Halloween Memories

It's always tough being the kid with a thrown together Halloween costume, but I sure was it. Pretty princess? Check. Giant Daisy Duck? Aww yeah. Awkward kid in a winter jacket and cat ears? BEST COSTUME EVER.
- Sarah

This isn't a Halloween costume, but I thought it was much much scarier!  This is a photo from my professional dance days... you know, when I flailed around stage in my tap shoes thinking "I am the best ever dancer there ever was!".  What makes this scarier than any Halloween costume I've ever worn is that bow and the frill on my arms.  Nothing screams "pretty" more than bows and frill. Ahhh, I miss my glory days.
- Crystal


Remember, Halloween bisque is 25% until Sunday! Come and get stocked up for this October!

Send Us Your Favourite Halloween Photo & Get a Studio Fee FREE!

We're Bringing Spooky Back all weekend long! All Halloween bisque is 25% off!! In honor of our mini Halloween weekend, email us your favorite Halloween stories for Sarah to blog tonight!! (Include a photo and we'll give you a FREE Studio Fee for your next visit.) Deadline is 5pm today! Send and Caption your photos to: chilliwack@colormemine.com.

Image above provided by Sarah Sovereign. {www.facebook.com/sarahisovereign/}

Angry Birds Summer Camp Plate

This summer we're offering camps where we teach a specific technique from start to finish. The first camp of the season will be on July 3rd and focuses on Angry Birds! The Angry Bird Plate camp is on July 3 and runs for two hours -- 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. and is available for kids 6-12. Come on in to the store in Cottonwood Mall, sign up and pay the fee ($25 for this camp!) and paint the morning away July 3.

Bringing Color Me Mine to You! : Camp Squeah

This Saturday, CMM owner Viv, manager Crystal and plucky employee Sarah delivered Color Me Mine to the (awesome) teens at Camp Squeah in Hope, B.C. It was a blast! Armed with our salad plates (Bisque $10) and some bins full of paint, tape, stickers, stamps, brushes, bubbles and more, Color Me Mine was set up in the camp craft room.

Wanting to bring Color Me Mine to you? Visit the Color Me Mine website, email via the handy contact form, phone us at 604-847-9595 or swing by the store in Cottonwood Mall.

We had so much fun! Thank you Camp Squeah -- we can't wait to see the finished plates!

Viv and Crystal at the Camp Squeah sign (haha). 

 

The table, all set up with writer bottles, technique supplies and paintbrushes. 

Vivian explains how the paints work and how to start the pieces. 

 

A sample made with bubbles and stickers that we brought along. 

One camper using stickers to complete her piece. 

Quick Studio Tour

A quick tour of our studio space: bright cheery colours and a relaxing atmosphere to paint all day long!

Canadian Geese Platter - Start to Finish

Did you know that Color Me Mine offers a number of techniques through our design center, included with your studio fee? Check out how our manager Crystal created this Canadian Geese Platter {Platter Bisque $43} from start to finish!

Start with the item you'd like to paint on -- platter, plate, mug -- this technique can be used on anything! Brush off any dust with our handy orange sponges and then visit our design center computer to find the image you'd like to use. Once you find your image, size it how you'd like to in our Word program, and print if onto our special NCR paper.

Cut around the shape and leave some white space showing. Trace the outline of the image with a pencil -- the pencil line will show behind the paper and be transferred onto the piece.

Next, paint black (#31) onto the back and the rim. If you use one of our fan brushes, you're more likely to get the even coat you're looking for.

Using a writer bottle, fill in the black silhouettes of the flying geese and dry brush Copper Aventurine onto the rim. Copper Aventurine is one of our elements and sells for $3.00 per ounce. Lightly brush the copper onto the back black as well. Finish with a brushing of another element, Sandstorm ($3) over the top.

That's it! Leave your piece with us and we'll put it through our kiln process, and you'll be able to take home or gift a truly lovely piece.

Welcome to the Color Me Mine - Chilliwack Blog!

Hello and welcome to our blog! Here we hope to walk you through various fun techniques you, too, can try at your local Color Me Mine, as well as keep you updated on events and happenings at our store. Our blog is updated by our friendly staff on a weekly basis. Thanks for stopping by!

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