Quite Simply...Beautiful Things Link Party

WOW!  I am so excited to be in New Orleans with 300 of my fellow Chalk Paint® Stockists!!

We are all here with the wonderful Annie Sloan herself for our annual meeting, more training, lots of business info, and tons of FUN!

I can't wait to share everything, but while I am busy taking notes, let's start the link party, shall we?

Susan at Simply Stone Creek shared this lovely little empire chest that she gave a fresh spring facelift using Luckett's Green Milk Paint.  Fabulous job Susan!

Take a look at this mid-century modern piece that Danielle from Finding Silver Pennies recreated.  She used Paris Grey, a little Old White, and some beautiful photography from a friend and look at the result!  Simply stunning, Danielle, thanks for sharing!

It's time to Link Up this week!

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1.  Feel free to share all your beautiful things! If you are linking painted pieces, they MUST be painted with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan or Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint ONLY

2.  Please post a permalink to your post only, not your entire blog.

3.  Please help spread the word about our weekly Linky Party- Grab our button on the sidebar.

4.  Party closes on Thursday, April 4th at 11:59 pm. We will pick more people to feature.

Start Linking!

Quite Simply...Beautiful Things Weekly Link Party

We hope everyone is having a lovely week so far!  We have been super busy changing things around for spring and receiving tons of new merchandise for the store.  Love getting new boxes full of beautiful things!! We would love to have you stop by and check out what we have been up to.

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 This weeks features:

Silver Pennies helps a little girl, Morgan, get a bedroom makeover. Morgan's mom fell madly in love with a photo in Quick and Easy Paint Transformations book by Annie Sloan.  The maple dresser was painted with Chalk Paint® in Paris Grey and trimmed out in Old White and Dark Wax. With pretty glass pulls added to the drawers, this dresser is gorgeous!  A little girl's dream bedroom complete. 

Silver Pennies

Spring is upon us and Easter is just around the corner. I just had to share an amazing Spring Tablescape by Friendship, Life and Style.  The most beautiful setting of pink flowered Limoges, Fostoria Navarra and a cute ring of bunnies.  Perfect for an Easter feast and fellowship.  Have you begun your Spring decorating?  

Friendship, Life and Style

It's time to Link Up this week!

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1.  Feel free to share all your beautiful things! If you are linking painted pieces, they MUST be painted with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan or Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint ONLY

2.  Please post a permalink to your post only, not your entire blog.

3.  Please help spread the word about our weekly Linky Party- Grab our button on the sidebar.

4.  Party closes on Thursday, March 21st at 11:59 pm. We will pick more people to feature.

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Quite Simply...Beautiful Things Link Party

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We hope everyone is fairing well with all the storms around the country!  It sure is cold here in Colorado, I am ready for spring...but we have a long way to go yet.  Instead, let's look at some beautiful projects linked up last week:

Fist up, a Chalk Paint® kitchen makeover!  

It is such an amazing transformation, 

I just had to include the before:

Elyse from Shabby Sweet Tea did a fantastic job on her kitchen using Pure White with a Paris Grey wash.  She really brightened and enlarged her kitchen with the colors and materials she picked, love the subway tile backsplash too!  Elyse, your kitchen is simply stunning!!

 Love this cute little desk that The White Pear Tree linked up.  Can you believe she found this sitting on the curb?!  Wow, talk about turning someone else's trash into treasure, what a beautiful job - painted in Paris Grey with Old White accents.  

Great stenciling too!

It's time to Link Up this week!

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1.  Feel free to share all your beautiful things! If you are linking painted pieces, they MUST be painted with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan or Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint ONLY

2.  Please post a permalink to your post only, not your entire blog.

3.  Please help spread the word about our weekly Linky Party- Grab our button on the sidebar.

4.  Party closes on Thursday, February 14th at 11:59 pm. We will pick more people to feature.

Start Linking!

Quite Simply...Beautiful Things Feature and a Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Our Christmas turned out to be a little different than we had planned.  Christmas Eve day landed us at the urgent care for our youngest, then Christmas morning around 1:00am took us to the ER followed by being admitted to the peds unit.  Influenza B, Strep throat and an ear infection, followed by LOTS of meds, I think we are now ready to ring in the New Year!  Thankfully, she is doing much better now.

