Spend a fun day in the sun (hopefully) with us at the Summit Street and Crafts Fair in Summit, New Jersey this Sunday, April 26th. The Fair starts at 11am and wraps up at 5pm. Come chat with us and learn about our new products, in addition to our t-shirts and mural work.
Hope to see you there!
Finally! It’s taken some time, but we finally have a section of the site where we can showcase our mural work. Look for additional picture of our finished murals, work in progress and so on in the coming months.
As always, we’d love to get your feedback. And, if you have any questions about our work or would like to chat about having a mural painted in your home, don’t hesitate to give us a shout.
I’m finally getting a chance to upload a photograph of a mural I painted back in December for a little boy named Owen, right here in snowy but beautiful Maplewood, NJ. His parents had purchased a set of really cool removable wooden trees, cars, trains, and other elements, and they wanted a backdrop of rolling hills on which to adhere them. I worked with colors that were bright, but not too dark, so that the attachable scenery would really stand out. I think the room turned out great, and I love their take on making the mural interactive so that their son can change around the room as he gets older, any way he wants. Definitely let me know what you think.
From our family to yours… have a healthy and happy holiday season. Thank you for your continued support and look for new murals and t-shirt designs in 2009.
Hi gang – hope everyone is doing well this holiday season. As a diversion from figuring out what my wife really wants for Christmas, I thought I’d kick off a series of posts explaining the process of creating a mural. It’s something customers are always curious about, and perhaps this may be of help to people who are contemplating whether or not a mural is right for them.
So in the next few weeks, as I find the time, I’ll take you through the process of weighing all of the things to consider as a client, securing the job, agreeing on a concept, creating a sketch, getting the right supplies, and transferring the vision to the wall.
Each project is unique, so the process changes slightly depending on what’s being requested, but I generally stay the course step by step, all the while noting adjustments I need to make and/or areas I need to work on and apply them to the next job. This approach ensures that I’ve covered my bases, stamped out any ambiguity on what the mural will look like in its final form, how long it’s going to take to paint and how much it’s going to cost.
At the heart of my process is keeping the client ecstatic while keeping myself sane. The key is to be as transparent as possible every step of the way, listening to their feedback, and adapting to meet their needs. As always, I’d love to hear your feedback - positive or negative – on whether or not this outline is helpful to you.
Next Post: Is a Mural Right For Me?
Hi to all of the Clever Commuters who found their way to our site via their mobile devices. Having done the NJ/NY commute for over six years now, Erika and I are intimately familiar with the joy of double decker cars and the agony of unexplained “signal failure.” Last year, she got hooked on the brilliant-but-simple Clever Commute service, and we’re psyched to support their business in any way we can. And if lello helps brighten the day of even one wayward traveler this holiday season at the same time, our mission is complete!
We admit it. We’ve caught the social networking bug. We’ve known about MySpace, Facebook and Twitter for a while, but our foolish selves never really dove in to any of them to figure out what all of the fuss was about. Now that we’ve seen the error of our ways, we’re all set up on Facebook.com, with a friends of lello facebook page. Come check us out, get the scoop on our latest news, and be our friend. It will be a pleasure sharing our addiction with you.
As usual I’m falling waaay behind in posting news updates to the site. One of these days I’ll have time to do everything… yeah right. Anyhow, while I have this second, we here at lello would like to give a big thanks Jessica at funkyfinds.blogspot.com for featuring our pink butterfly shirt! If you haven’t checked out Funky Finds, it’s a great resource for anyone looking for unique gifts and/or artistic inspiration.
Just want to give a quick shout-out to Cuteable.com for highlighting our yellow zebra shirt this week. Thanks!
Thanks as well to everyone who has dropped us a note of encouragement, or to let us know that you’re a fan of our work. It really does mean a lot, and we love hearing from you!
Another note of thanks to MamaSpeaks.com for featuring lello on its blog this weekend as well, and welcome to all of the moms and first-time visitors to our site! It’s a bit humbling to see our tees profiled on the sites we’ve been visiting to learn about other products for a while now, and we hope you’re not disappointed. If you have any feedback, be sure to send it our way!
