Solly Jo Lewis is fairly new to the Artisan Enhancements family of retailers, but she has been painting and creating all her life! Solly Jo is the face behind Posh Chalk® Interiors in Leeds, UK. Posh Chalk® Interiors received their first shipment of Artisan Enhancements products in June and immediately hit the ground running! Solly
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In our last blog post, we featured one of our favorite Artisans and Blogger, Girl in Pink! As part of our new “Featured Artisan Profile” series, we wanted to share with you a new tutorial and project from “Girl in Pink”. One of the most popular finishes created with our products is a layered “Chip” Crackle.
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We love working with talented artists, bloggers, DIY-ers, and painters from around the world. The finishes and transformations created with our products are always so inspiring. For our very first “Featured Artisan Profile”, we are highlighting a very good friend and longtime collaborator: Amanda Bachelder from the blog “Girl in Pink“. Amanda, started blogging in 2010 about
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Outdated lamps are abundant in thrift stores and junk shops! We picked up this brass lamp for a few dollars with a dramatic makeover in mind! A few metal flower magnets were purchased from Michael’s Craft Store to add a fun element to the shape of the lamp. We used an epoxy to glue the
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This thrift store mirror was outdated and unattractive, but we felt it had potential. We envisioned a dusty blue paint finish with aged Pewter accents. It was a great opportunity to play with the new Bio Savvy Stain alongside our Leaf & Foil Size! Artisan Enhancements Leaf & Foil Size is a quick and easy
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We’ve put together an art finish to share that we hope will encourage you to think “outside of the stencil.” A good stencil is an investment and with a little foresight and creativity it can provide you with more than just a single, structured design. Our Crested Wings Stencil has been quite popular and we
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Adding metallic details and textured pattern to your canvas art couldn’t be easier with a few key tools and products from Artisan Enhancements! For this example we have chosen to start with a Fine Stone stencil relief using our Distressed Wallpaper stencil. You may choose to paint your canvas first, if you’d like. Using our
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This unique plaster urn was just crying out for an elegant new look. We were on a mission to play up those details that were all but lost in the solid, matte black finish. Although metallic seemed a good idea, we wanted to go for a more old world, regal look as opposed to shiny
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Artists and faux finishers are raving about the new line of stains from Bio Savvy Brands! Bio Savvy Stains penetrate raw wood to enhance the natural beauty of the grains, but their uses go far beyond the typical wood stain. These stains layer amazingly well with Artisan Enhancements art products and techniques. Here we have
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We had so much fun creating these Old World style French signs! The salvaged wood scraps we discovered at a tag sale were the perfect size for our Small Alphabet stencils. We started by painting them in a couple coats of pale grey paint. The next step was to brainstorm a few French words and
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