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April 03, 2013
April Colours of the Month: Save and Give with Every Purchase!
Daffodil Month, held every April, is a national fundraising campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society. During the month, volunteers are involved with numerous activities to raise vital funds for the fight against cancer.
This month, we've selected the colours of the Daffodil campaign to show our support and join in the fight against cancer. For every quart sold, we will donate $2 to the Canadian Cancer Society; Save and Give with every purchase of our April Colours of the Month: Arles and Linen!
Donations can also be made directly at: FightBack.ca
Here are a few fabulous projects to get you started on reimagining...
Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint: Linen
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| Miss Mustard Seed |
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| White Lace Cottage |
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| D'Bohemia |
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| Knot Too Shabby Furnishings |
Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan: Arles
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| Paint In My Hair |
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| The Shanty Girl |
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| R. Lucas Scott |
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| Twice Nice |
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March 05, 2013
Big Savings on our March Colours of the Month!
We're excited to announce our March Colours of the Month! With St.
Paddy`s Day just over the rainbow, what better way to celebrate than
with green and more green!
Here are a few examples of fabulous projects using these gorgeous spring colours:
What will YOU reimagine?
Here are a few examples of fabulous projects using these gorgeous spring colours:
$45/qt (Regularly $49.95) 
| Silver Heart Works |
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| Annie Sloan |
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| Tracitales |
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| At Home On The Bay |
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| Southern Revivals |
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| Perfectly Imperfect |
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| Sophia's |
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blog: January 11, 2013
January 2013 Colours of the Month!
Inspired by the silvery, shiny, shimmery New Year we selected classic Graphite from Annie Sloan's decorative Chalk Paint® collection and Shutter Grey (our take on silver!) from Miss Mustard Seed's designer Milk Paint line.
What will you reimagine to celebrate the New Year?
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November 30, 2012
November Sweep Up! Two Big Sales End Today
...ends today!
Purchase Chalk Paint™ online for $49 (regularly $51.95).
It's the perfect time to stock up for under the Christmas tree or get a variety of colours in sample-sizes for making cool gifts, or just to try them out.
How can you get in on it?
Load up The Apple Cart with all your favourite colours, and save, save, save!
Last Day to Save $ on our November Colour of the Month!
In Remembrance -- this month on the 11th hour of the 11th day -- we honoured fallen members of our armed forces. As a symbol of our gratitude and respect we selected Emperor's Silk Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan as our Colour of the Month.It is the colour of the poppy, an emblem of Remembrance Day inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields".
Emperor's Silk a bright pure red, like the red silk lining of a jacket and a favourite for inside drawers and cupboards. Here are a few examples of what you can do with this rich, velvety Chalk Paint™:
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| Graphite layered over Emperor's Silk |
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| Emperor's Silk over Versailles and frame in Emperor's Silk mixed with Old White |
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| Emperor's Silk with Dark Wax |
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| Emperor's Silk with Dark Wax |
Reckless Glamour
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| Emperor's Silk with Clear Wax (the perfect front door red) |
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| Emperor's Silk with Dark Wax |
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| Emperor's Silk with Dark Wax |
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| Emperor's Silk with Dark Wax |
*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!
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November 21, 2012
49 ONLINE Offer Ends Soon!
...ends in just 10 days!
Purchase Chalk Paint™ online for $49 (regularly $51.95) until November 30th. It's the perfect time to stock up for under the Christmas tree or get a variety of colours in sample-sizes for making cool gifts.
How can you get in on it?
Load up The Apple Cart with all your favourite colours, and save, save, save!
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November 12, 2012
Just in time for Christmas: It's Our 49 ONLINE Sale!
What is the 49 ONLINE sale?
It's our way of saying Thank You to all of our online customers for shopping with Apple Box Boutique.
Why is it called "49 ONLINE"?
Purchase Chalk Paint™ online and pay just $49! (Regularly $51.95)
How can you get in on it?
Load up The Apple Cart with all your favourite colours, and save, save, save!
Don't miss 49 ONLINE... it ends November 30th!
