Our Year End SALE Happens Tomorrow!

With the new year right around the corner and big things to come at the boutique, we need to clear out our inventory.  Get great deals on:

• Home Decor
• Bath & Body by Barefoot Venus
• Eco-friendly Candles
• Shabby Chic & Cottage Chic furniture
• Hand-made Quilts
• Wall Hangings & Clocks 
• Christmas Decor ...and more!

One Day Only!

Saturday, December 29th 

11:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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Apple Box Boutique

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Save on our "Got Milk Paint?" Workshop with Jennylyn Pringle

 and save $100!

Jennylyn Pringle, President of Homestead House – the company that makes the famous Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint -- is coming to Apple Box Boutique to lead a one-of-a-kind “Got Milk Paint?” session.

With years of experience in painting with Milk Paint and all of the fantastic finishing techniques that can be applied, it is your opportunity to learn from the best!

One class only:  January 2, 2013

Includes all materials: bookshelf, paints and finishes.  Lunch is provided.

Today is the last day to
help us help others this Christmas...

For every $50 purchase, Apple Box Boutique will donate a warm, nutritious meal for someone in need this Christmas.

Your purchase = dining with dignity...   It's that easy to give hope in Edmonton!

Happy Holidays! 

♥,
Apple Box Boutique

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Christmas Shopping that Keeps On Giving!

We are well on our way to making an impact together, and there are still two more days to help us help others.

 

When you shop at Apple Box Boutique, your $50 purchase keeps on giving. 

For every $50 purchase, Apple Box Boutique will donate a warm, nutritious meal for someone in need this Christmas.

Your purchase = dining with dignity... It's that easy to give hope in Edmonton!

 

Happy Holidays!  

 Christmas Hours

Today 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM

OPEN LATE
Thursday & Friday 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

NEW DAYS
Sunday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday, Dec. 24 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

♥,
Apple Box Boutique

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Christmas Hours... More Time to Find the Perfect Gift!

Watch our blog and Facebook page for beautiful new home decor, glorious gifts, blissful bath & body products and fabulous florals to dress up your home for the holidays.

We're making it even easier to one-stop-shop at Apple Box Boutique with our longer and later Christmas hours.

Stop in for great giveaways, new arrivals, sales and unique items hand-crafted by local artisans.  PLUS your purchase can keep on giving with our 2012 'We Donate' Christmas Campaign...

For every $50 purchase, Apple Box Boutique will donate a warm, nutritious meal for someone in need this Christmas.

Your purchase = dining with dignity...   It's that easy to give hope in Edmonton!

Happy Holidays!

♥,
Apple Box Boutique

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Natural Barefoot Venus Gift Sets and More!

This Christmas ...we've got a little something, something to make any day an opportunity to indulge in a blissful bath and body experience. Since Barefoot Venus products are made without parabens, sodium laureth sulfate, mineral oils, synthetic colour or propylene glycol you can be assured you are registering your good karmic deed times two knowing you gave an experience to nurture the body AND the soul.

Body:
Stop in at Apple Box Boutique for great gifts and stocking stuffers... or a little personal indulgence!

And Soul... times three:

In addition to the benefits of using natural Barefoot Venus products, for every purchase of $50 or more in-store, Apple Box Boutique will donate a warm, nutritious meal to someone in need this holiday season.

Just Arrived:

Ginger Snap
Ginger snap, a blend of rich, smooth eggnog and warming ginger are swirled together for the ultimate holiday fragrance.

*Available until January Only

Ginger Snap White Tea bubble bath

Enter your own watery world of fragrant skin-softening bubbles. Mild plant- derived ingredients including; certified organic oats and white tea extract, create a rich, luxurious skin-loving bath.

Ginger Snap Creamy Cleansing Wash

Succumb to your cleansing seduction with a creamy, deliciously scented wash that leaves you feeling utterly pampered from top-to-toe. Blissful bubbles of aloe vera and mega-moisturizing jojoba seed oil smoothly wash away impurities leaving skin clean and silky-soft. A shower with soap seduction makes being a high-maintenance gal easy work.

Ginger Snap Sugar Scrub

Get smooth as white and brown sugar crystals, saturated with healing oils, gently buff roughness away. Moisturizing avocado oil and skin silkening coconut oil leave your skin in perfect birthday suit condition.

