Alterations 2 Go

Just so you don’t waste your time like i did mine-​First off, i didn’t have any idea what I was walking into. Its not a store it is in an apartment. A messy apartment, very unprofessional. I was trying to get my chocolate brown, satin bridesmaid dressed fitted. There were two big cats in the apartment and cat hair everywhere. I truly wanted to run as soon as I saw the pulls in the leather chair from cat claws. I asked repeatedly if there would be cat hair on my dress, and Brandy stressed she keeps it in a cabinet. I hesitantly try on the dress for a fitting and cat hair wafting everywhere. Finally, when the cat jumped on her work table and stated playing with my dress bag I had to leave. Now I am not the greatest fan of cats, especially in a supposed professional buisness operation, but this was crazy. The dress was covered in cat hair and had to be professionally cleaned. Don’t go here unless you want shoddy conditions and a cat hair covered end product.

Don’t get mad– GET EVEN!
Not a slogan I live my life by– but when I choose to, I have a HELL OF a GOOD TIME getting even!
So– the latest episode of getting even occurred with my condo association. Why? WHY? WHY? I have lived here for a LONG time. I bought my home when I was 23, I worked 3 jobs to keep it while going to school, was and still am the youngest owner here and have always been relatively well behaved. I mean– SERIOUSLY! But– well they started it.
It all has to do with politics– and the location of my condo. I have a very visible unit from the front of our building and the back. I LOVE what OBAMA stands for and have had some signs displayed in 5 of my 11 windows. Some self serving person got irritated and started complaining. The short version is– since the condo board could not humiliate, intimidate, nor force me to take down the signs, they CHANGED the rules so that political signs were not allowed.
One of my guys, who is also a owner here was as irritated as I was. We put our heads together… No need to get mad– nope, GETTING EVEN was better. What would piss them off, be maliciously compliant, and get our point across? What would they not expect?
OBAMA CURTAINS! CUSTOM MADE– featuring the OBAMA O– with the symbol. They would have no words– just the symbol. We wanted the O to be 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. One of our places is on a low floor, so this would allow it to be seen from the street. The other on a high floor– so it would be like a BEACON– for blocks. YES! We had a plan!
We called Alterations 2 Go for an estimate for each of our drapes. The estimate was reasonable. The final product? It exceeded expectations by far. The unveiling will be tomorrow– before the debates. I am giddy with excitement. None of this could have happened with out the skill and expertise of this firm. They took the emblem, blew it up to the size requested, and custom made appliques for each set of drapes. We are both THRILLED! I don’t have a huge eye for design, but my friend– well, he runs his own creative design firm that is very successful. He is also very happy. That says tons!
So, if your travels take you past the north end of LSD and onward, look up. You just might catch a glance of this awesome handiwork!
OBAMA CURTAINS!

Saved my ass. Literally. Like saved my ass from literally being exposed by wearing a bridesmaid dress that fit like a sausage casing.
Brandie took two dresses, magically melded them together for me and made them look like the one dress I needed it to be, at a very reasonable price and in short time (less than a week). It is so nerve racking to hand over your clothing, especially that which can’t be replaced, to someone to just go at with a pair of scissors, but I could not be happier with the results — really, it’s exactly what I envisioned.
She does sewing and alterations in her Rogers Park home and has cats, so if you have allergies or just hate cat hair or something, that might be a consideration for you.