Always something new

It's one of the reasons I love my job so much.
No day is alike.
And there are certain days, that I'm really amazed and thankful for all of the cool people I get to work with and the things I get to do.
Case in point, this past Saturday we had some cartoon artists come in and paint a custom mural in the store.

Phil Yeh, one of the artists on the project has traveled all over the WORLD and has painted 1,800 different murals promoting literacy. His friend Geoff Bevington is from the area and he too came out to paint and promote the premiere of their new comic book which is set in Chicago.


I thought you might like to see how it all turned out!

Here is the progress from the first day. To see these guys work was pretty mind blowing. They just free hand draw the black outline with Sharpie!


We had lots of adorable helpers stop by to join in the fun.


I ended up painting quite a bit! Loved it.


After the painting - it's all gone BACK over a second time and is outlined by hand in either black paint or Sharpie.



Love this flying cat...



Navy Pier! Chicago Skyline!



The mural took about 20 + hours to complete. Here it is finished with the artists!



I love how colorful it is, that it's so CHICAGO!
Can't wait for you all to see it when you visit the store.