Brooke Pottery is sponsoring an artist in Lakeland’s first Chalk for Charity art festival on Saturday, February 4th. Using chalk and liquid tempera as their medium and pavement as their canvas, professionals and novices will turn Lemon Street into an outdoor art display. We have our own in-house artist thinking up something fun and exciting, so save the date for the big reveal. Parents and Grandparents can purchase small squares in the Children’s Zone. For more info, click here.
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Lakeland Swan Ornament Back in Stock
Our trademark porcelain Lakeland swan ornament is back in stock. Brooke Pottery has several handmade Lakeland gifts or souvenirs. Browse the new Lakeland Gifts section of our online shop to see more.
The ornament comes with a printed history of the swans in Lakeland.
Winter Clearance – Save 25%
Kay and Margaret have gone to Market in Atlanta, scouting for new items by our favorite American artists and discovering new ones. That means it’s time for Brooke Pottery’s annual winter clearance. Selected jewelry, glassware, candles, pottery and pens are now 25% off. Help us make room in the shop and get a good deal on gifts. Remember, we are now open until 9pm every Friday – starting tonight!
Merrily Made
Stoenner Glassware
Lulu Ceramics
Lucina K Jewelry
Sas-y Glass Serving Trays
Coleman Glass
Now Open Late on Friday Evenings
Goodbye Thursdays on Kentucky, Hello Friday Nights! We are starting off the New Year at Brooke Pottery with new hours for Fridays. Open 9 am – 9 pm every Friday starting on First Friday January 6th. See you tomorrow night!
Starlightz Are Shining Bright in Our Gallery
Great gift under $50! Easy to pack or ship!
Handmade paper Starlightz by Artecnica are shining bright once again in our garden gallery. Starlightz fold flat in an envelope and come with a 15 ft. white light kit. All you need is a light bulb to create an instant atmosphere of warmth and wonder by illuminating the colorful and intricately patterned Starlightz.
Green Fact: Artecnica is committed to considering issues of environmental sustainability and responsible manufacturing. Their products are made with recycled materials and transported in easy-ship flat packages to help reduce their carbon footprint.
Basd in Los Angeles, Artecnica collaborates with the most established and emerging international designers to create inspiring decorative objects for the living environment. Artecnica’s Design with Conscience® program works with artisan communities in developing countries to produce unique handcrafted objects that reflect indigenous skills. This humanitarian approach supports shared work and profit across borders, cultures, races, and religions. Starlightz are made in India. Designs vary. $40-$53 each.
Wish List Thursday Ends Tonight – Winner TBA 12/9
Have you entered our Wish List Giveaway yet? Don’t miss your chance to win a $50 Brooke Pottery Gift Certificate. Tonight is our last Wish List Thursday and we are open until 9 pm.
Wish Lists make it easy for friends and family to find the perfect gift for you. Come unwind after work and enjoy wine, cheese and dessert bites while you shop during Wish List Thursdays at Brooke Pottery. Everyone has a chance to win, so tell all your friends and co-workers to join us for a fun evening of shopping in Downtown Lakeland. The Black Swan Bazaar and Traditions Unlimited are also open late for Thursdays on Kentucky.
One wish list/drawing entry per person. No purchase required to enter drawing. Gift certificate winner will be announced on Friday, December 9. Also on Friday, meet visiting artist Don Nedobeck in the shop 6-9 pm.
Dec. 9: Visiting Artist Don Nedobeck
Nedobeck’s 2012 Fanciful Feline Calendar is here! Call us to reserve a copy, or better yet, drop by the shop on Friday, Dec. 9, to meet Don Nedobeck in person 6-9pm. Brooke Pottery carries Nedobeck’s notecards, matted art prints, calendars, and soft-cover books.
Nedobeck’s Alphabet Book is a fantastical voyage through the ABCs. Where else but from the imagination of Don Nedobeck would you find “Herrietta Hen and her horrendous hairdo” or “Terri the tall tan thin tiger talking with three tiny toads by their toy truck”? All 3 books are currently in stock.
