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We have lots of ideas and offer discounts to fit your budget. We help parent volunteers design and create class projects and provide on-site painting kits so projects can be done right in the classroom. We have tons of options — table settings, serving dishes, garden ware, tea sets, etc.

We also specialize in tile mirrors: each student paints a tile which is grouted into a beautiful wood mirror frame.  Let us help you help your child!  Call us at 503-288-0770 for information.

Mimosa Studios loves Valentine’s Day and we have stocked our shelves with hearts of all shapes and sizes!

Special Valentine’s Date Night
Friday, February 10th from 6-9 pm
Reservations recommended

Call us at 503-288-0770 or contact us online for reservations as space is limited. $15.00 limit.

We’re a Supportland Partner

Don’t forget we are proud partners with Supportland and you get bonus points every time you visit us!

Mimosa Studios in Portland is hip, hands on, creative fun and a great place to host kid’s birthdays! Here your kiddos and their friends can hand paint ceramics to take home. This is one party that comes with its own favors! ~ Red Tricycle

A big thank you to all of our wonderful customers who voted for us!

Children’s Birthday Parties

Children’s birthday parties include a wide selection of ceramics to choose from, a rainbow of bright colors, and all kinds of brushes and stencils! We also have books to help with artistic inspiration and ideas.

Special Souvenir Birthday Plate

We also decorate a special souvenir plate for the birthday child.  Each party guest signs the plate and we decorate and personalize it for the guest of honor!

Our birthday parties last around 1.5 hours. Many use the first hour to paint and the last half-hour for treats and presents. It is totally up to you how you use your time. We will be there to help with the party and make sure everyone has a fun experience.  We’ve hosted hundreds of birthday parties in our studio in the past ten years and take pride in watching kids create some of the most amazing art we’ve seen.

What Can Kids Paint?

We’ve got our shelves stocked with hundreds of bisque pottery pieces. We’ve got snakes, bears, cats, dogs, ballerinas, cars, butterflies, monkeys, penguins, dinosaurs, and more. Our shelves are stocked with hundreds of figurines for you to paint.

Figurines are great for birthday parties! Kids love to paint their favorite animals, letting their imaginations run wild with the vivid paint colors, stencils, brushes and sponges we have on hand.

Small Figurines ~ $12 birthday party package

Large Figurines ~ $18 birthday party package

Book Your Next Party at Mimosa Studios

Call us at 503-288-0770 or contact us online to find out about our $12 birthday party package and our $18 birthday party package today!

Mimosa Studios is a perfect venue for a first date.  Our pottery painting studio is a low key atmosphere where you don’t have to stress about uneasy first date stuff.  Unlike most dates, you have the buffer of painting pottery…so the typical uncomfortable moments of silence slip away and you can actually be yourself and have fun.  It’s the perfect icebreaker. Nice!

Friday Nights We’re Open Until 9pm

We’ve got extended hours every Friday evening and you are welcome to bring your own food and drink to enjoy while you paint. The last Friday of the month is Margarita Night at Mimosa.  You pay the cost of painting your piece—the drinks are on us!  Many folks prefer to make it a Saturday afternoon date or take advantage of one of our special events. Check our calendar for upcoming pottery painting schedule.

We’re conveniently located on Alberta Street within easy walking distance of a wide variety of shops and restaurants. Reservations aren’t required at our studio but if it’s a date…um, it’s probably a really good idea to call ahead and reserve your spot!  Give us a buzz at 503-288-0770 or contact us online.

Girls Night Out

Maybe a night out with the girls is in order? Get re-connected with your girlfriends with a night of painting and conversation at Mimosa Studios.  Or need to spend some time with mom?  We’ve got you covered. Bring her to our cozy studio and relax for the afternoon.  It’s a great way to spend quality time with your relatives — whether it’s mom, daughter, sister, aunt, the grandchildren, or dad.  We’ve seen almost every combination of relatives have a great time painting pottery together.

It’s not too early to start painting pottery for your holiday gifts!

We’re stocking our shelves with lots of fun new pottery shapes so you can paint your own presents.   We have a great selection of ornaments, too! Here are some finished pottery examples.

Holiday Pottery Painting Specials

Here are some of our upcoming holiday specials.  For a complete list of painting parties and events, check our calendar or print out our flyer.

Thanksgiving Week: November 22-26, 2011

Many students are out of school.  This is a great time to make special gifts for all your family and friends (and teachers).  Closed Thanksgiving Day.

Friday, November 26, 2011

Avoid the malls and join us for a cozy day of pottery painting, tasty snacks, good company and jazzy holiday tunes.  Hours: 11am – 9pm.  Margarita Night: 6pm-9pm

Friday Nights are Always Party Nights

We are open seven days a week and until 9pm every Friday night.  It’s a great place to meet people after work.  Bring in your own food and beverage and unwind after a long week. 10% off!

