Category: Things to Do

Activities for couples, families, friends or just for quiet time at our Lakeland studios.

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Valentine’s Day 2018

A creative night out, with no art experience needed! This is one of our favorite holidays, because we love hosting memories! This is our 15th year! Paint pottery, make mosaics, make a chunky candle, or just visit our jewelry bar and Tea Largo.

Sign and date your pieces, and always remember Valentine’s Day, 2018. All welcome. No reservations, walk-ins only. Our 2nd floor party loft seats 30, and it will be available as well for overflow.

PicassoZ will be open at 10am -9:30pm on Wednesday, Feb 14th. We heart our customers! Allow a week for pottery to be kiln-fired, but chunky candles and mosaics goes home with you same day.

Tea Largo is open 7am-9:30pm Feb 14th! Tea Largo is our cafe inside our building, and they have a seasonal menu of tea lattes, boba teas, cold brew drinks that are memorable as well! The HOT pink dragonfruit bowl with strawberries, coconut and a pink spoon is surely Instagram-worthy on this holiday.

Looking to PAINT something FOR your Valentine? Our pottery painting deadline is Friday, Feb 9th, 9:30pm!

Kristin Miller

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Mosaic Something Winter Break

OPEN NEW YEARS DAY 10am-9pm!

Mosaic some art this week!   Maybe not necessarily this large kitchen table like Manager Shelly did, but mosaic something this Break!   Its fun, it can be fast, and it goes home with you!   Making mosaics is also beginner-friendly!   This means that it’s easy to learn the basics for a great mosaic in about 5 minutes, and all mosaics look fantastic once they are grouted!

  1.    Select your surface in our studio.   They start at $21, and all surfaces include a take home grout kit.   Keep in mind we do have a grouting service available if you can leave your surface with us for a week or so.
  2.    Select your “tesserae”.  That is the fancy word for pieces.   Grab what you need from our assortment of glass, ceramic pieces,  wood pieces, in various shapes, colors, textures, etc.
  3.    Arrange on your surface.
  4.   Start gluing them down.
  5.   Wait 24 hours to grout.  

Yep, that’s it.  No firing, no cutting, no wondering how its going to turn out…   What you see is what you get.   This is a great activity for kids 8 and up.

 

Mosaic holiday display

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Thanksgiving Week Hours

We are so excited for our 16th holiday season of pottery painting in Lakeland!   That’s alot of handprints & ornaments!

We will be busy in all 4 of our creative suites this Thanksgiving week!     Visit our one-of-a-kind spaces at PicassoZ Art Cafe, The Trinket Bar & Tea Largo Beverage Co.    Remember, our gift cards are valid at all of them!

Sunday    11am-7pm

Monday-Wednesday  10am-9pm

Thursday Closed – Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday & Saturday 10am-9:30pm

Sunday   11-7pm

Allow a week for pottery painting firing!     Mosaics and chunky candles are all “make & take”.

**FYI 12/19 is pottery painting deadline for Christmas!

Our neighbor, Tea Largo, is open these same hours but they OPEN at 7am Mondays-Saturdays.

 

 

 

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Mosaic classes and more…

Our Breakables mosaic studio is a walk-in, make and take studio where guests can select their own shape and various items to work into their mosaic project!    It’s extremely beginner friendly and we recommend ages 8 and up.

But… we also offer CLASSES!

Our classes and mosaic workshops are full of fun pieced together with instruction and guidance.

Register today!  Just call the studio at 863-688-6545 to prepay and reserve your space.

 

 

Walk in:

Mon – Thurs 10am – 9pm

Friday – Sat 10am-9:30

Sunday 11am-7pm

All projects come with grout kit and you can select the color!

 

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Paint your own Skull…

Restocking this week!   The incredibly popular sugar skull collection is back at PicassoZ for Labor Day weekend!

Painting hours this weekend:

Friday & Sat 10am-9:30pm

Sunday 11am-7pm

Open Labor Day 10am-9pm

 

 

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We’re open 4th of July!

It’s a creative way to cool off!   Visit our walk-in DIY art studios at 4632 Cleveland Heights, and make some memories with family and friends.   Paint your own pottery, mosaics, and chunky candle making are beginner-friendly!

Open 10am-9pm, and we just ask that groups of 8 or more give us a call ahead if they want to walk in.   Pottery goes home in about a week, after its kiln-fired, and mosaics and candles go home same day!

 

 

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Summer’s here!

We’re ready for summer!    Come on it to our 4200 square foot building of silliness and have some creative down time!      Enjoy a hand-crafted beverage from Tea Largo while you paint pottery, make a candle, or mosaic!   See what’s new, meet and friend, and make a memory.

4632 Cleveland Heights Blvd, Lakeland, FL

walk-ins welcome

10am-9pm Mon-Thurs

10am-9:30pm Friday & Saturday

11am-7pm Sunday

Open Memorial Day 10-9pm

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Creative idea for Mother’s Day

Get creative with Mom’s gift this year! Spend time together making memories, create your own piece of functional pottery, mosaic, or chunky candle, AND PicassoZ ALSO has a little gift for Mom ourselves!