If there is one word to describe artist, storyteller, musician, husband and father Don Nedobeck, it would be expressionist. To listen to his name is to hear the sounds of basic keys on a clarinet, Ne-do-beck, and with practice it becomes more fluid. Talking with Nedobeck is like sitting in your most comfortable old worn out chair with a fat, furry feline nestled upon your chest. Besides his greatest talent of putting people at ease, he’s a man capable of anything. You see, ever since Nedobeck was a boy, he was encouraged by his parents, a Russian father, also a fine artist, and a Polish mother whose landscaped garden surpassed Boerner’s Botanical’s gardens, to use two very important gifts: his imagination and his creativity. It was his creativity that allowed him to draw life from a whimsical point of view during his “occupational development” period as Good Humor man, stock boy, grain inspector and meter reader for the gas company.
In addition to his painting, Nedobeck has authored numerous books from his personal observations under “New Wrinkle Press,” his publishing company. To date, there are over 800,000 Nedobeck books in print, including “No Known English Translation” and “Nedobeck’s Alphabet Book”. New Wrinkle Press also produces Nedobeck’s note cards, calendars and prints. His signed prints have been collected by nearly 30,000 people world wide, and have universal appeal — they conjure up laughter and smiles at first glance.
When Nedobeck’s not using his hands to create art or music, he has his hands in the soil — his real form of meditation. Perhaps that’s where Don Nedobeck’s imagination is planted, tilled, shaped and continues to grow, producing art for the child in all of us. -Carmen Alicia Marguia
Closing at 5 pm Thursday for Christmas Parade
Bill Campbell Porcelain
Holiday Walkabout Deal: Save $5 on $25
The holiday season brings some of our most enjoyable days of the entire year to the shop. We delight in connecting with our customers and winter visitors who are returning for the season. Tomorrow 6-9 pm, the 23rd Annual Holiday Walkabout in Downtown Lakeland brings festivity to the streets of downtown Lakeland. Take a stroll through downtown and enjoy the old-fashioned Christmas cheer. Carolers, holiday shopping specials, carriage rides, holiday lights in Munn Park and general merriment await! At Brooke Pottery, save $5 off your total purchase of $25 or more during the Walkabout 6-9 pm.
This year the Holiday Walkabout features special guest performers from Colonial Christmas. Get a sneak peek of this delightful holiday event that takes place December 3-4 at Kingscliff, a Lake Hollingsworth mansion. Experience the Holiday Celebrations of America’s Founding Fathers at Colonial Christmas. Twenty costumed interpreters will greet guests in seven themed rooms. Guests will join in colonial dances, eat tavern food, participate in period political discussions, learn about holiday, wedding, and hospitality traditions, play colonial games, watch excerpts from colonial-era plays, and engage in storytelling as told by slaves who celebrated the holiday.
Ornaments on Parade Friday, Saturday & Sunday
To all you early birds who took advantage of our Black Friday Sale this morning, thank you. We hope you found some wonderful gifts. Holiday shopping fun continues at Brooke Pottery all weekend long with Ornaments on Parade. For one of a kind, handcrafted ornaments in glass, pewter, porcelain, and metal, we have you covered! Plus, get a free 2011 Brooke Pottery stoneware ornament with your minimum purchase of $25 this weekend. Remember to shop on Small Business Saturday to make a big impact on your local economy.
2011 stoneware ornament
porcelain version
Brooke Pottery’s 2011 Holiday Ornament was designed by Madison Kluegel, a sixth-grader at Millenium Middle School. We love her festive penguin surrounded by snowflakes. On November 4 we presented awards to the top three finalists of our summer Kids Art Ornament Contest. Madison Kleugel won a $100 savings bond for first place. The second place $75 bond was awarded to Sydney Tritschler of North Lakeland Elementary, while David Zamot, a third-grader at Scott Lake Elementary took home a $50 bond for third place. Congratulations to all the young artists! Brooke Pottery’s ornament is for sale throughout the holidays, and 10% of sales are donated to the Needlework Guild of America. The NGA is a non- profit organization that provides clothing for local school children in need. Our stoneware ornament is $10; white porcelain ornament is $12.50.
