We’re burning the midnight oil getting ready our Christmas Open Houses.  

Two of the Greatest Christmas Open Houses in West Michigan

open 

Friday, November 7th, 2014!

Doors are locked until 3:00 p.m. Friday afternoon at Caledonia Vintage Marketplace.

Doors are locked until 4:00 p.m. Friday afternoon at Not So Shabby in Holland.

At each location, vendors have stocked their booths with their very best merchandise, holiday gifts, treasures and unique finds.  I will be at Not So Shabby Friday night to get a jump-start on my Christmas shopping.  

****We are offering****

20% off

All furniture and home decor in our booth at Not So Shabby!!

Two Days Only ~ Friday, Nov 7 & Saturday, Nov 8

Friday and Saturday ONLY!

Take 20% off…

Holiday Decor is Priced to sell!

Christmas Gift Sets

Christmas Decor

A realy cool piece of Vintage Ceiling Tile repurposed into Art 

(sorry about the blurry picture)

Awesome hand painted Merchantile Sign …

I’m tempted to go back to grab this because I LOVE this piece!

We’re also bringing in a lot of Christmas decor and are still working on hand-made gifts as well as paint specials and wax kits.  Stop in and say HI!

We hope to see you next weekend 

at our

CrAzy DeALs OpeN HouSe on Saturday

November 15 from 2-5 p.m.

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Don’t forget about our Special Workshop Series going on Nov 14 & 15

Three classes from Intro to painting with chalk & clay paints to more advanced techniques teaching two of our favorite finishes and create & take paint parties.  Read all about them here.

Register for a November Workshop HERE

or call us at 616.669.1414 to Register

A hui hou ~ Shelly

 For more Chalk & Clay Painted Furniture ideas, tips, tutorials & inspiration, click:

 Shizzle Style Painted Furniture Makeovers

 Shizzle Tips, How To Tutorials & Video’s

 Funky Finishes

Did you know…

• Shizzle Design is a small family owned business in Jenison, Michigan.  My sister Cathy and I work, paint, ship and teach our chalk and clay paint workshops out of the same space where we paint all our furniture.  We are truly humbled to be known as a leader in the world of chalk and clay paints.
• Cathy and I empower DIY’ers by sharing our years of experience.  Stop in for paint and we’ll offer you honest and knowledgeable answers for all your chalk and clay paint needs.
• Did you know we are not paid employees of American Paint Company?  It typically takes me 10 hours to publish one of my blog posts.  Everything from shooting the photographs, writing the content, editing, cropping… is given freely.  The only way we make money is if someone purchases paint, workshops or painted furniture from us.  If you enjoy the information you get in our website, please share and let us know.
• We are so blessed to have taught people from all over the United States and Canada.  Join us for one of our super fun hands-on chalk and clay paint workshops.  Learn in our casual & relaxed environment.  Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
• 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 ~ 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 tips, ideas, photos EVERY DAY and offer special deals (which you’ll only know about if you’ve Liked our Facebook Page).
• Pin our posts on Pinterest ~ Find all sorts of inspiration here.
• We sell our painted furniture in our Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI 49428 and at Not So Shabby Antiques and Fine Furniture at 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan
• Shizzle Design is an Authorized Retailer for American Paint Company Paints.  We offer a large inventory of chalk and clay paint and supplies at our Shizzle Design Paint Shop /Studio,  2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI  49428.  We also stock several other shops in the greater Grand Rapid’s area, to find out where, click LOCATIONS.  Not from Michigan?  No worries, we ship paint and paint supplies worldwide through our Online Shizzle Shop.

I am pleased to announce the arrival of 12 new limited edition colors from American Paint Company.   Introducing the…

 American Home Collection

American Paint Company prides themselves in making the healthiest paint available for the DIY furniture painter while staying on trend with the home decor market.  With the addition of the new chalk & clay colors from American Home, American Paint Company is retiring 15 older colors.  They are also moving eight of the pint size Ellis Collection colors to the main line which means those 8 colors will be available in quarts & samples and the pint sizes will be phased out.  The other four have been retired and are on sale now here.

The New American Home Collection by American Paint Company

American Home’s Limited Edition Colors include 12 new trend colors are now avilable in pint size cans.  Sample size pots will also be available some time in 2015.  We have not received an official release date of those.

