Monday, April 24, 2017

Paint It Forward



Any of you that know me or have read my blog know by now that I LOVE Chalky and Company!
I have listed and given examples of the many reasons why I love this amazing company.  Well... here is just one more!!

The Paint It Forward Kit from Chalky and Company warms my heart.  I have several veterans and active military members in my family and among my friends.  I appreciate every sacrifice that they make and everything that they give to ensure the safety of this beautiful country that I love.  This kit is just one way that we can give a little back to those who give so very much to us.

The Paint It Forward kit costs just $60 and includes The wooden kit with 1 location panel, stencils, hardware, jute rope, paint brushes, paints and painters powder.  Additional location panels with stencils can be purchased for just $15.  Any of you that have lived in base housing know that there are many regulations against painting, hanging decor on the walls, and other ways of personalizing the space and really making it feel like home.  This kit is a great way to put your own personal touch on your home.  PLUS- for every kit sold Chalky & Company donates $10 to the Travis Mills Foundation- a non-profit organization formed to benefit and assist combat-injured veterans.  How awesome is that!?!

Contact me today to order your Paint It Forward kit or to host a party and earn it for 1/2 price or free!
Order one as a gift for a family member or friend serving away from home!


Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!



Tuesday, April 18, 2017

#ChalkyConvention2017


Take Flight!  #ChalkyConvention2017

Let's talk about the amazing experience that I just had with my wonderful company: April 13, 14 & 15th, 2017 was Chalky convention in Atlanta, GA.  Let me tell you ladies and gents this was a great opportunity and I am so very glad that I was able to be a part of the fun!  I was able to meet so many wonderful women and men that I speak with on a regular basis but had never had the privilege of meeting... until now!  I learned SO MUCH about them in such a short time and was able to connect with many of them almost instantly.  We all share a common love of Chalky, family, and fun and it showed through in all of these wonderful people's personalities and actions.  We traveled together, ate together, trained together, partied together and made memories together!  I can not stress enough to any current or possible future Chalky consultants about how amazing this opportunity was and if you ever have the chance to attend a Chalky convention- DO IT!  I learned so much about party/workshop planning, the importance of recruiting the best of the best, painting tips and techniques and more.  I received so much inspiration and advice on business planning and how to be the CEO of me.  I have returned home (just in time for Easter!) with a renewed love of this company and with clear and precise goals in mind to move myself and my team forward.  I am incredibly thankful to Buffy & Dan Dumont as well as their beautiful daughter Abby, right-hand gal Meaghan and the rest of the people that made this event possible for the rest of us and will forever remember all of the hard work and planning that they put into this convention.  Thank you! 



We walked into the general session room on Thursday afternoon to these beautiful tables and place settings.  Our lovely co-founder Buffy chose this years convention theme- TAKE FLIGHT.  She wants the consultants to know that, like a flock of geese, we must fly together, lift up one another and share the lead position to make flight easier for those behind us in formation.  I thought that this was a perfect analogy of how Chalky sisters work together and constantly encourage (HONK HONK like geese) each other.   I was fortunate enough to win one of these adorable center pieces on the final day of convention and will be using the little integrity colored trunk at all of my parties!








In between sessions and trainings Buffy planned some fun game show style games for all of the consultants to play and have a chance at winning Chalky Town bucks to purchase business supplies and apparel from the Chalky Town store- which Abby and her friend from college Tessa where running right in the back of the general session room!  We played Chalky Feud, Get out of the WEEEEEDDDDSSSS and minute to win it games.  There was even a championship show down of master stencil weeders Meaghan Vallee and Dan Dumont.  Dan for the WIN!!



Friday evening the chalky team leaders gathered us all in the general session room after the session ended for games, snacks and overall SHENANIGANS!  Julia Alden had us play a relay style word creating game with scrabble tiles that was a blast!  I will say that some consultants are a little more competitive than others haha! It was a great time for us all to relax and chat and enjoy our time with one another.  




We also had a slumber party in the general session room complete with snacks and bed hair!


Saturday nights entertainment was professional hypnotist.  I can not even express to you all how hard I laughed and how much fun I had during this!  We had consultants on the floor jamming on air guitar, physically carrying fellow consultants out of the room for laughing too hard, and so much more!  It was incredibly fun! 


Roomies!




The Meggy Cha Cha 



Most of all I love the friendship and bonds formed between these ladies in just a very short period of time.  Chalky is family and I love everyone of these beautiful people!  Thanks again Buffy & Dan for sharing your love with all of us!


#chalkyconvention2017










Tuesday, March 28, 2017

April KOTM- Good Friends


Introducing Good Friends, the Chalky and Company April 2017 kit of the month.  How cute is this!?!

Just one of the things that I love about Chalky (there are a lot of things!) is that our kits are multi-use, multi-purpose, and can be used in so many ways.  One of our Chalky consultants had an idea brainstorm about the ways we could use this kit and our consultants had so man great ideas.  Obviously it is great for carrying/displaying wine bottles and glasses.  It can be used as a picnic caddy to hold flatware, napkins, condiments, etc.  Use it to organize your blow dryer, curling irons, flat irons, etc.  Add small mason jars and turn it into a craft carrier holding your pens, markers, paint brushes, etc.  There were so many good ideas and now I feel like I need 3 or 4 of these cute kits in my life!  How would you use Good Friends?

Another of the many reasons why I love Chalky and Company is that each kit can be painted, stained, embellished, and personalized is so many different ways.  I have had parties where 5 or 6 people will be painting the same kit and none of them will look the same when finished.  You can truly make each kit your own.  What color would you paint Good Friends?  What embellishments would you add?  What about hardware?




There are a few ways to get your April KOTM:  order on my website,  contact me to place an order or contact me to book a party and earn this and more for 1/2 price or FREE! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 






Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Front Porch Friends


Hello everyone!  I just finished painting this super cute (and easy!!!) kit from Chalky and Company called Front Porch Friends.  This double sided kit was released in their 2016 Holiday catalog and brought into the Spring into Summer 2017 catalog because it is so cute!  Over the holidays it was painted by most as a Scarecrow (Thanksgiving/Fall) on one side and a snowman (Christmas/Winter) on the other.  




As usual though, several ladies got really creative with their talent and painted some super cute other characters.  Here are a few: 



 

I decided that I wanted to try my hand at a spring time version of the kit.  I am NOT as talented as some of these awesome ladies but I love how my kit turned out anyways!  I started off with this wood kit. 


I decided that the first holidays that we decorate for in spring are St. Patrick's Day and Easter.  I painted this cute little red bearded leprechaun on the first side. 


On the opposite side I painted a bunny, easter eggs, and Happy Easter.  I love that this will be the first "greeting" that our guests receive as they arrive at our home! 


What creative faces, phrases or designs could you create on a Front Porch Friends kit?  Contact me to order yours or host a party and you could earn it 1/2 price or for free!  
You can view all kits on my website!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!