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Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

New Product Photos

I have a confession to make. When I announced last spring that I was coming out with a milk paint line, I thought it would be a fun little side thing. I was wrong. It’s become a huge, overwhelming, awesome thing. The line that carries my brand and color designs is now carried in over 200 locations in the US, Canada and Europe (and hopefully Australia soon!) So, after a year of me pretending like it’s this little thing, I have finally realized that it’s a big thing and I need to treat it like that. Welcome to the party, Marian, right? Taking my line and brand more seriously meant not doing everything myself in a “this is just a small thing” fashion. This included getting photos of the products captured from a different perspective. I didn’t want anything that looked the slightest bit corporate. I wanted the customers (or

September 11, 2013 57 Comments

Before and Afters

Preserving a Family Heirloom

A few weeks ago, I shared by True Value on my Facebook and Twitter. I don’t know if any of you watched it, but it is a really beautiful clip about preserving a family heirloom. It gave me tingles and made me misty, because I’m really into that sort of thing. I love pieces with a story and soul. Pieces that have been patched, repaired, refinished, moved across the country and handed down through generations – all signs of a quality piece that’s been well loved. With the constant parade of furniture that goes through my house, there aren’t many pieces that have remained over the years. One piece that I’ve never even considered selling is the buffet in my dining room. First of all, it’s just my style. More importantly, it’s a piece that was given to me by my parents. They bought it from an antique shop when they

September 10, 2013 68 Comments

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

first tethered photo shoot

Oh, it’s wonderful… I finally have my real computer back. I have the software all set up to work with my new camera, so I was very inspired to have a photo shoot this morning. When I got my camera a few days ago, I was so excited about taking pictures, but I was editing them on a super cheap laptop and I really missed my bright & big laptop screen. I felt like I couldn’t really see the sharpness of the pictures to edit them well. And the workflow was ridiculous. Lightroom 3, which I’ve been using for a few years, couldn’t open my RAW Nikon D800 photos, so I had to use a DNG converter. So, the workflow was something like – copy pictures from camera to computer, convert in DNG converter to a DNG file, upload to Lightroom 3 and edit, export to Windows Live Photo Gallery to

September 6, 2013 38 Comments

Apron Strings & a Fog Horn

First of all, thank you so very much for all of the amazing ideas for color names. I was blown away with the creativity, thoughtfulness and just how many of you pay attention to the things that are important to me. It was touching. I wish I could express it in a more articulate way, but the words are getting muddled. So, anyway, thank you. The color name I decided on was… Apron Strings …in honor of Diane’s grandmother’s “company apron.” There were so many names I loved, but this one fit so well with the rest of the names in my line and those two words immediately evoke a feeling or memory. Neither of my grandma’s had aprons this color or even wore aprons, but I can imagine a grandmother mixing some biscuit dough or crimping a pie crust with beautiful coral apron strings hanging down the back of

September 4, 2013 No Comments

Miscellaneus

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September 3, 2013 29 Comments

Decorating

Wax Puck Tutorial

I’m just getting in from enjoying the beautiful Collegiate Peaks in Colorado, so I’ve asked our MMS Milk Paint Primary Educator, Abbe Doll, to share a tutorial with you. I haven’t had a chance to shoot or write a tutorial on using Wax Pucks, one of our new products, so Abbe, who is a machine, made one for me! Enjoy! Let me just start by saying I love this little thing! It fits so perfectly in the palm of your hand and creates such fun effects. Here are some benefits of using the wax puck: You can create smooth, precise distressed lines on edges. If you want to expose color under color without sanding down to the wood, this allows you to control the amount of distressing you get It will allow you to expose or bring out the details of that great wear and tear of an old piece,

August 27, 2013 No Comments

Hand Painted Furniture

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August 26, 2013 19 Comments

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

Name that color…

***After over 2200 suggestions, I have picked a name for our new color. Thanks so much to all who played along and the name will be announced very soon! *** We recently added three colors to the MMS Milk Paint line and now we’re adding three more! Trophy (a rich gray), Curio (a walnut brown) and this one… It’s a lovely coral color created by Abbe (our Primary Educator) and Jennylyn (president of Homestead House Paint Company). Now, if you know me at all, you know that I don’t have a bit of coral in my house, so this color is a bit out of my comfort zone, but I can’t have an entire paint line with just blues and grays! Since this color is out of my wheelhouse, I am stumped when it comes to naming it and I need your help! Share your suggestions for naming this color

August 24, 2013 2,357 Comments

I’m Marian, a painter, writer, and lover of all things creative. From art and antiques to home projects and everyday life, I share my journey in hopes of inspiring you to embrace your own creativity and make beauty in the spaces you live.

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