We're Moving (again!)

It’s been a crazy ride since closing our Midtown Mobile studio in 2020 due to Covid… And for those of you that have followed us around as we Goldilocks our way through all these locations, we APPRECIATE YOU!!

As much as we love the purple building on Orange Ave, we can’t justify the overhead when most of our in-studio reservations are for small groups around 4-8 people (our big group events are off-site at churches, schools and corporate events). So when the opportunity arose for us to move back in with our biz roomie Raw Amor, we jumped at the chance!

We also picked up another artist along the way, our new friend and mural artist, Geni who will also be sharing our new space. She mostly paints murals and beach house signs, but occasionally she can be talked into hosting classes for wine glass painting, tote bag painting and chunky blanket making.

So Raw Amor will be in the front of the space with permanent jewelry and other amazing handcrafted jewelry and gifts. And Geni and Courtney will have a working paint studio and classroom area in the back. We’ll be able to seat about 8-10 people (a couple more if everyone likes each other LOL) and we’ll continue to offer private Paint & Sip canvas paint parties. We’ll also still host family paint parties for our beach visitors that like to come in and paint and we’ll have small group birthday parties available for tweens and teens.

For the younger kiddos, we’ll offer To-Go Birthday Canvases where you can order pre-sketched canvases to host your own paint party at home.

Once we get fully moved in we’ll update our calendar with pop-up classes and other events, but for now, we’re just taking private reservations for the month of May while we get moved.

A BIG THANKS to all of you who continue to support us as a local small business. We LOVE our customers!

Custom Art Parties for Any Occasion

At your Corporate Retreat, RV Park, Condo Clubhouse, School, Church or other community venue, we bring the art party to you with customized creative fun for any occasion.

We’ve hosted oyster painting at The Lodge at Gulf State Park for a corporate retreat; we’ve painted rustic board wall hangings at The Grand at Point Clear; we’ve created sand and shell collages at The Beach Club in Gulf Shores; we’ve painted science-themed canvases at Mobile middle schools for summer STEAM programs; we’ve painted wood megaphones for cheer squads in West Mobile to take to cheer camp; we’ve painted textured pumpkins and burlap door hangers with women’s bible study groups at our studio; we’ve made inspired jewelry at a women’s faith retreat at a church in Summerdale; we’ve painted Mother’s Day canvases with kindergarteners in Saraland, we’ve painted wood jewelry with a church youth group in West Mobile. The list goes on and on since we’ve been doing this for over a decade!

If you want to get creative with your group, we will provide the art supplies and instructions to create your themed project for corporate teambilding, bible study classes, kids camps, youth groups, school classrooms, RV parks, condo clubhouses and more.

Just contact Courtney at 251-343-2423 to discuss options for your creative event.

Third Thursdays in Downtown Foley

November’s Third Thursday (the 21st) will be our first at our new location in the purple building at 117 W Orange Ave. We’ll have free Christmas Projects to paint or make as we invite you to come check out our bigger studio space just a couple doors down from where we were in the courtyard.

This is fun for all ages as we have Christmas Ornaments to paint, Christmas Bracelets to make or Christmas Necklaces to paint. First one is free - you’re welcome to make as many more as you like for just $5 ea.

Third Thursdays in Downtown Foley

Free Earring Project

Make these cute earrings at Paint Party Studios on Third Thursday from 5-7pm.

Third Thursdays in Downtown Foley are starting to get noticed!

Many of the downtown businesses are staying open from 5-7pm on the Third Thursday of each month so guests can enjoy Art, Shopping, Wine and Appetizers and other treats and see what’s new in Downtown Foley.

At Paint Party Studios, we have a Free Earring Project every Third Thursday from 5-7pm followed by our Thursday Night Adult BYOB Paint & Sip. So join us and our downtown neighbors and see how Downtown Foley is in it’s new Era!

What Can I Paint if I Schedule a Paint Party?

This is the most asked question we get from customers and it’s because we aren’t JUST a Canvas Paint & Sip studio. Of course we offer Adult BYOB Paint & Sip with canvas paintings. But while we do offer the option of a step-by-step class where everyone in your party paints the same thing (like the chain studios); we also offer a menu of other painting options so that everyone in your party can paint something different.

With our canvas paintings, everyone in your party can choose their own picture and we’ll pencil sketch it onto your canvas and give individualized instructions to each person as needed.