Bring her in to paint, mosaic or make a candle May 13 & 14, and we’ll give her a complimentary beverage coupon to Tea Largo AND a FREE charm of her choice from our Trinket Bar jewelry mixology studio.

You know what her favorite part will be? Spending time with YOU! We host families like yours each year and we consider it an honor! No art experience needed!

**Pottery takes about a week for firing, mosaics & chunky candles go home same day. No reservations, walk-in only. Seating available all throughout our PicassoZ studio, Tea Largo, & Breakables mosaic studio. Our upstairs party loft is available for open seating on Sunday only. Remember, our PicassoZ & Tea Largo gift cards are good all throughout our studios.

There’s still time to paint a gift for Mom, as our deadline for firing pottery is Tuesday, May 9th.

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Earth Day Event

Join us on Earth Day from 9am -2pm for our succulents party! Pick your mug, pick your succulent friend, plant it with its special layers and soil, and garnish with moss or gravely fun.
Terra cotta pots also available to decorate! Plan ahead and paint a mug from PicassoZ for your new plant friends!  Walk-in only!  We have plenty of succulent friends, so reservations not needed.   This is for all ages, of course.

Succulent Friends run $4-$8 plus the mug or pot you select.

See you on Earth Day!

Here is a printable flyer, too.

Plant a Succulent on Earth Day

 

 

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What’s on your heart?

This sweet couple, Tim & Mariana, painted this “heart with wings” plaque to display at their upcoming wedding.     So, what’s on YOUR heart?   Bring in family and friends or paint with a sweetie this month…or paint FOR a sweetie this month.     Our ceramic keepsakes are memories you can sign, date, incorporate a personal design, or just cover with specialty glazes which don’t need design work to them.

Pottery painting is completely beginner-friendly and kid-safe.

Our glazes are non-toxic and lead-free.  Handprints, anyone?

On Valentine’s Day, we hold an annual event that is always quite popular.   It seems people want to make memories and are looking for an interactive, creative way to do that…  therefore: PIcassoZ.   Mosaics are popular that day also, since they go home with you.   So plan to join us on Tuesday, 2/14, as all the tables in our building…upstairs in the Party Loft too, will be available for painters, making chunky candles, clay jewelry & mosaic’ing.    We dont accept reservations, its walk-in only.

 

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Open regular hours New Years weekend

Come paint pottery, make mosaics or chunky candles this weekend and make some memories as this holiday break winds to a close.    Sign & date your pieces, and remember your time with family and friends!

Saturday, December 31st   10am-9:30pm

Sunday, January 1st . 11am-7pm

Monday, January 2nd   10am-9pm

And, 25% off our winter bisque for just 3 more days.

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25% off winter pottery this week

Paint your own memory at PicassoZ this week!   25% off our holiday pottery, including ornaments this week only!   Hurry, before they melt away!   We even have OLAF.

We are open regular hours!   Pottery painting, mosaics, chunky candles, fused glass pendants, too.

Looking for something to take home with you?  Chunky candles and mosaics go home today, and our gift cards are adorable and valid in our whole building!

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Mosaics & chunky candles can be made til 12/24

So, we’re past our pottery painting deadline, but mosaics and chunky candles go home with you!    There is still time to make a hand-made gift!   You can sign and date the back of mosaic surfaces with a sharpie, and chunky candles are wrapped in cellophane for you!

Open regular hours til Christmas Eve, when we are open 9a,-5:30pm.

 

 

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3 more days to paint pottery for Christmas gifts

Our Christmas deadline for firing pottery has now been extended to Tuesday, 12/21, because we are firing our kilns daily and can accept another day’s pieces with confidence!    We do ask that you let us know if you DO NOT need your items for Christmas, because we want to fire the Christmas pieces first.  FunKy ChuNkY Candles

If you want to make & take your gifts home with you same day, try MOSAICS, CHUNKY CANDLES, or JEWELRY CLAY!

We also sell adorable gift cards that are good in our whole building of whimsy, including Tea Largo Beverage Co.

We are open 10am-9pm.

 

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Instagram Contest #PZXMAS

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It’s not too late to paint an ornament & participate in our contest!

 

We know for a FACT you all have painted thousands of ornaments with us over the last 14 years.   We are excited to announce we have a Painted Ornament Contest because we want to see them on your trees!   ***Actually, this is our 15th Christmas!   If you can paint an ornament soon, you can participate too!

Take a photo of any ornament that you have painted at Picassoz (whether it’s this year, or in holidays past…even our first year, 2002!)

Post it on Instagram with #PZXMAS. (Contest runs through 12/20/16)

One lucky random entry will get a $50 PZ gift card in their stocking this year!

(*We are only using the Instagram for this particular contest.  FB has alot of rules for contests, but we will do one for FB next time).

Click Holiday Flyer for contest info flyer & holiday deadlines.Ornament Holiday Flyer

 

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Still time to book a holiday adult party!

