Brand: Veronica Beard

Event: Retail

Activation: Hand paint monogram on handbags

What an honor to be entrusted to hand paint monograms for the launch event of Veronica Beard’s new handbag collection in Beverly Hills. While the bags had mix-media textures, I only offered to hand paint on the leather portion of each bag with my professional leather paint.

Before painting, I always discussed the placement of the custom monogram with the guests. With hand painting, the placement can be placed in a variety of places. Some guests wanted the monogram discreetly painted on the back of their bag, while others wanted to showcase it on the front.

Most guests selected beige as their monogram color since it’s a beautiful neutral color that matches nearly all bags and clothing styles.

Brand: Radley London

Event Type: Retail

Activation: Hand paint monograms on wallets and handbags purchased by customers

Customers love custom personalization because it adds a bit of character and makes their item one-of-a-kind. As items are mass produced, customers love the idea that their bag or wallet is distinctively his/her own because his/her name is on the product.

While many online retailers offer printed monograms on their leather goods through a machine, printed monograms is not normally offered in stores because retailers have limited space in their stores. For that reason, hand-painting by an artist is a beautiful way to add a custom monogram in a store that only requires the space for a table and a chair for your store activation.

I was genuinely surprised that every customer that made a purchase at the Radley London store for their aninversary event, wanted the custom monogram painting that I offered. I displayed a swatch of the various color choices and the alpha-letters that were available to the customers. I hand-painted wallets and handbag tags based on the customer’s requests.