If you were knocking on my door this week it wasn't because were hiding from you, it's because we were way out of town, in beautiful rural Mezeppa, Minnesota, home of the famous sign painter Mike Meyers. I am participating in an intensive 4 day instruction in the art of hand lettering. Almost a dying art, Mike is bringing it back by teaching the new generation of sign makers how to create without a computer and produce beautiful hand made signs that are a work of art with a soul that a computer generated facsimile will never have. The golden age of the hand painted sign may be in the rear view, but I hope to bring a more of this hand crafted art into all of our future signs.
Our First Sign to Emerge from the New Shop!
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Now that we are emerging from the fog of constructions on the new shop we can get back to the business of making great handcrafted signs. I can not think of a better recipient for our 1st sign to come out of the new shop than the local life savers at the Peapack Gladsone First Aid and Rescue Squad. This was the 1st job to come off the new router and were mighty proud of the result. It features raised prismatic gold leaf lettering on a hand carved faux woodgrained background, crushed glass smaltz details and a custom cedar enclosed post stained to match the building exterior. The Fist Aid and Rescue Squad is all volunteer and is supported entirely by private and public donations, so help them out with a donation or be a volunteer, believe me, they're a great bunch!
Now We're in Business
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This week we received our Certificate of Occupancy making it legal to open the doors and begin production. There is still pictures to hang, paint to touch up, signs to hang and equipment to move in, but little by little, we're getting there...
Finishing Touches
Finally the weather is warm enough for our friends Albertson Masonry, Basking Ridge, NJ to add a Stone Facade to our new Customer Pick-up area. It is asheltered little nook just to the right of our garage door where customers can come to pick up their new custom signs at their convenience night, day or weekend. If you need to pick up your sign at an odd hour or before heading off to work, just let us know and we will leave it out for your convenience. We'll leave the light on for you!
It's Been a Long Time Since Our Last Post
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It has been an exciting and busy time. We have been frantic finishing up the new shop and receiving a lot of new equipment. We have a new MultiCam 3000 router, a real workhorse that will let us produce some amazing signs in the future. We still need to add a few pictures to the wall but we get a bit closer every day to being fully operational. Stop by and take a look, we would like to see you and we could use your help moving equipment!!!