Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Linky Party & a Winner

Thank you to all that entered our giveaway for our Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Holiday Basket. Wow! Over 700 of you in just 2 days - we know how much you love Chalk Paint.

We wanted to congratulate Susannah, she is the big winner and will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing! Way to go Susannah, we can't wait to see what she creates with ASCP!

Our regular Chalk Paint link party has been extended out for the holidays.

It is still open, click here to see all the projects and add yours!

Graphics Fairy accent table

Don't forget about our $548.00 Chalk Paint Giveaway!

There is still time, but hurry! It ends soon!

Click HERE for details.

Now, onto our latest little project. This little accent table was our first project with a graphic. We love the Graphics Fairy and all that she shares!

For this one, we painted the top in French Linen, took our printed out image and used the newspaper transfer method. Simply lay a piece of newspaper (classifieds work best) on the table top then place the printed graphic on top. Then use a pencil to trace the design.

Next, I just traced over the design using a black sharpie, then lightly sanded it to give it an aged look.

The base of the table was painted with Old White, then a color wash with French Linen.

What a fun, easy way to add interest to a plain little table, don't you think?

Click here for the $548.00 Chalk Paint Giveaway!!

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - BIGGEST GIVEAWAY OF THE YEAR!

GIVEAWAY - Win $548.00 in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!

To help spread some holiday cheer and celebrate Annie's tour we are so excited to announce this wonderful giveaway. You won't want to miss out on this one!

We teamed up with the extremely talented Becky Higgins to host this giveaway

The gift basket includes two fabulous pots of Annie Paint Chalk Paint, Annie Sloan Soft Wax in clear and dark, Annie's book Quick & Easy Paint Transformations, plus a 2" Chip Brush, a 3" Chip Brush, Cheesecloth and our very own color sample deck showing all of the Chalk Paint colors! Phew...it's big, retail value is $198!

But, it gets even sweeter! The lucky winner of this gift basket will be automatically entered into a Grand Prize drawing of a $350 Gift Certificate from Annie Sloan Unfolded. It is good towards your choice of a credit on your Annie Sloan American Tour registration fee or $350.00 in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint! The grand prize winner will be announced on Annie's Blog on January 10, 2012.

Sound Good? Great! Here is how you get started to win BIG in the Annie Sloan American Tour and Chalk Paint Giveaway.

1.) Go to Becky Higgins to sign up to enter to win the Annie Sloan Gift Basket 2.) Check out all of the exciting details for the Annie Sloan American Tour and read all about this incredible event! 3.) Become a follower of Annie Sloan’s Blog http://anniesloans.blogspot.com and comment with "American Tour 2012".

Amazing, I know! You could win a grand total of $548!!

Catch your breath and head over to Becky and Annie's sites to get started!

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint LInky Party!

This week's Chalk Paint Link party just snuck right up on us! Like all of you, we have been so busy lately with baking, shopping, Christmas parties and getting ready for the holidays. What a joyous time of year.

We couldn't help but feature our good friend Erin from Decor Allure, she is so darn creative and has such a great eye for seeing the potential in so many pieces. Erin created this ottoman using Old White to complete her family room makeover.

The Vintage Shabby Chicks have been busy again creating wonderful treasures. They let the beautiful details in this dresser speak for itself and just coated it with French Linen. Wonderful choice, just love the look!

With the holidays, this will be our last Chalk Paint Link Party for the year. We will keep this party open longer and will party again on January 3, 2012 (can you believe it?!)

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, December 29 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

Weekly Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Link Party

Christie from Carters Cottage (aka Annie Sloan Stockist in Illinois) had been working on this beautifully detailed secretary for a while. I love the combo of Old White and Graphite together as well as the addition of the numbers on the drawers. Christie, I think it looks right at home in your living room and should stay where it's at.

Katie from Sweetgirl Expressions found this girl (as she calls it) at goodwill and transformed this ordinary looking table with great legs and detail into a vintage looking french find.

Katie used Paris Grey (you can't get more french than that) and decided to mod podge some vintage French Ephemera onto the table and sand back to create a time worn look. Beautiful Katie!

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, December 8 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

THE ANNIE SLOAN AMERICAN TOUR AND CHALK PAINT GIVEAWAY!

To spread some holiday cheer and celebrate the Annie Sloan American Tour, we are excited to announce this wonderful giveaway.

See how you can enter to win one the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Holiday Baskets given away by over 100 Stockist across North America! Each basket includes two fabulous pots of Annie Paint Chalk Paint, Annie Sloan Soft Wax in clear and dark, and Annie's book Quick & Easy Paint Transformations.

Plus there’s even more!

In addition to the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Giveaway, a lucky winner of the holiday basket from each shop across North America will be entered for a chance to win a $350 gift certificate from Annie Sloan Unfolded. It is good toward your choice of a credit on your Annie Sloan American Tour registration fee or $350.00 in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint! The big winner will be announced on Annie's Blog on January 10, 2012.

Sound Good? Great! Here is how you get started to win BIG in the Annie Sloan American Tour and Chalk Paint Giveaway.

1.) Contact your local Stockist and find out how to enter to win the Annie Sloan Gift Basket (details on Shades of Amber giveaway coming soon...) 2.) Check out all of the exciting the details for the Annie Sloan American Tour and read all about this incredible event! 3.) Become a follower of Annie Sloan’s Blog http://anniesloans.blogspot.com and comment with "American Tour 2012".

No purchase necessary to win. Sweepstake Rules for the Annie Sloan American Tour.

Christmas Open House

Stop by today for our Christmas Open House!

Special discounts on workshops and paint - in store, today only!

Small Town Christmas - Monument, Colorado

Shades of Amber

125 Second Street

ASCP Fabric and a Giveaway!

Where does the time go? It seems like the holidays come and everything just speeds up into overdrive! It is such a joyous time though and I just love the spirit that is felt.

The lobby is complete and what a transformation! We just haven't had a chance to photograph it yet, so I will share just a little teaser....

We Chalk Painted just about everything, including the pillows!

Yes, you can use ASCP on fabric and it works beautifully.

We have a big event we will be a part of this weekend, it is the Small Town Christmas in Monument, CO. If you are out and about, stop by and visit, we will have specials and sales just for Saturday only!

We also are so excited to share a very big announcement coming soon....

We will be having a giveaway of an Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Holiday Basket!

Yes, your favorite ASCP products and just in time for Christmas!

We are so excited to offer this to gift to you.

Details coming soon.....

Weekly Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Linky Party

At Atelier be, Jess and Vikki started with a couple of worn and tattered chairs with great style but lacking in everything else. After a base coat of Louis Blue followed by a wash using a mixture of Old White, Country Grey, and CoCo, they are now elegant and refined!

Elisa from Apple Turnover loves the serenity of Old White on this beautiful bed she painted. We agree! What a gorgeous place to rest and relax. There's just something about Old White and the sophistication and understated elegance it brings to a room.

Hope everyone has a safe and blessed Thanksgiving!

We will be leaving our linky party open all week as we celebrate with our family and friends.

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

4. Party closes on Wednesday, November 30 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

Weekly Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Linky Party

Patience pays off. Connie from Sensible-Redesign found these chairs at goodwill and patiently waited to find just the right fabric. She painted the chairs with Louis Blue reduced with Old White, then a coat of Old White and distressed back to the original gold color. Very elegant and gorgeous!

Divine Theatre took 30 minutes and turned this free cabinet door into the finishing touch for her fireplace makeover. Painted with Paris Grey and Dark Wax. You must hop over to Andie's site and check out her before and after transformation of her family room fireplace.

All I can say is WOW!

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

4. Party closes on Thursday, November 17 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

ASCP Leather Sofa

Yes, you read the title correctly! We have a customer, Denise, that used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint on her leather couch and chair! We couldn't believe it either, so we had to take pictures and share.

Purchasing new furniture was not in the budget, and slipcovering it was too feminine for the room. So, why not Chalk Paint it? She was so excited to get started, she almost forgot the before photo. This is "during," but it gives you a good idea of what it looked like before.

And the same section after Graphite Chalk Paint and sealed with Clear Wax.

Here is the whole couch right after painting and waxing.

And the chair and ottoman.

And here it is about one month later.

It is very soft to the touch and very natural looking.

Now, it definitely will become more worn with time and use (especially since she has two big dogs that sit on it), but what a great way to update and extend the life of a piece of furniture.

Here again, is one month later, you can see the rugged aged look developing on the seat cushions where the dogs climb up and sit.

It is perfect for her husband's "man cave" and reminds me of a distressed, aged leather sofa you would find in a old English library in a country estate.

What have you used Chalk Paint on?

Click HERE to share your project at our Weekly Chalk Paint Link Party

Freedom is not Free

Those who live in freedom will always be grateful to those who help to preserve it.

America's veterans have laid the foundation of our great nation.

Their sacrifice of service is considerable, and we are eternally grateful for the service and patriotism of our troops.

Their bravery and sacrifice for our nation deserves our recognition, our respect and our deep gratitude.

Thank you to all our veterans.

French Fabric and Graphite

We are almost done with our lobby makeover, can't wait to share the reveal!

Here is a little project we have been working on as well.

Picked up this chair, too bad there was only one.

I would have loved a whole set of them.

The one makes a really great desk chair though.

It is so comfortable, I might even keep it for my desk chair.

Painted in Anne Sloan Chalk Paint - Graphite, seat recovered in a fabric we carry in our store.

Weekly Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Link Party

Wow! Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments on our French Linen Demilune Table. We absolutely love it and had a hard time parting with it to put in our shop. We would have kept it, except we just couldn't find the right spot for it in our house (trust me, we tried very hard).

So, off to the shop it went....and now off to our weekly linky party....

Bonnie from The Bonnie Burrow made this nightstand sing with her transformation. Love the sheet music she used along with Graphite. Beautiful!

At Homespun Happenings, Tammy did an excellent job revitalizing this display cabinet with Paris Grey and Old White highlights. Now it is gorgeous!

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

4. Party closes on Thursday, November 10 at 11:59pm MST. We will pick more people to feature for next week.

Washing In French Linen

Remember this guy?

When I found this table I knew that with all the detail and style, I could really make it into something special.

After having joined the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint family in the spring, I still can't believe how easy this paint is to use!

I enjoy painting almost everyday and I am amazed with how many different looks you can create with it.

I started with Old White and it stayed that way for several weeks waiting for the inspiration to come. I knew with all the details and carvings, I wanted to accent them; but I wanted it to be soft and natural and authentic.

Then I decided to play around and try something new. This is the first time that I have used this technique before on a piece of furniture.

I was not exactly sure of how it would turn out.

I was amazed with the result and couldn't wait to finish the table.

I just love how the French Linen stays in the crevices and accentuates all the detail.

The table lip was painted in a solid color of Old White

This is by far my favorite furniture piece to date.

Do you Like?

Sharing at: Miss Mustard Seed, French Country Cottage

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Linky Party!

Almost one month in our new store and we are already expanding....

Yeah, we can't believe it either!!!

We have been blessed with selecting our location in

Historic Downtown Monument Colorado

It is the coolest building built in the early 1900's, and has so much charm and character.

So here starts the remodel after one month. Oh and we will be remodeling our front foyer as well. Going for the French Look!

We will share some pics when finished.

We have been waiting so impatiently to feature this hutch, it is absolutely stunning...

A picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it? Chrystal, all I can say is WOW!!!

Here is the recipe she used: a little Old White, some CoCo, and lots of distressing.

Then snap the picture.

Everyone tells me (Brad) that I always use to much blue when painting furniture, I just can't help myself. Obviously Shalaine's shares my love of my favorite paint color combo.

Forget the Oreo's....Aubusson Blue and French Linen together, a new classic combination!

Also, you might notice, we finally have our buttons available on the sidebar to the right.

Feel free to grab and share!

Now it is your turn to share what you have been Chalk Painting....

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 Chalk Paint Linky Party

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