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People are Chalking

This ‘jump-start’ workshop covers everything you need to know about Annie Sloan paints and waxes to get started on your Chalk Paint™ project

Chalk It Up To Fabulous (Bring your own piece)
Learn application techniques, distressing techniques and the how-tos of finishing using Soft Clear Wax and Soft Dark Wax.  Then apply your new skills and reimagine your own piece, with expert guidance on hand.
Got Milk Paint?
Acquire a strong knowledge of how to use Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint, Furniture Wax and Antiquing Wax. You will complete a special project to take home along with your new skills. Then, let the reimagining begin!

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New Arrival: Miss Mustard Seed's Book, "Inspired You!"

Some girls get giddy over a new pair of shoes. Marian Parsons gets giddy over room makeovers. With a lot of ingenuity, a little bit of effort, and a tight budget, she has transformed her home into a beautiful space and filled her heart with a lot more contentment. Thousands have found inspiration at Marian’s blog, missmustardseed.com, and now she shares dozens of new projects, ideas, and DIY adventures in the pages of Inspired You.

Marian will remind you that homes don’t have to be magazine material to be special, comfortable, and inviting. The goal you’re working toward is home. Not a perfect home. Not an “impress the neighbors” home. Just home—one whose walls and rooms tell the story of the family who lives there. Beautiful homes start with inspiration and a willingness to try. So uncover your God-given creativity. Be encouraged, be willing, and be inspired.

Follow this blog to win your copy!

In two weeks, we will draw randomly from all of our blog followers.  Watch for your name and contact us within 48 hours to receive your book!

Like us and tell us on our Facebook page that you're a follower of our blog, and receive two more entries to WIN.

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Apple Box Boutique

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The Colours Behind The Inspiration: Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

'The colours behind the inspiration' are those in Miss Mustard Seed's new line of designer Milk Paints and we are very happy to announce that all twelve are currently in transit to Apple Box Boutique.

We have been eagerly awaiting its arrival, and are SO excited that in just a few days all of us will be able to bring that inspiration to life!

We have a feeling this first order won't last long so we've made the full line of Milk Paint available for purchase in The Apple Cart, our online shop. That way all of our out-of-town customers can dream in colour too!

Watch our next Reimagined Monday blog for Miss Mustard Seed's final paint colour reveal project.

In the meantime we thought we would share the piece in our studio that has been awaiting its MMS Milk Paint transformation:

We'd love to know what your first project will be.

Don't keep us in suspense... what will you be painting?

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Apple Box Boutique

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Reimagined Monday: Labour Day and Our Latest Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Reveal -- "Grain Sack"

Labour Day in Canada and the U.S. is a holiday to campaign for workers' rights and celebrate the achievements of workers. It has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.  Some other countries celebrate these rights and other worker-supportive movements at different times of the year.*

We hope everyone takes time out of their busy schedules to reflect and to enjoy the day! 

While you're here, why not stay a moment and take a peek at today's Reimagined Monday, featuring a new colour reveal from Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint line:

say hello to “grain sack”

"I don’t know why I left this piece sitting in my basement for so long! It was finished a couple of weeks ago and I finally hauled it up today for a photo shoot.  I knew I would have fun with it and I did.  It’s definitely a favorite.  Say hello to the MMS Milk Paint color “Grain Sack”…

 Here’s the piece before…

 …and this piece gets better when you start opening it up…

I have a wee bit of a crush on this piece and the play of colors, chippiness and wood.   (The interior is painted in Shutter Gray, by the way.)  So, why did I call this color grain sack?

It may look white-ish, but it’s more of a neutral gray, like a nubby old European grain sack.

I not only love this color straight up, but it’s my favorite to mix with strong colors to soften them up.

I’m bringing this piece and a van full of milk paint to Lucketts tomorrow!"

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint will be arriving at the Boutique by the end of this month and is available now for pre-purchase on our website: 

Have a great day!

♥,

Apple Box Boutique

*So says Wikipedia

Here is how to share your reimagined paint project at On the Apple Box:

Send us a description of how you used Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint or Annie Sloan Chalk Paint to get from your vision to the reimagined piece, before and after pictures, pictures of your project in progress or a couple of it in its finished state, and you may be highlighted on our blog!

