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Image from design.sva.edu • designer Leen Sadder
I saw this image on Pinterest in my explorations. It's an umbrella with the Mary Poppin's song, 
A Spoonful of Sugar, lettered all over it. I thought Leen Sadder did a clever job with it. 
Then I said to myself, "Self, I want to do one." So I am. 
ShannonsStudio.com umbrella project

Thought the spoonful of sugar song is delightful but I decided on quotes and sayings about art.
I designed the lettering in InDesign, printed it, and placed it under the umbrella.
ShannonsStudio.com umbrella project
I traced over it with a black sharpie®, fine tip and regular. Then filled it in.
ShannonsStudio.com umbrella project
I've designed all the panels and have finished three of them so far. Here is the first panel.
It rained the day before yesterday so I was able to test run it. And there were no smears or runs. Yay.

One artist tip. If you try this (which is really a lot of fun) decide if you want to write on the inside or outside of the umbrella. Leen did it on the inside, see below, so you can see the writing when looking at the person under the umbrella. I wanted my writing to be seen from the outside, so people could read it from a distance. I don't know how easy, or not, it was for Leen but for me doing doing the lettering near the top is a little tricky. Some of it I have to do standing up with the open umbrella in a chair just because it's awkward for me. 
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image from design.sva.edu • designer Leen Sadder • marketing for Spoonful of Sugar
I'll show you the finished project when it's done. What quotes would you put on an umbrella?
 


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chels
09/01/2011 8:45pm

that's cool! That would be a fun gift for the girls!

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09/02/2011 11:14am

Didn't think of that, it would be so cute for the girls.

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09/08/2011 10:52pm

oooo, I absolutely love this idea!!

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Leen
10/31/2011 11:44am

It looks great Shannon! It was pretty hard to do it on the inside and I ended up in all these strange positions- I actually used a lightbox to make it easier to trace my design onto it. Looking forward to seeing the finished version! Best of luck

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10/31/2011 2:20pm

Thanks Leen for the nice words and the great idea! Even though it's awkward I am still happy doing it and did use a light box to begin. But, I found that since the umbrella is green I can see through it pretty easily. I have 2-3 panels left. I will be posting.

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