Wood Signs

Traditional Wood Signs Become Family Heirlooms
In today’s modern world, some design trends have become too much about shiny, avant-garde, uber-contemporary knick-knacks; glorified dust collectors with a space-aged guise.  The world is fast, technology driven and adorned with meaningless rubbish.  What happen to the days when those trinkets and baubles that festooned our bed side tables and dining room menageries actually had meaning?  Are the times past when possessions had little or nothing to do with money, but everything to do with traditional heirlooms and generational keepsakes?  I think not.

The fundamental idea of pastoral, rustic and reminiscent décor, by nature, has to do with preserving something of the pure, unrefined past, through the use of art in the home.  Giving gifts of this nature demonstrate values of simplicity, family and tradition. One of the most direct, and growingly popular, ways to do this is through the use and/or creation of wood signs with quotes.

For example, now is the season when the holidays have gone by for another year, the trees and wrapping paper have all but been discarded and visions of gadgetry for gift-giving are no longer dizzying your head; but what about those January birthdays and anniversaries? And don’t forget Cupid’s busiest work day of the year Valentines Day!  Now, a polished chrome alarm clock that awakens you by reciting market trends and your horoscope every morning depending on the positioning of the sun is one possible gift idea, but I would argue not very meaningful.  Wood signs, on the other hand, can offer the perfect sentiment for any occasion or recipient. 

Wood signs can be found in a variety of colors, sizes, typestyles and categories, ranging from inspirational to humorous, spiritual to children’s, hunting/fishing to romantic. Arttowngifts.com, an online retailer, offers a Custom Wood Sign page on their site accompanied by an All Quotes page where you can create your own personalized wooden sign, drawing closer to the root of giving gifts that can be passed down through generations.

What’s more ideal than a wood sign that reads, “I Love You To The Moon And Back,” for Valentines Day to sharpen that love connection?  Or how about “My girl friends are the sisters I picked out for myself” for that special friends birthday, or “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain” for a loved one that needs support during a difficult time? Even children love Wizard of Ox Signs. It’s gifts like these that bear meaning and remain cherished over time.

One of the best traditional accessories you can give, one to be passed down through generations, is a wood sign displaying a family name, such as “THOMPSON, Est. 1989”.  Welcoming visitors by the front entry of your family home, it’s a great way to strengthen your bond with both the past and future.

For those of us that revel in the effortless, bucolic beauty of décor bestowed with tradition and memory, and riot against the glitz and flash of trendy innovation which has become so prevalent in our techno-driven society, wood signs offer an approach to home styling that treasures the personal, the simple, the heart.

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