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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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.

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, June 23, 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, June 18, 2013
    Time:         10:00 AM - 1:30 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! 

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

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Reimagined Monday: Hemp Oil (A New Secret Weapon!)

One of our favourite new finishes is Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil.  Why?  It is multi-functional, all-natural and oh-so-easy to use!

Here is Miss Mustard Seed herself, Marian Parsons, explaining the benefits and how to use it to enhance wood and milk-painted surfaces:

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint is available at Apple Box Boutique, in-store and online.

Don't miss our Milk Paint Colour of the Month for January...
  

Get Shutter Gray for just $20! 

(Regularly $24).

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in Shutter Gray

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in Shutter Gray and Grain Sack

Miss Mustard Seed's Shutter Gray Milk Paint Swatch: "A bluish gray"

Here are more colours from Miss Mustard Seed's designer line of Milk Paints:

What have YOU Reimagined?  

Send in your project pics and be entered to win our Reimagined Monday draw!

Reimagined Monday Draw

We would like to highlight more customer projects!  Send us your before/during/after pictures and tell us about your creative process and you'll be entered into our monthly Reimagined Monday draw.

Each month we will give away a different item like paint, brushes, books, supplies, gift certificates and more. You don't have to be featured to be eligible... the month you enter is the month you will be included in the draw. 

Send your name, pictures and story to:

info@appleboxboutique.com and win!

♥,
Apple Box Boutique

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New Horizons and Our Milk Paint Workshop Deadline

Let me start by saying Hello... I hope you are enjoying the holiday season!  Although today's blog is not my usual "Project Personality" post, it is a personal one.  This is a "Welcoming the New" post.

Since starting our little boutique last year we have shared our space with lovely Leslie of Sugar Blossoms Floral Design.  A fantastic designer and dear friend, we have had our laughs and adventures, ups and downs and we've learned a lot about our industries, businesses and ourselves.  And so it is with some wistfulness that I announce beginning in January, Leslie will be moving on to new horizons with the intention of focusing exclusively on wedding florals rather than maintaining a retail flower store.  I will miss Leslie around the shop, but am very excited for her and all the good things to come. 

As for Apple Box Boutique, many of you have been with us as our business has changed and grown over our time in historic Highlands.  We've found a home here and will stay on in our current location while expanding our own horizons -- the extra space afforded us now is much needed and has come along at just the right time. We have fabulous new and exciting plans in the works that we can't wait to share with you.

We recently released our new company logo.  It was developed with our future plans in mind and is the first reveal of the new look and feel of Apple Box Boutique, which we will develop in phases over the coming months.

With this change comes the need to take some time to rework the boutique, so we will be closed until January 7th, and look forward to seeing you starting on January 8th!

Milk Paint Workshop Deadline
Although the retail side of  Apple Box Boutique will be breaking for the week, our "Got Milk Paint?" Workshop is happening on Wednesday, January 2nd and there are still a few seats left.

Registrations are open until 8:00 PM on New Year's Day! Click below to learn more about this workshop or to register:

Happy New Year, everyone!

 "We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."

---Edith Lovejoy Pierce

We wish you your best year yet.

~♥~  Leanne

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