Nothing like a special sale price to spur a little creativity.
Those decal-type letters you see on business windows don’t come cheap. As a result, my front signage project has been on the back burner since getting the front door lettered. In the meantime, I guess I’ve been overlooking the tacky thing I taped up to the inside of the glass.
The artwork for the St. Paddy’s green beer cups looked good enough that it inspired me to replace the computer-paper-printout sign that I hung in the window two years ago. It was supposed to be temporary.
It took a couple of tries at submitting the art. It tends have a different appearance on the computer screen than it does when it’s in your hands and nearly four feet wide.
Luckily, at the sale price, I could afford an error and still come out on the cheap. On the second try, I managed to get a banner that met with approval for inside and a window decal for the front glass.
Of course, I had no sooner peeled the protective backing loose than the Oklahoma winds kicked up and threatened to stick the sticky where it ought not be stuck.
Despite the southerly gusts, it went up pretty well.
The banner is hanging at the front counter for the time being, and inspired one guest to ask if that fellow in the black and white image was me. In my youth, he suggested.
I only wish.
Not for the Bohemian beard or the hairline that is proceeding where mine own is receding. And not for the Victorian-era button-down shirt and cuffed jacket sleeves. Nope.
You see, if I was the gentleman in the black and white image, then I’d be Charles Dickens.
And wouldn’t that be a hoot, after all?
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McHuston
Booksellers & Irish Bistro
Rose District
122 South Main St. Broken Arrow OK!