Bring the office or team to PicassoZ for a holiday party and make some memories! You get 2 hours in our fun and funky 2nd floor private party loft! Our 1000 square foot 2nd floor studio is has the perfect atmosphere for relaxing with co-workPicassoZ Party Lofters, friends or family. Its only available by reservation. This prices is for pottery painting for up to 8 adults. An assortment of mugs is offered to guests (up to $24 in value)!

$160, for 8 people. $20 per each additional guest. Food and beverage welcome, but don’t forget our popular cafe, Tea Largo, downstairs!

Our Party Loft seats 8 – 30 guests!

SEE AVAILABLE DATES

Allow a week for firing the mugs.

 

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Only 3 Weekends Left…

Only 3 weekends left to paint some gifts for Christmas!   Our pottery deadline is Dec 19th!   PicassoZ has received in beautiful new bisque shapes, from ornaments to gingerbread platters, as well as some favorite shapes we’ve had in the past.

THIS IS OUR 15th CHRISTMAS SEASON!   Yep, we’ve been firing handprints, footprints, martini glasses, teapots, cookie jars, jets…and thousands more for 15 years.    We heart Lakeland, that is for sure.

Won’t you bring the family in or meet some friends at PicassoZ this month and make some memories together.   Enjoy our Tea Largo Beverage Co. contemporary tea & espresso cafe right in the middle of our 4300 sq foot building.

Our pottery takes about a week for firing, but rushes are available by request when you are seated.   If you need to make & take something with you, try mosaics, a chunky candle, or our new jewelry clay program.

See our website right sidebar for studio hours.

Closed Christmas Day

Open Christmas Eve 9am-5:30pm

Open New Years Eve & New Years Day

 

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Paint Your Own Gifts!

20% off all paintable bisque tonight! Paint some gifts this year! No art experience needed. Valid after 5pm, we close at 9pm. If you dont finish, you can always take your item home and bring back anytime to finish at no charge.

Tea Largo is also open this evening til 9pm, so how about an Eggnog Latte, Hot Cocoa or Chocolate Ginger Bourbon Tea Latte to enjoy while you paint ornaments, cookie jars, snowman mugs, handprint platters…

*Pottery painting deadline for Christmas is 12/19.

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NEW!

This is a fun new make & take program for kids 6 & up. CHOP CHOP CHOP your choice of colors from kid-safe jewelry clay using our special chopper and learn how to blend and twist them together to make your own jewelry stones that go home with you! Stamp an initial and add a crystal, too!

Make 3 chunky “charm pops” out of 3 different color palettes or designs! We cure them in our infrared oven, so they turn to stone (almost).

Allow 30 minutes for curing, then they are ready to go!   All the charm pop jewelry & accessories we carry include creation of 3 charm pops, (18mm, which are compatible with chunk snap jewelry)!   Make 3 different designs and have 3 different styles of jewelry!

Event is held our The Trinket Bar, which has our gift shop, jewelry studio & mosaic studio.  Bring friends, its very casual!

Saturday, Nov 26th, 1-5pm walk-ins welcome!    Cassie will help you!

https://www.createconnectjewelrystudio.com/ to learn more about this program!

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Holiday Handprint Plates Thanksgiving Week

Our beloved Melanie Carroll will be assisting parents & kids with fun holiday designs Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday during Thanksgiving Break, 9:30am-10:30am only.   We are offering a special reduced rate of $21 for this $25 value dinner plate that has a hole in the back for hanging!    This is a walk-in event, but if you are bringing more than 4 children, we would recommend you call us and tell us their ages.   Pop in any time between 9:30am-10:30am, but the reduced rate ends at 10:30.

Monday – 11/21 Handprint Tree Plate  $21

Tuesday- 11/22 Cookies for Santa Handprint Plate  $21

Wednesday 11/23 Reindeer Handprint Plate $21

 

Back by popular demand:

Thursday – 11/17 Thanksgiving Turkey Handprint Plate $21   3-5pm walk-in

FOR INFANTS:    That grasping reflex is a challenge!!!  PLEASE trust our experience!   We recommend they be sleeping or simply use the  “MistleToes” design.   You’ll have handprints for years to come…on glass doors, fridges, etc LOL, but baby feet are oh, so precious!    We just want the best artwork for you and experience for your baby.   Trust us with the footprint!

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Kids Handprint Turkey Plates $21

Walk-ins welcome!  2pm-5pm, November 17th.  $21, for an adorable printed hand turkey bird with Miss Melanie’s help! (All children love her!) **Plates are normally $25, gobble up this special rate which is only for little hands!

Check out more handprint holiday designs with Melanie during Thanksgiving week… see our flyer or FB Events for details. November art newsletter

Allow a week for firing, but all Thanksgiving pottery is given priority.

PicassoZ Art Cafe also has art to make & take, like mosaics, chunky candles, and jewelry clay pendants!

