Showing posts with label A Simple Impression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Simple Impression. Show all posts

Friday, March 25, 2011

practically N E I G H B O R S

What a small world. Not long ago, I said this same thing after running in to the guy Jim knew at our local hardware shop. This week, I'm saying the same thing. In our time at Kansas, we made literally thousands of custom wood plaques. Yes, thousands. Maybe even hundreds of thousands. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but it sure felt that way some days.

One client that I made a plaque for a year or two ago was living in Washington DC at the time. It was an Air Force board with the tags showing their different assignments. She emailed me for a Ramstein AFB tag for her plaque, so I knew she was stationed here. This was all long before we ever knew we would be moving here as well.

About a month ago, she emailed me asking for the tag {again} as it was misplaced. Slow to respond, I finally answered her last week and let her know we were also here in Germany. Come to find out- we live in the same village. Crazy! What are the chances we'd both end up in a crazy place called Oberstaufenbach with a population of less than 300 or so?

We've actually walked past her house {about a two-minute walk from here} and her kids ride the same bus as our boys. That's even more amazing to me- in a school of 55 busses {2 or 3 stop here in our village} they're on the same bus. Her road is directly behind us, I'm sure she's our backyard neighbor. I plan to go meet her face-to-face on our next walk. 
A little country side view about five minutes from our house. I'm starting to love the fields and appreciate the beauty here that we've heard so much about... just had to survive winter to see it! Keeps getting better each day as it warms up!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Our New Web Site

I'm thrilled to finally have our new Web site LIVE and ready to take orders! Yikes... guess that means I have to go back to work after taking two months off! After months of working on it along with an excellent Web Design Team, the kinks are just about worked out!

I'm especially excited with our Custom Vinyl Lettering section. With our font preview option, you can easily add your text, then change up the font as many times as you'd like until you're happy with it.
Our goal was to create an easy-to-navigate site with the option of ordering both custom lettering and custom plaques. We're quite excited with the result!

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Family Home Evening Boards

Inspired by my good friend Stephanie and her idea for a Family Home Evening board, this is my latest personalized creation. Magnets are attached to the back of the nametags making it easy to move around from week to week. Can also be made into a nice chore board. The overall size of the board is 8" x 24" with a sawtooth hanger on the back so it's ready to hang.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

A Simple Impression

Check out the new plaques and lettering I've posted at my site asimpleimpression.blogspot.com. I've also started an online shop at a site specifically for handmade items, and have posted items there as well... asimpleimpression.etsy.com. Thanks for looking!

Monday, October 15, 2007

A Simple Impression

I've just started getting serious about our vinyl lettering business. I'm still working on my prices, but happy to take any orders. I am selling it ready to apply as you'd like in your home, or as a finished product on a tile or wood plaque. The possibilities are endless!
Check out my link to A Simple Impression for ideas and some of the personalized vinyl I have created. It's a work in progress... sort of like life, right?