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Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Reveal - Day 5

It's day 5, the last in our week of Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint reveals!  Today we will feature two more colours, bringing the grand total to 8 of the 12 this designer line will launch with.

Why just 8, you ask?  Because the focus of our reveal series was to share real-world projects using the paint, and Miss Mustard Seed is diligently working away on the other 4.  Oh, the anticipation!

In the meantime, lets get straight to it!

We thought we would wait until today to show you the very first colour created and then the most recent colour to have been photographed, and at the end of this post we'll give a sneak-peek of the final four colours!

As Miss Mustard Seed herself would put it, "Say Hello To..."

Shutter Gray

Shutter Gray was the first colour in Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint line. Just a touch of blue makes this a lovely cool grey, reminding Marian of a perfect set of chippy grey shutters she owns and loves.

The test piece is this French dresser -- gorgeous lines but very orange!

One of the coolest things about Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint is that you can leave the bonding agent out of the mix, allowing the painted piece to chip and 'wear' naturally.

It doesn't happen every time, in fact it can be downright unpredictable and not chip at all. We know this isn't for everyone, but for folks like us at Apple Box Boutique it is like Christmas... after painting, hit the sheets and wake up the next morning to some glorious shabby chicness!

Like this...

Oooooo... the perfect amount of distressing, au natural!

We are loving Shutter Gray!

Next up... as promised, the latest Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint reveal project to be completed.

Be still my vintage-loving heart!  Here comes...

Kitchen Scale

Miss Mustard Seed wrote:

"Here’s how this piece started…

Yeah, it’s hard to believe it’s the same piece, isn’t it?

Here’s why I named the color Kitchen Scale…

The color isn’t exactly the same.  My aqua has more green in it, but this scale was my inspiration.

I love how this paint finish turned out.  It only chipped in a few small places, but the entire finish had this wonderful texture.  You can see it if you look closely…

I decided to jazz up the dresser with some branches and blossoms.  I’ve enjoyed the decorative painting I’ve done lately and it seemed fitting for this piece.  It’s a very petite dresser, so it’s perfect for a little girl’s room or guest room.

It chipped just a little bit around one of the knobs.

Since it’s a busy pattern, I kept the decorative painting to the drawer fronts only."

OKAY!  We can breathe again ;)

If the first 8 colours look this fantastic, just imagine how the final 4 will look life-sized:

Recap

If you missed our posts fetauring the other colour reveals, here they are…

Flow Blue  

Mustard Seed Yellow 

Lucketts Green  

Tricycle 

Typewriter 

French Enamel

This is so much fun, and we are really excited to have you along for the fun!

If you like what you've been seeing this week, stop in at On The Apple Box again tomorrow for another big announcement!

[ Insert squeals of delight ]... We can hardly wait!!!

Click here to be the first to be notified of our upcoming milk paint classes! 

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Apple Box Boutique

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Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Reveal - Day 4

It is hard to believe that it is already day 4 of our 5-day Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint reveal!  This week is flying past, but we are having so much fun thinking up exciting projects to do with MMSMP that a new notebook is required!

Today's feature is a colour named after an item that we adore as much as Miss Mustard Seed does -- French enamel pitchers.  They are elusive in Canada, but oh so lovely!

Without further ado... introducing "French Enamel":

Marian (aka Miss Mustard Seed) decided to test it on this lovely dresser and we got a kick out of what she wrote about distressing... that is how distressing it is to wood lovers that people like us will paint a piece like this:

Here is what she wrote:

"(You can take a moment to revive the wood lover next to you who just passed out at the sight of this beautiful wood being painted.)  I know it was beautiful, but it wasn’t in great condition and needed to be fully refinished or painted.  So, I painted.  I do love and appreciate beautiful wood, so I did refinish the top.   I stripped it and wiped it down with two coats of Hemp Oil (an all natural product that will be carried in my line.)

The colors in my line are going to be named after things I love (like Shutter Gray) and this color is named after the French enamel pitchers that have always caught my eye. I own one, but was only able to afford it because the bottom is entirely rusted out."

  

This beautiful colour leaves us speechless, in part because it sent Leanne to the realtor's looking for something akin to a French country farmhouse... it can be very quiet around here when she's gone! ;)

Stay tuned for another spectacular Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Reveal tomorrow at On The Apple Box!

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♥,

Apple Box Boutique

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