This Diary was started in January 2005 for showing our hand painted house plaques.- We update these pages on an ongoing basis with photos of recently completed custom painted house signs
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Results for this Years Christmas Charity
Every Year we donate ALL OUR PROCEEDS for house sign orders placed online during Christmas Day & Boxing Day to a charity chosen by our signmakers. This year we took a grand total of £88.80 during this period. A big THANK YOU to the customers who decided to place an order during this charity period. - The funds will be donated to Sightsavers International. Please take a look at the good work they do and if you can spare some money yourself, why not make a donation whilst you are on their site!
House sign with pea pod
Our customer asked for a house name and number plate 14.5 inches by 10 inches depicting FOUR peas in a pea pod. Painted by Ivan Brenton. The font is called Tiffany Bold
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Goose Cottage Sign
This sign was commissioned by a customer who wanted a modern contemporary font for the house name and a couple of white geese on the sign. One bird to be a female goose and one a gander. Ivan Brenton painted the sign.
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House number plate with wren pictorial
Our customer requested a pictorial of a wren - The UK' s smallest bird - on this 10.25 inch by 8.25 inch classic oval sign with just the house number. Painted by Ivan Brenton
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Friendly mole house sign
Our customer asked us to make a house name sign depicting a smiling mole poping out of his mole hill. Painted by House sign artist Rosemary Hitchman
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
House Sign depicting owners dogs
Thsi sign was painted by Ivan Brenton for a customer who asked for the two dogs painted together sitting on a lawn. The customer sent us two individual pictures of the dogs and Ivan created this pictorial house sign using the images as a guide. I van can also paint animal portraints on canvas for hanging in the home. - Call us for a quotation.
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Cute Hedgehog house number sign
Our customer asked for a hedgehog sitting amongst pretty flowers looking at a butterfly - we have made similar signs before and the customer saw an example in our old house signs gallery and asked for something similar. This one was painted by Rosemary Hitchman.
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House sign depicting owners dog portrait
Our customer ordered this portrait of his dog wearing a bandana. He sent us a photo of the dog via email for our artist to go by. I think it is a very good likeness of the dog - the dog was actually sitting in a linving room in front of a fire on an armchair in the image sent by the customer! The font is called Victorian - an old victorian style font. Painted by sign artist Ivan Brenton - he also paints dog portraits on canvas - contact us for a quote.
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Rustic house sign depicting autum maple leaves
Our customer asked for a 13.5 inch by 9.5 inch rustic slate house plaque showing maple tree leaves turning to autumn colours with a few maple seeds. The font is Times Roman - Painted by Rosemary Hitchman
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House Address Plate depicting seacape
Our customer asked us to create a seascape depicting a soaring seagull in the foreground and a distant lighthouse. This pictorial was hand painted by Ivan Brenton.
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House Number Sign depicting pansies
Our customer asked for a house number plate showing multi-coloured pansies for this sign - we can hand paint ANY kind of flowers on a selection of base plaques. This one was painted by our artist Rosemary Hitchman.
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House Names depicting the house
We can paint portraits of the actual houses which have the house name on the signs - this one was ordered by a customer in the USA for a relative in England as a Christmas Gift. She sent us an image via email for our artists to go by. Painted by Ivan Brenton.
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
Heather Cottage House Sign
Our customer asked for a 14.5 inch by 10 inch classic oval with text arching top and bottom and a house number in the centre and hand painted sprigs of heather each side of the number. Painted by Rosemary Hitchman
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Cock Pheasant house name sign
Our customer had seen a similar example we made a few months ago and asked for the same design showing a male pheasant strutting in a field. Thae font is called Century Schoolbook Painted by Ivan Brenton
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House Name Plaque with Lilac blooms
Our customer asked us to create a house name sign with lilac blossom painted in the centre. The font is called Tiffany bold. painted by rosemary Hitchman
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Alligator House plaque
Our customer from the USA asked us to make a house sign depicting a Florida Gator in the arch. Painted by Ivan Brenton
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House Plaques depicting tree leaves
This sign was comissioned by a customer who wanted english maple tree leaves on the sign. Painted by Rosemary Hitchman. The font is called Tiffany Bold
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You won't see all house sign designs we make here as most of the house signs made by us are standard house names or house numbers without custom painted pictorials - you can view all our STANDARD HOUSE SIGNS at our home websites http://www.yoursigns.co.uk/ or our house sign shop to buy one.
You won't see all house sign designs we make here as most of the house signs made by us are standard house names or house numbers without custom painted pictorials - you can view all our STANDARD HOUSE SIGNS at our home websites http://www.yoursigns.co.uk/ or our house sign shop to buy one.