I go to quite a few paint nites/painting and vino's etc…read more.. the problem is that everytime i'm heading out of the house my kids are upset that they can't go... VIP paints has family nights/kids only events/adult only events...how cool is that!?!? my kids both came here and painted snoopy's house...love it! i have a similar painting from a previous event...so happy to have found this place! tons of good spots in the area for pre/post food and drinks..or drop off your kids and have an hour of fun

What a great evening!! Attended a painting session last night with my posse of 7. We laughed, some…read morecried (haha) but we ALL had a great time bringing out our inner Picasso! Great stress relief for the moms in our group! Love that we can bring our own snacks and beverages (and no corkage fees). There are many paintings on the wall so you can see what others have created. Dora was our instructor and she was great. She took her time showing us how to create our masterpieces! I loved how she reminded us to take a drink to help us relax and not stress over our work! Fun time meeting new people and at the end seeing how different everyone's artwork turned out! Some even took liberties and invented new animals....spotted hyena-giraffe (Sandra!)! Haha Parking is the only issue but if you arrive early you shouldn't have to spend too much time looking. Try parking in the neighborhoods behind the studio. Some parked in the Vons parking lot but I advise against it as there are signs you will be towed. Thanks for a great time Dora!! We all had a blast and we will be back!!

What an amazing and fun experience!…read more A group of friends and I had the best time painting together a couple weeks ago. Never in a million years would I have thought I would be able to paint a cherry blossom tree but low and behold my masterpiece is hanging out on my hallway wall. The instructor is super sweet and PATIENT! I've done these things before where they fly by the instructors or get irritated when you hold up the class and ask a lot of questions. This wasn't like that at all. Ann and her assistant Tom (power couple!) were amazing and super helpful. I will definitely be back for some more painting fun!

We had such a wonderful time painting for our private event at balboa park! Anne was accommodating…read moreto all levels and very professional. Tom did great refilling paints, napkins, and drinks! We had such a good time painting this customized piece. I highly recommend taking a class with wine n wonders!! No matter what level you are, it's a great experience to test your creative side.

I went on a FriDate there. The teachers were very helpful and informative. Even though I could…read morebarely form a clay cup they assured and assisted me along with my date.

Overall a great pottery class. I've come here twice now and the classes are always small and…read moreintimate which is something I enjoy. Pottery is surprisingly harder than you'd think and it's nice to have that one on one instruction from the teacher. We made some wonderful items. And learned some great techniques. I would suggest this studio to my friends.

Great time so much fun a must do very welcoming and the art is so pretty nice music and vibes def…read moregreat place will go again

I love the atmosphere of this paint and sip establishment. The owner Brianna is very sociable. I…read morewill recommend this for any event. You can also rent the space for events.

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE at AR WORKSHOP CORONADO with Reg and Izzy! We were welcomed in as a…read moregroup with bright smiles and excellent customer service. The positive vibes from Reg and Izzy were what we needed to have a successful chunky blanket session. The instruction by Reg was very good and she was on point with analogies to help us all better understand and visualize what we needed to do. Example, "Two big bunny ears...new bunny eats old bunny, then create another new bunny.." for the braiding edge technique. This was overall AWESOME! I highly recommend groups of 5-9 people to participate in this awesome chunky blanket class. Parking is better 2 blocks away in the residential neighborhood, and free. After our chunky blanket class, we shopped their awesome jewelry bar. They have so many beautiful earrings and charm bracelets. They will even attach the charms that you purchase onto your bracelet, bonus!

Had the best time making and painting a coffee table tray this past Saturday at AR Workshop…read more Attended a wok-sponsored event. Ahead of time we all picked out what we wanted to make, and what we wanted to the design to look like. When we arrived there's a couple of tables all setup with our project we picked out all ready for us. We get a little schpeal about what kind of paint to pick and then we can pick out our colors and get to work. It was so much fun and so easy (I'm not creative, but was very easy to follow the stencils). We also brought our own food and drinks and while our paint was drying we could walk around and munch and chat with everyone. I have already been chatting with my girlfriends about coming back to do an event together.

Becky and I had just finished enjoying some gelato at An's Electronic Repair. As we were leaving,…read morewe noticed this little shop next door. On display in the window was shelves full of an interesting variety of ceramics. We decided to check it out. We've walked by many times on our way to and from La Doña and never noticed Claytime Ceramics and Gifts. Upon walking in we were cheerfully greeted by Caroline the owner. She explained that her shop is a DIY ceramics shop. You choose a piece and paint it. She even offers classes for making pottery on a pottery wheel. One wall was lined with wheels. There are tables set up for people to create their pieces. When we were there a small family (mom, dad, two small kids) was at a table painting away. Caroline is super nice. She was so friendly and excited to share. Her passion for her art and sharing her knowledge were palpable. This really looked like a great couples, family or group activity. The next time you're strolling along Bacon Street in OB, stop in and say hi to Caroline at Claytime Ceramics!

Caroline do I need to give you my passport and birth certificate too? How much proof and reviews do…read moreyou need to understand that your store is not good and you run it terribly considering this is how you treat your customers. "Are you ashamed of it?" Who says this? Show some respect this is very unprofessional Edit* You will really do everything BUT take accountability huh. Running a good business is listening to your customers not accusing them since you sure spend a lot of your time doing that. Maybe you can direct that energy to your store instead and make more practical ceramics. You should remove the title "business owner" from your profile as well. You're not fit for it.

