Howdy friends! Welcome back to another instalment of Chalk It Up Signs’ thoughts and ponderings. This week, we explore hand lettering and chalkboards. As we work at CIUS world headquarters, we often listen to radio programs. Sometimes we turn to CBC Radio One for entertainment and last week, CBC featured a segment that really piqued our […]
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Do you want to know my secret weakness…it’s books! We are lucky enough to have created an Oregon Bookstore Chalkboard Menu created for a lovely bookery in Bend, Oregon called Roundabout Books. The owner, Cassie, has expanded her establishment to include wine and beer, coffee drinks and snacks. I have a massive soft spot for bookstores, especially used bookstores. Years […]
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This blog describes a recent Victoria Sommelier Chalkboard Request. When your contact emails arrives it begins the start of the chalkboard sign order process. Your email looks like this on our end when we receive your sign inquiry: “Message Body: I love your boards! I would love one for my kitchen with a “wine and caricature of a […]
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Everyday we receive phone calls asking about our hand drawn custom chalkboard pricing. It takes a bit of time to figure out your hand drawn custom chalkboard pricing estimate but here is how we do it. Hand Drawn Custom Chalkboard Pricing First we need to know what size the chalkboard(s) will be. We can help you with this if […]
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One of our favorite signs to create for customers is the Single Sided Chalkboard Sidewalk Sign. The combination of the wood frame and chalkboard makes for a classic chalkboard sign. The style shown in these pictures is the Single Sided Chalkboard Sidewalk Sign. Great for facing customers as they enter your establisment. Next week I’ll be making a […]
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Hello to you all! One of the things I miss the most about back home (besides family and friends) is the food. This Traditional Mexican Restaurant Grand Prairie Texas asked us to redesign their nine by three foot menu chalkboards and I can promise you, my mouth watered the entire time I was colouring! The colours […]
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Hi everyone. Here is the latest project out of the studio for a franchise A-frame specials chalkboard for the latest opening of a Doc B’s Fresh Kitchen in Tampa, Florida. We loved this board for it’s fresh, clean presentation. The bright green pops off of the black chalkboard itself. It is very easy for Chalk It Up […]
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Howdy friends and happy summer! Here is one of the latest chalkboards out of the studio – Liberty Vineyard Chalkboard Sheridan New York. They Received the 2016 Winery Award From New York Wine & Grape Foundation. How ’bout them grapes? This was a lovely chalkboard to create. It tells the story of the vineyard, the family […]
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Greetings to you all! If you are like us, you are counting down the days till the last day of school but despite our rush for summer, we are so grateful to our daughter’s teachers this year and had the kids autograph a personalized teacher gift classroom chalkboard for not only their home room teacher but […]
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Here is one of the latest chalkboard signs from the studio – a Barley Station growler chalkboard. This was shipped to Barley Station in Salmon Arm, BC. and will hang behind their filling station. I knew a growler to be something my dog was and more recently (through my armchair adventure travels through the frozen Arctic seas) […]
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