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It's our way of saying Thank You to all of our online customers for shopping with Apple Box Boutique.
Why is it called "49 ONLINE"?
Purchase Chalk Paint™ online and pay just $49! (Regularly $51.95)
Load up The Apple Cart with all your favourite colours, and save, save, save!
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August 30, 2012
Chalk of the Town: The Paint That Annie Built
Chalk of the Town: The Paint That Annie Built
"Last weekend I drove two hours for a can of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I’d been reading about this paint all over the Internet, where decor buffs have been raving about it to the point of discipleship. After my recent experiments with homemade milk paint, I didn't really believe there could be anything better, but my curiosity was piqued.Vrooom
I screeched to a stop just 15 minutes before closing time at Kathie Jordan Design in the beautiful little town of New Hamburg. I was greeted by an effervescent young woman who I psychically divined to be Kathie Jordan, and as it turned out, I was correct. (There was only one other person in the store and it was a guy.)Kathie showed me all of the fantastic vintage projects she’s been painting. Each piece had a silky glow and the palette was gorgeous — deep, rich, luminous. But the best part, Kathie said with a squeak of excitement, is that there’s no prep required. Annie Sloan, the fine artist who created the paint, designed it to stick to anything: plastic, glass, marble, ceramic, masonry, wood, any finish on any kind of furniture — NO PREP. Did you catch that?! No sanding, no stripping, no scraping. No matter what the finish, this stuff sticks."
How does it do that?
"Annie Sloan Chalk Paint is a kind of gesso, made from poly-vinyl-acetate (white glue), chalk whiting and pigment. Okay, I haven’t seen the actual formula, but Annie Sloan talks about glue-and-chalk formulas in her book, Paint Alchemy, and this stuff smells just like white glue and wet chalk." (ABB side note: This is not the Annie Sloan recipe, but it does stick to anything!)"I bought two quarts (946ml) — ‘Old Ochre’ and ‘Versailles’ — and if I’d known how much I would like the paint, I would have bought every one of the 27 colours [sic].
I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe Annie Sloan Chalk Paint without sounding like a commercial. There are certain products that belong in an exceptional category because they’re infallible, extremely fun, utterly high-quality, eco-friendly, cost-effective and pretty. This is the first one I’ve found in a long time. Let’s dub it ‘ToolGirl Approved’ in every area.
Infallible
Seriously, you can’t screw up with this paint. It goes on like silk, covers like crazy (the instructions say that one coat is enough for most projects and I found that to be true, except with kitchens, where you want extra durability.)Extremely fun
You’ll feel like a kid again. You’ll want to paint everything. After blasting through a bunch of furniture, I moved on to painting my kitchen cabinets, which are covered in brittle, aging alkyd. No sanding, no prep. On goes the Chalk Paint, the exact colour of the cabinets in Jasper Dale’s kitchen in Road to Avonlea (‘Versailles.’) Lovely.Utterly high-quality
PVA is an expensive ingredient to use in paint and its inclusion makes the adherence spectacular. Cheaper binders tend to blister, lift or peel. Or smell badly. PVA is mild and sticks like, well, glue.Eco-friendly
Ten minutes after I painted a row of cabinets in the kitchen, my extremely odour-sensitive husband cane in and couldn’t smell the paint. The formula is extremely low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs).Cost effective
A little goes a long way. A VERY LONG way. It’s not gummy and thick like latex, it’s thin and extremely opaque. It doesn’t skin over like regular paint and it dries very quickly (10 to 30 minutes). Four stools, one huge unfinished wood table, two chairs, seven kitchen cabinets, a garden bench, baskets, glass bowls, ceramic pots, and various plastic bowls made from old LPs, and I still have more than a quart left.Pretty
Chalk Paint has a vintage-y matte finish. If you want a satin finish, sand the surface lightly with 400-grit sandpaper and then apply a special soft wax that Annie Sloan developed to give a rich, retro lustre to any surface. Drop dead gorgeous.If you want a translucent stain, just dilute Chalk Paint with a little water.