 

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SALE, 10/25

It’s our Happy Birthday, Picasso SALE! Hey, we’re not saying he was a necessarily a great guy, but certainly a brilliant artist. We are celebrating by giving 14% off in both our art studios, PicassoZ Art Cafe and The Trinket Bar (which has PicassoZ mosaic studio in it!). Why 14%? Because our Do-it-yourself art studio opened in Lakeland 14 years ago. Our pottery to paint, mosaics, chunky candles and even our Natural Life gift items are all 14% off Tuesday, Pablo’s birthday!

Tuesday, Oct 25th. 10am-9pm

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Book Our Party Loft Today

**Our packages have been completely revamped!   We reduced the prices and length of our kids parties, and simplified our adult parties to choose your own mug painting!     As always, if you have a special need, you can always call the studio and ask for Melanie or Cassie for help.  Send them an email for FB message as well!
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It’s National PYOP Day!

National Paint Your Own Pottery Day, you say? Now that is a holiday that we can get behind!  Come in and paint $15 or more on this incredibly important day and we will give you a FREE add-on of your choice (up to $6 value)! Add it to your piece, paint it separately, or take it home with you and paint it at another time. Just a little thank you for spending this important day with us!

October 15th

Open today til 9:30pm

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Do you want to paint a snowman?

Olaf is HERE, and ready to paint!!   We ordered 4 cases of him, so there is plenty!

This is an official licensed piece, so the quality is fabulous.   He is $21, and our prices include painting, glazing & firing.

Here is some pinteresting quotes and pics of Olaf, for pinspiration…  https://www.pinterest.com/explore/frozen-olaf/

Your Olaf tumbler will be ready next week after we give him a warm hug in the kiln.

Do you like to bake?  How about “Elsa’s Frozen Hot Cocoa” to put in your little mug?  Here are some Frozen-themed recipes…https://www.pinterest.com/explore/frozen-olaf-recipes/

 

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FLASH SALE – 20% off pottery 2 days only

FLASH SALE! A rare opportunity to get 20% off ALL pottery for 2 DAYS ONLY! We are getting ready to move a few things around these week to get ready for the holidays, and it sure would be nice if there was less bisque on the shelves. We were hoping you would help us so come in Monday & Tuesday and PAINT!

Yes, this includes painting & firing too, since our prices are all-inclusive now. *limited to stock on hand. *allow 1 week to fire. *open 10am-9pm *food-safe, non-toxic *enjoy a seasonal beverage from our neighbor, Tea Largo…Caramel Apple Smoothie? Maple Sugar Black Tea Latte (iced, of course)? Come in and enjoy!

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Make a Fused Glass Pendant

Try your hand at designing jewelry!  Assemble your own elegant fused glass pendant at PicassoZ!    Select your base shape and color, layer it, and top it with some design glass pieces!   We’ll fire it in our teeny tiny little baby kiln, and its ready in just a few days.  Rush orders are possible, just confirm with staff before you start.   We add a sterling plate bail to the back so you can hang it on your favorite chain, and have a gift box for your piece.  We also have 36 inch hand-dyed silk ribbons available for purchase.

They look like you bought them at a high end boutique, when you in fact, had a fun afternoon out in our eclectic art studio making it yourself.   Bring some friends!   It can take as long or as short as you want it to.   We’ll call you when its fired, got its professional polish, and boxed!

This is for kids 8 & up, since the components really are pieces of glass.   (However, we have another make-your-own-jewelry program coming specifically for our Budding Picasso’s this fall!)

fused glass in kiln
Select your components for your glass pendant, and we will do the hard part. The layers will melt together into your own masterpiece!
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Make your own mosaic

New mosaic shapes have arrived!   Make a memory this Fall at PicassoZ Art Cafe’s mosaic studio!  Mosaics are very beginner-friendly and go home the same day!   Great date spot or family outing!   Mosaics are located in” The Trinket Bar” south side of our 4300 sq ft building of creative fun, and its normally a bit more relaxed.

  1.  Select your shape.
  2. Arrange your pieces (glass, ceramic, wood, plastic trinkets, etc)
  3. Glue.
  4. Take home.
  5. Wait atleast a day, then grout.  Each piece comes with a grout kit which goes home with you.

We do offer grouting service if prefer.  It’s messy but its really fun!

HOURS:

Sunday 11am-7pm

Monday-Thurs 10am-9pm

Friday & Saturday 10am-9:30pm

Didn't these mosaics turn out beautifully? These are before grouting.
Didn’t these mosaics turn out beautifully?  These are before grouting.   

 

 

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Paint AND sip something pumpkin this month at Picassoz

Pumpkin season is here, but never lasts long!   Paint a pumpkin (or owl, acorn, gourd, etc), while sipping your favorite pumpkin beverage from our neighbor Tea Largo.    We also have some unique pumpkin drinks you may not have had before!    Our Frozen Pumpkin Pie is made with real pumpkin puree–and dont forget the cheesecake version!   Pumpkin Pie Rooibos iced tea with boba?   Pumpkin Caramel Rooibos or Maple Sugar Black Tea lattes…    Of course, there are other flavors of fall we love…like our Caramel Apple Smoothie!

