This second one shows you the Wax Buffing Brush Attachment that we use to achieve a fabulous finish in minutes. Pardon my gross appearance; the workouts start TODAY!
TO WATCH MY WAX BUFFING TECHNIQUE VIDEO, CLICK:http://youtu.be/dXdhOe0DPC4 This is an older video but my wax technique works with all the waxes we carry here at Shizzle. We use a very specific type of wax so I can’t guarantee it if you’re using it on something we don’t carry. All waxes are NOT made equally.
I’m attempting to create this video from my Ipad which isn’t going the greatest, so I’ll leave this short and sweet
Thanks for hanging out with me ~ Have an AWESOME weekend!!
Check out our newest addition to our Online Shizzle Shop ~ Aging Dust!
You can learn more about this amazing product on my last post HERE
I’ve still got a lot of tweaks to do before I’ve got all the kinks worked out of my new website . Thank you for your patience as I work out the kinks and learn my way around my the format.
I’ve been buried lately in an endless mountain of paperwork. Can I just say that getting everything ready for your accountant is pain in the butt when you’re self employed with a painting business? I can’t stand paperwork, so for me, this is torture.
“Lets go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest a while” Mark 6:31
Needless to say, I haven’t had much time to rest or paint lately but I have a very talented friend who has started hand painting pieces exclusively for Shizzle Design.
Meet Local Artist ~ Laurie Miller!
(photo coming soon)
She acquired the most amazing talent for painting recently which seems to have come out of nowhere. I like to joke with her that she must have been struck with lightening. She just laughs but has no idea why she can suddenly paint these beautiful images with no previous experience or training. It must be a God given talent that she’s suddenly tapped into, we don’t know ~ but it’s amazing none the less.
Laurie is the sweetest, most humble person you’ll ever meet and she just laughs nonchalantly when I compliment her incredible talent.
Laurie painted this beautiful antique side table which she named ~ Quiet Place.
This painting was inspired by Mark 6:31 where Jesus said “Lets go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest a while”
Wow! I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t think of many more relaxing places than a comfy chair on the beach.
The fresh air, sunshine and waves crashing onto shore sooth my soul like magic.
Laurie painted the legs in a combination of CeCe Calwell’s Blue Montana Sky and Omaha Ochre accenting it with Destin Gulf Green.
It is so pretty. It goes perfectly in the beach house I’ve been dreaming about all my life ~ some day, some day.
This one of a kind table is headed to the Shizzle Design booth in Not So Shabby in Holland, Michigan.
To check out the availability of this piece, click here.
Howz it going? Did you all remember to turn your clocks ahead the other night. It always throws me off for a few days when they change the time. Am I the only one?
I spent this past weekend at an awesome women’s retreat and am rested, refreshed and ret-to-go. I didn’t have the chance to do any painting last week but wanted to share a little coffee table I forgot to post that was painted in CeCe Caldwell’s Destin Gulf Green and Santa Fe Turquoise.
If you haven’t tried CeCe Caldwell’s Paint yet, something like this is a perfect size piece for a first project.
I love mixing colors, not that you have to because there are so many great choices, but I always like to kick it up a notch.
I’ve been on a serious turquoise kick lately ~ I don’t think of myself as a “blue” of person, but looking back through my projects, I realized that some of my favorite projects have been painted in blue ~ what can I say?
A little distressing, a little wax and Viola!
I even had the opportunity to climb a rock wall for the first time ~ totally cool! It’s a goofy picture of me; I look like a guy with my sweatshirt and hard hat, but it sure was fun! If you ever have the opportunity to try it, go for it!
Rockies Here I Come!
Have a GREAT week!!
If you missed my last project, a turquoise highboy…
Table painted by one of our students at our last workshop
Their hopes are once you “Go Green”, you’ll “Stay Green” They have an amazing facility on campus called the MSU Surplus Store. They’re rethinking every aspect possible to reduce the amount of trash that ends up in our landfills.
Reduce ~ Recycle ~ Re-use
Their theory is “once you go green, you’ll stay green” ~ and it’s working. Last year, they diverted over 50% of the 30 MILLION POUNDS of materials they received! Now that’s cool!
They researched new ways to make our world more environmentally friendly and discovered, that unlike most other paints on the market, our paints are 100% ALL natural including not only chalk but clay which yields the most amazing finish!
