Heavenly Carved Sign

I recently finished a carved house sign that was totally unique from any other sign that I have made before.

A new potential costumer called me one morning with a simple idea for a house sign that she intended to hang from a wooden post outside her home. Irene, wanted the sign to say GOD IS GOOD. This would be her gratitude and appreciation to God. We worked on designing this house sign. I convinced Irene to add an artwork so it gives the sign that extra “pop”. The artwork that Irene agreed on was an angel holding a dove in his hands. Soon after that I was ready to start working on Irene’s sign.

A few hours later, I ran into a friend of mine on my local golf course. One of the topics that we talked about was Irene’s project that I was ready to work on. My friend, Gene, is a very well known painter in USA as well as in his home country, Ukraine.

I wanted to impress Irene with a unique sign so much that I thought I’d ask Gene for a favor to paint the images on the wood sign. I thought it would be a good idea to come up with two unique images on both sides of the sign, which in return would give Irene “two signs in one”. Gene had the freedom of painting whatever he wanted as long as he incorporated his look and style in this painting. I asked and expected a one of a kind sign.

Few days later, I received the call I’ve been waiting for from Gene. Seeing the paintings for the first time, I was lost for words. I received two one of a kind paintings on a house sign for Irene that everyone was proud of the finished product.

Later that day, I met with Irene and handed her special house sign that I promised she would love. When I started this project, I never intended on having anyone else work on Irene’s house sign other than myself but when I hand delivered the sign, I explained to her what I had done and who painted her artwork. Irene nearly came to tears and thanked me for everything that I went through for making this sign her most cherished item in her new home.

                                                       

To this day, I often drive by Irene’s house to look at a sign that is more than a sign to me and everyone who was involved in making it.

I want to thank Irene for her kind words of appreciation which you can view for yourselves on my website http://housesigns.webs.com/testimonials under TESTIMONIALS.