American Home Color Collection 

Backyard Pond – (a medium blue green)

Chenille Bedspread – (a medium purple gray)

Country Barn – (rusty brown, much less red than it looks in this picture)

Front Lawn – (a classic Kelly green)

Lace Doily – (a warm tan)

Rose Garden – (a pinky red)

Powder Room – (a medium warm pink)

Shag Carpet – (pretty autumn orange)

Shingle on the Roof – a dark umber brown

Tarnished Platter – a medium gray blue

Topiary – a medium sage green (more green than it looks here)

Vintage Velvet – a mustard yellow

Pre-order new colors now HERE.  Pay nothing until they arrive some time in November 2014. 

When pre-ordering be sure to include: your name, shipping address, email address & phone number so I can set those colors aside for you then contact you when they arrive.  You won’t be invoiced for pre-orders until we have them in stock (late October/early November).  If you live in the greater Grand Rapid’s area, leave the same info then let me know you’ll be picking pick them up at our Jenison Studio.

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The Existing Main Line Color Line will see many changes

APC’s NEW Main Color Line in Quarts & Samples will include:

A-maize-ing

Amber Waves of Grain

Beach Glass

Blue Jeans

Born on the 4th

 

Cannonball – from Ellis

Coral Reef

Crushed Tea – from Ellis

Dollar Bill 

Fireworks Red

Freedom Road

Gunpowder

Home Plate

Leather Boots – from Ellis

Liberty

Limoges  (from Ellis)

Nana’s Cupboard

Navajo White

Peacock – from Ellis

Plymouth Rock

Purple Mountain Majesty

Rushmore

Sackcloth – from Ellis

Shoreline

Smoke Signal

Spacious Skies

Surfboard

Treasure Box – from Ellis

Uncle Sam

Voyage – from Ellis

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In with the new, out with the old.  The colors being retired are:

Bordello

Cameo – from Ellis

Dawn’s Early Light

Desert Cactus 

I’m going to be hoarding this color!!

Home Turf

Lincoln’s Hat

Momma’s Lipstick

National Forest

Orange Grove

ooooh ~ I need to grab some of this for my stash too!  Love mixing with this orange!!

Parchment – from Ellis

Saddle

Shining Seas

Tea Cup – from Ellis

Waistcoat (I am so going to hoard some of this color before it’s gone)

Wild Horses ~ I will definitely miss this color!!

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The Ellis Collection in pint size will be fully retired (it was a limited edition)

Eight of the colors have joined the main line

The other 4 are retired as listed above

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We are fully stocked with all other American Paint Company products including the main line colors:

Chalk & Clay Paints

Top Coat

Hard Coat

Clear, Dark & Light Wax

Clear Black and Brown Glaze

Metallic Mica Powders

American Grit

Vintiquities Fine Quality Paint and Wax Brushes

Great Gift Sets & Paint Kits

We also have killer deals on most Retired Colors ~ While Supplies Last!

  A hui hou ~ Shelly

Did you know…

• Shizzle Design is a small family owned business in Jenison, Michigan.  My sister Cathy and I work, paint, ship and teach our chalk and clay paint workshops out of the same space where we paint all our furniture.  We are truly humbled to be known as a leader in the world of chalk and clay paints.
• Cathy and I empower DIY’ers by sharing our years of experience.  Stop in for paint and we’ll offer you honest and knowledgeable answers for all your chalk and clay paint needs.
• Did you know we are not paid employees of American Paint Company?  It typically takes me 10 hours to publish one of my blog posts.  Everything from shooting the photographs, writing the content, editing, cropping… is given freely.  The only way we make money is if someone purchases paint, workshops or painted furniture from us.  If you enjoy the information you get in our website, please share and let us know.
• We are so blessed to have taught people from all over the United States and Canada.  Join us for one of our super fun hands-on chalk and clay paint workshops.  Learn in our casual & relaxed environment.  Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
• 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 ~ 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 tips, ideas, photos EVERY DAY and offer special deals (which you’ll only know about if you’ve Liked our Facebook Page).
• Pin our posts on Pinterest ~ Find all sorts of inspiration here.
• We sell our painted furniture in our Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI 49428 and at Not So Shabby Antiques and Fine Furniture at 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan
• Shizzle Design is an Authorized Retailer for American Paint Company Paints.  We offer a large inventory of chalk and clay paint and supplies at our Shizzle Design Paint Shop /Studio,  2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI  49428.  We also stock several other shops in the greater Grand Rapid’s area, to find out where, click LOCATIONS.  Not from Michigan?  No worries, we ship paint and paint supplies worldwide through our Online Shizzle Shop.

For more Chalk & Clay Painted Furniture ideas, tips, tutorials & inspiration, click:

 Shizzle Style Painted Furniture Makeovers

 Shizzle Tips, How To Tutorials & Video’s

 Funky Finishes

Linking up to these GREAT Parties!

Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special

Knick of Time Interiors –

Sometimes we start out with a piece that’s lacking character.  This lil’ gal has all sorts of different sized drawers but her personality was buried under a lot of homely, dated drawer pulls.  I had already removed them when I shot this picture, but the fade marks show you the basic style.  They were those flat goofy ones, know what I mean?

We decided to funk-it-up a notch by bringing out her inner beauty.

I like to do this on drawer fronts that are already framed so I can simply inset the fabric.  That’s what I did on the buffet below.  Can you see how the bottom drawer is inset?  That gives the fabric a nice finished edge.  Looks like I added some trim around the top drawer to balance it out.

The drawer fronts on our dresser needed some pizzazz so we decided to add some fabric.

The inspiration for this piece actually started with this fabric.

Cath had just mixed up a custom color for a customer and in the trial and error of trying to get the right color, ended up with a whole bucket of it.  I was eager to paint something with it and this plain dresser was the perfect choice.

Decoupaging ot of drying time involved to get the job done right.  We don’t cut corners on cost because we want our pieces to withstand the test of time.  Measuring and cutting can can be quite fussy.

When I decoupage drawer fronts, I apply a special fabric mod podge all over the back of the fabric and let dry over night. The next day, I start cutting.

Measuring is critical but I’m lousy at accuracy.  My brain is usually thinking about six different projects all at once and by the time I go to mark the measurements I forget the number.  Nothing is ever an even number, you know what I mean?  So then I start counting the little dashes on the tape measure… (cuz that’s how I roll).  If you’re the tiniest bit off, it shows, BIG TIME.

I just painted this piece and Cathy has been working on the fabric. She’s the one in the family who has the patience to fuss with tedious details and has a lot of experience quilting so it’s right up her alley.

That being said, she had a heck of a time with one of the fabrics we planned to use and after several failed attempts, that one fabric was ripped off and replaced with another one.

 

The fabric is adhered to the drawer fronts with more decoupage and when completely dry (we usually wait overnight), we sandwich it in with yet another coat of mod podge over the top.   As another layer of protection, we also topcoat over that.

Help!  What finishing touches should we add?

We still need to add some finishing touches to this piece.  We’re not sure which drawer pulls we’re going to put on all the drawers.  The four little drawers need to stay as is but we’ve got options for the six other ones.  I’m thinking the floral drawers need something else.  They seem frame-less to me.

Please comment below with your suggestions; we’ll post the finished piece in a couple weeks!

Update:  9.16.14  

Here’s the finished piece!

Ready to get your Shizzle on?  

Join Cathy and I for our next workshop in Jenison, MI.  Click here for schedule.

Hot New Products ~ Vintiquities Paint & Wax Brushes!

 Stop into today and grab one at Shizzle Design 2018 Chicago Dr., Jenison, MI  49428.  They can also be ordered online here.

If you’d like the opportunity to retail these brushes in your own shop, contact me here with your name, type of business and location.

  A hui hou ~ Shelly

Did you know…

• Shizzle Design is a small family owned business in Jenison, Michigan.  My sister Cathy and I work, paint, ship and teach our chalk and clay paint workshops out of the same space where we paint all our furniture.  We are truly humbled to be known as a leader in the world of chalk and clay paints.
• Cathy and I empower DIY’ers by sharing our years of experience.  Stop in for paint and we’ll offer you honest and knowledgeable answers for all your chalk and clay paint needs.
• Did you know we are not paid employees of American Paint Company?  It typically takes me 10 hours to publish one of my blog posts.  Everything from shooting the photographs, writing the content, editing, cropping… is given freely.  The only way we make money is if someone purchases paint, workshops or painted furniture from us.  If you enjoy the information you get in our website, please share and let us know.
• We are so blessed to have taught people from all over the United States and Canada.  Join us for one of our super fun hands-on chalk and clay paint workshops.  Learn in our casual & relaxed environment.  Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
• 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 ~ 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 tips, ideas, photos EVERY DAY and offer special deals (which you’ll only know about if you’ve Liked our Facebook Page).
• Pin our posts on Pinterest ~ Find all sorts of inspiration here.
• We sell our painted furniture in our Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI 49428 and at Not So Shabby Antiques and Fine Furniture at 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan
• Shizzle Design is an Authorized Retailer for American Paint Company Paints.  We offer a large inventory of chalk and clay paint and supplies at our Shizzle Design Paint Shop /Studio,  2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI  49428.  We also stock several other shops in the greater Grand Rapid’s area, to find out where, click LOCATIONS.  Not from Michigan?  No worries, we ship paint and paint supplies worldwide through our Online Shizzle Shop.

