Check out our new Autumn dates for the Annie Sloan Workshops Part 1 & 2, this can be found in the Workshop section of the website. Part 1 is for those of you wanting to explore the advantages and variety of techniques used with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and Part 2 is a perfect opportunity to get you ready for the festive period with gold leaf and decoupage techniques to name a few.
Here's a glimpse of the new wooden postcard. Please the the news below for more details.
We are pleased to announce that we now stock The Wooden Postcard Company. These stunning wooden postcards are a great addition to Surroundings. From Swallows and Amazons, vintage Flight to Alice in Wonderful and even a besboke design based on Richard's Thornbury 140 Buildings printed on to them. These are a perfect gift that can be easily popped in the post, they are standard postage size and can be written on with an ordinary biro.
Rich's latest print is of Tockington Manor School and is entitled 'Tockington, Spring'. He has worked furiously on this one so that we can donate the first framed and signed print of 500 to the Tockington Summer Ball prize fund, which takes place on the 11th July. Small, medium and large mounted and framed prints will soon be available in the shop too. We'll also be having some greetings cards produced. If you are interested, please get in touch.
Hello, Just wanted to remind you that we have a few spaces left on the next Annie Sloan Part 1 Workshop on Wednesday 17 June at 12.30-3.30pm. If you want to learn some of the techniques and gain a full knowledge of how to use this fab paint please contact us on 01454411000 or email on info@surroundingsonline.co.uk and we can send you the details. Also we have the new Annie Sloan mini wax pots - perfect for mini projects. See you soon.
Hello Everyone, We have just confirmed the following new dates for the Chalk Paint™ workshops. If you fancy coming along please see our website for details, just go to the Workshop section or call us on 01454 411000 if you have any questions. They are always lots of fun and a great way to understand Chalk Paint™ and develop your skills even further. We hope to see you there:
Introduction to Chalk Paint™ Part 1 £65 Friday 24 April 12.30pm-3.30pm - 2 SPACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE .
Introduction to Chalk Paint™ Part 2 £65 Wednesday 25 May 12.30pm-3.30pm
Introduction to Chalk Paint™ Part 1 £65 Wednesday 17 June 12.30pm-3.30pm
Thornbury Fringe Festival Special, Part 1 & 2 combo. Thursday 2 July, St Mary Centre (more details to follow).
Lampshade making workshop with Annie Sloan Fabrics £70 Wednesday 15 July 12.30-3.30pm
We are loving the sunshine at Surroundings and hope you are all enjoying this wonderful season that feels like its finally kicked in. This is the perfect season to take on decorative projects around the home or garden. Why not try up-cycling something using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™. Just remember to add a little water to your paint if it's a really warm day and ideally don't paint outside in direct sunlight.
Have fun and enjoy the sun.
It's a scene so familiar to so many Thornburians and Rich has now completed his latest limited edition print, entitled 'Boxing Day', and it's now available exclusively at Surroundings in A2 and A3 sized mounted prints. Frames made to order of course. Greetings cards will be following shortly.
The long awaited tea towels will shortly be arriving at Surroundings. They are a wonderful fabric based print of Rich's drawing. These are going to be a great gift and addition to your home.
So after an unexpectedly long wait and much promising, we are very pleased to say that our NEW Schleich animal, dinosaur and accessories range is now finally in the shop. We love them. Start collecting NOW. We accept animal requests too so don't despair if there is a particular creature you want that we don't currently have. We do have lots though and we love them all. (Especially the Moose and Baby Chimps). We are also cheaper than John Lewis.
The annual Christmas stock sale is now on. All our unsold Christmas stock is on offer at 40% of the original price. Our Sale will last 10 days so don't delay on getting yourself or someone else a Christmas bargain. You'll just have remember where you put it for until next year.
A huge thank you to all our customers in 2014. We really look forward to seeing you in 2015. If you are in town today and need calming down, we will be serving up some little cinnamon vodka and warm apple juice shots. We are here between 10am and 2pm.
Merry Christmas everyone.
