Hand-painted tiki bar signs on the bottom of a bushel basket. Beer Garden! We can make anything to suit your personal taste! Hand painted signs are fantastic. They can be used in casual bar or restaurant settings, or they are perfect for your backyard tiki bar! If you have a cool idea let us know […]

Sometimes when we are just working for fun we get to do things that we don’t often do, or use techniques that we don’t often use. In this case, we have some good friends in our neighborhood who have a cool back yard tiki bar and they just wanted something interesting to put outside during […]

Another great photo of some gold leaf in Washington DC. Nothing looks as nice as custom glass gilding done by hand. First we help the owner to choose a font that would work well for using gold leaf as the application process has some limitations. We provide a drawing with measurements and we also give […]

Custom xast bronze plaques designed and manufactured for First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis, located in the historic downtown district of Annapolis, on Duke of Gloucester Street. Polished raised letters and trim with a brown leatherette background. The plaques are pin-mounted to brick facades with stainless steel pins and silicone. For exterior signage nothing beats cast bronze […]

With modern boat making materials we rarely get to do hand letter. Most modern hulls are made of fiberglass so we always use vinyl on fiberglass. however there are still some classic handmade wooden hulls out there and they look great with hand painted brush lettering. First the wooden transom is sanded and varnished. The […]

Custom gold leaf boat lettering by Designs & Signs, for Travellers, a Fleming Yacht outfitted at Burr Yacht Sales in Edgewater, Maryland. Our most current gold leaf films are rated for 15 years outdoor life although we suggest changing them at 10 years. Our premium vinyls are made to last 12 years outdoors, but again […]