Diner by the Sea Chalkboard Menu and Summertime Music Howdy folks and happy first week of July! I have been working to the smooth sounds of Bossa Nova a lot lately…it just sounds really cool while the temperature gets hotter and hotter here. Also, when I am standing at my work table, I can dance […]
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Big-Lights-Big-City-Big-Chalk-Art 4 feet x 6 feet Guy Fieri’s tattoo Chalkboard Art, NY NY It’s a dark, rainy day here on the wet coast but out in NYC, the lights are always bright! A lovely friend just returned from a recent visit to the Big Apple and sent these photos along . This was one of […]
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Howdy friends. Books, Barbers and Moose (meese, mooses)….It’s been an interesting time out here…we had a four day snow storm that knocked out our power for three days. My daughter took everything she learned watching the Winter Olympics and put it to good use on our big, hilly driveway. We ate well and stayed warm […]
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Chalk Chick Chalks it up to Rock! For us here at Chalk It Up…busy, busy, busy! We enjoyed some family downtime over the holidays. One night we sat down to watch the classic rock band, Heart, perform on the television and I had to explain to my daughter that way back in the olden days, […]
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This is a section from a super fun chalk board menu created for The Sidney Pier Georgia Cafe . Our custom designed, hand drawn chalkboards are amazingly creative, colourful and memorable. Sometimes a particular application for a chalkboard sign calls for something different. Do you own a chain or several franchises of restaurants/cafes/bars? Does your company need signage at corporate […]
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Spot Illustration for University of British Columbia Publication Chalk It Up Signs goes to school! Or rather, to an alumni magazine for the Sauder School of Business at UBC in Vancouver, BC. Click on the link to see which image made the cover! Chalk It Up Signs can chalk anything up as a spot illustration for […]
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Hi everyone. Good times around here, good times. We now have deer fencing and a new “Gate of Mordor” to keep out the tourists and other unwanted, wandering, four-legged, hungry visitors. Plum blossoms have dropped and the tiny green plums are showing and growing and the studio is one busy place I tell you! Here […]
Read moreSideshow Banner Art as Chalkboard Inspiration Howdy ho everyone. I found this book at our local library (yes, I love and use the library every week! Real books for real people) by author . I loved this little gem and wish I could sit in a room with a few of the artists still alive […]
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Dance Studio Chalkboard and Balmy West Coast Weather Greetings everyone! It’s a busy time in the studio right now but our thoughts go out to the east coasters who are currently experiencing their blowy, snowy, cold experience. Would it be wrong for me to tell you that it’s lovely here on Fantasy Island today? Is […]
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Do you know the history of the barber’s pole?I did not, but now I do thanks to Rooster’s a great barbershop in San Mateo, CA. When I was a kid, my dad used to take me and my sisters with him on Saturdays to The Sportsmen’s Barbershop in Austin, Tx. They had lots of dead deer […]
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