Day 2....How It All Began

So how did we become completely obsessed with this paint?  It is really quite a simple story.....

While trolling the internet I {MJ from "One Nutty Girl"} happen to notice that a few bloggers were talking about this stuff called chalk paint and were showing off some of their pieces.  About 5 seconds later I was desperately trying to find out where the heck I could get my hands on this stuff!  Of course I was not going to do this alone!  When taking on a new adventure there is nothing more exciting than doing with a BFF!  Not just any BFF, but one that says "I'm in" before you even finish your sentence! Trish from "Life to the T" was my side-kick and off we went for our newest adventure together...

We found the paint at a store about 45 minutes from where we lived and set out for our first score.  We bought 6 cans of paint, one can of dark wax, one can of clear wax and a wax brush and this....

This is the Annie Sloan Bible!!!

Everyone should own this book!  If you see one somewhere GRAB IT!  This book is HOT!  It sells out in no time and then you have to wait to get your hands on one!  I just did a search on Amazon and they have new ones listed from $136 all the way up to $300!  Crazy!  It retails for $19.99.  Hold your horses because there should be more coming soon at that price!

Anyway, I dug right into the book on the ride back home.  The lids were popped and we just started painting!  Yeah, we are crazy like that.  Sure we made a few mistakes and had to keep referring back to the book over and over, especially on the waxing part.  But, Annie's step by step instructions with amazing pictures were very helpful.  

Here is a look at our very first completed piece of furniture!  We nailed it and even accomplished mixing a custom color!  

It was like crack.  Within days we were scouring places for more pieces, trying to decide what NOT to paint in our homes!  Suddenly our cars were not being parked in our garages anymore.  We needed this stuff and needed it BAD!  Our minds spun out of control.  Every waking thought was about painting.  We knew we needed a closer place to home to score our weekly habit.  

Within a few short weeks we had convinced our favorite local store Total Bliss to sell the paint and our "source" was now in our hometown of Summerfield, NC.  In exchange owner Nancy McGee gave us part of her store to work out of creating and selling our lovelies!  Thank you Nancy!!!  

So there you have it...the beginning of the journey....

See you for Day 3 tomorrow!