Name Your Price Day -- I'm off and running to The Brass Armadillo!

My booth is packed to the gills with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and products plus furniture and Christmas gifts galore! Come help me meet a goal of selling 50 indvidual items today.

Remember to show up and give the secret pass phrase or text it to me at 515-991-7383 for another chance at the Big Iowa Chalk Paint Give Away and possibly a stop on the 2012 Annie Sloan American Tour!

See you 9-4 at the Brass Armadillo in Des Moines!

Funk Your Family Fotos!

Had some fun with old photos my Mom (91) gave me. She (an archivist! LOL) didn't know who some of these folks were. So Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite and French Linen plus some ModPodge and....

you've got a new way to enjoy family photos, old or new. I will do these custom with photos and furniture and colors of your choice.

Meanwhile, mention this latest project of mine -- Funk Your Family Fotos -- in an email to me for another entry into the Great Chalk Paint Give Away. Also go register for the Annie Sloan American Tour in March and take a friend. What a great weekend outing! See you there. And also tomorrow at the Brass Armadillo!

What more would you like us to carry to go along with your Annie Sloan Chalk Paint?

Hi readers -- Sorry it is so late but a new client had come all the way from Council Bluffs this weekend to talk to me about chalk paint and to place a big order which included a couple dozen samples. Soooooo I was in the kitchen and at the dining table pouring out and labeling samples today!

Then my Mom (yep, she's 91) had bought us a cabinet I had been eyeing at the Brass Armadillo. It is already shabby chic'ed and black and tan and perfect in our entry as it matches the adjoining dining room. This is the beginning of the transformation of our house from 2000 urban subdivision cookie cutter interior to my Annie Sloan Chalk Pait demo house! No kidding! Everything needs re-doing after 12 years -- kitchen cabinets, walls, floors -- so why not a different stye. Stay tuned! But the cabinet is putting me in the mood for the transformation! So we moved a piece of furniture to her apartment and moved our new piece in!

So the topic of the day is what more would you like me to carry to help your Annie Sloan Chalk Paint experience. The Ultimate Wax Brushes sold out in a month and I have re-ordered and should have more this week. Here are some items I could carry -- just leave comments telling me what is important to you!

Metallic tinted wax for highlighting
Metallic foils
Buffing pads
Buffing brushes
Pouring spouts for paint cans
Variety of brushes for paint and wax
Rolls of cheese cloth

and workshops -- do you want me to hold a workshop?

Send me your ideas! Meanwhile sign up for the Annie Sloan tour workshop nearest you. Visit Annie Sloan American Tour. Your ideas are worth another slip in the drawing for my give away -- 2 cans of paint of your choice, 2 waxes, 2 small wax brushes, 2 small paint brushes, a color chart, and one of the two Annie books I carry!

Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Chalk Painting! 2012 Annie Sloan American Tour

Photo from Modern Country Style blogspot

I don't know about you, but I cannot wait to meet Annie Sloan in person! Already my favorite photos of this designer/inventor/artist of great paint are with her sleeves rolled up, doing what she loves to do -- share her knowledge of color!


I've found that the ease of working with this paint has proven to be an addiction! A few days without paint on my hands and without wearing my "paint clothes" and I am eager to clear the schedule and just paint! Which I did yesterday and ta-da!

This little table had languished at the mall with its original wood finish while other of my little painted tables found new homes! So I gave it the Annie treatment with "Cream" (the color I remember of real farm fresh cream!) and a stencil of ivy using "Versailles". Some distressing and clear and a tad of dark wax. All dressed up and back up for sale at the mall in one day.....but that was not all.

This little gal was also not selling with her dark brown color. Sooo...home she came for a treatment of "Duck Egg" and a touch of silver gilt wax along the edges. Nothing fancy, but oh so pretty. All in one day, PLUS I painted a Christmas present for someone -- but that is a secret!

Hmmm.....there is that curio cabinet calling out to me. Guess I need to roll up my sleeves. Meanwhile, go to my Dec 5 blog for rules to enter the Great Iowa Chalk Paint Giveaway! Love all your entries!