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July 09, 2013

Our July Workshops Have Been Posted!

Learn everything you need to know to get started on your summer projects.

Book a Paint Party for you and your friends or attend one of our Chalk Paint™ or Milk Paint workshops.

Chalk Paint™ Workshops

Chalk It Up To Fabulous Workshop
This is the Chalk Paint™ workshop everyone has been asking about! Spend an afternoon reimagining your small furniture or home decor item.

Learn application techniques, distressing techniques and the how-tos of finishing using Soft Wax. Then apply your new skills and reimagine your own piece, with expert guidance on hand.

Must be able to carry in your item unassisted.

Includes paint, finishes and all painting supplies for use during class. Lunch and beverages are provided.

Date:           Sunday, July 14, 2013
             Time:           10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Date:           Sunday, July 28, 2013
   Time:          10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

People Are Chalking Workshop
This ‘jump-start’ Chalk Paint™ workshop covers everything you need to know about Annie Sloan paints and waxes. Learn application techniques such as washes, dry brush and layering, different distressing techniques and finally the how-tos of finishing and antiquing using Soft Wax.

You will leave with the enthusiasm and expertise to go home and reimagine a piece of furniture with confidence.

Includes all materials, paints and finishes for use during class. Snacks and beverages are provided.

Date:         Tuesday, July 16, 2013
    Time:       12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Date:          Tuesday, July 30, 2013
       Time:    12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Milk Paint Workshops

Got Milk Paint? Workshop

Taking our hands-on Milk Paint workshop will ensure that you acquire a strong knowledge of how to use Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint, Furniture Wax and Antiquing Wax. You will complete sample boards to take home along with your new skills. Then, let the reimagining begin!

In this workshop you will learn about:

History, characteristics and preparation of Milk Paint
Different uses of Milk Paint
Multi-layer painting
Faux-finishing techniques: antiquing, distressing etc.
Crackle finish

All in-class supplies, light snacks and beverages are included. Just show up in your paint clothes and be ready to have fun!

Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

To register for workshops or to learn more about booking a
Private Paint Party, visit our WORKSHOPS page or click:

We’re looking forward to seeing you in class!

♥,
Apple Box Boutique

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June 29, 2013

SALE! We're Open Today 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM!

We're open today from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

40% off selected home décor

15% off Milk Paint

(Homestead House and Miss Mustard Seed's)

Get your order in for French Linen

(Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan. Regularly $49.95, now $46.00)

Pre-order English Yellow (Chalk Paint™) in-store

and be among the first in Alberta to get it!

Happy Canada Day Weekend, everyone!

June 14, 2013

New Paint Workshops Have Been Posted!

Learn everything you need to know to get started on your summer projects.

Book a Paint Party for you and your friends or attend one of our Chalk Paint™ or Milk Paint workshops.

Date:          Sunday, June 23, 2013
    Time:   10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Milk Paint Workshops

Got Milk Paint? Workshop

History, characteristics and preparation of Milk Paint
Different uses of Milk Paint
Multi-layer painting
Faux-finishing techniques: antiquing, distressing etc.
Crackle finish

All in-class supplies, light snacks and beverages are included. Just show up in your paint clothes and be ready to have fun!

DAYTIME
Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM

EVENING

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

To register for workshops or to learn more about booking a
Private Paint Party, visit our WORKSHOPS page or click:

We’re looking forward to seeing you in class!

♥,
Apple Box Boutique

_______________________________________

We'd LOVE it if you shared our blog:

May 22, 2013

New “Dried Lavender” Milk Paint by Miss Mustard Seed

Marian Parsons, aka Miss Mustard Seed, is not just a favourite blogger and designer, she is a favourite person in our little boutique. Authentic, talented and just plain lovely we are so happy to be a part of her fabulous family of Milk Paint retailers.

We signed on early, prior to the products even being available, and can honestly say we were not dissappointed when they arrived. Excellent quality, fun to work with, no priming or sanding required prior to use thanks to a powerful bonding agent (or the option of glorious chippyness!), and twelve gorgeous colours that make it hard to choose between.

Today's Big News is that the core colour options have become a 'baker's dozen' ... Miss Mustard Seed has added a stunning new colour and all of us at Apple Box Boutique are in love. While we fawn over the new addition, we will leave it to Marian herself to fill you in:

Say hello to “Dried Lavender”

"Here is the first new color I’m introducing…

Dried Lavender

The names of my paint colors are all inspired by things I love or use in my home, so Dried Lavender fit perfectly. I’ve sold it out of my space at Lucketts for years…

…and it’s in some of my more famous pictures…

When milk paint customers and retailers started asking me for a purple, I knew immediately this is the direction I would go. I mean, I’m not really a purple person, so a grayish, smoky purple is about as far as I can go!

Here’s the dresser before…