What a crazy week we had and it's already 2013, how did that happen?!  

Last week we did not host our weekly Quite Simply...Beautiful Things Linky Party so we would like to share all of the posts from the last Link Party.  

Quinnspirations

Sledding in style with a vintage snow sled painted in Primer Red and the stencils in Olive and Old White.  Great Christmas decoration!

Wydeven Designs

An antique market chair and ottoman get a makeover with Old Ochre and Dark Wax worked into the crevices with a toothbrush.  The detailing looks great with the neutral striped linen fabric!

SmartGirlStyle

DIY Ombre Rushed Duvet Cover perfect for a girl's bedroom.  Get the steps to make your own professional looking duvet. 

Restoration Redoux

This huge undertaking turned out amazing!  Persistance pays off with multiple layers of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ and not giving up, impressive! 

Stiltskin Studios

If you love a girly, feminine look...you'll love this Can Can Chest.  Soft pink and Paris Grey shake things up with golden gilding.  This dresser certainly Can Can!

Secret Garden

A lovely pink metamorphosis, so haute couture dont you think?!

"Vintage Goods"

Snowmen made out of old quilts and buttons, so cute.  Unique and no two are alike.

Reloved Rubbish

Pair of Union Jack Chairs with Chalk Paint® painted right on the vinyl with a watered down Old Ochre wash for a faded look.  It's genius!

Imperfect Patina

Lovely $15 two tiered table painted in Graphite and the Union Jack painted in Pure White & Paris Grey. Very nice color combination!

Snob Interior Design

Duck Egg painted on a tray, jar lid, back of glass plates and watered down in bottles, very pretty.  Pure White with Dark Wax on the chalkboard windows look old, like it!

By The Way Jenn Gray

Added texture to a quatrefoil frame with Chalk Paint® in Primer Red, French Linen and Old White layered in just a way to give an old weathered look.

Renovating and Building

Finch pottery made to look ravaged by time and use. 

They are beautiful.

Love seeing all the Quite Simply...Beautiful Things!

image via Pinterest

We hope 2013 brings you all of your New Years Resolutions and More!  Can't wait to see all the projects created this year! We will resume our regular Link Party next Tuesday.  Enjoy the first day of the New Year!

Quite Simply...Beautiful Things

Is everyone having a lovely week?  There are lot's of exciting things in the works at Shades of Amber.

We have a very special celebrity guest coming to visit us in Colorado next month!  

Lots of fun workshops and seminars planned, we can't wait!

We will be posting the details very soon.

Thank you so much for your feedback on our Link Party.  We have expanded and incorporated so many wonderful and lovely products, ideas, and projects and are so inspired by all the wonderful things you create!  We agree 100% with the comments and have now opened up our link party to anything that fits with our new tag line 

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Obviously, our graphic will need to be redone...but until then, we will keep it : )

 Andie from Divine Theater worked her magic on this gorgeous mirror using Paris Grey and some gold leaf.  Beautiful as always, Andie!

 Next, check out this darling little table that Rachel from Shades of Blue transformed with Emperor's Silk.  I love the look of Emperor's Silk toned down with the Dark Wax, it is fabulous!

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Quite Simply...Beautiful Things

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1. Feel free to share all your beautiful things!  

2. Please post a permalink to your post only, not your entire blog.

3. Please help spread the word about our weekly Linky Party - Grab our button on the sidebar

4. Party closes on Friday, November 15 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature.

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It is the simple, understated elegance that gets me every time.  This is Sue's (Uniquely Chic) first big project using Chalk Paint.  Didn't she do a fantastic job, isn't it just gorgeous?  She mixed a beautiful blue grey by combining Paris Grey and Louis Blue and accenting with Old White.  Combined with the stained top, it is just divine!

Okay, Erin at How to Nest for Less really made me do a triple take with this one, WOW!  Talk about pushing the limits, we have heard a lot of people painting their appliances with Chalk Paint.   Erin glammed up her washer and dryer using Country Grey.  Talk about a show stopper!

Do you have something you painted with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

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4. Party closes on Thursday, September 27 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

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Hello all my beautiful friends!

