In February we will be doing a large bowl instead of a platter. This piece is called “Sweetheart”. March brings a Shamrock theme and in April we’ll be introducing a cross platter. As long as the “exzitment” continues, we will explore different options and various shaped pieces to paint or fuse. What will remain the same is the good times we have during Wine & Dezign classes.

This month kicked off another class option called Wine & Dezign minis. The concept is similiar, only the piece and class size is smaller. You also get to choose your friends who come to the class as well as when you want to have it. All this information can be found on our website under “The Purple Frog.
Thank-you for your continued support in our new location. Next time I blog, I look forward to sharing another new event we will be launching in spring called “Eggz”. It involves an Easter Bunny and lots of eggs to hunt for…

Our first guests arrived shortly before 9am just as the elves finished preparing. We had a glass fusing station, an ornament creating and painting station in the Clayground, a face-painting station, and a cookie decorating station.

After the kids completed all the stations we were thrilled to introduce them to Santa. Joy from Shoot the Moon photography was there to take pictures. She really captured some special moments as the children shared with Santa what was on their Christmas lists. We served hot chocolate, spiced cider, mimosas, nachos, and cheese trays in The Purple Frog. Buddy the Elf did a great job welcoming the children and seeing that they were directed to the right stations.

Thank-you to the fabulous glazians for putting the event together and to everyone who participated and made our 6th annual and once again sold out event a fun time!

Here’s a pic from the event:

Be sure to check out the rest of the pics we took during the event on our Facebook Page!

Along the way we have made some changes. Most notably we are no longer keeping Glaze in Cedarburg open until the end of the year. So if you want to come and say goodbye to the place with us, be sure to stop in on the last day we’re open for painting, Sunday, Oct. 31st, and be sure to stay for the Pumpkin Walk that evening from 5pm – 9pm. Glaze will be handing out Silly Bands!

Here are some other dates of note:

• Monday, November 1st: Both Glaze locations will be closed so we can finish moving everything over.

• Tues-Wed, Nov 2-3: Glaze in Cedarburg will be open for pottery pick up. After that you’ll have to go to Thiensville to pick your work up.

• Thursday, November 4th: Thiensville location opens at 9am! Be sure to come by that night for Ladies Night Out, 4pm – 8pm

So, as mentioned in the last post, there was a bit of a surprise that was announced at the festival: We’re moving!

We’ll still have our original location in Cedarburg open until the end of the year, to help smooth the transition, and we plan to have our doors open in Thiensville in November. The new building is great; cozy but large with 3 floors of fun, and ample parking to boot! On the top floors is one large room that you can have a party in – it even has a small kitchen attached to it! For more about the new place, click here.

Here’s the postcard that we handed out during the festival:

• Making your own thumbprint pendants
• Glass Fusing
• Face Painting
• And getting your portrait done by our very own Kat Hustedde!

Also, I don’t want to give away too much here, but we have a surprise that we’re announcing at the festival…

Click here for more information on The Wine and Harvest Festival. We look forward to seeing you there!

This year we will be hosting the event at the beautifully restored Rivoli Theatre on Washington Avenue. Each child will visit our 6 stations where there will be glass, clay, pottery, temporary tatoos, cookie decorating and a photo with Santa taken by Joy Vertz (award-winning photographer) of Shoot the Moon Photography. Enjoy a holiday classic on the big screen while strolling through each station!

$25 per child
The professional 5×7″ portrait, frame and fired pieces will be available for pick-up at glaze approximately one week following the event.

Registrations can be taken over the phone a credit card or in the studio. Space is limited.
Ho-ho-ho…. hope to see you there!

Reminder: Our annual “Handprint Saturday” will be on November 28th. Stop by glaze anytime during normal business hours (10-6) and create handprint treasures! Utilize our talented staff to complete any detailing, words or embellishing of your pieces at no additional charge or custom fees on this day. There will be several samples and ideas available to get the creative gift-giving started.
Remember.. make it personal!

This weekend brings thousands of people to Cedarburg for Strwberry Festival.  It’s a very exciting weekend.  We try and plan fun projects for people of all ages to complete on the street.  This year, I am excited to announce “Fusers”.  They are 3″ square pieces of glass which can be decorated using glass “toppings”.  We have had a blast creating samples so we are confident our customers will enjoy making them during the festival.  The best part it they are only $5.00!!!  That is amazing considering it’s fused glass, but we want everyone to be able to experience the fusing process and what better time than during a festival!

Our other super cool street project is going to be “Clay Creations”.  They are also only $5.00 on the street.  The kids are going to LOVE getting their hands into the clay in order to design a one-of-a-kind piece.

We will continue to offer our traditional thumbprint tiles, tatoos and face painting.  The crowd will know you visited Glaze when they see your mardi gras beads.  We will be handing them out at the studio!

Our Summer has started off ridiculously amazing with this year’s Glaze Dayz summer camp classes.  The class to fill up first was “Little Divas”.  I’m thrilled to announce that all three classes filled up the first few days of registration.  I’m sorry to announce that we aren’t able to offer more of that class this year.  We are, however, working on a similiar class to offer to the waiting list so look for an email on that in July.

Thank-you for your continued support.  We look forward to celebrating our 5th Birthday with all of you in August!!!  Stay cool. 

I returned on Tuesday from a mini convention in Salina, Kansas.  Every time I attend these events, I can’t help but walk away with so many great ideas and new projects.  My favorite new idea is glass fused letters.  I’m sure you noticed the big change in our glass room.  This is because glass fusing has become so popular we needed additional room.  Now up to six people can do glass all at the same time comfortably.  I plan to get fused letter samples done over the weekend so look for them sometime next week.

Feel free to share any comments, suggesstions, or concearns you may have.  We are constantly changing and are always open to ideas for improvment.  Happy Spring!  XO-