But besides canvas painting, we have a wide variety of wood earrings, keychains and other jewelry options to paint; we have wood cutouts with cute designs etched onto them , we have textured block paintings, acrylic pour coasters, wine glasses, oyster shells and much more! Scroll through our social media or ask Courtney when you make your reservations. If you have an idea about what you’d like to paint but you’re not sure if we offer it - just ask. If we are able to accommodate your creative idea we will!

We’ve helped make many custom arty parties a reality so if you’re not sure - please just ask.

DIY Gift Ideas to Make at Paint Party Studios

Whether it’s celebrating a birthday, making memories on a beach trip or just because, we have plenty of fun DIY Gift Ideas to come in and paint or make at Paint Party Studios. Starting at $10 to paint earrings or make Swifty bracelets or $15 to paint wood initial bangles, a cute pot with succulent candle or a pour paint coaster, we’ve got plenty of fun arty projects for all ages.

In July we’re open TWThF 3-5 for Open Studio OR Text Courtney at 251-343-2423 to schedule an appointment outside of Open Studio hours.

Girls Night Third Thursday Luau

We are partnering with Raw Amor Jewelry and Fish River Furnishings & Art Gallery to bring you the first of many Girls Night Third Thursdays. This month our theme is Luau and we encourage attendees to dress with a tropical theme. There will be wine tasting at Fish River Furnishings & Art Gallery, Paint Party Studios will have tropical finger foods and Raw Amor Jewelry will have some tropical drinks. This event is free to attend and feel free to shop each of the host stores. Island Girls Boutique will have a pop-up shop as part of our event as well.

At Paint Party Studios, we’ll have a $10 Tropical Earring Making project for those who would like to get creative.

Mark your calendars for Third Thursdays as we plan to have these events every month with different themes to make it a fun monthly Girls Night with your Besties!!

After Work Teambuilding BYOB Happy Hour

Want a creative Teambuilding BYOB Happy Hour but don’t want to commit to a full canvas painting session? We’ve got plenty of easier options that take under an hour - like these pretty, paintable wood bead bracelets.

Paintable Wood Bead Bracelets

A fun Make & Take project that you can do during our Open Studio hours of 3:00-5:00pm TWThF or book your own private After Work Happy Hour BYOB Bracelet Party where everyone can sip and paint their own bracelets.

Text Courtney at 251-343-2423 to reserve your after-work private happy hour party.

eGift Cards Available

We’ve had a lot of calls recently about gifting an arty experience with Paint Party Studios so our eGift Cards are now available through Square. You can purchase different amounts and once you’re on the Square eGift Card page, there’s also a link to add more $ to the account or to check the balance.

Not sure how much to gift? Many of our kids items are $15 each to paint so if you want to treat a child to something like Friday Glow Paint or All Ages Make & Take $15 will cover one child. If you want to let them bring a friend, we have the $30 option or $60 if you want them to be able to bring more friends or come multiple times.

For adults, prices range from $10-45, but Adult Sip & Paint Canvases are $30 sm or $40 lg so we offer multiples of those amounts. Of course you can buy $60 or $80 cards to let the person you’re gifting bring a friend.

Please Text Courtney at 251-343-2423 for any questions about purchasing an eGift Card.

Starting a new chapter for Paint Party Studios

It’s official. Paint Party Studios has gone online working out of my home studio. We’ll be posting instructional art videos and blog tutorials as well as offering kits and supplies to create your own art at home. Sometimes life gives us lemons, but we’re making creative lemonade here at Paint Party Studios. Change doesn’t always come easy so please be patient as this summer is a time of planting seeds of new growth for the studio. Opening in 2008, Paint Party Studios turns 12 this year, so in a way it’s only natural as we hit the start of adolescence there will be big changes ahead.

Even before Covid19 forced us to revise our business plan, there was a growing shift in the art studio industry towards more mixed media and thinking outside the normal paint and sip. Attending industry conferences for the last couple of years, we came home with so many ideas that we just haven’t had time to implement at the studio. Well here we are now, with this huge disruption that reads like a sign we were supposed to stop and take stock and find a way to start implementing all the new and creative new ideas we’ve been working on behind the scenes.

So stay tuned and see what a wild, creative adventure it will be.

And in the meantime, we’ll be calling on some of our independent art studio friends around the country who are shipping their own creative kits to help add to our offerings while we shift to our new format.

The hardest part of this is not seeing our wonderful customers every week in the studio, but when social distancing guidelines allow, we’ll be back in schools, churches and business teambuilding and Christmas parties. In the meantime watch for online lessons and Zoom art parties.

Thanks for all your support the last 12 years and for coming with us to see where this next chapter takes us!