Have you painted your Halloween Trick or Treat bowl yet?   Bring the family or text some friends to meet you at PicassoZ on Cleveland Heights!   Make an evening out of it…we’re Instagram-friendly!    Make some pumpkin-spiced memories this fall.

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National Grandparents Day Event – Sunday

On Sept 11, we are offering a complimentary beverage for Grandmas & Grandpas, Mimis, Pops, Abuelas & Abuelos who paint pottery or make mosaics with us today! Regular beverage of their choice provided by Tea Largo Beverage Co. is in the middle of our 2 studios, pottery on one side & mosaics on the other! Bring the family! **We offer the same promotion on Mother’s Day & Father’s Day…we love hosting families in our studios!
Paint your own pumpkin, plate, puppy, mug, monster candy dish, and hundreds of other shapes.   Allow a week for firing.  Mosaics go home with you same day though!
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FLASH SALE: Paint your own tiles, 2/$15. 9/6 – 9/8

Our 4 inch paintable ceramic tiles are 2 for $15, Tuesday-Thursday only! Bring a friend, paint as many as you want, but the sale is on sets of 2. They will be kiln-fired, so please allow a week. We use non-toxic, lead-free paints. Great for handprint keepsakes, coasters, and adorable on little easels, too. Ask about large quantity discounts. Open 10am-9pm Tues-Thurs.  ***2 tiles are normally $24!

Valid Sept 6th – 8th at PicassoZ Art Cafe

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Paint pottery on Labor Day 10am-9pm

Fall has arrived, and pumpkins, footballs, monsters and leaves are ready to paint at PicassoZ Art Cafe.    New matte Courtyard glazes are available in earth tones and are perfect for autumn art.   We’re open Labor Day weekend regular hours:

Friday & Saturday 10am-9:30pm

Sunday 11am-7pm

Monday 10am-9pm

Pottery takes about a week or so to fire, but if you are needing to take your art with you same day, we suggest chunky candles or mosaics!    We can ship pottery, too.

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New bisque has arrived

Tiny Toppers are little paintable addons that can stand alone, or are adorable adhered to almost any flat surface.   Shown here is a simple round bank called the “Money Ball Bank”, and its surface is designed specifically for these cute little guys.   Selection can vary.   Just arrived today!

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OPEN 10am-9pm on Monday, July 4th! AND…

We have a special promotion for the first 75 painters! FREE paintable star bowl, plate, ornament or box when you paint $20+ in pottery on July 4th only! *You can bring it back and paint it any time! Limited to the first 75 painters! Paint early for best selection of the FREE star-shaped items!

The Trinket Bar, Breakables Mosaic Studio AND Tea Largo Beverage Co. are also open on July 4th!

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Monday Art Classes with Melanie, Summer Schedule released

Our favorite instructor (for our own kids, too!) is Melanie Carroll.  She has been working out of our South Lakeland studio for over a year now, and everyone loves her…parents…kids… and me, owner Kristin.   My 12 year old daughter who didnt like art because she claimed she “wasn’t good at it”, thoroughly loves Melanie’s classes!    Melanie teaches in 1 hour blocks, First Graders up to High School.

Monday Art Classes Summer Schedule

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Soap-making classes by Sharon Johnson

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Professional Soap Maker Sharon Johnson, YouTube’s Hot Process Queen, will be teaching all the basics of Fluid Hot Process Soap Making!   She also owns her own soap making and natural skin care business called Rose of Sharon Essential Skin Care, and also creator of the SJHP/SBHP, Sharon Johnson Hot Process/Stick Blend Hot Process Method.  This 3-hour class is completely hands-on.

Once you complete the class you will be able to make 10-Minute Fluid Hot Process soap on your own using the SJHP/SBHP method. This class is perfect for those who want to learn to make soap at home as a hobby. The classes are small so you will get personalized attention while getting hands on experience. Each student will make and take home a loaf of “ready-to-use” soap (4-5 bars) made in class. Each student gets to choose the color and scent of your loaf of soap.
Introductory Course Cost: $99 includes SJHP/SBHP Hot Process Soap-making eBook Tutorial and Recipes (retail value $69), which you may download immediately, materials fee, safety gear, and loaf of soap to take home (retail value $35).
Next classes are downstairs in Breakables Studio.

 

Thursday May 26th

Saturday, June 4th 10am-1pm

Please Note: This workshop is for ages 18 and up. You will receive an email confirmation upon signup. You may also book your own private group of up to 10 students.

To register, please go to www.TheRoseofSharonStore.Com.   Space is limited!

 

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Annual Mother’s Day Event, May 8th, 10am-8pm

Get creative with Mom’s gift this year! Spend time together making memories, create your own piece of functional pottery, mosaic, or chunky candle, AND PicassoZ ALSO has a little gift for Mom ourselves! Bring her in to paint, mosaic or make a candle May  8, and we’ll give her a complimentary beverage coupon to our popular cafe Tea Largo Beverage Co., AND a FREE charm of her choice from our Trinket Bar jewelry mixology studio (beside our mosaics).