Ginger Snap Massage and Bath Oil

One amazing oil, two scandalous ways to use it. Each leaves you irresistibly tempting to the touch. This instant performer is packed with skin-nourishing superstar oils: avocado, sweet almond, and apricot kernel to name just a few. However you choose to enjoy this velvety oil, you will be left with flirtatiously soft skin.

Massage over body or drizzle decadently in the tub.

Ginger Snap SOS Body Cream

When your skin is sending out an SOS that says “stop the flaking!”, it’s time to listen. Dry, chafed skin magically vanishes when a tried and true potion of macadamia nut oil, sesame seed oil and wheat germ oil starts to mollycoddle your needy skin. Smooth it on, and feel how quickly the SOS is called off.  *paraben free*

Coconut Kiss

Warm up the holidays!  Tropical bliss abounds with these creamy, rich coconut inspired skin pleasures.

~ Creamy Cleanser

~ Body Lotion

~ Cocoa Butter Bath Soak

~ Massage Oil

~ Instant Hand Repair

Great for stocking stuffers, purse or to sample Coconut Kiss:

Decadent Duo gift set in Organza Bag
$10.99










Cocoa Tree Gift Set
Be prepared to glow like the goddess you are. You will look and smell angelic, and the price is heavenly! (halo not included)

This ready-to-give set includes a sugar scrub and elixir in rich, creamy cocoa fragrance! (Value $30.99)
$16.99




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What to Give Away in the Giveaway?

We are well on our way to 50,000 Pageviews, and when we get there we want to hold a giveaway.  We have so many great things as options that we are having trouble choosing.  SO... we decided to leave it up to you!

What would you like to see in our Giveaway basket?

• Home Decor
• Bath and Body Products
• Miss Mustard Seed Products
• Annie Sloan Books and Brushes

Comment below with your thoughts, and don't forget to sign up as a Follower of this blog to be eligible to win.  Then share it with your friends and we'll get to 50,000 Pageviews -- and our Giveaway -- that much quicker!

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

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Barefoot Venus Giveaway & Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ Updates

Usually Mondays are reserved for Reimagined Monday, but we are putting all that on the back burner while we catch up on a few things!  Don't worry -- it will be back next week!  As for today:

First... the winner of the Barefoot Venus Lilly Pilly Giveway is...

Nicole Ter Mors McEachern

Congratulations Nicole!  

Barefoot Venus is natural and oh-so-decadent!  We hope you love it as much a we do.

Second... for everyone wondering what has happened with our Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ shipment, there have certainly been trials and tribulations in getting it to Alberta, but things are looking up!

After slowly making its way to and then being halted at the border due to things we won't bore you with but having to do with a little something called Hurricane Isaac and its after-affects, things are looking good for it to be in our hands toward the end of this week.  

We've been assured that this is very unusual and future shipments will get here easy-peasy.  Or is that easily-peasily?  

Either way, as soon as this one arrives we will be getting paint and wax off to those who ordered online for shipping or for pick-up in boutique. Once those orders are filled, we'll send the rest in to the boutique!  

If you know what you want we recommend you order from our website to beat the rush.

And now it's time for... 

 

For your patience, for hanging in there with us, and for just being you -- our fantastic customers, friends and followers!

It may be a little quiet around the blog for a few days, but there will be much to tell soon!

Have a fabulous week! 

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

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Don't Miss Our Celebratory Barefoot Venus Giveaway

Only 3 days left to enter our Lilly Pilly Giveaway!

Here's how:

Lilly Pilly Green Tea Cleanser

Lilly Pilly Fruit Butter Bath Mixture

Lilly Pilly Olive Fruit Body Lotion

The Lilly Pilly collection is a flirty mix of lush fruits & sweet florals that have been sprinkled with powder’s silky-softness.  Natural, aromatic and oh-so decadent!

We carry this and other fabulous Barefoot Venus products at the boutique and they fly out the door, so we snuck off with this set for our "Celebration of 30,000 Pageviews Giveaway".

There are three ways to enter:

1. Follow us and let us know you've joined our blog in the comments section below.
2. Like us on Facebook and comment there.
3. If you already Like us and follow our blog, tell us in the comments section below or on FB and you will be entered as well!

Then watch this blog and Facebook for when we announce the winner.

Best of Luck!!!

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

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30,000 Pageviews -- Surely Cause for a Giveaway!

Yes... but don't all me Shirley.

We love to start the day with a laugh -- thanks Leslie Neilson -- and Happy Tuesday everyone!

