First Art Saturday, Puppets, Pottery and Pastries

Saturday, September 7, 2013, The Primo Art Spa had our first Art Saturday. It was a PPP Day. Puppets, Pottery, Pastries (muffins). Millie and Willie were so excited! So, were we. Here are a few favorite photos of the fabulous event!

Puppet ideas were flowing; characters were emerging!

Hand building, animals, hearts and houses.

Careful attention to detail

Mary made these twin girls, and our guest helped model them.

They are Millie and Willie Cottonpoly's neighbors.

Twin girls, Lillie and Billie, with very different interests.

Concentration and imagination

The hand building is complete. Now, to wait for the firing and glazing.

Can't wait to see how they turn out!

Hearts and houses.

Millie and Willie designed some new costumes during the party.

I think they're gearing up for a Halloween Party.

What can we make out of this fabulous fabric?

Plans and designs

Pastries (muffins) mm, mm, mm.

Beach party, here we come!

Thanks, everyone, for coming to our First Art Saturday. We'll be seeing you again soon to glaze, create, and connect.

Mark your calendars for our Open House and classes on October 12, 2013, noon - 6:00. We'll have music and skits to kick off each class. ($20 per class. Come for one, or stay for all three.)

Noon Puppets

2:00 Pottery

4:00 Journal making and writing

And, of course, pastries and refreshments. 

Also, Joy is accepting new voice and piano students now. We are both open to art classes for small groups or individuals, and Mary is teaching blogging and writing. Contact us via our facebook page, email, or phone. primoartspa@gmail.com.

In a world of creative constipation, we're here to get things moving!

Have a creative day!

Puppets, Pottery and Pastries at Primo Art Spa

Saturday, September 7, 2013, from 10:00 am to 12 noon, we invite you to make and play with puppets or pottery and enjoy some pastries (probably muffins) at the Primo Art Spa. Joy and Mary are cooking up some fun for kids and adults of any age. It might be an opportunity to bring your kids for puppets and play with clay, or vice versa. This is our first Art Saturday, so we're keeping it open to any age. As our numbers increase, we might divide into age groups, or not. Sometimes, it's fun to mix and mingle.

Millie and Willie "share" a muffin.

Millie:  Willie, I see that there is a bite or two missing from this muffin.

Willie:  Yes, Millie. I couldn't resist. It's one of Joy's specialties, with chocolate, a hint of coffee flavor, and that crumble top.

Millie:  I thought we were going to share it.

Willie:  I saved you a bite.

Millie:  (breaks off a small crumble and Willie devours the rest) Willie!

Willie:  Saturday, come over to the Art Spa on Saturday. She'll have a whole batch of muffins.

Millie:  What else is happening at the Art Spa on Saturday?

Willie:  Mary is going to help kids and grown-ups make more sock puppets so we can put on a play.

Millie: Oh, I'm so excited!

Willie:  Me, too. Plus, Joy will help people make fairy houses or other awesome stuff out of clay.

Millie:  Oh, that's wonderful.

Willie:  Yes, I know. And, they'll have fresh muffins.

Millie:  I'll be hiding mine.

Email us primoartspa@gmail.com to let us know you're coming! Bring friends, make friends, and have a creative morning!

Any fairy would be happy to live here.

Our Open House is Saturday, October 12, 2013, Noon to 6:00 pm. We'll have fun with puppets, pottery, journals and music.

Keep checking here or like us on facebook to learn about more art and music events at Primo Art Spa!

Our two hours classes are $20 each.

Primo Art Spa Open House, October 12, 2013

Sisters Mary Aalgaard and Joy Ciaffoni have opened the Primo Art Spa in the Brainerd area. We offer a place where you can explore your art. 

Joy offers private lessons for voice, piano, and art, specializing in pottery, hand building fairy houses.

Mary offers private piano lessons, tutoring for writing and blogging, and classes on play writing and acting.

Millie and Willie invite you to the Primo Art Spa!

On Saturday, October 12, 2013, we are having an Open House at the Primo Art Spa in Brainerd, MN. It's open to any age. Each class is $20.00. We provide all supplies as well as instruction. Young children need to be accompanied by an adult.

12:00 pm: Sock Puppet Party. We'll be making our own sock puppets (Millie and Willie needs friends), and creating characters. We can also start to think about making a puppet show.

2:00 pm: Pottery, Build you own Fairy House, or other hand building project. Joy will be there to assist you. You'll need to plan to come back another day to glaze your house. The first step in pottery is to build your form. It's fired, and then you can paint, or glaze, it, and it's fired again. (Check out our recent posts to see the process in action.)

4:00 Journal Making and Writing

We'll begin each class with some music, and a skit by Millie and Willie at the start of the Sock Puppet Party. We will also offer refreshments.

Email us to reserve a spot for any, or all, of these classes primoartspa@gmail.com.

On Saturday, October 26, 2013, we will be conducting a Music Workshop called "The Power of Intention." Email us to get signed up for this workshop.

If you are looking for a voice, piano, or art teacher, let us know!

Thanks.

In a world of creative constipation, we're here to get things moving!

Unveiling of the Fairy Houses

Last Tuesday we had a pick up party and unveiling of the Fairy Houses from our Build Your Own Fairy House class. It was so exciting!

This is how it looked after the hand building and first firing.

Then, the girls glazed it and it was fired again.

 

And, then, Ta-Da!

It's so cute!

 

If I were a fairy, I'd totally move in here!

And, then, we had cake!

 

Willie:  Look, Millie, it's you?

Millie gives Willie a sideways look and a raise of her eyebrows.

Joy's robot guy.

The pick up party turned into a giggling, running around the house, meet & greet the neighbors party.

What a hoot!

And, delicious cake was had by all.

 

 

 

Contact Joy for a chance to build your very own fairy house.

primoartspa@gmail.com

 

We're looking at a Saturday morning in October for a Sock Puppet Party for kids in elementary school. We'll make sock puppets (friends for Millie and Willie), create characters, and make plans for a puppet show. Who's in?

 

Email us to get on the contact list for classes and shows.

primoartspa@gmail.com

 

Go. Create. Inspire!

 

Pad Thai and Sock Puppets

Primo Art Spa is kicking things off with Pad Thai and Sock Puppets!

 

We devoured the evening's activities like a game of Hungry, Hungry Hippos. Joy tried out a new recipe on the four of us, Pad Thai with chicken, rice noodles, peanuts, crushed red pepper, and egg. Krista said, "This is the best meal I've eaten all year. And, I don't mean just since Januaray, but in the last year." Joy served it with a mango and coconut salad and stir-fry vegetables, topping off the meal with her decadent, irresistible and unbeatable chocolate cake. It spoils you for any other chocolate cake.

 

Joy holding her famous chocolate cake, which she baked for herself on her birthday.

Nobody does it better.

 

Then, we sat down for some puppet fun. Joy made the socks out of fleece. We decorated them to create characters, and Mary handed out notecards with prompts for creating the character, including name, age, occupation, favorite saying, and quirk. We had a hoot playing a name game, role-playing and acting out scenes.

 

Thanks, Lisa and Krista for coming to our first Sock Puppet Party for the Primo Art Spa! Your encouragement and laughter from the fun inspire us to plan more events.

 

If you'd like us to do a puppet party with awesome cupcakes for a birthday party, or any kind of celebration, email us at primoartspa@gmail.com.

 

In a world of creative constipation, we're here to get things moving!