You know what her favorite part will be? Spending time with YOU! We host families like yours each year and we consider it an honor! No art experience needed! Open extended hours on May 8th, 10am-8pm.

**Pottery takes about a week for firing, mosaics & chunky candles go home same day.

No reservations, walk-in only. Seating available all throughout our PicassoZ studio, Tea Largo, & Breakables mosaic studio. Our upstairs party loft is available for open seating on Sunday only. Remember, our PicassoZ & Tea Largo gift cards are good all throughout our studios.

There’s still time to paint a gift for Mom, as our deadline for firing pottery is Tuesday, May 3rd.

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Mother’s Day painting deadline is May 3rd

Paint a keepsake for Mom through Tuesday, May 3rd and it will be completed and ready for pick up no later than Saturday, May 7th.   Handprints, footprints, special memories, names…we know Mom, and she’s just happy you thought ahead and took the time to make her something special this year.    No art experience needed, we have stamps, stencils, sponges, and crystal glazes which are easy to use and just as fun!

FIRING UPDATE:  We had a crazy spring break and our firing took longer than normal because we had to relocate our kiln room to another part of our building!    Yep!  Tea Largo, our contemporary tea & coffee bar, has grown at an insane pace this past year and needed our kiln room for expansion in a hurry!   (Got to love the timing.)   So, we have 2 ceramic kilns now, back in business and turning pottery around in about 4-7 days or so, depending on what time of the week it is!    If you need it rushed sooner, just ask.

If you’d like to bring Mom for a memorable Mother’s Day 2016, join us for pottery painting, mosaic or candle making May 7-8, with extended hours and open seating in all 4 of our spaces on Sunday!   We always have a little gift we give Moms who paint or make mosaics with us Mother’s Day weekend every year.      **Chunky candles & mosaics go home same day.

Sincerely,

Kristin

 

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New concept coming to our mosaic studio…jewelry mixology

If you’ve visited over the last month and wondered what’s going on inside our mosaic studio, we have a surprise.  Our artist-in-residence Kim is giving our mosaic studio a facelift and making room for a hot boho jewelry trend of jewelry mixology!   This will be a walk-in, mix your own collage of charms, pendants, trinkets and baubles on vintage-look chains or hand-dyed ribbons.    Breakables Mosaic Studio will still be inside what will soon be called “The Trinket Bar”…(and we will FINALLY have a sign over our 4th space in our 4300 sq ft building!)    Our pottery pick up area will be moved to this side of our building, too.  We’re excited to launch all these new changes for Mother’s Day weekend!

So, our Junk Market Jewelry became so popular over the last couple years, we decided to expand it.   It’s such a great walk-in gift idea because it can be totally personalized and assembled in minutes or take as much time as you want treasure-hunting for just the right charms for your necklace, bracelet, key chain or even book mark.    Gift boxes and tiny little bags are complimentary when you purchase a chain or ribbon.

Remember, our Tea Largo and PicassoZ gift cards all work in all of our spaces, even for our Party Loft for a group outing!

Yes, our Trinket Bar will be open the same hours as PicassoZ as of Monday, 4/18.

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Welcome to Spring Break 2016

We are so excited it’s here too!   We have plenty of beach, spring and Easter themed bisque for you to paint this week!   Tea Largo has been hoppin’, too…with a freezer full of PopCraft’s famous ice pops (Roasted Banana with Candied Pecan is my fave).

We have normal hours this week except we will be closed to celebrate Easter Sunday.

 

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Our stores have extended hours on Valentine’s Day!

This Sunday, all three of our stores will be open 10am-9pm to accommodate our sweet guests.

For info about this day, visit our Valentine’s event page on Facebook.   We also are hosting an UNvalentine’s day event that day in the mosaic studio area of our 4200 square feet building!  No art experience needed.

Remember, we moved!   We are at 4632 Cleveland Heights Blvd.

PicassoZ Art Cafe:  pottery painting, glass fusion bisque, junk market jewelry bar, Natural Life gift collection.

Breakables Mosaic Studio:  mosaics & chunky candles (both go home same day)

Tea Largo Beverage Company:   boba teas, tea lattes, coffee by Buddy Brew, loose teas, acai bowls, gourmet ice pops by PopCraft, seating available.

 

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Fingerprint Silver Jewelry Event 12/22, 3pm-7pm

There’s still time for a one-of-a-kind keepsake, handmade locally for Christmas! I will be taking FINGERPRINT impressions into silver clay and then firing the pendants into FINE 99.9 SILVER! They’ll be ready Wednesday, 12/23 since we fire them on-site.

Charms available in 3 different sizes and range from $45-$65. Names are hand-carved into the back of the charms, too. Several charms can be placed together on a necklace, which is a wonderful Mommy or Grandmother gift. You’ll need to place your order before the impression is taken, which will only take a couple minutes.

