DON'T BE GREEN WITH ENVY!!

Annie Promised

and 

Annie Delivered.....

A NEW COLOR HAS ARRIVED!!

Be one of the first to create with this new color of 
Chalk Paint™ Decorative Paint
Pre-order your color now** - and we'll sweeten your pot with a
FREE WAX BRUSH

Here it is!!

FLORENCE

"This is inspired by the colors of the copper green mineral and semi-precious stone, malachite, and from the same family of stones as azurite and turquoise. In the 17th and 18th century it was used as a color made with verdigris. It is a very fugitive color turning black with time so we are not aware of how it was used on woodwork in many houses. It is a classical color found in classical Italian furniture."

Graphite is painted inside the drawer

We LOVE when Annie gives us more product to use!!  
Chalk Paint™ Decorative Paint Colors are just wonderful,
 what a GREAT addition to her rainbow. 

We are so excited to share this fabulous color with everyone!  Order today from our
 online shopping cart  
and we'll
 THROW IN A
FREE MINI WAX BRUSH!! 
That's right...we said FREE...a $10.95 value 

Be sure to mention FREE WAX BRUSH in Special Instructions when ordering 
This offer good for the first 50 pre-orders for FLORENCE ONLY.
GIVEAWAY OVER
Thanks for your orders!  We've sold HUNDREDS of Florence!!

AND THE WINNER IS........

CONGRATS TO STILTSKIN STUDIOS 

FOR THEIR

1000 FACEBOOK "LIKES"!!!

and

  

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY

Sheila of Hey You! :o)

We were thrilled to be a part of the celebration and are happy to
WELCOME
some new followers as a result!!

Keep an eye on the blog for some great new pictures of some fun projects!!

WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY AT THE STORE AND CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE!!

A CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!

OUR GOOD FRIEND

STILTSKIN STUDIOS

is hosting a

GIVEAWAY

and we're happy to be a part of it!

They're celebrating their 

1000 "likes" on FACEBOOK!!

Who wouldn't like them, they're

amazing

talented 

and just great people!!

Help them celebrate......we are!!

So please click on over to their blog

follow the directions

and enter to win

A POT OF GOLD

Two FABULOUS knobs

As well as some other FANTASTIC GOODIES!

Pop on over to Stiltskin Studios to find out how easy it is to enter.

Save yourself a trip and become a follower of our blog while you're here 

(that's one of the rules to enter!)

ANNIE SLOAN BRUSHES & GIVEAWAYS!

HIP HIP HOORAY!!

ANNIE'S BRUSHES ARE FINALLY HERE at
ROBYN STORY DESIGNS!

We have all three sizes (small, medium and large) ready for your purchase!
SMALL $27.95
MEDIUM 38.95
LARGE 54.95

 These brushes are Annie's latest addition to her growing product line

and are made especially for
CHALK PAINT™ DECORATIVE PAINT!

Nothing compares to these brushes, they'll be your new favorite painting tool.

Hop on over to our shopping cart and check them out.
 Grab yours NOW!
They're going fast!!

While you're there at the shopping cart filling up on your supply of brushes why not add our
MINI WAX BRUSH to your order.

We're still offering the 
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!
(that's a $10.95 value!)

AND

As a THANK YOU for being such loyal customers I'm going to throw in for
FREE
one of our
EMBELLISHMENT PACKAGES!!

 These packages are little bundles of fun!
Filled with fabric, ribbon, buttons, floral and assorted brick-a-brack that inspire your creative mind!
You MUST include "PACKAGE" in the special instructions!!
**minimum brush purchase of $27.95 required for FREE Embellishment Package

this giveaway is now over

I 'SLOANED' MY DRIVEWAY!!!

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint goes over ANYTHING

A year ago, actually 14 months ago, I needed to prove to ALL that this really is the case.

As you may remember, I LOVE McKenzie Childs.  So I decided to make my entrance to 

Robyn Story Designs and Boutique

UNIQUE

just like my little store nestled in Carrollwood.

ASCP Old Ochre and Graphite done in a checkerboard pattern

This has not been sealed.  Raw paint on raw concrete!!

This is the entrance from our parking lot

My Parking Lot!

This has been rained on, 

sprinkled on, 

driven on, 

walked on, 

merchandise has been dragged across, 

it is in FULL Florida sunshine

Gets beaten on by the notoriously strong thunderstorms

and it

STILL LOOKS AMAZING!

While I'm at it, I'll share just a few more pics of my cute little store from the outside

These are silks!  You'd never know!

Can you see the puppy peaking from the little house?

Stop by and sit for a spell.  It's beautiful in my gardens!

Don't forget to come see us at the FANCY FLEA in Lakeland.  We're sure going to transform two tents into a Mini Robyn Story Designs& boutique

Robyn Story Designs, Fancy Flea & FREE SHIPPING

IT'S OFFICIAL,

ROBYN STORY DESIGNS

WILL BE AT THE 

FANCY FLEA IN APRIL

WOOOOHOOOOO

Look for us at booth numbers 115 & 116 
at intersection of Lemon Street and Kentucky Avenue

We had such a GREAT time when we were there in November but we didn't have enough room to 

spread out!!  

Seriously, when I shop, I like options so I want to make sure that you have 

OPTIONS!!!

I have no idea exactly what we're bringing but I've got a hunch that it'll be 

GREAT!!

So get your Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ™ list together because we're showing up

stocked to the gills with 

ALL THINGS ANNIE!!!

