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WE BOUGHT "FIRED UP" IN SEASIDE !!!

Beach Bimmer avatar
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Just a quick note that my wife and I finally closed on the purchase of "Fired Up", the paint-your-own pottery studio in Seaside!

It's at 27 Quincy Circle, just behind Sea of Silver jewelry - kind of hidden, but we're learning what an amazingly FUNN place to visit it has become since it first opened 6+ years ago over on Ruskin.

The studio is open every day 10am-5pm, and anything you paint by about 4pm will be glazed and fired that night, ready for pickup by 12:30-1pm next day. You don't have to be artistic - it's all about the FUNN painting something that adds to your memories of 30-A and family!

Thanks to several of you on SoWal.com who have helped us with SoWal connections and business advice during the purchase. To say "thanks" and welcome you in, we even posted a "How Do You Spell FUNN" sign in the giant teacup outside the front door!

Didn't mean to turn this post into shameless self-promotion, but we're just so darn EXCITED that we wanted to tell our SoWal.com friends first! :D

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kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#27
Mrs Skunkape has been nagging me to DWI there. Design While Intoxicated that is, it seems my doodling becomes high art when I am buzzed :funn:

Me too Ape, and not necessarily having anything to do with pottery!
Beach Bimmer avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#28
Agreed, we need a SoWal sticker on the front door!
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#29
Agreed, we need a SoWal sticker on the front door!

:clap_1:
Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#30
Agreed, we need a SoWal sticker on the front door!
What are you waiting on???


JFunn, you need to get off your butt pronto and go SoWal fired up.
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#31
Jfunn and I will come make SoWal plates in October!!!!
Beach Bimmer avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#32
Just a quick "thanks" for all the kind words, photos, and thoughts in these posts. We've been so busy this week with new visitors, SoWal friends, and locals painting that we've rarely gotten to bed before midnight!

There is a basic webpage at www.fired-up-at-seaside.com that we inherited (needs work!) and a new www.firedupseaside.com that we need to get under construction soon...

As for bringing in the adult beverages, keep it low-key and it's fine...there are lots of families that come in, so we have to keep the atmosphere fun, relaxed. If you want to do more serious drinkin' & paintin', we have an outside table just for you that you can paint at!

Parties can also be arranged for any occasion...birthday, anniversary, wedding, etc. Ya'll come!
Paula avatar
Beach Fanatic
#34
:clap_1: .

Hope you have a very successful summer season! Do you have beading workshops (jewelry making) as noted on the website. We've always wanted to learn how to make beaded jewelry (necklaces and earrings) so this may be our chance. Are there specific activities being planned for the last week in June?

Thanks.
SGB avatar
Beach Fanatic
#35
Beach Bimmer - check your PMs. Congrats on owning a great business!
jessifunn avatar
superJfunn
#36
Jfunn and I will come make SoWal plates in October!!!!
you are a regular Albert Einstein! that is the best idea ever.
SoWal Insider
#37
Hope you have a very successful summer season! Do you have beading workshops (jewelry making) as noted on the website. We've always wanted to learn how to make beaded jewelry (necklaces and earrings) so this may be our chance. Are there specific activities being planned for the last week in June?

Thanks.
Yes, beaded jewelry classes is huge around here, not so much the kid stuff but the adult pieces. Some can get quite expensive but really beautiful.

And, congratulations and best of luck to you!!
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#38
you are a regular Albert Einstein! that is the best idea ever.

Takes one to know one. :wub: Boo Yah!
Paula avatar
Beach Fanatic
#39
Yes, beaded jewelry classes is huge around here, not so much the kid stuff but the adult pieces. Some can get quite expensive but really beautiful.

And, congratulations and best of luck to you!!

Thanks, we'll try it out either in June or this fall/winter.
Cork On the Ocean avatar
directionally challenged
#40
Congratulations, Beach Brimmer! Thanks for letting us know. I didn't know there was such a place in SoWal. Do you have a website or how do we get information if we have rentals and we want to let our guests know. I'm in the middle of revising our list of local activities so if I can get more details (e.g., phone number of the place) I can put it in our activity list.

Congrats again. :clap_1:

Ditto, Paula loves her homes and takes great pride in making her guest feel at home.

Congrats, I'm fired up too. Haven't done ceramics in years. Who wants to go with me?
Kurt avatar
Admin
#41
Jfunn and I will come make SoWal plates in October!!!!

Don't forget the TM :lol:
Beach Bimmer avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#42
Hi, all, and "thank you" for helping to make our studio crazy busy these past two weeks! In response to the earlier inquiries, we do have beaded necklace and bracelet kits that can be creatively painted and assembled.

We also can schedule workshops in painting ("how do I paint a beach scene" is the most requested), pottery glazes, hand-building with clay, and other such techniques. Please feel free to call Stacy at the studio (850-231-3211) to schedule anytime in July.

Just got back from a buying trip and we have LOTS of FUNN new pieces in stock in recent weeks, including some new varieties of fish, dophins, sushi plates, and much more. Wait, did I just tie three things to do with fish into one sentence? No, the dolphin would be a mammal... :oops:

For the kids, our assortment of puppies, kitties, mermaids, surfboards, alligators, geckos, fun cars and such has been expanded as well.

The "How Do You Spell Funn" sign outside has gotten lots of positive comments, but we're still waiting on someone to walk in and say "The Otter Flies At Midnight" any day now... :D

Thanks, all, for your interest and visits to Fired Up!
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#43
BB....:clap_1: !!!! You have the SoWal Spirit! I love that you have kitties and Mermaids!!!


Daddy-O...TM, meaning Too Much as in Funn?
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#44
You need a little ceramic Skelly. It would fly off the shelf.
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#45
You need a little ceramic Skelly. It would fly off the shelf.

:clap_1:
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superJfunn
#46
t bone is at fire it up right now ! she just called me and said "your never going to believe this....." she was telling me about to funn tribute that is out front. she is going to come in and say hi in a little while. look out for her.
Kimmifunn avatar
Funnkalicious
#47
t bone is at fire it up right now ! she just called me and said "your never going to believe this....." she was telling me about to funn tribute that is out front. she is going to come in and say hi in a little while. look out for her.
Can she please take a picture? :idontno:
jessifunn avatar
superJfunn
#48
Can she please take a picture? :idontno:
yeah i will get her to do that.
Kurt avatar
Admin
#49
I saw it the other day and I met Beach Bimmer! :clap_1:


I walked into his office and said "The Otter Flies At Midnight" and he jumped up. :lol: He gave me a tour and of course I left a stack of stickers for them.

BB - let's do a virtual tour your place is beautiful!
Kimmifunn avatar
Funnkalicious
#50
I saw it the other day and I met Beach Bimmer! :clap_1:


I walked into his office and said "The Otter Flies At Midnight" and he jumped up. :lol: He gave me a tour and of course I left a stack of stickers for them.

BB - let's do a virtual tour your place is beautiful!
Go take a free picture for me so I can see Kirkifunn!
Beach Bimmer avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#51
Kurt, I LOVE the virtual tour idea! Ya'll come by and pick up your SoWal.com sticker - there's a 4th of July Beach Party goin' on today at Fired Up! :clap_1:

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