In early 1997, Pam O’Brien was more than ready to leave her 25+ year career in the insurance industry and try something creative. Her daughter, Kimberley Raiguel, was living in Salisbury, MD and was directing a live newscast at a local ABC affiliate station. Pam had heard of the new trend of pottery painting and in April paid a visit to a studio in Pennsylvania, the only studio in our area at that time. Six months later, Pam, with the help of husband Pat & daughter Kim, opened All Fired Up!, South Jersey’s Original Paint Your Own Pottery Studio, in charming, historic Haddonfield. After 10 years in business, All Fired Up! moved to their current location in Collingswood.

A family owned business, our only priority is to make your visit to our studio a pleasant and memorable time. We’ve been open since October 1997 and we’re still having fun. The best part of this business is the people who frequent our lives. We have made many new friends since we opened our doors. They become part of our family. Our staff is family too. Terry, a customer since we opened, joined us January 2005. Terry was promoted to Assistant Manager as of January 1st 2014. She loves her job and works so hard. She tells us she is never leaving! Miss Karen started with us in October 2011 and is our wonderful Art Teacher and is handling all of our Summer Camps; our Kids Artastic Workshops and our Adult Workshops too. Mikaila came to us in April 2023 and we just love her and her fun, upbeat personality. Carly joined us July 2023 and is already a wonderful fit with our crew! Eva (pronounced Ava) and Isabela joined us right before Thanksgiving 2023 and are wonderful additions to our crew! Lauren came back to us at Christmas time. She worked for us years ago and is working for us again while looking for her dream job in graphic design. We continue to be blessed as all of our employees are wonderful additions to All Fired Up!

But our best addition so far has been my youngest granddaughter and Kim’s daughter, Ryleigh Daisy. She has been coming to All Fired Up! since she was 6 weeks old and has probably painted at least half of the pieces we stock! She has become a wonderful artist. She loves to paint and even today is still excited when her pieces come out of the kiln all shiny and pretty. She is currently a student at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia and is working part time at the studio as well as continuing to be a Champion Irish Dancer. We can’t wait to see all the places she will go!

You’ll find all of our staff helpful and friendly and oh, so patient. We love our jobs and we love our customers!

As you can tell in the pictures, we are huge Philadelphia Union fans. My husband played soccer in college back in the 70’s on a soccer scholarship and we love having our own professional team to follow and love.