Word to the wise, pray for perfect weather when you book a paint party otherwise you'll be…read morecancelled on and lose your deposit. I booked Stephanie to do a paint party to celebrate a good friend's 60th birthday. Unfortunately on the day of the event there was a thunderstorm for about an hour during the day, approximately 2-3 hours prior to event time. Was there thunder and lightning, yes. Was there rain for a little bit of time, yes. Was there hail for a little bit, yes. Did all this stop prior to the event, YES. One of the gals who was coming to the event stated that the roads were safe to drive on, she was coming from close to the area that Stephanie was coming from. All this weather report is to lead to the fact that Stephanie cancelled the event due to fact that she didn't feel safe to drive to my place to conduct the painting party. Her decision to cancel was most definitely her prerogative. Where the negative review comes into play is that even though SHE made the decision to cancel, she would only refund 50% of the deposit I paid. I acknowledge that her booking policy is deposits are non-refundable. She stated that refunding 50% was more than she needed to do due to the circumstances. However, for most businesses deposits are in place for if the customer chooses to cancel. But apparently Stephanie's policy covers even if she chooses to cancel so the consumer is screwed out of money. How is that fair? This was to celebrate a friend's special birthday so rescheduling was not an option, can one reschedule turning 60? That would be nice, but not possible. Stephanie even went so far to toss an insult out that I cared more about a birthday party than I did her safety, insert eye roll emoji here. Drama much. All in all, like I started in the beginning pray for perfect weather otherwise she'll make the decision to cancel and keep your $$.

A week ago, my friend and I happened to stumble upon a Pawcasso event at our favorite local…read morewatering hole & on a whim decided to try it out. SO GLAD WE DID. From the start, the paint party was purrrfectly prepared with the photos of our precious pooches set at easels with paints. The instructions were always easy to follow and if you weren't the most artistically blessed, Stephanie was right there to help you!! My friend and I honestly had the most amazing time, not only between the two of us, but with the other fellow pet lovers as well. Not to mention, our amazing instructor, Stephanie, & her lovely assistant/ daughter, had the most admirable mother daughter dynamic. The entire time, our group was joking around, enjoying food & drinks, and best of all, sharing adorable facts about our beloved fur babies. We will definitely be doing another one of these classes ASAP.

I've been to paint nights before and loved them. But unfortunately, I didn't love this one. This is…read moremy first time doing a paint night with YayMaker and I was super excited because the painting we had for Oct 4th looked beautiful. It was the "Rainbow Palm Tree". The paint night in particular was at the Hilton in Mission Valley. I'm not a fan of paying for parking especially when I'm already paying for other stuff on top of that unless it's a special occasion. This wasn't a special occasion for me, it was just an outing. So I parked in the street. Had I known that the people who parked in the self-parking had their parking covered, I would've parked there instead of in the street. Literally the instructor announced the parking situation at the end. I didn't see anything when signing up about it, but also I had the ticket sent to someone else's email because we were going together, so who knows, maybe they missed that email. But anyways we go inside and the lighting is soooo poor. I was confused as to how we were going to even see our colors blending, which we didn't. This resulted in me holding my phone for the whole two hours with the flashlight on in order to see my color scheme that was going on. It was honestly to the extent where you couldn't really even see what was going on in the front because of the poor lighting overall. Another reason I didn't like the experience was that there was toooo many people. I'm pretty sure it was around 50 people who attended, maybe even a bit more. With this many people you aren't able to get one-on-one time with the instructor which you are in other paint nights with diff companies that I've been to. With that many people there, it was also super squishy on the tables. I felt like I was a little tooooo close to my neighbors. This many people also led to not being able to see the canvas at the front well enough, since more people = more distance. You couldn't hear the instructor half the time with her microphone. And the paint night was literally in the lobby so it makes sense why you can't hear her. I'm not an artist, but the other paint nights I went to with other companies made me feel like one because of the pace that they go at and the one-on-one instruction between each step. The one thing I like about YayMaker is the raffle that they did. You pay $2 to enter a raffle to win a painting, and all proceeds go to an animal shelter in Oceanside. I came here to relax and destress but honestly walked out stressed and disappointed with how the whole paint night was set up.

This is for the paint night on Fri, Dec. 20, 2019 @ Mission Valley Hilton where we painted a…read moreChristmas tree dress. (This should be enough info for Yaymaker to identify the instructor to give her credit). I cannot remember the instructor's name right now but she was really good. Of the 5 paint nights I have done (both from Yaymaker and another company), she was the only one to tell us to always leave the paint brushes in water when not in use). She gave us detailed step by step instructions and gave us some technique on strokes for the tree. She gave us the option of just doing a tree instead of a tree dress. She often said to raise our hands if we needed help or had questions. She was approachable and encouraging. She had cheerful holiday music and regular music playing in the background. The venue was great--large tables set up on two sides with the instructor and 2 paintings in the middle--one finished and one being painted. We had good elbow room too. (We also ate dinner at the hotel restaurant before hand so that was convenient). Parking was easy, plentiful, free, and just a few steps away. I will be coming back to this venue and to another Yaymaker event. I have done a total of 3 paint nights with Yaymaker.