Blog Entries for Hand Painted Ceramic House Signs http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20100126133011.jpg http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html 26 Jan 2010 13:37 GMT The photograph shows a 'before/after' of a cast metal sign. We can carry out these repaintings at a competitive price, please email or ring for a quote. We need the sign supplied to us black glossed as above and then we carry out the painting of the picture and the lettering. You can see the end result is like new! http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20100126133011.jpg 29 Sep 2009 11:37 GMT I thought this was a particularly nice sign helped by the lovely clear photograph sent by the customer. The layout suits the pose of the dog and with the ears up and the expression it really was a good photograph to copy and made a lovely sign.... http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090929113242.jpg 24 Sep 2009 13:52 GMT This is particular favourite of mine. Painted for a local gentleman, a retired sailor and this photograph was of his father serving in 1944. His father is right in the centre of the painting. Tonal paintings are very effective and we copied this photograph totally on to a Large Oval Vertical. It makes for a dramatic and effective picture... http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090924134520.jpg 16 Sep 2009 16:56 GMT These signs would ward off any potential burglars! - and great for the dog lovers, we assume Henry has an important role in his family! For simplicity our ordering system only takes one sign order at a time so you can either put them through individually or you can always email your requirements to us directly to sales@handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk. http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090916120431.jpg 10 Sep 2009 10:08 GMT This order was for a customer who loves his John Deere tractor and we had to make sure we had the correct model and get the colours and markings exact. He also wanted the tag line "Nothing Runs Like a Deere" curved around the top of the picture. http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090910100519.jpg 06 Sep 2009 16:47 GMT This isn't a great photograph, taken on the hoof during packing but these are an unusual design that I thought was interesting. They were for a customer who runs a cattery from their home. As the name was long and they liked this plain cat motif we copied a very plain and narrow font which makes it easily readable. We think it works as a simple design. http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090906163946.jpg 12 Aug 2009 15:34 GMT This sign was a surprise gift for a customer's husband. They had renovated a barn on their farm and decided to name it after their favourite holiday spot the Gower Peninsula. Hand painted on one of our Large Oval Verticals with the lettering over the picture which stands out against the sky and foreground - a lovely personalised nameplate. http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090812153016.jpg 11 Aug 2009 09:32 GMT Here is a plaque we painted this week for a customer in Derbyshire. A typical cat owner having given the home over to the rule of the cat hence 'Tillys Palace'!! Notoriously difficult to paint we have to spend a lot of time to get a cat portrait correct and especially if they are a tabby as it is important to get the markings right. We think it works!! http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090811084248.jpg 08 Aug 2009 19:25 GMT A customer has sent through a photo of their sign in situ! It is always nice to see them in place and it just shows how easy they are to place. We supply the rawl plugs - screws and cover caps for free. Simply mark the screw holes - drill - tap in the rawl plugs - screw in until resistance and then pop on the cover caps. It's as easy as that!! http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090808145136.jpg 08 Aug 2009 13:42 GMT We painted this sign from an illustration supplied by the customer. It is a bit unusual that the customer did ont want any numbers or words on the sign so we were able to fill the entire sign with the painting of the badgers. It was also nice that the picture worked out that the adult badger with its head up neatly fitted to the shape of the Small Arch sign http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090808030312.jpg 07 Aug 2009 18:05 GMT Thought while I was on the subject of fonts and text I would mention that the we will do our best to arrange whatever text the customer wants onto their sign. The Hollins Cottage sign is not an extreme case but it does show how we can fit quite a lot of text onto the signs. We can not fit War and Peace onto a sign but we do our best with the size of the font http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090807003849.jpg 07 Aug 2009 10:53 GMT The flowers and butterflies are one of our standard picture designs. The customer requested a special font for the sign which we were happy to do - the font looks really good but it is hard to do it took us quite a while to get it to look right. We like the font but I dont think it will be making it into our set of standard fonts (special request only). http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090807002452.jpg 06 Aug 2009 20:06 GMT This was a design sketched out by the customer which we just loved. It is a fanstastic playful design which was a pleasure to paint. We hope it brings its new owner a lot of joy - it certainly made us smile. The picture also shows the original design that the customer emailed to us to work from. What more can I say Gills Garden. http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/std-blog-list.html http://www.handpaintedhousesigns.co.uk/customer/t20090806234231.jpg