They know there are lots of paints on the market with low VOC’s, but our paints are a better choice because they have NO VOC’s!
I can paint right in my house. How cool is that? Did you know that CeCe Caldwell’s Paints & American Paint Company Paints are also Latex Free an Acrylic Free? That’s huge for people who suffer from allergies!
Michigan State University (MSU) chose Shizzle Design to teach a furniture painting workshop on campus in Lansing, Michigan.
We’re were very honored to be chosen for as the instructors to teach this Special Furniture Painting Workshop MSU on Saturday, April 6 Reserve your space for this class HERE Sold Out
Painted by one of our students at our last workshop
Ready to join us for a Furniture Paint Workshop? We’re adding many more fun workshops from beginners to advanced techniques to our 2014 Schedule, Check back for new classes here.
Yes, this time of year ~ we roll out the drop cloths and paint right in the house.
We can because we use 100% All Natural Chalk and Clay Paint and Wax. Bring a small piece of furniture and you’ll leave with a masterpiece.
Painted by students at our last workshop
We’ll teach you how to layer paint colors
Two color wet distressing
We share lots of tips and our own personal techniques
We also will be teaching at a Fundraising Paint Workshop in California in May ~ Stay tuned for details and see our complete schedule of paint workshops here.
Did you know that…
We’ve opened up a Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, Michigan 49428? This is where Cathy and I paint our furniture but we want our customers to know that we’re here for you. We encourage everyone to stop in any time to buy paint or to get your questions answered.
We’ve taught people from all over the United States and Canada how to paint furniture Shizzle Style using chalk and clay paints? Join us for a fun and relaxing workshop. Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
You can Subscribe to Shizzle Design for tips, tutorials, ideas, pictures, videos for our furniture painted in all natural chalk and clay based mineral paints?
Did you know that you can get these sent directly to your inbox and that it’s FREE? It is ~ so what are you waiting for? Enter your email in the right hand column of our blog to stay in the loop.
We have a Shizzle Design Facebook Page? We share all sorts of additional tips, ideas, photos EVERY DAY and offer special deals (which you’ll only know about if you’ve Liked our Facebook Page?).
I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not a “blue” person, but when I picked up this antique highboy a while back, I kept imagining it in shades of turquoise blues and greens.
The original finish on the piece was an antique white which looked pretty in and of itself until you got a closer look. It definitely needed a little sprucing up. I started out by painting a quick layer of gray.
Her personality was bursting at the seams so I decided to give her an cute little outfit to match. I grabbed all my leftover cans of paint and started slapping them on with no real rhyme or reason.
Cuz that’s how I roll!
I just kept working in the colors as I went along; the next few shots are showing the raw paint before I waxed it.
The color looks pale before it’s waxed but I knew the wax would kick it up a notch.
Here comes the wax!
This piece sold right away and I was fortunate enough to meet the gal when she came in to pick it up.
This piece sold immediately and I was fortunate enough to meet the gal when she came in to pick it up. She’s building a new hair salon on Lake Macatawa and this will serve as her new coffee station! How COOL is that?
She had a piece of glass cut for the top where she’ll have her coffee pot… and the coffee, tea, sugar, cups… will be stored underneath in the drawers.
I’m tickled pink over the whole idea of it!
I often don’t get to meet the people who buy my furniture at the store since I’m home painting, so this was pretty cool.
Did you know that…
We’ve opened up a Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, Michigan 49428? This is where Cathy and I paint our furniture but we want our customers to know that we’re here for you. We encourage everyone to stop in any time to buy paint or to get your questions answered.
We’ve taught people from all over the United States and Canada how to paint furniture Shizzle Style using chalk and clay paints? Join us for a fun and relaxing workshop. Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
You can Subscribe to Shizzle Design for tips, tutorials, ideas, pictures, videos for our furniture painted in all natural chalk and clay based mineral paints?
Did you know that you can get these sent directly to your inbox and that it’s FREE? It is ~ so what are you waiting for? Enter your email in the right hand column of our blog to stay in the loop.
We have a Shizzle Design Facebook Page? We share all sorts of additional tips, ideas, photos EVERY DAY and offer special deals (which you’ll only know about if you’ve Liked our Facebook Page?).
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