where it started

i would see this sign when i would drive down 5th street to get home. and every time it made me laugh. that's what inspired me to create this blog. and it only took me about 2 years to actually take a picture of it.

kady's

cafe

i love this no nonsense sign. it was a rest stop in west texas. i wish i would have had time to go inside. i bet the interior is awesome. next time...oh wait...i'm never going back to texas

home of plastic

oddly enough, girard decorators seems to be out of business. i really wish i knew what the rest of this sign said before it was painted over.

laboratory

no parking #2

ok this one is a little different but still the beak up of park and -ing. i do love this sign though. it's one of many cute things about rhinebeck.

no parking #1

i've been noticing it's pretty much the norm to break up "park" and "-ing" onto 2 different lines when making a "no parking" sign. interesting. also, is "no parking" sign a misuse of quotes????

a constant reminder

ok so this is only sort of handmade. but i love it just the same. it's in the office lobby so it's a constant reminder every time i come in. doubt that was intentional but it works for me.

yous need a fax machine?

taken at a pizza shop in bridgeport. kind of a strange place to buy a fax machine but whatevs - it's going for cheap. hopefully they found a seller.

seating arrangements

in keeping with my handmade signs theme, here is a display of our wedding place cards. my mother (who has perfect penmanship!) spent a good few hours the night before the wedding handwriting each guest's name and table number. much appreciated momma g!

do not change

this was taken at an antique mall type place in virginia. are they forcing people to listen to crappy music forever? and i think this also might count as a passive agressive note, don't you think?

where's the cabbage??

i've really been into taking pictures of hand made signs recently. i am impressed by people's creativity...or lack there of...this picture was taken at the wal-mart in virginia. the need for the sign implies that there was more than one person asking for cabbage.

i ate here. more than once.

the restaurant that was in the hotel we were staying at had this posted in it's window. i'm assuming it is the same kind of warning they have to post about artificial sweeteners like equal or whatever but it's still crazy. and clearly did not stop me from eating there a bunch of times or pouring the pink sugar into my coffee. wish me luck.

also the fact that they capitalized the first letter of each word drives me crazy!!