For more Chalk & Clay Painted Furniture ideas, tips, tutorials & inspiration, click:

 Shizzle Style Painted Furniture Makeovers

 Shizzle Tips, How To Tutorials & Video’s

 Funky Finishes

Linking up to these GREAT Parties!

Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special

Silver Pennies – Silver Pennies Sundays

Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday

Hi guys!  We’re working on switching things around at the shop this week to better utilize our space so I’m sharing  a cute little table I refinished recently.

When I got it, it looked like it had been stained a dark brown but the color had faded quite a bit.  It had such great bones though and I knew it would be fabulous with a little TLC.  To get things started, I painted the base in American Paint Company’s Sackcloth and the top with Crushed Tea.

I gave the base a quick coat of American Paint Company’s Topcoat to create a barrier for the tinted glaze I made up.  This goes on quick and  creates a barrier so you can easily manipulate your glaze.  You can use the black or brown glaze as is or you can create your own custom color by mixing in a little bit of any of our paint colors into the clear glaze.  To create the pale pink glaze, I mixed a little bit of APC’s Clear Glaze with a little bit of Cameo from APC’s Ellis Collection.

American Paint Company’s Black, Brown & Clear Glazes

Cameo is from American Paint Company’s Ellis Collection and tends to be quite thick.

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Shizzle Tip:  The thicker the paint, the more I water it down.  It helps it to level out better so you don’t end up with brush strokes and stretches your paint so you end up with more bang for your buck.  It also helps the paint seep into all the deep crevices that may otherwise be hard to get paint into.  ———————————————————————————————————————————————–

It only took a little bit of paint mixed with the clear glaze to create the color I was looking for.  I did a simple wipe-on / wipe-off using a rag to highlight all the beautiful details.

See how the glaze settles into all the crevices?

I sealed the base with American Paint Company’s Clear Wax then mixed it up a bit using both Clear and Dark Waxes to create subtle variations on the top.

Crushed Tea sealed with Clear & Dark Waxes

… and there you have it 🙂

We just dropper her off to Not So Shabby at 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan 49424 where she’s anxiously awaiting her owner.

Hope you all are having a fabulous week!!

 

  A hui hou ~ Shelly

Did you know…

• Shizzle Design is a small family owned business in Jenison, Michigan.  My sister Cathy and I work, paint, ship and teach our chalk and clay paint workshops out of the same space where we paint all our furniture.  We are truly humbled to be known as a leader in the world of chalk and clay paints.
• Cathy and I empower DIY’ers by sharing our years of experience.  Stop in for paint and we’ll offer you honest and knowledgeable answers for all your chalk and clay paint needs.
• Did you know we are not paid employees of American Paint Company?  It typically takes me 10 hours to publish one of my blog posts.  Everything from shooting the photographs, writing the content, editing, cropping… is given freely.  The only way we make money is if someone purchases paint, workshops or painted furniture from us.  If you enjoy the information you get in our website, please share and let us know.
• We are so blessed to have taught people from all over the United States and Canada.  Join us for one of our super fun hands-on chalk and clay paint workshops.  Learn in our casual & relaxed environment.  Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
• 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 ~ 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 tips, ideas, photos EVERY DAY and offer special deals (which you’ll only know about if you’ve Liked our Facebook Page).
• Pin our posts on Pinterest ~ Find all sorts of inspiration here.
• We sell our painted furniture in our Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI 49428 and at Not So Shabby Antiques and Fine Furniture at 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan
• Shizzle Design is an Authorized Retailer for American Paint Company Paints.  We offer a large inventory of chalk and clay paint and supplies at our Shizzle Design Paint Shop /Studio,  2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI  49428.  We also stock several other shops in the greater Grand Rapid’s area, to find out where, click LOCATIONS.  Not from Michigan?  No worries, we ship paint and paint supplies worldwide through our Online Shizzle Shop.

For more Chalk & Clay Painted Furniture ideas, tips, tutorials & inspiration, click:

 Shizzle Style Painted Furniture Makeovers

 Shizzle Tips, How To Tutorials & Video’s

 Funky Finishes

Linking up to these GREAT Parties!

Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage – Transformation Thursday

Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

Redoux – Friday Link Up Party

Homespun Happenings – Rustic Restorations Weekend

Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special

Silver Pennies – Silver Pennies Sundays

Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday