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Pottery Tutorial: How to Make Your Own Paintbrush Holder
Need a cute place to store your paintbrushes, your pottery tools or maybe your makeup brushes? Check out this tutorial, with a printable template included, to make your own stepped...
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Make Your Own Clay Candle Vessel
Want to make your own personalized candle vessels to pour your own candles into? The video tutorial below teaches you how to build a pinch pot from air dry clay....
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How to Pour Your Candle
After you have finished building your clay vessel, and it has dried, it's time to decorate and seal it. Then, you are ready to pour your own soy candle with...
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Two Tips for Less Holiday Stress in 2022
'Tis the season to be jolly... and hella stressed out, amirite? I used to try to do all the things during the holiday season - people pleaser problems! Read on for two...
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Recession-Proof Your Small Business with Five Keys to Lasting Success
How Pottery with a Purpose founder Samantha Hoff boosted sales by 500%, expanding her sustainable product line while prioritizing mental wellness. Although 2022 proved challenging for small business, Pottery with a...
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Winter Blues: 5 Tips to Help Improve Your Mental Health This Winter
The days are getting shorter and the temps are dropping. Maybe you’re like me, and feeling a little less energetic, less social, and a lot more like hibernating. Here are 5 tips...
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How to Make a Ghost Candle Holder from Air Dry Clay
Feeling crafty this spooky season? Spend the evening doing two awesome activities - sculpting and snacking - as you make you own clay Halloween decorations. Place these DIY clay ghosts in your window...
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Pottery with a Purpose Popped-Up at Nordstrom Nationwide
Pottery with a Purpose Partners with Pop-In@Nordstrom x Tappan Collective, Bringing the Delight of Purposeful Claymaking to Shoppers Nationwide. August 26th-October 2nd, explore “DIY done better” with consciously-curated clay kits that prioritize...
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The Art Series at Recreation Station
Recreation Station - in Boston, MA - will be the meeting location for three upcoming community art classes this fall. Each complimentary class will be hosted by a different local...
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4 Businesses - and 2 Nonprofits - to Support for AAPI + Jewish American Heritage Month
During Jewish American Heritage Month and AAPI Heritage Month, Pottery With a Purpose Names Ukraine-based Voices of Children Foundation and AAPI Women Lead, to Receive a Portion of May, June,...
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Make Your Own One-of-a-kind One Hitter
Have you been feeling burned out? Might I suggest a little POTtery sesh? In this post, you'll learn how to make your own one hitter aka a chillum to smoke...
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O-clay, Gurl! How to Make Clay Earrings + Clay Barrettes
Clay earrings, in particular, polymer clay earrings, are having a serious moment. Maybe you've seen someone making clay earrings on your Instagram feed or spotted them in a local shop,...
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Functional Pottery Ideas to Complete Your Home This New Year
Dating back centuries ago, pottery has always been a popular form of artistic expression and has played a critical role in creating a captivating space. Functional pottery is beautiful in...
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10 Woman-Owned Brands with Vegan Gifts for 2022
It's that time of year when people keep saying "it's that time of year"...so you know what that means... holiday shopping. As an eco-conscious person, I try not to buy...
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Digital Retail Partners Virtual Pottery Workshop
Digital Retail Partners (DRP), a Shopify-certified integrated design and marketing agency, was looking for a team event that could accommodate their remote team that spans from RI to TX, and allow them to unwind with...
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Sustainability is Here
One of the most important initiatives of Pottery with a Purpose is to create a more eco-friendly way to DIY. Every kit includes consciously-sourced materials and a guide to learn to dispose of...
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Recurly Virtual Pottery Workshop
After work, Recurly took time to unwind as a company and learn a new skill with a virtual pottery workshop. They learned to create an air dry clay vase to...
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Toast Virtual Pottery Workshop
The Strategic Growth team at Toast was looking for a team event that could accommodate their remote team that spans from Massachusetts to Illinois. Enter Pottery with a Purpose.
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Pottery with a Purpose Hanging Planter Workshop at Wyllo
Pottery with a Purpose (PwaP) teamed up with Wyllo, a curated women's boutique in Boston's South End/SOWA, for an evening of learning about pottery and creating one-of-a-kind ceramic hanging planters.
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Clay + Cocktails with Love Child + Pottery with a Purpose
Pottery with a Purpose (PwaP) teamed up with Love Child, an experiential event + retail space in South Boston for an evening of clay, cocktails + conversation.
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Bergmeyer Self-Led Pottery Party
Bergmeyer, a Boston-based design collaborative, hosted a 'back to the office' event and celebration of their one year "brandiversary" using Pottery with a Purpose kit's detailed, beginner-friendly instructions to host...
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Walker Edison Hybrid Pottery Workshop
Walker Edison, a furniture and décor company, has a strong focus on people and culture. For their quarterly team-building activity, the marketing department teamed up with Pottery with a Purpose...
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Pottery + Practice in the Park
Pottery with a Purpose (PwaP), teamed up with Laura Ahrens of Laura Ahrens Yoga, for an evening of pottery + yoga practice at the gorgeous Larz Anderson Park. This specialty workshop began with...
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Three Awesome Boston-Based, Women-Owned Businesses in One Event
Pottery with a Purpose was superrr excited to partner with two awesome Boston-based, woman-owned businesses for our first in-person ticketed pottery workshop. Hosted by Uvida Shop in partnership with Girlfriends Boston, attendees...
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The Healing Power of Pottery
Have you ever heard the old expression, "idle hands are the devil's workshop"? If you're feeling anxious or distressed, shaping, molding + decorating pottery can help you focus your energy...
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Covet + Lou Blog Repost: The 8 Ball with Samantha Hoff
Learn more about Pottery with a Purpose (PwaP) founder, Samantha Hoff, in this feature from Covet+ Lou, one of our favorite local woman-owned, indie boutiques. Sam discusses PwaP, practices she uses...
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Top 3 Workplace Wellness Trends in 2021
What to know about corporate wellness right now - and how Pottery with a Purpose helps support teams just like yours.
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6 Easy DIY Crafts Good for the Mind + Mother Earth
Not only do DIY crafts boost your mental health but they get your creative juices flowing. Spring is the perfect time to try something new and do some pretty cool things...
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3 Creative Digital Detox Ideas for Mental Health Awareness Month
If you’re craving a bit of real, tangible connection with yourself and others, then it may be time to try a digital detox.