Chalkboard Art

So I have been experimenting a lot with my different sides of art and have done a lot of hand lettering, watercolor painting, and drawing of sorts.  I have LOVED it!  So, my best friend got married last week (another post to come, I'm sure) and she had me write on several chalkboards to hang up all over her reception venue.  She told me what to write on which boards and away I went!  

 The boards we just wood spray painted with chalkboard paint and they found frames in various places (including their own home) and just sprayed them gold for some uniformity.

 I found that I was able to sketch it out in pencil first then erase as I went a long.  I liked the look of using a kneaded eraser rather than just a normal eraser because the kneaded eraser still gave it a dirty chalkboard look.  I don't know if you can tell but on the picture above the top eraser section is just a normal eraser.  Bleh.  The bottom is much better.  

 Instead of using real chalk, I used chalk markers.  They show up much more vibrantly and are easy to wash off or erase with a bit of water in case of a little mess-up here or there.  

 The met in Nauvoo.  Hence the Nauvoo pageant quote.  The quote on the left is from a Lady Antebellum song.  

 This one was hung above their cake.

 This was in the display with grandparents' pictures and her mom and grandma's wedding dresses.

 Random water color.  The paint are their wedding colors then I just printed on top of it.  

 This one was hung up next to the giant family quilt.

 This was a giant door they had hung up at the entrance of the venue.  It was pretty intimidating for me to do something so big and to space it out right and make it straight but it turned out okay!

This was the other side - people saw it as they walked out.  Sorry for the blurry picture!  

I was so excited to be able to do this for my dear friend's wedding and would love to continue to!  Another lady helping with the wedding said that she knows someone who charges $30 per hour to do stuff like this.  I would NOT charge that much.  Promise.  So if you know anyone interested in this sort of thing, let me know!!  I love the challenge.   :)