I am skipping ahead of myself~but I have lots of photos to edit before I can show you the last day of my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ training classes~so I am sharing what happened when I got home from class yesterday. It was my fifth wedding anniversary and Mr. MD got me two dozen shell pink roses.
In addition, the vintage french wallpaper I ordered for my shop had arrived!
These papers will be used to line the backs of pretty cabinets in the shop~
This one has a slight...
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Road Trip: What I learned on my first day at Annie Sloan training~
Yesterday I arrived at Patty Seaman's home for day one
of a two day Train the Trainer session.
The dining room table was set up with notebooks
and wood sample boards, and apron and brushes
that one other new stockist and I would be
using to learn new Annie Sloan skills
with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™.
I did not take a lot of photos,
as much of this is private stuff ya know!
However I will share what I can~
this was my...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Road Trip for Annie Sloan Training~Day One
Good Day Everybody~I drove 5 hours yesterday from Boston to New Jersey to take my Annie Sloan intensive Train the Trainer session with Patty Seaman of Classic Wall Finishes. Patty was one of the first stockists in the US and the second lady I bought a can of chalk paint from! I am in my hotel room without my usual photo downloading set up, I am not likely able to share the photos from my first day in New Jersey, as the photo files are huge and they may take forever to load on the blog...so...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Shop Series: Sign Designs and the color Lilac
Here is a mockup of the projecting sign for my shop~
It will be hanging off the end of the building and I
love the old fashioned look of a sign hanging from a bracket.
I like the paler color better~
the exterior of the store is going to have a
lilac and green color scheme.
The iron bracket is a scroll of ivy tendrils~pretty huh?
Speaking of lilac,
I painted the long dresser
that I got from my craigslist score.
I painted it in ASCP Old White and then...
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Shop Series: Creating a Garden Display area
The shop~this is how it looks as things are getting put together,
and as each load of inventory comes in, there is reshuffling to be done.
I drew up a floor plan of how I imagined the space to be laid out,
but as with everything I do, it is an organic process
(do you hate that word?)~
if I have to describe it, usually I just decide something like,
"oh this is the area that I will create a garden zone" ~
and sometimes you guys will give me ideas
that I know I am...
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