If you want an aged effect, apply Annie’s dark wax, which fills the grooves of brush strokes and adds exceptional patina and depth.
Because the paint contains whiting, its flat finish mimics a chalkboard so you can create a writing surface on any object.
If you don’t like a paint effect or a wax layer, just paint over it. Just keep layering until you get the effect you want.
You can tint Annie’s waxes with a bit of Chalk Paint if you want a more opaque wax.
You can create a crackle finish using a hair dryer to heat the fresh paint."
For more experiments and photos please visit ToolGirl.com.
At Apple Box Boutique we carry the full line of 30 Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ colours + they can be mixed to create an unending array of custom shades.
Plus... and this is a BIG plus... you can paint indoors year 'round without worrying about toxins or smelliness (is that a word?) -- Now that's a product Canadians can really embrace!
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August 03, 2012
Project Personality: Annie Sloan -The Paint, The Person
Project Personality
As anyone who reads this blog or comes into the boutique knows, I love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ (ASCP). Not because it is a product we carry at Apple Box Boutique, but rather the other way around.
Once word was out that the real magic was ASCP, family, friends and clients started calling me about it: 'Do you have a tin of that chalk paint?" You don't happen to have a can of ASCP in Old White do you?" "Hey... any chalk paint left over that I can have?" It became increasingly difficult to get anything done before the next call or knock on the studio door came.
SO... we ended up an Annie Sloan™ retailer and moved it into the boutique to make it available to Edmonton and area DIYers.
The reasons I love it are almost too many to name. Three weeks ago a couple told me they bought their first can because of my sheer enthusiasm for it. Tuesday they were back to purchase three more because they love it. I rarely see a paint customer just once... like it was for me, it is love at first try and one can or colour is never enough.
I've started giving out cards that say:
The woman who developed this paint and whose name it carries is an artist, an author, a designer and the creative mind behind the company and she sets high standards when it comes to the development of all her products. Annie Sloan requires them to be beautiful, easy to use and environmentally friendly. Plus she is a genuinely nice person by all accounts and that never hurts.
Check out this terrific video... it is short yet interesting and gives good insight into the paint and the person behind it. I haven't gone into my long list of reasons for loving this paint (today!) because it is all covered here... and I couldn't agree more.
~♥~ Leanne
with Apple Box Boutique founder Leanne Playter Korsos
As anyone who reads this blog or comes into the boutique knows, I love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ (ASCP). Not because it is a product we carry at Apple Box Boutique, but rather the other way around.
When I opened the boutique, selling paint was never a part of the plan. But I started to use it in my studio, and the more I used it the more I couldn't get enough of it.
Clients who hire me for custom painting select the type of paint they'd prefer and when they see the look, colours and finish of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ they are always wowed. I rarely work with anything else now because of that and we all love the results.
Once word was out that the real magic was ASCP, family, friends and clients started calling me about it: 'Do you have a tin of that chalk paint?" You don't happen to have a can of ASCP in Old White do you?" "Hey... any chalk paint left over that I can have?" It became increasingly difficult to get anything done before the next call or knock on the studio door came.
SO... we ended up an Annie Sloan™ retailer and moved it into the boutique to make it available to Edmonton and area DIYers.
The reasons I love it are almost too many to name. Three weeks ago a couple told me they bought their first can because of my sheer enthusiasm for it. Tuesday they were back to purchase three more because they love it. I rarely see a paint customer just once... like it was for me, it is love at first try and one can or colour is never enough.
I've started giving out cards that say:
The woman who developed this paint and whose name it carries is an artist, an author, a designer and the creative mind behind the company and she sets high standards when it comes to the development of all her products. Annie Sloan requires them to be beautiful, easy to use and environmentally friendly. Plus she is a genuinely nice person by all accounts and that never hurts.
Check out this terrific video... it is short yet interesting and gives good insight into the paint and the person behind it. I haven't gone into my long list of reasons for loving this paint (today!) because it is all covered here... and I couldn't agree more.
~♥~ Leanne
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