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The Purple Paintbrush

Name: The Purple Paintbrush
Address: 338 River Street, Manistee, MI, 49660, US
Telephone: +12317479430
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The Purple Paintbrush

Manistee’s only paint-your-own-pottery & canvas studio! Sip & Paint parties on Fridays! 🎨💜

The Purple Paintbrush is a contemporary canvas and pottery painting studio in downtown Manistee. Drop by during our regular business hours to sit back, relax and paint some pottery. Sign up for one of our public canvas painting classes or book your own private party. We are available for kids parties, team building events, bachelorette parties, office parties, birthdays, or ladies nights! Join us to discover your artistic side and create some art from the heart! �

06/15/2024

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new day” 🌅

06/12/2024

Starting today, NEW extended Summer hours! 🌅 We are now open for drop in painting 2-8pm every Wednesday & Thursday evening! As well as Friday 11-4 & Saturday 11-6pm.

06/11/2024

🎆🌊 July Calendar of Events 🌊🎆
🖌Workshop Wednesdays are every Weds from 2-8pm - HALF OFF all firing fees! Stop in during the Manistee National Forest Festival July 3-6 for Half Off all firing fees.
🎨Friday Nights are for pARTying! Join us for one of our Sip & Paint Events!
🎄Christmas in July!! Vintage Tree Painting Party on July 26th at 6pm. Registration is required.
😎 We are open every Wednesday-Saturday for drop in pottery painting. See Calendar for NEW SUMMER HOURS!
No reservations required. Fired pottery takes up to one week to complete, acrylic painted items are ready the same day.

06/08/2024

🌧️ What a perfect day to drop in and paint some pottery! Today is the LAST day to fire 🔥 your pottery in time for Father’s Day!! Create him a handmade gift from the heart 🥰🖌️☕️ (Open 11-6pm, 6/8/24)

06/06/2024

Reservations are still available for tonight’s “Peaceful River” sip and paint party! Call or text Joann at 231-747-9430 or sign up on our website.

06/01/2024

Creative fun for everyone! 🥰🎨 Drop in for some family time or create a handmade gift for Father’s Day! Open today (Saturday, June 1st) 11-6pm 🖌️

06/01/2024

🍃💜June Calendar of Events 💜🍃
☕👔 FATHER'S DAY is June 16th! The last day to fire 🔥 pottery to pick up before Father's Day is June 8th!
🖌Workshop Wednesdays are every Weds from 5-8pm - HALF OFF all firing fees!
🎨Friday Nights are for pARTying! Join us for one of our Sip & Paint Events! *NEW Porch Leaner class coming June 28th!
😎 We are open every Wednesday-Saturday for drop in pottery painting. See Calendar for NEW SUMMER HOURS!
No reservations required. Fired pottery takes up to one week to complete, acrylic painted items are ready the same day.

06/01/2024

Painters Choice Night! 😅 Such a fun group! We offer Sip & Paint Parties every Friday. Check out our line up of events for June! 🎨💜

05/25/2024

We had this lovely group of women in tonight from “The Great Lakes First Ladies” to create our Michigan Lakeshore painting. Beautiful job everyone!!

05/22/2024

Handmade pottery makes a wonderful gift! Check out these little hand and foot print pieces that were made in our studio! 👣💞 Tonight is “Workshop Wednesday” HALF OFF all firing fees from 5-8pm

05/18/2024

Another fantastic VIP sip and paint event at The Little River Casino & Resort!

05/16/2024

🍃💜June Calendar of Events 💜🍃
☕👔 FATHER'S DAY is June 16th! The last day to fire 🔥 pottery to pick up before Father's Day is June 8th!
🖌Workshop Wednesdays are every Weds from 5-8pm - HALF OFF all firing fees!
🎨Friday Nights are for pARTying! Join us for one of our Sip & Paint Events! *NEW Porch Leaner class coming June 28th! (Image of project coming soon!)
😎 We are open every Wednesday-Saturday for drop in pottery painting. See Calendar for NEW SUMMER HOURS!
No reservations required. Fired pottery takes up to one week to complete, acrylic painted items are ready the same day.