I will be offering the jewelry regularly at PicassoZ, so if you can’t come in now just think about Valentine’s! $45 is a tiny, bracelet-size charm and $55-65 are the classic size pendant. I do have some box and bead chain necklaces for purchase, too.    Walk-in 3-7pm or by appointment.  Message me on PicassoZ page if you have any questions about this unique process!

See you then, Kristin

PicassoZ gift cards are valid toward fingerprint jewelry!

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Christmas ornaments and pottery shapes ready to paint

Our studio is loaded with paintable holiday items and popular gift-giving shapes, like mugs, banks, cookie jars, platters, and even Hello Kitty boxes, to name a few!    Our neighbor, Tea Largo, is serving tea lattes, espresso-based drinks, Frozen Hot Chocolate, bubble tea, and more, for you to enjoy while you’re painting or mosaic’ing, too.   It’s the perfect family outing!   Pottery will take about 3-6 days, and mosaics go home with you!

Remember, our gift cards are valid in Tea Largo AND PicassoZ!

Our painting deadline this year is Sunday, 12/20.

Mosaics & candles can be made right up til 12/24.

We are open regular store hours except:

Christmas Eve and New Years Eve:

Tea Largo 7am-5:30     PicassoZ  9am-5:30pm

Christmas Day -closed

New Years Day – open

PicassoZ & Tea Largo 10am-9:30pm

Its not too late to book a holiday outing too!   Our private party loft can host groups 8-30!

Oh, remember, we moved a year ago!   We are at

4634 Cleveland Heights Blvd, Lakeland 33813 (at Hallam)

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Painting pottery in November is great family time!

Our studios are a wonderful destination for making memories with family and friends this holiday!    Whether you want to paint a handprint turkey tile for a hostess gift or a keepsake platter for the table, we’re your place!    Remember to bring in family and friends the week of Thanksgiving for some special family time.  We’re open til 9pm along with our neighbor Tea Largo Beverage Co., so you can sip and paint something special to enjoy the lovely fall season!    We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but will be open regular hours every other day of that week.

Our ornaments and holiday shapes are on the shelves, since we know everyone likes to paint early so you have time to add your painted pieces to your decor.    Allow about a week for fired pieces.   If you want something to go home with you, try making a chunky candle or a mosaic in our Breakables mosaic studio next door!

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Monday & Tuesday Art Classes

Registration is open for our Fall Art Projects at PicassoZ Art Cafe.  Picassoz has an amazing upstairs loft we will be using to be creative in. I can’t wait! I heart Mondays & Tuesdays! Please email me for information – Melanie Carroll mondayartclasses@aol.com

PicassoZ owner Kristin says:

“We are absolutely thrilled to host Melanie Carroll’s art classes!   My daughter (who is NOT a confident artist!) and a friend (who is!)  attended her classes at Hobby Lobby this spring and they both just loved her.  Well, now with our all our creative space here on Cleveland Heights, I was able to offer up our inspiring Art Loft to host some special art activities for kids!    I’m so glad to have her teach our kids!  Melanie is a real gem!

Her classes are an hour long and different age groups are at different times throughout Mondays & Tuesdays as great homeschool and after school activities for kids.  Here is her Facebook page to see more about her and some of her student’s work.  In the meantime, plan to drop off your kids and send your teens over to be with us!

flower powder by katie

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Mosaics & CaNdLes

Looking for something creative to do you can take home with you?   Our walk-in mosaic studio, Breakables, is adjacent to Tea Largo, with cafe style seating so you can “break away”, relax, and create.

When we moved to our Cleveland Heights studio in December, one of the most exciting things we did was expand our mosaic studio!    For almost a decade, our mosaics were in “bits and pieces” on a wall in a corner of our studio.   It was surprising how popular they were for how little space they had.  Being a self-taught mosaic artist, the mosaic side of our building is my favorite!   It’s got loads of glass, ceramic, sea shells, and even drift wood pieces to work into your project.

Our shapes are visible and nicely displayed on the walls, and we even added ceramic words, letters and specialty baubles that are available at a minimal charge that can really make your piece pop.  Mosaics go home with you, so they are a wonderful activity if you drive in to spend the day with us in our silly building of creativity.

ChuNky CaNdLes belonged in our Breakables Studio too, since many of the candle wax options we have to build your candle with are indeed breakable.   We make slabs of thin colored candle wax that breaks apart, and then looks like a beach glass.   Of course, candle chunks are still on hand, for building a pillar mold candle or a glass jar candle, with your choice of fragrance!

Breakables is open:

Wednesday-Friday 10-6pm

Saturday 10-9:30pm

Sunday 12-6pm

 

 

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Soccer Ball Event 6/26-7/2

Bring in a new soccer ball, and you can pick one of our soccer banks, soccer plaques or soccer bowls to paint! Why? No, its not World Cup fever, although that’s exciting. Our own Emily Osley is going on a mission trip with Highland Park Church (down the street) to Rwanda in July, and they are taking soccer balls to give out to the children in the community they are helping. I (Kristin) thought since Lakeland is a soccer town, some of you may like the opportunity to send a ball as well as have something for your soccer fan to paint this summer!

