This will be a quick run through of mine & Beth's first day installing our work in Pump N Grind. I knew it was going to be quite a hands-on day which I was quite excited about, as it's not the kind of thing i've ever really done before!
I met Beth in the morning just after the cafe opened to give ourselves the entire day there. We sat down and had a coffee before we started, and actually watched a couple of youtube videos on how to put vinyls up as neither of us had done it before. Though it seemed straightforward, we were conscious about messing up as we wanted it to look as professional as possible. We started to start off with the door vinyls, which were the opening times and the logo. We had to get these super straight so we downloaded a spirit level app (who knew) and spent ages making sure it was level. Eventually we got there and it seemed to go pretty smoothly!
Next we decided to put up the vinyls in the window. This was more difficult than we anticipated as it was tricky to get them straight because they were a lot bigger. We worked out the best way was for one of us to hold it while the other stood back to see if it was straight. We decided to place them just above where the table was, which was handy as we could kind of use this as a guide. Once we had got one on it was a lot easier to do the other!
After we had installed the window vinyls, as it was a sunny day we immediately noticed the shadows it made on the table inside! This was something we didn't even think about, but I think it really adds to it and makes it much more interesting. The placement of the vinyls was perfect as well, they almost look like they're dancing on the tables!
we then put up the menu vinyl. This was also pretty difficult as we didn't really have anything to line it up with to make sure it was straight apart from the top of the letters. As well as this, the size of it and the fact it was being put up in a pretty awkward place didn't help.
Once it was up though it was worth the struggle!
neither of us really thought how long any of these bits would take, and it turned out they took a lot longer than we realised; they shut at five so at this point we were a bit pushed for time. We were planning on starting the mural that day but we quickly realised that wasn't going to happen. I did get it all drawn out on the wall while Beth re-wrote some of the chalk boards in the cafe. I found it so difficult to draw the mural onto the wall freehand, but we worked out this was the only was it could really be done with the time constraints.
one of the signs Beth re-wrote:
At this point the day was coming to an end, and we agreed we'd come back in a couple of days when it was next open and get started on the mural. I actually had a really nice day and had so much fun working alongside Beth, we definitely have a really good collaborative dynamic going which I'm so pleased about, I find her so easy to work with. We celebrated with a nice cold drink.
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