Your Work

I thought it would be fun to share the work done by some of our customer colleagues using Chalk Paint™                                  

Laura King

Jane Talbot

Jess Lloyd

Alison Shand

Sylvie Gaunt

Sue Casey

Haley Scott and her amazing decoupage work. 

Our First Year

The shop we were lucky enough to find is on the junction with Hampton High St and Hampton Road TW12 1JG. It even has big windows opening onto a garden from our workshop at the back. Had to be ours! It used to be a Doggie Parlour so we had a fair amount of work to turn it all round.

                     

    So work began until it began to take shape    

       

      

Ready to open our doors now. December 2013 just in time for Christmas.

Then in February 2014 the Teddington WI contacted us to host a table at their hobby meeting and we had a fabulous time.

We got into decoupaging some mats that I had prepared for everyone.

Obviously it was quite thirsty work! But created some great results

Thank you for inviting me ladies and I hope we can do it again.

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The lovely Dilly Orme from Craft Magazine contacted us to produce four projects for her magazine. We were thrilled to accept and it came out in the April issue.

"Wow Factor in a Weekend"

         

                                       

         We were very chuffed.

The summer brought the Homemade Fair at Hampton Court of course but I have written a separate blog all about that. 

Annie and Kirstie enjoying a quiet moment.

Later in the  year we joined in with a massive Annie Sloan stockist 24 hourer in support of NSPCC. Our event was a painted roller session oiled b a little wine and tapas! Seemed to be a happy affair and thanks to everyone who joined in.

Two of our lovely guests. you know who you are!

So at the year end and, thanks to everyone who has supported us so much. We love our shop and hope that you do too! Our workshops are well established now and 2015 looks to be a busy year with new ones planned. We will be expanding the range of materials we offer for your projects. But most of all eagerly await your next visit to hear about all that you have painted and what you plan to do next.

So happy painting and make sure you are following us on Facebook to hear all our news as it breaks.

Kirstie Allsopp's Handmade Fair

We were lucky enough to have this on our doorstep. Hampton Court hosted Kirsite Allsopp's first Handmade Fair during the summer of 2014. Annie Sloan was invited as one of the Expert Guests. She had a stand there displaying the whole range of paints and products, with loads of demos on how to get the best out of the paint and products. All very exciting to my mind.

Here we are presenting one of the daily workshops. Annie is explaining how to use the paint to decorate a metal candlestick which everyone got to take home once they were finished.

 As one of her team (I work alongside Annie at her Headquarters in Oxford training her stockists) I was involved in the workshop presentations too. 

I can tell you they were very popular. 

Here is Annie alongside Kirstie during her live interview to around 600 people in the amazing big dome. The atmosphere was incredible, like a big circus tent. Annie took the opportunity to introduce her new book to everyone.

Room Recipes for Style and Colour

Come into the shop and have a browse through the book. It is a great source of ideas on how to put a particular style together. With projects to try and loads of photos to show how each style can look.

Just to finish - here is a lovely photo I took of Annie and Kirstie outside the big dome after the interview. A moment to relax. Excellent.

If you didn't manage to get there this time then I recommend you save the date for next year - the whole fair is well worth a visit.