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Buy a new soccer ball (they are $10-15) & bring it to PicassoZ Art Cafe. We will trade ya a paintable ceramic soccer shape (worth $19.50-$22) for each new ball.

You can use a sharpie & your child sign their name on the ball, too! It’s super cool for the little kids in Africa to see, as well as for your child to feel how giving to others is totally fun! **We have several cases of soccer items, but If the soccer bisque is gone, we issue a rain check!

Accepting new soccer balls for soccer bisque 6/26-7/2

soccer ball
The first balls to roll in…thank you Suri & Selene!
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Super Hero Day Event (aka Father’s Day) 6/20 & 6/21

Any dads who paint or mosaic with us this Saturday or Sunday receive a well-deserved complimentary Tea Largo Beverage Co. drink. PicassoZ and Breakables Mosaic Studio by PicassoZ are the coolest places for fun family time!

**Try mosaics, Dad! You get to use TOOLS and protective eye wear, and they go home with you same day!

PicassoZ Art Cafe event hours

Saturday 10am-9:30pm

Sunday 11am-7pm

Breakables Mosaic Studio event hours

Saturday 10am-9:30pm

Sunday Noon-6pm

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Daddy & Me Night, June 11th, 5-9pm

Dads! Come paint with your little buddy or little princess tonight! The “me mugs” are a special rate of $12 when Dad paints his ($21).   Stop in at our neighbor, Tea Largo, for fun & unique drinks (chocolatey ones, too) or Pop Craft Pops.  ***Hey, I already checked. No Stanley Cup game & the NBA finals start at 9pm. You’re good.

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All 3 stores open Memorial Day

We’re open for some great family time today.  Besides, it’s a great day to paint something for Dad.   PicassoZ Art Cafe and Tea Largo hours on Monday, May 25th are 10am-9pm and Breakables Mosaic Studio is 10-5pm.

Funky chunky candles go home with you, and so do mosaics!   If you want to make a fused glass pendant, it can be easily mailed to you when its fired.  Pottery painting takes about a week, and we can ship to you if needed.

 

 

 

 

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Remember, we moved!

When you’re looking for us to attend our annual Mother’s Day event, don’t forget that we are now at:

4632 Cleveland Heights Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33813

I know that Google has the right address but incorrect marker, and ios has not yet updated our new address.    We’re at Cleveland Heights and Hallam, behind Sunoco.

 

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Annual Mother’s Day Event

This Friday-Sunday.  There is nothing moms love nothing more than to sit down with family and spend time together.  The fact that you’re all making memories as well as making pottery, well…that seals the deal.   And, all painting or mosaic’ing moms get a FREE Beverage from Tea Largo!

Doing art together PicassoZ Mother’s Day Weekend is the perfect day out with Mom and Grandma. Plenty of seating for painters or mosaic’ing in Breakables Mosaic Studio by PicassoZ, too.   Mosaics & chunky candles, in our mosaic studio, go home with you-no firing!

Friday, May 8th 10am-10:30pm

Saturday, May 9th 10am-10:30pm

Sunday, May 10th 10am-7pm (special event hours)

The first 100 moms, starting on Friday, get a magnetic or wearable ceramic flower to keep (when they paint or mosaic).
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A gift for teachers from PicassoZ Art Cafe

Teachers and school staff are pretty special.  We at PicassoZ (I never know where to put commas) would like to show our appreciation, too!   Certainly, our teachers deserve medals, but how about a $5 off coupon for a fun summer activity, painting pottery with family/friends.    They can make a mosaic, too, in our Breakables Mosaic Studio next door!

Feel free to print these for any of the teachers and staff of your school.

Download & Print Voucher.

Our voucher link will be printable through Monday, May 11th.  They are valid for teachers/school staff to paint or mosaic from 5/14/15 through 8/14/15.     We’d love to have you on our Teacher Newsletter list,  Sign up here.

These are not numbered, and can be circulated freely but only downloaded through Monday night.

We hope to see all of you this summer!   Gosh we hope to see all of you this Mother’s Day weekend for our Annual Event!  (just keep in mind the vouchers are valid beginning 5/14 as we already have special goodies for moms this weekend!)

Sincerely,

Kristin Miller & PicassoZ Staff

 

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Spring BREAK week features mosaics, of course

Yes, we at PicassoZ love a good play on words.    So, we’re playing up the “break” and loaded up promotions in our Breakables Mosaic Studio.   If you haven’t visited yet, its really grown in popularity as a nice, relaxing environment to create in.   It has a different vibe than PicassoZ, and is a little more sophisticated, but not much, LOL.   It’s still walk-in, and still DIY.  But with mosaics, you can take your creation home with you!    Our hours are a little different in Breakables, 10-6 and this Spring Break week, we’re open

Monday-Friday 10-6pm

Saturday 10-10pm

Easter Sunday all our shops are closed.

See our event calendar for an assortment of fun mosaic specials, and even some that celebrate the fact that it still is Easter Week!