Check out what is coming your way VERY soon!!!
Yep, these are the new paintbrushes from our favorite decorative painter herself Annie Sloan!
Annie has been waiting a long time to put her name on a paintbrush. For the record, she has never had her actual name on a paint or wax brush to date. She wanted to ensure that when she did, it was absolutely the right one. We can say first hand that she NAILED it with these! How do we know?
We first got to play with this little gem in New Orleans at the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ Conference.
Oh my goodness! Or as Annie would say "Brilliant!"
Look at the deliciousness of the paint on the natural hair bristles! It was like taking room temperature butter and spreading it oh so smoothly across the plank. It somehow made the paint feel even richer! I loved at the way Annie described is as "a brush that will just do what you want it to do. They are going to become your favorite friends!"
It was terribly hard to set it down and watch it get packed up with the rest of the supplies we used at the conference. It was a tough goodbye wondering when we might be reunited again?!?
We were reunited 2 weeks later when we traveled to Leesburg, Virginia to take part in the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ American Tour. After hearing a fabulous 2 hour talk from Annie all about paint and color, we broke into 6 groups to get down and dirty with the paint. Here is a shot of our breakout room and what do you see over on the right side of the table?? THE BRUSH! MJ was our lead instructor for this workshop. She was pretty possessive of THE BRUSH, but did let the class pass it around to see, touch and smell. Why was she so possessive of THE BRUSH? Because, she was one of 6 VERY LUCKY people to receive THE BRUSH as a gift for instructing on the Tour!!!
Yep, it was going home with her!
She even got Annie to sign it when the Tour was over!!!
The next question you are going to ask is "How much?", "When?", and "Where?"
The brushes will be sold by your Local Retail Partner. To find the closest Local Retail Partner to you, go to the Annie Sloan Unfolded website. Our local retail partner that we work for is Total Bliss. We are awaiting our first arrival, but do not have them in yet.
The big fat one will retail around $50, the medium in the $30's and the small one $26 ish. These prices were estimates we received, so don't quote these as actual prices. As of now we do not have that exact price available for you. Do know that they will be worth EVERY PENNY!
I might have to get my hands on one of those. Never used a round brush for general painting!
ReplyDeleteI have used the new brush. Loved the way it put the paint on BUT, it leaves its bristles everywhere!! The hairs come out as you paint and you are left trying to pick them out. Lots of hairs. I have never had such an expensive brush release hairs like this one. Too bad. Waste of money.
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ReplyDeleteThese brushes are a dime a dozen in Europe. They are more common than flat brushes. A very good, large one will cost about 7€ ($10). I think Annie Sloan is ripping everyone off just because she put her name on it. JMHO
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