What's the cause of all this jovial giddiness, you ask? (Not that we ever need a reason around here!)

A few days ago, before all of the excitement about becoming an Annie Sloan stockist ran away with us, we were going to tell you about a giveaway we had planned for when we hit 30,000 pageviews.  Then while we weren't looking, 30,000 came and went!  Colour us surprised!

Let's start with... THANK YOU! The support you have shown us has been fantastic, and we truly appreciate it. It is what keeps us working to be the best we can, and that is invaluable.

So... wondering what the giveaway is?  Let's get right to it!

The Lilly Pilly collection is a flirty mix of lush fruits & sweet florals that have been sprinkled with powder’s silky-softness.  Natural, aromatic and oh-so decadent!

We carry this and other fabulous Barefoot Venus products at the boutique and they fly out the door, so we snuck off with this set for our Giveaway.

There are three ways to enter:

1. Follow us and let us know you've joined our blog in the comments section below.
2. Like us on Facebook and comment there.
3. If you already Like us and follow our blog, tell us in the comments section below or on FB and you will be entered as well!

Then watch this blog and Facebook for when we announce the winner.  But act fast... we'll be drawing  in 10 days!

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

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Barefoot Venus Mustard Bath - Too Good AND True

• How often do you find a product that really is as good (or even better) than it proclaims itself to be? 

• How many times have you discovered one that gets a perfect score in review after review... after review?

Sound too good to be true?
Well, it is "too good", but we agree that the hype is absolutely true.  If you haven't tried it yet, stop in at the boutique and pick up a cute, vintagey container of Barefoot Venus Mustard Bath... then it will be tried and true!

Yikes... is it really Mustard?
Well, sort of!  Barefoot Venus Mustard Bath contains mustard seed powder, which has been used for centuries as a detoxifier.  A mustard bath is a traditional English therapeutic remedy.   The ancient Greeks & Romans, Europeans, Native Americans and the Ayurvedic tradition of India have all used mustard in this way*.

Barefoot Venus has managed to create the perfect mustard bath, infusing it with aromatic essential oils and 100% natural bath salts.

How does it work?
Put a healthy scoop in a hot bath, inhale and relax.  The therapeutic properties of mustard go to work pulling nasty toxins from your skin and the epsom salts relax your muscles while the wintergreen, eucalyptus, chamomile and rosemary surround you in a curative cape, leaving you feeling top-notch, clear-headed and ready to indulge your next girlish whim.

So, this is a girl's product?
While we'd like to lay claim to it, we know how great it is to find something that works well, makes you feel wonderful and smells fantastic.  We`re willing to share it -- unless it is the last scoop!

Words of warning
Bet you expected something cautionary in this section, but this product is oh-so-natural and our words of warning are simply this:

Stock up now! 

Barefoot Venus Mustard Bath is the fastest selling b&b product in the boutique and it isn't uncommon for customers to purchase 2, 3, 4 or more at a time.  This makes a fantastic gift for family or friends and works for any occasion... even as a hostess gift!

The guiding principle at Barefoot Venus is to support a lifestyle of beauty and wellness through the simple pleasures of their natural, aromatic bath and body experiences.

Apple Box Boutique carries a variety of Barefoot Venus bath and body products.

♥,

Apple Box Boutique
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Canada Day Sale: Redux!

Due to circumstances beyond our control we were unable to have the boutique open for a full day on Canada Day. We are sorry for the inconvenience and assure you that the issue has since been corrected.

We want to say:

Everyone is fine and we'd like to thank you for your concerned calls and emails. One of the reasons we love Apple Box Boutique so much is because of you, our family of customers, and we appreciate that you care and contacted us.

We want to do: 

Our best to make it up to you for such limited access Sunday, so we are extending our Canada Day Sale.

Yes, it is Canada Day Sale: Redux!  But even better.  We will offer sale pricing for two full days in the hope that makes it more convenient for you to come out to the boutique.
 
SO... Tuesday and Wednesday this week are all about deals and discounts, and as a recap here is what's on:

We are looking forward to seeing you there and thanking you in person for your patience and patronage.

Location 
6507 - 112 Avenue, Edmonton, AB
Map

Store Hours

Tuesday-Friday 11:00 AM- 6:30 PM

Saturday 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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Celebrate Canada Day: What's On Around Town

Stop in for BIG savings at Apple Box Boutique between Noon and 5:00 PM, then take in the fun and fabulous Canada Day events happening all around town... 

Happy Canada Day everyone!

If you are a first-time visitor or a long-time resident, there are activities for everyone to enjoy this Canada Day. From arts and culture to sports and the outdoors, Canada’s Festival City will provide residents and visitors alike with the ultimate Canada Day experience.

The Alberta Aviation Museum will be open with visiting aircraft on display, the Vintage Wings of Canada member rides and for the Children, the local Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will be holding a Free (other than museum admission) Young Eagles day where children between 8 and 16 years will get a flight in a light aircraft, courtesy of the EAA.

Celebrate Canada Day in one of the prettiest settings around, at the Devonian Botanic Garden. Outdoor art displays in the Main Garden, musical entertainment, crafts and games for the kids, Canada Day cake! All activities are free with regular admission.

Grab your bandana and bring the kids to an eco-tourism adventure and on-farm festival complete with Canada Day fun, farm tours, a wild west ghost town, wagon rides, gem mining & more! The Canada Day Kids Fest at Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm is the perfect way to kick-start summer holidays on the Canada Day long weekend.

Enjoy great food, entertainment, and live performances by Alberta based artists at one of Alberta’s top Canada Day destinations, the Alberta Legislature.  Geared for all ages, the performances will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. across three stages. New this year is a special children’s only area with its own stage. Beat the heat with a splash in the wading pools or by touring the Legislature Building during the annual Open House.

The annual Silly Summer Parade mixes Canada Day spirit with twisted humour and good old-fashioned fun. This fun filled afternoon features family activities, entertainment, a fundraising Bar-B-Que and of course Canada Day cake. 

There is plenty to take in at the various City attractions too!  Celebrate Canada Day and the Edmonton Valley Zoo’s 52nd birthday!  Enjoy lively jazz with Six Feet Up, Canada crafts, planting activities, face painting and lots of family fun at the Muttart Conservatory.  Join the park-wide celebration of Dominion Day with a great variety show at Fort Edmonton Park.  Enjoy the live entertainment, crafts, face painting and petting zoo at City Hall and don't forget the fireworks!  This year’s display is going to be bigger and better than ever before as Edmonton will be launching the biggest fireworks shell in Canada - don’t miss it!

Be sure to check out Celebrate Canada Day to find out firework viewing locations, road closures, and more about the other planned activities.

Want even more?  Be sure to check the Edmonton Tourism Calendar of Events for a complete listing of summer fun ideas!
*Events posting courtesy of Edmonton Tourism

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Our Canada "Two Day" Sale!

With yesterday's news that we will be open on Sunday came even happier news that we have an extra day to offer Canada Day deals.  Yes...

Our Canada Day Sale is now a Canada Two-Day Sale!

As an extra bonus, on Sunday we are now including 10% off all Barefoot Venus bath and body products and Whitewater Soy Candles!

...so many great ways to celebrate Canada's birthday!

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

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Canada Day Sale -- One Day Only!

On Saturday, June 30th, we are holding a Canada Day Sale.

Hurry In 

It lasts just one day!

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Apple Box Boutique

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20,000 Thank-yous!

After a couple of long days working like mad to sort out why our blog posts would not publish, the mystery has been solved.  Thank you to all those Blogger folks that made efforts to ensure we would be up and running for a day we absolutely did not want to miss. It is a special day...

Yes... it is thanks to you that we have reached 20,000 pageviews!!!

Some people may wonder why we think this is a big deal.  First, it is a huge deal because we have made great new friends and appreciate that our readers visit us.  Second, it is because when we started the blog, we had set 20,000 pageviews as a milestone for ourselves.  What makes this day even better is that we had hoped to meet this moment in a set time period, and we are excited to have reached here much earlier than expected.

And so we are VERY excited.  It is a warm, fuzzy feeling and we want to thank YOU for stopping in, for following and for sharing at On The Apple Box.

To show our appreciation, we would like to offer a V.I.P. discount to all of our blog followers and readers.  Just email us at info@appleboxboutique.com with the subject line: I've been On The Apple Box, and we will send you a coupon worth 20% off in-store purchases* until the end of the week.

20,000... what a pretty number.  THANK YOU!

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

*Includes all home decor, bath & body and candles. Coupon valid until end of day on Friday, June 29th.