That's right...PAINT - (EVERY COLOR), WAXES, BRUSHES, all of 

Annie's BOOKS

and her new 

CRAQUELUER PRODUCT

If you get your list together early, 
here's a GREAT deal for you

Call your order in - the SKIES the limit because
I'M GOING TO DELIVER IT TO YOU AT THE FANCY FLEA!

That's right, you order it, I deliver it - FREE SHIPPING
because we'll be hand delivering it to you!
AND
I'm going to throw in - FREE - two of our 
NEW MINI WAX BRUSHES**
AND
If that's not enough....AN EMBELLISHMENT PACKAGE!!
(a lovely little package with ribbons, fabrics, brick-a-brack, florals, buttons, pins - creative bits and pieces!)

Check out our website for all the goodies that you can pre-order.
Check out our new GILDING WAX while you're at it!

This comes in FOUR different colors, goes on like a dream and is just a beautiful product to work with.  I've thrown away all other "wannabe's".  This is the REAL stuff, straight from France.

Since you're not paying shipping, 
why not add this to your order!!

What are you waiting for, call your order in NOW 
(Store hours 10-5 Tues. - Fri  10-4 Saturday) .
For this promotion all orders must be called into the store so that it is processed for the Lakeland Fancy Flea
we will not be offering this special on the day of Fancy Flea and  

All orders must be received by Thursday, April 26!   
NO EXCEPTIONS 



HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE DAY OF FANCY FLEA!!
 

**minimum purchase of one quart of paint required for FREE BRUSHES & Embellisment package

Annie Sloan's GREAT AMERICAN TOUR and Robyn Story's UPDATE

OH MY GOSH

Can I tell you what an amazing time we had in Atlanta?!

As you walked into the Conference Center Annie's Pictures and Fabrics greeted you!

Words alone can never define who Annie is.  

She's BRILLIANT

Charming

Witty

Incredibly Talented

and just an INSPIRATION for us all.

Not only for her talent as an artist but for what she represents as a woman.

Successful

Driven 

Caring

We started off at 6:30 on Wednesday morning. 

  Lori and I decided at the last minute to load up the car and drive!!
 I know....I need to bring pretty things...
to set a stage....

to tell a story....

Can I tell you what a GREAT decision that was.  We were loaded to the gills with all things ANNIE!  

We brought our "Antoinette", our mannequin inspired by Annie Sloan Colors and she brought

joy 

 a sense of style

and a 

personality to the whole environment!

Welcome to our Workshop/Breakout Room.  This is Antoinette, David - Annie's Husband and Me!

I also loaded up on sample pieces from the store and we even made a special little table just for Annie.

Here are a few pictures of our Workshop/Breakout room

This is our room before we worked out little magic.

After we decorated and set it up.

Our "place settings"

One of our vignettes

I have made it a personal mission to own all of Annie's Books.  She's a wonderful speaker and an amazing writer as well.

 On Thursday, Annie's BIG day, we were all set up and people started rolling in!

I am SOOO proud of my wonderful customers.  SO many familiar faces were coming through our doors.

Thanks to ALL of YOU that shared this wonderful event with us!  Don't forget, you get a FREE workshop in our store for coming to Atlanta and supporting Annie.  Those dates are coming....

Carol (who won the national giveaway of 29 pots of paint & her daughter Danielle were there to learn from Annie

Julie from Venice was glued to all that Annie had to say!

Michele and Ken Hiley of Stiltskin Studios were there to share in ALL of the festivities!

Even Pierre (Ken's parakeet) made the trip and had to room with Lori!

Michele Hiley - Stiltskin Studios and Anne Smith - Gyspyfleur

 Our workshop was just fabulous.  LOTS of familiar faces and some GREAT new friends.  We placed some drop cloths on the floor and had each of our workshop participants dip their hands in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and leave their hand prints as well as their autograph on this cloth.

Even ANNIE GOT IN ON THE FUN!

Annie leaving her mark on our cloth!

Who needs Hollywood Boulevard!!!!

Okay, enough of my pictures.  What did we learn from Annie?!  Too much to blog about but I will tell you she has a BRAND NEW BOOK coming out in about a year.  It's a recipe book.  A How to Book on mixing colors.  Her color theory was amazing to listen to.  Her stories about the history of colors was so fun and educational.  I'll never look at Antoinette again and not remember her story.  Same for so many of her colors.  I loved that she shared those stories with everyone. 

A page out of her book that she uses in her store in Oxford.  Love the color combinations with her fabric. 

 Oh, and NEW PAINT BRUSHES FROM ANNIE are on their way!!  I just got the info that we HOPE to have them by the end of the month.  Fingers and toes crossed.

There will be three different paint brush sizes.  We had an opportunity to use them in Atlanta and they're FABULOUS!

(Speaking of brushes....don't forget our Two For One Mini Wax brushes)

Can you tell that I just LOVE LOVE LOVE all things Annie.  Finally, I got to share all of this with one of my staff members, Lori.  She's as fanatical about this paint as I am.  Loves every minute that she gets to spend working with it.  Seeing her meet Annie was such a treat for me.  It was a magical time.   If you were there, you understand.  If you weren't, I can not stress enough - if you EVER get this opportunity - 

TAKE IT.  It was worth every penny and then some.

Okay, one more picture.  Lori and I drove up my driveway, Steve opened the door and there's my Louie waiting for his momma with a new, prized possession.  Seriously, is he not the cutest!!??