Mr. Croft Goes To Washington

Hello blog world! This is your humble CEO Bryan Croft coming to you live from Jacksonville, Florida!

While most of the time, I find myself running around the building, checking in on people, and in meetings- I have a wife and three kids who also demand my attention. And as any parent can tell you, the summer months mean summer vacation! This year, the family and I packed up and headed north to our nation’s capital in D.C.

Now since I’ve been in the sign industry for over twelve years, naturally anytime I go anywhere my eye is immediately drawn to all the signage.  Sign, sign, everywhere a sign! Okay I’m done, I promise. What I’m really trying to say is, while we may not actively be aware of it, we are constantly surrounded by signs. They may come in different sizes, types, or colors- but in today’s world, it’s impossible to avoid them and they are all designed with the same purpose in mind- to get your attention!

Well for me they work twice as well. My wife hates it when I walk up to a sign and rub it to determine the manufacturing process – is it Vinyl? Maybe its screen printed?  Sublimated? Is it rotary engraved or is it laser engraved (and yes there is a difference). But I can’t help it! And what I’ve discovered about these signs, is that so many of them, our company, CustomSigns.com can make! I know my wife probably finds it annoying, but I can’t help it!

Well anyway, getting back to our trip- the Florida heat followed us to D.C. so naturally the kids wanted to stop in every ice cream stand they laid eyes on. There are a lot of ice cream stands in D.C., therefore naturally we were walking all over the place. So to entertain myself, I started taking pictures of all the signs. Eventually we wandered in to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum- and while the exhibits were great, I was still taking pictures of all the signs. At least until my wife took over the picture taking responsibilities.

But besides the exhibits, what I was most blown away by were all the different types of signs that were there. People always seem to think that a sign is just a sign- what they don’t realize is just how many different variations of signs there are. Here are just some examples of the types of the signs I saw all of which we could easily make here at customsigns.com:

To some, this may just look like stickers, but they’re actually signs. The sign world is constantly evolving with the implementation of new technology and techniques and here at customsigns.com, we try our best to stay on top of it!

Another example of an engraved sign.
Another example of an engraved sign.

Here is another example of an engraved sign, though this time smaller and without Braille. The great thing about engraved signs is that they can be used indoor or outdoor and remain unaffected by the elements.

Elephant at the Smithsonian Museum
Elephant at the Smithsonian Museum

And here we have an elephant, and while we don’t make elephants, this was just a really cool picture of one 😀

People are always asking us, “What kind of signs do you make?”. And while technically we can make just about any kind of sign, approximately 80% of our business comes from people asking us for interior signs. These signs never lose their effectiveness, and as new technologies come along and give us the ability to improve upon their production, we here at CustomSigns.com will be taking full advantage in an attempt to improve your sign shopping experience!

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