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Spotlight on Eco-friendly Products: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ (ASCP)

Today is the the last of our three-day series focusing on our eco-friendly and natural product lines. At the outset we mentioned that we are consciously making an effort to offer items that are kind to our planet and our customers' health.  We are happy to be sharing the stories of our three major eco lines: Whitewater Candles, Barefoot Venus Bath and Body, and Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ for Furniture, Walls and Floors.

Since other paints and coatings contain harmful levels of chemicals called VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), we are very excited to be the Central Alberta supplier of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ™ for Furniture, Walls and Floors, today's highlighted eco-friendly product and the signature paint used in our Apple Box Boutique studio.

Spotlight:  Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ™

Annie Sloan developed her now famous Chalk Paint™ to answer the need she had for a paint which would have many uses from acting like limewash to looking like old painted furniture, and that had a good range of colour that could be extended by the user. This paint is quick-drying and very easy to work with, allowing people to be creative as one doesn’t get involved with the technicalities of preparation and it also allows you to change your mind without hassle.

Applications:

• Best paint on the market for painting furniture
• Paint can be use on any surface -- literally!
• Use on walls for a soft matte effect or wax it for a polished plaster effect
• Can even be used to paint floors
• Paint can be applied to interior or exterior surfaces and furnishings
• Yes, chalkboards, too -- imagine coordinating them with your decor!

Techniques:

• Use one colour or layer colours
• Distress and apply waxes to create an old world patina
• Can be used as a wash -- dilute with water so when you apply paint it shows the wood grain
• You can use it as an impasto (thickly) -- just leave the lid off to thicken
• Two to three coats makes a highly durable chalkboard
• Paint fabric -- holds up through washing.  Can wax to give a different look to the fabric finish.
• Very little black pigment is used so the colours can be mixed in any combination

Ease of Use:

People, pet and eco-friendly and with virtually no odour, everything can be painted on-the-spot!   

• No messy sanding, stripping or priming
• No more lugging furniture to a painting area
• No more waiting for perfect painting weather
• Easy clean-up
• Paint is flexible so you can be creative and change your mind

Credit: Foampillowss, Annie Sloan & Savvy Southern Style

Fun:

• Because the paint is pre-mixed and easy to use, it is stress-free
• You never waste paint because it is an aqueous product. Let it thicken to use as a fine art paint or a craft paint, or to get a 'chunky, farmhouse" feel to your furniture.  It doesn't 'skin over' like other paints.  Did it get too thick?  Just add water to lighten it up again or to use as a wash
• Coordinate curtains, pillows, accessories, carpets and floors by stenciling or painting them
• Annie Sloan shows her humour... she says this is a girls' paint, but boys can use it too!
• The paint is so versatile and pure in colour that extending allows you to create to your heart's, and imagination's, desire

Thousands of Colours:

"Extending" the paint means that the 30 'core' colours can be mixed together without becoming murky or 'muddied' as can often happen with latex and oil paints.  It allows you to create personalized and custom colours and really be creative with it!

The Right Paint for the Job:

• Originating in the UK, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ™ was designed to allow walls to breathe, making it perfect for cottage walls in Europe which means it also works perfectly in North America and our varying climates
• Paint indoor items, outdoor items, floors, walls, metal, glass, plastic laminate, smooth woods, rough woods, plastic, Ikea and Jysk style cabinets, kitchens, even fabric... the list goes on and on

Tried and True:

• Annie Sloan has been making it since 1990 so it's tried and tested! 
• True colour that transcends eras, styles, materials, climates and can keep up with your imagination
• Search the internet, books and catalogs for examples of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ projects (often also referred to as ASCP), and you'll find thousands of examples and positive reviews!

Lots of Class:

ASCP is so popular that we have joined forces with Tara Jamieson, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Specialist to offer classes in Edmonton on a monthly basis.

All supplies are included, so all you have to do is --

just show up in your paint clothes

• Take the Beginner's class to get hands-on experience with the paint and the tools, and learn aging and distressing techniques that will help you to with your own DIY projects

• If your kitchen needs to be freshened up or completely updated, then the Kitchen Reinvention class is for you

BONUS: 

Use the coupon code: APPLE to save $ each time you register for a class!

Go Green:

• Best of all, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ is extremely low in VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) so it won’t harm you or the environment

Now available at Apple Box Boutique Inc. in Edmonton, Alberta.

6507 - 112 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta

T5W 0P1

780-479-0007

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Apple Box Boutique

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