And Featuring Our Holiday Favorites

Baby Hand and Foot Prints

We can help you put baby hand and foot prints on any ceramic piece — a special gift for grandparents.

Holiday Office Parties

Reserve our studio for your holiday office party or gather a group of friends, family or coworkers to paint gifts or ornaments. Give us a call at 503-288-0770 or contact us online.

Mimosa Studios is celebrating ten years of painting pottery!

Who knew we would have so much fun and laughter and meet so many wonderful friends by sharing our love of painting pottery?  Ten years have flown by and it’s time to celebrate!

You’re Invited to Our Ten Year Anniversary Party

We want to say thank you to all of our fabulous customers (that’s you!) so we’re throwing an anniversary party the weekend of November 5th & 6th. We’ll have party favors, tasty snacks, door prizes, and a contest to guess how many pots have been painted at Mimosa Studios in the past ten years with a $50 gift certificate as the grand prize!  We hope you will be able to join us for our celebration.

A Benefit for De Paul Youth and Family Center

25% of all proceeds from our anniversary party will be donated to De Paul Youth and Family Center. De Paul’s Youth and Family Center’s services include: assessment and evaluation of abuse and addiction issues, gender specific treatment programs for boys and girls, family therapy services, and integrated mental health services.

About Mimosa Studios

Mimosa Studios started at my kitchen table with more painted pots than cooking pots and a small kiln in the basement. My love of doing art with others expanded to Alberta Street with the goal of creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere for people of all ages and skill levels to relax, have fun, and paint pottery. We opened just one month after 9.11. at the beginning of the emerging Arts District. Last Thursday was just starting as a neighborhood art walk.

Over the years, our family-owned studio has hosted more than one hundred birthday parties, wedding and baby showers, office parties, school auction projects, off-site parties, and our famous Margarita Parties (last Friday of the month). We’ve also seen some incredible pottery painting by people of all ages: from a vibrant hand-print of a newborn to intricately painted pottery pieces, we are continually amazed at the art our customers create.

Mimosa Studios is proud to support community efforts, offering discounts and donations to schools and community groups working to support children and strengthen families.

Thank you for visiting Mimosa Studios and sharing the enjoyment of pottery painting with us.

~ Austin Ragione, studio owner

Random Notes

• Most rewarding project — Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, taking ceramic painting projects into jails to work with children and incarcerated mothers.
• Most popular items to paint: princess banks, snakes, owls and mugs.
• Most unusual project: Pug Party with 14 pugs putting paw prints on plates.

We’ve got snakes, bears, cats, dogs, ballerinas, cars, butterflies, monkeys, penguins, dinosaurs, and more. Our shelves are stocked with hundreds of figurines for you to paint.

Figurines are great for birthday parties! Kids love to paint their favorite animals, letting their imaginations run wild with the bright colors we have to choose from.

Margarita Night we are hosting a Costume Contest!
Friday, October 28

Join us for our ever popular Margarita Night! You paint! We pour! You pay just the cost of painting the piece ($15 minimum). The best costume wins a $25.00 gift certificate toward your next Mimosa Studios visit. And all weekend long, October 29 and 30, everyone wearing a costume gets 10% off and a treat!

Need some wicked inspiration?

No problem.  How about a spooky candy dish, a scary mug, a frightening figurine, a bewitching treat plate? We’ll be ready and waiting with plenty of creative ideas.

Contact us if you want to reserve your spot for our Halloween Costume Contest on Margarita Night on Friday, October 28th.  Spooky music, tasty treats, and free margaritas will be served for your painting pleasure.

Mimosa Studios has lots of kid-friendly and Mom’s Night Out/Date Night activities planned for October! In addition to our regular daily specials and super fun birthday parties, we feature Friday Nights are Party Nights! We are open until 9:00 pm every Friday night. Customers can bring in their own food and drink and relax after a long week. Perfect for Mom’s Night Out or a romantic and fun Date Night!

The last Friday of every month is Margarita Night at Mimosa Studios! You paint and we provide free Margaritas.

With hundreds of ceramic pieces and a superb selection of color paints to choose from, painters will find the perfect gift for parents and grandparents at the right price. The studio provides all of the necessary materials to create your very own work of art. All you need is a little artistic inspiration, which is abundantly available at Mimosa Studios!

We host monthly Margarita Parties and have special events just for the fun of it!

We design and paint custom ceramics, and even work with schools and businesses to create projects on site.

Questions? Give us a call at 503-288-0770.