05/15/2024

I’m a little late posting, but here are the results of our 4/20 POTtery night event!! We had some really creative people create some really cool art!! 🍃🍁🍄 #420

05/10/2024

We had such a fun time last night creating some handmade gifts for Mother’s Day 🥰 We still have some pots and flowers left over!! Choose your planter or pot and it’s only $5 to add flowers! We are open 11-4 pm today for drop in pottery and HENNA TATTOOS! I mixed up a batch of fresh organic Henna and I’m already seeing a nice deep stain!! Stains will deepen into a dark reddish-brown, and will last up to 10 days. (And it smell heavenly) 🌸🪴

05/09/2024

Shout out to Dr Shrink, Inc for having us out to paint “Fireworks over the Lake” on Tuesday! 🎆🎨

05/04/2024

We have the perfect gifts for Mom! What’s better than a hand made gift from the heART? 🥰 She will LOVE it!! Saturday, May 4th is the LAST day to fire 🔥 pottery in time to pick up before Mother’s Day. But don’t worry we also have projects that can be ready the same day. On Thursday, May 9th join us to paint a flower pot for mom ~ $18 includes 5” pot, paint, and your choice of flowers to create a complete gift! 🌸

05/02/2024

04/27/2024

We celebrated a very special 9th birthday today in the studio with this adorable group of girls! Happy birthday Zailyn!! 🩰🎨🥳

04/27/2024

We painted “Spring Gnome” this evening with this fun group of painters! 🌼🍃🪺

04/24/2024

Monday we hosted this lovely group of ladies from the Gaia House for a relaxing beach painting session 😌🙏🌊🎨

04/24/2024

🎨💜🎨 Stop in during any of our open hours to create some art from the heART! Handpainted pottery makes the perfect Mother’s Day gift! Tonight is Workshop Wednesday HALF OFF all firing fees this evening from 5-8pm. Check out these amazing pieces made right here in our studio.. 🤩

04/21/2024

We had the BEST time tonight at our 4/20 POTtery Painting Night! Thanks to all the groovy artists who joined us to pARTy! A special shoutout to our sponsors Authentic 231 and Dunegrass Co. for graciously donating some awesome prizes for our guests this evening! Here are a few examples of some of the art that was created tonight (before firing)

04/20/2024

Thank you to the Little River Casino Resort for having us out tonight for their VIP painting event! We had a fantastic time! 💜🎨

04/17/2024

Tonight is Workshop Wednesday! HALF OFF all firing fees from 5-8pm. We’re open for drop in pottery painting every Wed-Sat. Check out these awesome pieces that recently came out of our kiln! 💜🔥

04/15/2024

🌸🌷 May Calendar of Events 🌸🌷

💜MOTHER'S DAY is May 12th! The last day to fire 🔥 pottery to pick up before Mother's Day is May 4th!
Join us May 9th for a Mother's Day Paint a Pot project $18 includes your choice of flower! 🌸🌷 Make the perfect handmade gift for Mom or Grandma!
☕🖌Workshop Wednesdays are every Weds from 5-8pm - HALF OFF all firing fees!
🎨Friday Nights are for pARTying! Join us for one of our Sip & Paint Events!
😎 We are open every Wednesday-Saturday for drop in pottery painting. No reservations required. Fired pottery takes up to one week to complete, acrylic painted items are ready the same day.

04/10/2024

Tonight is 💜🎨 WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY! 🎨💜 From 5-8pm enjoy HALF OFF all firing fees! Check out these beautiful customer painted pieces that just recently came out of our kiln…

12/22/2023

Unfortunately our studio will be closed tomorrow (12/23).
We are sorry for any inconvenience.

12/20/2023

🌙❄🎨 JANUARY Calendar of Events 🎨❄🌙

🖌Workshop Wednesdays are every Weds from 5-8pm - HALF OFF all firing fees!

🍹Friday's are for Sip & Paint parties! Sign up on our website or call/text Joann at 231-747-9430. We are social district friendly! Check out our NEW glow paint event on 1/26!

☕ We are open every Wednesday-Saturday for drop in pottery painting. No reservations required. Fired pottery takes up to one week to complete, acrylic painted items are ready the same day.

