, Dine, Paint and Wine night. We will be painting this awesome Jacksonville Skyline platter for only $30! If you don't think you can do it, please come and let us show you just how easy it really is. We will walk you through it, step-by-step.

Bring your friends, food and a beverage and join us for a fun night of painting.

This Wednesday, March 24th, 7pm-9pm

Breakfast with Bun-Bun

It is that time of year again. Please join us for our 2nd annual Breakfast with Bun-Bun. At this moment, we have 5 spots left. Call today to sign up your little one.

March 27th, 10-11am

$18 includes the large egg, studio fee, breakfast and a picture with Bun-Bun.

Sign up for our emails

Since I can't add this to our website, I am putting a link on this blog where you can sign up to receive our awesome (but not too often) emails.

We are also now on twitter (doingdishesjax)

It's Up, It's Up!

The new site is up!

Check it out www.doingdishes.com

While we wait

We have an awesome new webiste coming, but while we wait for it to go live, here is a sneak peek. It gives you all the information that you need to find out what we do, who we are and how much fun we have over at Doing Dishes Pottery Studios.

http://www.wix.com/doingdishes/Doing-Dishes-Pottery-Studios?gu%5Fid=d1e7c4ad%2D8765%2D4309%2D8ad7%2D0ece96c96d3f&wixComputerID=Bgoz5YWjPqOG70FBd3YkIxmNuY%2B6GOh0Qc6vbm8LW48gf9FTAKRnMRrvXXJqYZQYPEbhroH9vHhsbJXmt%2FiyCw%3D%3D&experiment%5Fid=empty&partner%5Fid=WMGs4POB1ko%2Da&orgDocID=JRSVP84Vmc0%2Da&wsess=vSG5xseDQw%252BLK%252B6UcGYqrae6VyihG%252FfgDzleSTc8v1TIGT1kJ7sQa6h9Ulo4smVMh%252Fy1zlQ1JcNVKeb5a7pfnQ%253D%253D

Dish, Dine, Paint & Wine Night

We have a fun Dish, Dine, Paint and Wine night coming up. For those of you Jacksonville natives, you will love our next class. Join us March 24th, 7pm-9pm for our Jacksonville Skyline Platter class.

Class is $30 and reservations are required, so call today.

New Hours

We have decided that the Edgewood studio needs a new set of hours. I was reluctant to change because it was so easy to keep the same for both studios, but it must be done. The new hours for the Edgewood studio only are:

Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Friday 11am-6pm

Saturday: 10am-6pm

Sunday: 1pm-6pm

We will be happy to stay open late for any large party or group (minimum number of people required). Please make reservations and let us know at least a week before your event.

Disney is here!!

We are so lucky to have Disney ceramic pieces in the studios. Stop by and check out our new shipment. I can't wait to start some samples.

Holiday Hours

We will be closing at 2pm on Christmas Eve and we will re-open at 10 am Saturday at the San Jose studio and at 12pm Saturday at the Edgewood studio.

Thank you for spending your time with us this year and we can't wait to show you what we have planned for 2010.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Katie and the Doing Dishes staff

Gift Certificates

Still need to get that special someone something special? Painting pottery is relaxing, fun and you create a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork. Buy your special someone a gift certificate to Doing Dishes Pottery studio. This New Year, come and create with us.

Gift Certificate Special:
Buy a $25 Gift Certificate (or more) and you will receive a $5 certificate for yourself. Just our way of saying Happy Holidays.

Breakfast with Santa

Want to make this plate and meet Santa Claus?

Join us for our 2nd Annual Breakfast with Santa. We are so blessed to have the big guy joining us for a second year. Santa will arrive at 10am and we will have breakfast. Then, he and your child will paint a handprint plate. Don't worry, there will be time to tell Santa what you want for Christmas, so bring your list. Reservations are required as we only have a limited number of spots and a limited amount of time with Santa.

These are some of the plates that we made last year. We had so much fun, please join us this year. You are not going to want to miss this.

Dates: December 12th, 10am at the Edgewood location

December 19th, 10am at the San Jose location

Cost: $35 per platter (includes platter, studio fee and breakfast)

New Moon Night

Don't you love these books!!???! Well, if you didn't know, the New Moon movies comes out on November 20th and we are throwing a party. Join us that night, from 6-8pm, and paint New Moon related items. We will have trucks (think Bella's), apples, motorcycles, wolves, moon boxes and lots of samples. Along with pottery, we will have New Moon trivia and snacks. At the end of the night we will raffle off our samples and then I am heading to see the movie. Join us and it's sure to be a good time.