Many years ago, Rutherford County Habitat for Humanities in Rutherford County came up with the idea for the COOKIN’ TO BUILD event that will take place on Murfreesboro’s Public Square on November 1 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. While the opportunity to taste the many different kinds of soups and chili recipes made by community chefs representing local businesses and organizations has become an annual tradition, it is the bowl painting before the event at Color Me Mine at The Avenue that makes the event truly special. Bowl painting takes place now through October 15, 2025.
The Habitat and Color Me Mine partnership began with Teresa Johnson, who is now the CEO of the Color Me Mine franchise. In the early 2000s, she purchased a local “paint your own” pottery store and ran it with her daughter, who was 15 years old at the time, eventually expanding the business to four locations, while also developing a boat-building business. It was during this time that Habitat walked into the picture. Johnson loved the idea of offering the community the opportunity to paint a bowl to use for soup or chili at the tasting event. And it has become a tradition at many local businesses to gather a group of co-workers and go paint bowls.
Catlin Davidson, the current owner of the Color Me Mine store at The Avenue, has continued the partnership, and the painting parties have only grown bigger.
“Get together with friends, family and coworkers and paint your own bowl for COOKIN’ TO BUILD,” says the Habitat for Humanities website. “It’s great fun! The [folks at Color Me Mine will] fire it and have it at the event for you to take home. The cost is $30 for the bowl, paint, and your ticket to COOKIN’ TO BUILD on November 1. And, [if you paint a bowl] you get in early – at 10:30 a.m. instead of 11:00 a.m.
Painting a bowl for the event is a great time, and a chance to have a party with friends, just bring some snacks and beverages. Meet for lunch before painting or have dinner after.
Plus, the bowl is “perfect” for soup or cereal. Many people collect them over many years because they are created with love, and they are so unique. Not everyone chooses to pick up their bowl, and any unclaimed bowls are put out the next year for anyone to claim.
For more information about bowl painting, contact Color Me Mine at https://murfreesboro.colormemine.com/. To learn more about COOKIN’ TO BUILD, click here.
Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to bring people together to build homes, communities and hope.
This affiliate of the national organization was established by a group of volunteers in 1989, led by community leader Jack Goodrich. They started out as a volunteer grassroots organization in the basement of Trinity United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro. After 13 years of operating under purely volunteer leadership, Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity hired an executive director in 2002. The turn to professional, paid staff has helped guide the organization into a new level of service to this community and the country.
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