Furniture Painting Courses, pink Laboutin shoe fetish and some yellow Frenchy. All in a days work.

Forgive me reader for I have sinned.  It has been 18 days since my last blog entry.  How can I atone?  Can I really show my sincere regret at this lack of communication on a digital level?

I could tell you the dog ate my laptop or that I had a random accident involving a large bowl of jelly and a ceiling fan, but somehow I don't think you would believe me.  I really do have lots of excellent excuses.  I do.    Honest.

I have been a busy girl with many, many, many projects on the go.  Oh and a Furniture Painting for Beginners Course in the mix.  Here come the pictures...

Raspberry Cabinet £299

I have numbered them.  No reason really, just because.

1. The last time I found my way onto my blog I may have made a teeny, weeny mention of my intention to create a home for all my Laboutins, Jimmy Choos and Prada shoes.  Yes really. My reasoning is simple, if I make a home for such footwear, where they can be displayed, admired and cooed over, that, surely, is the perfect excuse. I was always told that a home should be filled with love.

This blinged up, Annie Sloan Emperors Silk and Old White mix of a former china cabinet with lovely music sheet decoupage back, needs to be filled.  With love[ly shoes].  Oh dear.  Better sell it before the Husband catches on to my evil plan.  If you want it it Can be yours for £299. Email me 

2 Drawer Chest in English Yellow £249

2. This little beauty was my first adventure into English Yellow from Annie Sloan.  Truth be told I was not sure I liked the yellow.  I think it was rather more acid than I had hoped.  I expect it was because the chest of drawers I painted had been painted by its previous owner in blackboard paint.  I need to experiment a little more  (ooo pine welsh dresser come to me...).  I want to love the colour.  This is for sale.


How do you like my Frenchy script from The Graphics Fairy? I really must do a tutorial on this technique one day.  It's simple really.  If you can colour in you can do it!  Want to buy my chest of yellow drawers (there is a joke in there somewhere).  £249 - drop me a line.

Look what we did!

3.  Oh boy.  How fantastic was the Furniture Painting for Beginners Course on 20th April?  Super Fab, that is how fantastic.  A lovely day, 6 great ladies and a pile of sunshine meant some of my pupils even painted outside.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN FUTURE COURSES HERE

At the start of the day

Just look at all that lovely paint

The end of the day

The next course dates will be announced shortly, but for now take a look at these lovelies having a ball with brushes and paint.

 4.  Finally..here is a sneak peek at what I have been doing to some of my collection of mirrors - Can you guess the colour?

Mirror Frame in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

So am I forgiven?

Jusqu'à ce que nous nous revoyions,

Marie x

P.S. I have been asked by a few of you what I look like - so here I am, not in painting attire, but in a sun hat.   Can you spot a couple of my painted items in the background...