Annie released her newest Bookazine today (March 30, 2023) and The Purple Painted Lady has it hot off the press! The Colourist 10 is perfect if you are more a neutralist…. loving the calming white’s and beiges….. this issue is for you! And seriously…where else can you find a 130 page magazine with NOT one advertisement…not one! This is seriously a great read and inspiration!

Order today and receive it before the weekend! You always have our promise on being the fastest, most accurate and packaged perfectly Annie Sloan shipper. Just click HERE to order yours!

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We are always available to help you with questions and appreciate your business! We are The Purple Painted Lady– your small business, Annie Sloan provider. And small business is the backbone of our communities!! We are the ones in YOUR area funding your local Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. We’re the ones donating baskets and money to YOUR local charities. It is the local small business men and women of this country who know YOUR name! Not the conglomerates or Amazon’s. Small business owners are there stepping up when their is a house fire to a local family or the food pantry needs a little extra or the middle school play needs a sponsor!

Please kindly consider all of this when you purchase and if you have no one local who retails Annie Sloan Products … please – PLEASE consider giving The Purple Painted Lady your valued business. We have been here for 13 years providing this one on one 24 hour Chalk Paint® Concierge Customer Service for when you have questions or having problems. We care about YOU and your projects!! We are grateful for you and we need you…. We really need you! And hope you will continue being our customer

We are here to help you and appreciate you!

What makes March 9, 2023 special? The release of two new Chalk Paint® colors in AnnieSloanLand! We are so excited!

COOLABAH GREEN CHALK PAINT® and WHISTLER GREY CHALK PAINT®

First- let us introduce you to Coolabah Green Chalk Paint®!

Want to watch a Facebook video on this color? Click HERE

We are going to use this color with Annie’s White Wax to paint our cabinets in our brand new coffee shop we are opening. Coolabah Green is named after the Eucalyptus coolabah tree, this is a grey-green paint with a blue tone, inspired by Annie’s childhood in North Sydney where she remembers the wonderful smell of the elegant native Eucalyptus. Annie says, “I’ve wanted to create this colour for a long time; it’s a colour that’s been missing from my range of grey-greens. My existing grey-greens all have a more yellow tone, but Coolabah Green has a blue tone, an ‘eau de nil’ feel… My aim was to mix the colours to match the leaf colour of the evergreen Eucalyptus tree, which I love and have lots of fond memories of from my childhood”.

WHISTLER GREY CHALK PAINT®

Whistler Grey was inspired by the beautifully atmospheric paintings of 19th century American-born artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Whistler Grey is an attractive, warm grey that complements lighter tones and pastels, sitting between Paris Grey and Graphite in terms of tone. 

Want to watch a Facebook video about this color? Click HERE

“I felt like my range of greys needed another colour, and one that was different from my charcoal colour Graphite,” explains Annie. “My context for colours is always art, paintings and nature – these are the things that inspire me and where my ideas come from.”

Like all Annie’s colors- it is available in the smaller container of her Sample Pots.

Seriously! We feel this gray was so needed! It is a little darker than a medium tone between Annie’s Paris Grey and Chicago Grey or lighter than Graphite and Athenian Black. Whistler Grey is a nice nuetral grey in that we feel it is not a cool tone or a warm tone.

We are always available to help you with questions and appreciate your business! We are The Purple Painted Lady– your small business, Annie Sloan provider. And small business is the backbone of our communities!! We are the ones in YOUR area funding your local Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. We’re the ones donating baskets and money to YOUR local charities. It is the local small business men and women of this country who know YOUR name! Not the conglomerates or Amazon’s. Small business owners are there stepping up when their is a house fire to a local family or the food pantry needs a little extra or the middle school play needs a sponsor!

Please kindly consider all of this when you purchase and if you have no one local who retails Annie Sloan Products … please – PLEASE consider giving The Purple Painted Lady your valued business. We have been here for 13 years providing this one on one 24 hour Chalk Paint® Concierge Customer Service for when you have questions or having problems. We care about YOU and your projects!! We are grateful for you and we need you…. We really need you! And hope you will continue being our customer. Grateful that Annie Sloan products, including Chalk Paint®, are only available through small local retailers. Annie Sloan is a passionate supporter of small business, Annie Sloan has chosen to distribute her paint this way to ensure that you receive the instruction, support, and inspiration that she would provide herself.

We are here to help you and appreciate you!

Have you ordered Annie Sloan’s Wall Paint from The Purple Painted Lady? And then were you at home wondering how the heck to remove that safety lock? Well, you are not alone!

WHAT IS THE PLASTIC SAFETY LID LOCK FOR?

In order to ensure safety that the lid of the gallon of paint does not pop off when in transit via UPS or FedX, we add a white plastic safety lid lock as a safety seal to the gallons. They are super secure and not easy to remove – which is good because it means it will be difficult for that can of paint to open by itself.

It takes a little finesse to remove the lid and it is best to use a wrench like the one shown in the photo or video below.

And if you would like to watch a video I found online- click HERE.

We are always available to help you with questions and appreciate your business! We are The Purple Painted Lady– your small business, Annie Sloan provider. And small business is the backbone of our communities!! We are the ones in YOUR area funding your local Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. We’re the ones donating baskets and money to YOUR local charities. It is the local small business men and women of this country who know YOUR name! Not the conglomerates or Amazon’s. Small business owners are there stepping up when their is a house fire to a local family or the food pantry needs a little extra or the middle school play needs a sponsor!

Please kindly consider all of this when you purchase and if you have no one local who retails Annie Sloan Products … please – PLEASE consider giving The Purple Painted Lady your valued business. We have been here for 12 years providing this one on one 24 hour Chalk Paint® Concierge Customer Service for when you have questions or having problems. We care about YOU and your projects!! We are grateful for you and we need you…. We really need you! And hope you will continue being our customer. Grateful that Annie Sloan products, including Chalk Paint®, are only available through small local retailers. Annie Sloan is a passionate supporter of small business, Annie Sloan has chosen to distribute her paint this way to ensure that you receive the instruction, support, and inspiration that she would provide herself.

We are here to help you and appreciate you!

NEW IOD MOULDS

Hidden Hollow IOD Mould

Toadstool IOD Mould

Dewdrop Pond IOD Mould

NEW IOD STAMPS

Antiquities Decor IOD Stamp

La Campagne Decor IOD Stamp

Birds & Bees Decor IOD Stamp

NEW IOD TRANSFERS

Bungalow IOD Transfer

Millot’s Pages IOD Transfer

NEW IOD PAINT INLAYS

MELANGE IOD PAINT INLAY

SUMMER VILLA IOD PAINT INLAY

So, you are using an Iron Orchid Design Inlay and it when you removed it- some of it was left behind or did not adhere. Or only a partial of the inlay transferred. Why is that?

First know, that the more you use IOD Inlays the better you will become. And if you follow our instructions – you will be much more successful!

Getting back to only a partial of the IOD Paint Inlay transferred though. There are a number of variables and without being there with you – determining what the issue was in your situation, is only a guess we can. 

1. Perhaps, the paint was setting up faster in some areas of the surface where you were applying the inlay too?  Remember, the paint needs to be wet! Not dried anywhere.
2. Maybe you did not evenly press the inlay into the wet paint on that side?  Some people use a brayer or a damp cloth to even apply pressure into the wet paint.
3. Or, if you did not moisten the inlay enough on the final step prior to removing it – it can cause the inlay to pull back off. 
   

Remember- if your inlay looks uneven due to it not all adhering- you can lightly sand the area where the inlay is more prominent to lightly distress some of it to make it more “balanced”.  Lastly- would you mind if I share your photo without adding your name to help others if I write a blog post?

Let us know if this post was helpful.

We are The Purple Painted Lady– your small business, Annie Sloan provider. And small business is the backbone of our communities!! We are the ones in YOUR area funding your local Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. We’re the ones donating baskets and money to YOUR local charities. It is the local small business men and women of this country who know YOUR name! Not the conglomerates or Amazon’s. Small business owners are there stepping up when their is a house fire to a local family or the food pantry needs a little extra or the middle school play needs a sponsor!

Please kindly consider all of this when you purchase and if you have no one local who retails Annie Sloan Products … please – PLEASE consider giving The Purple Painted Lady your valued business. We have been here for 12 years providing this one on one 24 hour Chalk Paint® Concierge Customer Service for when you have questions or having problems. We care about YOU and your projects!! We are grateful for you and we need you…. We really need you! And hope you will continue being our customer. Grateful that Annie Sloan products, including Chalk Paint®, are only available through small local retailers. Annie Sloan is a passionate supporter of small business, Annie Sloan has chosen to distribute her paint this way to ensure that you receive the instruction, support, and inspiration that she would provide herself.

We are here to help you and appreciate you!

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