When I saw this claw foot tub, I absolutely knew that I had to feature Jennifer from Town and Country Living.  Jennifer truly captures what Chalk Paint is all about!  Empowering people, especially women, to create beautiful things.  Refinishing her tub with Old White and Paris Grey puts the final touches on this fabulous French bathroom remodel.  

I had to peek back and see what this tub looked like before, here it is: 

 Just look at the impact the right paint choice can make for a room, love it!

Do you have something you painted with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

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4. Party closes on Thursday, September 13 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

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We hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!

We took the opportunity to celebrate the day with our children at our town's local parade honoring all the firefighters and first responders from our recent wild fires.  It was a beautiful day.

Check out this lovely dresser that Chris form Midwest Cottage Finds just finished using Old White followed by Clear Wax tinted with Paris Grey.  I love the depth and dimension that the tinted wax gives to furniture, it is very subtle, but just stunning.

 Often times, it is the little details that matter most.  Martina, from Northern Nesting, really shows this with her clock makeover using French Linen and Old White.  A simple and easy project, yet it makes a big difference in the overall look and feel of the room.  Lovely!

Do you have something you painted with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

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4. Party closes on Thursday, September 6 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

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We love beautiful Colorado, but hate to see this...

This is just one of many fires in our state right now.  But this one is literally in our backyard!

The above picture was taken at the Air Force Academy, which is about 2 miles from our house

 Our gorgeous mountains are on fire

And getting a little too close for comfort.  

Praying for all the firefighters and hundreds of families currently evacuated.  

(the above pictures were from our local news station)

Thankfully, no lives or structures have been lost.  Don't know how you transition from that to our link party, but I must say it is nice to have a distraction from what we are seeing...

Kristen from Sophia's Decor is working on a gorgeous master bedroom makeover.  Here is her dresser she paint with Coco and Old White.  Everything is looking so good now, I can't wait to see the completed room!

 Amanda from Girl in Pink updated this dresser with Paris Grey and Old White.  On of the amazing things about Chalk Paint is that you can't even tell that the top was laminate, it all looks the same!  Beautiful job of accenting those details, Amanda!

Do you have something you painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

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4. Party closes on Thursday, June 28 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

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 I like seeing the results when Michele at Stiltskin Studios decides to play with new products!  Just look at the beauty she created with Paris Grey and Old White and then added magic with Annie's new Craqueleur followed by some gilding wax.  What can I say?  I love it!

 Rachel from Remastered Relics saved these 70's chairs and brought them into the 21st century with style.  She finished them with Old White and recovered the cushions, I can't wait to see how she transforms the table next.

Do you have something you painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1. Our blog is exclusive to Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ Please only share pieces using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ It can be anything you want, as long as you used Chalk Paint™!

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4. Party closes on Thursday, May 3 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

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We have been enjoying the beautiful weather here in Colorado and have been working on our plants for our garden.  Of course that includes some outdoor painting of our furniture which we will be sharing very soon.  Until then, let's get this party started, shall we?

I am still getting used to changes in Blogger, so we only have one feature for the week.  Denise from Pink Postcard did a lovely job on this dresser she refinished in Paris Grey and Pure White.  With her beautiful styling and gorgeous finish, I'm sure it will sell quick!  Lovely work Denise!

Do you have something you painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1. Our blog is exclusive to Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ Please only share pieces using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ It can be anything you want, as long as you used Chalk Paint™!

2. Please post a permalink to your post only, not your entire blog.

3. Please help spread the word about our weekly Chalk Paint Linky Party - Grab our button on the sidebar

4. Party closes on Thursday, April 26 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

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Suzan from Simply Vitnageous refreshed and lightened this dresser using Old White and Paris Grey. You just can't go wrong with a combination like that...and add in her touches of silver and you've got a classic, upscale look!

The Retail DIYet really gave a new life to this dresser found at a thrift store. With some easy repair work, Aubusson Blue, and fun knobs, this dresser is ready for a new home! Great transformation and upcycling!

Do you have something you painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint?

Please share in our Link Party, here are the details:

1. Our blog is exclusive to Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Please only share pieces using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. It can be anything you want, as long as you used Chalk Paint!

2. Please post a permalink to your post only, not your entire blog.

3. Please help spread the word about our weekly Chalk Paint Linky Party - Grab our button on the sidebar

4. Party closes on Thursday, April 5 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.