Ahhh! My BIGGEST “lettering only” request that I got this Fall was from Kelly and Blue to do the lettering on the window on Morgan’s on Fulton. Three HUGE panels for September 21st… Based on the Earth Wind and Fire classic “…Do you remember? The 21st night of September?”
I only got one picture of it and it was by one of the guests who asked me to pose with it before the reception started.
I had just recently audited a tutorial by The Happy Ever Crafter on lettering on windows and it was a real eye opener. After lettering countless mirrors I just assumed I would follow a layout and letter what I saw.
The method she provides takes a lot of the guesswork out of it and it led me to actually CONSTRUCT THE DESIGN ON LARGE SHEETS OF TRACING PAPER WITH A GRID PATTERN and affix them to the window the day of the wedding. Genius. This removed the need to add dozens of guidelines and also any erasing that would need to go on if you discover that the design is off in any way.
It was a SUPER windy day in Chicago and thank GOODNESS I brought duct tape. I put the sheets up to the window and came on the inside and lettered the window writing backwards.
I only had 2.5 hours to do this, if I’d had more time I would have DEFINITELY added more detail to the floral motif which was there to compliment a “tiki” theme that the couple had employed. Overall, I thought it was great and it looked much nicer in person. Congrats Kelly and Blue and thanks for the work!