12/16/2023

Truck & Tree tonight! Great work everyone! 🛻🎄🎨

12/14/2023

🎅🏼🎄There is still time to create a one-of-a-kind hand painted gift before Christmas! The last day to create fired ceramics is Saturday 12/16! Check out some of these customer creations! ☕️🎁

Address

338 River Street
Manistee, MI
49660

Opening Hours

Wednesday	2pm - 8pm
Thursday	2pm - 8pm
Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm

Telephone

+12317479430

Website

https://artful-creations-2.square.site/

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Creative fun for everyone! Stop in for some wholesome family time, or make a gift for Father's Day! Open Wednesday-Saturday for drop in pottery painting #thepurplepaintbrush #manisteemichigan #paintyourownpottery #mymanistee #smallbusiness #pyop #puremichigan

💜🎨 All of the canvases are prepped and ready to go for our sold out Squishmallow pajama party!! We are going to have so much fun!! #pyop #kidsparties #canvasart #mymanistee #downtownmanistee #thepurplepaintbrush

💥🎨💥 NEW Pottery Items in stock! 💥🎨💥 We have some adorable new pottery shapes to offer you! I’m just LOVING the pair of adorable bunnies, the nine tailed fox and our 2 new dragons! What is your favorite new item? What other items would you like to see us carry? #pyop #ceramics #smallbusiness #mymanistee #downtownmanistee #makememories #thepurplepaintbrush

#pyop #paintyourownpottery #ceramictrees #mymanistee #downtownmanistee #giftgiving #makememories #artfromtheheart #thepurplepaintbrush

#pyop #giftidea #customizedgifts #mymanistee #downtownmanistee #thepurplepaintbrush

“Forest View” Tonight at the Purple Paintbrush Studio. (Friday, 3/24 at 6 PM) Only a few seats remaining! Reservations are required 💜🌲🎨

Workshop Wednesday is tonight! (3/15/23) Join us for a drop in pottery painting from 5 to 8 PM. Our last seating is at 7 PM. HALF OFF all firing fees! Creative fun for everyone! 💜

Happy Saturday! We are open for dropping pottery painting today, March 4 from 11 to 6 PM! Stop in and get creative with us! 💜🖌️

Sleighbell weekend is one of my favorite events! We even had Victorian carolers! 💞 #mymanistee #sleighbellparade #oldchristmasweekend #thepurplepaintbrush

Creative fun for everyone! 🎨💜 #ceramics #artisfun #familytime #selfcare #creatememories #experienceart #thepurplepaintbrush #mymanistee #downtownmanistee

Spend the afternoon enjoying some creative time! 💜🖌🎨 #thepurplepaintbrush #artisgoodforthesoul #selfcare #createart #mymanistee #downtownmanistee

Here a quick video of all the finished paintings from tonight’s Paint like Bob Ross class tonight at the Purple Paintbrush! 💜🎨

Here’s a fun little trick I used to paint this cute snowflake ornament! I started by painting the entire ornament light blue. Then I dip the edge of a used plastic gift card into some white paint. Then press the card onto your piece and you have a perfectly straight thin line! You can also cut the card into smaller pieces to make shorter lines. Then a coat of glitter to finish! ❄️✨ (photo of finished ornament in comments) #easypeasy #paintyourownpottery #paintingtips #thepurplepaintbrush #artisfun #giftideas

UPDATE: Artful Creations is complying with the State of Michigan's order that all non-essential businesses are to close effective March 23rd through April 13th. Thank you for your support. We hope you all stay safe. Stay healthy & stay home. Hi guys! How’s it going?! I wanted to hop on really quick to let you know what we’re up to and how we are trying to adapt with everything that going on right now. We are now currently offering pottery “to go” kits for pick up or delivery in the Manistee area. Here is the link to my website to place your Pottery To Go order. Online orders only at this time please. Click: https://artful-creations-2.square.site to place your order. I’d like to also offer some take home canvas projects eventually as well. In this video I will be demonstrating a dry brushing technique that you can use on pottery with texture. Thanks for watching!

Join me for one of my June canvas painting parties! "Home" 6/5 @ 6pm ~ The Fillmore of Manistee "Home" 6/8 @ 6pm ~ Whiskey Creek Campground - Custer "Happy Camper" 6/10 @ 2pm ~ KRAVE - Ludington "Summer Sunflower" 6/5 @ 6pm ~ Redeemed - Manistee "Sunset on the Beach" 6/18 @ 6pm ~ Stormcloud - Frankfort "Fireworks" 6/27 @ 6pm ~ Platte River Inn - Honor "Fireworks" 6/28 @ 6pm ~ Redeemed - Manistee Call or text Joann at 231-747-9430, or sign up online here: https://squareup.com/store/artful-creations-2