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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Hello out there friends and Happy New Year from Chalk It Up Signs! I hope that it will be everything you need it to be and more. 2015 is going to be a great year for us here at Chalk It Up! We have some fun projects already underway as well as some silly stuff […]
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Merry Christmas From Chalk It Up Signs! I cannot believe how quickly this year flew past. Chalk It Up had a great year thanks to YOU, our amazing clients! We are so grateful for the wonderful people we work for and for the fun, divergent projects we have the pleasure to work on. It really […]
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Cafe Cagnone Chalkboards for Catering Company Greetings on this lovely, rainy, west coast day. We are experiencing what is called a “king tide” and at the same time, a Pineapple Express. From the studio window, I can see the tide coming up to it’s unusually high and mighty self. It’s looks like it could swallow my neighbour […]
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Hola amigos! Last week’s Connect 2013 was a great time! This show brought together Food, Hospitality and Beverage for British Columbia, Canada. The show was packed with friendly and keen industry people. We had a lot of folks say that we were the best booth at the show! That made us feel very warm and […]
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Coffee Bar Menu Chalkboard Hola Amigos on this windy, rainy, west coast day. As to our promise, I am continuing to share some of the fun chalkboards we have been creating over the last little while. So without further ado…. Steam Punk is fun. Coffee is fun. The two together in chalk art is sublime. Does […]
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Grocery Store Deli Chalkboard Specials Signs Howdy folks, and here we go with some photos of some of the fun chalkboard signs we have been hand crafting in the last few months…The theme for the first few is LOCAL! Several Fantasy Island businesses are now proudly displaying CIUS originals. Thank you so much for all of […]
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If I Was a Rock n Roller, Who Would I Be? Howdy friends, We are super busy in the studio this week, but it feels like a beautifully well paced dance. Fall is like that I think. Summer’s urgency is ending and we all just get down to business. Since our return from a hiatus […]
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Hola Amigos and Happy Happy Merry Joy in whatever way you like to celebrate them! I plan to lounge in my pj’s and cook some awesome food and go to bed early for the next few nights. In a row. Not sure what image you might have of a chalkboard artist, but there will be […]
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING and HAPPY CHANUKAH I hope you all had lots of yummies, lots of good times, football if you are that sort and that you each felt an overall sense of gratitude for something in your world. I hope that if you celebrate Chanukah, the first night was full of light and love. I […]
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