Aimee Weaver | The Blog
The latest workshop at The Baker's Table
I taught a sign making workshop yesterday at a beautiful breakfast and lunch spot in Lancaster called The Baker's Table. It's part of the Cork Factory, which is a gorgeous hotel and wedding venue. The restaurant has a long table running down the center of it that was perfect for the workshop!
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Everyone did a fantastic job on their signs! I love the diversity of the words they chose! And being able to meet all these ladies and get to know them was a highlight as always.
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I'm hoping to host more workshops at The Baker's Table in the future, so stay tuned if you are interested! Info on the workshops can be found here.
New Christmas Signs!
The Christmas season is quickly approaching, and we have some new signs available to decorate your home, including some personalized ones. My favorite is this first one featuring a truck carrying a Christmas tree. It is personalized with your last name, and it makes a great gift!
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And here are some popular Christmas signs from past years...
You can see the rest of the Christmas signs here.
Small Craft Storage Area
Orchard Wedding Ideas
I participated in a wedding photo shoot at a local orchard, and it turned out so beautifully! I thought I'd share some of the photos from that day. The deep, rich colors of the flower arrangements that included apples (so creative!) and the antique furniture worked together so well.
We have a brand new sign that we used in the photo shoot. You can find it in our shop here.
Sources:
Orchard: Kauffman's Fruit Farm
Florist: Pearls and Petals Designs
Photographer: Megan Hoffer
Hair: Sarah's Upstyles
Make up: Shades of Blush Studio
Stationary: RSVP Love
Wedding dress: Tiffany Bridal Boutique
Bride: Caroline Brubaker
Tuxedo: Central PA Tuxedo
Recent Custom Signs
We are delighted to offer custom creations for your home, including family name signs, scriptures of significance, or quotes that have special meaning to you. Each sign is completely customized, allowing you to choose size, colors, and style of lettering. We love to have your input in creating your artwork.
Don't forget to see what's new at Aimee Weaver Designs with our custom wooden signs, family name signs, Bible verse signs, inspirational quote signs, and much more!
You can also view some of our most popular products:
Customer Photos
I love seeing photos of our signs in your homes! I am always so honored that our signs can be a part of your families and can bring encouragement and hope. That is my prayer for each piece that gets shipped out.
Below are some photos that we've received from our customers...
Click here to read about what our customers have said about our signs.
Handwriting Memory Signs
I am always looking for a personal and meaningful gift to give to family and friends, and I love these handwriting signs that we have available in the shop! They are incredibly special, and it always tugs at my heart when I'm working on them. They make a great sympathy gift, remembrance gift, or memorial gift.
Here's how it works:
1. Order a handwriting sign in your preferred size here or contact us for a custom size. You can choose colors for the wood and lettering.
2. Email us a clear photo of the note or portion of a letter that you'd like to use on the sign.
3. We will create the handwriting sign made just for you! They make the perfect Christmas gift for the person that is hard to shop for!
Below are recipe signs that I created for a customer who was giving them as gifts to family members. The handwriting was from a recipe card written out by their grandmother. Isn't that incredibly special?
Click here for more info on the handwriting memory signs.
Don't forget to see what's new at Aimee Weaver Designs with our custom handwritten wooden signs, family name signs, Bible verse signs, inspirational quote signs, and much more!
You can also view some of our most popular products:
Coffee Shop Menu Boards
We created the menu boards for the New Holland Coffee Co., and I thought I'd give a few more details about them. I had a really hard time deciding what kind of menu boards to create for the space, because I wanted them to be unique but something that would also fit with the rest of the decor.
We decided we wanted the frame to be metal, so we went searching for old pieces of metal that would work. We found old galvanized steel sliding barn door railing that we cut into sections and pieced together to create a frame. It is perfectly rusty and worn and looks great in the shop!
The chalkboard part of the menu board is just plywood that we painted with chalkboard paint, then cured by rubbing the sides of chalk on it.
The menu board in the main part of the shop measures 3' x 8'.
We made a similar menu board in the special events room that measures 3' x 6'. It was made pretty much exactly like the other board - it's just a little bit smaller.
Coffee Shop Design
I had the incredible opportunity to design a new coffee shop space for my friends who own the New Holland Coffee Co., which is a local coffee shop previously owned by my sister. My friends decided to move their shop to a much larger location, and we created a new space out of what used to be a video rental store. The interior was completely gutted, so we started from scratch.
It was a big project and intimidating for me, but the entire process went very smoothly and was a complete joy for me. I've never worked on a project this large, and I learned so much! And here is the finished space.
We created all of the signs, menu boards, and open shelving in the space. They have a "featured artist" space, and we have our signs there for sale for the next two months.
I created this fun installation with over 100 hanging coffee mugs. It was a challenge to create it, but I love how it turned out!
They have a "Special Event" space that can be closed off with these large barn doors. The space is available to be rented, and you can see more info here.
Here is the "Special Event" room space...
I painted their logo onto the brick wall. I haven't painted onto brick before, so it was a challenge because of the heavy brick texture.
I love this cool green couch that I found on Wayfair. The lights on the side tables can be found here.
I painted the coffee sketch painting hung on the fireplace stone. The black leather chairs can be found here from Wayfair.
The black gooseneck wall lights are from here, and the round glass pendants can be found here.
We wanted to honor the previous owners of the shop and display old photos, so I created this timeline wall. I painted the wording right onto the wall, then hung the framed photos using these frames.
Here is our artwork that I put in one of the bathrooms...
Overall, I am so pleased with how this coffee shop space turned out! I'll be sharing more details of specific areas in the shop in the next few weeks, so stay tuned.
August Workshop
I held my second sign-making workshop last Wednesday, and it was a joy to get to know the women who came! We had mother-daughter groups, friends, and a few came by themselves. We had a few who came to the workshop for the second time. The summer evening was gorgeous, so I held it outside on our back deck.
Everyone who has come has done a great job with painting their signs! Most are beginners in the area of painting, but it's really not that difficult, and they get the hang of it after a bit of instruction.
Our next workshop is September 20, and you can sign up here. I'd love to have you join me!
10 favorite cottage kitchens
I've rounded up some of my favorite cottage kitchens today. I love a cottage look, because the style has so much charm and eclectic accents. Some of my favorite elements include:
-raw/natural wood mixed with painted wood
-bright, airy colors
-classic touches like subway tile
-live plants
-functional pieces displayed in a unique way
-farmhouse tables
Of course, you can always add something custom from Aimee Weaver Designs like our custom handwritten wood signs, established family name signs, Scripture signs, inspirational quote signs, and much more!
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DIY Hanging Paper Sign
My two girls share a room on the second floor of our Cape Cod style house. I loved the slanted ceilings and character that their room has! A few years ago I created the "wallpaper" on the wall behind their bed (it's actually just flowers that I painted onto the wall - read about it here). I needed some simple artwork to go above their bedstands, so I decided to create signs out of engineering paper and a wood dowel.
If you'd like to make a similar one, here's what you'll need:
-A jpg image of the sign. You can create it yourself using a program like PicMonkey or Canva.
-Wood dowels cut to the size that you'd like. I bought mine at Walmart.
-String
Tutorial:
1. Order an engineering print from an office store like Staples. Use the sign image you create and choose the correct size that you'd like.
2. Cut the paper to the correct size.
3. Staple the paper to the dowel from the back like this...
4. Attach a string to the dowel, and you are finished! It is so simple and costs just a few dollars.
